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What the hell is it going to take to get you geeks worked up over Robert Zemeckis's performance capture rendering of the anonymously penned epic poem Beowulf? It's the foundation of everything y'all hold dear. The Lord of the Rings, Dungeons & Dragons, Mazes… Continue reading
It's been four years since Carl Franklin directed his last feature, the above-average thriller Out of Time (worth watching for its crackerjack second act alone). Though toplined by Denzel Washington, the film limped to a $40 million domestic gross, i.e. $10… Continue reading
"I had to stand up for myself alone. And you know what they did to me. Until all men stand up for what they believe in, the same damn thing can happen to any one of you!"– B. Pusser The in-depth speculation which has fast-tracked this four-part series to… Continue reading
A year after hosting the panel of the 2006 San Diego Comic Con (and two months after launching the biggest film to date of 2007), you'd expect Sony to cut back on their Spider-Man plans for this year's big geek festivities (btw, Saturday is completely sold… Continue reading
There's more plot in this IESB-hosted trailer for Michael Dougherty's Trick ‘R Treat than there was in the entirety of Superman Returns (which Dougherty co-wrote with Dan Harris): you've got Anna Paquin making like Little Red Riding Hood at a costume… Continue reading
I'll admit it: Seth Rogen landing the lead in Sony's long-dormant Green Hornet project did not initially strike me as a great idea. Much as I love Seth and believe he'll be making great comedies for decades to come, the superhero parody already feels tired.… Continue reading
Cate Blanchett is the best thing that ever happened to Shekhar Kapur. Nine years ago, their Elizabeth was a modestly produced portrait of The Virgin Queen's rise from tentative ruler to ruthless monarch. The film has its fans, but I'm not one of them; yes,… Continue reading
For today, Tom Rothman, we are cool. I don't know if this was a Rothman decision or more of a Hugh Jackman/Lauren Shuler Donner move. Doesn't really matter. Whoever's responsible, they done good. Gavin Hood is a great director who's about ready to make a leap… Continue reading
No fucking way I'm restating my thesis again. This is "Part III", homes. Ain't no Season of the Witch goin' on up in here. You gots to read the other entries if'n you want this shit to make any kind of sense. And if you do, by chance, locate the connective… Continue reading
There are so many degrees of wrongdoing in the Valarie Plame outing case that I can't imagine a two hour film doing the subject justice – especially in the hands of Rod Lurie, who's prepping a fictional account of the scandal with Nothing But the Truth. It's… Continue reading
If it weren't already obvious enough that Harvey Weinstein is desperately trying to duplicate the success of Chicago with the company's forthcoming stage-to-screen transfer of Maury Yeston's Nine, the old Troll of Tribeca just made his aspirations official by… Continue reading
John Leguizamo may be a great actor, but his presence in a movie is not a guarantor of quality; for every Carlito's Way there are far too many Spawns. So while the idea of Leguizamo teaming up with Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel on M. Night Shyamalan's The… Continue reading
