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After basking in the glow of The Queen‘s success, two-time best director nominee Stephen Frears is in talks to move on to his next filmic project, The Burial.Based on a New Yorker piece written by A Civil Action author Jonathan Harr (which was… Continue reading
Expanding on his big fat acting portfolio, Steve Buscemi has been sharpening the screenplay/directorial skills on the side. His latest, Interview, just had U.S. rights picked up by Sony Classics. Interview debuted at Sundance this year and is based on the… Continue reading
Remember when Martin Lawrence used to do edgy movies? Neither do I. I do, however, faintly recall Lawrence as an edgy comedian (and by edgy, I guess I mean unafraid of scatology and f-bombing). In the end, that's his choice and I can't slight a guy for… Continue reading
Since its publication in 1993, the book The Giver has garnered heaping shovels full of praise, despite a crappy cover. The futuristic utopian tale even garnered a Newberry Medal, which blurs the fact quite a few adults have hopped aboard its fanwagon thanks… Continue reading
So Terminator 3 was kind of a ho-hum experience. The explodey chase-fest had action and peril, but was just missing soul. U-571 was a round of old fashioned submarine paint by numbers but still delivered a satisfyingly good time. Yeah, I'm segueing into… Continue reading
Monster/man-eating animal movies will usually plant my butt in a seat without question. Except Sci-Fi monster/large animal movies – those are terrible. Still, the late 70s, in the frenzied attempt to piggy-back the Jaws phenomenon, rolled out some choice and… Continue reading
So the rumors have been flying about Reese Witherspoon opting out of the next Joe Carnahan film, a remake of the 1965 missing child/"but was she even real?" film Bunny Lake is Missing. Some sources said the split came by way of an uncompleted script. Others… Continue reading
ShoWest, the annual theater exhibition expo, is in full swing in swingin' Vegas and I'm wondering why I didn't stop by on my way back from California to crash the party. As a consolation prize, I did get a great picture of the recently hyped road Zzyzx going… Continue reading
Usually being American has its cinematic perks. Sure you're hated all over the world, but the world can kiss some chunky American ass when it comes to seeing movies first. Except in the case of Danny Boyle's Sunshine, where Americans can line up to get kicked… Continue reading
A few weeks back we reported on the development of a film based on the hardboiled novel, Life is Hot Cracktown. The book begs for an ensemble and, (not like I'm a prophet or anything, as anyone who read the book knows it's crammed with a million characters)… Continue reading
If you're going to do a horror film, you couldn't do much better than basing it in the dank and foggy streets of 18th century London. Or John Travolta's aging underpants. Thankfully, director Larry Fessenden chose the former with his upcoming horror, I Sell… Continue reading
Walden Media, hit and miss gatekeeper of adapted children's literature (Narnia v. Hoot), is travelling off the beaten path of adaptations by working with director Todd Graff on an original screenplay called Will. Will, written by Josh Kagen is the story and… Continue reading
