February 2008 Entries
For those of you who have too much happiness in your lives and occasionally need a depressing flick to even things out, there’s good news: The second major role of the upcoming film THE ROAD has been cast. Kodi Smit-McPhee, an 11-year-old actor from Down Under, will play the son of Viggo Mortensen’s character in the film, which tells the story of a father and son wandering across the ruins of America after an unspecified apocalyptic event.
Apparently Atlanta hatches stars like Britney Spears hatches fetal alcohol syndrome children, I know this because Ryan Seacrest knows this. First of all, we get to meet stupid Ryan’s parents. Guess what, I could have lived the rest of my life without having to waste time on getting to know them. Once that is out of the way, Ryan introduces us to Joshua. He works with glass and I am not sure if I care about any of this. He tells the judges that he’s going to show them something they’ve never seen before.
John Connor’s Terminator-bodyguard Cameron learned that Cromartie, the terminator missioned with assassinating John, had followed them through the time-portal into the future. Sarah’s first instinct was to run, however John had another idea: turn the tables by hunting the hunter.
It’s been two weeks, and Fox spent a lot of money during the Superbowl to advertise the escape that was supposed to happen tonight on PRISON BREAK. Well, I waited an hour just to get a bunch of men huddled in a dirt tunnel waiting for some lights to go out. Oh well, at least I finally got a good episode out of it.
I died a little on the inside when FOX cancelled ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. I mean, buying the box set of the series is a nice consolation prize, but after a while you can act out your Job fantasies so much until you turn into a psycho-loser. Not that I have any Gob Bluth (Will Arnett) fantasies or anything. My problems might be mended sooner than I ever envisioned, Jason Batemen has told E! that he’s spoken to creators of the show (Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard) and is willing to be a part of the ensemble cast in an ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT movie.
Hey gang, I’ve got a new photo from the set of INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL for you today. This picture is especially intriguing, as it features Dr. Jones scaling a stack of crates which look to belong to that infamous warehouse from the end of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, where “top men” cataog and stow history’s most important artifacts. What could Dr. Jones be searching for?
Fresh off its strong reviews at Sundance, Critics Rant would like to bring you a first look at Miramax’s latest smart-family-with-issues flick, SMART PEOPLE. The film stars Dennis Quaid as an aging intellectual professor who suffers a stroke. Sarah Jessica Parker plays the nurse who takes a shine to the socially inept prof; Thomas Hayden Church is the prof’s adopted, slacker brother and Oscar-nominee Ellen Page plays the prof’s over-achiever daughter.
Harvey Weinstein recently spoke up about how pleased he is with the RAMBO’s success at the box office and his own desire to see further installments come to fruition down the line, hopefully one in which Rambo waged one man war on criminals running the streets of the USA.
Does this movie keep looking cooler and cooler or what? Did you check out the IRON MAN TV spot which debuted during last night’s Superbowl adtravaganza? The commercial features some previously unseen (and wickedly cool) sequences of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) putting the pedal to the metal in the IRON MAN armor.
According to Wikipedia, the term “chick flick” refers to movies that are stereotypically made for women. You know, things like melodramas and saccharin romantic dramas. I’m here to share with you my favorites among the hundreds of feminine films. Even though I’m more guyish when it comes to movies—I like my fair share of explosions and space exploration—a good chick flick is always a necessity when you’re feeling like crap or you need a good night in with the girls.