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07.20.08 by Siege @ 11:33 pm  Written by: Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, based on a story by David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan, based on characters created by Bob Kane Review: The best part of this movie wasn't the fact that it was kickass in every way, or Heath Ledger's mythical performance as the Joker, and his "disappearing pencil" magic trick. It was the fact that I was sitting next to a five year old whose father obviously thought that a Batman movie would be perfectly safe for children. Ha. Chump. Now that child is traumatized forever. One more in the movie's favor. Time: 15 seconds Categorized as: Movies and Reviews
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07.17.08 by Widge @ 2:55 am  Well, this deserves its own post. Lionsgate is making far too much sense for a company in the movie industry. It's scaring the crap out of me, frankly. Here's the story: they've made a deal with YouTube. Rather than fighting to get clips of their films taken down, they're going to monetize the clips. They're going to have their own YouTube channel and let people share, embed, upload and mash up clips. That's what the Variety article says. Pause here for a moment. Upload? That's fascinating. So does that mean they'll let you upload a clip from a Lionsgate movie if it's uploaded to their channel so it can be monetized? That seems fair enough. And as for mashup--does that mean they'll let you download and then re-upload your new version? If so...wow. This covers film and television programs. Now, users don't get free reign. If something's still in cinemas, clips will be removed. But that's perfectly reasonable. Categorized as: Movies
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07.13.08 by Widge @ 4:04 am  Hello, Dolly! plays a role in Wall-E. How big a role I won't say, but it had Cosette and Thespia laughing throughout the whole picture. Apparently they're not the only ones, as the success of the Pixar film is inspiring folks to look at a revival on Broadway. There's an interesting angle on this that hasn't been used before, I don't think: so many films are being turned into musicals--instead, use a film to build up buzz about an existing musical, then revive it. We couldn't get this idea out of our heads, so we put them together and came up with some suggestions. Categorized as: Movies
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07.10.08 by Siege @ 11:47 pm  Written by: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas & Chris Morgan, based on a story by Brandt & Haas, which was in turn based on the comic book series by Mark Millar & J.G. Jones Review: I've compared this movie to drowning in a spewing vat of molten awesome. Start with Matrix style action, then turn it over to Office Space. Then back to Matrix. They have bullets with separating sections like the space shuttle, and they have Morgan Freeman saying "Motherfucker." Stay tuned for the Morgan Freeman/Sam Jackson Saying "Motherfucker" Cage Match! Place! Your! Bets! Time: 15 seconds Categorized as: Movies and Reviews
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07.10.08 by Widge @ 4:21 am  Elfquest is taking a shot at hitting the big screen again. Rawson Thurber, who directed Dodgeball and, apparently, those "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker" commercials, is set to produce, direct and write. The film is now set to go at Warner Brothers. For those unfamiliar with the comic by Richard and Wendy Pini, it follows a tribe of elves who get burned out of their forest home (because this guy wasn't around, no doubt) and have to seek out a new home. It's interesting that it's coming back now (hmmm...comic book movies are making lots of money...hmmm....fantasy movies are making lots of money...). Okay, interesting but not surprising. Last time I heard about this project it was 2000; writer-producer Craig Miller and Wendy Pini were at San Diego Comic-Con talking about it. According to them, and as I reported at Corona's Coming Attractions at the time, there were studios in three countries working on it with storyboarding underway. They had already wrapped up international distribution but stateside didn't have anything. They were giving out promo postcards with a Spring 2002 release date on them. You can see it down below the break. Categorized as: Movies
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