Vampires in Alaska sit around and wait for humans to come out of their houses for 30 days.
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Eric Melin
This summer was heavier in sequels than any in recent memory— “Pirates 3,” “Spider-Man 3,” “Fantastic Four 2,” “The Hills Have Eyes 2” (again), “Shrek 3,” “Die Hard 4,” “Rush Hour 3,” “Bourne 3,” “Harry Potter 5,” “28 Weeks Later,” “Daddy Day Camp,” “Evan Almighty,” and more. In addition, most of them were major letdowns. […]
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In honor of the really bad sequels we had to sit through this summer, Eric presents his list of that oh so rare rare thing– the sequel that’s better than the original. This week on Top 10 Tuesday, get worked up about Eric’s 10 hottest movie sequels ever. Be sure to check back next Tuesday for J.D.’s […]
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I woke up this morning to discover that a sequel to Joss Whedon’s much-beloved cult classic “Serenity” may be in the works again! I’ve heard these rumors before, but Moviehole.net had an interview this morning with Alan Tudyk, who played Wash in the movie (and the cancelled Fox TV series “Firefly” that it was based […]
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A greatest hits album can span somebody’s entire career but it rarely paints a complete portrait of the artist. Director Julie Taymor’s “Across the Universe” is like a greatest hits album in more ways than one. Besides being a visually resplendent re-interpretation of Beatles songs, the film is that rare movie musical where you go […]
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It’s Top Ten Tuesday again– the J.D. edition, where he gets to throw out his best picks for the directors’ best first movies, hot on the heels of Eric’s list from last week. Let the games begin…
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Here’s the entire short film “Hotel Chevalier,” directed by Wes Anderson. Enjoy! It’s true. Here they are, the highly anticipated nude still shots from the free, downloadable iTunes 13-minute short film “Hotel Chevalier.” Nevermind that this is the prologue for an upcoming new movie by one of the most singular, exciting American directors working today– what everyone […]
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Lively first-hand testimony and cinematography from 10 members of each of the nine U.S. moon missions between 1968 to 1972.
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I have a friend who doesn’t believe that human beings have ever landed on the moon. Like many of the doubters who continue deny mankind’s farthest-reaching achievement, he does so on the basis that the technology was never advanced enough to get us there. I think he’s full of it. But the fact that some […]
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Fox Searchlight Pictures is offering a new Wes Anderson-directed short film (starring Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman) as a free download today at iTunes.com. It is also being shown in bigger cities at the shiny white Apple retail stores, if you want to huddle uncomfortably around a video screen with a bunch of people who are looking […]
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It’s Tuesday, so that means another Scene-Stealers Top 10! Most of the time a good director will become a truly great one after years of honing his or her craft. Alfred Hitchcock, who started in the 1920s, immediately leaps to mind. But some directors, like Orson Welles for example, simply strike gold their first time […]
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More moral multiplicity from Cronenberg and Mortensen, with more standard plot conventions than their last outing “A History of Violence,” but boasting strong performances and a sense of dread that lingers long after the movie has ended.
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In David Cronenberg’s moody new crime drama “Eastern Promises,” the narration from a dead Russian girl’s diary provides a jarring dash of naïveté that is in stark contrast to everything that has come before it. She speaks of immigrating to Great Britain, and her hopes and dreams once she arrives. What awaits her, however, is […]
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Well, it’s finally here. After a disastrous Cannes screening last year (in which the director referred to his cut of the film as work-in-progress) and a long gestation process of re-focusing and editing, Richard Kelly’s “Southland Tales” finally has a release date. It looks like it will be in limited release on November 9, and […]
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J.D. fires back with his impressively diverse list of Top 10 Villains You Love to Hate. Last Top 10 Tuesday, Eric started the subject off right, and today J.D. has the final word. Come back next Tuesday for an all new Scene-Stealers Top 10!
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