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| Philip Giraldi |
| Published: July 24, 2007, 10:30 pm |
| Tags: News, War Party, War On Terror, Iran, Nukes, Antiwar Radio, Al Qaeda, Covert Action |
| Download audio file (07_24_07_scott_goyette_show_3giraldi.mp3) Former CIA counter-terrorism officer and Antiwar.com columnist Philip Giraldi debunks the War Party’s claims that Iran backs al Qaeda, explains U.S. support for the terrorist groups Mujahadeen-e-Khalq and Jundullah against Iran, and the two most likely circumstances in which |
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| My Super Ex-Girlfriend |
| Published: July 16, 2007, 1:43 pm |
| Tags: Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, Action, Recommended, Reviews |
| Ivan Reitman has directed many funny movies, including Stripes, both Ghostbusters, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Junior and Dave and writer Don Payne comes out of the Simpsons camp (and also co-wrote this summer’s F4: Rise of the Silver Surfer) so the creative pedigree is certainly strong. Actors Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard and even Anna Faris have |
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| Judge Dredd |
| Published: July 14, 2007, 6:08 pm |
| Tags: Science Fiction, Crime, Action, Recommended, Reviews |
| this movie does show that action fluff can be enjoyable when done well. modestly |
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| Live Free or Die Hard |
| Published: July 12, 2007, 12:56 pm |
| Tags: Politics, Summer2007, Thriller, Action, Recommended, Reviews |
| are flooded with false transactions. Government computer networks are compromised. The public is going into full panic mode, precisely as planned. Even the FBI’s team tasked with responding to this type of attack, lead by Bowman (Cliff Curtis) and Molina (Zeljko Ivanek, who seems to be playing key supporting roles everywhere these days), |
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| POINT BREAK Review |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 8:17 pm |
| Tags: Adaptation, Action, Crime |
| POINT BREAK (1991) For several years now, the Ex-Presidents have been robbing banks along southern California. FBI Agent Pappas (Gary Busey) has a wild theory that the bank robbers are actually surfers, and enlists his young, hot-headed partner Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) to go undercover as a surfer to see what he can figure out. His path |
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| EL MARIACHI Review |
| Published: July 17, 2007, 10:33 pm |
| Tags: Action, B Movie, Revenge, Gunplay |
| EL MARIACHI (1992) Out of the desert and into a small Mexican town roams a down-on-his-luck guitar player, seeking out his destiny to continue the family tradition of being a mariachi. But as fate would have it, the black-clad, guitar carrying mariachi bears the same trademarks as a local crime figure, who is being hunted down by his rivals. |
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| Racism and Pseudo-Islamophobia |
| Published: July 10, 2007, 9:32 pm |
| Tags: New Labour, Equality, Racism, Affirmative Action |
| Two unrelated news items I came across during the last few days. First of all, in Glasgow, since two slightly inept medical doctors crashed a four wheel drive into a glass door at Glasgow's International Airport, the police reports some 25 or so physical attacks on people perceived to be Muslim. This included even an attack on a local news agent |
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| New Star Trek and Cloverfield 1-18-08 Movie Posters |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 3:54 pm |
| Tags: Movie Marketing, Paramount Pictures, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Sequels And Remakes, Poster, Cloverfield, Jj Abrams, Star Trek |
| I’m sitting in Hall H for the Paramount panel, so this is a quick update. Paramount has given us the new posters for the JJ Abrams produced monster flick code-named Cloverfield and his upcoming Star Trek prequel. It looks liked “Monsterous” has been removed from the poster. I wonder if Paramount had secound thoughts about the |
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| Comic-Con Preview: 20 Minutes of Beowulf 3D |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 3:35 pm |
| Tags: Adaptation, Paramount Pictures, Movie Marketing, Animation, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Beowulf, Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary |
| very talky and lacked much action because they wrote it with a small budget in mind. Zemeckis hired them to rewrite the film and encouraged them to “go wild”. Gaiman also confirmed that they are aiming for a PG-13 rating despite the violence, blood and previously discussed nudity of Angelina Jolie. I’m wondering if they can |
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| Bus Photos: Spaceballs Animated Series and WarGames: The Dead Code |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 5:27 am |
| Tags: Direct To Dvd, Comic Conventions, Comic Con, Television, Images, Movie Marketing, Action Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sci Fi Fantasy, Sequels And Remakes, Spaceballs, Wargames The Dead Code |
| While waiting outside of Comic Con , we ran into two busses decked out in full promotion for the upcoming Spaceballs animated series and the WarGames direct to DVD sequel. We were able to snap off a couple photos before they drove away. We’ve written at lengths about our disgust for movie studios raping some of our favorite films for a few |
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| Beowulf Movie Trailer |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 5:18 am |
| Tags: Paramount Pictures, Adaptation, Movie Marketing, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Horror, Movie Trailers, Beowulf |
| I just got back to our hotel from the big Beowulf footage premiere and party at Comic-Con 2007. One of the many things they showed us was this movie trailer, but in digital 3D. I’m interested in hearing what you guys think of this one because on the computer screen it looks a little flat to me. The trailer is definitely a lot cooler when it |
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| Indiana Jones 4 Poster Revealed at Comic-Con |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 4:28 am |
| Tags: Comic Conventions, Comic Con, Paramount Pictures, Movie Marketing, Sequels And Remakes, Action Adventure, Poster, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones 4 |
| I was surprised to find that Paramount are handing out Indiana Jones 4 teaser posters on the show floor of Comic-Con 2007. I grabbed one on my journey through the massively crowded and exhausting preview night. The new poster is a collage of past character paintings of Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. The bottom reads Memorial Day 2008 in the |
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| Watchmen Cast List Confirmed/Announced |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 7:20 pm |
| Tags: Warner Brothers, Action Adventure, Comic Book Superhero, Casting, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Mathew Goode, Patrick Wilson, Watchmen |
| The casting for Zack Snyder’s big screen adaptation of Alan Moore’s classic graphic novel Watchmen has been confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter. But honestly most of the names on the list have been rumored to be attached to the project for months. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is the only name not in our report from last week. Morgan will play |
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| Greg Grunberg Cast in Cloverfield/1-18-08 |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 2:39 pm |
| Tags: Paramount Pictures, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Casting, Cloverfield, Greg Grunberg, Jj Abrams |
| Heroes star Greg Grunberg revealed to TV Guide that he has been cast in JJ Abrams’ top secret monster movie project code-named Cloverfield. “It’ll probably be something where no one will be able to tell it’s me,” he said. “As you know, J.J. calls me his good-luck charm, so he’s got to put me in there |
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| First Look: Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 3:52 am |
| Tags: Adaptation, Paramount Pictures, Images, Sci Fi Fantasy, Movie Marketing, Action Adventure, Beowulf, Robert Zemeckis |
| The Los Angeles Times has a first look at Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf. The article includes two brand spanking new images (seen above and to the right). Here is an interesting clipping from the newspaper’s feature: His knack for a good scrap is on show in one of the film’s pivotal fight scenes when Beowulf battles Grendel in the |
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