Treat this rumor as nothing more than wishful thinking. If our favorite directors said yes to everything offered them we’d be inundated with all sorts of great flicks. Guillermo del Toro’s Creature from the Black Lagoon, James Cameron’s Spider-Man, Kevin Smith’s The Green Hornet, and Harmony Korine’s MEG are but a few… IESB, fresh off … Continue reading
When I first heard of Crossing Over, I wondered why anyone thought a feature-length film about communicating with the dead would work. About two milliseconds later when I actually read the description of it, I thought the border/immigration drama starring Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, and Sean Penn would be notable given the convenient rehashing of … Continue reading
World of Warcraft is a weird game in that all of my friends who obsessively play it aren’t rank and file nerds. I know guys whose diets are mainly made up of coke, booze and pussy who log hours a night playing WOW. Actually, it’s also a weird game because it’s so unbelievably boring and … Continue reading
Hi, I’m Devin Faraci, and I’m the guy who is always saying how good an actor Channing Tatum could be if he was given the right roles, despite his Tiger Beat image. This kid is the goods*. Now Tatum is reteaming with the director who got the most out of him, Dito Montiel. Dito wrote … Continue reading
As Sir Ridley Scott gets older, he attaches himself to more and more projects, including ones that are quite simply ludicrous, like a movie version of Monopoly. Recently Scott sat down with the LA Times to talk about his current projects, and the subject of the Monopoly movie came up. Monopoly is still the most … Continue reading
With all of the recent furor over the Batman films on the boards, I’ve seen oft-regurgitated slams on the Schumacher films for being so overtly gay and non-serious. But I just don’t see the complaints as much when it comes to what Bryan Singer did with Superman Returns. After all, he turned the franchise relaunch … Continue reading
Last week, the four leads from the amazingly funny Superbad hit town to promote the film. Andrew Sweeney [whose work in getting this recorded and prepared is phenomenal] and myself met with them on the Superbad Tour Bus at the Warped Tour in Atlanta. Those leads are: Jonah Hill, who plays Seth to vulgar perfection … Continue reading
A joke about the film’s title Weekended Gross Per Screen Total 1 The Bourne Ultimatum $70,181,000 $19,175 $70,181,000 2 The Simpsons Movie $25,600,000 (-65.4%) $6,520 $128,550,000 3 Underdog $3,985 $12,009,000 4 I Now Pronounce You Bruce and Bruce $10,528,000 (-45.0%) $3,200 $91,697,000 5 Hairspray $9,325,000 (-41.4%) $2,993 $78,954,000 6 Harry Potter and the Order of … Continue reading
There ought to be a law: once you’ve won two Best Director Oscars (or once you’ve called action on a movie as front-to-back brilliant as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), there will always be an industry average budget available for your next film – so long as it’s not a three-hour Alexander the Great … Continue reading
Though I think Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles is much more relevant to the state of the world today in terms of story and theme, I’ll gladly take a Fahrenheit 451 written and directed by Frank Darabont. I read Darabont’s adaptation several years ago (when Mel Gibson was set to star), and felt it was … Continue reading