On the Dixonverse Forum, someone raised the point that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory should have been made with kids in mind, but it wasn’t. While I still consider the original Gene Wilder version to be a fun classic, I do have to disagree with this point. First off, why remake it at all if…

Peter Jackson, LOTR actors not feeling the love (second item on page) Hollywood is a fantasyland, especially when it comes to economics. “Forrest Gump” was a colossal success until author Winston Groome demanded his share of the profits, as was previously agreed, at which point he was informed that Gump had not turned a profit.…

AMC theater chain offers: Enjoy ‘Cinderella Man’ or Get Money Back In a marketing ploy the company hasn’t trotted out since 1988’s “Mystic Pizza,” AMC took out newspaper ads saying it would refund moviegoers’ money if they are unhappy with one of its features, “Cinderella Man.” The gimmick is seen as a desperate move to…

Not great, not terrible seems to be the consensus.

Ray Harryhausen’s Birthday is being celebrated on Turner Classic Movies via the showing of some of the stop motion animator’s rarities. Unfortunately, the only Classic Movie channel I get is American Movie Classics. (Someone recently told me that they’re changing their name to American Movie Channel because all they ever show are classics like “Turner…

When a studio doesn’t allow critics to pre-screen a movie, that’s usually a terrific sign that it’s a dud. In the case of “War of the Worlds”, debuting today, critics were allowed to see it ahead of time but couldn’t publish their reviews until June 29th. Was that just a way to pique curiosity, or…

If, like me, you forgot to watch the King Kong trailer after Fear Factor, you can now watch it online.

The writer of the article I just pointed you to also did a comic on the same subject: CulturePulp 028: ‘Serenity’ Now!

The Browncoats Rise Again “Firefly went on the air two years ago … and was immediately hailed by critics as one of the most canceled shows of the year.” A friend of mine has attended one of these Serenity pre-screenings, even though he’d never seen the show…and he was so entranced with the mini-movie that…

No real spoilers here if you haven’t seen Batman Begins yet. (Why haven’t you?) In a tracking shot in the movie, the camera dolleys past intense, furrow-browed patients glaring through the small windows in their cells, and we see a couple guys lying on their beds. Here’s my question: are any of them supposed to…