to be or not to be: Maximilian Schell as Hamlet

Not to be. I’m easing myself into my Hamlet marathoning since it’s such a downer of a story — sheesh, what was with this Shakespeare dude, anyway? — so I’m starting with the only version of the tale of the crazy Danish prince to be sent up by the Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys: a … more…

dream cast: hypothetical ‘Back to the Future’ remake

It’s Thursday, so it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: Back to the Future, the classic 1985 Robert Zemeckis science fiction comedy about a time-travelling high schooler who accidentally changes his family’s past… and so threatens to wipe himself out of existence. The original cast … more…

shocking news: Adam Sandler hates movie critics

Spotted at the IMDB’s WENN: Adam Sandler has blamed the media for influencing his box office ratings – because they never write good things about him. The funnyman ignores critics who deliberately write bad reviews of his films but he is angry when their opinions influence the public. But hasn’t Sandler heard that we critics … more…

a very little bit of David Tennant: ‘Jude’

It’s only one tiny scene in the 1996 film Jude, but it’s kinda notable, in a totally nerdy way, because in it, David Tennant gets to taunt Christopher Eccleston (that is, Doctor No. 9): This is about the best shot I could get with both actors in it, because director Michael Winterbottom has to be … more…

wait, WHO directed ‘Pineapple Express’?

No! David Gordon Green? David “All the Real Girls” Gordon “Undertow” Green? David Gordon Green directed Pineapple Express? Get the fuck out of here! If there’s one indie filmmaker I would have predicted would resist the lure of Hollywood, it would have been David Gordon Green. Man, I am disillusioned today. (Technorati tags: David Gordon … more…