Jeremy Smith

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ZAK PENN: NEXT MISSION

This doesn't do much for the "leave it the fuck alone" camp, but it's certainly better than the previous alternative… I think. According to Variety, Zak Penn has pulled rewriting duty on Joel Silver's The Dirty Dozen remake, which will hopefully be a… Continue reading

BLUNT FORCE AUSTEN

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Emily Blunt possesses one fine piece of posterior. Less universally acknowledged, though nonetheless true: Maggie Grace is smokin', Maria Bello is aging splendidly and likes it on the stairs, and Amy Brenneman will… Continue reading

$8.8 MILLION AT 8 PM

Hollywood may be on Operation Holiday Shutdown, but the town is still abuzz over some breaking bit of news over at Variety: Transformers has made some money. A whole bunch of it, actually. And inside sources at Dreamworks/Paramount are indicating that more… Continue reading

GAIMAN SCOOPS GEEKS

Taking shameless advantage of his friendship with Guillermo del Toro (and, as we all know, del Toro does not make friends easily), Neil Gaiman has traveled to Budapest and posted the very first, and very unofficial, pics of Hellboy 2 to his official website.… Continue reading

EXEUNT EDWARD YANG

When I first experienced the cinema of Edward Yang (at New York City's cramped Cinema Village) in late 2000, I had no idea I was also witnessing its culmination. How could I? Yang's works were rarely screened in the United States and never properly… Continue reading

LECTURE: THE MOVIE

Robert Redford's Lions for Lambs (based on a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan) is one of this year's highly-touted "Let's Talk About Terrorism" movies. It is a tripartite narrative juxtaposing both political and academic wrangling over the country's… Continue reading

GUYS NOT USED UP AFTER ALL

Did you happen to see that disheveled, pantsless, cake-smeared individual doing the Charleston down Barham this morning? No, no, no… not Tim Conway. The other one who looked a little like Jim Carrey in the middle of a Martin Lawrence-scale meltdown. I'm… Continue reading

MR. MAGORIUM'S BIG ADVENTURE

Zach Helm's Stranger Than Fiction has its defenders. That's cool. Movies need defenders. I knew a guy in college who watched Psychos in Love every Valentine's Day because he hated women, and, while this curious disposition either fixed itself or got him into… Continue reading