Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Chicago Film Critics: CRASH Best Picture
The Chicago Film Critics Association announced its picks for best 2005 movies on Monday night. Surprisingly, they picked CRASH as the years best pictures. It’s not surprising because the movies not good (it is), but it’s definitely not one of the buzz movies this awards season. CRASH also walked away with an award for Best Screenplay (written by director Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco). “Roger Ebert’s over-the-top enthusiasm for the film’s quality and message had a great deal to do with providing us the impetus to award it best film,” CFCA president Dan Gire told the Chicago Sun Times. “On the other hand, it’s an important movie addressing a very important topic that we don’t talk about enough, and it’s talked about, presented in such a wonderfully dramatized way that lets us see ourselves and society reflected in it.”
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Monday, January 09, 2006
Tarantino pissed off over new BOND
Remember awhile back when we told you that Quentin Tarantino was in talks to direct the next Bond film? Well, apparently the producers have gone ahead on the project without him and he’s not too happy about it.
I’m annoyed that the James Bond producers never even called me up to talk to me about it because I can tell you they would not be making CASINO ROYALE if I hadn’t talked about it first. They should have called me. Especially since they are taking my idea and they are taking the publicity I gave them towards that idea. They should have at least out of courtesy had coffee with me.
It’s too bad this opportunity was lost because a Tarantino Bond film would have been incredible. At least Tarantino had this weekend’s HOSTEL grosses to cheer him up. (Via: MoviesOnline)
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Sunday, January 08, 2006
HOSTEL scares up $20 million
As much as I loved HOSTEL when I saw it at Fantastic Fest, I had no idea it would be an actual box-office hit. It was no doubt helped by the fact that Quentin Tarantino’s name was attached as an executive producer, but this is a great movie in it’s own right. The healthy box-office performance should give a huge boost to Eli Roth’s career. HOSTEL scared up $20 million over the weekend.
The weekend’s other new flicks didn’t fare nearly as well. GRANDMA’S BOY (a movie I’ve never even heard of) brought in under $3 million and Dr. Boll’s latest videogame adatation, BLOODRAYNE, made less than a million. The complete top 10 is after the jump…
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Monday, November 28, 2005
Dr. Boll is back! DUNGEON SIEGE trailer!
Uwe Boll is back with what is sure to be another masterpiece of videogame to cinema with DUNGEON SIEGE I. There are many naysayers when it comes to Dr. Boll’s directorial skills, but I can assure you that I will be checking this one out for one reason alone: Burt Reynolds is the KING! How can this not be brilliant? The download times for the trailer are pretty long at the moment, but I think you will find it is worth the wait! Use the comments feature to let us know what you think!
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LAND OF THE DEAD sequel on the way
George Romero’s LAND OF THE DEAD didn’t really set the U.S. box office ablaze, but it did pretty well overseas. Universal/Rogue is so pleased with the movie’s overall performance that they are already starting to talk about a sequel. Romero recently confirmed this with Empire Online: “Now that LAND OF THE DEAD did so well in European markets and Japan, and the DVD is flying off shelves, there’s talk of a sequel”
The new film will follow the survivors of LAND OF THE DEAD as they journey north. This will be the first time any of Romero’s zombie flicks has had a direct sequel. “It won’t be in April but it might now be August or something. I hope to God we don’t have to do the winter again, but there’s a real buzz happening now about a sequel,” said Romero. The zombie sequel will push back both of Romero’s announced Stephen King adaptations: FROM A BUICK EIGHT and THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON.
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