Posts from — April 2008

Prom Night was number one at the box office this weekend, which is beyond unbelievable. I agree with Defamer’s resentment and disillusionment at the state of horror movie business. It seems that studios would rather go easy on the gore and secure a PG 13 rating, then y’know make a decent horror flick that happens to be rated R.

Coming in second place was Keanu Reeves crime thriller, Street Kings. I actually forgot all about this movie.

After watching the trailer and reading Pajiba’s review, I think it might be decent. It might have to be a matinee, but I’m putting it on my must see list along with Smart People. The comedy-drama debuted at number 7 with 4.4 million.

My favorite film from 2007, There Will Be Blood, arrived on dvd this week. I chuckle to myself at the mere thought of milkshakes and immediately think of Daniel Day Lewis’ engaging performance from the end of the film.

Apparently, the dvd collector’s addition wasn’t up to scuff and Defamer had a few choice words for Mr. Anderson. It’s riddled with cries of disappointment, but I think what they had to say was out of love for PT’s work.

I’m glad I didn’t rush out and pre-order it now. The author of that rant makes it sound like Paramount tried to pawn off a bootleg copy of the movie (like the really bad ones made with a shaky compact camcorder and horrible sound) instead of the real collector’s edition.

Pop Candy pointed out the latest movie from Tarsem Singh, the director of The Cell. It’s called The Fall and stars Lee Pace, the cute piemaker from “Pushing Daisies”.

Trailer Check:

I have no idea what it’s about, but it looks pretty and that’s enough. Find stills from this mysterious flick here.

Charlton Heston passed away Sunday at the age of 84. The man was indeed a legend. He played Moses, the Last Man on Earth, Ben-Hur and so many other filmic heroes.

The Omega Man was my personal favorite from Heston’s repertoire. He was so suave and cool and could take down a zombie without breaking a sweat. You really need an actor that you can connect with when it’s just him all alone for most of the film. Things can get awful boring if you have only one character that doesn’t engage you.

Even in Bowling for Columbine when being filmed by a digital video camera, he had presence. Like he was a force to be reckoned with. Heston seemed to always captivate audiences so effortlessly whether in real life or movies.

I know sci-fi is all about being creative, but I’m starting to think they’re taking these SciFi Channel movies too far.

Pterydactyls during WWII, really really?! Warbirds is simply too crazy for me to watch. And I’ll watch almost anything.