Archive · 2007
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In what can only be viewed as good news for a group of veteran filmmakers in desperate need of critical re-validation, The New York Film Festival has tapped Brian De Palma's Redacted, John Landis's Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project and Sidney Lumet's Before… Continue reading
After seven years served in Director Jail for The Cell, one of the most incomprehensibly awful films of the last decade, Tarsem Singh has been released back into the Hollywood system. He will direct The Unforgettable, which is based on a video game called The… Continue reading
Hot off his Live Free or Die Hard triumph (riding high with an 80% "fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes), the incomparable Len Wiseman is ready to receive another critical pass with his remake of Escape from New York, the twenty-six-year-old relic that's been… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Classic MediaMSRP: $12.95RATED: UNRATEDRUNNING TIME: 120 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Interview with Underdog’s Co-Creator• The Underdog Show’s Family of Characters The Pitch Get a little taste of Underdog just in time for… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Sony PicturesMSRP: $14.94RATED: NOT RATEDRUNNING TIME: 56 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Dane's Antics and Ad Libs• Deleted Scenes• Gag Reels The Pitch “Stand bravely in the path of the Dane Train like the infamous Tiananmen… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Buena Vista Home EntertainmentMSRP: $29.99RATED: GRUNNING TIME: 40 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Bonus movie: Mars and Beyond, Walt Disney's 1957 investigation into the mysteries of the universe and space travel • Mars: Past,… Continue reading
This week marks three years since I first threw up a stream of semi-consciousness on a DVD for CHUD; and appropriately enough, this particular stream marks #200 for yours truly. So when one reaches such a milestone, how does one celebrate? Simple: with a… Continue reading
What happens when the director who's top on your list wants ten million? Roll 'em out and move on, that's what. According to IESB, that figure is the reason Lorenzo diBonaventura and Stephen Sommers are passing on one another, leaving G.I. Joe hanging like a… Continue reading
I am woefully unqualified to assemble a film canon. Though I have devoured films and books on films, and actually made a few short films (the most distinguished being "Crisis in the Golan Heights", which consists of my friend Volney chasing my other friend… Continue reading
It's usually cooler just not to care. But that doesn't stop some people… Continue reading
We don’t know what the next James Bond movie will be about, but we may know how it will end – at Palio di Siena horse race. Don’t know what this Italian tradition is? Don’t worry, Wikipedia to the rescue:At 7.30 p.m. (July) / 7 p.m. (August), the detonation… Continue reading
Four years ago Howard Stern announced that he’d be producing and ‘presenting’ a remake of Bob Clark’s teen sex classic Porky’s. In the years since it looked like the project had quietly just slipped away, as so many planned movies do. But now Slashfilm is… Continue reading
