I never watched Alexandra Pelosi’s campaign documentary, Journeys with George, but if Steven Zaillian thinks it’s the political world’s equivalent of The Devil Wears Prada, maybe I’ll track it down. Or maybe I’ll just wait for Zaillian and his recently formed production company, Film Rites, to get their fictionalized feature adaptation into theaters. The documentary … Continue reading
The frantic spectacle that is the casting of George Miller’s Justice League of America is beginning to resemble a hobo on a shopping spree at a 99-cent store. Forced to lower their sights after B-lister Jessica Biel spurned their Wonder Woman offer (she’s too busy trying to be the next Julia Roberts without the $100 … Continue reading
What follows is a scattershot bit of random thoughts, links, and images that showcase the lunacy that exists in the entertainment world and beyond. Folks who remember my old missives from the old Steady Leak articles should find this kind of stuff familiar. Hope you dig: The List of Dumb Gossip Assholes. Stumbled across the … Continue reading
I don’t normally take phone calls at 7:50 AM on a Saturday (not even, no, especially not from my mom), but I will always make an exception for Sir Ridley Scott. He could call me at 7:50 AM every Saturday for the next three years, and I don’t think I’d complain. He might get awfully … Continue reading
This is the first I heard of it, but apparently there’s 14 pages of the Justice League of America script floating around out there. Problem is, they’re fake. At least that’s what Patrick Sauriol, the guy who helped invent this ridiculous job I have, hears from his sources deep inside Annie Sprinkle. Or at least … Continue reading
Alfred Hitchcock was a big ‘ol sumbitch, so he’s got personality enough for more than one film about him. Right? Especially when the first is Number 13 featuring Dan Fogler, who burned his sack and possibly his career but not the ticket counter when his Balls of Fury dropped. At least he’s no longer a … Continue reading
It’s hard to get excited over the official theatrical trailer for Rambo what with that excessively gory teaser from last May still fresh in ol’ noggin. Factor in a smattering of lame dialogue and a complete lack of Jerry Goldsmith-ian cues, and I’m not sure I care about this movie anymore. Compare the above (which … Continue reading
High-profile remake news always gets punters wondering why ‘they never remake bad movies’. But the remake of a bad or middling movie just isn’t worth the column inches, which is why Cry Of The Owl, featuring Paddy Considine as a guy who separates from his wife, moves to the suburbs and begins syping on Julia … Continue reading
Ah, it’s nice to see Jet Li is enjoying his retirement from martial arts films. Technically, I guess The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is more of a "Rob Cohen product" than a "martial arts film"; it’s surely less physically taxing than, say, Fist of Legend, Hero or Fearless. It’s just dispiriting to watch … Continue reading