This year’s Oscar campaign has been pretty lackluster, but there were a few jems to be discovered. Today, the Washington, DC Film Critics Association has named Slumdog Millionaire the year’s best film. I’m a member of WAFCA and this year’s selections are all about 75% of my choices, so I won’t complain like I usually […]
Movie News: Hey I know, Let’s Remake a Movie
Economic hard times seems to be making Hollywood a bit more cautious about what kinds of movie deals they spend their money on and it looks like remakes of older, successful movies is one of ‘safer bets’ that Hollywood is banking their money on right now. Over at Warner Brothers Studios, John Brownlow has been […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Director Rob Cohen talks Mummy with our Studio Plant Scott Essman
Our Resident Studio plan, Scott Essman sat down with famous Action Director, Rob Cohen last week to talk about the upcoming release of the Mummy DVD and Blu-ray, scheduled to hit the streets December 16. I think I got the concept of the Studio Plant wrong, because aren’t they supposed to be secret? All anonymous […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Punisher: War Zone, Michelle Likes It!
I’ve always been pretty ambivalent about the Punisher as a character. I understand him, and I did collect the comics back in the day, but he’s always been a one note kind of guy. He’s obsessed with extracting vengeance – usually in the most brutal, straightforward way possible. While I liked the last two films, […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Slumdog Millionaire, Michelle’s Take!
Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire, Michelle Director Danny Boyle has crafted one of the best and most surprising films of the year. Slumdog Millionaire is a dour film to watch but somehow manages to maintain a heart. It’s a brilliant film that surprisingly enough, I don’t really have much to say about it. I mean, how […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: Leverage: A Little Mission: Impossible; A Little Robin Hood!
After sitting through the first four episodes of TNT’s new series Leverage [premieres Sunday, 10/9C, then moves to Tuesday, 10/9C] – one of the easiest assignments of my career, it occurred to me that TNT’s motto could be modified to read, “We Know Dramedy.” Leverage, like its fellow TNT shows The Closer, Saving Grace and […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice – Still In Like Flynn
Every so often, you need a little low-budget, B-movie fun. The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice [TNT, Sunday, 8/7C] provides exactly that. This time, Flynn Carson’s [Noah Wyle] New Orleans vacation is interrupted in unique style as it comes to light that the Judas Chalice – the chalice made from the silver of the […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Punisher: War Zone: Even Stevenson Can’t Save The Punisher!
I’m a bit of a Marvel movie geek. I’ve seen all of them – including the Dolph Lundgren Punisher and George Lucas’ Howard the Duck, and the TV-movie of Doctor Strange [which I have on VHS]. I have most of them on DVD – and have re-watched most of them [including Howard the Duck] – […]
TELEVISION: Showtime Partners Up with Summit Entertainment & Twilight!
Showtime Networks Inc., the home of such unique programming as Dexter and Californication have bumped up their movie slate by entering into an exclusive output agreement which includes up to forty-two of Summit’s films to be theatrically released between 2008 and 2012 for airing on the network. The agreement includes the studio’s box office hit […]
DVD NEWS: It’s a Mummy Quiz
Hey, did you know that the Mummy Series just won’t die? To celebrate the December 16th release of last summer’s Mummy Movie – THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR Universal Home Video is holding a promotion to test your Mummy knowledge. There’s no mention of what the prize will be if you get it […]
Female Jedi Spotlighted In The Newest Episode of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS
Acclaimed animation-and-comics writer Paul Dini (the “Justice League,” “Superman,” “Batman” animated series) amps up the action for Jedi heroines Luminara Unduli and Ahsoka Tano in “Cloak of Darkness,” an all-new episode of the hit animated series STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, premiering at 9 p.m. ET/PT Friday, December 5th, on Cartoon Network. In “Cloak […]