Month: October 2007 | FilmBuffOnline

Spielberg/Jackson Hire Writer For TINTIN Trilogy

October 5, 2007 Rich Drees

British television writer Steven Moffatt has been tapped to write the screenplays for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s planned trilogy based on the Belgian comic series The Adventures Of Tintin, created by artist Georges “Herge” [click for more]

Weinsteins Pass On Smith’s RED STATE

October 5, 2007 Rich Drees

Writer/director Kevin Smith’s much discussed horror project Red State has hit a snag, with Smith announcing on his blog today that the Weinstein Company, headed by long time Smith supporters Bob and Harvey Weinstein, have [click for more]

NYFF Review: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

October 5, 2007 Rich Drees

The writing and directing team of Joel and Ethan Coen are at their best when dealing with the subject of crime. From their early films like the caper comedy Raising Arizona to the Prohibition gangland [click for more]

IRON MAN Teaser Poster

October 5, 2007 Rich Drees

While the Holiday 2007 movie seasn hasn’t even started, we are already being inundated with advertising for Summer 2008’s crop of films. Hollywood calls this building awareness or anticipation, and I have to admit, it [click for more]

Trailer Park: Kitamura’s MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN

October 4, 2007 Rich Drees

I’ve been a fan of Ryuhei Kitamura’s films ever since I saw Versus at the Philadelphia Film Festival in 2002. His kinetic use of the camera excited me like no other director had since I [click for more]

Another Trip Aboard SERENITY?

October 4, 2007 Rich Drees

The past few years have provided several interesting twists and turns in the impact that DVD has had on Hollywood studios. The digital format has been rewriting the rules about how financially successful a studio [click for more]

This Week’s Theatrical Releases.

October 4, 2007 Bill Gatevackes

1. The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (3,141 Theaters, Rated PG): This winter movie season is a big one for the adaptation of the children’s novel series for the big screen. Susan Cooper’s The Dark [click for more]

ONE MISSED CALL Poster And Trailer

October 4, 2007 Rich Drees

While I am not the greatest fan of Japanese auteur Takashi Miike’s work, I have seen enough of it to consider his horror film One Missed Call to be one of his lesser films. Coming [click for more]

More Pics From Stephen Chow’s Latest

October 3, 2007 Rich Drees

Some more pictures have surfaced from Stephen Chow’s latest film. The problem is, the site that originally posted them, CriEnglish, wants to call the movie Yangtze River 7. During the last round of pictures from [click for more]

More BUCKAROO BANZAI Real Soon!!

October 3, 2007 Rich Drees

No, unfortunately I am not about to tell you that we’re finally going to get Buckaroo Banzai Against The World Crime League, the sequel promised at the end of 1984’s The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai [click for more]