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Better men than him have tried…

June 23, 2006 /

…but good luck to Zach Snyder (director of the surprisingly effective 2004 remake of “Dawn of the Dead”), who’s set to be the latest sacrificial lamb to be slaughtered on the altar of “Watchmen.”

Snyder has been attached to direct the film adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novel about the dark side of superheroes. But, then again, so were Terry Gilliam, Darren Aronofsky, and Paul Greengrass at various times over the last decade or more, and they all bailed out. So let’s not anyone hold their breath until something…ANYTHING…actually gets filmed.

Movie Dramas, Movies, News

DVD shuffle: 06/20/06

June 20, 2006 /

Out on DVD this week:

1) The Hills Have Eyes – BUY: Wow. I was absoultely blown away by this film. It’s not amazing by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s one fine piece of action/horror. Also, the single-disc release for the film is one of the year’s best.

2) Night Watch – RENT: Okay, so this wasn’t as great as the trailer made it out to be, but it’s still a very unique entry into the vampire/fantasy genre, and with two more installments on the way, how could you resist?

3) Syriana – PASS: Zzzzzzzzzzzz… Wait a minute. George Clooney actually won an award for this crap?

4) Eight Below – PASS: For those of you who thought “March of the Penguins” was boring, well, you get the picture.

Also out this week are special editions of “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” and “The Omen,” season five releases of “King of Queens” and “Married… With Children,” and a whole slew of Superman-themed discs.

External Movie DVDs, Movie DVDs, Movies, Reviews

Paging Robert Smigel

June 19, 2006 /

gayduo

Clearly inspired by Smigel’s “Ambiguously Gay Duo” cartoons on Saturday Night Live, Cracked magazine has published a list of “10 Movie and TV Duos Who Were Probably Gay.” While some of the usual suspects made the list (Maverick and Iceman come to mind), there are some surprises there as well.

Okay, Brandon Walsh and Dylan McKay I totally buy (no wonder Dylan always wore that squinty-eyed look of inner torment), and even Schroeder and Linus are a conceivably cute couple…but “Pulp Fiction”’s Vincent and Jules?! No way. That’s going too far. No self-respecting gay man would accessorize with a wallet that says “Bad Motherf*$ker” on it, despite the potential lowbrow camp appeal.

Oh, and Miyagi and Daniel-San? That’s just sacrilegious…no matter how fey that crane kick may have looked. Let’s let poor Pat Morita rest in peace, shall we?

Actors, Movies, TV

It’s Monday morning. Why work?

June 19, 2006 /

Remember that image that made the rounds a while back that had cleverly embedded pictures representing 75 different band names in it?

Well, now there’s a movie version, and they’ve upped the ante: the image contains representations of 100 different movie titles.

I capped out at 76 last night, and that includes a couple of feeble guesses. If anyone has ideas about the dog or the Nike shoe, I welcome your input. Happy time-wasting!

Movies

Box Office Roundup: Nacho business donkey wrestler

June 18, 2006 /

Based on Sunday’s estimates, courtesy of boxofficemojo.com:

1) Cars: $31.1 million ($114.5 million, second week)
The good news: it held the #1 spot for two weeks. The bad news: it fell off 48% from its opening week. The word is getting out: Pixar laid its first egg. Go see “Over the Hedge” again instead.
2) Nacho Libre: $27.5 million (first week)
For God’s sake, is anyone going to make a decent movie this month?
3) The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift: $24 million (first week)
Two movies in the top five about racing, and “Talladega Nights” is on the horizon. It’s a great big NASCAR world.
4) The Lake House: $13.6 million (first week)
Or, “Give the audience a happy ending, no matter how implausible or insulting it may be.”
5) The Break-Up: $9.5 million ($91.9 million, third week)
Chicago deserves to have better movies shot there than “The Lake House” and this.

Only two months to the day until “Snakes on a Plane.” And still no trailer. They’re killing us.

Movies, News

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