The Saturday morning after The Happening came out, I took advantage of AMC’s A.M. Cinema and paid only $5 to see it. I just couldn’t risk it after all the negative reviews. (see our review roundup of The Happening)
So was it terrible? Kind of. And kind of not. The biggest problem with The Happening? It […]
What’ll it be? A G-rated sci-fi family-pleaser from a remarkable studio with nothing but hits? Or a sexy, hyper, bullet-dodging actioner with a good cast? How about both?
:: WALL-E
Rotten Tomatoes: 98 / 100
Metacritic: 91 / 100
filmcritic.com: 5 / 5
Easily, the most impressive reviews of the year. As spectacular as the visual detail of a Pixar film. There’s […]
Lobby reader Mike H. clued us in to new production on The Surrogates, the Bruce Willis-led adaptation of Robert Venditti’s sci-fi graphic novel (left).
In the film, we humans have become homebodies for good, sending “surrogate” robot types out to do our damage on the world. Bruce Willis plays a cop (again) forced to leave his […]
“Those conversations with Marvel are making me mental!”
The tide has officially turned. And Marvel is quickly becoming the studio with a license to print money. Our friends at The Playlist point to two reasons The Incredible Hulk has switched from troubled project to positive summer release:
:: 1. Edward Norton’s savvy handling of reports about behind-the-scenes bitching — Norton and […]
Filming began just a month ago (May 5) but it’s out there, as present as a killer Skynet machine: A buzzkill spoiler for Terminator 4 — also uncomfortably known as Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. As usual, we report on the spoiler but never include it. If you must, here’s your Terminator 4 plot spoiler, […]
Two of today’s news items are sure signs there may be nothing creative or unique to ever again come from a big studio.
:: 1. Paramount has set Eddie Murphy’s Beverly Hills Cop IV into motion, with Brett Ratner directing
:: 2. Michael Bay will direct a film version of Ouija Board. Yes, as in the Hasbro board “game” that made us […]
