When a legendary outlaw and a mild mannered rancher set on bringing him to justice lock horns, who wins? Up and coming actor Ben Foster. While Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are the above the title talent in this film, it’s Foster who’s the real draw, stealing the spotlight from the charismatic man from Down … Continue reading
I have a theory that Dune by Frank Herbert is the easiest book in history to find used. I have never paid more than a dollar for a copy of this book, and when I moved out of New York I found I had three copies. No idea why. I also don’t know why this … Continue reading
It’s not that surprising to me that Rob Zombie and the Weinsteins would see eye to eye; the brothers W started their careers producing rock concerts in Buffalo, New York, so they have the musical backgrounds in common. They see eye to eye enough that Zombie has signed on to a two picture deal with … Continue reading
It looks like old Jake was out at one of his favorite West Hollywood night spots and had something that didn’t agree with him. Or maybe he’s discovered that he’s in a movie that has the kind of poisonous buzz you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy, unless your worst enemy is Adam Shankman, in … Continue reading
Ben Garant’s Reno 911!: Miami was tolerable because it at least delivered on the modest promise of the TV show, i.e. it featured bizarro sights like Paul Rudd as a Scarface-like drug lord torturing a hostage with a weed whacker. On a yacht. Prompting one of this year’s more memorable snatches of dialogue: "Who brings … Continue reading
Ah, pay cable. The great equalizer. Sure, it takes a certain something special to get a major studio to finance your film, then like it enough to release it with lots of prints and advertising. But suppose you got a film fulla stars and you still ain’t got that magic? There’s still no reason to … Continue reading
The next Punisher movie has a title, and it’s not the previously bandied about The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank (as awful a movie title as I could imagine); the new film will be called The Punisher: War Zone, which will be familiar to all Marvel Comics fans who were reading in the 90s. I find … Continue reading
Zack Snyder has a list and is ticking off projects guaranteed to get people up in arms. Remake the greatest zombie film ever? Check. Piss off the entire nation of Iran? Check. Tackle the pinnacle of comic books? Check. Now he’s going after none other than Mr. Ray Bradbury… well, okay, maybe Bradbury isn’t quite … Continue reading
James C. Strouse’s Grace is Gone got a jolt of Awards season legitimacy a few weeks back when Clint Eastwood volunteered to compose a brand new score for the drama about a husband who’s left to raise his two daughters after his wife is killed whilst serving in the Iraq War. The film garnered generally … Continue reading
The Crop: Voltron The Studio/Production Company: 20th Century Fox/New Regency The Director: Agnes Varda (Unconfirmed) The Writer: Justin Marks The Actors: Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Robert Mitchum, Martin Sheen and Paul Sorvino (Also Unconfirmed) The Premise: Five years after the Robeast apocalypse, the fate of the Earth, nay the entire universe, rests on the shoulders … Continue reading