TNT has brought in actor DonnieWahlberg (SAW II & III) and DREAMCATCHER) and director Jon Avnet (88 MINUTES) to develop a new crime drama entitled MORSE CODE.
The series will center on a a young war hero-turned-Drug Enforcement A...
Mark Wahlberg may have spoken too soon when he accepted the lead role in director Tim Burton's revised PLANET OF THE APES. After all, the actor hadn't even thought about the big shoes he'd have to fill taking on a part inspired by the one Charlton Heston ...
...case with DonnieWahlberg’s Det. Matthews character from the Saw franchise. He wanted his character to die in Saw III but it never happened, leaving a door open from producers to allow the character to come back into the fourth installment.
To s...
...Valletta, DonnieWahlberg and Bob Gunton.KJ's Take: The premise is standard fare, and if the script is decent, the film could be good. Somehow however, I doubt that will be the case.
DonnieWahlberg signed to star along with Franky G., Glenn Plummer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Beverley Mitchell, Eric Knudse and Shawnee Smith, Dina Meyer and Tobin Bell in SAW 2 which began filming this week in Toronto.The script was written by Leigh Whannel a...
... Lipton (DonnieWahlberg, who did Saw II and III) and the trail leads back to Ryan’s hometown of Ravens Fair, a place in serious decline where the few remaining locals are in dread of the ghost of ventriloquist Mary Shaw.
It’s c...
...a Gugino, DonnieWahlberg, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Dan Futterman, Trilby Glover, Rob Dyrdek, Mark Famiglietti, Denis O'Hare, Katie Chonacas, Brett Granstaff, Saidah Arrika Ekulona and Alan Blumenfeld. Jon Avnet directed the thriller, based on a ...
The first teaser trailer for the re-teaming of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro (Heat) in Righteous Kill has been released online courtesy of Overture Films. The upcoming serial killer thriller stars Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, 50 Cent, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wa...
...Matthews (DonnieWahlberg) will find themselves in one of the most elaborate traps that Jigsaw has ever devised. One that leaves Matthews hung by his neck, trying to maintain his balance on an ever melting block of ice, while Hoffman teeters on a ...
...16, stars DonnieWahlberg, Amber Valletta, Ryan Kwanten and Bob Gunton.KJ's Take: The plot is standard horror movie fare, but the trailer actually had a feel to it that I enjoyed. I might catch this on DVD, maybe even the theaters if it gets good...
... Mathews (DonnieWahlberg) and Kerry (Dina Meyer) and their people are confronting Jigsaw in his lair, he is reluctant to cooperate with their efforts to find the eight people Jigsaw currently has confined in a house somewhere. Time is running out and ...
Timothy Olyphant and DonnieWahlberg are the most recent additions to the cast of Lawrence Kasdan's big screen adaptation of Stephen King's book, DREAMCATCHER.Olyphant is the last casting choice for the film's four friends who share psychic gifts they wer...
Cinescape has received an exclusive first look at the new SAW 2 trailer. It premiered at Comic-Con but we have it for you right here. The story centers on Detective Eric Mason (DonnieWahlberg) who is investigating the bloody aftermath of a grizzly murder...
There are spoilers in this article for those who don't want to know anything about SAW IV. Now that the warning is out of the way, it appears that Wahlberg's character may be making a cameo in this next film. If he does appear, actor DonnieWahlberg ...
...em Dafoe, DonnieWahlberg, and Michelle Forbes.[ ]CARNOSAUR / CARNOSAUR 2 (New Concorde) The original beat JURASSIC PARK into theaters, which is about all that can be said for Roger Corman's lame dino-monster series.[ ]CHALLENGE OF THE SUPERFRIENDS: At...
... Duddits (DonnieWahlberg), who is mentally disabled but possesses some remarkable traits.Funnily enough, viewers who haven't read King's book may catch on quicker than those who have to where all of this is going, since director Lawrence Kasdan and co...
... Mathews (DonnieWahlberg of DREAMCATCHER) into an even larger trap, one that he can easily overcome if he's a good enough detective. Jigsaw has engineered the abduction of nine people and trapped them in a house of horrors, where they are exposed to a...
Cinescape as the all the info on the Richard Kelly’s director's cut of DONNIE DARKO, which hits the stands on Tuesday. Here is the scoop directly from Fox. Also, see the special sneak clips at the end of the article. Fox Home Entertainment invites you to ...
