Archive · 2007
394 posts
For the next eight days until Friday, April 13th, I'll be watching and reviewing the movies in the Friday the 13th franchise from the very first through Jason X (I'm up in the air about including Freddy vs Jason). I'll be counting kills, observing the bad… Continue reading
The director’s cut DVD is often bullshit: a couple of extra scenes shoehorned in to a film that was perfectly fine, a way to sell a couple of extra discs. Every now and again a director’s cut emerges that is the real deal, though, a complete reworking of the… Continue reading
There's a few folks out there who couldn't give a dump or four about the Grindhouse revival that opens wide today. It's been perceived as a roadblock to Rodriguez' true calling of making Frank Miller movies revolving around a sinful metropolis. To that… Continue reading
As though GameTap subscribers did not already have a queue of "need to play" games a cubit long, the service has leaked that it has aquired a license for the Sega Saturn to add to its lengthy roster of supported consoles. The game Bug! will be the first… Continue reading
My grandmother was always quick to remind me, "If you ain't got nothin' nice to say, don't fucking say it, and, for the last time, turn off that goddamn hose!" She also blamed the Jews for her chronic arthritis, and once mailed President Reagan what she… Continue reading
Freddy Rodriguez was pretty tired. The sound of his voice on the phone revealed that much, but what was really telling was the way he would break into yawns. I was only given a few short minutes to talk to the star of Robert Rodriguez’ half of Grindhouse,… Continue reading
I'll never forget a brief exchange I had with Peter Bogdanovich in 1997 at a New York City Barnes & Noble book signing for the updated This is Orson Welles (a must-own tome for anyone who claims to love films, even though Welles wasn't always the most… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: ThinkfilmMSRP: $24.98 RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 88 minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentary w/ filmmakers• Extended interviews• Trivia game• Introduction by author Adam Rockoff The Pitch "A brief history of murdered sluts." The… Continue reading
We've always known that Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodgriguez love trashy old b-movies at least as much as chicks and music. They sketched out their own a decade ago in From Dusk Till Dawn, and now they've finally gone full bore. The three-hour blast called… Continue reading
I get the feeling that the tale of the making, unmaking and remaking of Southland Tales will be far, far more interesting than the actual movie itself. That tale has a new chapter today, as Richard Kelly has announced that Sony has opened up their wallets to… Continue reading
Back in November we reported to you that the Wachowski Siblings had been brought in to redo the ending of Invasion, the Nicole Kidman/Daniel Craig starring update of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. But now Steve at Collider has uncovered that the extent of… Continue reading
What a bummer. Doing a contest for a remake of one of director Bob Clark's more seminal films the day after the director and his his were killed by an unlicensed drunk driver. Black Christmas indeed… What is the plot of this film? Behold!An escaped… Continue reading
