Thursday, January 31, 2008 Rant Archive
In a week that thus far has been filled with unattractive patients, Jake and Amy hit a new low. He is angry, insecure, rude and surly. She is a manipulative liar. And they’re married. Now IN TREATMENT really gets interesting.
Last time we visited with Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) they played Christmas massacre with two Christmas warlocks that needed to feed back from yesteryear. This time we’re confronted with this cute African-American lady that comes back from a dinner with her beau and she goes into the bathroom. While she starts brushing her teeth there is a cut to another woman doing some sort of satanic ritual by slicing her hand and pouring her blood on the woman’s toothbrush. Suddenly, the woman’s teeth begin falling out of her head.
Tonight was the season four premiere of LOST. This was, by far, the most anticipated premiere of the year for me. And now, I have a boatload (pun intended) of questions. But first, a quick summary for all the forgetful viewers out there.
Read the synopsis of last year's finale, plus tonight's full summary inside. LOST is finally back!
Blackfilm is reporting that singer Beyonce Knowles has been cast in the role of acclaimed R&B singer Etta James, for the upcoming music bio film, CADILLAC RECORDS. The story follows the rise and fall of Chess Records, the 1950’s rhythm & blues label which fostered the careers of R&B legends such as Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry.
ARMORED is the new upcoming heist film about a young armored car guard caught up in a scam by his older colleagues to empty a truck of $10 million. The film has an impressive ensemble cast including Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Matt Dillon, Columbus Short, Fred Ward, Skeet Ulrich and HEROES’ Milo Ventimiglia.
It’s been more than a month since our last new episode of SMALLVILLE, so let’s recap. The whiny-ass chief editor of the Daily Planet (Michael Cassidy) turned out to be a clone of Lex’s (Michael Rosenbaum) long-lost little brother. Lex bought the Daily Planet. Clark (Tom Welling) is frozen inside a crystal in the Fortress of Solitude, while the Bizarro clone is making time with Lana (Kristin Kreuk). Chloe (Allison Mack) and Jimmy (Aaron Ashmore) are reconciling, after a bomb scare in an elevator and Chloe’s revelation about her powers. All up to speed? Good
Some studios might be content to rest on their laurels once they set a record, but not Paramount. Having scored a massive success with CLOVERFIELD—setting a January holiday weekend record with a $46 million opening—Paramount has reportedly begun
talks with director Matt Reeves about creating a sequel. The studio is hot to trot on this project, so much so that a CLOVERFIELD sequel may be Reeves’ next film, if a deal with producer J.J. Abrams and writer Drew Goddard can be reached.
All moviegoers know that great dialogue can stay with you forever, but what about really bad dialogue? Lines that come across as dumb, or hit the ear like ball bearings in a sock; these kinds of dialogue can take a viewer right out of a film and make them goggle at the screen, certain they just didn’t hear what they thought they heard. That’s the kind of thing I’m talking about here, with this very list of Worst Damn Dialogue in a Movie
THE AIR I BREATHE received scathing reviews following its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. It seemed almost as though the critical establishment had a grudge against Jieho Lee, the young Korean-American director and screenwriter making his directorial debut. So I wasn’t expecting much and, frankly, was even tempted to skip the screening I’d been invited to. Luckily I didn’t, because the film is an unexpected surprise.
Seems that studio Fox Searchlight gave birth to a 100 million-dollar baby. The teen preggers comedy JUNO—nominated for four Oscars, including best picture—has made history for the indie-film studio, by being its first property to ever cross the $100 million mark, beating out previous record holder SIDEWAYS, which earned $71.5 million in 2004.
With Heath Ledger’s tragic
death the upcoming Batman sequel THE DARK KNIGHT is facing some high hurdles. One of the major dilemmas is how to now
market the film. On the one hand, industry analysts predict that fans’ morbid curiosity about Ledger’s final performance will help fill theaters, and that the current marketing strategy—namely highlighting Leger’s groundbreaking turn as The Joker—should continue.