I read a lot of books about film, but my favorite ones are always about the business itself. I am fascinated by the wheeling, dealing and backstabbing that is part of getting a movie made. Few books open this world up as well as Art Linson’s What Just Happened?. Linson is a producer – you … Continue reading
Here’s the thing about Kevin Costner: he’s got a limited range as an actor, and he’s pretentious as hell as a director. If you leave the director part off and accept his acting for what it is, the guy is pretty good and has, on occasion, starred in some terrific and underloved movies – Thirteen … Continue reading
Below you will find the teaser poster for Steven Spielberg’s next film, Munich, and I have to say that I hate the thing. What’s this film about? Well, if you didn’t have a clue you may very well think it’s about a dude who is going to kill himself in a German city. You would … Continue reading
Today I was at my local bodega buying beer (Brooklyn Beer, for those who care – ‘55 Pennant Ale) and there was a big picture of King Kong staring at me. It was a sticker on the front door, and it was – somehow – advertising the New York lottery. I furrowed my brow, lightly … Continue reading
Ah, the good old days, back when Joss Whedon wasn’t calling my editorials hate bombs. Back then I interviewed him for Serenity, and one of the questions I asked was about the future of the Buffyverse. I reasoned that most fans had come to Firefly, the show that Serenity was based on, through the DVD … Continue reading
Last year, Johnny Butane and Ryan Rotten, the guys who built CHUD sister site Creature Corner into such a deadly online entity for all things horror, headed off to take the reigns on Dread Central, the news section for the impending Horror Channel. Despite ongoing endorsement from infamous genre filmmakers and anticipation from fans, the wait … Continue reading
I’ve started fresh with the Graboid, going for a more polished and tougher perspective. If you get them from now on it’ll be because you’re an astute fan of movies. I’m not going to make it easy and it’s going to be from something I either like or find it fun to put on the … Continue reading
Brad Pitt is currently filming his adaptation of the book The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (which I anticipate will get a name change), in which he plays the infamous Old West bandit who ultimately gets gunned down by his chum (played, appropriately, by Pitt’s chum Casey Affleck). Winnipeg (of all places) … Continue reading
It’s gotta be pretty neat being Johnny Depp now, especially since his presence in Pirates of the Caribbean is (rightfully) perceived as a major reason for that flick’s colossal success. Now if Depp wants to adapt a book for the screen, he gets top treatment. The book is called Shantaram, and the treatment will come from … Continue reading
Chiwetel Ejiofor is having a hell of a year for a guy whose name is Chiwetel Ejiofor. I mean, back in the day he would have changed his monicker to something like Chuck Eiger. But in 2005 he was able to keep his name and still be one of the leads in Woody Allen’s Melinda … Continue reading