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With The Grudge and Boogeyman keeping their pockets lined, Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures continues to steamroll through the modest-budget horror genre, and their latest production Rise has snagged more actors in the gears. Tasty treat Carla Gugino, who so… Continue reading
Jason Statham is back for more homoerotic action (come on, even the director thought the first one was pretty gay, and he’s French) in The Transporter 2, although this time he really seems to be more of a chauffeur. Retired from the parcel delivery business,… Continue reading
The videogame adaptation is climbing back to the top of studio lists, with recent weeks seeing popular properties like Halo, Hitman and Alice hacking their way through development hell. And let’s not forget Uwe Boll’s upcoming Bloodrayne, which we all know… Continue reading
REVIEWED THIS WEEK:– House of M #1 & 2– Adventures of Superman #640 & 641– Dream Police #1– Catwoman #44– Deadworld #1– Captain America #7– Neverwhere #1– Robin #139 At Two Issues Deep, “House of M” is Full of Sound and Fury By Russell Paulette The big event… Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Batman Begins $26,700,000 $121,600,000 2 2 Bewitched $20,200,000 $20,200,000 1 3 Mr. and Mrs. Smith $16,700,000 $125,400,000 3 4 Herbie: Fully Loaded $12,700,000 $17,800,000 1 5 Land of the Dead… Continue reading
Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes production company has been frantically whipping the horses on the remake wagon since their first major financial successes (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror), and The Hitcher is next on the money trail. The original… Continue reading
Roving ex-army cop Jack Reacher (how come tough guys are never named Stanley or Purvis?) has settled at Paramount, who snapped up the rights to his latest adventure. The studio has grabbed Lee Child’s latest Reacher novel One Shot, which finds the… Continue reading
Ridley Scott seems to be taking a page from the playbook of fellow Alien movie helmer James Cameron and submerging himself for a new film. Scott will dip into the depths for an adaptation of the bestselling true subaquatic adventure tale Shadow Divers, about… Continue reading
After trudging for years through the Dimension quagmire, the adaptation of EA’s bizarro vidgame Alice will finally head back through the looking glass and into the camera lens. The flick is now set up at Universal (which is becoming quite a habitat for… Continue reading
REVIEWED THIS WEEK:– Hellboy: The Island #1– Spider-Man: House of M #1– The Black Diamond #1– Firestorm #14– The Nail TPB– G.I. Joe #0– Action Philosophers All-Sex Special #1– Vimanarama #1-3 First Look: After a Long Absence, “Hellboy” Creator Mike Mignola… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: SonyMSRP: $24.99RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 91 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary tracks• Deleted scenes• Featurette• Music video The Humans Sara Foster (The Big Bounce, some magazines), Devon Aoki (2 Fast 2 Furious, Sin… Continue reading
Now that Mission: Impossible 3 looks like it’s actually going to get made this time after several catastrophic nosedives, the production is closing up casting with thundering thesp Laurence “Don’t Even Think About Calling Me Larry” Fishburne. Fishburne… Continue reading
