I finished watching, in perhaps my greatest bit of binge-viewing yet, the first season of Jenji Kohan’s “Orange Is The New Black” (think that the title refers to the orange jumpsuits that the women wear as well as a commentary on the prison culture that exists in the United States) a week or so ago. […]
This ‘Host’ has nothing to do with the (more than likely) far superior movie by Korean director Bong Joon-ho. Instead it comes to us courtesy of Stephenie Meyer, the writer of the ‘Twilight’ books. I am assuming that these aliens work by possessing an individual, if the trailer is any indicator.
A new version of “The Munsters” being developed by Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies, Heroes), and directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X-Men, X-Men United, and the upcoming “Jack, The Giant Killer”) will be called “Mockingbird Lane.” My problem with this concept, besides verifying a suspicion I have had for awhile that Hollywood is bereft […]
There’s a rumor that Jon Bernthal, who plays Shane Walsh on AMC’s zombie series, is leaving the show soon. Not unusual on the face of it, people leave television shows all the time, even successful ones. But when the show he’s supposedly to be going to, L.A. Noir, is being developed by…wait for it….Frank Darabont, […]
I recall former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders saying, in reference to abortion, that “We must stop our love affair with the fetus.” I feel the same way about horror films (as well as abortion, but that’s another matter) because too many of them treat children as if they’re weak, and far more fragile than they […]
When I first heard about Shawn Levy‘s “Real Steel,” I assumed that it was a case of Hollywood stealing a great idea and remaking it into a sub-par feature. Richard Matheson’s story was brilliant, and I couldn’t imagine that anyone, especially Levy, bringing anything positive to the story. So, when I wasn’t implying that Matheson’s […]
Chris Carter, whose absence from movies and television could almost be the subject of an X-File itself, is back, according to Deadline. He was the driving force behind television series like “The X-Files,” “Harsh Realm,” Millennium,” and “The Lone Gunmen,” as well as the films, “The X-Files: Fight The Future” and its sequel, “X-Files: I […]
See, this is the sort of stuff that irks me to no end. According to The Wrap, Warner Brothers is remaking “Point Break,” though I have to ask, “Why?” The film itself isn’t anything remarkable, though you do have Keanu Reeves in a role in which he’s actually engaging. Then there’s Patrick Swayze, who sells […]
Edited 8/25 2239 David Goyer is preparing a version of H.G Wells’ “The Invisible Man” for Universal. The problem with this is that he isn’t a very good director (I still haven’t recovered from the mess that was “Blade: Trinity“), and he tends to be an even worse one when he’s directing from his own writing, when […]
This isn’t “new” news, but since I haven’t heard it in awhile–and just finished watching the entire season of “Persons Unknown,” written by Chris McQuarrie, reminded me that he was supposed to be working on bringing StarBlazers to the big screen. What’s unusual about this is that there already was a big-screen version of “StarBlazers,” recently, […]
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