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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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Oldboy, no Newboy

Posted 20 years ago

Universal had been in the process of remaking deservedly acclaimed Korean film OLDBOY for American audiences, with director Justin Lin (FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT) given the significant challenge of adapting Park Chan-wook’s dizzying and brutal revenge tale. But...

Trek’s new Scotty?

Posted 20 years ago

ALIAS creator turned Impossible Mission specialist JJ Abrams is giving the STAR TREK franchise a desperately needed kick in the dilithium crystals, with what is apparently some kind of reboot or prequel or CASINO ROYALE-style combination thereof. And even though...

Spider-Spoilers

Posted 20 years ago

If you just can’t hold out the three months (and change) for SPIDER-MAN 3 to hit in every single theater in the known universe, there are some specifics awaiting your anxious arachnid-admiring eyes over at film ick. These guys have...

Tyrese still in Cage?

Posted 20 years ago

Tyrese Gibson. Singer. Rapper. Model. Actor. Producer. Hero for Hire. Gibson has long been rumored to play Luke Cage, Marvel’s third-stringer from the ‘hood, in a live-action flick with frequent collaborator John Singleton attached to direct. While discussing his upcoming...

Green Goblin 2, sorta

Posted 20 years ago

By all appearances, Sam Raimi’s SPIDER-MAN 3 is going to great lengths in order to provide the maximum bang for the buck (to its potential detriment, if the grapevine is to be believed — but I usually prefer to just...

Sweet Aces poster

Posted 20 years ago

I’m hopeful that Joe Carnahan’s SMOKIN’ ACES will deliver on the promise of violence both kinetic and excessive. But even if it doesn’t completely satisfy, it’s difficult to argue with the promotional materials… Between the frenzied trailer, nifty vibrant poster...

MPAA under the gun?

Posted 20 years ago

Filmmaker Kirby Dick (respect, man) made some static with his documentary THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED, which called out the MPAA high-noon style for their clandestine practices and dubious rating system. Did it actually *gasp* have an impact? So...

Hear Mansell music

Posted 20 years ago

Composer Clint Mansell is a busy guy — not only have you probably heard his music show up in dozens of movie trailers by now, but he most recently also provided the score for THE FOUNTAIN and this week’s loco...

Teeth have bite

Posted 20 years ago

Sundance always provides a few hot oddballs, and TEETH is the latest. The movie has already been grabbed for distribution by The Weinstein Co. and Lionsgate in a partnership that will hopefully please fans of genre movies and… hazardous crotch...

Stallone Mountain?

Posted 20 years ago

Now that Rocky has successfully gone another 10 rounds and Rambo is once again preparing to win by attrition and eat things that would make a billy goat puke, Sylvester Stallone is contemplating other projects. Aside from his planned Poe...

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