The streak of Terry Gilliam’s notoriously rotten luck is momentarily ending – his latest pseudo-fantasy Tideland has gone virtually unloved since least year’s Toronto Film Fest (though I would argue that any Gilliam movie is fascinating on some level), but is now finally making it to screens. The story follows a young girl (future hottie … Continue reading
After making a particularly dreadful real estate purchase in the Amityville Horror remake, toothy beauty Melissa George has been getting herself into some extremely bad situations. She’ll play a tourist on a vacation gone awry in Fox Atomic’s upcoming thriller Turistas, and now she’ll be battling bloodsuckers for an entire month. The Australian delicacy and … Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Miami Vice $25,100,000 $25,100,000 1 2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest $20,400,000 $358,300,000 4 3 John Tucker Must Die $14,000,000 $14,000,000 1 4 Monster House $11,500,000 $43,800,000 2 5 The Ant Bully $8,100,000 $8,100,000 1 6 You Me and Dupree $7,000,000 $59,000,000 3 7 Lady … Continue reading
Towards the end of my hour long one on one with Brett Ratner on the set of Zak Penn’s imrov poker comedy The Grand, Dave Davis came over. He had been wondering where I had gotten off to, and was amazed to see that I was still talking to Ratner. Mostly, it seems, he was … Continue reading
Watching the violence escalate in the Middle East, as Israel advances further into Lebanon and Hezbollah missiles strike farther past the border and Hamas continues to agitate, my mind turns to the same thing all of America is thinking about – Battle for the Planet of the Apes. The fifth film in the groundbreaking series … Continue reading
There’s about 40 almost perfect minutes in 13 Tzameti, a big chunk of the film that will have you on the edge of your seat and your fingernails in shreds. Sadly, that 40 minutes comes after almost a half hour of true tedium and just before an overly obvious finale. But still! How many movies … Continue reading
What’s in a name? Is a good movie with a bad name still a good movie? It is, and while I Like Killing Flies has about the worst name since The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Crazy Mixed Up Zombies, it’s still a very good, very funny and gloriously New York movie. … Continue reading
I’m not a very big fan of Infernal Affairs. Shoot me. Please don’t. To me it was an above average flick that was made beloved more for the fact that it was as polished as a Hollywood picture but it wasn’t made in Hollywood than because it’s some latter day Lethal Weapon. It was smart, … Continue reading
Scarlett Johansson is not lacking attention or press coverage. In fact, she’s reached a point where there’s as much talk about her talent as her hotness. Don’t get me wrong, her looks definitely merit the magazine covers and commercial endorsements, but her acting abilities will keep her working a lot longer. This week she takes … Continue reading
Last week I sat down in Vegas with Brett Ratner as he was doing a cameo on X3 writer Zak Penn’s new improv poker comedy, The Grand. I ended up talking with Ratner for well over an hour, and the conversation is funny, fascinating and revealing. You have to talk to a guy for a … Continue reading