Archive · 2006

September 2006

194 posts

REVIEW: BLACK DAHLIA, THE

I respect James Ellroy’s love for Los Angeles. I don’t understand it – there may not be a city that wasn’t once part of the Confederacy that I hate more – but I can respect it. He loves his city in the same way that I love mine and his novels are like bitter… Continue reading →

MASTER AND DRAGON COMMANDER

After adapting two of the most beloved properties of the Twentieth Century – remaking The Great Muppet Caper as Meet the Feebles and adapting As I Lay Dying into Dead Alive – Peter Jackson is turning his attention to a much lesser known property, Naomi… Continue reading →

LEAK LETTERS #48

Punchin' Meat (SEND A LETTER) Phillipe: Cuff and Link "domesticated turtles" reference in a Rocky article? Nice. Hey, "they make good soup." Re: Balbo VI, you're right. Definitely a great degree of patriotic, die-hard, up by the bootstraps, underdog tenacity… Continue reading →

TWO DOWN

This week we see two people retiring from movies – Luc Besson and the perpetually befuddled-looking looking Juliette Lewis. Besson, whose “final” movie is the upcoming Arthur and the Minimoys, says that after ten films he’s all done and that he wants to turn… Continue reading →

DVD REVIEW: DUCK SEASON

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $27.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 91 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: None. The Pitch "It's Empire Records meets Stand By Me! (Minus dead guys and copy-room sex.)" The Humans Enrique Arreola, Diego Cantaño, Daniel… Continue reading →

LOOSE BRAINS

This week Amazon.com unveiled their “Unbox” movie download service. It’s expected that Apple will be introducing something similar this week. The question has become whether lots of people will want to watch full length movies on their computers or video… Continue reading →