Month: May 2008 | FilmBuffOnline

Review: MISTER FOE

May 22, 2008 Michael McGonigle

If you are the kind of person who does not like it when a film challenges you or, if you think any attempt to dramatize the inner psychological motives of a character is either pretentious [click for more]

Musical Based On Bruce Lee Headed For Broadway

May 21, 2008 Rich Drees

A musical based on the life of martial artist film star Bruce Lee is being readied for a future Broadway debut. Bruce Lee: Journey To The West is being targeted for a 2010 or 2011 [click for more]

Back To The 80s, Part Two: Columbia To Relaunch FLASH GORDON

May 21, 2008 Rich Drees

Sony subsidiary Columbia Pictures has secured the rights to bring classic pulp hero Flash Gordon back to the big screen in the hopes of launching a new summer blockbuster franchise. OK, I may be cheating [click for more]

Back To The 80s, Part One: HIGHLANDER Remake In The Works

May 21, 2008 Rich Drees

Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, the two scripters currently receiving praise for their screenplay of this summer’s blockbuster Iron Man, have been hired to pen a remake of the 1980s genre classic Highlander for Summit [click for more]

The Inmates Of SUPERMAX

May 20, 2008 Rich Drees

Back in April 2007, screenwriter David Goyer announced that he was developing what sounded like an interesting take on the superhero film- Supermax. In it, DC Comics hero Green Arrow is, wrongfully of course, arrested [click for more]

Review: CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN

May 16, 2008 Rich Drees

A year has passed for the four Pevensie children – Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edward (Skandar Keyes) and Lucy (Georgie Henley) – since their trip through an enchanted wardrobe to the land of [click for more]

In Remembrance: John Phillip Law

May 16, 2008 Rich Drees

When one thinks of the pop-art inspired psychedelic films of the 1960s, inevitably John Phillip Law comes to mind for his roles in two of the genre’s best- Barbarella and Danger: Diabolik. Beyond that, Law [click for more]

Poster: HELLBOY 2

May 16, 2008 Rich Drees

While everyone seems to be excited by director Guillermo del Toro having been chosen to direct the adaptation of J R R Tolkein’s The Hobbit, it seems like it has been forgotten that he has [click for more]

This Week’s Theatrical Releases.

May 15, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

Wow. An easy week for me this week. 1. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (3,929 Theaters, 147 Minutes, Rated PG): The first Chronicles of Narnia movie made over $291 Million domestically, was featured in [click for more]

Moore To Make FAHRENHEIT 9/11 Sequel

May 13, 2008 Rich Drees

Never one to shy away from stirring up people’s emotions, Michael Moore is planning a sequel to his biggest and most controversial documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. Paramount Vantage and Overture Films have announced today that they [click for more]