‘Speed Racer’ Gets the IMAX Treatment

It’s official: on May 9th you can watch The Wachowski’s latest big screen bonanza, ‘Speed Racer,’ either in a regular, run-of-the-mill theater or you can hop on over to an IMAX theater and get your ass kicked with the awesome visuals and sound system! Guess which one I’m leaning towards? I didn’t watch Speed Racer …

Get Your Own Damn Ideas, Hollywood: A Musing

The January through the March/April timeframe is a notorious lull for film junkies. Our attention turns away from the theater as Hollywood desperately tries to coax us in with movies like ‘College Road Trip’ or ‘Vantage Point’ (whose trailer only had me curious as to why Forrest Whitaker thinks his career is low enough that …

Marley Biopic In the Works

Bob Marley will be gracing the silver screen soon.  The Weinstein Co. is adapting to film Rita Marley’s 2004 autobiography, ‘No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley.’  So far, no casting decisions have been made yet, but it is planned that the film will show Bob at two stages of his life: as …

Van Halen Ain’t Van Happenin’

Who’d have thought this circus train would have derailed?  Now, nothing’s officially cancelled (yet) but the latest Van Halen reunion tour has been hit with a few postponements and possible cancellations.  Van Halen’s website states that Eddie is currently “undergoing a battery of comprehensive medical tests to determine a defined diagnosis and recommended medical procedures.” …

‘Burn’s’ Release Spreads

Winning an Oscar or two seems to go along way in getting Hollywood to finally trust you.  The Coen brothers’ next film, ‘Burn After Reading,’ will receive a wider release than originally planned.  The upcoming film, starring Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and George Clooney, is a dark comedy about the memoirs …

More ‘G.I. Joe’ Details

New details have emerged regarding the writing team and the story direction for the upcoming adaptation of 80s television cartoon, ‘G.I. Joe.’ The film’s executive producer, Brian Goldner (who is also the COO of Hasbro), recently spoke with MTV regarding the upcoming feature. You can read it here. Personally, I couldn’t be more uninterested in …

Lyric-Less Wonders: Great Instrumentals

In celebration of Nine Inch Nails’ new album, Ghosts Volume I-IV, an entirely instrumental collection, I thought it fitting to go back and look at a few stand out lyric-less tunes in the old music collection. For me, instrumentals have always been an exciting venture for an album. In a lot of ways, they express …

We Won’t Be Seeing Page in ‘Hell’

Ellen Page, star of last year’s breakout hit ‘Juno,’ has officially backed out of Sam Raimi’s upcoming film, ‘Drag Me to Hell.’ ‘Hell’ is starting to garner some attention and buzz as it is Raimi’s first return to horror since his Evil Dead days (although viewers did get a glimpse at his signature horror style …

Do You Believe in Harvey Dent?

If you liked the first round, it looks like Christopher Nolan’s crack-viral marketing team is almost ready to serve up a second course of puzzles to promote the upcoming film, ‘The Dark Knight.’  This time we’ll be joining forces with District Attorney Harvey Dent. The first viral campaign had The Joker send those who signed …

‘Cleveland’ Is Moving on Up

Looks like its time for Cleveland to get his: Fox Television is currently developing a spin-off of their hit (then cancelled, then re-aired, then hit again) show ‘Family Guy’ starring Peter Griffin’s friend, Cleveland Brown.  I can see ‘The Jeffersons’ jokes practically writing themselves.  The show is being written by ‘Family Guy’ creator Seth McFarlane …