2016-04-27T08:30:25-07:00

If no one had told you that Wanted was based on a series of comic books, you probably could have guessed it. The film occupies a very familiar space between the sublimely silly and the oddly profound, using lots of visual razzle-dazzle to trick you into lowering your expectations and settling for little more than a fun ride, and then it hits you with plot twists that make you think, “Whoa.” Or at least, “Huh!” (more…) Read more

2008-06-27T07:41:00-07:00

My review of Wanted is now up at CT Movies. Read more

2008-06-26T09:45:00-07:00

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed opens in Canada tomorrow, so I’ve got a couple new articles up — one for the religious media and one for the more mainstream media. Click here for my newest article in BC Christian News, and click here for my article in the Georgia Straight. Read more

2008-06-25T13:51:00-07:00

Time for another list: I just discovered that my friend and colleague Steve Greydanus pondered a few weeks ago whether this was shaping up to be the best year for family films in, like, ages. At a glance, there are only a couple of the many titles he mentions, both past and present, where I think my opinion would differ in any significant way from his. So, I think he makes a very good case. And of course, the year’s... Read more

2008-06-25T12:42:00-07:00

The movie is Meet Dave. The star is Eddie Murphy. The director is Brian Robbins. And their last collaboration was Norbit (2007), which I admittedly have not seen, but in this particular case, I do not feel that that disqualifies me from passing judgment on the film. So, there are multiple reasons why we should all be fleeing Meet Dave in terror to begin with. And the people who made it think the best way to get us interested in... Read more

2008-06-24T21:15:00-07:00

I like lists, and I like studying the passage of time, so I was intrigued when Patrick Goldstein ran the following list of directors to support his thesis that few directors are capable of making “big hit movies” after their 62nd birthday. (He raises this question partly because Steven Spielberg turns 62 in December.) The first list here was compiled by Goldstein and notes which movies the directors in question made before they turned 62 and which movies they made... Read more

2008-06-24T12:08:00-07:00

Time for a bunch of miscellaneous notes’n’things. 1. The Daily Mail says Will Poulter, who played the “bad boy” Lee Carter in Son of Rambow (2007), has been cast as Eustace Scrubb in the film version of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Whatever else might or might not go right with this film, that’s kind of inspired casting, really. 2. Variety has an interesting story on CBS Paramount’s peculiar decision to dump the background music... Read more

2008-06-23T23:26:00-07:00

Say what you will about Evan Almighty (2007), but you can’t deny that the filmmakers went out of their way to underscore, and live up to, the movie’s environmental themes. When I went down to Los Angeles for the press junket last year, the studio even made a point of sponsoring trees in the reporters’ names, among other things. So it is a little strange now to hear that WALL*E and the hype machine surrounding it have been sending out... Read more

2008-06-23T23:00:00-07:00

Variety reports: Mandalay Independent Pictures has acquired screen rights to “Salvation Boulevard,” the upcoming mystery novel by Larry Beinhart. George Ratliff will write the script and direct. . . . “Salvation Boulevard,” to be published in the fall by Nation Books, has a satirical bent targeting organized religion. The story revolves around a private detective who investigates the killing of a professor. The exercise proves to be a clash of faiths: The detective is a born-again Christian, the dead man... Read more

2008-06-23T18:11:00-07:00

Warner Brothers, which recently took over the New Line library of films, issued a press release today stating that they will release an “extended cut” of Terrence Malick’s The New World (2005) on October 14: This edition of the critically-acclaimed, Oscar®-nominated epic recreating the turbulent first days of the new America now features more than 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage, heightening the viewing experience with more battles, more intensity and more visual splendor. Jeffrey Wells adds the detail that this... Read more

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