My biggest problem with Danny Cannon‘s 1995 version of Judge Dredd wasn’t Sylvester Stallone–sure, being one of the biggest stars in the world at the time pretty much assured that he would be saying inane things like “I am the LAW!” at the top of his lungs, but he’s hardly the worse thing about the […]
Remember that Green Arrow TV show that Greg Berlanti is writing–if for my seemingly endless whining, if nothing else–that I mentioned a week or so ago? It’s been green lit, pardon the pun, for a pilot on the CW network, to be called “Arrow.” I am not quite sure why the “Green” part is being […]
According to Cnet.com, Hulu has a 13-episode commitment to “Battleground,” a comedy about a primary campaign for a Wisconsin Senate seat, “A Week In The Life,” a 10-episode documentary series about famous people, and a so-far unnamed travelogue series from Richard Linklater. Streaming services like Netflix and Hulu are developing original content in order to […]
Today is Martin Luther King Day, and I wanted to post this because too often I have either heard someone deliberately (or not. I am not sure that it makes a difference) misinterpret what he said. It bothers me because it’s so easy to hear–in King’s own words–what the man had to say, minus the […]
For those of you that haven’t seen “Archer” on FX, imagine James Bond, only he’s American, sorta stupid, and extremely dysfunctional. Why there hasn’t been a feature film version (with real people, instead of cartoons) I have no idea.
“Green Lantern,” a film that should have been the first salvo of DC Comics assault on the box office, and Marvel Studios, has almost reached the $220 million mark worldwide. That’s a lot of money, though when your production budget is $200 million, we aren’t necessarily talking about sequel material, despite what Warner Bros. says (by the […]
I actually saw the trailer for Xavier Gans’s “The Divide” sometime in 2011, though it’s nice to see it’s finally coming out. Despite some cataclysmic event that brings a group of strangers together, it seems that their greatest enemy is themselves.
Tobe Hooper is back with “Djinn,” and while he is a talented director, he’s also somewhat erratic in terms of the quality of his output. There’s a lot of debate over whether he directed “Poltergeist,” which looks like a typical Steven Spielberg film (other than the subject matter), though that could be due to the […]
Someone wiser than I said that “There is no such thing as bad publicity.” Looking at what some of the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are saying, there’s perhaps some truth to that adage. Though I am not here to talk politics, so let’s apply that famous saying to the movies. Recently Rev. Bob […]
I understand why Netflix is moving toward original programming, though I am not quite sure why Yahoo would want to. That being said, they are working with Tom Hanks to produce “Electric City,” a 90-minute sci-fi series. From the article on Deadline it appears that the purpose is to drive viewers to other aspects of […]
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