"We have 48 hours. We don’t want to strike. What we really want to do is negotiate." That’s WGA negotiating committee chairman John Bowman speaking about the union’s statement that 12,000 members will officially go on strike as of Monday morning. DVD residuals and an extension of the current residual formula to permanent electronic transactions … Continue reading
O wicked embargo! If only I could tell you about my visit to the Watchmen production offices and the ‘war room,’ pictured above, you would be dazzled. Thrilled. Jealous. But I can’t. The official Watchmen website updated today with a new blog from director Zack Snyder, featuring a couple of pictures of the ‘war room.’ … Continue reading
Poor The Rock. Sure, he had a hit movie this fall with The Game Plan, but his more ambitious efforts don’t seem to work. In fact, not working is the mildest way to put the resounding failure of Southland Tales, a movie that goes down in flames and takes The Rock with it. He tries … Continue reading
Damn those killjoys at Disney marketing! They’ve dropped the year’s most inspiringly nonsensical piece of dialogue from the latest National Treasure: Book of Secrets theatrical trailer, and subbed in the following: "A man only has one lifetime, but history can remember you forever." Really? You’ve gone from "What is it about treasure that makes history … Continue reading
When Kelvin at Latino Review tells you he has a scoop from a confirmed source, you can take it to the bank. That’s nice in a world where too many sites run too many half-confirmed or even wholly made up rumors. So when Kelvin sent me an email saying he has the inside story on … Continue reading
Mainstream movies are getting interesting again! Sounds like it’ll be the Cloverfield trailer instead of Indy with Beowulf (though if it were both, dear sweet baby Jesus Shuttlesworth). But Paramount’s gonna want to stick Dr. Jones (who still has no time for love) with one of their own, even if people are going to be … Continue reading
In a rare show of confidence/hubris, Miramax (and Paramount Vantage) kicked off last night’s Los Angeles press screening of the Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men with a brand new theatrical trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood. At first, I thought it was a terrible idea; though I’m amped to see … Continue reading
This Sunday is a big day for me. Heckler, the movie that marks my big screen debut, is premiering in Los Angeles at the Arclight. I saw the film earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival, and I found it to be funny and interesting, even if I didn’t agree with all of the … Continue reading
The films of Jim Jarmusch never burn up the charts, but they garner enough critical and arthouse attention that he manages to get the green light one way or another. His last, Broken Flowers (which, as a fan of Jarmusch, Bill Murray and the Ethiopiques music collection I feel like a criminal for not having … Continue reading