Archive · 2007
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From Trois 3: The Escort to I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer to Stomp the Yard, Sylvain White has, in his very young career, demonstrated that he will direct anything provided there's a steady paycheck in it – which makes him the Winston Zeddmore of… Continue reading
One of the pluses of Stephen Sommers's Van Helsing underperforming a few years ago is that it kyboshed the director's attempt to single-handedly travesty Universal's "classic monsters" catalogue. Had he succeeded, we wouldn't have Mark Romanek's and Andrew… Continue reading
We're gearing up to restart the Podcast Train in a big way, but this caboose don't exactly run on coal. It's powered by your input, specifically your voicemails. Our last full installment was full of us enjoying your rambling, then promptly mocking it with… Continue reading
Death At A Funeral is the latest film from Frank Oz, who has a decent bit to answer for due to 2004's criminally unfunny, ungood, and unwatchable The Stepford Wives. But try not to hold that against him too much. The guy's giving us a well-reviewed comedy… Continue reading
–You can stop wringing your hands over the rounding out of casting for the upcoming Universal comedy Baby Mama. In a bold choice, smiley everyman Greg Kinnear has been cast as the male lead opposite female lead Tina Fey, while ER doc and The Claw proponent… Continue reading
I must be getting old, because I remember a time when Renny Harlin was making movies people went to see, even when that was still a hit and miss affair. Example: The successful Die Hard 2 was followed up by flaming wreck The Adventures of Ford Fairline which… Continue reading
Everyone's favorite New Zealander-turned-Bond director-turned-Bond fan heartbreaker, Martin Campbell, has nabbed his next gig. After finishing out the upcoming thriller Unstoppable, Campbell will be taking the reigns of Paramount’s 36, a remake based on the… Continue reading
When I woke up this morning I was missing a friend. Daniel Robert Epstein passed away last night at only 31 years old. And although you may not know it, you lost somebody too – Dan was one of the best interviewers I have ever had the pleasure to know, and he… Continue reading
We’ll know by the time the grosses for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer are announced this weekend whether or not The Silver Surfer is going to get his own spin-off movie, but the folks at Fox are feeling very confident at the moment; according to… Continue reading
Currently on TV, there are three different regularly-televised showcases for black comedians. On HBO, Diddy’s Bad Boys of Comedy supposedly spotlights up-and-coming talent with an edgy twist. On Starz, Martin Lawrence’s 1st Amendment Stand Up does….roughly… Continue reading
With Ice Cube and Tyler Perry as the loudest voices of the moment, the state of mainstream black filmmaking is so rancid that any new venture is likely to be met with either open arms of joy or deep suspicion. (Spike can't carry an entire culture on his… Continue reading
I’m no Oscar prognosticator, but yesterday I saw what I consider to be the first performance that is a lock for a Best Actress nomination – Angelina Jolie in A Mighty Heart. Sure, there are dozens upon dozens of Oscar-bait movies waiting to burst out of the… Continue reading
