Archive · 2007
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How can a poster so well represent the movie it's for and yet suck so badly? Oh, right…that would mean the movie's a mess, too. I didn't want to believe it given the oddly interesting and diverse cast paired with Richard Kelly at the helm, but the word… Continue reading
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (Fetal Page) has found a home at the Weinstein Company with theatrical distribution in the mix but based on the numbers of the deal [up to around two and a half million greenbacks] I can't imagine the film being unleashed… Continue reading
In a few hours I will be boarding a plane for the longest flight of my life, going from LAX to Heathrow. Once that 12 hour flight is over, I'll hop on another plane that will take me to Belfast, Ireland, where I'll be visiting the set of City of Ember, the… Continue reading
One year after Laura Ziskin presided over the blandest Oscar broadcast in my lifetime (as opposed to the most disastrous broadcast in my lifetime, which entailed Rob Lowe warbling "Proud Mary" with Snow White), producer Gil Cates is back in the saddle for the… Continue reading
The following is excessively juvenile even by my standards. Whether you took David Fincher's Fight Club as satire or generational rallying cry (FYI, there's only one correct reading, and if you've at any point slugged it out with your bare-chested buds in a… Continue reading
I hate to give such an exciting week (for me) in DVD releases such a short treatment, but I just don’t have the time right now to devote to this week's column. I won't leave you hanging though and here are the DVDs you need to buy this week: And here are the… Continue reading
BUY AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Paramount Home VideoMSRP: $29.99RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 93 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Deleted Scenes• Gag Reel• Alternate Takes• Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes• And Much More! The Pitch The Cutting Edge meets Brokeback… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: LionsgateMSRP: $39.98RATING: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 283 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentaries on selected episodes• Trivia tracks• Behind-the-scenes featurettes• Gag reel• Spoof commercial• Montage of introductory… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Palm PicturesMSRP: $24.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 115 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Making of Featurette• 5.1 Surround Sound• U.S. Theatrical Trailer The Pitch "It’s like The Apprentice with no delusions of approximating… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: A&E Home VideoMSRP: $19.95RATED: NOT RATEDRUNNING TIME: 91 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: No. The Pitch "So wait, they didn’t actually slay a giant Cyclops in slow motion?" The Humans A slew of experts and able-bodied… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Shout! FactoryMSRP: $29.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 480 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: A Conversation With Artist Milton Knight How-To-Draw: Sonic The Hedgehog The Pitch It’s like playing the video game without the effort. The… Continue reading
Paul Haggis is one of the most divisive artists of our era, and not just because of his politics. After Crash, his microcosmic examination of race relations in America, shocked many industry observers by winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2006 over… Continue reading
