C’mon Hollywood

C’mon Hollywood: More Rango, Less Chipmunks!

Posted 14 years ago

THE LORAX, a kid’s movie based on the book by Dr. Seuss, dominated the box office this past weekend, pulling in just over $70 million bucks. Now, what does that tell you? Do you think there’ll be more Dr. Seuss...

C’mon Hollywood: Do Die Hard 5 right or not at all!

Posted 14 years ago

With the success of 1988’s DIE HARD, sequels were inevitable.  DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER was a lot of fun and in line with the original for the most part.  It took five years for another DIE HARD film to...

C’mon Hollywood: Don’t F*ck up The Wolverine!

Posted 14 years ago

Fox takes a lot of heat (deservedly so) for mucking up the creative process when it comes to adapting their comic-to-film franchises (FANTASTIC FOUR and X-MEN: THE LAST STAND come to mind) and X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE is a prime example....

C’mon Hollywood: Separate Oscar category for best comedy?

Posted 14 years ago

Chris A few months ago, Judd Apatow, who’s produced and/or directed some of the best comedies in recent years, including this year’s sleeper hit BRIDESMAIDS, suggested that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, overhaul their categories for best...

C’mon Hollywood: Make The Tomb happen!

Posted 14 years ago

Chris The hot news this week is that action movie Gods Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger may finally be teaming up in an action film- THE TOMB, which has been a hot project both have circled for months. Originally, another...

C’mon Hollywood: C’mon Oscars! Grow a pair!

Posted 14 years ago

Chris And so, Oscar time is once again on the approach. The Golden Globes are only a week and a half away, and already, the front-runners for the Oscar nominations seem locked and loaded. George Clooney (for THE DESCENDANTS), Jean...

C’MON HOLLYWOOD: Give us more outside the box casting

Posted 14 years ago

Chris Every time a big action role comes up, whether it’s a new superhero franchise being cast, or a “reboot” of a popular film/franchise, it seems like the same group of actors is always bandied about. You know the names:...

C’MON HOLLYWOOD: The sorry state of film exhibition

Posted 14 years ago

Chris How many of you have been to a theatre recently, where the audio/visual presentation of the movie was subpar? I wager a lot of you. With theatre attendance down, and flat box-office, a lot of theatre chains seem to...

C’MON HOLLYWOOD: Why shooting the Fast Five sequels back-to-back is a bad idea

Posted 15 years ago

If Twitch is to be believed, FAST SIX and FAST SEVEN (or whatever you want to call them) will be shooting back-to-back next spring with Jason Statham in talks to join the cast. Not one to bury the lede, I’ll...

C’MON HOLLYWOOD: Why do good movies tank?

Posted 15 years ago

Chris Since hitting theaters three weeks ago, WARRIOR has only made a piddling $12 million. This despite sitting at a pretty damn impressive 84% fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes, and getting a CinemaScore of A, meaning that both critics and...

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