Apr
06
For some, it is Valhalla; for others, it is a seething, roiling, chaotic pit of humanity. For many, I suspect, it’s a phenomenon just slightly more indecipherable than Naked Lunch. It is San Diego Comic-Con, and documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, with the help of Stan Lee, Joss Whedon, and aintitcool’s Harry Knowles, has endeavored to …
Mar
31
This gangster is haunted, literally. KEYHOLE begins with an inversion — a group of criminals have to fight their way past a police barricade into a house — and only gets stranger from there. Turns out their boss Ulysses Pick (Jason Patric), isn’t after any kind of swag, but an exorcism of the past. The …
Mar
30
It’s a good year for Joss Whedon. As director, his take on THE AVENGERS is coming out in May; he managed to complete a version of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING that may also see release this year; and he co-produced the Morgan Spurlock-directed documentary, COMIC-CON IV: A FAN’S HOPE, that’s coming out April 6. (Not …
Mar
23
There’s hardly room in multiplexes these days for films about love, and most that do get in are b.s. (unless you’re really into romantic entanglements between moody teen girls and even moodier teen vampires). But even if we were in the middle of a romance glut, THE DEEP BLUE SEA would stand out as an …
Mar
22
Skittles concludes its survey of the damnable teen years with the most painful revelation of all: That those we relied upon to guide us through the rocky shoals of life, those we presumed would provide us the tools by which we’d eventually make our own way to adulthood, were consumed by weakness and self-interest, and …
Mar
20
Daring to go where no delicious, candy-coated fruit chew has gone before, Skittles is continuing its survey of the pernicious ecosystem that is modern adolescence. In the sponsored video below, they take a look at first infatuation, that inexplicable yet overwhelming desire to be near another, no matter what the cost. Who can blame these …
Mar
15
Surely, the high school years are the cruelest period of anyone’s life. The cliques, the taunting, the incessant, petty politics… and that’s just in the teachers’ lounge. (Hah, it’s the ol’ switcheroo!) All kidding aside, the people who make Skittles have decided to salute this most torturous phase of adolescence with a series of videos …
Mar
09
New Zealand couple Mike Wallis and Inge Rademeyer faced a choice: buy a house together, or use the money to make their first film. Rather than take a gamble on a dodgy proposition with, at best, 50/50 odds, they decided to do the sensible thing and plow their savings into GOOD FOR NOTHING (hey, have …
Mar
02
Call it a cultural difference. Here in the U.S, our serial killers are quiet loners who nurse secret agendas and conduct their grim business on their own. In Australia, the most notorious case of serial murder involved the personable, charismatic John Bunting (Daniel Henshall), who came into the poverty-stricken community of Snowtown, staged neighborhood watch …
Feb
29
You can’t get away from the ads on TV, and now PROJECT X has invaded MMP as well. The premiere is tonight, to be followed by an after party featuring performances by Tyler the Creator, A-Trak, and Hundred in the Hands (none of whom I’ve ever heard of, but I’m sure they’re all lovely young …
