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There's been a couple high-profile stories in the last few months about people who are discovered living in so much squalor and filth, their homes are put under quarantine and closed off as unfit for human inhabitance. I've tried showing those stories to my… Continue reading
Danny Boyle is not slowing down. With all kinds of Sunshine going on, he's jumped into the pilot's seat for the architectural biography Ponte Tower. And by architectural, I actually mean thriller set in the Joburg landmark.The landmark itself has a… Continue reading
I'm going to gush here. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to the big screen adaptation of Max Brooks' fantastic zombie apocalypse memoir World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. I finished the book on Sunday and while I've never been a huge… Continue reading
Nothing like a non-descript High School comedy built as a starring vehicle for teen heartthrob-thing Zac Efron (um…who?) and the people who know him. Apparently, I'm way too far removed from the Tiger beat.New Line has just acquired an untitled pitch… Continue reading
For a lot of folks, Alan Arkin's Oscar win for Supporting Actor was the equivalent of waking up with three beautiful women and a squirrel in your underpants. It was that surprising, considering a lot of people were leaning toward the Eddie Murphy "it's due"… Continue reading
James Cameron is causing all kinds of undue fuss about his discovery (er… Israeli discovery 17 years ago) of some tomb with the bones of some of people named Jesus and Mary. Well, Charles Darwin isn't gonna take that faith-smacking junk lying down. By… Continue reading
Unicorns rock. Whether they're bouncing off rainbows, adorning black velvet paintings, the folders of fifth grade girls or the gaudy websites of way too many lonely, 38-year-old women, unicorns equal super-magical. So where have the movies been? I remember… Continue reading
There's always a rusty, necessarily tetanus edge to tales of hardcore drug abuse and Life is Hot in Cracktown is no exception. If you've read the book, you know its first few sentences clearly mark the territory:“Life is hot in Cracktown. The flaming sidewalk… Continue reading
Rank Title Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross Weeks in Release 1 Ghost Rider $19,700,000 $78,660,000 2 2 The Number 23 $15,107,000 $15,107,000 1 3 Bridge to Terabithia $13,574,000 $46,222,000 2 4 Reno 911!: Miami $10,400,000 $10,400,000 1 5 Norbit $9,736,000… Continue reading
Barry Levinson's such a hit and miss guy. For every Diner, Rain Man or The Natural, we get a Toys, Sphere or Envy. Levinson currently has the Hollywood expose What Just Happened? (as reported here) shooting in March… and I'm optimistic, actually. Since… Continue reading
Korean Wave, (Hallyu)- the term used to describe, in part, the popularity of South Korean film, is making huge headway beyond its native asian birthplace as more folks are exposed to movies like upcoming The Host, CHUD-fave Old Boy and international export My… Continue reading
Gone are the days of the vampire bat and supernaturally creepy old guy sneaking into bedrooms in the dark of night to neck with the ladies. The whole vampire genre has had a nice little post-modern renaissance, evolving into hip and suave victims of viral… Continue reading
