You’ve seen the clips on TV enough times, but Sony thinks that there’s an audience for any footage of Michael Jackson’s final performance. The footage shot in LA as Jackson rehearsed for his run of 50 shows in the UK is incredibly close to being bought by Sony Pictures. What they want to do, according …
Woody Allen’s latest, ‘Whatever Works’ is a fairly entertaining film suffering from the same flaw as most of Allen’s comedy’s from the last few years, it just doesn’t hold a candle to his past work. Not that it matters, if its by Woody Allen, I’m going to go see it, and chances are, I’m probably …
If you saw “Grindhouse,” the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino movie that, while dun and cool, didn’t win over everyone, you’ll remember “Machette.” It was one of the fake trailers that opened the movie. It was a send-up of Mexploitation, starring Danny Trejo. The trailer went over so well with audiences, that Robert Rodriguez has been talking …
The narrator states right at the beginning of ‘500 Days of Summer’ that this film is not a love story. You think, “Yeah right. It has a boy, a girl, and its about their relationship, how is that not a love story.” Well, I’ll further afirm the fact, that ‘500 Days of Summer’ is not …
If you’ve been thinking, “Gee, I wish they remade Sam Peckinpah’s classic of violence, ‘Straw Dogs,’” well, this is your lucky day. The remake, to be directed by Rod Laurie, will now star James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard. Marsden will play the writer who heads, with his wife to the English countryside to …
Renee Zellweger will be reprising her role as the true-love seeking Bridget Jones in a third film. Though the project is in the early stages, people are speculating that the third film will be about Bridget in her 40s, attempting to have a baby. The films are produced by Working Title, no word on director, …
Variety has reported that it has acquired a biopic about Showman P.T. Barnum, known for the “Greatest Show on Earth.” The story came in the form of a pitch from Stan Chervin (‘Moneyball.’ ‘J Mac’), and will be produced by Todd Garner. P.T. Barnum and his museum of wonders was a minor character in ‘Gangs …
Marvel has confirmed a long whispered about rumor: Natalie Portman will be playing Jane Foster in Kenneth Branagh’s “Thor.” In the early comics, Foster was a nurse, but Marvel says the character will be “updated.” They chose not to elaborate. Portman is only the third actor to join the cast, alongside Chris Hemsworth, (who’ll be …
Editor’s note: The Unseen is a somewhat regular column, looking at movies that are out of print, never released on DVD and otherwise hard to find. For some time, if a movie made money, the question has been not if there was going to be a sequel, but instead the question would be how bad …
Brüno. What can one really say about this movie? It stars Sacha Baron Cohen, the genius behind Da Ali G Show, and the hit film Borat. You’re either a fan of the humor, or not. I could praise the movie to no end, or damn it to hell, if you like Cohen, you’re gonna see …