Sometimes you’ll look back at a movie that’s a few years old and have a real head-thumping moment of realization. Like, in 2001 I saw Jump, Tomorrow which at the time was a well-written, slightly too self-aware indie in the same mold as so many other well-written, self-aware indies. Now I look at it and … Continue reading
I’m getting ready to leave for a screening of Hostel Part II, and I can’t help but think about how angry everybody is with Eli Roth before they’ve even seen his new movie. David Poland of Movie City News not only bought a bootleg copy of the film on the street, he watched and reviewed … Continue reading
Knocked Up aside, this summer’s been pretty disappointing for me thus far, so I find myself already looking to the traditionally meatier Fall schedule where one film towers above all others for me: American Gangster. From the moment I first heard of the film’s central trinity of greatness – Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, and director … Continue reading
The hardest part of writing this article was deciding whether it should be illustrated with Mischa Barton or the babes from t.A.T.u.* As I don’t find Barton’s skeletal physique all that appealing, I have gone with the faux-sapphic duo, who I do find so, so appealing. Barton is going to star in Finding t.A.T.u., which … Continue reading
Way back in 2004, we brought you word that Spike Lee was interested in making a movie about black soldiers in Italy in WWII. With an Inside Man and a When The Levees Broke under his belt, it seems that Spike can finally get this movie made. Hooray! The movie will be based on Walter … Continue reading
While other movie studios continue to find interesting talent to attach to their major superhero projects, Fox just keeps on going after the lamest directors possible. I’ll admit that I found both Fantastic Four and X3 passable and basically enjoyable, but does anyone really think that they were as good as they could have been? … Continue reading
Anna Faris is hot enough that I’d typically be happy to run two stories in a day about her onscreen antics. But if you thought the Playboy bunny/sororoty house/inspirational flick Micah wrote about this morning sounded like horseshit, it’ll seem like a rose-scented blast of fresh air compared to what Cinematical is reporting. Namely, that … Continue reading
1. BLENDER – JUNE 2007 Ostensibly a music magazine, Blender is really more a somewhat music-based pop culture rag. You’ll get your share of record reviews and interviews as they copy much of the look/format of England’s far superior Q magazine, but there’s a distinctly American spazziness that makes this an unpredictable, light, and usually … Continue reading
Judd Apatow has blossomed into the Guy Who Can Do Anything. Seriously, if he showed up on Christmas Eve instead of Santa Claus I wouldn’t be surprised at all. If I saw him walking down the street at this point I’d expect to see flowers and bunnies and rainbows blossoming at his feet, with a … Continue reading
It’s not my party; I’ll cry if you want me to. Here I am at the fifth installment of this column, in which I parade my lack of understanding of film context for your entertainment. So far, I’ve had a blast encountering Battle Royale, and Die Hard, as well as relating what it was like … Continue reading