“Our hope is that all of the players involved will lock themselves in a room and not come out until they finish. We want this to be done.” — George Clooney, on the Hollywood writers strike.
In talking about the WGA/Producers labor dispute, I’ve been pretty clear that while I see where both sides are coming from on different issues, they are both to blame for the debacle this thing has become, and innocent bystanders are ...
As many of you know, the Talladega Nights team of Director Adam McKay, Will Ferrell and John C Reilly are back together again with a new comedy entitled “Step Brothers” (also being produced by Judd Apatow). The film is about ...
FILMS THAT DESERVED BETTER is an ongoing feature here on The Movie Blog of movies that failed to attract an audience at the theaters and failed to perform well at the boxoffice, yet were exceptional films. We just want to ...
You knew it was going to happen. Once a couple of the dominos started to fall, a LOT of them would also fall quickly. With the announcement last week about Warner Bros switching to just Blu-Ray and the continuing rumors ...
Lost Boys 2 is a project we’ve been talking about around here at The Movie Blog for a while now. Ever since they first announced the film, it’s been the butt end of a lot of jokes, but there is ...
You know, when all you have is water to drink, you think it’s pretty awesome… but once to taste something better, then plain old water just doesn’t seem all that great anymore. The same is true of Batman. All we’ve ...
Video game movies suck yes? Yes. Why do they suck? Because games are not based on narrative, they are based on player interaction gameplay, and that’s the way it should be. That’s why games are fun, and why they don’t ...
The movie was a neat idea that turned out pretty horrible, but 1 character, Geoffrey Chaucer (played by Paul Bettany ) stood out to me, and Bettany's performance salvaged a bit of enjoyment for me. Next, I caught him in "A Beautiful Mind" with Russell Crowe (Best actor alive today), and when you can stand out when performing next to him (even Al Pacino got over shadowed by Crowe in "The Insider"), you know you've got talent.
I came across this new picture of Batman from a magazine cover. It’s clearly just another average non-descript headshot of the Dark Knight and nothing really to write home about, except for the little nose bleed. I don’t know why, ...
Nothing much, but it’s still pretty sweet. Thanks to our friends over at ComingSoon.
The DGA (Directors Guild of America) have announced the nominees for their Best Director of the Year honor. It’s a pretty solid list too. The nominees are: Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton ...
