Mandy Patinkin Reflects on Princess Bride Mandy Patinkin: 25 Years After ‘The Princess Bride,’ He’s Not Tired Of That Line : NPR Mandy Pantikin does an audio interview with interview, talking about The Princess Bride which is now celebrating its 25th anniversary. He seems to genuinely cherish his memories of the experience and appreciate how much fans of the films still enjoy it to this day. Patinkin has a had a reputation for hot-headedness at … Continue reading
The final major portion of the Coen Brothers Blu-ray Summer, as I’ve been calling it, will cap off with two major releases celebrating the anniversary of O Brother Where Art Thou. The two releases are the first Bluray release for the film and a Deluxe 2 Disc O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack. O Brother Where Art Thou Deluxe Edition Soundtrack On August 16th the deluxe two disc soundtrack, featuring 35 tracks will be released. … Continue reading
The Warrior’s Way from director and writer Sngmoo Lee receives a wide release this weekend. It stars an excellent Korean actor by the name of Jang Dong-gun, probably best known state-side for the Korean war epic film Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War. This is an English-language film and the supporting cast features Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston and Tony Cox from Bad Santa. Now, before we briefly discuss the plot and specifics of the … Continue reading
Ok, we have an quite NSFW Red-band trailer of Your Highness courtesy of IGN. So with fair warning of really strong language and thongs, proceed knowing it’s a medieval comedy featuring James Franco, Danny McBride, Zooey Deschanel and the thong belonging to Natalie Portman. So mysognistic as it is I must again point out Natalie Portman in a thong. Good lord this woman is beautiful, I’ve been in love with her forever. Of course the fact … Continue reading
The Mummenschantz Conundrum Previous Conan on TBS Episode Recaps are in the related posts near the Bottom Before we get into the episode, a little bit about ratings. The ratings have dropped from their 1st show and some people are acting like this is surprising. Conan on TBS beat two network backed shows from a basic cable station. This is a big deal. I suspect they will dip a little bit for the remainder of … Continue reading
I’m trying to decide whether or not Jackass 3-D making $50-million is a sign of the apocalypse, a statement about the movie-going public or a simple representation of inflated ticket prices for 3D films. Most likely it’s a combination of all three. So, grab your kids, your laptop and head to your nearest wireless capable fall-out shelter, and have a looksie at my thoughts on the film that came in second to Jackass with a … Continue reading
Stephen Fry Joins Sherlock 2 Cast Hey everyone, a few bits of movie news worth more than a tweet or Facebook posting. First up is a article from UGO discussing the casting of Stephen Fry as Sherlock Holmes’ older, smarter brother Mycroft. He joins the newly added Noomi Rapace, of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo fame to strengthen the cast further. I’m a big fan of Stephen Fry as a comedian, actor and writer. He’s … Continue reading
Machete Review Machete Review is posted over at the usual spot. I saw the movie late Thursday night with a very small crowd of only three people and I enjoyed almost every minute of it. There is very little to complain at after watching the movie, and I am always happy to see Danny Trejo get work, and this is his starring vehicle. The supporting cast is great and everyone seems to be relishing the … Continue reading
I’ve watched the movie High Fidelity almost twice in it’s entirety on VH1 and AMC in the last 2 weeks. This is of course breaking the cardinal television vs dvd rule: If you watch more than 20 minutes of a movie on cable television that you own on dvd, you are an idiot, and therefore you must put in the dvd, avoiding the commercials, censorship, general loss of intended content, and thus not furthering your … Continue reading
