movie buzz

So this is probably a good time to explain why I see certain movies when reason and logic and a sense of self-preservation might seem to dictate otherwise. I get emails and comments along these lines all the time: Why do I bother seeing such-and-such when I know I’ll hate it, or if it’s not … more…

…that I’m not sorry the New York City backlot at Universal Studios was among the assets destroyed in the big fire there this weekend? The usual caveats: I’m glad no one was seriously hurt, it’s a good thing only duplicate video and film was lost, it’s a shame a lot of movie history has been … more…

But what he has to say in his latest piece at AMC’s blog — “Why the Movie Version of Your Favorite SciFi Book Stinks, Part I” — is spot on. John says in the article that he spent last weekend at an SF convention (as I did, though not at the same one), and that … more…

I so said this, like, four years ago.

Oh noes! Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman are in jeopardy… in their own romantic lovenest in the woods! Or something! The Strangers [opens wide May 30] is the first film from writer-director Bryan Bertino, and I have no idea who he is either, or how he managed to get his own script greenlighted by a … more…

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Like you need me to tell you to go see Indy. Just go, and go again. I went again on Thursday night, at the Ziegfeld in New York — a movie palace made for event movies — and it was packed with a thirtysomething geek crowd. … more…

Slow movie week for me: I’ve got two big nonmovie projects due this week, and unfortunately they are demanding serious attention. But I’ll catch the notorious Uwe Boll’s latest opus, Postal [opens limited May 23], partly because I’m so shocked that it’s actually being screened for critics, and partly because I’m dying to see how … more…

I’ll have more to say in a couple of days, but I can’t contain myself now. I’ve just come from my screening of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and I just have to say: they didn’t fuck it up. I am a happy geek today. (Technorati tags: Indiana Jones)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Everyone else is getting out of the way of Aslan, cuz you don’t mess with God. Also, if the evidence of this fantasy realm is to be believed, you don’t mess with talking badgers, warrior mice, and little kids transported from another dimension, because they will kick your ass. … more…

Unbelievable. IMDB’s Studio Briefing splashes this headline today: “Can Niche Audience Make ‘Sex And The City’ A Hit?” Niche audience. Women are a “niche audience.” More than half the population: “niche.” Excuse me for not sounding very ladylike, but What. The. Fuck. Studio Briefing quotes, with a sort of smug nod of approval, the Los … more…