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Without real assurance that Bond 22 won't slide back to the old style of one-liners and joke setpieces (or limp policital posturing, with Paul Haggis providing the polish) I'm not sure why I care that the production team is going to Panama. Dark Horizons is… Continue reading
Here’s a hint for potential remake strip-miners. If you want to tackle the work of a revered director, don’t start with one of their most personal movies. Remake Bringing Out The Dead, not The Age Of Innocence. Dive into Dressed To Kill, not Blow Out. Wrap… Continue reading
You can't stop Ellen Page. She's already a Toronto Fest vet, having appeared in films selected for the '02, '04 and '05 festivals. In addition to this experimental teen runaway drama remix, Page appeared at Toronto this year in Juno (reviewed right here) and… Continue reading
Those open casting sessions for George Miller's Justice League film sure are turning up some fresh faces. The first to get some public non-announcement (WB: We'll announce the whole cast when it's bloody ready, you Watchmen deflaters!) is the top-running… Continue reading
By and large I don't like linking to images on IGN, not because the people over there aren't cool (they definitely are) but because the company splashes that ugly logo on everything. Branding an image makes sense when you're Getty Images, but not when you're… Continue reading
Eight AM on a Sunday morning is not the ideal time to do a phone interview. But I'd been pestering Focus Features for a chance to talk to David Cronenberg since well before the Toronto Fest started, and when they kindly hooked me up with a one on one towards… Continue reading
I feel like I should be unabashedly in critic love with Ellen Page, but I'm worried about her. She's been wonderful in a couple films, but I fear that without some serious development she may burn through her bag of tricks even before she can have a… Continue reading
Real details on Avatar, James Cameron's first feature since 1997 that's not about boats or sea creatures or his beard, have been sketchy. We haven't seen significant character or creature designs or anything that communicates what this sucker is actually… Continue reading
More or less confirming info that we've known for over a month, Reuters ran an article this morning saying that Mad Max director George Miller is ‘in talks' to head up Warner Brothers' Justice League flick. Actually, the article calls him the Happy Feet… Continue reading
I was as surprised as anyone when Smiley Face, the Gregg Araki-directed stoner comedy, was moved from a mid-summer dumping ground to halfway prestigous slot at the Toronto Film Fest. I didn't see it there, but word wasn't bad; audiences thought it was funny,… Continue reading
This ain't good. Run Fat Boy, Run, the David Schwimmer-directed, Michael Ian Black and Simon Pegg-scripted romantic comedy, won't be seen this year. And this only days after Micah spent several minutes writing up the latest trailer. (A trailer, mind, you,… Continue reading
Let’s pretend that you’re Ridley Scott, just sitting around one day waiting for American Gangster to open. Wait, let’s be Brian Grazer instead. So much more fun. Anyway, you’re just minding your own business when Jay-Z walks in, drops an entirely new record… Continue reading
