Hmm. Hollywood Homicide is getting much better reviews than I ever would have anticipated…and, yes, in case you were wondering, the finger of death does makes an appearance.
Tag: Cinema
Goodnight David (and Atticus).
This Week is off the air, Atticus has left the courtroom, Ahab has gone down with the ship, and the guns of Navarone have fallen silent. Rest in Peace David Brinkley (1920-2003), one of television’s pioneering newsmen, and many condolences to his family. The same goes out to the family and friends of Gregory Peck (1915-2003), one of the big screen’s enduring heroes. They will both be missed.
Sons of Gondor.
USA Today takes a peek at the Two Towers extended edition, and it sounds like Boromir, Denethor, Theodred and Treebeard benefit the most. Also, we’re apparently granted a fuller picture of Faramir’s backstory, which may help to dispel some of the fanboy negativity about his gruff portrayal in the film. Is it November yet?
Elves and Agents.
Still no word on when the trailer arrives (I had assumed New Line would’ve used it to prop up Dumb and Dumberer‘s opening weekend, and the next high-profile studio project isn’t until Freddy Vs. Jason on August 15), but some minor RotK news has leaked out recently involving Agent Smith at the Pelennor Fields. Very minor spoilers for non-trilogy readers. Update: Speaking of agents, Dark Horizons is reporting that the Wachowskis will write a V for Vendetta screenplay. Interesting…although I think I’d rather see their King Conan project with John Milius go through first.
Home-Grown Terrorists.
In his review of the recent documentary on their exploits, David Greenberg ponders the legacy of the Weathermen. I’m hoping to catch this at the Film Forum in the next few days.
Send in the Clone.
The first goofy Episode 3 rumor making the rounds (Remember when Christopher Walken, Gabriel Byrne, and Jimmy Smits were all supposed to be in Attack of the Clones? Ok, the last one actually happened.) has Scott Glenn boarding the Death Star for the final installment. I’ll believe it when I see it. In other Ep. 3 news, is this drawing of a staff-wielding warrior Chewbacca what we can expect in 2005? All I gotta say is Lucas will have to knock this movie out of the park to erase the bad taste of the past two prequels and Yoda’s speech last night, which was as stilted and embarrassing as Gollum’s was funny.
Freaks of the industry.
Dobby?! Dobby’s a $#%ing $&*@! Maybe it’ll only appeal to fanboys and fangirls, but I thought this pottymouth Gollum bit from the MTV Movie Awards was the funniest thing I’ve seen in ages. Sounds like Smeagol’s been reading the talkbacks at AICN.
Simpsons, meet the Watchmen.
One of the many highlights of Finding Nemo over the weekend (exactly the type of smart, fun, and beautiful entertainment the world’s come to expect from Pixar) was this teaser for The Incredibles, the newest project from Pixar and Brad Bird (the mind behind The Iron Giant.) Should be grand.
Visions of Arda.
In the spirit of the custom FOTR covers blogged almost a year ago, Adam Koebel has now designed several beautiful Two Towers DVD covers for the second installment. As before, some of these are really nice.
Dot Matrices.
More fuel for the Matrix debate: A fanboy site posts the Niobe and Oracle conversation from Enter the Matrix. It might explain a few things, or it might not.