For a minute I thought someone in Hollywood had come to their senses by mounting an effort to save audiences from the inevitable pain and suffering to be wrought by Paul W.S. Anderson’s pointless remake Death Race.
It turns out that screenwriter Adam Jones isn’t just being nice, he actually thinks the movie was his idea [...]

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After a fruitless 8 month search to find a writer for the upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit and its followup, executive producer Peter Jackson and director Guillermo del Toro have decided to write it themselves along with Lord of the Rings co-writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
We already know what Jackson, Walsh [...]

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As I type away at my review of Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, put yourself in the mood with this (poorly synced) live performance of Barcelona by Giulia y Los Tellarini. It’s the song that made up the bulk of the soundtrack for the film and it can be heard in the trailer.

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Yesterday, Nikki Finke reported breathlessly on a lawsuit between Fox and Warner Bros. over Warner’s upcoming Watchmen directed by Zack Snyder (300). The project has kicked around Hollywood in one form or another since the original comic was published and Fox is claiming it owns the rights.
The big news yesterday was that the presiding judge [...]

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