Downey Jr. Might Make Us Uncomfortable

In my opinion Robert Downey Jr. is one of the greatest actors of our time. But I also have a few more opinions, namely, white people in black face have historically cause problems or, at the very least, evoked uncomfortable shifts in chairs and awkward pauses in conversations. Robert Downey Jr. has said of his …

‘The Dark Knight’ Looms in the Shadows a Bit Longer

Looks like we’ll have to wait a bit longer to see the second trailer for the upcoming ‘The Dark Knight.’  Originally slated to be attached to the film ‘10,000 B.C.,’ the new trailer’s release has been pushed back.  There is still some speculation as to when, how or if it will be released at all. …

Look! It’s the Watchmen!

So it’s not coming out until March 6, 2009, but dammit if my geek endorphins aren’t overloading my brain with the bliss that is a peek at the characters suited up for next year’s release, ‘Watchmen.’ Zach Snyder posted this on the official ‘Watchmen’ website: “Here we are, officially one year and counting until the …

Back to the Future *Sweded*

The other day in my review of Be Kind Rewind, I mentioned the films urgence for its audience to “Swede” their own films. So no doubt, the next few weeks/months will have a lot of these coming up (much like the reedited trailer phenomenon a little while back). As a big fan of Back to …

Van Damme Does ‘Acting type of film’

If you are like me (and you’re not so don’t even try) then you were all kinds of concerned about the writers strike and it’s impact on the quality of upcoming films. But, just announced, there is reason for hope that not all is lost: Scripts now become accessible to Jean Claude Van Damme. This …

‘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 …

Transformers 2

Seems like the city of brotherly love is about to get a whole lot of awesome. Rumor has it that Michael Bay will touch down in Philadelphia to film the second installment of ‘Transformers’ this summer. This makes perfect sense. I have often said that Megatron is the Benjamin Franklin of our time. They both …

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 …