As I'm wont to do, I was looking through the Hollywood Reporter's "In-Production Listings" (subscription required) to see what's currently being filmed and came across this little gem: " Read Full Story
After yesterday's post, I found the Gold Class website and I believe I'm on to something. Village Roadshow's website for Gold Class appears on the surface to be advertising their new upscale, luxury movie-watching experience, but something else much more sinister is occurring beneath the surface. The truth is an atom bomb that has yet to send shockwaves through the close-knit Hollywood community - and I've got the exclusive scoop (eat it, Drudge).
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If you thought that "deluxe" cinemas sporting $20 movie ticket prices was a novel approach to movie theatre-going, Village Roadshow has something new in store for you. Gold Class theaters, opening in Chicago this year and around the country in the next five years, has got the kind of amenities to make your personal ego drool: "plush reserved seating, special parking privileges and upscale food and beverage offerings with seat-side waiter service", the Hollywood Reporter h... Read Full Story
TV has a long and sordid history of regurgitating past programming back into our frenzied, feeding mouths. No, I'm not talking about reruns, I'm talking about new TV serials that are remakes of past TV shows. I'm talking about American Gladiators, Flash Gordon, Dr. Who, and of course the latest, Knight Rider. Now, rather than devolving into a fistfight over whether these TV shows should have been remade or not - the damage has already been done people, it's time to move one -... Read Full Story
It's fun to mock crappy films. Sometimes it's much too easy, but we typically forgive ourselves once we realize that the blame for crappness can be ultimately attributed to rich, Hollywood executive-types (this isn't always true, but it keeps the demons of sleeplessness away). Something I've become accustomed to doing with friends and family is describing an upcoming movie I'm excited about in terms of how it's similar to other movies that they know and like. It's... Read Full Story
There are so many bad movies that come out, forcefully fed to us - raping our imaginations, if you will - that it becomes an important life skill to take crap and create our own entertainment, while blocking these demons from taking hold of our better selves. This, of course, is just a long-winded way to say that it's a good idea to make fun of stupid shit you see on the TV. The other day I saw a commercial for Never Back Down. After a few seconds, I realized that there was nothing good g... Read Full Story
While some things are a sure bet, the war between HD-DVD and Blu Ray wasn't. And despite Sony's particularly excellent track record with next generation formats *cough*, most believed they didn't have it in them to win. Well, today the skeptics were all proven wrong and Sony reigns victorious. Between the Giants winning and Sony laying the bitchsmack on Microsoft, I'm just going to guffaw anytime someone brings up something to be "for certain" this year.Clearly, the... Read Full Story
