Month: May 2010 | FilmBuffOnline

McGregor Is Gilliam’s MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE

May 18, 2010 Rich Drees

One of the saddest movies I’ve ever seen is the documentary Lost In LaMancha, which chronicles the disastrous week that was director Terry Gilliam’s attempt to film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Gilliam and [click for more]

BATTLE ROYALE Getting A 3D Overhaul?

May 18, 2010 Rich Drees

It looks like the fever for 3D films isn’t confined to the boardrooms of Hollywood. Japan’s Toei studios is giving director Kinji Fukasaku’s controversial 2000 film Battle Royale a 3D overhaul. A dark satire that [click for more]

A Third 20,000 LEAGUES Project?!

May 17, 2010 Rich Drees

It seems like only yesterday that we were telling you about two competing projects based on the public domain Jules Verne adventure novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. (In fact, it was.) Now it looks [click for more]

LaBeouf On INDY IV: “My Fault”

May 17, 2010 Rich Drees

On of the major targets of criticism of 2008’s Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull was Shia LaBeouf. And this weekend while doing the press rounds for his upcoming film Wall Street: [click for more]

John Landis Lining Up William Gaines Bio-Pic

May 16, 2010 Rich Drees

Director John Landis is currently lining up financing for his next film a bio-pic about EC Comics publisher William Gaines. Entitled Ghoulishly Yours, William Gaines, the film will tells Gaines’ rise as publisher of such [click for more]

Fincher Diving 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

May 16, 2010 Rich Drees

Disney is taking another crack at bringing Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea back to the big screen, this time with David Fincher at the helm. It was last November that [click for more]

Pixar’s NEWT Squashed

May 16, 2010 Rich Drees

Pixar’s in-development animated feature newt has been shelved according to a report from The Pixar Blog, who received word from Disney archivist Dave Smith (or someone using his email address) that “[t]he film has been [click for more]

New Releases: May 14

May 14, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

1. Robin Hood (Universal, 3,503 Theaters, 140 Minutes, Rated PG-13): This film could have been so much better. You can’t often say that sort of thing before you even see the film, but in this [click for more]

Required Viewing: PUTNEY SWOPE

May 14, 2010 Rich Drees

One of the things that has disappointed me in the resurgence of the career Robert Downey Jr. is that a little of that spotlight hasn’t reflected over to his father, director Robert Downey Sr. Having [click for more]

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Blu-Ray Recalled

May 14, 2010 Rich Drees

If you’ve already purchased and watched your Blu-Ray disc of Saving Private Ryan last week, you undeoubtedly noticed that there is a severe problem with the authoring of the disc. Specifically the audio was out [click for more]