Apparently Steven Soderbergh wants to split his Che movies in two. The first would be called "The Argentine" and the second would be "Guerilla".
I like Soderbergh, I think this could be a good project and perhaps this is just the way to go. But really, the whole splitting films into god knows how […]

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Fox has released a new teaser for the Simpsons movie. Mostly old stuff, but with a couple new jokes at the end. And I’m pleased to report that they are good jokes. You know what? This movie just might turn out to be a good idea after all.
Wish I could say the same of […]

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I’m a sucker for any story about the Wachowski’s Speed Racer, even for the ones that don’t say much.
Wondering where Jon Woo is? Well, apparently he is preparing to film a period piece set in China. And is even filming it in China too.
Bret Easton Ellis (author of American Psycho and Rules of Attraction) […]

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Well, award season is here and several legit groups have announced winners. You can get a rundown of everything at thehotblog.com.
Most interesting developments so far:

Letters From Iwo Jima  winning the LA Film Critics award. Apparently it is being much better received than Flags
The surprising strength of United 93, which has been mentioned by […]

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The Top Ten

#

Movie

Weekend Total

Change(%)

Total

1

Apocalypto

$14,166,000

–

$14,166,000

2

The Holiday

$13,500,000

–

$13,500,000

3

Happy Feet

$12,718,000

-27.5

$137,738,000

4

Casino Royale

$8,800,000

-41.8

$128,894,000

5

Blood Diamond

$8,515,000

–

$8,515,000

6

Unaccompanied Minors

$6,205,000

–

$6,205,000

7

Deja Vu

$6,070,000

-44.6

$53,046,000

8

The Nativity Story

$5,575,000

-29

$15,769,000

9

Deck The Halls

$3,925,000

-41.2

$30,076,000

10

The Santa Claus 3

$3,311,000

-32.3

$77,240,000

(source)
Lessons Learned

America isn’t through with Mel Gibson just yet. He remains in probation tough.
Leonardo DiCaprio can’t open a movie all by himself. Titanic was a looooong time ago.
Yes, the rest of America also thought that Unaccompanied Minors looked […]

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What are the odd of two period pieces that have as main characters magicians opening in the same year? Pretty slim I guess, although probably bigger than the odds of two Capote movies being produced at the same time.
The funny thing is that The Illusionist and The Prestige, the aforementioned magician period movies, are really […]

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So, have you seen the trailer for the Frank Miller inspired 300 yet? Of course you have, but it’s always worth seeing it again.
I have to say I’m fairly impressed by it. And I get more impressed the more I see it (it’s been about ten times so far). The visuals look pretty stunning, don’t […]

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On November 14 I commented on the future projects of Nicolas Cage by saying this:
That’s  two movies last year, three movies this year and eight movies expected in the next two years. I’m sure some of them will be great. I’m also sure that most will be crap and that Cage won’t exactly […]

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Apocalypto
The Players: Director Mel Gibson The Story: Set in the Mayan kingdom during it’s decline, the movie focus on a young man that has to escape being offered as sacrifice. Rotten Tomatoes: 69% Trailer
So, Gibson’s newest bloody epic is here. Can you put aside Gibson’s personal mess? Even if you can, do […]

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This variety story tells me three things:

Spike Lee is going to direct a movie that is "framed around" (their words) the L.A. Riots of 1992. Depending on how things work out this could be his next feature work.
Lee is also developing a sequel to Inside Man
Brian Grazer […]

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