Photo courtesy of Magnet Releasing Let the Right One In was a fiendishly good reimainging of the vampire story. Naturallly, it is now being re-made into what will surely be an inferior, American film. I thought Mickey Rourke gave the performance of the year in The Wrestler , but Sean Penn was almost...

Michel Gondry | Photo courtesy of wv via flickr Japanophiles unite! This week marks not one, but two free previews of Tokyo! , a new anthology work featuring contributions from Michel Gondry ( Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind ), Bong Joon-ho (monster-masterpiece The Host ) & Leos Carax ( Th...

Hot chicks laugh at micropenis (link NSFW) | Photo courtesy of Summit Entertainment You know it's a slow week at the DVD counter when a low-brow flick like Sex Drive is the highest profile release. Didn't see it, but read on Ain't It Cool that it was pretty funny. And apparently there are tons of na...

If you walk my way... | Photo courtesy of PhotoFM via Flickr I will never forget the strange way in which I discovered the music of Lisa Hannigan. Last summer, I was sitting at work trading listening ideas with a friend over IM. I don't remember which one of us suggested Damien Rice, but his name ca...

Cheerleaders dressed in pastels are always the good guys. | Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures It's a sad weekend for movie-goers across the country when it's a slam-dunk certainty that Madea Goes to Jail is going to easily top the box-office. I admire Tyler Perry's business acumen, but he is truly an ...

Photo courtesy of Summit Entertainment Between special screenings, TV tapings & incestual industry conduct, filmmakers are a common appearance in this town. When the New Beverly hosts a filmmaker, it's truly special. Eclectic personalities take complete control of the theater's programming, spot...

Some motherfucker 'bout to get killed! | Photo courtesy of Warner Brothers In yet more disquieting economic news, the re-boot of the Friday the 13th franchise enjoyed a record-breaking weekend at the box-office. The stale re-make tallied a staggering $42.2M in its debut which should insure a steady ...

The butt-obscuring nature of this dress is contemptible. | Photo courtesy of Disney Considering the downward-trending turbulence of our current economic environment, now might not be the best time to release a movie that so glories in conspicuous consumption like Confessions of a Shopaholic . Then a...

I would totally bone her. | Photo courtesy of Miramax There's something incredible at the corner of Olympic and La Cienega. Something shocking. And inspiring. Everything in this town traces back to the cinematic, and yet truly independent film promotion is rare (mini-majors like Fox Searchlight don'...

Conducting "Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail" | Photo courtesy of the Saul Zaentz Company I could talk for hours about it, but I'll simply say that Amadeus is the finest movie I have ever seen. From the amazing performances by F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce to the script by Peter Schaeffer (a superior...