Archive · 2006

September 2006

194 posts

TV ACTORS VS PREDATOR

Fox is stubbornly going ahead with Alien vs Predator 2 despite the UN Security Council’s latest attempts at negotiations. Talks between Tom Rothman and representatives from England, France and Honduras fell apart in the 11th hour when IAEA inspectors tried to… Continue reading →

THE SOUNDTRACKS OF OUR LIVES

When I was a young horror head, my friends and I would watch Halloween all the time. We would discuss what made the movie work so well, and it always came down to that haunting, driving score. A film’s score and musical selections can have a profound effect… Continue reading →

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Jackass Number Two $28,106,000 $28,106,000 1 2 Jet Li's Fearless $10,564,000 $10,564,000 1 3 Gridiron Gang $9,700,000 $27,201,000 2 4 Flyboys $6,012,000 $6,012,000 1 5 Everyone's Hero $4,750,000… Continue reading →

REVIEW: JESUS CAMP

I walked out of Jesus Camp feeling a little dirty. I felt like what I had just watched was a hatchet job, a case where filmmakers with an agenda took advantage of trusting, provincial people, and presented a portrait of them as loonies, weirdos and… Continue reading →

REVIEW: FEARLESS

I have always said that I wanted to study martial arts so that I could pick fights at bars. This is the wrong reason to study martial arts. It’s so wrong, in fact, that Jet Li’s new movie is essentially all about that. How do you make a movie about the… Continue reading →