Month: June 2008 | FilmBuffOnline

Robert Downey Jr. As Sherlock Holmes?

June 13, 2008 Rich Drees

As the old show biz saying goes, you are only as successful as your last hit and with Iron Man having pulled in over half a billion dollars at the box office worldwide, star Robert [click for more]

Who Is In AMELIA!

June 13, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

As long as Hollywood keeps giving him work, we are going to continue to use variations on this post title. Variety is reporting that Christopher Eccleston, who played the 9th Doctor in the successful BBC [click for more]

Review: THE INCREDIBLE HULK

June 13, 2008 Rich Drees

It’s hard to discuss director Louis Leterrier’s comic book adaptation The Incredible Hulk without mentioning the character’s two previous live action iterations- the 1978 to 1982 television series which starred Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno [click for more]

Review: BAGHEAD

June 13, 2008 Rich Drees

Baghead opens in New York and Los Angeles this weekend and expands to other cities later this month. Here is our review from when it played at the Philadelphia Film Festival this past spring. The [click for more]

This Week’s Theatrical Releases

June 12, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. The Incredible Hulk (3,505 Screens, 114 Minutes, Rated PG-13): As we all know, certain writers for entertainment weekly magazines think this movie is rather superfluous. After all, 2003’s Hulk was directed by Ang Lee, [click for more]

Apatow Finds Three More "FUNNY PEOPLE"

June 12, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

Judd Apatow’s next directorial effort, in a stunning display of efficiency, has received three new actors, a title, and a start date, all in the same day. Variety is reporting Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman and [click for more]

INDIANA JONES And The Adventure Of The Earlier Draft Script

June 12, 2008 Rich Drees

Anyone following the slow development of the recently released Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull knows that numerous writers have taken cracks at it over the years, never quite meeting whatever requirements [click for more]

TUROK, SON OF STONE Heading To The Screen

June 11, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

Certain critics of comic book movies criticize the fact that more and more little known, or “C-List,” characters are being adapted into movies. But just because the character isn’t well known in the mainstream, doesn’t [click for more]

Baruchel And Rogen Reteaming: Is It A Sign Of The APOCALYPSE? It Sure Is.

June 11, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen, pictured to the left with Knocked Up director Judd Apatow, are set to reteam for the for the upcoming Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse. Variety is reporting that the [click for more]

Who’s Your BUDDY?

June 11, 2008 Rich Drees

To most people, Buddy Cianci is the name of the junior high school in Family Guy‘s fictional Rhode Island town of Quahog. To residents of the non-fictional Rhode Island, from where Family Guy creator Seth [click for more]