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In 1999, there was huge drug bust in the small, rundown town of Tulia, Texas. 46 people were arrested based solely on the testimony of one officer, Tom Coleman. What stood out about this series of arrests, however, is that almost all of the men, 40 to be… Continue reading
Ethan Hawke’s one of those guys who seems to have little trouble moving back and forth between big time studio pics and indies without compromising himself much for either. His low-key, laidback style makes him a pliable presence that works for a lot of… Continue reading
I’ve never been a big fan of the teacher/coach-changes-his -students’-lives-magically genre of films because they usually take real life stories of genuine inspiration and apply such a saccharine sheen to them that they become nigh unrecognizable. And the… Continue reading
I missed the Asian Horror Movie train completely. I didn’t buy a ticket. I didn’t show up at the station. I didn’t even check the schedule. I can understand why the more cerebral thrills of these movies stood out amidst the lackadaisical traditional teen… Continue reading
How many duds does it take to put someone in director jail? I’ve always wdondered if there’s a set number. If there is, then director Lasse Hallstrom is most likely closing in on it. He made his biggest domestic mark with a decent one-two punch of The Cider… Continue reading
He overcame some long odds to become the governor of California. He’s survived many challenges since. He rebounded from the outright rejection of his definitive ballot initiatives to take the state in a different direction. He’s taken the lead on some of the… Continue reading
As filming on John Rambo gets underway, we’re getting juicy detail after juicy detail. The latest involves the badass who’s going to be opposing one John J. Rambo (please say the J) as he ends lives in the jungles of Myanmar. Apparently realizing that there… Continue reading
Even though Running Scared hit with all of the impact of a sneeze, it managed to change the way I saw Paul Walker. That is to say…I realized he had a pulse. There wasn’t a lot of convincing proof before then as every role he’d taken required little of him but… Continue reading
I have a lot to be thankful to Shane Black for. He’s written some of my favorite movie lines of all time. He not only got a movie starring Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer made (in 2005, no less) but also (somewhat) theatrically released, and it was… Continue reading
A couple of years ago, Scholastic published a new book from children’s author Tony Abbott called Kringle that basically asked the question “Wouldn’t the myth of Kris Kringle/Santa Claus be a lot more interesting if it were actually The Chronicles of Narnia… Continue reading
Relatively inexpensive CGI family films have been the cinematic growth story of the past couple of years. Once a cool-looking curiosity, these babies have all but monopolized the family film marketplace, and as long as you can rope up a few name actors to do… Continue reading
During the recording of last week’s Oscar podcast, Robert Downey Jr.’s name came up as we saw the guy on TV looking good and flying high. Well, maybe not the last part so much. But it is incredible that he’s seem to overcome demons that have plagued him again… Continue reading
