So is Halle Berry going to be happy about X-Men 3? If she is, she might be the only person! Berry has been very vocal about how much her character, Storm, has been sidelined in the films. She’s right – the character has been almost grotesquely underused so far (by the way, best line from … Continue reading
The remake of Westworld is back on track, after being shelved for a number of years due to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s political career. The film will now be directed by Tarsem, a guy who I believe has been in director jail since he put Vincent D’Onofrio in fetishwear for The Cell. The story is about a … Continue reading
Where have you gone Dirty Harry and Paul Kersey? This is the question that John Singleton is trying to answer with his new film, Four Brothers. Going against the grain of current films, filled with wimpy girly-men action stars like the feyer than Wray Orlando Bloom, Singleton has put together a hard bitten tough guy … Continue reading
Although only about a hundred of you actually saw it in theaters, you’ve probably heard tons of raves for the Thai martial arts flick Ong-Bak (make up for it now by ordering the DVD RIGHT HERE!). It made my best of 2004 list, and it features the kind of stunning and brutal stunts (unassisted by … Continue reading
Last month McDonalds had to pay out lots of money to Hindu and vegetarian groups because they had been using beef fat in their French fries and keeping it a secret (they haven’t changed, by the way, so if you’re a vegetarian who gets fries at Mickey Ds while your carnivore friends chow down on … Continue reading
Now that he’s catapulted himself to movie star status with the quiet character piece 2 Fast 2 Furious and remained there with recent work in Four Brothers, singer-turned-actor Tyrese Gibson is taking center stage in Rogue Pictures’ action flick Waist Deep. The oft-shirtless Tyrese will play a highly oxygenated ex-convict named O2 who wants to … Continue reading
Director Marc Forster, who somehow coaxed an Oscar-winning performance from Halle Berry in Monster’s Ball and took another swing at a gold man with Finding Neverland, now has a thriller called Stay on the way. The movie stars Ewan McGregor, prolific dish Naomi Watts, and an oily Ryan Gosling, who’s still waiting to be the … Continue reading
One of the films I was most interested in at the San Diego Comic Con was The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, and not just because it’s the longest film title since The Incredibly Strange Creatures who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies. I felt like most of the rest of … Continue reading
One of the films I was most interested in at the San Diego Comic Con was The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, and not just because it’s the longest film title since The Incredibly Strange Creatures who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies. I felt like most of the rest of … Continue reading
The Set Up…Welcome to piss and vinegar. Would you care to pull up a chair? It’s going to be a long while before you’re done with this sucker. Originally this column started out as a vent, and now it’s kind of in a weird place because I manage to piss off someone either on purpose … Continue reading