‘Bullet to the Head’
So tough guy’s daughter is kidnapped and he teams up with some “kid” he doesn’t respect — but learns to respect — and goes through seven levels of hell to get her back. Wildly original scenario, yes?...
View ArticleSeth MacFarlane to Host Oscars. I Really Didn’t Need Another Reason Not to...
OK, not a fan of his work. Family Guy? It’s the kind of idea Charles Manson would have come up with if he had had one more year of high school. Just don’t think he’s funny. (And yes, I mean Manson....
View Article‘Mary the Mother of Christ’ Coming to the Big Screen
So here’s a fun bit of movie news: Mary Mother of Christ has been greenlighted, and the cast is becoming increasingly impressive: Kingsley would play the role of King Herod in this film, to be directed...
View ArticleNatGeo to Air Bin Laden Takedown Movie Two Days Before Election
This is not the Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) film Zero Dark Thirty, which is set to premiere December 19. This is the National Geographic Channel’s first feature-length film “inspired by true...
View ArticleThe King of Queens Talks King of Kings
I am a big Kevin James fan. The King of Queens is an all-time fave, an underappreciated sitcom that makes me laugh out loud to the point of embarrassment. Leah Remini, Jerry Stiller, Patton Oswalt —...
View Article‘Holy Flying Circus’
So there was a TV movie made in Britain about the controversies that swirled around Monty Python’s Life of Brian. It’s a dramatization and a re-imagining (read: the filmmakers made most of the dialogue...
View Article‘Django Unchained’: Blazing Saddles Meets Western Pasta
Courtesy of Quentin Tarantino, who is to homage what Brian DePalma was to just plain rippin’ people off. Filed under: A Strange Preview
View Article‘Hitchcock’: The Making of ‘Psycho’
This looks like fun. And by fun I mean, will we be able to get over the fact that it’s Anthony Hopkins in a fat suit? You don’t think of Hitch as someone fighting the good fright of the visionary...
View Article‘Atlas Shrugged II’ Opens Tomorrow. But You’re Probably on Line Already.
Here’s a scene. And by the way, you’re going to have to decide which side you’re on. Filed under: A Strange Preview
View ArticleChurches Taunt IRS by Screening ’2016: Obama’s America’ Before Election Day
So before it is marketed in DVD format and before Election Day, 2016: Obama’s America, the hit documentary by author and now filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, will be available for viewing in some evangelical...
View ArticleWho Cares About the Election? The Real Question Is: Will ‘Mockingbird Lane’...
As everyone knows, The Munsters was more than just some goofy kids’ show from the 60s. It was a turning point in the civil rights movement. For centuries, lab experiments gone wrong, vampires, ghouls,...
View ArticleIndie Director’s New Project: How Boston Globe Broke Open Catholic Church...
So Tom McCarthy, a fine director of small pics like The Station Agent, The Visitor, and Win Win (which I particularly liked, but then again I like almost anything with Paul Giamatti), is going to team...
View ArticleFirst Shots of Russell Crowe as Noah
Here’s Noah looking for his car. (What’s with the buzz cut? He didn’t have a skinhead phase, did he?) Here’s Noah about to punch a naysaying reporter. (The patriarch is fed up with jokes about all the...
View ArticleLady Gaga in ‘Zoolander 2′? Stephen Colbert in ‘The Hobbit’? What Next, Jim...
So /Film likes to keep up with the latest casting gossip and pulled this from the “notoriously unreliable Sun“: According to the Brit tabloid, Gaga’s been offered $4.8 million to play the love interest...
View ArticleNicolas Cage in Talks to Star in Another Adaptation—This Time of ‘Left Behind’
What, Kirk Cameron isn’t good enough for mainstream moving pictures?! So Hollywood has taken a stand on eschatology. It is definitely pretrib. Isn’t that just like those rich narcissists, wanting to be...
View ArticleMartin Sheen to Star in 9/11 Truther Movie. Now We Know Where Charlie Gets It.
Ah, Martin, come back to us! Say it isn’t so! You’ve watched Martin Sheen play a beloved president, and you’ve watched Woody Harrelson play a high-powered political strategist (and beloved...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of ‘Cloud Atlas’ Starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry
Too early to tell whether this is another Matrix or another Speed Racer. However, it’s already generated 8.3 stars on IMDB, and 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, so we’re nearing Matrix territory. Filed under: A...
View Article‘Iron Man 3′ Trailer Out
A lot more Gwyneth Paltrow, it seems, with Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential, Memento, The King’s Speech) as Dr. Aldrich Killian (man, he has “all rich” and “kill” in his name — that cannot be good) and...
View Article“Every Now and Again a Trigger Has to Be Pulled”
A new Q, as in Quartermaster, has been introduced into the Bond equation — and he’s a kid! “Age is no guarantee of efficiency.” “And youth is no guarantee of innovation.” “I can do more damage on my...
View ArticleKathie Lee Gifford and Aimee Semple McPherson, Together Again
So Kathie Lee, late of Regis and Kathie Lee, and other stuff, has written the book and lyrics to her own Broadway musical: Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, which is in...
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