Would you believe "The Script Stinks"? Actually, I’m not sure I would. Though IESB, the site currently running neck-and-neck with the hard-charging Collider for this year’s "Oh, Don Piano!" trophy (carefully judged by our own Devin Faraci), is citing anonymous sources claiming Rachel Weisz backed out of Rob Cohen’s The Mummy 3: Curse of the … Continue reading
1. EMPIRE – MAY 2007 The biggest and best movie magazine in the world. Made in the UK. Huge. That’s all you need to know. This issue’s strong points: Another issue, another goodie basket chock full of greatness. My only complaint is that too much of it is hidden away from the cover, but if you … Continue reading
In Sophie Fiennes’ thoroughly wonderful, easily worth the $50 it’ll cost you to import the DVD The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, Slovenian cultural philosopher Slavoj Žižek discusses Hitchcock’s most ambiguous film. The big question about The Birds, of course, is the stupid obvious one: why do the birds attack? He goes on to elaborate; the … Continue reading
Anika Noni Rose had what I would call a bittersweet time last year. She graduates from miniscule film roles and stage work to grab a good supporting role in the feature film adaptation of Dreamgirls. But despite her turning in pretty damn good singing and acting, she’s completely ignored onscreen and offscreen for Jennifer Hudson’s … Continue reading
A few months back there was an official picture posted of the money maker from AVP 2 in some head-to-phallic head action– some people thought it looked like turd, others (all one of you and me) thought it looked okay. Now there’s another batch of pictures thanks to Design Studio Express. The slick art/educational book … Continue reading
What is it about historical English novels and films that instantly cause American eyes to glaze over? Is it the surface stuffiness of cultures like the Victoria Era? Is it the stories of social climbing and forbidden love that cause kneejerk reactions of revulsion? Is this material simply too “British”? All of the above? I … Continue reading
Quint at Aint It Cool has received a picture that is claimed to be a make-up test for the Joker in The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins. I don’t know if this picture is the real deal or not – it doesn’t even look that much like Heath Ledger to me – but … Continue reading
Devin’s been all over the idiocy of Paul W.S. Anderson’s satire-free remake of Death Race 2000, which, according to The Hollywood Reporter, will now bear the imaginative moniker Death Race. Devoid of camp or parody, the movie is ludicrous; it’s about a cross-country race where contestants are awarded points for running down civilians. If Anderson … Continue reading
There was a time long ago, way back in 2004, when it appeared Lindsay Lohan might become her generation’s Ann-Margart tinged with a bit of Lucille Ball, but somewhere between Mean Girls and flashing her cooter to the public without charging so much as a quarter, she became the laughing stock of Hollywood (i.e. when … Continue reading
Over the last few years documentaries have found a small amount of mainstream acceptance, part of which comes from the fact that documentary filmmakers have been approaching their movies as entertaining narratives and not dry educational lectures. I keep seeing docs that I think would make for great narrative features (the latest was Crazy Love, … Continue reading