The last few years have seen many of my dreams come true, but one that remains tantalizingly out of reach is still getting killed in a movie. Growing up on horror films, I came to believe that the better the killing, the better the role, and I have long harbored the desire to get disemboweled … Continue reading
I don’t know what’s been going on behind the scenes at Universal when it comes to Children of Men, Alfonso Cuaron’s absolutely brilliant new film. I mean, bully for them for releasing the film and going wider with it this past weekend, but why the heck has the marketing been so botched? The movie hasn’t … Continue reading
When I talked to Stuart Gordon about his excellent and mean adaptation of David Mamet’s Edmond, we spent a little time chatting about House of Re-Animator, the next film in the series of Herbert West splatter films. The concept, Gordon told me, had Dick Cheney dying while getting a lapdance and Dr. West is called … Continue reading
Rank Title Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross Weeks in Release 1 Night at the Museum $24,000,000 $164,097,000 3 2 The Pursuit of Happyness $13,000,000 $124,159,000 4 3 Children of Men $10,295,000 $11,902,000 2 4 Freedom Writers $9,705,000 $9,705,000 1 5 Dreamgirls $8,825,000 $54,484,000 4 6 Happily N’ever After $6,800,000 $6,800,000 1 7 Charlotte’s Web $6,610,000 $66,975,000 … Continue reading
UPDATE! In this piece I mention that I never got a response from Dade Hayes or Variety – I was wrong! Buried in the mountain of spam that managed to accumulate over a five and a half hour plane trip was a very generous email from Dade explaining what happened behind the scenes at Variety. … Continue reading
Just when you couldn’t get any more excited about April’s release of Grindhouse, Fangoria goes and breaks a story like this: Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright is going to be directing one of the fake trailers that will play in between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s individual films. Ryan Rotten got the scoop … Continue reading