Year: 2008 | FilmBuffOnline

Weinsteins Moving Forward With SEVEN SAMURAI Redo

April 16, 2008 Rich Drees

The proposed remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic The Seven Samurai is moving forward. Although there are still no stars or director attached to the project, the studio hopes to have it in front of [click for more]

PFF Review: THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM

April 15, 2008 Rich Drees

It seems almost inconceivable that fans of Hong Kong action cinema have had to wait nearly two decades for its biggest stars, Jackie Chan and Jet Li, to appear on screen together. It is just [click for more]

EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL A Big Hit In Korea?!

April 15, 2008 Rich Drees

I don’t know what surprises me more- That there is a South Korean production of Evil Dead: The Musical playing nightly to sold out audiences or that those audiences are made up of 90% women. [click for more]

Breaking News: Ollie Johnston Has Died

April 15, 2008 Rich Drees

Ollie Johnston, the last surviving member of Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men, passed away yesterday, April 14, 2008 in Sequim, Washington. He was 95. As a member of the group that studio founder Walt Disney [click for more]

PFF Review: STRANDED – I’VE JUST COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED IN THE MOUNTAINS

April 14, 2008 Michael McGonigle

So many times, when film footage is recreated for a documentary, it has none of the power that actual film footage has. And the recreated footage usually does not have the dramatic power normally associated [click for more]

PFF Review: STORM

April 14, 2008 Rich Drees

The Wachowski Brother’s Matrix trilogy has many cinematic sins to atone for. The Swedish movie Storm is one of those sins. Donny (Eric Ericson) is a writer who suddenly finds himself caught up in events [click for more]

INCREDIBLE HULK Poster

April 14, 2008 Rich Drees

While we have been indunated with advertising for the upcoming superhero flicks Iron Man and The Dark Knight, the summer’s third four color cinematic adaptation, The Incredible Hulk, has been flying realtively low to the [click for more]

DVD Review: Fox Noir- BLACK WIDOW, DAISY KENYON, DANGEROUS CROSSING

April 13, 2008 Rich Drees

Making a welcome return to shelves recently after a far too long absence is Fox’s Film Noir DVD line in the form of Black Widow (1954), Daisy Kenyon (1947) and Dangerous Crossing (1953). While I [click for more]

This Week’s Theatrical Releases

April 11, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. Prom Night (2,700 Theaters, 88 Minutes, PG-13): I am not a big fan of horror films, especially remakes or ones rated PG-13. But this one has caught my attention. It really is not a [click for more]

THE SPIRIT Pics: Jackson and Johansson

April 11, 2008 Rich Drees

As we countdown to next weekend’s release of the teaser trailer for Frank Miller’s upcoming adaptation of the comic hero The Spirit, Lionsgate has released two cast photos from the film. They feature Samuel L. [click for more]