Archive · 2005
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Hollywood, fully embracing its creative bankruptcy, has yet again turned to an epic poem to be the inspiration for a movie. The poem is Paradise Lost, which is one of those literary works that everyone knows enough to pretentiously reference but hasn’t… Continue reading
Even with the timely death of Don Adams, the Get Smart movie is moving ahead. Steve Carell was recently on some talk radio show and spent a little time bullshitting about it, saying that they’re looking into casting Agent 99, the female sidekick from the… Continue reading
A massive fire swept through Aardman Animation’s warehouse this weekend, destroying everything. "Today was supposed to be a day of celebration, with the news that ‘Wallace and Gromit' had gone in at No. 1 at the U.S. box office, but instead our whole… Continue reading
Spellgame: This is one swindler who deserves to take your money By Graig Kent There’s something to be said about the power of the cover image. I’ve been seeing the Darwin Cooke cover illustration for Spellgame #1 in the backs of Speakeasy’s comics for about… Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit $16,100,000 $16,100,000 1 2 Flightplan $10,700,000 $60,900,000 3 3 In Her Shoes $10,000,000 $10,000,000 1 4 Two for the Money $8,300,000 $8,300,000 1 5 The… Continue reading
Here's some news I like to share. Left Turn, a crime comic book I've created with Simon Wright, will be published by Speakeasy Comics in the coming months. The first arc, Cone of Violence, sets the stage for the story but is only the beginning as I already… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentMSRP: $14.94RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 84 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: None The Pitch ”From the Co-Producer who brought you Return of the Swamp Thing! No, that’s a good thing!” The Humans Dean… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions GateMSRP: $27.99RUNNING TIME: 97 min.RATED: RSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary• Deleted scenes• Featurettes David Duchovny spent nearly a decade on The X-Files, even writing and directing several episodes himself.… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home videoMSRP: $59.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 935 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • 20 minutes of unaired scenes• Extended version of pilot episode with unaired opening sequence I was pretty much convinced that after Buffy… Continue reading
It’s been interesting, this past week, to watch the Browncoats go through all the stages of grieving as laid out by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. First there was denial, where they claimed that, hey, ten million dollars and coming in second to a shitty movie that… Continue reading
Just the other day we brought you that beautiful high res image of King Kong sitting on the Empire State Building with Ann Darrow in hand, the sun setting over the Hudson River. It was a really wonderful moment of the calm before the storm, and there was some… Continue reading
The Weinstein Co. is in the midst of gathering plenty of funds to start making movies, and they’re looking at a couple of secret weapons to add to their eventual bottom line, including two new Michael Moore documentaries, one of them a sequel to Fahrenheit… Continue reading
