Years ago I read the infamous Sam Hamm script for Watchmen, the one that opens with The Watchmen battling terrorists at the Statue of Liberty. Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the graphic novel would recoil in horror at such a thought. I believed that the original comic could never be brought to the … Continue reading
What is a low budget, independent movie anymore anyway? Randy Quaid may find out for all of us in a court of law – he’s suing the producers of Brokeback Mountain. He claims that he waived his usual fee for Brokeback because he had been assured it was "a low-budget, art-house film, with no prospect … Continue reading
Animals continue to be on the rampage in the new millenium – this time it’s penguins. Samuel L Jackson, who will be sassing serpents in the “it jumped over the shark/no it didn’t/yes it did” Snakes on a Plane this summer will be doing his best Morgan Freeman when he narrates Farce of the Penguins.The … Continue reading
What is going on with Dave Chappelle’s Block Party? It’s not just a good movie – it’s a great movie, and yet people aren’t going to see it. It’s fun, it’s funny, it’s energetic, it’s a feel good extravaganza. I am baffled by how easily Americans will disregard true quality as they march to see … Continue reading
Mailbagsukidoji: Hey folks, You have a comment and don’t want to send a letter? Please click HERE and pipe up on the message boards. Please? So, as I get rended anally by the film business I figured it’d be nice to contribute a little to the site that made me a hundredaire. Granted, most of … Continue reading
What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading
Last week I had a chance to chat with Paul Greengrass, the director of the recently retitled United 93, the first film to directly address the events of 9/11. Paul was getting his final cut together, but he was – as always – friendly and chatty and happy to talk. A lot. We talked quite … Continue reading
Opening this weekend, Stay Alive mixes horror films, video games and Frankie Muniz into the kind of movie they don’t screen for critics. I haven’t seen it yet, but I can tell you that the minds behind it – co-writers William Bell and Matt Petersen (Bell also directed) – are real home team guys, the … Continue reading
Let’s get this out of the way right up front – I think that the film version of V For Vendetta is better than the original comic. Seriously. The hardcore fans will say that the film ruins the comic, removing tons of subplots and backstory, but I would say that the film streamlines the comic, … Continue reading
I think my review of Stoned, a film about Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones’ last days on Earth, could be summed up with the fact that White Rabbit plays over a drug trip scene. I thought the movie had suddenly switched gears into being a parody – how can you still score a drug scene … Continue reading