Flying coach from Los Angeles to Europe is sure to bring out your most primitive instincts. Jammed into the back of a giant airplane with only a few square inches to yourself for almost eleven hours, you become completely aware of every molecule that is in your personal space. Your senses become heightened to the … Continue reading
It seems like I brought some of Ireland home with me. 24 hours after landing at LAX, it’s raining like crazy here in Los Angeles, which is making the transition from a nice, damp climate to an arid desert easier to make. I got damp during the taking of these pictures, as there was an … Continue reading
I feel like I should be unabashedly in critic love with Ellen Page, but I’m worried about her. She’s been wonderful in a couple films, but I fear that without some serious development she may burn through her bag of tricks even before she can have a 20-something flameout. It’s one thing to be preternaturally … Continue reading
There should be some kind of legislation passed stipulating that every room in every domicile in the United States must be equipped to fire up Little Richard’s "The Girl Can’t Help It" on the off-chance that Ali Larter might one day walk into it. Yeah, there may be more classically beautiful women alive today (not … Continue reading
Before I flew off to Europe last week, I made my way down to the Fox lot to see The Darjeeling Limited, the new Wes Anderson film. I can’t say much about it now (although I will say that India complements Anderson’s visual style perfectly, while also adding a messy and chaotic aspect that he … Continue reading
Real details on Avatar, James Cameron’s first feature since 1997 that’s not about boats or sea creatures or his beard, have been sketchy. We haven’t seen significant character or creature designs or anything that communicates what this sucker is actually going to be like. Not that we need to guess too much, since Cameron has … Continue reading
If you live in New York or Los Angeles the ONLY movie on your radar tonight should be The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. A masterwork by Andrew Dominik, the film is gorgeous and gripping from beginning to end. Jesse James isn’t a film for those who are tempted to see … Continue reading
More or less confirming info that we’ve known for over a month, Reuters ran an article this morning saying that Mad Max director George Miller is ‘in talks’ to head up Warner Brothers’ Justice League flick. Actually, the article calls him the Happy Feet director, which is true in some respect, but is also revisionist … Continue reading
I never thought I would see Brad Pitt and Darren Aronofsky working together again. Pitt was once going to star in The Fountain – going so far as to grow a big long beard – before dropping out at the last minute, an event that saw the picture get shut down. Aronofsky managed to get … Continue reading
While I was in Budapest for the Hellboy II set visit*, I was talking to some of the Universal publicists about movies we thought should have hit bigger, and one of them was James Gunn’s Slither, a film that’s so good on every single level and yet had a hard time finding an audience in … Continue reading