March 2, 2008 - March 8, 2008 Archives
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Nerdy-hip-hop-sub-genre documentary Nerdcore Rising is having its premiere this Sunday at SxSW, so rapper MC Frontalot was kind enough to send over the trailer. I was only vaguely aware of the genre, so I didn't know what to expect. Would Linux be the new shorty? Would Ron Paul... / Continue →
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Can you believe actors are still being used in movies? Despite startling advances in android artificial intelligence, holograms, and computer graphics, each year countless human thespians are paid a predetermined price to pretend they're someone else, all for our entertainment.... / Continue →
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The disconcerting lack of footage from Edward Norton's questionable The Incredible Hulk has had many a blogger concerned about the quality of the production. Considering that the movie comes out in three months, what are they waiting for? Is it possible they've not created the ... / Continue →
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This new shot from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has me a tad concerned. If this is any indication of a larger trend, the film may go in the direction of Indy finding himself in remarkable, seemingly inescapable situations, only to miraculously avoid certai... / Continue →
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After Jerry Seinfeld's departure from his NBC series, years of shamelessly recycling the same jokes he made in 1990 finally culminated with an assaulting campaign for a mediocre animated movie. And I hoped, having seen that Larry David was clearly the talent in the duo, perhaps... / Continue →
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God, lens flares are so hot right now.... / Continue →
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As I've mentioned before, I have an open but shameful love of Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. It definitely has its flaws, but I admire it's commitment to cheesecake antics and its resolute defiance in the face of logic and physical laws. (Make no mistake--I still think direct... / Continue →
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I realize that letters cut from a New Yorker might feel too ransom-notey, but is Scrabble really the best way they could find to identify "smart people"? Since when is Scrabble a game of the intelligentsia any more than Monopoly is the game of wealthy real estate moguls and pew... / Continue →
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After months of searching for someone that wasn't Keenan Thompson, Fox Searchlight has announced that Brooklyn-based rapper Jamal Woolard will play slain rapper Biggie Smalls in the upcoming biopic Notorious. BWE managed to find the MySpace of the rapper--better known to his h... / Continue →
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What tragic event has led to a sympathetic embrace between Mulder and Scully? If you don't care about ruining future enjoyment for yourself, see the answer below the cut. It's a good'n!... / Continue →
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If you've studied the Kübler-Ross model at all (and who hasn't?), you know that tragedy is typically dealt with in a multi-stage process known as the Five Stages of Grief, consisting of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The issue with this model, however, i... / Continue →
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With superhero movies so frequently turning out disappointing, the big costume reveal of these films is often the most enjoyable part. It's one last chance to say, "Wow, that's what my favorite character would look like in real life!" before the plummet to "God, that's what he ... / Continue →
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Y'know, I don't know if I want to see The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. I mean, really, what does it offer me? Oh, you say it has a horrifying hybrid of a Lord of the Rings orc, Ron Pearlman's Beauty and the Beast Beast, and the commander from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine... / Continue →
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Imagine a droll Will Ferrell sports comedy: the typical screaming, shirtless antics subdued enough to allow humor through its thick filter of curly afro. Imagine no longer! The Foot Fist Way, starring emerging comedy star Danny McBride, may have done it. Trailer-style evidence ... / Continue →
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Above: Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks stare directly into Kevin Smith's gaping vagina of ego, so massive with overuse that it's unable to provide pleasure to anyone but himself. Sorry if that went too far, but the accompanying article tells me they "don't think anything is too ... / Continue →
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In the seven years since directing Zoolander, Ben Stiller has had a lot of time to decide the next ego-driven profession to lance with the blunt skewer of broad comedy. With Tropic Thunder, Stiller transitions from male models to the realm of self-important actors, and has repl... / Continue →
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The DVD doesn't arrive in stores until March 18, but you can enjoy(?) the original, alternate ending to I Am Legend this very minute, below the cut. Spoiler alert: it turns out Will Smith is not, in fact, legend.... / Continue →
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When you've already become the official female face of a turbulent nation, war-torn with decades of violence (no offense), where can you possibly go from there? If you're Gal Gadot, the answer is an obvious one: into the lap of Vin Diesel! The former Miss Israel and face of Cas... / Continue →
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It's like they say: when it rains dreadlocks, it pours with the thick scent of cannabis and the rhythms of the Caribbean. Following news that Martin Scorsese has plans to follow up his Rolling Stones documentary with one on Bob Marley, the Brothers Weinstein have announced thei... / Continue →
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To those constantly complaining about the dearth of original ideas coming from Hollywood (myself included), some hope has arrived in the indie dramedy Lymelife. Alec Baldwin and Emma Roberts have signed on to the Martini brothers' period film about growing up, relationships, re... / Continue →
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In what I'm obnoxious calling a "casting switcheroo", Alison Lohman, recently seen in Robert Zemeckis's Beowulf and Things We Lost in the Fire, is replacing Ellen Page in Drag Me to Hell. The film, "a morality tale about the unwitting recipient of a supernatural curse," will be... / Continue →
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Seeing these first shots of Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth in Wolverine, I was at an utter and complete loss as to how I could possibly work an effective pun into the headline. Fortunately, Page Six was kind enough to supply the headline "Liev Nails His Role," cleverly drawing at... / Continue →
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Working off a script by Simon Pegg and Stella's Michael Ian Black, David Schwimmer directs a tale in which the questionably-fat Pegg must reunite with his ex-fiance after leaving her at the altar--which was apparently located in the desktop of Windows XP. Run, Fat Boy, Run Pos... / Continue →
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Like an unnecessary phoenix rising from the ashes of a CGI explosion, Rosemary's Baby has been confirmed as the latest potential remake project from Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes production company: Platinum Dunes is in talks with Paramount to update Roman Polanski's film starr... / Continue →
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MTV has a new interview up with Jean-Claude Van Damme, in which he discusses his dissatisfaction with previous roles, his park in the upcoming J.C.V.D., and future directorial projects, with such choices quotes as: My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot ... / Continue →
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As anyone born since 1960 (or has common sense) knows, the '80s teen comedies of John Hughes should be considered untouchable. Not because they're perfect masterpieces, but because they're generational icons that served a very specific purpose in a very particular time. Screenw... / Continue →
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How to destroy any faint chance that an American remake of British sitcom Spaced would be any good: 1. Don't involve Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, or Jessica Stevenson--the show's creators--in any way at all. Though they're the ones who made the original desirable enough that you ... / Continue →
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One more reason Pineapple Express is probably going to be amazing: the Huey Lewis-manufactured theme song, which director David Gordon Green describes as "like that 'other' Back to the Future Huey Lewis song. Not 'Power of Love' but 'Back in Time'." By request, it describes the... / Continue →
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Imagine if American Beauty had been written and directed with the sensibilities of a romantic comedy. It probably would have turned out something like Meet Bill, a film that strips the darkly comic elements from the loser-doormat-of-a-husband redemption story and replaces them ... / Continue →
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1. Semi-Pro - A weak $15.2 million weekend sent studios a clear message that it takes more than just Will Ferrell, a sport, and some wacky sideburns to bring in audiences. It takes Will Ferrell, a zany sport, and a funny mustache. 2. Vantage Point - $13 million, and I can't w... / Continue →
