The nominations for the annual VES awards have been announced… and I like everything they’ve come up with (I put my choices in red): VISUAL EFFECTS IN A VISUAL EFFECTS DRIVEN MOTION PICTURE “I Am Legend” – Janek Sirrs, Mike Chambers, Jim Berney, Crys Forsyth-Smith “Transformers” – Scott Farar, Shari … [Read More]
Well it looks like we have some good news and some bad news regarding Justice League this morning. We get the following scoop from the movieweb: Stuff is reporting that Weta Workshops will be producing the costumes for the upcoming Warner Brothers film Justice League of America. They will be … [Read More]
It appears that the dynamic duo of Vaughn and Favreau will be joining a couple of country western songsmiths in an upcoming Christmas movie. We get wind of this peculiar news thanks to our friends at comingsoon: Jon Favreau and country music stars Tim McGraw and Dwight Yoakam are joining … [Read More]
Spoiler City! Spoiler City! For those of you that have always wondered what Bill Murray said to Scarlett Johannson in the final scene of Lost In Translation, I have good news for you. It appears a studious sound-smith has used modern gadgetry and science to divulge the whispered words between … [Read More]
Here is a picture of our favored demon defender with a sizable gun of legendary firepower! Thanks to shocktillyoudrop for the hookup. I am pumped to see this sequel. Guillermo is able to direct imagination; he wills it into being, for all to see, and enjoy. I consider him to … [Read More]
It looks like James Cameron’s 3-D project is out of reach a bit further for us this morning. We get news of the new release date this morning from the caves of Yahoo: James Cameron’s 3-D feature “Avatar,” which was scheduled for Memorial Day 2009, has been pushed back seven … [Read More]
We have progress on the A-Team Movie! It looks like Singleton has been tapped for the Directors chair and we get this news from IESB via the moviehole: According to IESB, John Singleton (“2 Fast 2 Furious”, “Boyz N’The Hood”) is the shingle’s first choice for director. Singleton, of course, … [Read More]
It looks like we will need a few oscars set aside for this one. Van Sant is teaming up with Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch and James Franco to bring us the tale of Harvey Milk. We get the scoop from the caves of yahoo: Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch and James … [Read More]
As sick as we get of seeing Angelina Jolie splattered all over every magazine in every store in every city in the world, you’ve got to admit that when she gets down to work, she is a damn fine actress (insanity not withstanding), and even though I thought the Tomb … [Read More]
Kevin Smith is my god. He is a master storyteller and funnier than Nagy fucking Vegetables. Which is a conflict of interest considering I am opposed to the glamorization of smoking pot and much of his works involve that as a theme. But my favourite of Smith’s Askewniverse characters are … [Read More]
Some lucky industry hipsters have already had a peek at Sweeney Todd, and the word on the street is that it kicks ass. We get the skinny from the horse’s mouth via cinematical: Several people who have attended the first critic’s screenings of Sweeney Todd — a.k.a., not me — … [Read More]
I enjoyed The Simpsons movie (See my review here) but I wasn’t thrilled with it… and it certainly wasn’t worth waiting nearly 20 years for. Still, it was pretty entertaining for what it was and it gets full marks for that. However, you can’t deny that the marketing for the … [Read More]