I'm beginning to think Universal is having some serious tone issues with Charlie Wilson's War. A few weeks ago, we got our first look at Mike Nichols's big December release about the titular Texas congressman's vigorous efforts to fund the Mujahadeen's jihad… Continue reading →
Ever since Joel Hodgson left Mystery Science Theater 3000, the domain of making fun of bad movies has belonged totally to Mike Nelson. He ruled the roost on MST3K for years, and after the show ended he has gone on to do the Rifftrax website and a new straight… Continue reading →
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner BrothersMSRP: $59.98RATED: NR (TV)RUNNING TIME: 900 mins.SPECIAL FEATURES:· Pilot Episode Commentary by Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme· In Depth: The Evolution of Studio 60 The Pitch Saturday Night Live meets The… Continue reading →
Of all the seismic jolts to ripple through the foundation of American filmmaking in the 1970s, none left the landscape more ecstatically transformed than Harvey Keitel falling back onto his pillow as the syncopated drum intro of "Be My Baby" kicked up up on… Continue reading →
We've known for some time that Crank 2 would be filming next year with Jason Statham returning as Chev Chelios, but we never knew how the film would address the finale of the original – Chev falls hundreds of feet from a helicopter and dies. Variety , the… Continue reading →
Yes, life would be better if one of this season's Oscar whores was the story of lolrus*. Actually, Jack Nicholson is looking fat enough to pull off a convincing lolrus. Now imagine Morgan Freeman be stealin' his bucket… In reality, The Bucket List is a… Continue reading →
Frankenstein's Monster. Dracula. Freddy Krueger. Leatherface. Godzilla. Henry Kissinger. These are some of the monsters whose names get evoked every year at Halloween, the monsters with the highest Q ratings and maybe their own personal publicists. But there… Continue reading →
Here's a dirty little secret for all of you out there concerned about Pam and Jim's relationship: the American The Office isn't one tenth as good as the original. This isn't backlash or elitism – I've watched quite a few episodes of the US The Office and… Continue reading →
Growing up I was always interested in all things ghosts, from watching movies like Ghostbusters and The Shining over and over to looking through my brother's Time-Life paranormal series of books (I remember this great story about Lincoln's ghost train). At… Continue reading →