Archive · 2007

March 2007

386 posts

KINNEARING THE DEAD

Greg Kinnear's had a pretty solid run at the movies since his he was yakking it up against a backdrop of floating spoons on E!'s Talk Soup back in the day. I only mention that because it's hard to remember the guy having done anything but acting in… Continue reading

MEDIA REPORTS (3.21.07)

1. PREMIERE – APRIL 2007 The last issue of the best mainstream movie read from these shores. I wish this mag had a chance to properly say goodbye, but perhaps it's best that they end it on an average, nondescript issue to give a true representation of the mag… Continue reading

DOUGRAY SCOTT IS A HIT

(Correction from Jeremy: According to producer Adrian Askarieh, Dougray Scott is not playing "the baddie" in Hitman as suggested by other outlets, but something much more "complex". He didn't elaborate, and I didn't press because I love surprises, like the… Continue reading

TO DEPP AND BACK

How different would Sin City have been if Clive Owen had shoved Johnny Depp’s face into that toilet? The actor wanted the part of Jackie Boy in the first film, but his commitment to the utter piece of shit The Libertine kept him from taking the role. But… Continue reading

REVIEW: KILLER OF SHEEP

This is the second year in a row that I have been lucky enough to see what amounts to a “lost” film. Last year it was the spectacular Army of Shadows and this year it’s the equally impressive Killer of Sheep. While Shadows was the result of a great director… Continue reading

REQUIEM FOR A WELTERWEIGHT

Remember when we told you that Darren Aronofsky’s next film would be that ballet movie? Forget it. This is Hollywood, Jake, and things change faster than Liberace between numbers. Aronofsky has taken a complete 180, going from the gentle art of dance to the… Continue reading

THE SOUTH MIGHT RISE AGAIN

It's been years since Americans have received a visit from their amiable Uncle Remus, that delightfully offensive racist caricature whose true loves seem to be storytelling, plantation life and sharing his joy of both with troubled white children. What a… Continue reading

ZACK TO THE DEAD

Zack Snyder is living high right now as 300 continues to cut through audiences as only half naked oily men can do, and he’s using his newfound clout to get some projects off the ground that might otherwise never happen. Obviously he’s got Watchmen, and it… Continue reading