I cannot be more excited for this movie to be unleashed on the world. No I don’t want to see it to find out that Paris Hilton has the acting range of a tuba. (And not even a functioning tuba, but a tuba with herpies) That is not what excites me. The reason why I …
A retired, expert marksman is set-up and blamed for the assassination of a bishop and the attempted assassination of the President. Working with a recently fired and disgraced FBI agent, the marksman finds that his set-up goes high up into the halls of power. That is the plot of Antoine Fuqua’s ‘Shooter.’ If it also …
In a touching article, Christopher Nolan (The Dark Night, Batman Begins, The Prestige) remembers Heath Ledger. His death came as a strong blow to Hollywood, and Nolan had some amazing things to say about a great actor. Newsweek
Bob Dylan once said that ‘to live outside the law, you must be honest.’ And so it is with David Cronenberg’s most recent movie, ‘Eastern Promises.’ The film stars Naomi Watts as Anna a nurse in the maternity ward in London’s hospitals. When a 14 year-old Russian heroin addict turns up and give birth to …
Hollywood Reporter says Guillermo Del Toro will direct back-to-back film versions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit.’ Del Toro will oversee the script writing process with producer and ‘Lord of the Rings’ director Peter Jackson. The budget for each film is reportedly $150 million. The deal was reportedly has not been officially decided yet, because of …
The spoof film ‘Remember the Spartans,’ has edged out Sylvester Stalone’s return to the big screen with ‘Rambo’ on its opening weekend. ‘Spartans’ took in $18.2 million at the box office. ‘Rambo’ took $18.1 million. ‘Juno’ recieved a bump from it’s Oscar nomination, with its total take now around $100 million, while ‘Cloverfield’ fell over …
The Coen brothers are the odds on favorites to win the Best Director Oscar after winning the same honor at the Director’s Guild Award ceremony this past weekend. Joel Coen told reporters, that when brother Ethan is feeling depressed, he likes to use silver polish ‘spit shines his medals for an hour or two. It …
Few things seem gray anymore. Perception has grown black and white. There is good and evil, Republican and Democrat, tasteful and tasteless, comedy and drama, etc. Middle ground, ambiguity seem unsettling, out of place. As time passes and our brains need to neatly file information into definitive compartments, we sum up our feelings of a …
I like lists. They get me the groceries I need, make sure I am not using my finger to brush my teeth on vacation, help my girlfriend remember why she is still with me… they are great. So why wouldn’t I come up with a list to determine the most overrated movies? When I put …
Interesting article from DVDFile.com this morning. Titled, ‘Of Resolution, Bit Rates and Scaling,’ it suggests that perhaps Apple’s new downloadable HD may not be true HD. Or maybe it is. Apparently, it depends on your definition of the term. They explain it in way more depth than I could. Check out the article.