Adam Baldwin had just watched the Jaynestown episode of Firefly the night before the Serenity junket in LA. I can understand why you would want to watch an episode of a TV show where someone has built a statue of you. Jaynestown is probably one of the three best episodes of that short lived series, … Continue reading
There’s a consensus on our message boards that people like reading one on one interviews over roundtable interviews. Well, I won’t sell you this as a one on one, but I will tell you that this is about as close to a one on one as I have gotten at a table. So when Paxton … Continue reading
When someone told me there was going to be a Wrecking Crew movie, I got excited and hoped Gus Van Sant would direct. I mean, the only thing gayer than professional wrestling was this group of sweaty, bulging Thor foes. Turns out this is a baseball team, though. Still, don’t baseball dudes always pat each … Continue reading
I don’t find it surprising that Albert Brooks has a hard time getting his movies out there. I mean, they’re funny and smart and don’t include barely closeted bald musclemen interacting with ducks – why would America want to bother with them? But I do find it surprising that an Albert Brooks movie would have … Continue reading
I am not a huge fan of the Broadway production of John Waters’ Hairspray (I’m not a huge fan of the original movie either), but I do like the resurgence of the movie musical, so I had my fingers crossed for the results of the big leap back to film when the musical becomes a … Continue reading
I’ve started fresh with the Graboid, going for a more polished and tougher perspective. If you get them from now on it’ll be because you’re an astute fan of movies. I’m not going to make it easy and it’s going to be from something I either like or find it fun to put on the … Continue reading
This review contains fairly large spoilers. Check out Nick’s spoiler-free review here. There are going to be those who will say that my long held belief that Joss Whedon’s Serenity will not do that well at the box is coloring my review of that film. All I can say is that it’s not, and that … Continue reading
I haven’t seen all the movies that will be vying for awards attention at the end of the year, but I have seen a bunch. And it’s hard for me to imagine that any of the ones coming up will contain a performance as immersive and impressive as Philip Seymour Hoffman’s in Capote. He takes … Continue reading
I haven’t seen all the movies that will be vying for awards attention at the end of the year, but I have seen a bunch. And it’s hard for me to imagine that any of the ones coming up will contain a performance as immersive and impressive as Philip Seymour Hoffman’s in Capote. He takes … Continue reading
A note to readers in screening cities:As I spent the better part of four hours today going through envelopes sent in from various cities, the realization sunk in for the millionth time in the past several years. This needs to change.When I was the guy supplying the envelopes and stamps and hours to get the … Continue reading