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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

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Alba whores, Casey kills

Posted 18 years ago

Some of her recent filmography (THE LOVE GURU, FANTASTIC FOUR) to the contrary, superior posterior specimen Jessica Alba has occasionally stated her desire to be taken more seriously as an actress. Teaming with an Oscar-nominated actor like Casey Affleck and...

Mendes talks Preacher

Posted 18 years ago

Plenty of comic fans got reasonably excited about the recent news that the outstanding DC/Vertigo book PREACHER would finally receive the feature treatment, and under the direction of someone as capable as Sam Mendes (ROAD TO PERDITION). Apparently it was...

Spielberg/Smith Oldboy

Posted 18 years ago

Landis robs graves

Posted 18 years ago

Aside from TV work (“MASTERS OF HORROR”, “FEAR ITSELF”) and making lots of cameos (check his acting filmography), director John Landis hasn’t been involved with the sort of horror that helped make him famous (namely AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON). But...

IMAX 3D for Avatar

Posted 18 years ago

I don’t know what’s worse — that there’s still more than a year before AVATAR hits theaters, or that there’s such a frustrating lack of available material on the next movie from the guy responsible for TERMINATOR, ALIENS and the...

White works w/ Losers

Posted 18 years ago

I feel kinda bad for THE LOSERS — so far the project has lived up to its name, having been kicked around for years by several directors but never actually getting made. The latest to take a shot at adapting...

Smokin’ prequel update

Posted 18 years ago

It’s been around a year since we heard anything solid on the proposed prequel to SMOKIN’ ACES — at that time, writer/director Joe Carnahan had finished the script and was awaiting official approval. Apparently that approval has finally come, as...

New Fanboys trailer

Posted 18 years ago

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a guy made a motion picture “love letter” to STAR WARS. This film, titled FANBOYS, was then hurled into the pit of Sarlacc, where it has since been slowly digesting....

See Slumdog free

Posted 18 years ago

It seems like nearly everyone who’s seen Danny Boyle’s touching romance/comedy/drama SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE has fallen in love with it (or at least its stunning co-star Freida Pinto). No reason you can’t find out for yourself — and for FREE! Fox...

Vote for… Lando?

Posted 18 years ago

We are on the eve of an extremely important election. The candidates: an angry and withered old pale dude, and a dashing black man. That’s right, the REAL election, one that could determine the fate of the galaxy — between...

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