C’mon Hollywood

C’mon Hollywood: It’s time for a proper female superhero film!

Posted 13 years ago

2008 kicked off the renaissance of the comic book movie, with both IRON MAN and THE DARK KNIGHT dominating the box office and setting the course for the next wave of genre cinema. Sure, there were plenty of comic book...

C’mon Hollywood: Why should we pay you to make movies?

Posted 13 years ago

This past week we witnessed a new evolution of crowdsourcing. The campaign to greenlight a VERONICA MARS movie, based on the short-lived TV show starring Kristen Bell, was able to raise more than it’s $2 million goal in less than...

C’mon Hollywood: Where in the hell is the new Pee-Wee Herman movie?

Posted 13 years ago

*Note: The secret word for this column is: “allegedly.” You know what to do. Like many of you, I grew up on Saturday morning cartoons when they were still awesome. The topper to those cartoon mornings was seeing the grey-suited...

C’mon Hollywood: Cut out the crap and get down to business with the Oscars!

Posted 13 years ago

Like many of you, I sat down to watch the Oscars last Sunday against my better judgment and endured the long, tedious misfire of material that flowed like wine throughout. It wasn’t the worst thing I’d ever seen (that distinction...

C’mon Hollywood: Give us another Predator!

Posted 13 years ago

One of the coolest modern movie monsters is undoubtedly the PREDATOR. Created by screenwriters Jim and John Thomas and designed by FX guru Stan Winston, the first iteration of the famed alien creature in 1987’s PREDATOR, directed by John McTeirnan,...

C’mon Hollywood: Listen to the fans (they know better)!

Posted 13 years ago

Last week I went and saw a little movie called A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD and, like many of you, walked out feeling like an asshole for shelling out $8 bucks to a tired, shitty, brain-dead entry in a...

C’mon Hollywood: Spread out your Oscar fare!

Posted 13 years ago

If you’re anything like me, then you find it exceedingly difficult to catch every single movie you want to see in theaters, especially during the Fall/Winter Oscar season. As the actual ceremony approaches, I often find that I’m still way...

C’mon Hollywood: Can Schwarzenegger and Stallone recover from their recent flops?

Posted 13 years ago

As a child of the ‘80’s I was immersed in the action films of that era. The macho posturing, endless ammunition, colorful villains, creative profanity, and blood-squib splatters were brought to me regularly by three key actors: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold...

C’mon Hollywood: Save John McTiernan!

Posted 13 years ago

Let me say, first and foremost, that I am by no means a legal expert. You wouldn’t go to an auto mechanic to fix your garage door, nor should you come to a movie geek for legal advice. Good? All...

C’mon Hollywood: Stop confusing entertainment and politics!

Posted 13 years ago

This week, director Kathryn Bigelow’s ZERO DARK THIRTY hit theaters, finally allowing the general movie-going public to see what all the fuss was about. It’s already swept numerous critical awards and most recently netted actress Jessica Chastain a best actress...

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