I used to work at a Visual Effects Studio. About a year and a half ago some footage came into the company to bid on the effects work for a couple of shots in this new movie called Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. After hearing what it was … [Read More]
I fear for the survival of Comic Book genre films my friends. Up to this point, comic movies have been good enough to survive… even survive the horrid spectacle that was Catwoman… but another real stinker and the movie going public may become hesitant to drop the cash for their … [Read More]
The Internet Movie Database describes Vanity Fair this way: “Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp (Witherspoon) defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia.” While too simplistic, this description is fairly accurate. As I mentioned in an earlier post the reviews for Vanity … [Read More]
KFC‘s Hitman is a good and gentle soul, racking up much positive karma. Thanks to him I just saw this: Remember a while back I posted a link to a Japanese film starring Tadanobu Asano, Sonny Chiba and Vinny Jones? Yeah, trailers. This looks like waaaaay too much fun. Bright, … [Read More]
Aardman Animation has announced the voice cast for Flushed Away, their new film about an upper class rat flushed into the sewers of London. According to the Hollywood Reporter Hugh Jackman will play Roddy, the upperclass rat, with Ian McKellan as an evil frog and the suddenly ubiquitous Andy Serkis … [Read More]
Okay, we already told you which films were coming to this year’s Midnight Madness but as of this afternoon we can also tell you which actors and directors will be there to present their films. First up: sad news for Japan-o-philes. No Takashi Miike or Mamoru Oshii. Miike, surprisingly enough, … [Read More]
As the observant among you will have picked up from our ramblings farther down the page – what? you don’t check for new content several times a day? – the Shaun of the Dead folks rolled through town last night on their ongoing North American press junket and this afternoon … [Read More]
Good Lord, do we ever like giving stuff away. We like it so much, in fact, that we’re not even going to wait for our Lady Snowblood DVD giveaway contest – you’ve entered that one already, I’m sure – to wrap up before starting this one. What’ve we got this … [Read More]
Wow. You know a film is bad when its the largest major release of the week, has been the object of a major ad campaign and one of the entertainment weeklies in a major city decides to run an article detailing the best films of its genre but can’t even … [Read More]
The good folks at Aint It Cool have just posted a short, but tantalizing, with Robert Rodriguez about his soon to release adaptation of Frank Miller’s Sin City. I have very high hopes for this film and everything I read just keeps pushing them a little higher .. check it … [Read More]
Some interesting news from the set of the Serenity movie … for those who don’t know Serenity is the feature film adaptation of Joss Whedon’s stellar (bad pun. bad, bad pun.) but short lived series Firefly, which for my money is the best thing Whedon has ever produced. Now we … [Read More]
Whedonites may have something more to look forward to. According to ComingSoon.net, James Marsters, who played Spike on the insanely popular Buffy:The Vampire Slayer was heard saying on “Rove Live” that four telefilms might be in the works. He says Joss Whedon, creator of both series, wants him back. “I … [Read More]