DVD Review: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

I shouldn’t be surprised that Stephen Sommers’ big screen adaptation of the G.I. Joe franchise was a big, loud, noisy mess.  I think part of it comes from my unabashed enjoyment of the first “Mummy” movie.  And I think it is that enjoyment that I take with me into every Sommers movie, trying to recapture …

Sommers to Direct ‘Tarzan’

Will wonders never cease. Stephen “I Wreck Movies” Sommers is in negotiations to direct a new reimagined version of ‘Tarzan, Lord of the Apes’ for Warner Bros. The script will be adapted by Sommers and Stuart Beattie (‘Collateral’) and be produced by Jerry Weintraub. In true Sommers fashion, rather then looking at the original tone …