Edgar Wright, whose last film, “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World,” underwhelmed at the box office, will be directing “The Night Stalker,” with Johnny Depp playing the role of Carl Kolchak (a role originally made famous by Darren McGavin). This is great news, because Wright is an excellent director, though it makes me wonder what’s happening […]
You know there’s going to be a Tron 3, right? Sure, there’s been no official announcement (yet), but the signs are there, the tea leaves have been read, and the entrails have been interpreted. Correctly, I assume. Until that news comes, here’s a little news on “Tron: Uprising,” the new Grid-based series from Disney XD, […]
Bill Maher, currently on HBO with “Real Time,” isn’t a man that minces words. He’s irreligious, profane, and more than a little bit opinionated, which is why I watch him whenever the opportunity arises. He tends toward liberalism, with a strong grasp of current events, which makes debates with him really interesting to watch. His […]
The second episode of the bifurcated Second season of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” aired last night, and it’s quite possibly the best episode so far. “Triggerfinger” expands upon a theme not unique to, though more clearly evident in the prior episode, “Nebraska,” that, as dangerous a threat as the re-emergent dead are, they don’t hold […]
I asked a variation of this question before, in reference to Starz, and their airing of “Tron: Legacy.” Now it’s Netflix’s turn, which when I watch I expect to see a movie in its entirety, exactly as it was shown in theaters. So, imagine my surprise when I was watching Joe Dante‘s “The Howling”–quite possibly one […]
“If you value your very soul (or at least your hard-earned cash) see “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” only from the relative safety of cable, Netflix or Redbox (when it’s available).” I wanted to like Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor’s “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” because I thought that Mark Steven Johnson’s original film wasn’t […]
“Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter” is very high concept, though Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch, Day Watch, Wanted) is a director that I don’t find particularly interesting–which is a bit odd because I tend to enjoy the subject matter that he tends to make movies about–so I am not quite sure how I feel about this film. […]
While Sacha Baron Cohen is an acquired taste–I found “Bruno” a bit much, though “Borat” was fun–the man is definitely bold and seemingly fearless, which is why I think that “The Dictator” will at the very least be interesting. Then there’s the presence of Larry Charles–who I just learned isn’t the same person as Larry […]
There’s talk about a sequel, starring Will Smith, to Francis Lawrence’s version of Richard Matheson’s story, “I Am Legend,” which is an interesting since Smith’s character dies at the end of the film. Now, if the story takes place prior to “I Am Legend,” I could see the logic, though logic would dictate that Will Smith […]
I have always assumed that the question of whether or not there would be a reboot of Space: 1999 was more a question of when, than if because, if television or feature films have taught us anything, it’s that updating something that already exists is easier than spending the time, money and effort to actually […]
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