Andy challenged me to post my own trailer (Did you miss me? No? Fine.), so here it is in all it’s excessively long-named glory. But first, four things. 1) Vampires are dumb. 2) John C. Reilly playing one proves it. 3) This vampire craze is about to implode– The Vampire’s Assistant may help. 4) Somewhere in the middle, I kind of laughed.
Author: Dan
Since we’re on the topic of game-based movie adaptations (Halo!), EA’s enjoyable and visually excellent Dead Space is warming up for a film treatment itself. Of course, this will be more of a remake, since Dead Space owes almost all of its story/mood to Event Horizon, replacing Satan and his minions with The Thing‘s mutating body horror and Alien‘s blue collar space gloom. Eagle Eye/Disturbia‘s D.J. Caruso is attached to direct, which bodes well. The guy’s capable and stylish and– …
Remember Tron? With its unique story and its visually stunning representations of computer programs duking it out in a video game, Geeks and 80’s nostalgiacs remember it fondly, despite the grownup Disney movie arriving shortly after–and being drowned by– E.T. and Firefox. Recently, I watched it again… and it still holds up as an interesting and visually impressive (it’s got 80’s light up legwarmers!) film. Disney agrees, as last year they debuted test footage for a sequel which was such …
We’ve mentioned Denzel here at AATM before. While everyone loves Mr. Washington as an actor, we contend from role to role Denzel simply plays Denzel. And that’s cool with me, because I like chest-pounding Denzel and smiling-I’m-getting-frustrated-and-you’re-about-to-get-it Denzel. I like calm Denzel. I like stoic Denzel. And it’s a good thing Book of Eli has Denzel attached as star, because everyone else likes Denzel, too and post-apocalyptic movies seem to fare worse for wear than others. Which is too bad, …
Chris Evans has had a tough go. The guy’s imminently watchable but, like the equally watchable Ryan Reynolds up to this year (maybe?), his fire just isn’t spreading. How many almost made it movies does the guy have to star in to catch the break where his name becomes household, as opposed to reminding you of some kid you might have known back in college? I don’t know, but between the boring/slapdash/yet-liked-by-me Push, to the see it if you haven’t …
District 9 has been getting pimp treatment from yours truly since the dawn of AATM. I’ve always been a believer in the defunct Halo project’s hired then fired director Neill Blomkampk’s skill as storyteller/director since seeing his demo reels and the genesis short film to District 9, Alive in Joberg (see below). In fact, District 9 is probably my most anticipated film of the summer and its release, August 14, is quickly approaching. With Comic-Con in full swing, District 9 …
Once rumored to be in the running for the reigns to The Hobbit, Sam Raimi has nonetheless nabbed his fantasy epic with a film adaptation of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft. Known to shutins (and the family members who cry for them) across the globe, World of Warcraft follows hot elves, cow-men, armored bodybuilders and a bunch of other “Mage/Paladin” named avatars across a fantastical realm full of perverts, boob-oglers and mythical beasts. Along …
Back in the day, I snuck in a viewing of Nightmare on Elm Street thanks to free HBO at a hotel my family was staying at. That taught me not to be naughty– my sneaky viewing caused me a case of adolescent pants-pooping and a penchant for nightlights that I gave up only last month. The franchise ran its course and lost steam, but thanks to Platinum Dunes (Michael Bay’s little horror house) and their love for remaking iconic 80s …