Here is all the key movie news going on today: Owen Wilson Speaks For First Time Publicly Since Suicide Attempt – Useless Wilson and Wes Anderson just talked about their new movie and didn’t mention the suicide attempt once, which made the whole interview pointless… because the looming issue distracted … [Read More]
Since I had been concentrating all my time on watching the horror films at the festival, I decided to switch it up a little and watch the martial arts film deemed to be the most expensive movie Vietnam has ever made called ‘The Rebel.’ The film takes place in the … [Read More]
I have been hearing about ‘Simon Says’ for actually a couple of years now, and because of that I was very curious about checking this one out at the festival. The movie is about a group of five teenagers who unfortunately take the advice of two psychotic twins (both played … [Read More]
There is just no getting around it… The Dirty Dozen is just one hell of a movie. A man’s man movie. A film really reflective of a different era, but breathtaking nonetheless even today. I didn’t see The Dirty Dozen for the first time until about 5 years ago, and … [Read More]
Remakes of classic movies/tv shows/cartoons/books are very tempting to a Hollywood studio for obvious reasons. There is name recognition for the general public, in many cases the source material is pretty rich often with iconic type character, and generally proven type-structure is already there. Sometimes this adaption is pretty successful … [Read More]
With the outrageous success of Transformers (making approximately $700 million world wide, and apparently over 8 million DVDs in its first week) it is a clear cut and forgone conclusion that there will be not only more Transformers on the horizon, but also more giant robot movies in general (Hollywood … [Read More]
On the third night of the festival, I had the “pleasure” to watch Lloyd Kaufman’s (of TROMA entertainment) horror-comedy, Poultrygeist: Night of The Chicken Dead. The film is about a chicken fast food restaurant which is built on an Indian burial ground and the spirits have possessed the chickens and … [Read More]
The idea of a “Spy Hunter” movie is a fun one once you consider that The Rock was going to be leading it. No, it never appeared to have a settled script. No, it never even got close to being in production. No, no other names were ever attached… but … [Read More]
Despite a couple of less than brilliant films recently, Ridley Scott is still one of the most recognized and respected directors out there. And despite constantly acting like a pompous ass, Russell Crowe is the single best and most naturally gifted actor working today. They’ve won Oscar’s working together before, … [Read More]
This story has not yet been confirmed, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s true. One of the readers at IESB sent the site rumored news about the possibility of a remake to the movie deemed by many as the ‘scariest movie of all time.’ IESB gives us this: News … [Read More]
The attention and interest generated by the article I put up the other day on Why Commercials Before Movies Is Worse Than Piracy continues to generate a lot of discussion (and so the topic should). One of the recurring emails I’ve been getting from a lot of people is the … [Read More]
When you sit back and actually start to add up all the money you spend on movies (I don’t recommend you do this… you’ll only end up being depressed) and include all the little hidden expenses as well, the total can be staggering. So anyway, the other day I started … [Read More]