Ryan Gosling has been let go from Peter Jackson's THE LOVELY BONES production in favor of thespian Mark Wahlberg. The move was instigated by Ryan vacating the role one day before production was set to begin even though he gained 20 lbs and grew a beard fo...
All teenagers have adjustment problems, but Donnie Darko is in a class of his own. There's the psychiatric medication he's supposed to take, but often neglects. And the guy in the bunny suit only he can see. Oh, yeah and he just may be taking trips throu...
Variety has confirmed earlier reports that Mark Wahlberg has signed on to star in the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan film, The Happening.Wahlberg will play a man who takes his family on the run when a cataclysmic natural crisis threatens to end the world.&qu...
Wow, this is one of those week’s when the column is just loaded. Onward!
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
This month is definitely John Wayne month, with several packages being released in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth over the next few ...
Besides Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston and a number of other actors, rock star themselves represented their medium at last week's ROCK STAR movie premiere event in Los Angeles.Besides starring in the film, Mark Wahlberg has his own musical past under the...
Two more have joined the upcoming sequel to S.Darko, the sequel to the original Donnie Darko. HR is reporting that Elizabeth Berkley and Briana Evigan have joined current stars Ed Westwick ("Gossip Girl"), Justin Chatwin and Daveigh Chase, who'...
DONNIE DARKO writer-director Richard Kelly has provided original material for the truly strange website that also acts as a sequel of sorts to the film, which is currently in limited release.Still, though it operates as a sequel with details of the film's...
The big screen adaptation of the video game MAX PAYNE will be hitting theaters soon and Mark Wahlberg has been set to star, reports Variety. The actor will likely be joining the adaptation being led by director John Moore for 20th Century Fox. M...
DONNIE DARKO by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Sun 03-24-2002)
In an act some critics have called akin to child abuse, the James children, Tommy, 6, and Sheila, 4, were left virtually alone to view Richard Kelly’s debut feature film DONNIE DARKO when their elderly grandmother fell asleep after starting a film she mis...
While performing a press junket for his upcoming WE OWN THE NIGHT drama, actor Mark Wahlberg was asked about his involvement in the production of G.I JOE. Heather Newgen posed the following question because of persistant rumors from numerous sources that ...
This may be the most alliterative sentence I write this year: DONNIE DARKO is deeply damn disturbing. Not because it's such an effective thriller, mind you (because it's not), and not because of the subject matter - it's disturbing because it's so damned ...
Mark Wahlberg has attached his name to a sci-fi action/thriller titled THE JACKET. He would play a suspected murderer who, while being tortured by his jailors, suddenly finds himself with the power to see his own death. Using this ability the prisoner t...
While promoting this weekend's PLANET OF THE APES, actor Mark Wahlberg was asked about how open he might be to coming back for a sequel. Wahlberg quickly answered, "If Tim [Burton] wants to, I'd love to, but it really depends on him."He adds, "The coolest...
It seems that Mark Wahlberg and Jason Statham may be reuniting once again (The Italian Job) in the live action G.I JOE, says IESB. Robert Sanchez was the first to report from his inside sources that Stephen Sommers would be directing the live action versi...
According to JoBlo, Mark Wahlberg is in talks to start in the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan film, The Happening.The film, previously known as The Green Effect, is a paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scal...
Mila Kunis ("That '70s Show," "Family Guy") is set to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in Max Payne, reports Variety. The adaptation of the Remedy/Rockstar series will be directed by John Moore. Beau Thorne wrote the script while Julie Sil...
PLANET OF THE APES remake star Mark Wahlberg is in negotiations to join the cast of Martin Scorsese's THE DEPARTED. If a contract can be reached Wahlberg will join Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie, which is an American remake of the Hong Kong...
Another Medellin cartel flick by those "Entourage" creators? Well, sorta...Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson, executive producers of the HBO show, are moving forward on an Untitled Drug Dealer biopic set around Vietnam veteran Jon Roberts. Both...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Writer: Kideyuki Kurata / Artist: Shutaro YamadaTranslated by:Steve BallatiAdapted by:What They SayNot Your Average Bookworm
Yomiko Readman\'s love for literature goes far beyond any run-of-the-mill bookworm\'s! In fact, sh...
