Ok, this list may not accurately reflect the opinions of Day-Vuh or Bubba, but they are my opinions, and therefore the correct ones. Here’s my rankings of the summer flicks so far. #1 Shrek 2 ‚Äì This was a thoroughly entertaining movie. Overall I’d say the first one is a … [Read More]
Not sure how long this has been in the works but while I was looking up links for that Palahniuk story I stumbled across one mighty intriguing listing over at the IMDB … according to them (and they have been known to be very, very wrong on occasion) Spike Jonez … [Read More]
It’s not up on the distributor’s site yet but word on the street is that Magnolia Pictures has picked up the amazing Thai martial arts film Ong Bak and will be giving it a wide release throughout North America in November. This will be the Luc Besson edit of the … [Read More]
‚ÄúViolence can be visually very beautiful, really exciting. But what’s important is what’s hiding behind the violence. I prepare the ground beforehand so that the violence doesn’t seem gratuitous.‚Äù Chan Wook Park Chan Wook Park is Korea’s answer to David Fincher. This is not to say that Park lifts from … [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]
Someone just pointed out on the KFC boards that the official website for Godzilla Final Wars has been updated … It’s a bit early for the artwork to be actual shooting stills, so I’m banking that the backgrounds are actually high res artist’s concept pictures, but they’re pretty sweet. You … [Read More]
Pardon me if I sound a little smug about this, it’s just that I am … Last week I threw a little comment onto the Michael Moore / Disney thread commenting on how Disney was putting themselves into breach of contract with their actions and how this was not such … [Read More]
Here’s another one for the so strnage it must be true file, courtesy the good folks at KFC Cinema … Yuen Woo Ping – the man behind the kung fu sequences in The Matrix, Crouching Tiger and Kill Bill – is prepping Golden Dragon for Disney. Yep, as you might … [Read More]
So I finally got around to checking Metacritic for info on this week’s big releases and the news aint good … for those who don’t know how it works Metacritic checks a wide range of reviews for all film releases, assigns each a numerical value based on the number and … [Read More]
Danish director Lars Von Trier has long been known for provoking, shall we say, strong reactions from his actors. While filming Dancer in the Dark the man got into such a violent argument with Bjork that it ended with her removing the shirt from her back, cutting it into little … [Read More]
So I woke up on April Fools day to find that my fiance Amanda had fallen in love with someone else. HELLBOY! She was spouting off trivia about the making of the film, background on the characters and the 6 year process that brought this to the silver screen and … [Read More]
Ah yes…..The words “Orlando Bloom Topless…” I can see the quivering fingers of horny teenaged girls sending the web hits into the stratosphere already. I actually have no idea if this movie will be released in North America – I imagine it will be eventually, but it seems likely that … [Read More]