Archive · 2007

February 2007

339 posts

WORLD WAR Z SLOWLY BUILDING

I'm going to gush here. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to the big screen adaptation of Max Brooks' fantastic zombie apocalypse memoir World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. I finished the book on Sunday and while I've never been a huge… Continue reading

SCANNED AGAIN

The original: Scanners.The remake director: Darren Lynn Bousman.The remake writer: David Goyer.The exploding head: mine. I should just leave it at that. What else is there to say when Dimension hires the Saw III and IV director to helm another movie,… Continue reading

HIGH SCHOOL. COMEDY.

Nothing like a non-descript High School comedy built as a starring vehicle for teen heartthrob-thing Zac Efron (um…who?) and the people who know him. Apparently, I'm way too far removed from the Tiger beat.New Line has just acquired an untitled pitch… Continue reading

DOWN WITH THE THUNDER

During the recording of last week’s Oscar podcast, Robert Downey Jr.’s name came up as we saw the guy on TV looking good and flying high. Well, maybe not the last part so much. But it is incredible that he’s seem to overcome demons that have plagued him again… Continue reading

GET ARKIN

For a lot of folks, Alan Arkin's Oscar win for Supporting Actor was the equivalent of waking up with three beautiful women and a squirrel in your underpants. It was that surprising, considering a lot of people were leaning toward the Eddie Murphy "it's due"… Continue reading

HOT VIRGIN

BREAKING! Multiple bits of Hot Fuzz news! Mr. Edgar Wright has sent us an email* containing an invitation for all the goodly Londoners out there: Myself, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will be signing copies of the Hot Fuzz soundtrack on Wednesday 28th February at… Continue reading

COMMERCIAL BREAKS OF MEN

No matter what happened at the Oscars this year, Children of Men was one of the very best movies of 2006 – hell of the last decade. And fuck you if you disagree. One of the things that makes the film so damn great is how immersive the world is, and that’s… Continue reading

DARWININ'

James Cameron is causing all kinds of undue fuss about his discovery (er… Israeli discovery 17 years ago) of some tomb with the bones of some of people named Jesus and Mary. Well, Charles Darwin isn't gonna take that faith-smacking junk lying down. By… Continue reading