Verbinski Gets a ‘Clue’

Apparently, comic book adaptations are old news, these days, board games are all the rage. ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ director Gore Verbinksi has signed on to direct and produce ‘Clue.’ Of course, ‘Clue’ is the infamous board game where players solve murders committed by Professor Plum, Ms. White, Colonel Mustard, Mr. Green, Miss Peacock, or …

Sandler Gets Sued

Adam Sandler is being sued by comic book author Robert Cabell for stealing the idea for Sandler’s last comedy, ‘You Don’t Mess with The Zohan.’ The infrigement suit names Sandler and his fellow Happy Madison Productions suits, Sony, and Columbia Pictures. Apparently, Cabell cites Zohan (an Israeli special forces officer who becomes a hair dresser) …

WB Picks Up ‘Darkness’

Warner Bros. has acquired Boston-based Mel Gibson film ‘Edge of Darkness,’ directed by Martin Campbell. The film is based on a BBC miniseries, and tells the story of a homicide detective whose only child is murdered in front of his home. The film was produced by ‘Departed’ producer Graham King, and the producer of the …

Review: The International

Honestly, I hadn’t heard boo about ‘The International’ until just two weeks ago. I was browsing the high-def content on apple.com, and I came across an “exclusive” scene from the film. I was interested immediately. The film is directed by the very talented Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) and stars Clive Owen and Naomi Watts.

DVD Review: Downfall

It is no surprise that most of the films we see as American’s about WWII are centric to the Allies fight, very rarely do we get a glimpse to what it was like on the other side. I was excited about ‘Downfall’ because besides a few notes from History books, I had no idea what …

DVD Review: Max Payne

I’ve seen some terrible films in my day, but I’d say I’ve been on a fairly good streak. I have managed to avoid most of the past years truly bad movies, until now. I blame my curiosity, I blame my desire to one day see a decent adaptation of a video game. After my viewing …