Archive · 2007
324 posts
So, the big concept of Hancock, when it was still called Tonight, He Comes, was that you have a superhero who, well…can’t come when he’s with women, lest he kill them with his jizz, better known as su-per sper-her-herm (Check it). Supposedly, this facet was… Continue reading
I don’t have big Hollywood aspirations, but I have always harbored the dream of remaking a film called Blue Movies, a 1988 teen sex romp that sees two schmucks trying to get laid by making a porno. This basic concept still appeals to me at age 33, and I… Continue reading
Way back at Comic Con in 2006, producer Lorenzo DiBonaventura told the press that the GI Joe movie would include Action Man, the British version of the old GI Joe (the one who was 12 inches tall), in order to maximize the film’s potential overseas. Now IESB… Continue reading
Chris Rock had a great bit in his last standup special about the whole Siegfried & Roy/tiger attack debacle where he observed “That tiger didn’t go crazy! That tiger went tiger!” I keep waiting for Bernie Mac to go tiger. I got to know the guy through his… Continue reading
What’s worse – Waterboarding or bamboo shoots under the fingernails? Lindsay Lohan’s coke habit or her mom’s fame habit? The third act of Batman Begins or the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade? These are the types of moral dilemmas that we all wrestle with every… Continue reading
The Kingdom is one of the most remarkable and extraordinary movies of 2007; smart and thoughtful while never sacrificing tension, excitement or teeth-shattering action, Peter Berg has made a current events thriller that will stand in the years to come as a… Continue reading
Between Evan Rachel Wood's manly alto and Jim Sturgess breaking out into "I've Just Seen a Face" in a bowling alley, I'm confident that Across the Universe has the potential to be the career-killing feat of creative hubris it's been rumored to be since last… Continue reading
I was going to lead with a not-very-clever joke about Ice Cube reimagining Blake Edward's 10 as the ribald tale of a married hip-hop producer who, in the midst of a midlife crisis, falls for an unattainable beauty (Rihanna, the new Uhura herself!), but what's… Continue reading
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Who would've thought a documentary about two nerds battling it out for the title of World's Greatest Donkey Kong Player would wind up being the summer's most exhilarating movie? When I first heard about Seth Gordon's King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, I was… Continue reading
NEW RELEASES WILD HOGSd. Walt Beckerc. John Travolta, Tim Allen, William H. Macy, Martin Lawrence It seems like yesterday that John Travolta had his career revival with Pulp Fiction and he was on top of the world. He proved with that movie how, even after all… Continue reading
Yesterday I was at the New Beverly Cinema to see the double feature of Hot Fuzz/Shaun of the Dead that was being introduced by director Edgar Wright. The films remain great, especially Shaun, which speaks to me in a very personal way, but the unexpected treat… Continue reading
