NEWS: July 17, 2007

Ahhh welcome to the movie news, where HP is king, Sickos wander the streets and Jared Leto returns to cinema (hopefully forgetting about a music career forever). This and more you'll find below. Venture if you dare! (Now with loads of links!)

Potter, did you brush your teeth?

1. Harry Potter has taken s--t loads at the box office. Big surprise there! Little Radcliffe has signed on to make 2 more for a measley 50 mil. The latest flick is being touted as the best, with some critics giving limp reviews. You might say, they're most likely limp in other areas, but you wouldn't because that's just rude!

2. Everyone loves a Sicko! The new doco about America's appalling healthcare system, unleashed a fued to end all fueds between the film's Director Michael Moore and television news network, CNN. Moore has called a truce, for now anyway, with the original fact dancers themselves. I just want to watch movies!

It puts the lotion on!

3. Speaking of Sicko, Jared Leto is a "Nobody". That was the line used on darkhorizons.com and I nearly spat out my food when I read it. Haven't I been saying that ever since he left to perform in a band, of which the name is unknown to most? Anywho, those who remember his sullen performance on that TV show with Claire Danes (don't yell at me, did it even make it to season 2) and his surprisingly well done scenes in the craptastic Alexander, will welcome his return. Ok so he's been in a couple of movies since Alexander. His new movie is about...ahh who cares. He's a douche now!

4. Steven Segal, yes you read that right, is not starring in anything but DVD's. I'm just mentioning him because he's suing his lawyers. Ahhh celebrities who dun read good. Is he acting out because he can't act???


5. To review Sunshine or not to review Sunshine? This movie came out AGES ago in Australia but is out now in America. Can I be bothered? Not really. Is that because it was a piece of crap? Not really. It was aight.

Cancelled? What do you mean cancelled?

6. Possibly the most exciting news of my day is when I read Mulder and Scully might be picking up the flash lights/torches again for a feature length X FILES!!!! This almost made me forget that Steven Segal exists! Almost. According to aintitcool.com, the truth is out there and it came straight from David Duchovny's mouth!

Finally, from aintitcool.com again, JJ Abrams Cloverfield project is a monster movie. Argh. James Bond is also returning to England and the day of days approaches, Arnie's birthday. Every year I celebrate with beers, stogies and copious amounts of Arn. Keep your metal eyes peeled for more news on that!

Until next time...

NEWS: Bites

I've been net-trotting (kind of like globe-trotting but heaps sadder) and have made it my duty to pass on the knowledge I have gained.

1. I love Ricky Gervais, but somehow him starring in a buddy cop movie with Chris Rock really doesn't appeal to me. Your thoughts, opinions? Frankly I'd rather see Hugh Grant in Lord of the Rings.

2. WARNING, GRATUITOUS SELF PROMOTION: This Thursday I'll be interviewing the director of the St.Kilda Film Festival and young Harry Potter fans for their verdict on the new film. Tune in to your local Aussie radio and you might just hear what I have to say!

Do you think anyone will notice if I just pee right here?

3. Speaking of Harry Potter, the new film is getting the "enough already" thumbs sideways after the latest offering from the JK Rowling golden pot. I'll make my own mind up tomorrow night when I see the film, but knowing me I won't care and will love it anyway! (I'm great at ingoring faults). It's both wrong and scary that I now have the hots for Daniel Radcliffe.

If I sit here and grin long enough,maybe Travolta will leave me alone!

4. I finally saw a trailer for Hairspray and it doesn't look too bad. It looks like a mix between Grease and Dirty Dancing. It's based on a famous musical too (which was based on the 1988 John Waters film of the same name), which doesn't often bode well for the film, but Dreamgirls worked so maybe this will. Despite John Travolta looking ridiculous in drag AND a fat suit, the adorable newcomer Nikki Blonsky (what a name) looks set to overcome the stain that is Travolta. Expect it to hit Aussie cinema early September.

5. America is finally getting Sunshine. This came out in Australia months ago. I'm at a loss. It was very 2001 and a little bit Event Horizon. I liked it, even though the pace was at times a little annoying and the last half an hour was a totally different movie.

Sally was so glad the diet had ended.

6. Finally, another of my favourite subjects...the DEAD. George A. Romero, who started it all (the Zed word that is), is very excited about his latest offering, Diary of the Dead. Who isn't??? I've always been up for a good zombie-fest and Romero does it best. One of my favourite all time movies is Dawn of the Dead (1978). The release date is touted as this year but i'm not so sure we'll be seeing it til '08. Anyway keep your rotten flesh peeled for more news!

PS That nutty JJ Abrams indeed!

Click Here for the teaser to his untitled project.

NEWS: J.J. Abrams...genius or bastard?

Ok, so living in Australia, land of 'we better not show them things', we missed out on the trailer for "Untitled JJ Abrams Project" which was show before Transformers in the USofA.

A friend of mine told me about it. My reaction was, what the hell are you talking about? I am a big fan of all things JJ and reckon that Mission Impossible III was the better one of the lot, though the Alias influence was almost too obvious.



So what did I do? I Toobled it (YOUTUBE.COM) of course and found a shoddy vid off what appears to be someone's cell/mobile phone. Not exactly optimal viewing but who cares...


Two thoughts sprang to mind.


1. This movie looks awesome!

2. What the hell? Damn you JJ, damn you to Hades!!!!!!!!!

I have now become obsessed with finding out if this is Godzilla (apparently Paramount doesn't own the rights to it), an alien movie (wasn't that a ship that blurrily crashed at the end?) or some weird Lost style creature (the sounds, those terrible sounds).

Thoughts, comments, questions? Let me know! I'm on the case though and will post tidbits as I come to them.