Month: July 2008 | FilmBuffOnline

New SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO Pictures

July 22, 2008 Rich Drees

No matter what Japanese director Takashi Miike turns his attentions to, it invariably is at least interesting. Famed for such genre films as Audition and Ichi The Killer, Miike has tried his hand at more [click for more]

Howard’s Thulsa Doom Heading To Big Screen

July 21, 2008 Rich Drees

It certainly seems like the Powers That Be in Hollywood have recently discovered the works of pulp writer Robert E. Howard judging by the number of projects based on his creations that are currently in [click for more]

History Channel Unmasks Batman Tonight

July 21, 2008 Rich Drees

If you haven’t gotten enough Batman yet this past weekend, and with The Dark Knight racking up over $155 million at the box office, there was certainly a lot of batman being had, you might [click for more]

Review: MAMA MIA!

July 19, 2008 Rich Drees

Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) has spent her life growing up on a small Greek island with her single mother Donna (Meryl Streep). Never knowing who her father is, she gets it into her head to snoop [click for more]

Review: THE DARK KNIGHT

July 18, 2008 Rich Drees

In 1989, director Tim Burton’s Batman finished what Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie started a decade earlier- moving the superhero movie out of the domain of juvenilia and towards more sophisticated levels of storytelling through [click for more]

Review: MAMMA MIA!

July 18, 2008 Rich Drees

While a majority of the theater-going public will be heading towards the cineplexes this weekend to take in the adventures of a certain Dark Knight, others will be heading to see Meryl Streep lead an [click for more]

New Releases: July 17

July 17, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. The Dark Knight (4,366 Theaters, 142 Minutes, Rated PG-13): The accidental death of Heath Ledger has cast a pall over this movie for me. It has put me in the same mind set I [click for more]

A FAMILY GUY Movie? Sweet!

July 16, 2008 Rich Drees

Normally, we do not pay too much attention to the news that comes out of the summer press tour of the Television Critics Association because, after all, this is not TV Buff On Line. However, one bit of [click for more]

Is A Live-Action Return For The TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES In The Offing?

July 16, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

2007’s computer animated TMNT film was a moderate success for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. Could this success mean a return to the world of live action is next? According to Playmates toys, the [click for more]

Tarantino Thinks Leonardo DiCaprio Might Also Be A BASTARD

July 16, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

Last week, we informed you that Quentin Tarantino was meeting Brad Pitt to discuss a possible role in his next project, Inglorious Bastards. Well, that meeting was yesterday and Tarantino is wasting no time setting [click for more]