Archive · 2007
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Please send letters. MySpace Writes: Hi Nick, Jeremy Robinson (Science Thriller Author) would like to be added to your MySpace friends list. By accepting Jeremy Robinson (Science Thriller Author) as your friend, you will be able to send Jeremy Robinson… Continue reading
To paraphrase Spencer Tracy, there ain't much meat on this story, but what's there is cherce. Though Nikki Finke pretty much reports everything like it's the Normandy Invasion, the idea of Warner Brothers' President of Production, Jeff Robinov*, literally… Continue reading
Where the author tells you of the many things out there that make him want to become a master thief with an exceptionally large basement to hoard the myriad material things worth owning and loving. Installment One.Installment Two.Installment Three.Installment… Continue reading
Most ‘new directors’ that come on the scene have a history; they’re not grown in vats or elevated to the big chair after cleaning pools and handing out blowjobs. (Oops, sorry Troy. Did you want a clean introduction you'd be OK with your mom reading?) And Troy… Continue reading
That headline's only, what, two years past its expiration date? I've also got video of a tranquilized bear bouncing off a trampoline if you're interested. Jeffrey Wells broke this story last Wednesday, but I held off filing a reaction on the off-chance he got… Continue reading
I always appreciate when studios take the quiet road in their viral marketing, rather than coming up with some elaborate website/phone line/bomb hidden under a car scheme. YouTube user adin1978 is the former; seemingly a Weinstein Company employee, the person… Continue reading
Rumors have been spreading all over the internet since Halo 3 was released that Bungie would part ways with Microsoft, but few believed it. It was a rumor that had been popping up on and off for years now. But today both Microsoft and Bungie confirmed the… Continue reading
I loved Crank a lot. As excerpted from last year's "Best Of" list, where it ranked as #11 of 2006: "The most manic and fucking insane major release of the year, this little bastard is amazingly crafted entertainment, fueled by genius and powered by nitrous… Continue reading
See that cave 'round back? Joey Lawrence used to live there in the lean years. BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Sony PicturesMSRP: $29.95RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 536 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: None The Pitch A boy and his father discover when it comes… Continue reading
It's all gone wrong for Todd Phillips, hasn't it? After the scandal of Frat House (the 1998 documentary about college fraternities that allegedly contained staged sequences), Phillips rebounded with the sporadically funny Road Trip and the zeitgeist-capturing… Continue reading
Tony Gilroy's directorial debut, Michael Clayton, blares its brilliance over the opening credits, as Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson), the manic depressive ace litigator for Kenner, Bach & Ledeen (a corporate law armada blasting away in defense of a massive… Continue reading
Three years down the road, I think it's time to look back and declare the 2004-2005 television season one of the best ever. Within a year, that year gave us the first seasons of Deadwood, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Veronica Mars, The… Continue reading
