Archive · 2008

January 2008

363 posts

MCP: BULLY FOR YOU

Bully hit the PS2 at the wrong time. When everyone's eyes were focused on the next generation of consoles, Rockstar's game came and went in October 2006 without much of an impression. Not even screenshots of boys kissing boys could inspire their usual level… Continue reading

INDIANA JONES EVERLASTING

Perhaps that official Indy 4 comic book cover was more revealing than I initially thought. For anyone who's been following the copious online coverage of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it should come as no surprise that the casting of… Continue reading

SMALL FILM, MAMMOTH INTEREST

In order to take a break from writing about movies I don't actually want to see, I thought I'd share the scant new details about a little flick that could turn out to be a 2008 highlight. I've covered Mammoth briefly before, and the brevity has been due only… Continue reading

THIS IS THE ZODIAC STREAMING

I saw Zodiac for the first time almost a year ago, at the beginning of February 2007. The film stuck with me, even as a cavalcade of bona fide masterpieces were released into theaters, and I always knew it would make my top ten list at the end of the year.… Continue reading

THE SEARCH FOR SCHLOCK

UPDATED! Writer Roberto Orci categorically denies the plot details that Aint It Cool ran. Skip to the end for his statement. It had to happen. The details of Star Trek XI are leaking out, no matter how secretive JJ Abrams is being while he films the movie.… Continue reading

WONDER WOMAN WEARS WETA

My head is spinning. I feel disoriented and confused. I'm alone here, and I'm frightened. I wish someone could just hold me. I don't know how to cope with this: semi-official news on the Justice League movie. Barrie Osborne, producer on the film, has… Continue reading

A WAYANS PULLS JOE'S RIPCORD

Dust off your old Kingpin/Michael Clarke Duncan soapboxes; a black man has been signed to play a white character in G.I. Joe. Marlon Wayans is now on board as Ripcord who, if you had his file card handy, you'd recall is just Wallace Weems when he's in the… Continue reading