Month: December 2008 | FilmBuffOnline

Terry Gilliam To Investigate THE ZERO THEOREM

December 16, 2008 Rich Drees

While fans of director Terry Gilliam anxiously await the eventual release of his upcoming fantasy The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus, let us take a look at what might be next on the former Monty Python [click for more]

What If Brad Bird Had Directed THE SPIRIT?

December 15, 2008 Rich Drees

Out of the thousands of films that are actively being developed at one time, only a small handful ever reach the point where they are actually produced. As Hollywood is not necessarily a meritocracy, the [click for more]

Unsurprisingly, Genre Flicks Dominate Academy’s Visual FX Oscar Shortlist

December 14, 2008 Rich Drees

As is usual, science-fiction and fantasy genre films dominate the list of 15 films eligible for nomination for the 2008 Visual Effects Oscar. There’s some strong comeptition here, though a few films I suspect don’t [click for more]

STAR TREK Writer Talks New Film’s Canonicity

December 13, 2008 Rich Drees

CAUTION: Some possible serious spoilers for the upcoming Star Trek feature. Proceed at your own risk. Since the release of its trailer, many longtime Star Trek fans have pointed out what appears to be inconsistencies [click for more]

2008 Black List Marks Executives’ Favorite Scripts

December 11, 2008 Rich Drees

The 2008 Black List has been published, listing some of the most talked about screenplays in Hollywood. This year, 250 development executives and agents participated in the poll by submitting individual lists of ten screenplays [click for more]

SPEED RACER Makes Time Magazine’s 10 Best Films List

December 9, 2008 Rich Drees

If I were Nikki Finke, I would have written “Toldja!” in the headline. In Time Magazine’s list of the Top 10 films of 2008, critic Richard Corliss has included the much maligned Speed Racer in [click for more]

HOWARD THE DUCK Special Edition DVD Specs

December 9, 2008 Rich Drees

A friend of mine semi-cynically once observed that every movie, no matter how bad or undeserving, will eventually get a Special Edition DVD release. Many people would say that Howard The Duck, the legendary 1986 [click for more]

Michael Caine Spoils ITALIAN JOB Cliffhanger

December 9, 2008 Rich Drees

Warning: Spoilers for the 1969 version of The Italian Job ahead. The original The Italian Job ends on a literal cliffhanger. The gang of thieves is in a bus which is perched precariously on the [click for more]

TWILIGHT Director Shown The Door, Won’t Direct Sequel NEW MOON

December 7, 2008 Rich Drees

The old Hollywood adage used to be that you are only as good as your last film, but even that doesn’t seem to be the case any more as Catherine Hardwicke, the director behind the [click for more]

Smith Up For HANCOCK 2, But Are We?

December 5, 2008 Rich Drees

It may have been greeted with lukewarm reviews, but audiences seemed to have enjoyed last summer’s dark take on superheroes Hancock that star Will Smith seems certain that a sequel will”definitely” be made. JoBlo reports [click for more]