I’m going to just say it now that the discs are out and so many people know already: The DVD commentary that I participated in and was ultimately cut from the disc was for The Fly II. Along with a few other webheads, I delivered as many jokes as I could but for one reason … Continue reading
Last week I had the distinct pleasure of hanging out with Garth Franklin, the inestimable man behind the movie site juggernaut Dark Horizons. Garth and I have hung out a couple of times (he has seen me in about as bad shape as I have ever been, as I approached alcohol poisoning in Berlin on … Continue reading
Dakota Fanning has received new programming. Her instructions now: do the voice of the lead character in Henry Selick’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. Fanning, who is on the cusp of being too old for Dave Davis, will be a girl who discovers a hidden door in her house that leads to an alternate reality … Continue reading
I generally don’t care about remakes. They are what they are, and sometimes – see Cronenberg’s The Fly and Carpenter’s The Thing – they’re better than the originals. But the very concept behind Warner Bros’ proposed remake of Creepshow is sort of baffling. The original, directed with wonderfully cartoony flair by George Romero and based … Continue reading
I hope that, like me, you look at that picture and think ‘what the fuck is that?’ There’s nothing I like better on a Friday morning than hitting Apple, home of overpriced highfalutin’ tech, only to see some sick, slimy new Slither footage. Yeah, we should all be sad that the opening text has been … Continue reading
If I have as much fun in a theater with another movie this year as I had with Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, 2005 will go down in history as the greatest year for cinema ever. Shane Black, best known for his high-octane buddy pictures like Lethal Weapon and The Long Kiss Goodnight, makes his directorial … Continue reading
If I have as much fun in a theater with another movie this year as I had with Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, 2005 will go down in history as the greatest year for cinema ever. Shane Black, best known for his high-octane buddy pictures like Lethal Weapon and The Long Kiss Goodnight, makes his directorial … Continue reading
The issue film seems to have been relegated to TV for the last few years, but every now and then one rears its head and lumbers to the Academy Awards – The Insider, or Erin Brockovich or Boys Don’t Cry. For 2005 it’s North Country, a fictioned up version of true events that led up … Continue reading
Charisma machine The Rock is still looking for that cinematic smash in his post-grappling career, and while The Rundown got the most checkmarks on the quality scoresheet, it didn’t light up the box office for some reason. Doom may have sufficient guns and monsters to bust open the vault door, and Southland Tales will probably … Continue reading
Every couple of years the other Steve Martin emerges from his hole, blearily blinks his eyes, makes a good movie, and then goes back to sleep again. While that Steve Martin sleeps there’s a different guy who runs around making shitty and broad comedies like Bringing Down the House and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. … Continue reading