The Entity is one of the greatest movies ever made, and I’m not brooking any lip in response. If you think it isn’t the greatest movie ever made, I ask you this: How many other movies feature not only Barbara Hershey being graphically raped by an invisible ghost, but also let you see the effects … Continue reading
Supreme Cartoon Overlord Jeffrey Katzenberg has looked down at the suffering caused on your Planet Earth by his unstoppable Shrek machine and he has taken pity upon you. The Supreme Cartoon Overlord has announced he will only inflict two more Shrek devastations upon you all. Briefly making himself corporeal and taking his attention away from … Continue reading
Coming Soon has the scoop on who may be the next Terminator as that series chugs onward like that version of Lynyrd Skynyrd after everyone in the band died in a plane crash. According to the site, Swedish underwear model Marcus Schenkenberg has scored a role in Terminator 4, and word is that he’s the … Continue reading
Why the hell was there 99% less Kraken in POTC III? What the hell!? HEELLLL!!!!
This week will see the next series of mini-featurettes about Grizzly Park, my maiden voyage into producing a feature. Directed by the enigmatic Tom Skull [I don’t know his legal name], it’s a nice cocktail of horror and comedy that we’ll hopefully be seeing in theaters later this year. Here’s the ninth video, Julie Skon … Continue reading
What could possibly be the point of a Last House on the Left remake? The brand name only means something to those who’ve seen it, and those who’ve seen it will have little interest in watching a watered-down studio version of a movie that was flawed in the first place (maybe you got more mileage … Continue reading
We’ll have to wait to see what happens to Good Luck Chuck (directed by the editor of the magnificent Stone Cold), but it looks like Dane Cook’s career as a comedic lead will be limited to Lionsgate developed vehicles. This is why you don’t steal jokes, kids. A comedian with as much stage presence as … Continue reading
The Crop: Frost/Nixon The Studio: Universal The Director: Opie Cunningham! Opie Cunningham! Opie Cunningham! The Writer: Peter Morgan The Producers: Howard, Brian Grazer, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner The Actors: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones, Matthew Macfadyen The Premise: British talk show host David Frost’s televised interrogation of Richard M. Nixon in … Continue reading
Mr. Brooks is a trainwreck, but not in the ‘I cannot turn away as this fast-moving train slams into another fast-moving train’ way. It’s more like ‘I have come upon the bloody, fiery wreckage of a wrecked train, and I can just make out some of the mechanical and body parts in this mess, and … Continue reading
The other day my brother said to me, ‘Everything you write in The Devin’s Advocate is about something you hate.’ I don’t agree with that sentiment*, but I see where he’s coming from. Like all brilliant, creative people I crave feedback, so I tend to write things that are geared to get a reaction. Plus … Continue reading