When I watch films like “Iron Man,” or any of the Batman films (that managed to avoid Joel Schumacher and his excesses) part of me wonders: “Could I be a superhero?” This particular line of inquiry lasts only as long as it takes to realize that when someone kicks or punches you in real life, it […]
The Coen Brothers, makers of “True Grit,” “Fargo,” “The Hudsucker Proxy,” “Raising Arizona, “Miller’s Crossing,” among others, will be producing an hour-long comedy series at Fox, the news of which confuses me a tad. It will their first foray into television, though I am not sure that TV is big enough to contain their unique […]
According to Deadline, Kevin Costner has removed himself from consideration for a role in Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained,” supposedly because of his very busy schedule. That being said, Tarantino, whom I am not a big fan of, seems to understand what it is that the moving-going public wants to see. After all, his Inglourious Basterds […]
Some say that the Internet came into existence to service the needs of porn viewers. Such a position, while debatable, doesn’t go far enough to illustrate how the adult film industry has had to innovate in the drive to attract viewers. Porn, like any other business, demands a degree of change, of growth, if providers […]
No matter what one thinks of Tyler Perry’s films and television projects–and to be honest I don’t think all that well of them–the man clearly has business acumen. He’s currently listed as Forbes’ highest paid male in entertanment, earning an estimated $130 million dollars from May 2010-2011. You would have to be pretty prolific to […]
I would never have thought that a film about the lives of African-American domestics (which some believed was not a very accurate portrayal) would have the strength to hold off a box-office assault from not only the greatest barbarian in cinema, but also a vampire, but “The Help” has managed to overwhelm both “Conan, The […]
All you hear about lately are films being remade. What gets to me, besides the seeming cynicalness of the whole pursuit, is the way it seems that the better a film is, the more likely it is to be remade; which doesn’t make any sense. Why remake something that was well-done the first time around? […]
I have been looking for a source for new footage on Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Night Rises,” and I have decided to look where no one else would even suspect: Team Coco! As usual, they were right on the money. Here’s the footage that I found, and you have not ever seen elsewhere (except for […]
Here’s a link to an interesting story on Mediate about Spider-Man, who he is, who he isn’t and what the some in the Conservative media have to say about it.
Edited 12/26 1227 You have got to be kidding me. According to ComicBookMovie.com, Jeff Robinov, film group president of Warner Brothers, says that they’re planning for a Green Lantern 2; though why do I get the feeling that this is nothing more than hubris, as opposed to having any shot of actually being done? In […]
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