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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hey, remember when Napoleon Dynamite Fever swept the nation, spreading quickly from dorm rooms to workplaces until gruesomely quoting itself to death, its overly-quirky corpse torn apart and dragged to the clearance bins of Hot Topics? And how you...