It’s a difficult time for the kung fu film. The great masters are retiring, getting really, really tired, or dying. Ever since the British lease on Hong Kong expired in 1997, mother China has been tightening its strangle-hold on Hong Kong cinema, while slowly opening its arms to Hollywood – an insidious double whammy that…
Tickled is so compelling, so thoroughly engrossing, so freaking enjoyable, that it deserves the kind of praise that compels you to the cinema. See this movie. It’s amazing, astonishing, jaw-dropping, revelatory, brilliant. You’ll notice I’m avoiding talking about the film itself; that’s completely deliberate, for the less you know, the better. Ostensibly it’s about the dark underbelly of competitive endurance tickling.…
Er ma gerd! It’s another kooky week of film news! What the Hell are we gonna find out about now!? Let’s see! Hey, actor Tom Hiddleston is hinting at some things about Thor: Ragnarok, in which he’ll return as that mischievous Loki. We know that Marc Ruffalo is in it as The Hulk, and Tom…
I have to admit, my expectations were not high for this film. It’s been in production for a long time – seems like a REALLY long time. I played the Blizzard computer game for some time back in the day, but never got into World of Warcraft because I had already invested some time in…
Welcome back to another week of amazing, fascinating, and ridiculous stories in film news! Buckle up!! Writer/director, Shane Black (The Nice Guys, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), is now in the process of writing, with Anthony Bagarozzi, a new film version of the classic Lester Dent creation, Doc Savage. It’s already got Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson…
Welcome to a new week of things going on in the world of film.Maybe there will be some cool, informative news, but hopefully there will be some all-out bat-shit crazy news, too. Prepare to be astounded! Right off the bat, Adam Sandler and his Happy Madison production company are teaming with STX to develop a…
Or as I like to call it, TOTALLY 80’S X-MEN! People like to hate on this movie, just like they hate on any superhero franchise, and frankly Bryan Singer gives them some fodder. But if you like to see things blow up, like I do, then this is the film for you! Also, if you…
Ok, we’re back with some more wonderful and vexing news in film. Some really notable things going on this time around. Get this: As if any of us with any sense would care, Transformers 5 is happening, and they’re calling it Transformers: The Last Knight. Of course, Michael Bay returns to direct this monstrosity, written…
After seeing The Nice Guys, I feel like the trailers for the film made it really difficult to decide whether it was going to be good. The trailer gives you non-connected moments before and after what feel like the jokes, so you can’t really tell if the movie is going to be funny or not.…
Writer / Director Jeremy Saulnier made a huge impression on the cineaste circuit in 2013 with Blue Ruin, a meditative and highly original take on the revenge thriller. It won him the FIPRESCI Director’s Fortnight Prize at Cannes. His follow-up, Green Room, joins the cannon of “under siege” movies – Rio Bravo, Assault on Precinct 13, Night of the Living Dead, The…