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June 17, 2008 Rich Drees

Even when he has a string of bad pictures in his recent filmography, I am still always willing to give writer/director/actor Woody Allen the benefit of the doubt whenever he brings out a new film. [click for more]

MacDonald’s DEEP BLUE GOOD-BY Gets Director

June 15, 2008 Rich Drees

Gary Fleder, who has directed the crime thrillers Runaway Jury and Kiss The Girls, is in talks to direct an adaptation of John MacDonald’s mystery novel The Deep Blue Good-By, the first in his long [click for more]

CAPRICORN ONE Remake Gets A Director

June 5, 2008 Rich Drees

John Moore has been given the assignment of bringing a new version of the 1978 thriller Capricorn One to the big screen. Moore will be working from a script by Peter Buchman, who recently penned [click for more]

SHERLOCK HOLMES To Be Reimagined By Guy Ritchie

June 4, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

When you think of Sherlock Holmes, you think of Basil Rathbone interrogating the cultured aristocracy of Victorian England in a drawing room somewhere. When you think of Guy Ritchie, you think of the rough and [click for more]

Ratner: BEVERLY HILLS COP 4 Will Be "For Kids"

June 4, 2008 Rich Drees

If there was anyone out there who thought that the news that Brett Ratner was going to direct a new Beverly Hills Cop movie would mean a move of Eddie Murphy’s career away from the [click for more]

TCM Schedules Pollack Retrospective For June 2

May 29, 2008 Rich Drees

Turner Classic Movies will honor the recent passing of director Sydney Pollack on June 2, by preempting its evening schedule to present four of his films. At 8pm, TCM will present Pollack’s first film, The [click for more]

Brett Ratner Threatens To Make More Films: BEVERLY HILLS COP 4 & GOD OF WAR

May 29, 2008 Rich Drees

Not content to further foul up the already bad idea of a comedic remake of the classic The Incredible Shrinking Man, Brett Ratner now has two other projects in the works that sound equally bad. [click for more]

Tarantino Vows Next Film For Next Year?

May 27, 2008 Rich Drees

As the Cannes Film Festival wound down this past weekend, director Quentin Tarantino made an announcement that has us already looking towards next year’s fest, just to see if his pronouncement comes true. When asked [click for more]

Academy Award winner Sydney Pollack dies.

May 26, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

CNN is reporting that Academy Award winning director Sydney Pollack has succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was 73. Look for a full obituary to come in the next several days.

Moore To Make FAHRENHEIT 9/11 Sequel

May 13, 2008 Rich Drees

Never one to shy away from stirring up people’s emotions, Michael Moore is planning a sequel to his biggest and most controversial documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. Paramount Vantage and Overture Films have announced today that they [click for more]