Archive · 2007
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While not the most important news in the gaming world, here are some tidbits that may have fallen through the cracks from the past few days: Originally filed under “Inevitable” at the Sony records office, Sony President Ryoji Chubachi acknowledged that Sony… Continue reading
I'm one of the few people, I think, that genuinely likes The Last Man On Earth, the 1964 film version of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend shot in Italy and starring Vincent Price. Sure, The Omega Man is fun to watch with a group, but the first act of Last Man… Continue reading
There's no place to be a journalist, especially a freelance one, like New York City. The sheer number of ‘press events' held to promote everything from movies to DVDs to flat screen TVs, phones and video games is staggering. And they've all got free… Continue reading
What do you want from a movie featuring Danny Ocean and friends? Are you looking for a clockwork heist, or a light glimpse into the cult of personality that surrounds Clooney, Pitt, et al? Stung by the dismissal of Ocean’s Twelve, Soderbergh and company have… Continue reading
What's your favorite Steve Miner movie? Is it Friday the 13th Part II or Part III? House or Warlock? Lake Placid or Texas Rangers? All joking aside (my apologies if you're actually pondering the above query), Miner did direct one minor classic: the first… Continue reading
Just when you think Martin Campbell is ready to make the leap to A-list director status, he takes a pure for-hire gig that reminds you he's just a high operating hack. In a way, you've got to respect that. What if Martin Brest would've limited himself to… Continue reading
The second half of this review is loaded with spoilers. Please avoid scrolling to the end if you haven't seen the movie. The final grade for this film is an 8. Eli Roth faced a dilemma when making Hostel Part II: we were in on it already. What made the first… Continue reading
Despite a fair amount of cheese spread over the dry cracker (not that kind of cracker, you racist bastard) that is Stan Lee, you can't deny the guy's infectious charm. Stan Lee was always the larger than life excelsior!-ator and legend until his introduction… Continue reading
The original Ocean’s 11 featured a bunch of entertainers trying to be actors. The new Ocean’s series has featured a bunch of actors trying to be entertainers, and it took them until the third one to get it right. Ocean’s 13 isn’t worried about the heist or… Continue reading
This afternoon I had a chance to get on the phone with Neil Gaiman to talk about the upcoming Stardust, but of course I couldn’t resist asking about the adaptation of Death: The High Cost of Living, which he’s directing, and which Guillermo del Toro is… Continue reading
Had Knocked Up managed to topple Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as the top film at the box office last weekend, it would've been the story of the summer (until Evan Almighty tanks, but more on that later); unfortunately, Judd Apatow's excellent… Continue reading
Kevin Smith has finished the script for his next next film (remmber, he’s doing the low-budget flick Red State before anything else) and now we know the title: Zack And Miri Make A Porno. Never one for subtlety or misdirection, the script is about exactly… Continue reading
