It’s been a few months since Ratatouille arrived and drifted lazily downstream, managing expectations while plucking dollar bills off what’s left of the money trees lining the River Pixar. Funny thing is, $203 million domestic ain’t bad by anyone’s standards, but it’s being stacked against the likes of Pixar’s 1999-2004 successes including the $339 million … Continue reading
Somewhere on a Downey Studios soundstage, you can actually see this. Or a scaled-down version at least. But why? AICN‘s Moriarty seems to be indicating that he has at least a partial answer for this, but after the tragedy of Tyler Nelson and the Violated Non-Disclosure Agreement, he’s understandably reticent to share his info. All … Continue reading
There’s little less surprising nowadays than learning that David Goyer has been attached to a comic book adaptation in some capacity. After playing an integral role in kicking off the nearly ten-year-old comic book boom, the screenwriter of Blade has been the go-to guy for studios who know they want to capitalize on the superhero … Continue reading
From my review of Jackass Number Two: During the end credits of Jackass Number Two Bam Margera, who cries a couple of times in this film, says, “I hope there’s no Jackass 3.” I understand where he’s coming from – this movie has upped the ante so much that I think the only way a … Continue reading
Writing about the Justice League of America movie has already proven to be a war of attrition, and it’s not getting any easier. On the heels of the announcement that Jessica Biel was in talks to play Wonder Woman in the film, EW.com reports that the actress has passed on the role. We all thought … Continue reading
I have, on occasion, written about how much I hate nostalgia. People who engage in constant stroking of their nostalgia nerves strike me as feeble at best, blazingly immature at worst, and most likely massively unhappy with their lives today. With that in mind I must come to you with a confession: minutes ago I … Continue reading
Where the author tells you of the many things out there that make him want to become a master thief with an exceptionally large basement to hoard the myriad material things worth owning and loving. Installment One.Installment Two.Installment Three.Message Board Discussion. Good day. The love of consumption is a shameful yet glorious thing as evidenced … Continue reading
Half fish-out-of-water procedural, half revenge film, Peter Berg’s The Kingdom is essentially a glowering remake of Beverly Hills Cop that works quite well whenever it’s de-emphasizing theme in favor of narrative convention. Exploiting Western/Saudi hostility for investigative suspense and one prolonged, expertly staged action sequence that ably blends the ground-level ferociousness of a Michael Mann … Continue reading
While we’re all getting caught up in a the best fall movie season in eight years (completely unexpected), it’s important to remember that a number of the big December heavy-hitters have yet to screen for anyone: e.g. Mike Nichols’s Charlie Wilson’s War, Marc Forster’s The Kite Runner and Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood … Continue reading
In this day and age it’s unusual to find a really arresting opening credit sequence. It’s even more unusual to find one as powerful and information-packed as the opening of The Kingdom. The new film from Peter Berg, which I loved, opens tomorrow, but you can head over to Yahoo! and see the first four … Continue reading