I have a lot to be thankful to Shane Black for. He’s written some of my favorite movie lines of all time. He not only got a movie starring Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer made (in 2005, no less) but also (somewhat) theatrically released, and it was fantastic. But perhaps his greatest contribution to … Continue reading
Danny Boyle is not slowing down. With all kinds of Sunshine going on, he’s jumped into the pilot’s seat for the architectural biography Ponte Tower. And by architectural, I actually mean thriller set in the Joburg landmark.The landmark itself has a fascinating history and plays into all kinds of American themes like sprawl, immigration and … Continue reading
A couple of years ago, Scholastic published a new book from children’s author Tony Abbott called Kringle that basically asked the question “Wouldn’t the myth of Kris Kringle/Santa Claus be a lot more interesting if it were actually The Chronicles of Narnia with a few names and details changed?” And despite Narnia briefly touching on … Continue reading
Relatively inexpensive CGI family films have been the cinematic growth story of the past couple of years. Once a cool-looking curiosity, these babies have all but monopolized the family film marketplace, and as long as you can rope up a few name actors to do voices and can recycle an old story into a new … Continue reading
I’m going to gush here. I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to the big screen adaptation of Max Brooks’ fantastic zombie apocalypse memoir World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. I finished the book on Sunday and while I’ve never been a huge fan of the zombie genre (despite … Continue reading
The original: Scanners.The remake director: Darren Lynn Bousman.The remake writer: David Goyer.The exploding head: mine. I should just leave it at that. What else is there to say when Dimension hires the Saw III and IV director to helm another movie, regardless of what it is? Giving the project the benefit of the doubt, however, … Continue reading
Nothing like a non-descript High School comedy built as a starring vehicle for teen heartthrob-thing Zac Efron (um…who?) and the people who know him. Apparently, I’m way too far removed from the Tiger beat.New Line has just acquired an untitled pitch written by comedy mastermind Jason Filardi (Bringing Down the House and upcoming Gangsta M.D.– … Continue reading
During the recording of last week’s Oscar podcast, Robert Downey Jr.’s name came up as we saw the guy on TV looking good and flying high. Well, maybe not the last part so much. But it is incredible that he’s seem to overcome demons that have plagued him again and again, and even though he’s … Continue reading
For a lot of folks, Alan Arkin’s Oscar win for Supporting Actor was the equivalent of waking up with three beautiful women and a squirrel in your underpants. It was that surprising, considering a lot of people were leaning toward the Eddie Murphy "it’s due" theory, including Eddie Murphy (who is rumored to have quietly … Continue reading