Month: July 2008

I guess it’s Sacha Baron Cohen day today here. It wasn’t a plan or anything. The Smoking Gun is reporting on a stunt Cohen pulled in Arkansas recently, part of his Borat-esque punking on America, this time for his upcoming Bruno movie. Lured by $1 beer and the prospect of “hot chicks” and “hardcore fights,” … more…

The Guardian notes: Just as Sherlock Holmes had his Moriarty, so Guy Ritchie has his Sacha Baron Cohen. Barely a month after the announcement that the British director is to shoot an “all action” Holmes adventure tale comes news of a rival project spearheaded by the Borat creator. Columbia Pictures’ as yet untitled production will … more…

I’m terribly excited to see The Dark Knight [opens wide July 18], but I’m sort of dreading it, too. Because of Heath Ledger, of course. I still can’t believe he’s gone, that we’re never going to see where he was going to take us as a fully mature actor, and I fear that seeing what … more…

For the past two years or so, I’d been covering box office numbers at Film.com. I’m no longer doing that, so I thought I’d see how much interest there may be here, among FlickFilosopher.com readers. I’ll try it out for a few weeks, anyway, and see what kind of response it gets. I personally abhor … more…