Archive · 2007
292 posts
Thanks to the internet I have seen a video of a man getting fucked to death by a horse. Now that’s an opening sentence. And it’s true*. The now infamous Mr. Hands incident – in which Kenneth Pinyan, known online as Mr. Hands, sustained lethal internal… Continue reading
With James Cameron’s pathological tendency to say “I’m going to do this” and then make wet documentaries for going on the past decade, I’ve taken the Indiana Jones stance on about everything he’s said: I’ll believe it when my ass is firmly parked in the… Continue reading
I hope more movie studios take a page from Fox Atomic’s playbook and send out pictures of people who have been massively destroyed as elements of their marketing campaigns. For instance, I think more people would have gone to see Miss Potter if Coming Soon… Continue reading
Shannon Hall, my wonderful producer from the late, lamented (for the time being?) Filter on G4, sent along a link to an exclusive that the nerd channel is crowing about – they have the first look at the design of the monster from Outlander, the movie where an… Continue reading
Those of you who watch more TV than I do, or who watch it without the aid of a TiVo to skip the commercials, may have already seen this, but it’s news to me. Turns out that Bruce Campbell is the new spokesman for Old Spice, and he stars in a very funny – and… Continue reading
When District B-13 was released in the US last August, the future based actionfest quickly came and went (a total theater bow of 151 and a little over $1 million in ticket sales didn’t help), despite the bone-chipping “Holy jumpin’ Frenchmen! Did you see… Continue reading
This weekend was the junket for The Hitcher, the latest remake from Platinum Dunes. At the junket press conference producers Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller confirmed that they were moving ahead with their remake of Friday the 13th at some point in 2008. But… Continue reading
The last few years have seen many of my dreams come true, but one that remains tantalizingly out of reach is still getting killed in a movie. Growing up on horror films, I came to believe that the better the killing, the better the role, and I have long… Continue reading
I don’t know what’s been going on behind the scenes at Universal when it comes to Children of Men, Alfonso Cuaron’s absolutely brilliant new film. I mean, bully for them for releasing the film and going wider with it this past weekend, but why the heck has… Continue reading
When I talked to Stuart Gordon about his excellent and mean adaptation of David Mamet’s Edmond, we spent a little time chatting about House of Re-Animator, the next film in the series of Herbert West splatter films. The concept, Gordon told me, had Dick… Continue reading
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Rank Title Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross Weeks in Release 1 Night at the Museum $24,000,000 $164,097,000 3 2 The Pursuit of Happyness $13,000,000 $124,159,000 4 3 Children of Men $10,295,000 $11,902,000 2 4 Freedom Writers $9,705,000 $9,705,000 1 5… Continue reading