U.K.'s Velvet Octopus is working on a sequel to the 2001 cult film DONNIE DARKO entitled S. DARKO.
The story picks up seven years after the first film (and Donnie's death) when little sister Samantha Darko and her best friend Corey are now 18 and on a r...
Thursday at the San Diego Comic Convention a panel was held to focus on Richard Kelly's DONNIE DARKO: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT, in limited release in theaters as of today. Attending the panel was Kelly, the film'd director/writer, producer Sean McKittrick and a...
When Tim Burton first announced that his version of PLANET OF THE APES would be a "re-imagining" and not a remake of the 1968 classic, many fans were outraged. I imagine now that we've seen the results of that "re-imagining," they're even more upset the ...
While fanboys the world over eagerly await director Sam Raimi’s big-budget SPIDER-MAN (calm down kids – we’ve got another year to go on that one), the creator of the ever-popular EVIL DEAD series is seeing his most recent effort, the mature and distinctly...
Genre: Crime/Suspense/Drama.Studio: Columbia Pictures.Production Company: Unknown.Project Phase: In Development.Who's In It: Mark Wahlberg, Josh Hartnett; Scarlett Johansson (Kay).Who's Making It: Brian De Palma (Director); Josh Friedman (Screenwriter); b...
When it comes to remakes, it's almost better if the film in question is really obscure or not very good to begin with. No one is going to pick apart a big budget remake of AMERICAN NINJA, however critics everywhere will be sharpening their axes for the "r...
Making a movie is definitely not monkey business for director Tim Burton, especially if it's a remake of the 1968 sci-fi classic PLANET OF THE APES. Did I say remake? I meant to say "re-envisioning." After all, the quirky director known for such visually ...
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Plot Summary: This title has been in development hell for a long time now but Bloody Disgusting has said recently (12/01/07) that there are wh...
In the late 1960s, Franklin Schaffner and 20th Century Fox made the original PLANET OF THE APES as a cautionary tale about war, racism, social unrest and ignoranceand coincidentally as a way of drumming up some much-needed cash. Now director Tim Burton an...
The sequel to the hit action comedy SHANGHAI NOON finds Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) now the sheriff of Carson City when he hears via a message from his sister Lin (Singapore TV star Fann Wong) that his father has been murdered by thieves, who've stolen the Em...
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN leading lady Keira Knightley and THE PIANIST's Adrien Brody have been cast in the film THE JACKET. Sounding like a psychological drama with sci-fi overtones, Brody plays a soldier-turned-murderer who suffers from delusions that he...
Eidos Interactive has acquired the rights to develop a video game based on Paramount's upcoming remake of THE ITALIAN JOB. The game will be released sometime this summer. The movie opens in theaters on May 30.One of the game's modes will recreate the f...
There’s been an explosion of vintage martial arts titles on the DVD market the past few years, with quality varying from digitally remastered transfers made direct from original negatives down to flicks that were recorded straight from local TV broadcasts...
The publication of my book VideoHound’s DRAGON: ASIAN ACTION & CULT FLICKS (Plug that book enough, Brian?)(Are there any left in the warehouse?) has led to one of my favorite DVD labels asking me to contribute some audio commentary tracks to upcoming ...
OPINION: Last week, I asked for your opinions about whether the comics companies are doing enough to interest the next generation of comics readers and what approaches they should take. On the one hand, there weren't that many responses, but on the other ...
After being stuck seemingly forever in development hell, it looks like James Ellroy's BLACK DAHLIA film is finally getting a pardon. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE director Brian De Palma has climbed aboard the project and actors Mark Wahlberg (THE ITALIAN JOB) and ...
Scarlett Johansson has been cast in THE BLACK DAHLIA as the mysterious lady named Kay. Johansson's character is a lookalike of the slain Black Dahlia woman, 1940s starlet Elizabeth Short, and she also proves to be a femme fatale for the two Los Angeles po...
Well, I axed for it. A few weeks back I inquired whether you readers had any favorite TV series that had yet to be "seasoned", and you let me know. While popular mainstream sitcom SEINFELD was the early favorite, most of you were more creative in your req...
A friend of mine with two kids has been raving about THE WILD THORNBERRYS animated TV series for a few years now, but I'd never caught up with it until it reached the big screen. Well, if the series is anything like THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE, I've missed...
