“I gotta say that it at first creeped me out to re-listen to the interview I did with Heath Ledger a year before he died. Ledger had just been cast as the Joker — we didn’t discuss the role for very long, but it provides a glimpse into the performer’s uneasiness with the expectations that […]
Christopher Nolan has a serious vision, and some bad guys just don’t fitread more | digg story
Breaking News! That’s right folks, Uncle Jesse is going to be the Roast Master at the Roast of Bob Saget! This might very well ruin some childhoods!read more | digg story
Accept no acme imitations.read more | digg story
One thing that always gets to people who have never read comics before is the superhero genre
’s use of the secret identity. They are used to secret identities for spies, a profession that specifically requires the need to be in the shadows and out of the limelight. This is especially true of […]
ABC News has a really neat gallery of what those famous actors who played some of the most memorable characters in Star Wars are doing now. Starts with Kenny Baker, the dwarf and former circus performer who played R2D2.
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This is why you don’t give comedy writers tickets to advance movie screenings. They just can’t seem to take anything seriously.read more | digg story
‘What’s wrong with offering an incentive?’
Young people are being encouraged into community work with the promise of an exclusive gig - but does it really count as volunteering? read more | digg story
With the continued, somewhat inexplicable, success of Hancock, it seems that the only constant in Hollywood math is “(Will Smith) + (4th of July Weekend) x (Genre Movie) = $$$.” Bearing that in mind, we thought that it’s be kind of us to demonstrate to some stalled SF movie projects just to how to use […]
You may have thought Pixar’s trashbot epic Wall-E was an environmentalist screed about humans ruining the planet through over-consumption. But you’d be wrong, say a rising chorus of conservative commentators. Rather, Wall-E is a right-wing dream come true, a saga about the need to escape big government and return to small-town family values.read more | […]
Fox Searchlight has released a new trailer for Clark Gregg’s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s Choke, and it’s Red Band! That’s right, completely uncensored, vulgar, nudity, overall - totally Not Safe For Work. That said, this is a much funnier, more accurate representation of the actual film than the previous trailer.read more | digg story
Everyone I’ve talked to who has seen the film thinks its nothing short of brilliant. But it was bound to happen eventually, the first negative review of The Dark Knight has hit the web.read more | digg story
Batman (1943) As a rule, my original concept for Old Ass Movies was to spotlight films that were made before 1960. It
’s fairly arbitrary - like most things around here - but I wanted to stick to it. So, when we were gearing up for The Dark Knight, and often-dictator-like Editor Neil Miller wanted me […]
John Lennon famously claimed the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, even predicting that Christianity would “vanish and shrink”. But 28 years after his death, in an interview being broadcast for the first time, he claims that on the contrary, he hoped to encourage people to focus on the Christian faith. read more […]
This month, we’ve picked our top 10 most spine-tingling moments. From Hitchcock to Cronenberg, our choices have left us sleepless and shivering with fear.read more | digg story
The Obama campaign is condemning as “tasteless and offensive” a New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in a turban, fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife. An American flag burns in their fireplace. The New Yorker says it’s satire. It certainly will be candy for cable news.read more | digg story
“Is she dead yet?” - FBI tape of Bobby Kennedy talking about Marilyn Monroe on the night she died.read more | digg story
Early reviews are hitting the Net and it appears that the latest Marvel tale, from director Louis Leterrier and star Ed Norton, is a worthy contender and then some. I’ve compiled excerpts from what’s currently being said on the Netread more | digg story
As expected, DreamWorks Animation has released the teaser trailer for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.read more | digg story
