Oct 15 2009 Coming to Projection Screens This Weekend...
Where the Wild Things Are
Director: Spike Jonze
Starring: Max Records, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener
Good if you want to see: the illustrated monsters of your childhood come to life, and perpetually backlit with sunlight; childlike wonderment; me openly weeping in a crowd of people.
Law Abiding Citizen
Director: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx
Good if you want to see: Gerard Butler kills a bunch of people while confined in a cell; plausibility and your patience stretched to their absolute limits as Gerard Butler kills a bunch of people while confined in a cell.
The Stepfather
Director: Nelson McCormick
Starring: Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward
Good if you want to see: why you should NEVER accept a new father into your home. Do you hear me... son?
Black Dynamite (limited)
Director: Scott Sanders
Starring: Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson
Good if you want to see: blaxploitation parody; Arsenio Hall doing anything besides hosting World's Funniest Moments.
New York, I Love You (limited)
Director: Brett Ratner, Natalie Portman, et al.
Starring: Oh, all kinds of people. I can almost guarantee there's someone you like who you'll lose respect for in this.
Good if you want to see: numerous stories celebrities falling in and out love; directors expressing affection for one of the largest, most popular and beloved cities in the world? That's weird.
Oct 9 2009 'Black Dynamite' Trailer: Finally, A Shaft That Knows Kung Fu
Black Dyamite comes out next weekend, so time for a final trailer. If you like '70s blaxploitation films, parodies of '70s blaxploitation, or seeing Arsenio Hall doing something other than hosting World's Funniest Moments--the premier series for documenting human history's funniest hit-in-the-balls videos, ever--this is for you:
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Dec 17 2008 This 'Black Dynamite' Christmas Greeting is Not Safe for Workplaces
From Twitch, here's a holiday greeting brought to you by the film, Black Dynamite. As the titles hints at, Black Dynamite loves "ho" puns, as you will see:
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