A full trailer for Shi Mian Mai Fu – Zhang Yimou’s follow up to the incredible Hero – has appeared online and though it’s only in crappy Windows Media format that played with the colors out of synch on my computer it’s still easy to see that this thing is … [Read More]
So that post on Arthur (see below) got me thinking about why exactly it is that I’ve pretty much avoided Fuqua’s last couple of films and the answer is simple enough: one truly, wretchedly bad casting decision in The Replacement Killers. What was otherwise a pretty entertaining film was absolutely … [Read More]
Hey … apparently we’ve attracted somebody’s attention because we’re starting to get unsolicited mail from official press-types … John-Boy, you may want to throw a contact email link or two on the front page to make it easier for people to solicit our affection. Anyway …. I’m not a huge … [Read More]
Okay. Christian Bale is the best looking Batman ever. Suits the part far, far better than any of the previous incarnations … check these out and then see if you can find it in you to disagree …
I have this theory about Canadian film makers and it goes like this: Canada is such a crap place to make films – between the lack of funding, lack of local distributors willing to screen local product, and lack of much of anybody anywhere caring about Canadian films it’s pretty … [Read More]
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Hard on the heels of a pair of enthusiastic reviews on Aint It Cool, here’s the first legitimate English language press response I’ve seen for Casshern so far. Mark Schilling at the Japan Times gives it an enthusiastic 4 stars out of five review while piling on comparisons to the … [Read More]
Dreamworks anime subsidiary Go Fish Pictures is currently polishing up a major overhaul of their website for Innocence, the sequel to the classic Ghost in the Shell. It’s still not on par with the Japanese site but it does include a decent amount of information including a happiness-inducing note that … [Read More]
So, after getting myself all worked up over these stories about an upcoming extended cut of Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko – which has one of the coolest websites ever, by the way. Just go ahead and click that link and prepare to lose hours of your life – and then … [Read More]
Stupid, stupid, evil, cranky Hell-bent Miramax. You slippery, money-grubbing bastards. Again, sorry about the delays, it’s pretty busy this week – this story came up a few days ago, but I still can’t believe it. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of a single respectable thing that … [Read More]
Curse you Korea, and your love for killer box sets! Fans of Hong Kong Cinema polish up your credit cards and get set to spend some money … See those crazy looking binders in the picture? See them? Aren’t they pretty? Want to know what’s inside? Well, frankly, just about … [Read More]
Forget the useless “strike-fear-into-the-hearts-of-the-public-so-I-can-obtain-false-trust” antics of ‘Orange Alerts’… how’s this for a “Freak The Hell Out of the Public” response: And folks, according to the New York Times and NASA’s top press officer, this conversation would ACTUALLY happen, if you had the chance to ask: Ready? You: “Hey top NASA … [Read More]