You know, I could only mention a few films off the top of my head that I thought could be a candidate for getting the widest release ever in the middle east. Terminator: Salvation would not be one of them. Not because I don’t think Terminator will be any good … [Read More]
Well I knew it would be close. The other days I put up a post suggesting it was possible that Star Trek, in its second week could beat out Angels and Demons at the box office this past weekend. I did say “I wouldn’t put money on it”, but all … [Read More]
The future is here my friends. Sony Digital has just singed a deal with Regal Cinemas (they had already recently signed a deal with AMC Theaters) to install 4k (far beyond “high Def”) digital projectors in all of their 6700 screens across the USA. This is a HUGE deal. This … [Read More]
For those of you who haven’t heard the news yet, yesterday it broke that actor Chris Hemsworth (who can be seen in theaters right now in “Star Trek” playing James T. Kirk’s dad, George Kirk) has been chosen to play the Marvel Super Hero “Thor” ending literally years of speculation. … [Read More]
For those of you who have seen the new Star Trek movie (please don’t watch this if you haven’t seen the movie yet… there are spoilers).
To all of my dear America friends, repeat after me: “Hockey is the greatest and more pure expression of athleticism and sports that mankind has ever, or will ever, conceive of.” There, don’t you feel a little bit smarter just for saying those holy and wise words? Kevin Smith is … [Read More]
There aren’t many around these days. Legitimate action stars. Back in the 80’s there were a whole bunch of them thrilling us on screen… these days there are MAYBE 2 or 3. Jason Statham is one of them. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not confusing “action star” with “great … [Read More]
The Road is a movie based on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name. Esquire Magazine calls the movie “the Most Important Film of the Year” and I can’t help but be moved by it. /Film describes it: The film tells the story of a man (Viggo Mortensen) and … [Read More]
Just after we discovered that Martin Scorsese would be directing the biopic of Frank Sinatra’s life we now find out that Scorsese wants to use his favourite actor, Leonardo DiCaprio to star, but the studio is leaning toward a different leading man. Johnny Depp. Deadline Hollywood shares: Director Marty Scorsese … [Read More]
The story of The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha is two fold. On one hand it is a classic 17th Century novel. On the other, it is a thorn in Terry Gilliam’s side for the last 9 years since his effort to bring the story to the silver … [Read More]
As if I had any other reason to see Pixar’s Up! but now we get news that they will be showing the Trailer for Toy Story 3! I just got off the phone with John Ratzenberger and he told me that not only has he already been recording his lines … [Read More]
My annual geek fest every year starts with the summer blockbuster season with one giant event right in the last month of it. FanExpo 2009 in Toronto, Canada. Its like the SanDiego Comic Con, but not quite as big. Well this year’s Rue Morgue (Horror division) of the FanExpo has … [Read More]