First there was “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” then came knock-offs, like “Abraham Lincoln Vs. Zombies” and soon “Pride, Prejudice and Zombies.” High concept ideas, too be sure, but could they be perhaps too high-concept? The performance of “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” was weak, taking in over $90 million dollars on $69 million dollar budget, and […]
When I heard that Joe Carnahan was moving on to a remake of Michael Winner’s “Death Wish,” from the aborted “Daredevil,”I was relieved that another property has made its way back to The House Of Ideas (where he joins the Punisher and Blade). What I wasn’t so crazy was that another film that didn’t require […]
There are some photos from Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” over at Superherohype, though they don’t show anything of any real interest–by which I mean giant robots–so I am not too interested. So, until something worthwhile from the ‘Rim’ pops up, here’s the trailer for Pascal Laugier‘s (He also did “Martyrs,” which I haven’t seen) […]
It needs to be said that I have never been a huge fan of DC Comics. Despite enjoying the adventures of Green Lantern and Batman when I was younger, I always preferred Marvel overall. That being said, I don’t want their films to fail because if enough superhero films fail, it threatens all superhero films […]
Excuse me for a moment. That’s better. Now that I found a little release, I can ask the question I find myself asking way more often that I would like lately, which is: Why in (insert perferred deity here) name are they remaking David Cronenberg’s “Videodrome?” Cronenberg himself attempted, not nearly as successfully, to revisit […]
I spent all last Thursday as an extra on Netflix’s upcoming series, House of Cards (an Americanized version of a British series), and had a great time. Prior to “House of Cards,” I worked as a policeman on “The Dark Knight Rises” (TDKR). You would think, since TDKR had a massive budget compared to “House of […]
I know it’s a bit early, but mark in your calendars that the sequel to Marvel’s “The Avengers”–currently known as The Avengers 2–will be released May 1, 2015. And in other Marvel-related news, according to Superherohype James Gunn is the front runner to direct “Guardians Of The Galaxy.” I am not quite sure that I […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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