It’s early yet, but the current critical unanimity over at Rotten Tomatoes suggests that Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis has a legitimate shot at being one of this year’s best reviewed films. Based on Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novels, Persepolis is the animated, black-and-white account of a young Iranian girl growing up amid the turmoil of the Islamic … Continue reading
As the 2007 WGA strike enters its third week, the studios are still losing the PR war; now, they’re losing movies. Though Mira Nair’s Shantaram (starring Johnny Depp) and Rob Marshall’s Nine (a big-screen rendition of the popular Broadway musical) may be acceptable (and presumably temporary) losses, their postponement comes right on the heels of … Continue reading
On Thursday when that turducken is being passed around your dinner table, take a quiet moment to thank Tony Todd for a truly great announcement from Hollywood: David R Ellis is returning to the Final Destination series. You’ll recall that Ellis was the man behind Final Destination 2, not only the best film in the … Continue reading
The first casting for GI Joe has been announced and I have to admit that I don’t fully get it. According to Variety, Sienna Miller has been cast as ‘the female lead,’ a character they describe as ‘a raven-haired baroness and sexy femme fatale skilled in espionage.’ A baroness? Or The Baroness? But how on … Continue reading
One of the big questions about Tim Burton’s adaptation of Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd has been how Johnny Depp would hold up as a singer. We’ve seen the guy acting in all kinds of roles with all kinds of accents, but can he sing? To make things dicier, the rebellious thesp opted not to take … Continue reading
As much crap as I have given JJ Abrams about his bizarre casting choices on Star Trek XI, I must extend congratulations when he gets some casting right. But why is it that the only time he’s worthy of praise is when he’s casting the small roles? The latest good choice is Ben Cross, whose … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago Moviehole brought us the news that Zack Snyder had gotten Warner Bros to cough up the dough to allow him to shoot the Tales of the Black Freighter segments from Watchmen. This pirate comic within a comic are not integral to the main plot of Watchmen, but rather comment on … Continue reading
I can’t believe I’m sourcing an article from Fox News, but when the Google Alert goes off, you’ve got to heed the call. So, wincing, I read this tidbit about new Bond casting. It’s still more rumor than anything else — I’ve got too much built-in suspicion to buy wholesale into a story that Fox411 … Continue reading
When last we checked in on the Harvey Milk biopic race, it appeared that Gus Van Sant was hugging the inside track with his then untitled-and-unfunded project based on a screenplay by Dustin Lance Black (best known as a staff writer for HBO’s Big Love). Well, now that script has a title (Milk), producers (Dan … Continue reading