New Line may still be looking for its next Prestige Picture (and a little something to get audiences through the turnstiles- The Last Mimzy, Shoot ‘Em Up, Mr. Woodcock, Martian Child, Rendition… well, you get the picture), but you’ve got to give them credit for extending their reach. How so, you ask? In a 40-year … Continue reading
In a rather stunning development, the director/star team of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are attracting A-list talent to their new project. This is not welcome news for Casey Siemaszko. And while I feel for the one-time fringe Frat Pack-er, I’m especially pleased to learn that the first bit of casting on Shutter Island is … Continue reading
This feeling… what is it? If forced to describe it, I might say I was… excited about a Tim Burton movie. It’s been years since I’ve felt this way – maybe a decade or more? – and it’s weird. But it’s also nice. I am psyched about Burton’s version of Sweeney Todd. I’m not 100% … Continue reading
OFN: Old Fuckin’ News. There’s nothing worse on the internet than Old Fuckin’ News; stories that are a day old – sometimes hours old! – fall into the OFN category on the web.We try not to bring you OFN. We try to stay cutting edge. But sometimes things fall through the cracks, even with the … Continue reading
If nothing else, the poster for Whiteout made me reread the original Greg Rucka/Steve Lieber graphic novel. See, the poster has all this text on it and some of the text says ‘serial killer.’ I didn’t remember there being a ‘serial killer’ in the book, but I hadn’t read it in a couple of years. … Continue reading
I must have missed the whole "chicks with phallic fun growing out of their perfectly sculpted asses is the new hotness bandwagon", because it’s rolling all through town and I’m still stuck on the tail-excluding "perfectly sculpted ass" wagon of 2006. 2007 case in point: Angelina Jolie and her tail-tacle of golden glory spawning king … Continue reading
I may have talked too much about the Watchmen set in previous updates, so I’m going to say as little as possible here. The official Watchmen site has updated with pictures of the Vancouver backlot that’s standing in for New York City. It looks pretty terrific in these pics, but more importantly: One of the … Continue reading
In Bruges is the opening night film of the Sundance Film Festival. I don’t want to go off on another tirade about the faux-indie quality of the festival these days (since I am currently awaiting press accreditation!), but it’s worth pointing out that Colin Farrell in a hitman comedy isn’t exactly edgy indie fare. It … Continue reading
There’s a good chance that many of you reading this know Max Headroom only as 80s nostalgia*. You never experienced Max firsthand, whether as a talk show host in England, where he got his start, or a commercial pitchman in the US. And even if you’re old enough to have been around when Max Headroom … Continue reading
3-D! It’s the sensation that’s sweeping the nation! Again. Of course, I don’t need to expound any further for you who love sharp objects hovering in front of your face or filmic blood all but showering you and yours. As for you who haven’t experienced the wonders of space age 3-D, the actual execution of … Continue reading