movie buzz

I’ve been totally psyched for Stardust since my critical colleague Joe Utichi, who’s based in Britain, emailed me a while back to ask what I thought of the film. He’d seen it — apparently it’s been screening like crazy across the pond — and thought it was pretty Princess Bride-ish, and since I’ve literally written … more…

Sicko has been playing for a month and is now on more than 1,100 screens, officially a wide release, and reactions from viewers has been, in some instances, remarkable. FlickFilosopher.com reader Dan, in Tempe, Arizona, sent me this report from the screening he attended: The one thing that really hit me hard was after the … more…

It’s another slow week at the movies for me. I know, I know: “only” three movies in a week sounds like a lot, and it is, compared to what the average person sees (three movies in a year in the theater is closer). But I usually average more like six. So it feels like kind … more…

Last night The People spoke, via YouTube, directly to Democratic candidates for president, who were on the spot and required to answer. Now that the spunky little Internet video service is apparently on the verge of saving democracy and liberty and stuff, it seems like nothing to mention that, oh yeah, the first YouTube stars … more…

Twentieth Century Fox has not had the best relationship with critics lately, as I mentioned in the comments section of my post about The Simpsons Movie the other day. Now comes word that a boycott by critics and entertainment journalists against Fox’s movies is spreading, according to the Los Angeles Times: Online critics expand boycott … more…

Word came down today from 20th Century Fox: press screenings of The Simpsons Movie will be on Thursday, July 26… the night before the film opens. And by “the night before,” I mean that the very multiplex in which I will see the film on Thursday evening will open the movie to public showings a … more…

So, the torture-porn flick Captivity tanked at the box office last weekend — it couldn’t do better than No. 12, earning a pathetic $1.4 million. And after being such a misogynist pig about the film, After Dark producer Courtney Solomon is backtracking and spinning: “It’s overkill,” said Courtney Solomon, president of After Dark Films, which … more…

David Duchovny has been out and about promoting his new Showtime series Californication, debuting next month, which will, apparently, give viewers a completely unMulderesque Duchovny, one that may disturb fans who see him only as the snarky, dour FBI agent. Perhaps that’s why, along the way, the actor has been letting on that we may … more…

So sometimes I try to figure out when I’ll be able to get home after a screening — you know, like, should I set the TiVo for something I wanna watch, or will I be home in time before it starts? And so I just discovered that my Dreading flick, I Now Pronounce You Chuck … more…

I’m takin’ it easy at the movies this week: I’ve got only two screenings scheduled at the moment, and a couple of screener DVDs sitting around that I should check out. But that’s fine: I’ve got tons of reviews and other coverage to catch up on, like Rescue Dawn and Joshua, to name but two… … more…