movie buzz

I’m pretty psyched… Ah, now that the Tribeca Film Festival is over, I can relax: only six films to see this week. What am I most looking forward to in this particular batch? 28 Weeks Later, of course, which I’ll see Tuesday night. I loved 28 Days Later, and the buzz around town is that … more…

Yesterday while I was toodling around between press screenings at the Tribeca Film Festival, I ran across this live promotion for the new flick The Condemned, opening today. At first glance I freaked — Why is there a chain gang on the streets of Manhattan?! — but then I realized that the chains were plastic … more…

This is how it goes. Someone with major geek cred denies a rumor — bonus points if the rumor sounds more like fannish daydreaming than anything even halfway substantiated as an actual rumor. And the denial gets played and replayed so often that it takes on a life of its own and gets everyone dancing … more…

The Internet has erased borders for us serious cinephiles who get our movie info online — American fans buy DVDs from Hong Kong of movies that won’t open in the States for a year, or never; European fans get the scoop on movies open in the States that they won’t have a chance to see … more…

I saw Hot Fuzz for the third time this weekend — one of the vaunted Geeks’ Night Outs I’ve mentioned once or twice, and if you’re in the NYC area and might like to join me and some cool geeks for a movie, geeky conversation, food, and booze once in a while, lemme know. We’ll … more…

We did it for Snakes on a Plane, and now we’re doing it for 300, the new historical action drama comic-book fantasy. Join me and my gang of geeks for a Geeks’ Night Out as we catch a late-afternoon showing of 300 in Times Square in New York on Saturday, March 10. Afterward, we’ll head … more…

The movie doesn’t even open for another six months, and already I’m Officially Totally Psyched for ‘Spider-Man 3’…

Pick the least likely employee of the month…

If you’re in one of four cities.

It feels like forever since I updated the bias meter…