Archive · 2007
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Hi, I'm Devin Faraci, and I'm the guy who is always saying how good an actor Channing Tatum could be if he was given the right roles, despite his Tiger Beat image. This kid is the goods*. Now Tatum is reteaming with the director who got the most out of him,… Continue reading
As Sir Ridley Scott gets older, he attaches himself to more and more projects, including ones that are quite simply ludicrous, like a movie version of Monopoly. Recently Scott sat down with the LA Times to talk about his current projects, and the subject of… Continue reading
With all of the recent furor over the Batman films on the boards, I’ve seen oft-regurgitated slams on the Schumacher films for being so overtly gay and non-serious. But I just don’t see the complaints as much when it comes to what Bryan Singer did with… Continue reading
Last week, the four leads from the amazingly funny Superbad hit town to promote the film. Andrew Sweeney [whose work in getting this recorded and prepared is phenomenal] and myself met with them on the Superbad Tour Bus at the Warped Tour in Atlanta. Those… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: UniversalMSRP: $26.98RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 112 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Alex Ross, Renowned Comic Artist, on Flash Gordon• Writing a Classic: Screenwriter Lorenzo Semple. Jr.• 1936 Serial Episode• Theatrical trailer• SciFi… Continue reading
A joke about the film's title Weekended Gross Per Screen Total 1 The Bourne Ultimatum $70,181,000 $19,175 $70,181,000 2 The Simpsons Movie $25,600,000 (-65.4%) $6,520 $128,550,000 3 Underdog $3,985 $12,009,000 4 I Now Pronounce You Bruce and Bruce $10,528,000… Continue reading
There ought to be a law: once you've won two Best Director Oscars (or once you've called action on a movie as front-to-back brilliant as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), there will always be an industry average budget available for your next film – so long… Continue reading
Though I think Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles is much more relevant to the state of the world today in terms of story and theme, I'll gladly take a Fahrenheit 451 written and directed by Frank Darabont. I read Darabont's adaptation several years ago… Continue reading
Publisher: William MorrowPages: 280Buy from Amazon! Author Website Why the hell didn’t we get A-Game Ellis with his prose debut? This is just barely his B-Game. Warren Ellis is one of my favorite writers, and Transmetropolitian, flaws and all, is one of my… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions GateMSRP: $14.98RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 81 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Deleted scenes• Behind-the-scenes The Pitch Other than being a super rich, pretty boy, celebrity NASCAR champion driver, ole’ Jeff is just… Continue reading
I'm all for cute, conflated credits that brand particular aesthetics like "The Coen Brothers" or "ZAZ", but what in the hell have the horrendously untalented Cormac and Marianne Wibberley done to deserve the official, WGA-approved appellation, "The… Continue reading
Brought to you by Slusho, the fictitious product you'd like to bore into J.J. Abrams's head Regarding Henry-style. Farewell to Beauty "In [L'Avventura] Antonioni stands quite apart from the Italian neorealists. He does not try to show life "as it is" but as… Continue reading
