Archive · 2006
168 posts
There is some hand-wringing going on about Borat, which opens in two weeks. Is it being overhyped? Will it crash and burn, having never crossed over from the “hipster”* audience to the general public? Whatever happens, Sacha Baron Cohen doesn’t seem to be too… Continue reading
We’re gonna go to the warehouses, and then we’re gonna go to the stores, and then we’re gonna go straight into your homes. Yeargh At its center, Slither is a horror-comedy, and that’s a tough sell – probably why you didn’t go see it. The underperformance of… Continue reading
The reports of Tom Cruise’s career death are greatly exaggerated. Take that, Sumner Redstone! After getting dumped from his deal at Paramount and after his fake wife gave birth to the clone of L Ron Hubbard, Cruise is bounding back with three new projects in… Continue reading
Ryan Schifrin, director of the awesome Bigfoot movie Abominable (click here the Creature Corner DVD review, and click here for my interview with Ryan), has teamed up with Adam Green, director of the incredibly buzzed about but unseen by me Hatchet (click here… Continue reading
New pictures from the Vancouver shoot of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer have appeared online, and they’re of a super-powered wedding. The first pics from the wedding between Sue Storm and Reed Richards appeared on the internet a couple of weeks… Continue reading
George Clooney and the Coen Brothers can’t get enough of each other. They’re teaming for a third film (yes, third. Everybody remembers O Brother, Where Art Thou?, but Intolerable Cruelty seems to have dropped off the resumes of everyone involved), and this… Continue reading
Directed by: James GunnStarring: Michael Rooker, Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth BanksBuy it from the Creature Co.! Review by HAM EAT MY HATE. Ahhhh…horror fans. I hate you. You’re the kids who petition for a new cut of Halloween 6 (while sane people know that… Continue reading
The internet can be really unfair to James Gunn. There are people out there who still really hate him for writing the Dawn of the Dead remake. When I interviewed him for Slither’s theatrical release earlier this year, he told me that he got death threats.… Continue reading
When I saw the documentary Cocaine Cowboys a couple of months ago, I walked out the theater with the strong urge to play Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and do a couple of lines. I split the difference and watched Scarface. The film is an incredibly entertaining… Continue reading
Rank Title Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross Weeks in Release 1 The Prestige $14,818,000 $14,818,000 1 2 The Departed $13,675,000 $77,148,000 3 3 Flags of Our Fathers $10,200,000 $10,200,000 1 4 Open Season $8,000,000 $69,602,000 4 5 Flicka $7,700,000 $7,700,000… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $24.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 85 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Alternate endings• Photos from the set• Video diary of the characters The PitchIt’s like Joy Ride but in a dirty rest stop bathroom and with… Continue reading
Someone has to draw the line somewhere. Someone needs to stand up and demand a change. Someone needs to lead the way. Someone has to stop running all these fucking inane Indiana Jones IV stories. Has there ever been as much bandwidth wasted on a movie that’s… Continue reading
