Been a slow news day, though I stumbled upon something interesting at SuperHeroHype. According to Joe Carnahan, Fox’s upcoming “Daredevil” reboot is dead on arrival. This isn’t surprising, if it happens to be the case, because the only way that Fox could reboot the franchise would be for them to turn over the rights to […]
“The most fun you will ever have watching a baby getting socked in the face.” Jay Roach’s “The Campaign” is really funny, but it’s also two different movies. The first is hilarious, and deals with Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), who appears to live virtually every stereotype that accompanies being queer, and yet he (somehow) manages […]
There’s a sneak preview being offered by Washington Post Live of Focus Features “ParaNorman” (and with a title like that, how could you not be interested?) for Wednesday, August 15. Sign up as soon as you can and arrive early because these things tend to fill up quick.
You might have heard about the brouhaha between Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc. over Samsung’s (supposedly) stealing Apple’s intellectual property. No matter where you come down in the debate, I have always been of the opinion that the more information you have, the better off you are. You have probably heard a lot about Apple’s […]
I was over at WorstPreviews yesterday, and they had an article saying that the meeting between Marvel and Fox execs was over a co-financing deal for a “Daredevil” reboot. This sounds to me like either deliberate misdirection, or nonsense (though on whose part, I can’t say). The problem for me is: How can Twentieth Century […]
There have recently been rumors milling about that Fox is high on Joe Carnahan relaunching “Daredevil,” though there appears to be a fly in the ointment. That fly being that, unless the film is in production by the 10th of this coming October, the rights to the character revert back to Marvel. This is happening […]
Does anyone recall the film Peter Berg was due to direct before he made the choice–in hindsight, perhaps not a bad decision–to direct Universal’s “Battleship? It was Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel “Dune?” A novel, by the way, that since his death seemed to have spawned more sequels than when he was alive. Despite the few […]
I have never been a fan of Facebook, though I have always had difficulty explaining why I feel that giving someone such complete control of everything that I post is (somehow) not a great idea. This reticience coupled with a company that is looking to monetize as much of its users experience as possible isn’t […]
The first Silent Hill film, directed by Christophe Gans, was–from what I hear, stylistically loyal to the game–but I thought that the story stalled when the characters were captured by the cult midway through the film. The second time around, Michael J. Bassett is at the helm, and judging from his past efforts, “Deathwatch” (in […]
I ask this out of genuine curiosity (tinged only with a little bit of snark) because many of DeCoteaus’ films, such as “Hercules Unbound!” “1313: Bermuda Triangle,” “1313: Wicked Stepmother,” 1313: Cougar Cult,” “1313: UFO Invasion,” “1313: Cougar Cult,” among others all have a bunch of half-dressed, seeming asexual guys at the center of the action. […]
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