What they say about planning and best intentions is definitely true. It’s been a much longer process to get the site up and running than I originally planned. That said, it’s in much better shape than I originally thought, as well. The site will continue to evolve, but right now Tim and I are focusing [...]
Recipe: Add one tablespoon of spittle from an old hag, three blond hairs from one young woman (preferable beautiful), and one fly with wings still beating to a stew of blood and maggots. Simmer for 90 minutes. Drain through a cursed handkerchief and allow to sit on counter until rotten. What you’ll wind up with is one hell of a good horror flick.
This is the recipe that Spider-Man director Sam Raimi cooks up for Drag Me to Hell and let me warn you, it’s going to give you heartburn. And it burns so good.
Who would have thought that salvation would come in the form of a man with the self-ascribed moniker McG? But it has. McG, who made angels fall from the sky (Charlie’s, at least), has resurrected a nearly terminated story and sparked life back into both man and machine.
It probably goes without saying that T2 was the best of the Terminator movies to date. Somewhere between the action sequences, the character development, and Linda Hamilton’s bulging biceps, nirvana was found. However, McG has created a fine addition to the series in Terminator Salvation, though he does explosive heat better than burning heart.
It’s been three years since Dan Brown’s wildly popular novel, The Da Vinci Code, jumped to the silver screen, angering the Catholic Church with its controversial topics. The wait for more is over, and while church leaders have less to take issue with in Angels & Demons, audiences certainly have more than enough reason to complain.
Much of the original team is back for the second installment, including director Ron Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, who is joined by David Koepp (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull). The three make liberal changes to Brown’s novel, which originally came before The Da Vinci Code, and re-craft it to continue the tale of Dr. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and his never-ending quest to dissect the church and its symbols. Langdon is part academic, part stud; he’s supposed to be brain and brawn all rolled into one.
Um yeah. This movie looks cool.
What do you think of the film after watching this trailer?
J.J. Abrams may not be boldly going where no man has gone before, but he’s boldly doing what few have done before: creating a daring, kick-ass reboot of a cultural fixture.
When discussing Star Trek, it’s important to announce one’s level of Trekker-ness. On the scale of ”I was too busy getting laid in high school for Star Trek” to ”Trekker Conventions Rock,” I’m closer to the ”Too busy” side at ”Watching it was fun when there was nothing else to do.” In other words, I can get some of the inside jokes, but definitely not all of them. But one doesn’t need to get all of them to enjoy Abrams’ vision of the USS Enterprise.
What happens when the badass becomes the sweet and sensitive one? You lose the edge. And that’s exactly the problem with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. There’s no edge. Wolverine has been de-clawed.
The X-Men franchise, which seemed to have run its course with the high X-Men body count in X-Men: The Last Stand, has taken a page from Cher’s Farewell Concert(s): If there’s money to be made, just reinvent yourself and do it again.
