Pay no attention to the hole in the middle of Oz the Great and Powerful. While much of the film is admirable, James Franco is too hip, too modern and too in on the joke. While the rest of the cast are playing their (mostly thinly developed characters), Franco is winking at the audience and […]
Tag: Sam Raimi
Oz Clip: Touchy, Touchy
The man from Kansas has these sisters arguing. One has a fiery temper… literally! OZ the Great and Powerful 3D premieres on March 8th and I am (in keeping with the fire theme) stoked to see it!
Travel By Bubble–OZ Clip Is Nifty Beyond Words!
That looks positively exhilarating! Can’t wait! Oz the Great and Powerful premieres on March 8th.
Trailer: Oz The Great And Powerful
It looks like Sam Raimi has done it again – the trailer is intriguing… and gorgeous!
First Look: Spartacus: Gods of the Arena!
Here’s the trailer for the Spartacus prequel, Gods of the Arena. The official series description and two cool behind-the-scenes videos, follow the jump.
Starz Goes Noir!
A few years ago, I reviewed the complete series set of the anime´ series Noir – about a pair of female assassins who have a mysterious link between them and decide to work together to figure out what that is. It was my selection for best anime´ of the year that year. Now, word comes, […]
Comic Con 2010: Sam Raimi to direct Radical’s EARP!
Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, Evil Dead) has signed on to produce and direct the film adaptation of EARP: SAINTS FOR SINNERS, based on Radical Publishing’s miniseries created by Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl and written by Matt Cirulnick and M. Zachary Sherman. The miniseries places a new version of the legendary Wyatt Earp in a gritty […]
MOVIES: All-New Spider-Man in 2012 – New Writer, New Director, New Cast!
Sony’s billion-dollar Spider-Man franchise is undergoing a complete overhaul. According to deadline.com, creative differences have led to Sam Raimi pulling out of Spider-Man 4. Now the next Spider-Man film will be written by Jamie Vanderbilt [Zodiac] and will reboot the series – taking Peter Parker back to high school, where he will be a teenager […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Drag Me to Hell – Good News! Sam Raimi is Back in the Horror Biz!
While millions more movie-goers know Sam Raimi from his three Spider-Man movies, a much smaller – better probably more dedicated – group of Raimi fans have been wondering when the heck he was going to do another horror movie! Now that Drag Me to Hell is finally in theaters, it is time to rejoice. Sam […]
DVD REVIEW: Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer – Lack of Anger Management Can Be a Good Thing!
Horror movies are notorious for many reasons other than the fact that people seem to enjoy a good scare now and then. For many first-time directors [see: Sam Raimi, John Carpenter], horror is attractive because fans are willing to buy into low-budget movies if they’re suitably original and/or smart, and/or fun. In the case of […]
MOVIE NEWS: Tom Cruise in Talks With Warner Bros to Star in Sleeper
Fresh off of his highly praised and succesful turn as sleazy movie producer Les Grossman in the hit comedy of the summer TROPIC THUNDER, megastar Tom Cruise is now in talks with Warner Brothers Studios to star in their upcoming feature film SLEEPER. SLEEPER, which is being produced by Warner Bros in conjuction with Stars […]