Bringing back The Man With No Name is a tricky enterprise in this day and age. Not only because of the obvious difficulties with putting out Westerns, but also because of the comparisons similar to those that floated around True Grit. There's little point trying to recast Clint Eastwood. Rango not only brings back The Man With No Name, but in some sense also brings back The Man With No Name, … [Read more...]
While this is miles from the usual scope of my attention, I'm a big fan of Chelsea Handler. Chelsea Handler and Abigail Breslin will be in the April issue of Harper's Bazaar hitting stands March 30th, and I wanted to give any potential fans a head's up on this one, because it's going to be an interesting bit of fun. In the curious and clever photo spread, "Breslin wreaks havoc posing as a … [Read more...]
When it comes to reviewing films, you often find yourself at odds with certain demographics which render your efforts useless. My Sister's Keeper presents such a case merely by being directed by Nick Cassavetes, and by being based on a book by Jodi Picoult. There are so many people who are set in their interest in such a film, that the potential use of a review is rather trivial. Whether you … [Read more...]
Zombieland is one of those little Hollywood jokes that's going to come at us once in a while. Two guys who never really did anything before and/or a director who never really did anything before, are at a party with a couple of producers and Woody Harrelson. Well, you almost hope that's how it happened anyway, because the alternative is worse. When we're lucky, as is pretty much the case here, the … [Read more...]
