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I have issues. Many are age-related as in there’s no way I can be as old as I am. I was telling someone yesterday about my best friend who is about a year-and-a-half older than me but easily a good 10 years more mature. I’m sure my ridiculous TV addiction is in some way attributableContinue reading “DOES THIS MEAN I’M GROWING UP? NOOOOOOOOO!!!!”

The big casting news of the day according to the trades (via Yahoo!) seems to be that Jack Black will star opposite Naomi Watts in Peter Jackson’s new version of the ape epic King Kong. Black will play the character who wants to capture Kong and exhibit him in New York. At first glance, IContinue reading “NOT NECESSARILY SO STRANGE”

Sadly, as expected, I have not been able to attend that many of the movies at New Directors/New Films this year, and while I hope to get to at least a couple more before the fest is over, it may not be possible. I have seen two films though, and I thought I’d give someContinue reading “NEW, BUT NOT SO NEW”

From Meadow to Heidi, let’s all congratulate Jamie-Lynn DiScala on her big TV-movie premiere tonight. I didn’t think there was much that would actually make me want to watch a TV-movie about Heidi Fleiss, but thank you USA for not just making a completely unnecessary piece of television, but casting it with one of theContinue reading “TRASH TV PICK-OF-THE-NIGHT”

Sir Peter Ustinov dead at 82! I’m sure at some point within the next couple weeks TCM will air a tribute day, or at least an evening. I’m not sure what’s in their library, but if you want to have your own little Ustinov film festival, start with the films that gave him his twoContinue reading “R.I.P. LENTULUS BATIATUS”

During my days lliving in Los Angeles, I worked for a couple years at a small, but very well-respected, talent agency. The agency represented a variety of talent, mostly character actors and a few big-names everyone knows, although not necessarily “A-list” stars. My old boss had been around the business a while, and back inContinue reading “YAY FAY!!”

OK, so he’s not actually fat, or at least he wasn’t last time I saw his bushy mustache attacking my TV, but I took inspiration from Mr. Franken. And he most definitely is a putz. If you don’t know who Medved is, you’ve probably seen him on TV once or twice. He’s a film criticContinue reading “MICHAEL MEDVED IS A BIG FAT PUTZ”

I’m just going to say it now: If the next Batman film/prequel/whatever-you-want-to-call-it (and currently the title is Batman Begins) is not one of the best action films of all time, I’m going to be shocked. The old news is that Christopher Nolan of Memento fame will be directing. The script is being written by NolanContinue reading “HOLY BAT-CASTING!!!”

Tonight in New York is the beginning of the 2004 edition of MOMA’s and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s annual New Directors/New Films Festival. With MOMA’s main location in midtown still under reconstruction, for the second year in a row the screenings are being held at both Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and MOMA’sContinue reading “NEW NEW”

I’m not sure what I make of this Hollywood Reporter story, but it seems that Frank Darabont has signed on to write the next installment of Mission: Impossible. Apparently, Tommy Boy must not have been too happy with the work being done by veteran scerenwriter Robert Towne, who not only wrote the first two films,Continue reading “A DIFFERENT MISSION“