The original film, The Blair Witch Project, back in 1999, was quite the phenomenon. There was so much secrecy and seemingly well-timed leaks of info that it became mythological in scope before it ever hit theaters. I remember a friend of mine telling me about it, meeting me at a friends place, and telling me…
Here we are at another week of kooky new form the world of film! And maybe some other stuff if I deem it worthy! In this week’s “Speculate much?” story, will Blair Witch knock Sully from the top box office spot this weekend? I don’t fucking know. Why don’t you all decide to see one…
The 35th feature film directed by Clint Eastwood, Sully, like much of his latest work, is a highly proficient, professional, refreshingly unsentimental procedural about men. (It hasn’t always been this way; Changeling (2008) , Million Dollar Baby (2004) and The Bridges of Madison County (1995) are examples of his helmsmanship of solid female-led dramas.) The workplace in this case is not…
Everything about Captain Fantastic is fantastic. Thematically massive, tonally bold, determinedly non-formulaic and featuring a preternaturally perfectly cast leading man at the top of his game, Matt Ross’ second feature film as writer/director is one of the best of the year thus far, up there with Sing Street. Viggo Mortensen – and, once you’ve seen the film, you…
A bunch more news this week – let’s get this train a-rollin’! Ka-pow! In this week’s “most interesting remake” story, Awesome director Jeff Nichols has signed a deal with 20th Century Fox to write and direct a film remake of Alien Nation, the sci-fi film from 1988. That original dealt with issues of prejudice and…
As I have done the past 7 or 8 years now, I went to the Creation Entertainment Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas last month. This year was certainly special, though, as this year marks the 50th year of Star Trek’s existence. In fact, today, September 8, is the exact date the original Star Trek…
In what can be described as a less cerebral, action/thriller version of Ex Machina, Morgan manages to use every trope in the genre book therefore creating a film whose every step is visible from the first 10 or 15 minutes. Directed by Luke Scott, son of Ridley Scott, Morgan is clearly one of those films…
A whole new week of film news! And if you’re nice, maybe even one or two nerd relevant TV stories, too! Now, mush! In this week’s “Funny people in funny costumes” story, Christopher Guest has a new mockumentary coming – not to theaters – but to Netflix! The comedy, Mascots, will be available on October…
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s series The Office, which ran for two seasons of six episodes plus two Christmas specials starting in 2001, is, minute for minute, the greatest half-hour comedy program ever made. Its influence on popular culture is massive beyond measure; besides pioneering a mockumentary vibe for the sitcom format and revolutionising the office…
Great googly-moogly! It’s another week of informative and flabbergasting film news! What nonsense is afoot this week?! In this week’s “Don’t bruise it” story, Disney is going to make another version of James and the Giant Peach. This time it will be live action and Sam Mendes is in talks to direct. Author Nick Hornby…