In 2001, Warners Brothers held a double screening of their upcoming summer movies A.I. and Cats & Dogs at the Steven J. Ross Theater on the Warners lot. They did this because the hype around A.I. had reached a fever pitch and they knew that the press would do anything to see the movie – … Continue reading
It’s been easy sport since the 2002 publication of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film to lambaste David Thomson for losing touch with the modern cinema. There’s his continuing aversion to horror filmmakers (appraisals of Joe Dante, Mario Bava and John Landis are elided in favor of useless entries for barely average hacks like Arthur … Continue reading
It was two in the afternoon and Ed Brubaker was on the phone with me slurring his words. It’s easy to imagine Brubaker, the guy who killed Captain America and who has written hard-bitten crime comics like Lowlife, Sleeper and now Criminal, as sitting at his computer with an open bottle of bourbon and a … Continue reading
If you’ve been reading the front page, you know that Hollywood has been considering a variety of options to firm up box office revenue and thwart the looming threat of piracy. One of the most controversial is the “premiere” day-and-date release which would see major blockbusters available for cable PPV purchase prices in the $30-$50 … Continue reading
Anybody out there want to put their Blu-Ray player (or PS3) to good use? We have two prize packs to give away, each with a copy of Pirates of the Caribbean and its sequel, Dead Man’s Chest in stunning HD. To tempt you into giving up your personal information, we’ve got a couple of clips … Continue reading
What determines the quality of a life? Longevity? Material wealth? Your cache of friends? Your legacy? What exactly do you have to or acquire to make your existence worthwhile? We’ve struggled with these questions for about as long as we’ve drawn breath, and I certainly don’t pretend to have “the” answer, if there is just … Continue reading
And there it is. He doesn’t look cranky, mumbly, and/or surly. Perhaps Spielberg snuck up on Ford at the tail end of a rare moment of off-camera amiability just before he snapped this first official photo from the new film. It’s best not to ponder these things.
Has anyone seen Dom DeLuise lately? I’m beginning to worry. It’s no trick to piss off the level-headed, if all you want is to piss off the level-headed. Despite DVR-ing it, I didn’t actually watch the American Film Institute’s uncalled for update of its 100 Years, 100 Movies list, which blocked out all three hours … Continue reading
Please send letters. Nino Writes: I’m Nino from the Boards. I don’t post much there but I’m a frequent reader. Other than that the main page is one of my most frequented sites on the net. I suppose you get a lot of mails and this might just drown among them but I’d like to … Continue reading
Fair or not*, TV’s traditionally been seen as the retirement home for film actors whose stars have a lost a little sparkle over the years (despite the recent trend of some fantastic television). So what’s it called when TV staples make the occasional sojourn to the big screen? The Teri Polo (previously known as the … Continue reading