I am woefully unqualified to assemble a film canon. Though I have devoured films and books on films, and actually made a few short films (the most distinguished being "Crisis in the Golan Heights", which consists of my friend Volney chasing my other friend Phil all over a crowded Athens, Ohio thoroughfare in the middle … Continue reading
It’s usually cooler just not to care. But that doesn’t stop some people…
We don’t know what the next James Bond movie will be about, but we may know how it will end – at Palio di Siena horse race. Don’t know what this Italian tradition is? Don’t worry, Wikipedia to the rescue:At 7.30 p.m. (July) / 7 p.m. (August), the detonation of an explosive charge echoes across … Continue reading
Four years ago Howard Stern announced that he’d be producing and ‘presenting’ a remake of Bob Clark’s teen sex classic Porky’s. In the years since it looked like the project had quietly just slipped away, as so many planned movies do. But now Slashfilm is reporting that Stern says the movie is back on track … Continue reading
So, the big concept of Hancock, when it was still called Tonight, He Comes, was that you have a superhero who, well…can’t come when he’s with women, lest he kill them with his jizz, better known as su-per sper-her-herm (Check it). Supposedly, this facet was trimmed down somewhat along with the length of the title. … Continue reading
I don’t have big Hollywood aspirations, but I have always harbored the dream of remaking a film called Blue Movies, a 1988 teen sex romp that sees two schmucks trying to get laid by making a porno. This basic concept still appeals to me at age 33, and I sometimes wonder if I had jumped … Continue reading
Way back at Comic Con in 2006, producer Lorenzo DiBonaventura told the press that the GI Joe movie would include Action Man, the British version of the old GI Joe (the one who was 12 inches tall), in order to maximize the film’s potential overseas. Now IESB has learned that Lorenzo has an Action Man … Continue reading
Chris Rock had a great bit in his last standup special about the whole Siegfried & Roy/tiger attack debacle where he observed “That tiger didn’t go crazy! That tiger went tiger!” I keep waiting for Bernie Mac to go tiger. I got to know the guy through his ultra-raw, raucous, and goddamn funny as shit … Continue reading
What’s worse – Waterboarding or bamboo shoots under the fingernails? Lindsay Lohan’s coke habit or her mom’s fame habit? The third act of Batman Begins or the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade? These are the types of moral dilemmas that we all wrestle with every day. I have a new personal one: Tyler Perry embarrassing black people … Continue reading
The Kingdom is one of the most remarkable and extraordinary movies of 2007; smart and thoughtful while never sacrificing tension, excitement or teeth-shattering action, Peter Berg has made a current events thriller that will stand in the years to come as a cinematic snapshot of our fucked up moment in time. Berg has proven himself … Continue reading