This review could be considered to contain spoilers if you are not familiar with the original King Kong. Ie, if you have arrived on our planet within the last three days.There’s no point in comparing Peter Jackson’s King Kong to the original. The 1933 movie is pretty close to perfect, a film that still works … Continue reading
Director Tony Kaye is obviously an eccentric fella. He’s the guy who famously clashed with Ed Norton on American History X, even going so far as demanding to be credited as “Humpty Dumpty” on the final cut and then suing New Line for a preposterous sum when they disallowed it. Kaye also hasn’t made a … 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
Savvy fans of foreign cinema (or just those of you who read this site) might be familiar with the name Park Chan-wook, the astoundingly talented filmmaker responsible for Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy, a pair of this decade’s most brutal and accomplished films. He’s closing out his “vengeance trilogy” with Sympathy for Lady Vengeance … Continue reading
Danny and Oxide Pang are probably best known for their ocular terror film The Eye and its sequel, but their real breakthrough was the off-kilter action flick Bangkok Dangerous, about a deaf-mute hitman. They’re heading back in that direction with their next project, though they’re not leaving the macabre completely behind. The Pang Brothers will … Continue reading
Since we probably won’t be seeing any more Project Greenlight, which is a bloody shame since it provided such a great behind-the-scenes peek at the filmmaking process (and some fascinating cringe-inducing melodrama), the folks behind that show have more time to focus on their own movies. Frazzled producer Chris Moore is producing an action flick … 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
Aussie director Peter Weir has made some great films, but he’s not exactly what you’d call prolific – there was five-year gap between Truman Show and the excellent Master and Commander. Maybe working with the ever-diligent A-lister Johnny Depp will get him to the camera quicker. Weir is now planning to helm Shantaram, based on … Continue reading
UPDATE: Yahoo now has the trailer available in glorious Quicktime! Check it out RIGHT HERE! Put on your reading glasses, because a very, very tiny version of the trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest is upon us, and scooper Julia T has given us the treasure map.It’s hidden on the site for … Continue reading
Stanley Tucci is heading back to the director’s chair, this time remaking the film Blind Date. No, not the Blake Edwards one, but the film by Theo Van Gogh, the Dutch filmmaker murdered by Muslim extremists. The always great Tony Shaloub will be starring in the movie, along with Patricia Clarkson, whose voice on my … Continue reading