You can’t always tell much about a movie from the trailer. You can tell even less from the teaser. But that doesn’t stop most of us from leaping to conclusions when we see one, and I have to say that if the teaser for Underdog is representative of the tone and attitude of the actual … Continue reading
Ioan Gruffud, best known to you as Mr. Fantastic in the Fantastic Four movies, is also starring in Amazing Grace, a movie about the English slavery abolition movement that features the single cheesiest trailer I have ever seen. Gruffud’s been doing a press tour in the States for that film, and while I was out … Continue reading
Spain has always had a decent tradition of film history, but 2006/2007 are shaping up to be a banner year for high-profile exposure of its artists. In fact, Spain is shaping up to be the new "it" girl of foreign cinema. Volver has obviously earned a boatlaoad of critical acclaim and Spanish horror is on … Continue reading
The collapse of Enron is a compelling story of greed and betrayal of trust in modern America… if you can get your head around the whole thing. There’s some serious math and financial hoohah going on here, and even after watching the excellent and informative documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room I don’t … Continue reading
When you look at independent film distributors in America, one of the odder birds you’ll find is Samuel Goldwyn Films. While many smaller distributors focus on developing a brand identity (e.g. Lionsgate now primarily releasing horror and action genre pics), Samuel Goldwyn Films seems to operate in its own little odd pocket of the universe … Continue reading
My brother is pretty bummed out about the whole thing with The Flash, where Shawn Levy has somehow gotten to be the director of the film version of his favorite comic book character. Maybe he can take some comfort in knowing that a decent actor – Ian McShane in this case – is attached to … Continue reading
1. BLENDER – MARCH ’07 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
Prepare for Glory indeed. 300 was one heck of a graphic novel, a lean and mean bit of celluloid released right at the tail end of Frank Miller’s most focused creativity on the page. The buzz I’ve heard about it on the web has been gushy to say the least and though I have now … Continue reading
As I left my seat shortly after my viewing of Music and Lyrics ended, I realized that I had some emails to get to. Then, I went and had a bite to eat. Shortly after that, I was headed to another appointment somewhere when I ended up calling Nick for something else entirely. And it … Continue reading