Dan Vinton

273 posts

WALDEN WANTS TO SCREW YOU

Walden media, home of one hit wonder Narnia (not for long- Prince Caspian hits this year) and wholesome family underperformers (Charlotte's Web, How to Eat Fried Worms and, possibly, Bridge to Tarabithia) is going back to its Christian moneymaker by… Continue reading →

CAMPBELL QUITS BOND

China is currentyl receiving their first legal dose of Bond uncut and uncesnored. Casino Royale premiered on Monday and despite pirated DVDs being preemptively available for weeks, the whole thing is going over like 007's fingers on a brastrap.Amidst all the… Continue reading →

TO CATCH A CAST

Forget Diane Lane's long and well-regarded acting career, that woman ranked on VH1s Hottest Celebrity Bodies. I don't remember what she was ranked, but she's in there. Anyone else could have retired with that honor, but to her credit as a career professional,… Continue reading →

UPDATED! AARDMAN GETS FLUSHED

The poster for Flushed Away pretty much says it all: The last chance desperation of the Shrek and Madagascar references, the threatening tag line and prophetic title. Now word is out that the partnership between Aardman (the home studio of Academy Award… Continue reading →

DON'T PUT UP YET

To think- a few years ago people were prognosticating on the demise of the book. Psssshaw. Hollywood would collapse as we know it, that’s for sure. – With an ability to pull off poignancy and action, Paul Greengrass has rooted himself in the terra firma of… Continue reading →

SMITH. JORDANA SMITH.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith: The TV Show! is all kinds of serious about taking a big league crack at your viewership and TV advertising dollars. Having recently announced plans (read the story here) to make the Pitt/Jolie movie a boob tube adaption of the insanely… Continue reading →

MONSTERS NEED HOTELS TOO

Loading up its animation docket as if it were going up against the likes of Dreamworks and Pixar, Sony is returning to the supernatural dwelling genre that spawned its Oscar nominated Monster House with Hotel Transylvania. As only the luck of classic monsters… Continue reading →

I WAS A TEENAGE SHARK AMPUTEE

A few years ago, some South Pacific-cruising Tiger shark decided there wasn't enough big screen shark carnage and did something about it. He promptly bit off professional surfer Bethany Hamilton's arm as she paddled out to sea on her surfboard in Hawaii*. The… Continue reading →