Film is Pwn

I bet reading the title of this post you wondered to yourself, what kind of person would be so excited about this that they would put an exclamation point at the end? The answer is anyone who has been attending popular cinema over the last 10 years (and assorted nerds such as myself). The BBC Reports that filming will begin in July in New Zealand with Guillermo del Toro directing, Peter Jackson producing, and Sir Ian McKellan reprising his role as Gandalf the Grey. The only real news for those who have been following this is that a date has been set for filming to begin, however it does make one wonder

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Actor Peter Graves past away earlier today, see the CNN article here.  Peter Graves is probably best known for his role on the TV show Mission: Impossible and as the host of Biography.  My fondest memories of Graves are from entertaining B-movies like The Beginning of the End, It Conquered The World, and Killers From Space that appeared on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Killers From Space was actually not released under the MST3K banner, but that’s another story). 

Graves was a fine actor and was quite memorable as the pilot from the spoofest Airplane!  “Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?” (more…)

Why, apparently she believes one of their commercials featuring a baby named “Lindsay” who is called a “Milk-a-holic” is libel and everyone thinks of Lindsay Lohan when they hear the name “Lindsay.”  Huh.  The funny thing is, most folks didn’t associate the ad with Lindsay Lohan’s lamentable personal problems . . . until now. For that matter, most of us forgot about this little Superbowl commercial and put it out of our minds . . . until now. The article is here.  Click more if you’d like to see the SHOCKING commercial that has spawned a lawsuit that I truly hope will get laughed out of court very quickly: (more…)

Thankfully, I got Best Picture wrong: (more…)

James Cameron is working on a prequel to Avatar, his insanely successful blockbuster.  Fortunately, this prequel is going to be a NOVEL.  So none of those distracting visuals just the story, and characters, and . . . uh . . . here’s hoping the cover is pretty.  See the article here.

Wesley Snipes says he’d do Blade 4 if the script was right.  In related news, Wesley Snipes is one bad film away personal appearances at birthday parties or — dare I say it? — an Asylum movie.  Insert your own joke here.

You might think I’m referring to the fact that the writer/director/actor Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma, etc.) was recently kicked off an airplane for being too overweight.  But I’m not.  I’m referring to the fact that onetime indy film auteur’s latest film is the ultimate in bland, generic, buddy cop comedy Cop Out starring Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan. Poor, poor Kevin Smith: (more…)

The script is almost done, and the light is green!  Check out the source here. (more…)

My favorite director, Christopher Nolan (Memento, Batman Begins, The Prestiege, The Dark Knight, etc.) has reportedly been brought in to oversee (not direct) another Superman reboot, while he’s still working on the third Batman film.  See the article from Deadline Hollywood here.  Nothing but good news, if you ask me.

And the nominees are . . . (more…)

The Razzies are the award that honors the worst of the worst, Worst Film of the Year, Worst Actor, Actress, etc.  From perusing the films, it appears the primary targets of Razzie Venom happen to be popcorn flicks like Transformers 2, G.I. Joe, and Old Dogs.   Check out the nominations here.

On the heels of my post detailing Sly Stallone’s beating at the hands of Stone Cold Steve Austin, comes this wonderful article chronicling the attempts by a 49 year old Van Dam to get a real honest to goodness fight with 3 time Olympian Somluck Kamsing.  Really?  Does he really think this is a good idea?  This is a guy who looses fights with hotel rooms.  Well, the fight would have to take place abroad as it would never be sanctioned in the US.  He is 49 years old for Pete’s sake! (more…)