While access to the massive film library compiled by Ted Turner is provided by the TCM cable channel (and home video releases), another section of this archive has had a troubled road toward creating an identity for itself. Turner owns rights to a huge co...
This week I saw another one of those ads in a theater in which a "regular joe" (carpenter, stuntman, etc.) tells us how video piracy is picking his pocket. This is a serious issue, and I think we should all do our best to keep the digital video arena from...
(WARNING: SPOILERS)Astronaut Leo Davidson blasts off from the research station Oberon into a zone of unstable space to rescue a trained chimpanzee. His ship gets caught in a wormhole and ends up crash-landing on a planet where humans are hunted by super-i...
Over the years I’ve been writing about the home video scene, I’ve taken some flack for my championing of direct-to-video (DTV) fare. At times I’ve even wondered about it myself. I mean, how many dreadful Charlie Band films do I have to suffer through fo...
The six month PLANET OF THE APES shoot took its cast and crew to Hawaii, Los Angeles, The Trona Pinnacles located in the high California desert near Death Valley and Lake Powell, Arizona, which also served as a key location for the original APES feature. ...
The post-Halloween horror doldrums are still keeping the release of new terror titles to a minimum, but mid-November has a nicely eclectic mix of movies that should offer something for almost any fan. The cream of the video crop for the week is far remov...
It seems we have more time to discuss Quentin Tarantino's upcoming WWII film Inglorious Bastards. A day after it was Eli Roth was circling the role of Sgt. Donnie Donowitz, the latest news is that "The Office" star/writer B.J Novak is in talks ...
OK, listen closely: apparently, former US Secretary of Defense Dell Rusk (who is secretly the Red Skull in disguise) has reformed the Invaders to invade the country of Mazikhandar and replace the Mazikhandarian president in response to that country's poll...
Last week saw the world premiere of ROCK STAR starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston in Los Angeles. Both actors attended the premiere event as did cast members Beth Grant, Dagmar Domiczyk, Blas Elias, Brian Vander Ark and the film's helmer, Stephen ...
Producer Richard Zanuck has been talking about a sequel to Tim Burton's PLANET OF THE APES.While talking to syndicated columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith, Zanuck suggested that a sequel might come in 2003. Zanuck explains, saying, "We don't wan...
Blade may have his work cut out for him facing down blood-hungry vampires in the new Wesley Snipes horror-adventure, BLADE 2, but for screenwriter/executive producer David Goyer, it was a walk in the park... or perhaps cemetery."There were no difficulties...
This Week’s RecommendationSPaul McCollough’s original soundtrack for the 1990 George Romero-Tom Savini remake of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (NMCD 002) is now available, as the second release from the new Numenorean Label (following up their release of John ...
DONNIE DARKO writer and director Richard Kelly has agreed to rewrite and helm Columbia Pictures' newest thriller KNOWING for the studio-based Escape Artists.KNOWING, which was originally written by Ryne Pearson, is about a man who discovers a time capsule...
Naomi Watts recently signed on board DreamWorks prepping remake of the Japanese horror film, THE RING (RINGU). Now, she's been talking about the film to come.While talking to Empire Online, the MULHOLLAND DRIVE actress spoke of the film, saying, "It's hor...
How rare is this? A show that not only lives up to the hype it generates, but it also surpasses it. In case you’ve been on the lam, we’re talking here about the HBO gangster comedy/drama The Sopranos, easily the most praised TV show of the last 20 years. ...
THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE is a remake of CHARADE, the 1962 comedic thriller in which Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn romanced and suspected each other all over Paris, under the direction of Stanley Donen. Director Jonathan Demme accentuates the considerable c...
Judging from the latest photo revealed for Mark Wahlberg's upcoming Max Payne, his character will be incorporating that visual shooting theme that players will remember. A new pic, which you see by clicking on the one to the left, has appeared at USA Toda...
Curious news has leaked out of the upcoming horror adaptation, THE BOX, says Bloody Disgusting. Apparently, N.A.S.A is involved with the film, specifically in terms with their old "Viking" project. This film, scheduled to shoot in Virginia and B...
With Halloween ready to strike so soon, we were expecting 30 Days of Night to pull this victory but the question was “How much?” For four consecutive weeks, the box office report has turned in dismal results and this weekend, 30 Days had a lot...
