Already embroiled in a lawsuit accusing him of stealing plot elements in Signs, M. Night Shyamalan may have some more trouble brewing … I first heard about the accusations that Shyamalan may have lifted the story of The Village thanks to this article posted on our discussion thread by Cat … [Read More]
Golly. Palm Pictures first demonstrated that they had a clue about Asian film last year when they picked up the rights to the Pang Brothers stellar horror flick The Eye but I have to confess that I didn’t give the company much thought beyond that release and the DVDs they … [Read More]
Okay, so, it’s easily the most screwed up pretense for a film in recent days/weeks/months. And unless the movie goes all David Fincher on us, the movie probably won’t have anything overly interesting to say about our society’s degradation either. Who cares, it’s spooky. There have been 3 Trailers for … [Read More]
Manchurian Candidate director Jonathan Demme’s recent interview with NPR has been archived on the radio network’s website and is available here. Yep, he talks politics which is sure to get the ol’ left-right fires a-burnin’. In fact, they already are. For a right leaning take on Demme’s comments – complete … [Read More]
One of the things that separates the Toronto International Film Festival from other festivals worldwide is its steadfast refusal to lock themselves into any particular box. While some festivals focus may focus on nationality, or genre, or technical aspects or industry needs, Toronto has always merged everything into one big … [Read More]
When going to see a Will Ferrell movie, like Anchorman, one has to take a few things with a grain of salt. Ferrell does Ferrell style comedy, and does it well. When you go in to see him, you know what you’re in for. This creates a bit of a … [Read More]
I meant to post something about this a good while ago when I first spotted the teaser online, but I never quite got around to it. Just stumbled across a full review and the full trailer, so I suppose it’s time … Were you one of those people who figured … [Read More]
So I just got back from Fahrenheit 9/11 and honestly I’m a bit underwhelmed. Is it a good film? Yes, fairly, but it’s not a great film by any definition and though I’ve only seen one of the other films that were in competition at Cannes this year (that being … [Read More]
If you’ve been reading the Movie Blog much over the past couple months you’ve probably noticed that we’ve been getting a little giddy over a little British comedy show called Spaced that never got the attention it deserved on this side of the pond and that we’re also getting all … [Read More]
Okay, so I wrote a post about this yesterday and it was glorious. Full of passion and intrigue. High drama and low comedy. It was beautiful, a thing of wonder. And then, because he is a man driven by petty jealousy and rage Day-vuh deleted it. And then I had … [Read More]
Okay, I confess that I knew nothing at all about this prior to spotting the article on AICN and I’m kicking myself, very hard, over that … Seems Tim Burton is working with Vinton Studios as producer on The Corpse Bride, a new stop motion animated film based on an … [Read More]
Okay there boys and girls ‚Ķ one of the things about my posting so much about Asian films is that I get asked where people can buy these things. A lot. So to make life simpler for you and more lucrative for me I‚Äôve gone out and joined a few … [Read More]