I'm a little late with this one. I never meant to let you down like this. Things just got a little out of hand today, baby. What I got to do to make it up to you? The Crop: State of Play The Studio: Universal The Director: Kevin Macdonald The Producers:… Continue reading →
First off, I just want to commend Michael Fleming for kicking off his Variety article concerning the below with "Got Milk?". Goddamn, he's good. If you've been following the career of Bryan Singer, you'll know that the comic book adapting filmmaker has long… Continue reading →
Are you seated? Well, can you get seated? I have some shocking news that may forever alter the way you prepare peas. Nikki Finke, the tough-as-nails Deadline Hollywood Daily editor who once punched her way through the steel hull of a trash barge with her bare… Continue reading →
Hey guys, I hope you week went well, and you filled out those tax forms and shit. Let's see how wrong I am this week THE MOST INTERESTING FILM OF THE WEEK We are in the off-season. Though you can now release a film any time of the year and have a nine-figure… Continue reading →
The just-done-broke news that Rob Marshall will direct Nine, a live action rendition of Maury Yeston's stage musical rendition of Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, for The Weinstein Company is cause for both delight and concern. The delight comes in knowing that I'll… Continue reading →
How did it take this long for Dino De Laurentiis to finance another romp in the space age boudoir with Barbarella? The character, a creation of French comic book artist Jean-Claude Forest, is a liberated gal who gallivants about the cosmos in various states… Continue reading →
Just as the now late Kurt Vonnegut's works resisted cinematic interpretation, the novels of Philip Roth, and those of their contemporaries who thrived in the post-World War II era, have never been adequately transferred from prose to screen. This is probably… Continue reading →
As you might've heard, it's been a rough week for The Weinstein Company (some little exploitation of theirs bombed), so here's some much needed good news for Harvey and Bob: they're alive. Should that fail to perk them up, there's also this: it's just been… Continue reading →
"As chairman of the welcoming committee, it's a pleasure to present a laurel and hardy handshake to our new… nigger."I've watched Blazing Saddles several times with an audience and many times with friends, and the above line – uttered by white… Continue reading →
Let me get this straight: Anna Nicole Smith died so that Elie Samaha could honor her with a quickie biopic starring the soon-to-be bride of future NHL Hall of Famer Mike Modano? Yep. Makes perfect sense to me. The former dry cleaner, whose erstwhile Franchise… Continue reading →