A lot of predictions were set that this would be a slow weekend due to moderate new debuts and from what it looks like, we were right on every count except one. We did not factor in the growing clout of Tyler Perry inside and outside Hollywood. We know th...
It looks like Matt Damon will not be reuniting with Mark Wahlberg for the first time since THE DEPARTED, says Variety. Damon was initially set to appear opposite Mark in the ring of THE FIGHTER, a drama based on Irish boxer Mickey Ward and his path to bei...
So, I came to this series very late, but after watching a few episodes last week I DVR’d the marathon of the entire eight seasons Sunday and planned to go back and watch them along with the season finale. Here’s what happened, I ended up ...
We may have passed along the first trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's thriller The Happening two weeks ago but the studio releases a High Defintion version, I'll always pass it along to you again. 20th Century Fox has also launched their official site for M...
After five hard fought rounds of Weekly Screenshot Trivia, our beta version has come to an end. We’ve tested the waters to see how many fellow Maniacs want to put their knowledge of movie screenshots to the test and it seems clear from the competiti...
Quite a few thespians have hopped on board the upcoming action-comedy Rogue's Gallery, says The Hollywood Reporter. Ving Rhames, Ellen Barkin, Rob Corddry, Bob Odenkirk, Jeffrey Tambor and Maggie Q will be joining Joe Anderson, Odette Yustman, Adam Scott ...
It seems that directors Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino are joining forces again. The two have been teaming up since Quentin presented Hostel to the states, their latest effort having Roth direct the faux horror trailer Thanksgiving and cameo in Death Proo...
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A new extended clip for M.Night Shyamalan's upcoming thriller The Happening has popped up online, complete with an intro with the director. The film--- which hits theaters on Friday, June 13---stars Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Bu...
If you're a gamer, specifically a European gamer who has ever registered for a Stars account with Nintendo's website, rewind a week a check your email inboxes. You may notice an email from Nintendo informing you of their new privacy policy and asking you ...
Hollywood Roadshow, a partnership between Premiere Props and Super Auctions, have announced that they will be auctioning off over 750 one-of-a-kind movie props, rare animation cels from Disney, hand painted canvas artwork from “Star Wars,” ani...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS 2046, Wong Kar Wai's eloquent romantic fantasy, contains a fervently romantic score by Shigeru Umebayashi (HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS), which has been released on CD in China (Warner Taiwan 5050467585720). The soundtrack includes ...
AMERICAN BEAUTY actress Mena Suvari has landed a plum role in DOMINO, the New Line Cinema action/biography film about to start filming next week. Suvari will star alongside Keira Knightly in the film and play a producer's assistant; Knightly's role is tha...
Variety reports today that Paramount Pictures is in talks with most of the cast of THE ITALIAN JOB for a sequel. According to the trade discussions have started with Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Seth Green, Mos Def and Jason Statham, and the studio's f...
The death last week of legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein, on August 18th, coming so close after that of Hollywood maestros Jerry Goldsmith (on July 21st) and David Raksin (August 9th), has robbed Hollywood of its last three connections with the film...
Well, there are weeks where y'all are talkative and weeks where I'm left wondering if anybody even reads this damn thing. Last week was clearly the former, as the subject of TV on DVD seems to have brought you all out of the lurking woodwork. There's a ...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS This is definitely a week of must-haves in soundtrack new releases. Despite having had only five weeks to conceptualize, compose, orchestrate, record and mix the score after stepping in to replace Howard Shore as composer, Jame...
While news coverage was drawn to the flash of a 108-inch LCD TV at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, a more significant story for home video enthusiasts was unfolding elsewhere. Last year’s dual launch of competing High Definition DVD ...
Shooter is a kind of synthesis of a righteous action shoot-‘em-up with any number of political thrillers from Day of the Condor up through The Sentinel (the one with Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland, not the one about the Gates of Hell). It...
In last week’s thrilling DVD Shopping List column, we looked ahead to the major and intriguing genre theatrical and direct-to-DVD movie releases scheduled for the next 12 months. We ran out of room halfway through the list, so we pick it up here ...
Shooters, the political thriller from Antoine Fuqua, has cast Rhona Mitra to play Lourdes, an FBI agent.The movie is centered around an ace marksman played by Mark Wahlberg. Wahlberg's character is double-crossed and framed of a presidential assassinatio...
