The Hutch

Actually, the trailer for The Big Empty makes it look like a could-be-exciting movie. But if it happens to be a bad film, the critics have their opening sentences already written. (Dana Carvey used to discuss this phenomenon in regards to his own movies, which often had unfortunate titles. “Opportunity does not knock for Dana…

…the Independence Day fans. Yeah, I liked ID4. I still like ID4. Even with all the stuff that was improbable and didn’t make any sense. (It’s still better than most of the ID4-wannabes like “The Core”, where lightning makes stone architecture blow up…apparently the Romans had a fuel tank under the Colliseum.) The new movie…

Scooby Doo 2 trailer

It’s time for me to see what the Apple Trailers site has to offer. First thing that caught my eye is the brand new trailer for Garfield the Movie, which debuts next year. As we’ve reported earlier, Bill Murray replaces the late Lorenzo Music as the voice of the flabby tabby. (That’s just a joke;…

Variety and Comics2Film have reported that Watchmen may be filming next year. A decade ago, Terry Gilliam was going to turn it into a movie, and Alan Moore wished him luck on finding some way to cut down the 12-issue series so that it would play as a film. (Moore had no idea how.)