It’s the latest thing in movie marketing: show the audience a big clip from the beginning of the movie. This obviously only works if the beginning of your movie is strong, and I think they’re fudging it anyway – the AVP-R clip was the first ten minutes crammed into five, and the new clip from … Continue reading
You know Eva Cassidy, right? Singer…she died a few years back…cover over ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow"….anyone? No, me neither. In 1996 Cassidy, a performer from Washington, D.C., died from melanoma. She was 33, with a thin discography that included just one unreleased studio album. But critical praise was impressive and the posthumous collection Songbird eventually … Continue reading
We’ve always known that animation is a great deal for movie actors, since they can knock off an entire feature in just a day or two. But getting a whole role down in twenty minutes seems like it might be a record. That’s what Jason Schwartzman claims to have done while making The Fantastic Mr. … Continue reading
There are few movies as completely perfect as Groundhog Day. I remember seeing the film in theaters and being blown away by how dark it got and how that darkness made the ending not just palatable but flat out deserved – this is a lesson more movies could learn. And over the years it’s been … Continue reading
There are some things we’re not meant to know, like what your mother’s O face looks like. But that doesn’t stop people from probing the depths of forbidden knowledge, even when no good can be gained from it. One of the things we should never know is what Bill Murray whispers to Scarlett Johanssen at … Continue reading
Before you read too much into the Hollywood Foreign Press expanding their Best Picture (Drama) nominees from five to seven and still finding a way to snub the phenomenally deserving Into the Wild, it’s important to remember that the Golden Globes have always been about rewarding influence, not quality. They also play favorites more brazenly … Continue reading
deProducers have lists. On these lists are people they want to work on their films. As in every other aspect of life, wanting and getting are not the same thing, but sometimes these lists are interesting because it lets you look inside of a project, to see what direction it’s going in. That’s the case … Continue reading
The way you get entertainment is changing right in front of your eyes. This year Radiohead offered their latest album online, charging what you thought it was worth. TV shows have begun regularly streaming from network websites a day or two after originally airing. And now Jackass 2.5, a 60+ minute sequel to Jackass Number … Continue reading
Bastardization by Nick Nunziata. All apologies to the makers of P.S. I Love You.
There’s a new horror flick coming, but it’s not just a brand new American horror flick. It’s a REMAKE of a JAPANESE ONE! This could be the beginning of a really cool trend. Edward Burns [who is one of those guys who is too good to have A Sound of Thunder slithering underneath his bed] … Continue reading