We've got some great stuff in the Prize Closet for you this week (courtesy of the elves at Universal), so let's get on with the giving, shall we? To win any of these DVDs, simply send an email to psycho@psychotronic.info containing your name and address w...
Domino by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 11-05-2004)
Genre:Action/Biography.Studio:New Line Cinema.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Greenlighted.Who's In It:Keira Knightly (Domino Harvey); Mena Suvari; Christopher Walken; Mickey Rourke; Lucy Liu; Jacqueline Bisset; Macy Gray; Edgar Ramirez; Shondr...
While it's still in its early stages, Paramount Pictures is thinking about making a sequel to THE ITALIAN JOB, their 2003 summer hit. Producer John Goldwyn is developing the project for the studio but so far no writer has been hired as of yet to write an ...
Genre comer Jake Gyllenhaal (DONNIE DARKO) is close to signing onto Roland Emmerich's disaster epic THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. The film is set to star Dennis Quaid, and tells the story of a world ravaged by global warming. Gyllenhaal would be playing Quaid's...
So, the Emmy nominations were announced last week and instead of going on a big, giant rant about it I thought I'd just break it down to what's good and what's bad about this year's nominations.Is that cool with you guys? Good, because it's my column, my ...
In part four of our Sundance 2002 Film Festival coverage, we reviewed some of the more interestingif not necessarily goodmovies at the event. Today we finally round out our report with one last look at a few more featured films...
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Part one of CINESCAPE's PLANET OF THE APES comic book coverage retraced the lineage of Earth's smartest monkeys through their various four-color incarnations. With the 20th Century Fox/Tim Burton remake poised to take the summer movie-going audience by st...
There would be many classic episodes yet to come, and certainly there were high points in the seasons that preceded this one, but for many (myself included), the third season of THE X-FILES represents its apex. Never before had the show been so comfortabl...
Stephen Norrington’s talent for movie action and sci-fi worked beautifully to make BLADE one of the best superhero flicks ever made. Guillermo Del Toro is much more oriented toward atmosphere and gothic horror, and although this sequel has tons of action,...
After working on WING CHUN, Donnie Yen turned to TV portraying famous Chinese hero Hung Hei-kwun, who had just been portrayed by Jet Li in NEW LEGEND OF SHAOLIN (and previously, Chen Kuan-tai in EXECUTIONERS FROM SHAOLIN). This video release covers the fi...
According to a story that appears in today's The Hollywood Reporter, director Mike Newell (DONNIE BRASCO, ENCHANTED APRIL) is keen on helming the fourth Harry Potter film for Warner Bros., HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. Reporter says that neither Ne...
Day two of ManiaFest opened with screenings of PREDATOR, TERMINATOR and PUMPKINHEAD, all in honor of special effects master Stan Winston. In recognition of his groundbreaking work on these cinematic classics, Winston would be receiving the first Maniac Aw...
While 1990’s THE DEADLIEST ART was a fine compilation of great fight scenes (many from films that had yet to be released in the United States), this documentary, first broadcast on the Encore cable networks, goes a lot deeper. Jedi Knight Samuel L. Jackso...
Even if they turn out to be not true, rumors have a nasty habit of having a negative effect on a project. One rumor that Tobey Maguire's people are trying to shoot down fast is that the star won't be returning to play Spider-Man in the sequel because of ...
2000's SHANGHAI NOON, in which Jackie Chan played a member of the Chinese Imperial Guard who improbably but entertainingly wound up teamed with Owen Wilson's Zen train robber, was a source of such cheerful good action fun that a sequel seemed borderline i...
First of all, I`m a big fan of Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, and Yuen Woo Ping, and I liked CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON a lot. However, to anyone who has seen the old Shaw Brothers movies or the Fant-Asia films of the 1980s and early ‘90s, let`s be hon...
It’s another week of classic, and less than classic, video and DVD releases, which kicks off with an irresistible post Fourth of July bang. One sure way to spot a film buff is that some of the favorite moments of his youth will somehow be connected with m...
Release Date: October 17, 2008Studio: 20th Century FoxDirector: John MooreScreenwriter: Beau ThorneCast: Mark Wahlberg, Mila KunisGenre: Action, AdventurePlot Summary: Based on the video game "Max Payne" by Remedy. The story of a New York cop wh...
