Month: November 2009 | FilmBuffOnline

OLDBOY Remake Hammered Dead

November 10, 2009 Rich Drees

When it was announced a year ago this week that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith were entertaining the idea of teaming for an English language version of the Japanese manga Oldboy, many Asian film fans [click for more]

Finally, A US IMAGINARIUM Poster

November 10, 2009 Rich Drees

If there are any sweeter assemblage of words in the English language than “A Film By Terry Gilliam,” I don’t know. I mean look at them there, right smack dab in the middle of the [click for more]

BRUNO’s Deleted Janet Jackson Scene

November 9, 2009 Rich Drees

Every now and then real world events collide with the manufactured realities of Hollywood films. Casablanca got a boast at the box office when its 1943 release happened to coincide with a highly publicized meeting [click for more]

Review: THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS

November 6, 2009 Rich Drees

Some books are naturals to be adapted into films, while others aren’t. Jon Ronson’s The Men Who Stare At Goats, which tracks the history of military programs designed to investigate the possibility of paranormal sciences [click for more]

New Releases: November 6

November 6, 2009 Bill Gatevackes

1. A Christmas Carol (Disney, 3,683 Theaters, 96 Minutes, Rated PG): One has to ask, do we really need another A Christmas Carol adaptation? Even one done in that spooky motion capture animation that Robert [click for more]

PRINCE OF PERSIA: Trailer And Pictures

November 5, 2009 Rich Drees

I have to admit that I haven’t paid much attention to the production of the upcoming Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time because, well… It’s an adaptation of a video game, and that particular [click for more]

Sneak Peek: Jessica Alba’s MACHETTE Poster

November 5, 2009 Rich Drees

Robert Rodriguez is working right now at completing Machette, his feature length expansion of his fake trailer from 2007’s Grindhouse and the publicity machine is already starting to crank up in anticipation of the film’s [click for more]

See SITA SING THE BLUES For Free

November 4, 2009 Rich Drees

If you missed Nina Paley’s animated film Sita Sings The Blues while it was making the film festival circuit in 2008 and early 2009, you missed out on an impressive debut film. But don’t worry, [click for more]

Comics Scribe Millar Helming Mystery Superhero Flick

November 2, 2009 Rich Drees

Comic book writer Mark Millar has announced that he will be directing a superhero movie next March. Thing is, he isn’t saying what superhero it is. Millar made the ambiguous statement this weekend on his [click for more]

Required Reading: Cinema Retro #15

November 2, 2009 Rich Drees

If editors Lee Pfeifer and Dave Worrall sound proud in the editorial that opens up the latest issue of their magazine Cinema Retro (on stands now), they have every right to be. In an economic [click for more]