Film is Pwn

According to this article, Ashton Kutcher (who technically is a movie star) is being sent by the “State Department to Russia as part of a tech delegation.”  As long as he’s not there to make movies, I think this is a very, very good thing.  I support stimulus money going to getting Mr. Kutcher a permanent residence in Russia.  While were at it,  I’d like to answer the number one question in the country right now:  Why is Ashton Kutcher a movie star?  Because nature abhors a vacuum.

The Asylum took a break from doing low-budget knock-offs of big-budget blockbusters last summer and gave the world cult favorite Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.  Allegedly the original b-movie king, Roger Corman, is turning the tables on the Asylum and taking a page out of their book.  On that note, I say: Behold Sharktapus!

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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 horror movie “The Gingerdead Man” can be found in the DVD section marked “Yes, this movie actually exists.”  Other films in this section include, but are not limited to, Mansquito, Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster, and Jonas Brothers in 3-D.

All these films had a screenwriter who took the time off from his job at Sbarro to pen a script.  Actors signed on to the project either out of desperation or out of a game of truth or dare gone horribly, horribly wrong.  A director agreed to participate after failing to land that lucrative Caveman sitcom gig.  And perhaps most galling, someone, perhaps a billionaire hopped up on ether, gave these souls money to make it happen.  How did the stars align for these feature films but my own screenplay, Smokey the Bear vs. Alexander the Great: To the Pain! remains in limbo?  Who knows, but this isn’t about me selling that screenplay (contact me at DanielRoos1978@hotmail.com if you know anyone interested!). (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.

The best movie I saw at the vaunted Charlotte Film Festival back in September (2009) was for a little Irish, ghost story called The Eclipse.  I’m not a big fan of scary movies, but this was my kind of scary (Sixth Sense rather than Saw VI).  Maybe the Eclipse caught me at the right time and in the right environment — a theater full of people who had seen nothing but *cough* lousy indies all week — but I loved this movie.  Read my review here.  Finally the trailer has been released, and here it is:

First one, Director Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe.  Looks like Gladiator in Sherwood Forest.  My interest: Pretty tepid.

Starring: Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain
Directed By: Carl Franklin

Most movies take place in three acts which blend seamlessly to create the narrative story arc.  Out of Time is no different, except that the difference between the first act and the second act is staggering. (more…)

A movie I kinda liked, Terminator: Salvation.  See the sample here.

Was the guy from Dodgeball snubbed by the Academy for his stellar performance?  James Cameron says so . .

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And the nominees are . . . (more…)