Archive for July, 2009
The Coens as “Serious” men? Well, sort of, and here’s a look
Actually, there’s some great TV and other movie news too, but before I get into any of that, there’s a quiet little thing going on in New York City on Monday that’s certainly worth a mention.Remember Adrienne Shelly? She’s best known now as the writer/director/star of the thoroughly charming movie …
The return of “Lawman” Oliphant and a first look at “Mad Men” season three
Before I get into the really pretty good TV news out there today, there are some movie tidbits that have to start off with more on the craziest of all, Zhang Yimou’s (unnecessary?) remake of the Coens’ “Blood Simple.”I know I should be against that from the outset, but I have to confess it sounds in…
Yes, there will be a new Wes Anderson movie
After his last two flicks I wasn’t completely certain I really wanted that day to come, but it seems there really will be another Wes Anderson movie, and it will indeed be opening the London Film Festival in October, and thereupon supposedly get a very wide release in the U.S. beginning Nov. 13And t…
Does Chuck really know kung-fu? Well, sort of
It may seem awfully odd and - well - kinda pathetic to be commenting on what goes on at Comic-Con when I’m not even there, but I love reading that stuff and additionally passing on what I find.And before I get into the mostly good news about “Chuck,” there were two tidbits from yesterday that caught…
Hoping to resume normal service
… soon! Got lots of movies to catch up on. Thanks for checking in.Original post by DTW
A glorious glimpse of “Where the Wild Things Are” on a newsy day
This being Comic-Con season and all, there’s a lot of great news out there for a Saturday dawn, so I’ll just jump right into it - finishing up with the truly great new footage of “Where the Wild Things Are.”First up comes news about the second season of Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” on Fox, which I’m ra…
“The Ugly Truth” about Katherine Heigl
What in the world does Terry Gilliam have to do to get “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus” even screened in America?Though I don’t have to bliss of being at the world’s greatest geek fest, Mr. Gilliam was at Comic-Con yesterday for the first duration, with hat in hand begging for even the smallest mo…












