Memo to Michael Bay: if you want Linkin Park, fucking get Linkin Park. (And I say this as someone with very little use for Linkin Park.) At the risk of looking like an idiot (what risk, right?), I’m going to declare this nu metal cover of the Transformers theme song a botched attempt by some … Continue reading
After all the talk, all the rumors, all the hopes, Sean Connery has come out and said he will not be appearing in Indiana Jones IV. In a press release, Connery says: "I get asked the question so often, I thought it best to make an announcement. I thought long and hard about it and … Continue reading
We always end up back here, don’t we? THE MOST INTERESTING FILM OF THE WEEKOriginally, I would have said it was Ocean’s 13, but we’ll have to get to that. It turns out it’s Hostel: Part II. Eli Roth has been a controversial figure since Cabin Fever made a huge fest splash, got bought by … Continue reading
Every time I see John McTiernan prepping a new film, I wonder why the hell he isn’t in jail for lying to federal prosecutors about his employment of noted wiretapper-to-the-stars Anthony Pellicano. Did he ever serve time for this? Or did he get the Paris Hilton discount? If directing a formulaic sounding thriller like High … Continue reading
Yesterday, Devin debuted the resoundingly deja-vutastic I Am Legend theatrical poster. The one-sheet is uninspiring, doing nothing more than advertising "Hey! A Will Smith movie! And he’s carrying a satchel!" Fortunately, hot on its CMYK comes the trailer, which is still Spartan in its execution– but in a way that’s won my love. Wisely (and … Continue reading
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Oddly, and sadly, enough, I found myself musing a few days ago as to what happened to Dr. Uwe Boll. A thoroughly untalented, yet determined filmmaker, Boll has earned a special status as the Ed Wood of our times with his almost unbelievably shitty body of videogame movies, all financed through some odd Ponzi scheme … Continue reading
Earlier today, I thought I’d amuse myself by liveblogging the series premiere of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, if only to get even with the sitcom for its incessant advertising campaign that nearly ruined the NBA Eastern Conference Finals (thank god, then, for LeBron James and Boobie Gibson). So I settled in with a Racer … Continue reading
I can’t make any bones about my feelings for Tideland, and I don’t think anyone would argue with me that The Brothers Grimm is barely watchable, much less Terry Gilliam himself. But those two projects don’t change the fact that Gilliam is among the most interesting filmmakers alive, and I get a little thrill every … Continue reading
Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass may be done with the Bourne franchise, but they are far from done with each other. The pair are planning their third collaboration – their first of the non-summer blockbuster variety – with an adaptation of Imperial Life in the Emerald City, Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s account of the United States’ catastrophic … Continue reading