Can someone perform a drive-by on this project while blasting Harold Faltermeyer instrumentals? We’ve already seen a 180-spin with Beverly Hills Cop IV , with poolguy Brett Ratner originally playing to the kiddies, then predictably back-pedaling and labeling the film “hard R, brah”...

Patton Oswalt has always been one of my favorite comedians. Career-wise, his appearances on Reno 9/11 have shown he’s not afraid to make fun of himself, while his starring role in Pixar’s Ratatouille made him the envy of film nerds everywhere. In his stand-up, I love the way he is able t...

Hopefully, Peter’s recent post about actors and directors using social networking/blogging site Twitter opened up a whole new world for of information for you. If you’re a Twitter user, you can now keep track of the latest Repo: The Genetic Opera developments, read frustratingly cryptic ...

To give you some kind of idea what kind of stories have been making news in the last twelve hours or so, here’s a sample from The Hollywood Reporter: Dreamworks has acquired an untitled college-set comedy script by newcomer scribe Chris McCoy. And that’s all they can tell us about the fi...

According to Gizmodo the original Super Soaker 50 is back! Apparently the only real change they made is the reservoir is no longer removable (the original screwed in). Perhaps that avoids the inevitable leaky gasket that caused problems in the original guns. That limited the pressure that you could ...

According to Gizmodo the original Super Soaker 50 is back! Apparently the only real change they made is the reservoir is no longer removable (the original screwed in). Perhaps that avoids the inevitable leaky gasket that caused problems in the original guns. That limited the pressure that you could ...

Parol evidence rule usually seen as helping defense side in employment litigation, but not always [Workplace Prof Blog] "Businesses' Data Collection: What Legal Risks Exist and Who Can Sue If Breaches Occur?" (WLF, PDF) "It's hard for women lawyers......

Okay, so I had told myself (and you guys) that I wouldn’t be writing about the Christian Bale incident again. Well I made that statements before I realized that the internets would be producing so much great comedy content based on the story. So I just couldn’t resist passing along the i...

The Anglican Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf, whose diocese includes Iraq, has expressed his strong solidarity with all Christians there at a time when they in particular are suffering a spate of violence. The bishop recently visited Baghdad, where he met religious and political leaders, including maj...

On /Film, we’ve promoted Slumdog Millionaire fairly relentlessly (in my review, I lauded it as my favorite film of 2008). Apparently, the Hollywood Foreign Press and the AMPAS are in accord with our opinion on the film, awarding four Golden Globes and a slew of Academy Award nominations, respe...