One of this year’s most intriguing projects is Steven Soderbergh’s two-part Che Guevara biopic, which, given its scope, should fire up more heated debate about the life of the revolutionary than 2004’s muted The Motorcycle Diaries. Though I’ve grown disenchanted with Soderbergh’s filmmaking of late (way too studied and joyless*), his rigorously intellectual approach could … Continue reading
I know I’ve seen the original film version of One Missed Call, directed in 2003 by Takashi Miike. But I don’t remember much of it and won’t even try to dig up my DVD copy to compare it to the American remake, directed with corporate video elan by French helmer Eric Valette. Both feature cell … Continue reading
There ain’t no Nielsen, there ain’t no disco, there ain’t no heads rollin’ ’round! UGO has scored the first look at Screen Gems’ PG-13 Prom Night remake, and it’s just about what you’d expect: a little glitz, a little sex and not a whole lot of blood. Directed by television veteran Nelson McCormick (he’s worked … Continue reading
I’m sick of wrapping after Christmas, so let’s do this down and dirty. Film (duh) Domestic Total Opening Weekend International Gross 1 Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303 $151,116,516 $554,341,323 2 Shrek the Third $322,719,944 $121,629,270 $475,014,677 3 Transformers $319,246,193 $70,502,384 $387,225,386 4 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End $309,420,425 $114,732,820 $651,582,238 5 Harry Potter and the … Continue reading
While we’re all scrutinizing every word of Jim Windolf’s Vanity Fair profile on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (what with all of the news items that’ve been carved out of the article, I think I’ve seen the entire text excerpted online), Dark Horse has let slip the cover of the official … Continue reading
Paramount has sent out a new image from Cloverfield, and on the surface it looks like two dumb guys in their 20s who make too much money talking. Here it is: But did you notice that on the guy’s wrist? I think this is the clue that a lot of people have been waiting for. … Continue reading
Not an hour ago I was lamenting that I didn’t have a chance to tell you how Steven Spielberg may be the exact wrong person to direct The Trial of the Chicago 7, and then the Movie Gods – as generous as they can be capricious – dropped this in my lap: Coming Soon, using … Continue reading
In all likelihood, no, though he says he’d be into it. So move on from that fantasy. (And we haven’t even seen Iron Man yet!) The reason I’m writing this is that, after thinking about WB’s Seventeen Magazine approach to casting The Justice League, I was heartened to read comments Jon Favreau made to MTV … Continue reading
Let me preface this by saying that this is a rumor. A big, fat, unsubstantiated rumor. I would probably not even run this if it came to me during a busy news week – which isn’t to cast aspersions on the person who sent it to me, but rather that I don’t like running stories … Continue reading
Looks like Joe Carnahan got bit by the comic book bug when he did the Smokin’ Aces graphic novel a year or so ago. While he promises that Killing Pablo is "ramping up FAST" (yes!), Carnahan has, in the interim, signed on with Marvel to put his hardcore spin on the character of Taskmaster. I … Continue reading