Wolverine Project Developments
July 21st, 2007
X-Men spin-off flick Wolverine has finally been assigned a director and a start date for shooting. Tsotsi’s Gavin Hood shall be assuming the directorial helm and shooting shall commence towards the end of this year, in November, with the project’s release date being slated for late 2008. With regard to plot, it’s already been revealed that the story will detail the origins of Logan’s hatred for Victor Creed (Sabretooth) and the reasons for his entrance to the Weapon X program, through which he received his adamantium skeleton. Should be interesting anyway. Read the rest of this entry »
Don’t fret my friends, my absence was merely temporary and now, I am back to litter your mind with news of the next couple of Bond movies. According to 
Thus far, this summer’s wide releases haven’t been particularly well-received by the critics, Spider-man 3 achieved a fairly average 61% on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer and Pirates of the Caribbean didn’t even get half marks, accomplishing a measly 46%. But, it seems that the next phase of blockbusters is faring a little better with Live Free or Die Hard picking up 78%, the first few reviews determining Transformers to be 82% and Ratatouille being awarded a whopping 95%. What does this upward trend dictate then? Oh yeah, it means The Bourne Ultimatum is going to amazing - excellent! But seriously, at least it means we can enjoy some fairly decent entertainment over the coming few months.
The Dark Knight is the sequel to 2005’s hugely successful Batman Begins. It, once again, follows billionaire Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale - The Machinist, American Psycho) under his superhero guise of Batman has he attempts to stop crime in Gotham City. But Batman’s valiant efforts haven’t gone unnoticed and he soon becomes the target of a sadistic villain named The Joker (Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain, Lords of Dogtown) and it’s up to him to protect himself and his allies before it’s too late. Yep, well, that’s pretty much the long and short of it. 
From two-time Academy Award winning director Milos Forman and three-time Academy Award winning producer Saul Zaentz, Goya’s Ghosts is a sweeping historical epic, told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Set against the backdrop of political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon’s army, the film captures the essence and beauty of Goya’s work which is best known for both the colorful depictions of the royal court and its people, and his grim depictions of the brutality of war and life in 18th century Spain. Javier Bardem is Brother Lorenzo, an enigmatic, cunning member of the Inquisition’s inner circle who becomes infatuated with Goya’s teenage muse, Ines, when she is falsely accused of heresy and sent to prison. 
If you’ve not heard already, Quentin Tarantino is planning to release two more Kill Bill films some time in the near future and today, some plot details have emerged courtesy of Bennett Walsh - an executive producer of the previous films. The third series instalment is apparently going to detail the revenge of two killers who Uma Thurman’s character Beatrix antecedently dismembered and the fourth film will supposedly be about a bunch of angry daughters attempting to avenge the deaths of their mothers. No doubt a lot of blood and violence shall be involved, so I will be keeping you posted. 
It looks like the end of Saw IV is going to be a bit of a shocker if director Darren Lynn Bousman’s comments are anything to go by: “When I first read it, I was on page 85 but I didn’t feel any way about it, I wasn’t pissed or excited really until I got to page 87. When I hit page 87, I was like ‘God damn it, they got me!’ And I’ve fucking done this for the last three years and they got me and that’s when I knew that I had to come back because everything before that thing took a whole different light to it.” The Saw series is notorious for it’s unexpected and often ingenious narrative twists, but Bousman’s really sold it to me this time, I mean, it shocked a guy who already knew quite a lot about it! What’s it going to do to me? 
Miklos Dongo is an Olympic gymnast whose career was ended by an injury. He comes to Canada to begin a new life as a coach. Miklos is assigned to train one of Canada’s most gifted young hopefuls. But the young man is vain and volatile and Miklos has difficulty establishing a rapport with him. Miklos comes to understand that if he is to establish a working relationship with the young man, he must overcome his own fears and confront his past, in which he suffered under the brutal training regimen of a diabolical coach. 
It all started when Charlie Logan was ten years old. Breaking the cardinal rules of spin-the-bottle, Charlie refused to lip-lock with a demented Goth girl – and she put a hex on him. Now, twenty-five years later, Charlie (Dane Cook) is a successful dentist…and still cursed. While his plastic surgeon best friend, Stu (Dan Fogler), pursues as many of his patients as possible, Charlie can’t seem to find the right girl. Even worse, he discovers at an ex-girlfriend’s wedding that every woman he’s ever slept with has found true love – with the next guy after him. Before he knows it, Charlie’s reputation as a “good luck charm” has women – from sexy strangers to his overweight receptionist – lining up for a quickie. But a life filled with all sex and no love has Charlie lonelier than ever – that is, until he meets Cam (Jessica Alba). 
The American Film Institute has once again released it’s annually updated list of the “Top 100 Greatest Movies of All-Time”. I personally disagree with a fair few placements, but then again, who am I? I am no film scholar! All I know is that The Shawshank Redemption is better than Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - so a gulf of 38 places seems absurd. Maybe I’ll compile my own list, that’ll show them. At the top? Uhhh, an Asian film, you know I’m a sucker for those foreign flicks. Wow, this post was a little more informal than usual. Anyway, read on and experience the AFI list. 
