In case you haven’t heard, Christopher “King Midas” Nolan, the God behind Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Inception (not to mention Memento, Insomnia and The Prestige) has handpicked Zack Snyder, the wunderkind behind 2007’s awesome, 300, 2009’s not-so-awesome-but-worthy-effort, Watchmen, and the recently released Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, to direct the forthcoming reboot of the Superman franchise. Despite all the rumormongering now taking place, this makes me extremely pleased. One of my earliest memories of cinema-going as …
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I realize that Emma Stone (Easy A, Zombieland, Superbad) is only 21 and I was learning how to drive when her mom was powdering her baby booty, but man oh man is she a full-blown hottie. Yes, she’s gorgeous, but her sense of humor and personality make her hot. I’d imagine she’s the type of girl who would wolf down pizza and beer with you at 1AM and then stay up with you until the wee hours of the morning …
Another day, another Halo movie rumor. Yawn. Ever since Halo: Reach hit stores last month, the question has been raised over-and-over again: When will fans see a Halo movie hit the big screen? I like this question, but the answers that follow is the same hodgepodge of “someday” and “never” that have been burping out of Microsoft since the Peter Jackson-produced, Neill Blomkamp-directed version sent Master Chief’s trip to the cineplex to Development Hell. In fact, that’s a misstatement because …
Here is the text of a letter-to-the-editor that appeared in today’s edition of our local newspaper, The Herald Journal, from one Lori Watts, resident of North Logan, Utah: Regarding “The Facebook Movie.” Parents beware! This show is very underated. It is very much an R-rated movie. It is not proper viewing for tweeners (or anyone else) to watch it. I am horrified at the thought of my teenagers going to this movie thinking it is something else and then being …
True confession time: I hate scary movies. Okay, maybe hate is a strong word. I don’t hate scary movies like I hate overweight Walmart hillbillies who spit in the faces of their two-year old kids because they are crying. No, I hate scary movies like I hate being tickled or riding roller coasters. It’s uncomfortable, slightly irritating, but yet I can’t stop laughing, and when it’s over, I thump my chest and talk about how “fun” it was. That was …
About the only thing similar actress Chloe Moretz and The Hunger Games’ fictional Katniss Everdeen have in common is both have kicked a lot of ass and both have seen a boatload of blood. I’m referring, tounge-in-cheek, to Moretz’s performances as Hit Girl in last April’s Kick-Ass, as well as her role as the blood-thirsty, yet tender-hearted, vampire in Let Me In, opening this Friday. Those are the only similarities and if the rumors of Moretz being considered for the …
It might not be Twilight or Harry Potter, but you have been living under a rock if you haven’t heard of The Hunger Games. With Team Jacob and Team Edward on the backburner while The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn simmers in Hollywood’s slow-cooker until November 2011, the movie version of Susan Collins’ popular young adult novels is gaining steam. It’s not recent news, but with some Hunger Games posts coming this week, why not kick it off with the most …
The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, have produced some of the most enjoyable, an acclaimed films, of the last 25 years. From Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou? to No Country for Old Men and Burn After Reading, the sibling’s eclectic directorial and storytelling sense is as wide as the subject matter they cover and as laser-focused as Hollywood’s best and brightest. You can imagine the giddiness, despite me never seeing the original (Shuuuuuun! Shuuuuuuun …
Yeah, I do this all the freaking time, not only when I buy a ticket, but also when I buy goodies from concessions. I pay the nice person for my Diet Coke and Swedish Fish and they say, “Enjoy the show,” to which I reply, “You too!” And then I walk away shaking my head and they swipe the next person’s debit card thinking I’m a dumbass. Thanks to The Oatmeal for the cartoon.
Tron: Legacy is a movie I have zero interest in seeing this holiday season. Don’t get me wrong, I love Jeff Bridges and I enjoy a fanciful romp through video game land as much as the next guy, but I fell asleep during the 1982 version and I’m anticipating I’ll do the same in 2010, especially with the craptastic 3D shoveled down my throat like some rancid cherry-on-top surprise. However, with that said, this poster, released to the people of …