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Review: HOSTEL: PART II

June 9, 2007 Rich Drees

A young woman hangs upside down, naked and gagged, above an ornately tiled tub surrounded by candles. An older woman enters, disrobes and lies down in the tub. Reaching beside her, the older woman brings [click for more]

Script Review: CASINO ROYALE

June 7, 2007 Rich Drees

Screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade Second Set of Revisions by Paul Haggis Draft Dated December 13, 2005 Any film franchise that wants to achieve any amount of longevity is going to have to [click for more]

Remake Roundup: Cartoon To Live Action Edition

June 7, 2007 Rich Drees

With all the hype surrounding the live action adaptation of the popular Transformers 1980s cartoon sure to make the film a hit at least over its opening weekend, it’s not surprising that we’re starting to [click for more]

Review: KNOCKED UP

June 2, 2007 Rich Drees

The two hardest reviews for me to write always seem to be for comedies and really good films. I think the reason for this is because for both types of films to work effectively, they [click for more]

KING OF KONG ‘Villain’ Speaks Out

May 31, 2007 Rich Drees

Since its January premier at the Slamdance Film Festival, the documentary The King Of Kong and its inside look at competitive video gaming and one man’s quest to break the world’s record for classic Donkey [click for more]

A Long Time Ago…

May 25, 2007 Rich Drees

I wasn’t even sure I wanted to write about the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Wars for today. There has already been enough ink spilt and bandwidth burnt about the franchise recently that [click for more]

Remake Roundup: FAME, SLEUTH, HELLRAISER and More

May 13, 2007 Rich Drees

Fame Although it hasn’t been announced officially, Film Jerk reported on Friday that Andy Fickman has been selected to helm MGM’s remake of Fame, which we previously reported about here. As Fickman has already directed [click for more]

Trailer Park: Opening This Week

May 10, 2007 Rich Drees

OK, now that everyone’s seen Spider-Man 3, there’s plenty of new films opening this weekend at your local cinema. 28 Weeks Later Delta Farce The Ex Gerogia Rule

Academy Tightens Rules For Documentary Oscar Hopefuls

May 7, 2007 Rich Drees

AintItCoolNews has an interesting news report/editorial on some recent changes that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have made to the rules regarding the eligibility of documentary films for possible Academy Award consideration. [click for more]

Review: SPIDER-MAN 3

May 4, 2007 Rich Drees

Fans of comic book movies have good reason to be fearful of any silver screen superhero adaptation reaching a third installment given the history of what has appeared before. Superman III (1983) took a bad [click for more]