The poster for Mike Meyers’ new movie ‘The Love Guru’ has been released on the Internet Poster Awards web-site.This is Meyers’ first movie starring an original character since… um… well, it’s been a long time. Meyers plays the titular love guru who helps a NHL hockey team deal with a love triangle. Also starring in …
Wal-Mart has announced that they will begin phasing out HD DVD this summer, and fully back Blu-Ray DVD. Word comes from Check Out.com, the company’s electronics blog. ‘We’ve listened to our customers, who are showing a clear preference toward Blu-ray products and movies with their purchases,’ said the Senior Vice President of Wal-Mart’s Home Entertainment …
Created at the end of the swinging sixities, ‘Four Times That Night,’ is a comedic take on Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Rashomon,’ with the same story being told from multiple angels. Bava adds a new twist to the concept, turning the story into a sex comedy. The movie opens with John driving in his sports car. While …
The Hollywood Reporter is quoting ‘very reliable sources,’ that Toshiba, the company that invented, and has made the most dramatic push for HD DVD is close to officially dropping the format. The article cites the selling of players at a loss and the defection of such companies as Warner Bros. to the Blu-Ray camp as …
This was the fourth and final movie Mario Bava made during the busy year of 1968. The movie opens with as stunning and exciting sequence as a villager commits suicide by falling onto the spikes of a fence. She seems to be driven to do this under the watch of a creepy-looking seven year old …
The trailer for ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,’ has premiered on Good Morning America. The trailer is now viewable on-line as well as in theaters. Personally, I’m a little underwhelmed by the trailer, since so much of the running time is devoted to reminding you what the first three were about. …
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese is the latest director to work with AT&T in a commercial to run before movies reminding audiences to shut off their phones. The previous one, starring Sydney Pollack was a favorite and I can’t wait to see this one on the big screen.
In 1968, Mario Bava collaborated with producer Dino De Laurentis (‘Serpico,’ ‘Red Dragon,’ 1976’s ‘King Kong,’) to bring to the screen one of the most popular Italian comic book heroes. Diabolik is not like many heroes of popular lore. Diabolik is a thief. He does not rob to the rich and give to the poor, …
After a 100 day strike, members of the WGA yesterday voted to accept the deal agreed to by its board this past weekend. The deal was approved by 92% of the guild. This means the the Academy Awards, scheduled to be held on February 24th will be held with no picket lines and the vast …
Joel and Ethan Coen will be adapting Pulitzer-prize winner Michael Chabon’s ‘The Yiddish Policeman’s Union,’ for their next feature. The story is about a group of Jews settled in Alaska who are about to be displaced by the US government who plan on giving the land to Alaskan natives. Meanwhile, a police officer investigates the …