If you dwell in the Windy City of Chicago, and you’re intrigued by the notion of Kevin Costner killing people without the benefit of a JetSki and/or harpoon gun, then this is for you. And also you. Mr. Brooks is the story of …Mr. Brooks (Costner) – a seemingly normal family man who’s plagued by … Continue reading
Iggy Pop didn’t always look like a gravel driveway. Before heroin and shards of glass* and everything else that goes into being a rock star turned his body into a landscape of livin’, Iggy was a just fresh-faced kid from Ann Arbor, Michigan named James Osterberg. So, since it’s much easier to gradually turn a … Continue reading
Next time you see Paul W.S. Anderson walking down the street, buy him a soda and then rape him with a scythe. The Long Good Friday is quite a stellar little crime flick from back in the day, the reason Bob Hoskins (OK, I’ll admit Mona Lisa‘s pretty sweet as well) is a mini-legend, and … Continue reading
Edward Zwick wasn’t always the devil, but, as Marge Schott reminded us before hacking and wheezing her way off this mortal coil, Hitler was a real swell fella in the beginning before he went too far. And just as Schott was full of rosin on that count, we were all saps to think Zwick was … Continue reading
(As sternly requested by Fox’s Intellectual Property Department, we’ve removed the two unauthorized images of a bald Timothy Olyphant. Sorry ’bout that!) Hey, I’d rather be in Cannes firing off a review of last night’s opening film, Wong Kar-Wai’s My Blueberry Nights (even if it’s "Wong’s reheated leftovers" as Mike D’Angelo claims over at Screengrab), … Continue reading
Doing this the right way, counting back as it was back in the day. One a day. Discuss it right here. Previous deaths: 100, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83. Enjoy!* # 82 – Very Bad Things [yes we know it technically isn’t a … Continue reading
That clever naming convention is gonna come back and bite them in the ass.
So you have this romantic film directed by one of the world’s best directors for this sort of material, Wong Kar Wai (In The Mood For Love). The film’s at Cannes, and it’s got an incredible ensemble cast headed by singer Norah Jones and Jude Law, but also containing Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, Tim Roth, … Continue reading
Though he’s unproven as a solo director, comic book fans the world over have to be thrilled with the news that Frank Miller is finally set to begin shooting his live-action rendition of Will Eisner’s The Spirit. Little is known about Miller’s take on the character, who fakes his death to battle the underworld, but … Continue reading
I don’t know what’s more repugnant: the idea of Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz conspiring to foist upon moviegoers a romantic comedy titled What Stays in Vegas, or the fact that my toilet just backed up with what looks like a week’s worth of fury from the bowels of Charles Bukowski circa 1971. All things … Continue reading