According to Aintitcoolnews.com, Josh Brolin is being sought for a lead role in Spike Lee’s take on Chan wook-Park’s “Oldboy.” It’s seems like a good choice, because onscreen he can appear somewhat volatile, which is perhaps not too different from real life if the bar fight during the filming of Oliver Stone’s “W” is any indicator.
Spike Lee has confirmed that he is doing “Oldboy,” according to Aintitcoolnews. The article makes the point of telling us that it’s a remake of Chan wook-Park’s film, not the anime. Also, according to Blackfilm he’s revisiting some of the characters from his breakout 1989 film, “Do The Right Thing” in “Red Hook Summer.” Spike Lee, despite what […]
Remember when George Lucas went back to the first three films in his Star Wars Saga and “tweaked” the special effects? It bothered me a bit because the first three films are iconic, and their effects were state of the art at the time that they were made. The wholesale re-editing of scenes is another […]
The history of women superheroes in comics is a proud one. Female characters are common in Marvel and DC Comics, as well as competing comics companies. So, if women play such a pivotal role in comics, why is it that movies that feature them fail at the box office? One reason is because, when filmmakers […]
Yesterday, I read on Aintitcool.com that Spike Lee was going to direct a film version of “Oldboy.” What is uncertain is whether “Oldboy” is based upon Park Chan-wook’s 2003 movie or the anime “Oldboy” (the basis of the “Oldboy” movie). Originally Justin Lin (“The Fast And Furious: Tokyo Drift”) was in the running for this […]
Richard Jobson, director/writer of 2008’s “New Town Killers,” is someone to watch for in the future. The way he composes shots, in a kinetic, rapid-moving fashion, in New Town Killers, reminds me somewhat of Danny Boyle. It’s similar thematically to “The Most Dangerous Game”–which I haven’t seen, and “Surviving The Game”–which I have.
When I have posted video from Conan O’ Brien, it usually had something to do with him skewering movies (such as his “Thor” parodies), though I was surprised to learn that he’s aimed his sights at Apple. And speaking of Final Cut Pro X, here’s video of someone actually using the program.
It’s no surprise to anyone that “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” dominated the weekend box office, though how overwhelming it was may have been. It pulled in $210 million overseas, and $162 million domestically, for a total of $372 million dollars. Now keep in mind that the film cost almost $200 million to produce, and […]
According to Variety, Thor 2 is revving up for production. This is great news, though that Kenneth Branagh not coming back to direct gives me pause because it feels as if we’re perhaps having another “Iron Man 2” situation, in which the film was reportedly rushed into production, which may have had a bit to […]
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