Remember all the speculation and excitement about the title for the JJ Abrams-produced monster movie codenamed ‘Cloverfield‘ or ‘1-18-08‘? And remember when we found out the title was… exactly what we’d been calling it for months and months? The new poster for that movie is just like that – it’s a poster we’ve already seen, … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving, or as Canadians call it, Thursday.THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR:-We’ve got a movie from the Coen Brothers and a movie from Todd Haynes hitting theaters! Both are great, and both are worth seeing as soon as you can get to them.-Los Angeles has a 70mm print of Lawrence of Arabia at the Egyptian … Continue reading
I’m not wise. I’m just observant. And only partially filled with shit. So, in what is morphing into a "Leak a Day, Five Days a Week" habit, here’s another bit of light fare for the tail end of the week. A little sage advice. In the future, this may be a fun "Dear Abby" style … Continue reading
I want to be friends with Todd Haynes. He’s incredibly smart and funny and very laid back and cool. He’s exactly the kind of guy you could spend hours with having a series of terrific, intellectual but also hilarious conversations. And he’s one of our most exciting and fearless filmmakers, taking cinema to the edge … Continue reading
UPDATED! Skip to the end to read the update about which role Bale may be playing. Last week I got a bizarre bit of info from a trusted source. Christian Bale, I was told, is in Terminator Salvation, aka Terminator 4. This scooper is gold, but said that I should try to confirm this one … Continue reading
I’m not going to even try to sell this movie on my tastes. I’m the guy who loathes Napoleon Dynamite. Loathes it. If Napoleon Dynamite took the form of my next door neighbor I’d run his grandmother over with a riding lawnmower before going inside to punch his wife in the breasts with the Infinity … Continue reading
Todd Haynes’ brilliant new film, I’m Not There, was once subtitled Suppositions on a Film Concerning Bob Dylan. I think that subtitle goes a long way to letting you know what kind of movie this is: non-linear and without a specific through-line… or a through-Dylan. Six actor play Bob, or aspects of him, and there’s … Continue reading
It’s the dumb movie equivalent of getting the Beatles back together*: Jordana Brewster has signed on to reprise her role of Mia, Vin Diesel’s sister, in The Fast and The Furious 4. With this, the old gang, including Diesel and Paul Walker, are back together as we never dared hope they would be. And all … Continue reading
It isn’t just the internet that sometimes gets it completely and totally wrong; earlier this week The Denver Post reported that Robert Knepper, the infamous T-Bag from Prison Break, was going to star in the remake of The Birds for the fine people at Platinum Dunes. The problem is: Platinum Dunes never even met with … Continue reading