Between Evan Rachel Wood’s manly alto and Jim Sturgess breaking out into "I’ve Just Seen a Face" in a bowling alley, I’m confident that Across the Universe has the potential to be the career-killing feat of creative hubris it’s been rumored to be since last March. And now that Julie Taymor’s struck out with (ostensibly) … Continue reading
I was going to lead with a not-very-clever joke about Ice Cube reimagining Blake Edward’s 10 as the ribald tale of a married hip-hop producer who, in the midst of a midlife crisis, falls for an unattainable beauty (Rihanna, the new Uhura herself!), but what’s so funny about that which could be in development at … Continue reading
The answer is YES.
Who would’ve thought a documentary about two nerds battling it out for the title of World’s Greatest Donkey Kong Player would wind up being the summer’s most exhilarating movie? When I first heard about Seth Gordon’s King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, I was expecting something along the lines of Chris Smith’s American Movie, … Continue reading
Yesterday I was at the New Beverly Cinema to see the double feature of Hot Fuzz/Shaun of the Dead that was being introduced by director Edgar Wright. The films remain great, especially Shaun, which speaks to me in a very personal way, but the unexpected treat of the evening came when Edgar showed some classic … Continue reading
With one movie finished (Hard Candy) and another on the way, David Slade is already a very sought-after director; I’ve talked to a couple of people in the last few weeks who have mentioned his name as being on short lists for upcoming films, including one comic book adaptation that I alternately dread and get … Continue reading
The Indiana Jones web videos continue, with the latest one being a complete fluff piece on ‘Reuniting the Family.’ We get a couple of shots of Indy and friends today, but most of the video is made up of clips of the original trilogy while people yak on the soundtrack saying how fun it is … Continue reading
Three long years ago, Moriarty at AICN ran a review of a script for Jurassic Park IV. The script’s credentials were impeccable – it was by William Monahan and John Sayles (!*) – but its contents were a little on the odd side. You see, this time out the story wouldn’t take a group of … Continue reading
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A few months back, we reported that Millennium Films was in the process of making a live-action Hercules movie, and on its face, that’s nothing Earth-shaking. But for those who understand what Millenium Films is about (and if you don’t, I’ll ask that you stop reading and jump to their website for a few minutes. … Continue reading