Danny Glover has been added to the cast of Antoine Fuqua's political thriller SHOOTER. Glover will join Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Rhona Mitra, Kate Mara and Eliza Bennett.The film will follow an ace marksman (Wahlberg) who has been double-crossed and ...
The original 1969 THE ITALIAN JOB is considered a classic of the caper genre. This reviewer is embarrassed to confess having seen only the end, which contains a fantastic chase sequence something the new version has several of and a literal cliffhanger,...
Producer Richard Zanuck, who gave us Tim Burton's re-imagined PLANET OF THE APES last summer, has revealed Twentieth Century Fox isn't all that hot on getting a sequel into production any time soon. "The idea is to space it out now," Zanuck said. "The stu...
As a follow-up to the wonderful über-sequel BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, the third film in Universal's popular horror series, SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, didn't have much of a chance at greatness. James Whale, architect of the first two seminal films, was gone, and Bo...
STYLISH MARTIAL ARTS THRILLER IN STORES NOVEMBER 18, 2003
HOUSTON, October 7, 2003-ADV Films announced today a November 18, 2003 street date for the DVD release of the stunningly beautiful Japanese martial arts motion picture "The Princess Blade," which...
After 1988's GORILLAS IN THE MIST, creature designer Rick Baker (who has been involved in ape suit creation with projects that from SCHLOCK to 1976's KING KONG to THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN) figured he had accomplished everything he wanted with ape suit...
I seriously doubt this leaked first trailer for Max Payne will stay up very long but I'll pass it along anyway. The first trailer for the film is down below and the upcoming adaptation of the best selling video game stars Mark Wahlberg, Chris O'Donnell, B...
The first full theatrical trailer for Max Payne has popped up online courtesy of 20th Century Fox and Yahoo Movies. You can check out the trailer below. The adaptation of the best-selling video game franchise stars Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges,...
Beau Bridges has landed a role in the upcoming Fox cop thriller Max Payne, based on the best selling videogame from Rockstar. The trade says Bridges will be playing the character of B.B Hensley, a mentor to young Payne (Mark Wahlberg). Director John Moore...
Wonderfully kinetic and screwy, IRON MONKEY is a Hong Kong action epic set in 1858 China, about a local Robin Hood who bears the title nickname. Apart from a mixture of soulfulness and camp that may not be to everybody's taste, it has just about everythin...
When Tim Burton calls, talent comes a running. And even the threat of wearing thick makeup and heavy prosthetics doesn't discourage actors from working with the mastermind behind such fantasies as BATMAN, BATMAN RETURNS, BEETLEJUICE, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, ...
Got a lot of DVDs? So many that it's starting to be difficult to keep them organized? Me, too. For years I've been looking for some decent software to help out, but all the ones I've tried either don't have the features I want or are all-inclusive databas...
Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed that there weren’t any cartoon series on my list of TV series worthy of DVD seasoning a couple weeks ago. Well, that’s because I have a whole separate list for animation! Enjoy!BEANY & CECIL – Yeah, there was an exc...
Has the DVD marketplace reached a saturation point? With the two Hi-Def DVD formats struggling to make their way into your homes, it’s no wonder they’re having trouble making progress. We’re already swimming in product! Labels are p...
The full cast has been officially announced and confirmed for M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming film, THE HAPPENING. This will be the first Rated-R feature film for the director which is set to begin filming next week in Philadelphia. The film's a thriller se...
Our first month of Star Spotlight is now coming to an end, fellow Maniacs. We began our inaugural column with one man who turned the filmmaking industry on their heels, George Lucas. We continued to one of my personal favorites, the legendary director ...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ashton Kutcher is in talks to star in the upcoming Screen Gems thriller, Lakeview Terrace. He will join Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington in the cast.The film, which Neil LaBute is in negotiations to direct,...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Nicely coinciding with the release of the second season DVD from the revived Doctor Who TV series is this soundtrack CD from Silva Screen, featuring Murray Gold’s wonderful music from the first two season...
...played by DonnieWahlberg.
There’s a lot of formula in the set up of this story. We’ve seen it in movies time and time again. The expert hostage negotiator is brought in with a solid record of saving lives in these kinds ...
Veteran actor Frank Langella will be joining the horror film, THE BOX, says Variety. In fact, he'll be the one setting Cameron Diaz into motion of this horror film by giving her the box. Production is set to begin on this flick by director Richard Kelly (...
