Archive · 2008
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Film Threat has published a fascinating list of the 50 greatest lost films of all time – either movies with no known surviving prints, or segments from movies that were deleted and disappeared. Looking over their list you see a lot of very historic films that… Continue reading
In a perfect world, this news item would pertain to the casting of Paul Bettany as Dr. Bradford Crane in the Olivier Assayas-directed remake of The Swarm. Yes, Olivier Assayas. Anyone who'll admit to Film Comment that they adore The Cannonball Run must have a… Continue reading
After earning favorable-to-ecstatic notices at major film festivals like Cannes, Toronto and New York, the Yahoo! debut of this trailer indicates that Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park is now ready for its obligatory NY/LA release from IFC Films. Okay, I'm being… Continue reading
Guillermo del Toro keeps talking up how much he'd like to direct Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but what does that really mean? GDT has been flirting with the series forever, and he recently told MTV Movies Blog that “I’m definitely interested now that… Continue reading
The marketing types over at Marvel and Paramount must run campaigns accorting to the burlesque playbook, because their angle for Iron Man is all about the tease. Here's another photo from the flick, and…it looks a lot like one of the first revealed… Continue reading
Now here's an angle on the strike I hadn't even considered: Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch blog asks what might the strike do to Comic Con? We've seen it kill the Golden Globes, and the Oscars remain in mortal peril, but what about the biggest event of the… Continue reading
The fall schedule of the Los Angeles Opera, which begins September 6, is one of those things that makes me temporarily insane enough to reconsider moving to LA. I'm not any sort of opera aficionado, but I am fascinated by Robert Wilson (the company is… Continue reading
The cast is starting to come together for the version of Solomon Kane that Samuel Hadida is producing. We've known for a while that James Purefoy is the title character. Now we know that distinguished gents Max Von Sydow (a name attached to the flick for a… Continue reading
Just like at last year's Game Developer's Conference (GDC), Little Big Planet was recently shown off in playable form at this weeks' Consumer Electronics Show (CES.. gaming dorks love their acronyms.) Gametrailers got a couple of new videos of the developers… Continue reading
Since the Virtual Console's inception with the launch of the Wii, gamers have been asking for one thing. Goldeneye. We were getting other N64 games, why couldn't we get the best of them all? If you somehow missed on the craze, Goldeneye was the first great… Continue reading
When John Singleton was announced for the A-Team movie, I assumed Tyrese would be playing B.A. Baracus. But it turns out that everybody's favorite Nigga Wit Attitude, Ice Cube, will be donning the gold chains to play the… Continue reading
Please send letters. Will Writes: Saw your website. Is there any chance you would be willing to share who Christian Bale's agent is? I have a project I would like to submit to that person. I appreciate your help… Nick Replies: He's at Endeavor and he… Continue reading
