René Carson

Eyes Director Looks In the Mirror

The Hills Have Eyes director Alexandre Aja has committed to direct Into the Mirror next, a horror thriller to be financed by New Regency, Variety reported. Marc Sternberg, Alexandra Milchan, Aja and his partner, Gregory Levesseur, will produce the movie, which begins shooting this fall. Aja and Levesseur will re-write the original script by Jim Uhls and Joe Gangemi. Into the Mirror is a remake of the Korean ….

101 Greatest Screenplays

This is a list that will be hotly contested. Below is a link to the WGA list of 101 greatest screenplays of all-time. Some obvious favorites for me includeNorth by Northwest, The Shawshank Redemption, Fargo and The Sting. Some surprises (at least to me) included Tootsie, The Sixth Sense andBack to the Future. Don’t get me wrong, I think they’re great ….

Hard Candy Trailer in HD

Hard Candy revolves around a 32-year-old man who takes home a 14-year-old girl he meets on the net; possibly with ideas that end up on the evening news. But the tables are turned when he gets rolled himself. But what is this young girl really after? Sadly, the tables are rarely turned, but it’s interesting that ….

Bubba Ho-tep Sequel Moving Forward

Don Coscarelli, co-writer and director of the 2002 indie hit Bubba Ho-tep, may be on track with his plans to do a prequel called Bubba Nosferatu,according to SCI FI Wire. The film had a series of major setbacks, including the selling of MGM to Sony, and then co-star Ossie Davis, who played John F. Kennedy, died last year. The sequel idea started out ….

Running With Scissors Trailer

The promo for Running With Scissors ran on Nip/Tuck and has been floating around the web since January, but it’s still hilarious. So below are some links to it. The story revolves around young Augusten Burroughs, the son of an alcoholic father (Alec Baldwin) and an unstable mother (Annette Bening), he’s handed off to his mother’s therapist, Dr. Finch (Brian Cox), and spends his formative years as ….

The Sentinel Movie Preview

Michael Douglas plays a disgraced special agent to the White House who endeavors to foil a conspiracy to assassinate the President of the United States in The Sentinel. Douglas is always a strong actor, and produces solid thrillers, and The Sentinel looks to be no different. The film hits theaters on April 21, 2006. I have posted photos, a complete ….

Lucky Number Slevin is a Lucky Devil

Lucky because he gets to roll around in bed with Lucy Liu and discuss movies (but maybe he could find something better to do with that time, huh.) The Weinstein Company has sent me a sexy clip from Lucky Number Slevin, in which Josh Hartnett and Lucy Liu debate over which James Bond is best while in the sack. We also have some great still ….

Boston Mob Story to Hit Theaters

A group headed by Arthaus Pictures has acquired the motion picture rights to the best-selling book Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the FBI, and a Devil’s Deal, and has begun development of a film on its main character, fugitive underworld figure Whitey Bulger. Written by prize-winning Boston Globe reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill, Black Mass is a true-crime saga about FBI corruption and ….

Don’t Mess With This B…Lady

Lady Vengeance, the critically acclaimed Korean hit, is finally getting a release here in the U.S. The film is about Lee Geum-Ja, a young woman who goes to prison for the murder and abduction of a child, in order to protect her accomplice, known as Mr. Baek, only to find out that she has been betrayed ….

The Brazilian Job Update

Three years ago, a cool remake called The Italian Job, hit theaters sort of off-guard. It’s unique blend of comedy, suspense, and adventure was a home run for director F. Gary Gray, and it’s stars. Now the crew that swiped the rug from under us is back, and they want even more loot in The Brazilian Job. Here’s what I ….

Transformers Goes Live With Michael Bay

Here are some recent developments on the big-budget Transformers movie currently being prepped by director Michael Bay (Armageddon, Bad Boys). First introduced in 1984, the Transformers toy line took the world by storm with its compelling saga of Autobots versus Decepticons. The innovative brand created a tremendously successful toy line from Hasbro and Takara, comics, a television program and a ….

Harryhausen to Receive Sci-Fi Honors

Legendary visual-effects wizard Ray Harryhausen will receive the George Pal Memorial Award at the upcoming 32nd Annual Saturn Awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, the academy announced. Harryhausen, the filmmaker behind such fantasy film classics as Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, has inspired filmmakers working in fantasy and science fiction around the world, for generations. ….