The latest trailer for M.Night Shyamalan's The Happening, which is already attached to films in theaters today, has appeared online. The first R-rated thriller for the director stars Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley, Spencer B...
A new international poster and redband trailer for The Happening has popped up online. Click on the photo to the left to check it out and down below for the redband trailer. The upcoming thriller is the first R-rated feature film from director M. Night Sh...
The first official trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's The Happpening has appeared online courtesy of Yahoo Movies. The upcoming thriller is starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley, Spencer Breslin, Ashlyn Sanchez. It...
While attending the press junket for National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Frosty over at Collider had a chance to discuss the future of producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The next big film is PRINCE OF PERSIA: SANDS OF TIME and Bruckheimer had some things to...
Dreamworks has set an official release date for THE LOVELY BONES, the next film from Peter Jackson and partner Fran Walsh. Jackson, Walsh and Philippa Boyens adapted the screenplay from Alice Sebold's novel of the same name. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, ...
Hollywood is still doing its best to cash in on nostalgia for 1970s style horror films,providing a trip down memory lane for fans who huddled in grindhouse theaters or drive-ins to catch this new wave of explicit terrors. But most of the modern audienc...
According to AceShowBiz, Martin Scorsese's The Departed may be made into a trilogy."We may do another one, because it's based on a Hong Kong film ['Infernal Affairs'], and there is a trilogy," Mark Wahlberg said. "So we may do a sequel with...
When I was breaking into this film critic business, I wrote for an excellent magazine called Video Watchdog, which I still read cover to cover and recommend strongly. Their latest issue has an amazing interview with former child star Donnie Dunagan that h...
David Arnold (TOMORROW NEVER DIES, GODZILLA, INDEPENDENCE DAY, STARGATE) will compose an original score for Stephen Woolley's THE WILD AND WYCKED WORLD OF BRIAN JONES, the film about Rolling Stones guitarist and co-founder. Arnold will also score the new ...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSZhang Yimou's film, HERO, released in Asia in 2002 but debuting in America this summer, is a spectacular visual experience. The film is richly textured in both its color pallet and its sound design. Using spectacular aerobic swo...
How much anime is too much? Apparently it's when a lot of it is bootlegged from legitimate releases. A few weeks ago, Bandai cracked down on thieves with a lawsuits against alleged pirates Otaku/Manga House, EJ/ABC Toy 4 Me/Anime Circle, Anime Combo,...
PREVIEW/INTERVIEW: Next month, David Yurkovich and Top Shelf Productions will be turning the superhero genre on its ear with LESS THAN HEROES, a collection of his stories from the hard-to-find THRESHOLD series that it's impossible to describe without usin...
SEVEN SWORDS, the long-awaited new film from Hong Kong fantasy-action director Tsui Hark (A CHINESE GHOST STORY, ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, VAMPIRE HUNTERS) is being released in Asia this Friday (July 29) there is no US release date yet, however the popu...
The Associated Press has reported that LORD OF THE RINGS' Sean Astin will join the cast of 24. He will be joining the cast which, includes Kiefer Sutherland, Donnie Britton, Brady Corbet, Jean Smart and Gregory Itzin. No details have been given yet on A...
The trailer for Paramount's upcoming action thriller Shooter is now online via Yahoo!You can find the trailer here.The film, starring Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Danny Glover and Kate Mara, follows a former Army sniper who leaves the military after a mis...
Zakk Wylde And His Band Black Label Society Prepare To Release Shot To Hell On September 12th Legendary Grammy winning guitarist Zakk Wylde and his band Black Label Society (BLS) are preparing to release their new studio album Shot To Hell on September ...
Warner Bros. has decided to clean out their stock of DVDs of the supernatural law firm thriller DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, the Steve McQueen cop action flick BULLIT, the Man vs. Nature adventure THE PERFECT STORM, the director's cut of ALEXANDER, the historic epic...
Well, you probably won't get them in time for Xmas or Hanukah, but we've got some nice stuff in the old Prize Closet for you this week. To win a prize, just send an email containing your name and address with the designated subject line to me at psycho@ps...
Fox Studios will be in attendance this year at the San Diego Comic Con. Last year Fox pulled out of the SDCC unexpectedly, stating that none of their films: Aliens vs. Predator 2, Jumper, Babylon A.D. (I guess this was 10,000 B.C.?), and Hitman were ready...