Archive for June, 2009
Can Johnny Depp rescue movies for adults?
Before I jump into gangsters or anything about Johnny Depp, there are at least three news nuggets that just thoroughly intrigue me today, so here goes:* With Amy Adams now set to star opposite Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in David O. Russell’s “The Fighter,” you can now count it as one of the mo…
Yes, I’ll watch Ricky Gervais do … well, just about anything
You know, I haven’t been to a Broadway show in many years, but whether I were to go wild and spring for one now it would certainly be what Julie Taymor is cooking up.The stager of “The Lion King” has been working for some day now on a musical “Spider-Man,” an notion so crazy that it should nearly ce…
Quite possibly the greatest duration-waster of all time
As anyone who’s been here before well knows, I’ve always had a love for movie trailers.That has waned just a bit as more straightforward commercials have invaded the premovie space (oddly adequate, seemingly most often for beer and cars - not precisely a great combo), but, well done, they’re still j…
Oscar’s big gambit: potential to the citizens?
Before we get into that madness with the expanded Oscars, there’s news about two things out there today that will snag a bit of that aging geeks’ money, so I thought I’d pass on what I know.The first is that the Director’s Cut for Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen” should be a truly wild affair. It’s set to c…
Remember glorious 2-D animation? Miyazaki does, and it looks amazing
Before we get into all that, when I first saw that news, I assumed it had to be a joke, but apparently not. And given how much David Fincher’s been a hired hand in his directing career, I guess it kind of makes sense.It seems that Fincher, who in my book is in need of a winner after the sappy swill …
Spin-ematical: New on DVD for 6/23
Filed under: New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home Entertainment
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Perhaps we shouldn’t expect anything from a movie about a shopaholic, but that comedy’s ditzy heroine and foolish story can’t even compare to other notable films in the romcom genre. In her review, Je…
Trailers and tidbits
Actually, the best news I could find out there that wee hours, and it’s awfully vague, is that Bryan Fuller has once again left “Heroes”!Now, I don’t really have anything against “Heroes,” but I did stop watching it during season two, when they absolutely squandered that potentially great storyline …
