HBO CEASES PRODUCTION ON ‘LUCK’ IN WAKE OF HORSE DEATHS For a high-profile series headlined by a star like Dustin Hoffman and produced by the likes of Michael Mann and David Milch, this is an awfully extreme and rash decision.
On this week’s HomeVideodrome podcast, Jim talks about the upcoming headache that is SXSW, Hunter reviews “John Carter,” and we run through this week’s considerable line-up of releases. Head over to The Film Thugs to listen! “The Three Musketeers” is a book
CLINT EASTWOOD’S FAMILY GETS E! REALITY SHOW TO HELP PROMOTE SOUTH AFRICAN BAND The only thing worse than celeb-reality narcissism is celeb-reality narcissism disguised as politically correct do-gooderism. Insufferable squared. GAY, JEWISH BLOGGER SUGGESTS: HOW ABOUT A TV SERIES TREATING
JASON SEGEL STARS AS SLACKER JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME Nothing will make me happier than with this trend of inane, lazy, slacker man-boy comedies come to an end. I can already see this movie and picture the gross-out stuff
Los Angeles Times: In what is certain to go down as one of the biggest box office flops of the year, the $250-million-plus “John Carter” debuted with a disappointing $30.6 million this weekend. Instead, last weekend’s No. 1 film, “Dr.
Via DHD: Universal’s $70M-budget holdover Dr Suess’ The Lorax is #1 and Disney’s $250M-budget 3D sci-fi epic John Carter will finish only #2. Friday’s box office numbers for director Andrew Stanton’s turkey came in even weaker than predicted. Now let’s
NEW ‘TERMINATOR’ FILM TO BE R-RATED That’s the ONLY news on ‘Terminator 5.’ Nothing else is really happening, just a tweet from the woman funding the film. This might be heresy, but I thought “Terminator 3” was damn good and
Didn’t we learn the dangers of genre mashups with “Cowboys & Aliens?” “John Carter,” the new wannabe franchise heading our way March 9, 2012, looks like another attempt to fuse multiple genres into one popcorn-pleasing adventure. The first trailer doesn’t
The first trailer was recently released for the upcoming adaptation of John Carter Of Mars. What followed across Internet boards was quite surprising. First, here’s a look at the trailer: —– The way the character jumps and moves around reminded
The Army honored a fallen hero of the Ft. Hood Jihad Massacre with a medal this week. Not, of course, that the Army describes the November 2009 attack in such meaningful terms. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan may have shouted
Politico: “Singling out political opponents for working against the ruling party is precisely the tactic of every tyrannical government from Red China to Venezuela,” said Texas Rep. John Carter, a member of the party’s elected leadership who has organized an