EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: COMING ATTRACTIONS
If you ask me what is the one thing I’m thrilled about coming out that is movie-related in the next six months you may be surprised by my answer. It’s not “”Grindhouse” or “”Hostel 2,” though I am looking forward to both of those films. It’s really a book that has my pulse racing. Stephen [...]
Posted on February 28, 2007 by Excess Hollywood
THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL TENACIOUS D-VDUESDAY…
Posted on February 28, 2007 by Chris Gore
ALAN ARKIN SET TO “GET SMART” AND RETEAM WITH CARELL
Insert random quote about movies made based on old TV shows here: ___________________. Feel better? Good. Now that that’s out of the way, the cast for the big screen version of “Get Smart” just got even better as Oscar winner Alan Arkin has signed on to play The Chief to Steve Carell’s Maxwell Smart. Nice [...]
Posted on February 28, 2007 by Film Threat Staff
“GRINDHOUSE” SOUNDTRACK NEWS AND NIC CAGE GROWS A FU MANCHU
Quentin Tarantino movies always have a great soundtrack and that’s a fact. Over at Cinematical, they’ve linked to a story about the soundtrack for QT’s part of “Grindhouse” that will feature T-Rex, Ennio Morricone as well as The Coasters and Eddie Floyd amongst others. There’s also some tidbits about Nicolas Cage’s role as Fu Manchu [...]
Posted on February 28, 2007 by Film Threat Staff
“SCANNERS” REMAKE IS BLOWIN’ UP
Insert random, snarky comment about remakes here: _____________________. Got it out of your system? Good. Dimension Films (ie; The Weinsteins) has snagged the relapsed remake rights to David Cronenberg’s classic gore fest “Scanners.” They’ve given screenwriter David Goyer an extremely tight deadline to churn something out before “Saw 2″ and “Saw 3″ director Darren Lynn [...]
Posted on February 28, 2007 by Film Threat Staff
GANDHI: TWO-DISC COLLECTOR’S EDITION (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 127 minutes |
I always find it interesting how some movies, even those that win the Best Picture Academy Award, simply fade into obscurity, while others stand the test of time…
Posted on February 28, 2007 by Brad Cook
WOUNDED HEART: PINE RIDGE AND THE SIOUX (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 70 minutes |
Deep poverty, rampant alcohol and drug abuse, wildly inefficient health care, abnormally high levels of domestic violence and charges of racism in dealings with the white society are cited by a handful of the Lakota people interviewed in the film…
Posted on February 28, 2007 by Phil Hall
BLACK SUN
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 70 minutes |
Sadly, Tarn opted to frame de Montalembert’s story in an annoying and pretentious manner. The screen is polluted by an endless skein of images, most of which have no relation to de Montalembert’s life story…
Posted on February 28, 2007 by Phil Hall
HAND OF GOD
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
An excess of Film School 101 artsy touches provide irrelevant visual shocks…
Posted on February 28, 2007 by Phil Hall
KISS ME AGAIN (DVD)
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Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 103 minutes |
Limp artificial art house fare with clichés, and rehashed plot devices abound. It’s an accomplishment when a film can make girl-on-girl utterly boring…
Posted on February 28, 2007 by Felix Vasquez Jr.
BUSHMAN’S SECRET
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 65 minutes |
It also shows the long history of crude and cruel treatment of native peoples by white interlopers in South Africa…
Posted on February 28, 2007 by Phil Hall
2007 POST-ACADEMY AWARDS WEEKEND WRAP-UP (PART 2)
Three award celebrations in two days. On Saturday we knew who had won the Spirit Awards and the Razzies, and by Sunday evening we knew whether Scorsese had finally been vindicated (he was!). Here’s a wrap-up of all the festivities…
Posted on February 27, 2007 by Mark Bell
2007 POST-ACADEMY AWARDS WEEKEND WRAP-UP
Three award celebrations in two days. On Saturday we knew who had won the Spirit Awards and the Razzies, and by Sunday evening we knew whether Scorsese had finally been vindicated (he was!). Here’s a wrap-up of all the festivities…
Posted on February 27, 2007 by Mark Bell
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: REMAKING JANE FONDA / MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: EPILOG
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Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 27 minutes |
Most of this deceptively simple video consists of shots of the filmmaker, in a workout outfit, watching Jane Fonda’s workout videotape in a variety of settings while doing all of the exercises…
Posted on February 27, 2007 by David Finkelstein
DRIVEN
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Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 8 minutes |
The extremely short (less than one second) shots are usually arranged in a repeating rhythmic pattern, giving the video a pleasingly “driving” rhythmic energy…
Posted on February 27, 2007 by David Finkelstein