Archive · 2007

January 2007

292 posts

PAY, WEINSTEIN, PAY

I keep on meaning to write about the total clusterfuck surrounding Weinstein Co’s Factory Girl, the George Hickenlooper biopic about Edie Sedgewick. I touched on it briefly a couple of weeks ago when Bob Dylan’s lawyers threatened to sue the fuck out of the… Continue reading

AQUA TEEN MOVIE FORCE

A terrible thing happened to our nation in September of 2001 – Aqua Teen Hunger Force went on the air. Now it’s getting a movie, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters, and the fans of the anthropomorphic happy meal will get to see them on the… Continue reading

PRIMEARLY

UPDATED! Update follows at the endMovies get bounced around the release schedule all the time, but rarely is there as big and sudden a leap as Hollywood Pictures has made with their giant crocodile-but- we-want-you- to-think-it’s-a-serial-killer movie… Continue reading

MR. AND MRS. SMITH GO TO TV

I can only recall a few films turned into small screen concepts that didn't become a short lived excercise in TV disappointment- MASH, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Stargate and… that’s about it. (RIP Alien Nation, Ferris Beuller, My Big Fat Greek Life, Clueless,… Continue reading

DOMO ARIGATO, SUPAIDAMAN

I imagine that the Spider-Man movies have been a tough sell in Japan – after all, the Nipponese grew up with a Spidey who rode around in a big mechazord thing. But our friends to the East have embraced Tobey Maguire and friends, and they’re jonesing for… Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID – 1.2.07

What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid… Continue reading

FURTHER DOWN ZYZZYX ROAD

In just over 24 hours the word about Zyzzyx Road has spread across the internet, and my inbox has been inundated with emails. I haven’t even had a chance to call the folks at Leo Grillo Productions yet and already many new facts have surfaced – including an… Continue reading