This is the spot where I could choose to emulate our own estimable Jeremy Smith and wax ebullient about the artistic success of Into The Wild. For without a proper review, which I may never actually get to, this is as good a platform as any to stake my position on Sean Penn’s first truly … Continue reading
It’s probably in Michael Caine’s contract to say things like "You should really see Christian Bale turn his head in the new Batsuit" or "this movie has the best third act of any I’ve done this decade" not to mention the eulogies at any necessary stuntman funerals.* But still, when a thespian with a halo … Continue reading
It’s a big day for scoops from trusted and reliable sources. The latest comes from Duckie, who has been hearing buzzing about a name that is sort of attached to direct Terminator 4: McG.This doesn’t mean McG IS directing Terminator 4, but that he’s in talks about it. The film is being set up as … Continue reading
You’ve gotta be doing something right if Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson hire you to head up their massively anticipated, motion-capture rendition of Hergé’s beloved Tintin tales. Of course, I said close to the same thing when George Lucas handed Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz the reins for Howard the Duck. And you know what? … Continue reading
What a great idea for a movie. Or about 12 million manga.
Buy this book from CHUD.com!I will not lie to you: I like naked women. I like looking at women naked, both in real life and in films. More than that, though, I like looking at famous women naked*. I used to buy Celebrity Skin magazine back when it made sense to buy a magazine. I … Continue reading
Michael Clayton feels like an exercise in restraining everything you like about George Clooney. It’s as if Tony Gilroy woke up every morning and asked himself, ‘How can I make the most personable and charming leading man of this generation dull and plodding? How long must I hold his charisma under the tepid water of … Continue reading
Last Thursday, Paul Thomas Anderson had the audacity to debut his 160-minute prestige season behemoth, There Will Be Blood (based on the equally hulking and shamelessly exclamatory* novel by Upton Sinclair), at the 2007 Fantastic Fest (described on its website as "a week-long festival featuring the best in new science-fiction, fantasy, horror, animation, crime, Asian, … Continue reading
Latino Review has gotten their hands on the script to The Incredible Hulk and have spoiled just about every thing in the movie right up to the end. If you want to know what happens in three quarters of the film, Latino Review is the place for you – click here. If you’re curious but … Continue reading
Joe Carnahan’s pre-strike dance card just got filled up. He’s starting on White Jazz in December, and then he’ll be moving into Killing Pablo, one of the films he’s been trying to get made for years now. The Yari Film Group is fast tracking the picture, and there are some stars lined up, namely Christian … Continue reading