Paging Oscar #2. Oscar #2, you have a call from Miss Charlize Theron. Sure, she’s doing sci-fi action adventure in the upcoming Aeon Flux, but Charlize isn’t necessarily going the way of Halle Berry and giving up meaty roles. She’s going to be starring in North Country, a fictionalized account of the first ever sexual … Continue reading
I have always been really interested in the unexplained and the paranormal. When I was younger I was more into that stuff as a hardcore believer, and Whitley Strieber’s books were, for me, the pinnacle of proof about the abductee phenomenon, where people would be snatched by aliens and methodically sodomized for some reason only … Continue reading
I don’t know if there’s another actress who personifies sardonic quite like Mary Louise Parker. Plus she’s really beautiful! I even forgive her for her role as one of the most annoying characters ever introduced on West Wing, Amy the feminist lobbyist (I haven’t seen her new Showtime series, Weeds, but it has Kevin Nealon, … Continue reading
A movie about infamous 1950s Hollywood enforcer Johnny Stompanato has been in the works for a good long while, but now Johnny Utah/Mnemonic/Constantine could be the one to finally make it happen. Keanu Reeves is eyeballing the lead role in the sure-to-be-retitled Stompanato, about the WWII veteran-turned-mob legbreaker who aspired to become a producer, which … 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
Raunchy comedies are this summer’s big yield, and while I’m not sure there was enough to the characters and their circumstances to merit further exploration, the almighty dollar does not lie so Old School 2 is officially in the works. Dreamworks has original director Todd Phillips working with partner Scot Armstrong on a follow-up to … 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
While I continue to impatiently wait for a Half-Life movie to get made, Microsoft’s kazillion-selling videogame Halo is still rolling toward theaters. The movie, a joint production between Fox and Universal that will probably cost more than I make in a year, even has a vague (but not surprising) release date already slotted: Halo will … Continue reading
When Mr. Beaks really likes something, I pay attention. He really liked the script for Margaret, Kenneth Lonergan’s insanely long awaited follow up to You Can Count on Me (has it really been five years since that film threatened to make a star out of Mark Ruffalo? It really feels like that guy is treading … Continue reading
One of the things that is so comforting about movies is that violence and explosions solve everything. In cinema there is no problem that cannot be overcome by the judicious application of explosives. Imagine what the indie world could accomplish if those arty farty filmmakers could just embrace this concept. Tell me that The Sea … Continue reading