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25 July 2006
Final Destination 3
Directed by: James Wong
Starring: dead teenagers
Good killings are to be expected, but definitely more focused on the simplicity of the first (returning director James Wong) than on the mythology of the second.
Of interest is the ‘Choose Their Fate’ version on the 2-disc DVD set. Plays like an old ‘choose your own adventure’ book but does [...]
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25 July 2006
The Benchwarmers
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
Starring: Rob Schneider, David Spade, and Jon Heder
Funny, but not hilarious. Took the ‘nice route’ and the safe (and more profitable) PG avenue.
If you prefer you’re comedy a little more on the crude side, as I do, check out Grandma’s Boy instead (also written by Allen Covert & Nick Swarsden)
Bottom Line: Worth [...]
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23 July 2006
News from Comic-Con 2006
The year’s biggest gathering of comic-book geeks has become much more interesting to geeks of other media and genres.
Some news & rumours from this year’s fest:
Sam Raimi confirms Venom (Topher Grace) and Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) as villains, but not Hobgoblin in Spider-Man 3. Harry Osborn (James Franco) will apparently be some new villain. He [...]
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23 July 2006
Random News & Rumours
So the newest rumour on casting of the Joker for the upcoming Batman sequel is that Christopher Nolan made an offer to Heath Ledger. Decent actor, and I’ve never questioned Nolan’s casting before…. but the other rumours made more sense Paul Bettany, Crispin Glover, etc.
M. Night Shyamalan has expressed interest in adapting and directing the [...]
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22 July 2006
Clerks II
Directed by Kevin Smith
Starring Brain O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, and Rosario Dawson
It looks like crap, there’s no semblance of style and it’s guaranteed to offend.
It’s fantastic.
I didn’t want to get excited over this flick, and went out of my way to not have it spoiled by terrible TV commercials. Turns out my head was in just [...]
