I am going out on a limb here – if Terence Howard doesn’t get an Oscar nomination either for his work in Crash or (preferably) Hustle & Flow, I am calling bullshit on the whole Academy. Between these two roles this year, Howard has shown himself to be an actor of stunning range and ability. … Continue reading
While it doesn’t seem like we’re going to get that fourth entry in the Mad Max series, Mel Gibson is still heading out to the desert for a bit of mayhem. Only he’s directing it this time. Gibson is behind the camera for a historical action flick called Apocalypto (which is actually a better title … Continue reading
Master Chief, see what your script-parading has done? Now, I liked Destroy All Humans!… as a rental. It was a fun game but one that got repetitive VERY quickly. It was basically State of Emergency (minus being awful) but with an infintely more charming ’50s sci-fi appeal. That’s probably the best thing going for it, … Continue reading
The call came just as I was settling into a bit of work back at the hotel. Devin was a little bit frantic. ‘Russ, Davis is fidgeting, and I don’t think he’s going to make it through his table for The Fog, much less Ghost Rider and Underworld. Can you get back here in ten … Continue reading
Nope, Christian Bale is not taking over for Chuck Norris in a resurrection of the Braddock franchise, but he is on his way back to Vietnam. Now that he’s cleansed the streets of Gotham from fear gas and ninjas, Bale is gripping the joystick as a pilot in Rescue Dawn, an action-drama from auteur Werner … Continue reading
What’s more strange than seeing a bunch of people wearing pajamas pretending to be Jedi? How about hundreds of Comic Con attendees meandering about with Guy Fawkes masks casually slung over their heads like sunglasses at the ready? On Friday morning, day two of San Diego’s Comic Con International 2005, Warner Brothers premiered the V … Continue reading
I believed that Kurt Cobain was going to change the world. After suffering through years of shitty hair metal and poor pop rap, Cobain and Nirvana blasted open the doors of the culture with Nevermind and ushered in what looked like an invasion of the great underground I knew had been percolating for years. But … Continue reading
Terence Howard dominates every moment of the new film Hustle & Flow with the intensity that Robert DeNiro left behind decades ago. As the hustler-turning-rapper DJay, Howard delivers the kind of performance that will have real film lovers screaming bloody murder when it’s overlooked at Oscar time. Hustle & Flow is one of those rare … Continue reading
In the upcoming Ghost House horror-thriller Rise from filmmaker Sebastian Gutierrez (read our exclusive interview with him HERE), Michael Chiklis plays a frayed LA cop on the hunt for whoever is responsible for destroying his family. Unfortunately for Lucy Liu, he thinks it’s her… even though she’s also a victim of the same cult that … Continue reading