It seems strange that one of the immediate reactions following the ending of “Up,” is, “Pixar’s done it again.” Their track record is pretty much impeccable. And each film seems to be a step forward in storytelling and in the quality of animation. “Up,” is no different. In fact, it seems almost like it’s a …
Video game ‘Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune,’ which just saw a much talked about sequel at E3, is being adapted to the screen for Sony Pictures. ‘Uncharted’ tells the story of treasure hunter Nate Drake, a descendent of explorer Sir Francis Drake, while he looks for the South American golden city of El Dorado. But Drake isn’t …
Variety is reporting that Transformers: “Revenge of the Fallen,” has already pulled in around $16 million from 3,000 screens on its opening night. The movie is just under the staggering opening night ‘Dark Knight’ had ($18.5 million). It’s expected to post a similar five day take to ‘Dark Knight,’ hitting at least $200 million this …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced that starting next year, there will be 10 nominees for best picture. Academy president Sid Ganis said the move was made to allow for more movies that might have slipped past unnoticed in past years. (One only need to look to last year when both …
I feel like I’m shaking my head in anger quite a bit more these days. But this one takes the cake. A few months back we wrote about Aaron Sorkin writing a movie about Facebook. Well, that project has a director, David Fincher. The film, ‘The Social Network,’ is being produced by Scott Rudin, and …
Director James Cameron screened 20 minutes of his upcoming “Avatar” at CineExpo in Amsterdam. And the reaction? Um, pretty freaking good. Unique Cinema Systems tweeted the following after the movie: “ CGI was photorealistic, characters look really real. Believe the hype, this movie will be massive!” “Footage from “Avatar” at #cinexpo was stunning, literally jawdropping. …
Universal Pictures has bought the rights to Larry Doyle’s novel “Go Mutants!.” The book sets the story in a high school where all the aliens and monsters from 50s sci-fi movies come true, and their children assimilate among the other kids. The pic will be produced by Brian Grazer, no word on director yet.
Ed McMahon, perhaps best known for his introduction of Johnny Carson, opened the Tonight Show for 30 years, has died at the age of 86. McMahon made a career of appearances on television and radio, he was a self-proclaimed “second-banana,” playing the straight man to Carson. Through the years, McMahon hosted various television talent shows, …
Beautiful. That’s how I would describe Ari Folman’s animated dream-like documentary, “Waltz with Bashir.” Beautiful. I know it’s a strange word to use, especially when you consider that the movie is about the remembrance of the Sabra and Shatila massacre that left up to 3,500 dead.
“The Pacific,” the follow up to their popular 2001 HBO mini-series, “Band of Brothers,” is coming next year from producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. This time, the focus is not on Europe as it was in “Band,” but instead, as the title would imply, it’s on the Pacific. The trailer makes it look like …