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It's been easy sport since the 2002 publication of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film to lambaste David Thomson for losing touch with the modern cinema. There's his continuing aversion to horror filmmakers (appraisals of Joe Dante, Mario Bava and John… Continue reading
Has anyone seen Dom DeLuise lately? I'm beginning to worry. It's no trick to piss off the level-headed, if all you want is to piss off the level-headed. Despite DVR-ing it, I didn't actually watch the American Film Institute's uncalled for update of its 100… Continue reading
I never thought I'd actually be looking forward to the film version of a video game I've never played, but having read and enjoyed Skip Woods's draft of Hitman, I can honestly say I'm expecting something… entertaining at the very least. Though everyone… Continue reading
The Crop: Righteous Kill The Production Company: Millennium Films The Director: Jon Avnet The Writer: Russell Gewirtz The Actors: Robert De Niro and Al Pacino The Premise: Two New York City detectives hunt a morally indignant serial killer steadily knocking… Continue reading
I honestly forgot this movie existed. Written and directed by Tony Gilroy, the man who'd rather you consider him the screenwriter of the Bourne movies instead of the brains behind The Cutting Edge, Michael Clayton seems like it should be a year-end prestige… Continue reading
I have generally not been a fan of the American Film Institute's 100 Years 100 Movies series because they a) honor boring mainstream triumphs, b) act as if Samuel Fuller never existed and c) seem more interested in selling DVDs than sparking an interest in… Continue reading
Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, New York, New York, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Casino and, now, The Winter of Frankie Machine brings the grand total of Martin Scorsese/Robert De Niro director/actor collaborations to nine. That strange… Continue reading
This sounds about right. The reinvented Bond franchise doesn't need a heavy hand behind the camera, and while Marc Forster hasn't been shy about enforcing David Fincher's style on his movies, he can also dial it down (e.g. Finding Neverland, which was so… Continue reading
Looks like Fox's lack of invention has finally bled over into their usually creative marketing department. Had to happen sooner or later. That's Christopher Eccleston doing his best Viggo Mortensen on the horse, btw. Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising series was… Continue reading
If I were Guy Ritchie, I'd want to be Matthew Vaughn right now. It's not enough that the Brit filmmaker's longtime producer has gone on to out-direct and out-marry him (Layer Cake and Claudia Schiffer respectively); now, Vaughn's MARV Films has just struck a… Continue reading
What's with all the non-Judd Apatow comedies being announced tonight? I didn't know you were allowed to make a comedy in Hollywood without winning the kingpin's approval. Thankfully, this one sounds much, much better than Man-Witch. Truth be told, I think it… Continue reading
Disclaimer: Judd Apatow has nothing to do with this comedy. Todd Phillips has had a rough go of it since breaking through with 2003's Old School. His follow-up, Starsky and Hutch, was extremely light on laughs, while his last film, School for Scoundrels, was… Continue reading
