15- Donnie Barksdale in The Gift
Actor: Keanu Reeves
Memorable quote: “Messing with the Devil is gonna get you burned. Everybody knows that.”
Say what you will about Keanu Reeves, but given the right project, proper casting, and competent direction, the man can do a decent job. He is far from outstanding in The Gift, but I have [...]
Woody, Buzz, and the rest of their toy-box friends are back. Toy Story 3 follows the gang who is dropped off at a day-care center after their owner, Andy departs for college. Unfortunately John Lasseter will not be returning to the directors chair nor is he participating on the screenplay. Penning the screenplay is Michael [...]
Concept art for James Cameron’s Avatar is in and it’s further upping the anticipation factor. The art was released by the website Market Saw. They are a part of their forthcoming book “The Art of Avatar James Cameron’s Epic Adventure.” And what can I say they look “EPIC.” These pictures have been confirmed by Fox [...]
When thinking of stars who appear in a Sam Raimi film, Bruce Campbell is the first name to come to mind. What people don’t realize is that Sam Raimi’s star vehicle is a 1973 Delta 88 Oldsmobile. The car was first seen way back in Evil Dead driven by Ash. In fact the car in [...]
Not much is known of this new film. “It’s a Wonderful Life” meets “Sin City” in this high-concept visual thriller. John and Emma, Father and Daughter, are thrust into a fantastical dream-world battle between forces of good and evil in this allegorical tale of love, loss and the search for redemption.
Moon is being directing by Duncan Jones, also known as Zowie Bowie, the son of David Bowie. Jones is a former ad exec turned filmmaker with only one film under his belt, a sci-fi short from 2000 called Whistle.
The film follows Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) an employee contracted by the company Lunar to mine [...]
Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage is to star in a remake of 1992 film “Bad Lieutenant,” the grim drama which stoked controversy for its explicit depictions of sex and drug use. Entertainment industry journal Daily Variety reported that the film, which featured Harvey Keitel as the lead in the original, would be directed by acclaimed German [...]
Here is the deleted scene to Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines which Simon mentioned several times back on podcast #120. I do like the Verhoeven feel of it but I am not quite convinced it would have made the film any better.
The new adaptation of the 80’s mini-series V, will be written by The 4400 co-creator/exec producer Scott Peters. Warner Bros. TV, which was behind the original miniseries and TV show, is once again producing the project along with Peters and HDFilms principal Jace Hall, reports Variety.
Peters, who was a double Emmy nominee for The 4400 [...]
Hot off the heels of a big critical success with Adventureland, Greg Mattola’s upcoming Simon Pegg and Nick Frost sci-fi comedy Paul has gotten a lot more interesting. Variety reports that a ridiculous quantity of talent has now been added to the project: Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Jane Lynch, Bill Hader, and the glorious Kristen [...]
Pixar’s Up and Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell are looking to be two of the years best reviewed films. Up currently has a 96% on the tomato meter with over 45reviews (If you consider the diatribe by Almond White a review). Drag Me to Hell has a 94% with 38 reviews. Both [...]
Eli Roth almost killed by Tarantino:
During the production of “Inglorious Basterds,” co-stars Eli Roth “and Omar Doom were supposed to do a stunt in which they would be engulfed in flames as Tarantino would hover high above them behind the camera in a flame-retardant suit…they (Royh and Doom) were slathered [...]
The adult film actress and star of Steven Soderbourgh’s The Girlfriend Experience has proven herself a true cinephile. On The Rotten Tomatoes show she listed her five favorite films: Herzog’s Stroszek, Catherine Breillat’s Fat Girl, Godard’s Pierrot le fou (apparently great escapist entertainment), Cassavetes’ A Woman Under the Influence, and Carpenter’s Escape from New York. [...]
Drag Me to Hell
Directed by Sam Raimi
Where other horror pioneers’ attempts to return to the cinematic styles that earned them their reputations have generally ranged from middling (George Romero’s Land and Diary of the Dead) to embarrassing (Dario Argento’s Mother of Tears), Sam Raimi effortlessly slips back into “spook-a-blast” mode with the outrageously fun Drag [...]
With the release of McG’s Terminator Salvation, we here at Sound on Sight thought it might be a good time to consider the series’ origins and originator. James Cameron makes his return to the big screen later this year with his long-awaited return to sci-fi, Avatar, but twenty-five years ago, he was only known as [...]
