Carice van Houten Joins ‘Vivaldi’ Biopic
Posted on July 31, 2007 - Filed Under Drama | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Drama, Music & Musicals, Casting, Cinematical Indie
Any day now, Carice van Houten is going to become a major international movie star, and when that day comes I will have a million-times fewer chances with the Black Book beauty. Right now I think I only have to fight Ryan and actor Sebastian Koch for […]
Carl Franklin to Direct ‘Snitch’
Posted on July 31, 2007 - Filed Under Drama | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Drama, Thrillers, New Line
He’s either really hot right now, or he’s indecisive. Just last week we heard that Carl Franklin (Devil in a Blue Dress) would be directing The Maintenance Man, which he had decided to do instead of Tulia (now to be helmed by John Singleton). Today The Hollywood Reporter has Franklin […]
Woody Allen, Roger Ebert, Max Von Sydow, Others Pay Tribute To Bergman
Posted on July 31, 2007 - Filed Under Foreign | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Foreign Language, Obits & Memorials, Cinematical Indie
If you don’t know Woody Allen loves the films of Ingmar Bergman, you don’t know much about Woody Allen. When I read that Bergman passed away on Monday, I actually thought about Allen and how upset he must be. But there’s no reason to single Allen out. […]
Amazon to Bring National Archives Films to the Public
Posted on July 31, 2007 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, Independent, Newsstand, Cinematical Indie
The National Archives and Records Administration, which is said to house more than 200,000 documentaries, newsreels, instructional films, combat footage and research/development films has cooked up a non-exclusive agreement with Amazon.com and its CustomFlix subsidiary to distribute public copies of some of the Archive’s holdings.
CustomFlix will make DVDs […]
“Virtual” Fantasia : Time
Posted on July 31, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
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Killer B’s on DVD: Welcome to the Grindhouse — Black Candles and Evil Eye
Posted on July 31, 2007 - Filed Under Horror | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Horror, Independent, Killer B’s on DVD, Cinematical Indie
This second entry in BCI/Navarre’s Welcome to the Grindhouse series of double features contains a pair of European horror films from the days when the grindhouse was king. As with the previous entry in the series (The Teacher and Pick-Up, which I reviewed here), both features […]
Read More..>>A Little Merman
Posted on July 31, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
I’ve returned from ocean dips and lazy beach strolling. sigh. Nothing relaxes me like the water. If I had to be a mythical creature instead of a human, I’d definitely go with something in the merfamily. I don’t normally spend any time thinking about Tom Hanks movies but the ending of Splash always makes me […]
Read More..>>Comic-Con: Listen to the Kevin Smith Talk Here!
Posted on July 31, 2007 - Filed Under Comedy | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Comedy, Comic/Superhero/Geek, ComicCon
Kevin Smith has had a panel at almost every Comic-Con since for the past umpteen years, and the line for it is always out the door, around the corner, down the block, across the street, and stretches into Mexico. You can be sure of one thing at most Cons, and that […]
Read More..>>Bollywood Star Sanjay Dutt is Heading to the Slammer
Posted on July 31, 2007 - Filed Under Action and Adventure | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Action & Adventure, Drama, Foreign Language, Independent, Celebrities and Controversy, Cinematical Indie
These days, hearing about drugs and cinema usually brings to mind a certain Miss Lohan and her struggles with booze, drugs and reckless driving. Sometimes, that’s only the start. Famous Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has had a rough go of things. A […]
Susan Sarandon Has ‘Lovely Bones’
Posted on July 31, 2007 - Filed Under Drama | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Drama, Casting, Newsstand, Peter Jackson
Susan Sarandon is about to play a grandmother in one of the best novels of 2002, but I was taken aback when I first read that last week — is she really grandmother-age already? Anyway, I tend to trust Peter Jackson’s decision-making (as long as an oversized ape is […]