Wanna see how things are done in other countries? With Natural City, Korea sort of does their own variation of Blade Runner with an ambitious futuristic tale of fabricated beings who just want to live. If that involves the slaughter of any humans who get in their way, so be it. The DVD finally hits US shores … Continue reading
Terrorism: it’s still really good for business! And it seems to have drawn director Ridley Scott’s constantly oscillating attention span. Scott has apparently (momentarily) decided to focus on the spy thriller Penetration, a non-porn spy thriller that I already wrote about a couple of months ago. Scott has implied his complicity by setting his Kingdom … Continue reading
This sort of political material is really Devin’s forte, but he’s currently on "working vacation" in sunny California, so I’ll have to act as proxy pundit for the moment. Now that he’s won acclaim for his Racism for Dummies story, Crash director Paul Haggis will tackle the government and its tendency to agitate pretty much … Continue reading
The Dirty Dozen is one of my all-time favorite movies evar. Seeing it on local UHF stations as a kid (on what seemed like a weekly basis) served as a gateway drug to several cinematic subgenres like war movies, “tough guy” flicks and “guys on a mission” stories. For those who have somehow never seen the … Continue reading
Now that Pixar is settled into their new (old) home at Disney, they’re firing up the hardware on new projects, but also wisely sticking with what works. Their latest rendered blockbuster Ratatouille has hooked director Brad Bird, who’s already a solid two-for-two with unquestionable animated masterpieces (that’d be Iron Giant and The Incredibles). It’s already … 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
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Failure To Launch $24,600,000 $24,600,000 1 2 The Shaggy Dog $16,000,000 $16,000,000 1 3 The Hills Have Eyes $15,500,000 $15,500,000 1 4 16 Blocks $7,300,000 $22,700,000 2 5 Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion $5,800,000 $55,700,000 3 6 Eight Below $5,400,000 $66,400,000 4 7 Aquamarine $3,600,000 $12,100,000 2 … Continue reading
Farewell, Jessica. Well, not completely . But we’re still gonna miss you: The Pulse #14 By Jeb D Alias heroine Jessica Jones was probably the best Marvel character introduced in the 90’s, and it’s sad to see Alias’ semi-sequel, The Pulse, come to an end. The “big city newspaper” setting’s an intriguing locus for telling … Continue reading
This review is late, but my deadline laxness has created the opportunity for me to admit to you that one of the quotes Fox Searchlight is using from me about this film – “Almost too intense” – is wrong. Reports have been coming in of people actually getting up and leaving the theater after the … Continue reading