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Favorite Movies: Aliens, Jaws, Inglourious Basterds, the Mad Max movies except the kid read more parts of Thunderdome, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starship Troopers, the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, They Live, Pandorum, The Warriors, Darkman, The Thing, The Untouchables, a good percentage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, B-movies, Westerns

Likes: Mass Effect, ginger, the 1960s Batman TV show, diversity, Fallout, non-iron read more shirts, Angela Bassett, comics, funk, making and/or consuming satisfying meals, xenomorphs, the Elric saga, weird art, volume, She-Hulk, freeze-frame credits, my goofy cats, green things, transdimensional travel, vindication

Brolin hates Mexicans

Posted 17 years ago

Josh Brolin sure is spreading himself around — when he’s done doing the villian thing again for Oliver Stone in WALL STREET 2: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS, he’ll head south of the border (again) and battle evil Mexicans in CARTEL. In...

Ramones get biopic

Posted 17 years ago

There’s no stoppin’ the cretins from hoppin’ — legendary rockers and pop-culture icons The Ramones may finally be getting their due on the big screen. Gabba gabba hey! Fox Searchlight (aka “the good Fox”) is trying to hook a deal...

Jackman vs. robots

Posted 17 years ago

Hugh Jackman seems to be fond of alloys — four times being laced with adamantium metal, and now he’s ready for some REAL STEEL. Jackman is considering the Dreamworks project, which sounds like an update of ROBOT JOX and/or a...

Rock back in action

Posted 17 years ago

Like Bonnie Tyler, I’ve been holding out for a hero. Oh, The Rock… have you heard our pleas? Are you returning the funny bone to your arm, and focusing on compound fractures and scuffed knuckles? Damn right. Dwayne “Ex-The Rock”...

Res. Evil 4 details

Posted 17 years ago

RESIDENT EVIL is officially a trilogy no more — a fourth movie in the pipe, with original director Paul W.S. Anderson back for more post-apocalyptic zombie mayhem. Series star Milla Jovovich will return (several times, if the end of EXTINCTION...

Alba gets Fockered

Posted 17 years ago

She’s given horror and comic book movies a good try, but is Jessica Alba’s real calling in comedy? Not if you take THE LOVE GURU or GOOD LUCK CHUCK as any sort of sign, but that isn’t stopping her from...

Latchkey’s Lament

Posted 17 years ago

If you wondered how Troy Nixey went from comic artist to director of the big-screen remake of DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (produced and co-written by Guillermo del Toro), look no further than his film LATCHKEY’S LAMENT. Nixey’s whimsical,...

Norton talks Avengers

Posted 17 years ago

Okay, it’s really more that Ed Norton talks around THE AVENGERS, but since Marvel’s big-screen team-up is still distant and nebulous, a bit of circumlocution will have to suffice. When asked about his interest or willingness to return to the...

Princess & Frog clips

Posted 17 years ago

I’m grateful that Pixar honcho John Lasseter took the reins of all Disney’s animation — the Mouse House seemed content to let traditional animation go into cryogenic storage (or at least direct to DVD), but Lasseter fortunately breathed life back...

Clooney is a killer

Posted 17 years ago

George Clooney has played his share of criminals and charming rogues, but pulling a trigger for cold cash? Working on it now! Almost immediately after promoting his next release, THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (and winning praises for UP...

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