Dakota Fanning has received new programming. Her instructions now: do the voice of the lead character in Henry Selick’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. Fanning, who is on the cusp of being too old for Dave Davis, will be a girl who discovers a hidden door in her house that leads to an alternate reality … Continue reading
I generally don’t care about remakes. They are what they are, and sometimes – see Cronenberg’s The Fly and Carpenter’s The Thing – they’re better than the originals. But the very concept behind Warner Bros’ proposed remake of Creepshow is sort of baffling. The original, directed with wonderfully cartoony flair by George Romero and based … Continue reading
I hope that, like me, you look at that picture and think ‘what the fuck is that?’ There’s nothing I like better on a Friday morning than hitting Apple, home of overpriced highfalutin’ tech, only to see some sick, slimy new Slither footage. Yeah, we should all be sad that the opening text has been … Continue reading
Charisma machine The Rock is still looking for that cinematic smash in his post-grappling career, and while The Rundown got the most checkmarks on the quality scoresheet, it didn’t light up the box office for some reason. Doom may have sufficient guns and monsters to bust open the vault door, and Southland Tales will probably … 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
It’s hard to deny that Len Wiseman’s Underworld had a great premise that focused on the eternal secret war between vampires and werewolves, and while it may have fallen shy of its ambitions, the sequel Underworld: Evolution seems to be much grander in scope (Nick visited the set earlier in the year and came away … Continue reading
With Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire about to hit theaters (head to Coming Soon! for a look at the excellent new TV ad), attention is beginning to drift towards the next film in the franchise, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This is going to be an interesting film, if only … Continue reading
The saga of the making of Déjà Vu appears to be akin to the editing of a Tony Scott film. The project was on, with Denzel Washington in talks to star, and with New Orleans as the location. Then of course Katrina came and played havoc with everyone’s plans. Scott was going to shoot there … Continue reading
Dear fans of classic Universal monsters: hope you liked Sahara. The Gill Man, the only major catalog creature to evade severe molestation by Stephen Sommers, will now have the same wrangler as Matthew McConaughey — Breck Eisner is helming the endlessly water-treading remake of The Creature from the Black Lagoon. The original 1954 followed an … Continue reading
You tell em, Aslan. What we have here are a couple of new shots from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Disney’s big holiday fantasy film – and maybe franchise starter. This is a film I have a lot of faith in, and these pictures really reinforce that faith. Just … Continue reading