Category: Movies

Does ALIENS VS. PREDATOR have a director?
Who knows whether or not we’ll ever see it, but a scooper over at Aint it Cool News reports that the long-talked about Aliens vs. Predator production is close to signing Paul Anderson as it’s director. Anderson is also attached to direct the sequel to “Resident Evil”

JERSEY BOUND
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, who star in director Martin Brest’s upcoming “Gigli,” are reteaming for filmmaker Kevin Smith’s “Jersey Girl,” about a man named Ollie and the effects a new wife and daughter have on his seemingly full life.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT…
Disney planning a big-screen adaptation of the 1980s regular-guy superhero series The Greatest American Hero, Variety reports. The studio and producer Stephen J. Cannell have signed on Paul Hernandez to write the script.
Answer- Joey Scarbury
Look at what’s happened to me,
I can’t believe it myself.
Suddenly I’m up on top of the world,
It should’ve been somebody else.
Believe it or not,
I’m walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free-.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it’s just me.
It’s like a light of a new day-,
It came from out of the blue.
Breaking me out of the spell I was in,
Making all of my wishes come true-.
Believe it or not,
I’m walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free-.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it’s just me.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it’s just me.

Hopefully It’s Shorter Than His Other Efforts
The next person to take a crack at an “Indiana Jones” script has been named.
I wonder if they will ever actually MAKE the movie?

ONLY $110 Million
“Star Wars: Episode II- Attack Of The Clones” actually only earned $110 million at the weekend box office.
I’ve seen it 4 times already! And I can’t wait to see it again!

LucasFilm has already given out a few hidden things in “STAR WARS” EPISODE II” for you to be on the lookout for.
Han Solo doesn’t have a cameo in Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, but look closely and you’ll find a few Millennium Falcons. They’re among the many hidden gems to look for in George Lucas’ latest saga, which opened Thursday. “I like putting a lot on the screen for fans to notice, or imagine, or interpret,” Lucas says. “I think it’s what a good movie does.”
For those of you who don’t want to fork over the money to sit through the repeated viewings, however, here are a few things to look for when the lights go down:
* When Anakin and PadmÈ arrive on Naboo, you’ll spot three Millennium Falcons in the background and at the docking station.
* When Yoda is meditating and Anakin is killing the Tusken Raiders, listen for the voice of Qui-Gon Jinn, Anakin’s old master.
* When the clones attack and the evil Count Dooku is fleeing Geonosis, keep an eye out for a cameo of the Death Star.
* Remember the royal guards from Return of the Jedi? The red-cloaked personal protectors of the emperor make a background appearance in Clones, but keep an eye out. They’re there for only a second.
* During the chase scene in Coruscant, Anakin and Obi-Wan zip by different billboards with strange writing. The writing is in a style called Aurabesh and corresponds with our own alphabet. Fans with much time on their hands have already begun trying to translate them.
* While the end credits scroll along, look for the name “Michael Smith.” Mr. Smith is credited as “Javva the Hutt.” He’s not a character in the film; he’s the guy who got coffee for the cast and crew.
* The ceiling of the dining room at the Lars homestead ó which will become Luke Skywalker’s future residence ó on Tatooine has a pattern similar to the tattoo on the mug of Darth Maul, the bad guy from Phantom Menace.
* The shaaks ó the cow-like creatures that are roaming Naboo ó became the butt of jokes among Lucasfilm special-effects wizards. You can find one floating in an asteroid belt, and another is on fire in the final, climactic battle scene.

FIVE ALIVE: PIERCE WANTS NEW 007 BID
Actor Pierce Brosnan, who flew to the Cannes Film Festival yesterday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of James Bond’s first appearance on the silver screen, is gunning for a fifth shot at playing the sexy spy.
“Number 5 still appeals,” the dimpled star said.
Describing Bond’s allure, Brosnan – who’s currently filming his fourth Bond film, “Die Another Day,” with Halle Berry – remarked, “It’s the women, the gadgets, the sex, the romance, the fantasy world, the ultimate hero.”
Sean Connery first filled the polished shoes of Ian Fleming’s fictional creation in 1962 when he battled Dr. No and won the heart of Ursula Andress’ Honey Ryder.
Also yesterday, DreamWorks’ latest animated flick, “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,” premiered at the famous French Riviera film festival.
Sharon Stone, a member of the Cannes jury, attended last night’s opening wearing a fetching 1920s-style outfit.

Not Quite Record Breaking, But I Think It’s A Better Movie Than The One Ahead Of It
“Star Wars: Episode II- Attack Of The Clones” does $116 million in four days.

This Weekend’s New Films
Even if you have been under a rock, you likely know that Star Wars: Episode II- Attack Of The Clones is now in theatres. Seriously! You must know! You must also know what I wrote about it:
The 5th chapter in the “Star Wars” saga opens today and it has been much maligned in all facets of the press. And on one hand, I can see why. Parts of it are derivative of other films, and some of it could be construed as a bit slow. Meandering even.
But I didn’t see it that way.
Instead, in my afterthoughts of “Episode II” I keep coming back to something I wrote after I saw “Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace”:
“All that I want when I sit in a theatre to watch a ‘Star Wars’ film these days is to be magically transported back to a time when I was a young goofy kid and the films were unlike anything I had seen before. No matter the plot, effects or characters, as long as it delivers me to a place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, and make me feel 9 years old again, then the film has done it’s job.”
And “Episode II” has done it’s job. And done it quite admirably! For some reason, I will cut this film, and however many “Star Wars” films George Lucas wants to make, some slack. I don’t and I won’t hold it up to the same criticisms that I would other films because it made me feel like a kid again.
I thoroughly enjoyed “Star Wars: Episode II- Attack Of The Clones” and I hope you do too! I’m not here to review it, I’m simply here to endorse it!
BUT THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER FILM THAT IS NEW THIS WEEKEND
Now, with all of the hype that has surrounded Star Wars: Episode II- Attack Of The Clones, it’s understandable that you might not know that there is another film opening in your local multiplex.
But there is! It is called About A Boy and it too is incredible!
The film’s pedigree is impressive. The producers (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner) are the men who sat in a similar chair for “Bridget Jones’s Diary.” The writer of the novel upon which “About a Boy” is based (Nick Hornby) is responsible for the source material for “High Fidelity.” And the directors came into prominence by doing unspeakable things to desserts in “American Pie.” Add to that the always-appealing Hugh Grant and the gorgeous Rachel Weisz, and is it possible to go wrong? If About A Boy is anything to go by, the answer is no.
About A Boy is not a daring film, but it is immensely likable. Every once in a while, a movie comes along that, despite traversing familiar terrain, is made with enough all-around skill that it overcomes its clichÈd origins. About a Boy is such a movie. In a summer when pyrotechnics, superheroes, sequels, and mindless action are sure to rule, this film gives us a feel-good human story to savor between bursts of testosterone and adrenaline.
Sniff, sniff…I think I need a tissue!
Hee hee hee! I love it when I make fun of myself!
Anyway, may the force be with you, enjoy the popcorn and I’ll see you at the movies!

Austin Powers and Britney Hook Up for Video
Austin Powers will appear in Britney Spear’s next video and single, “Boys.” Spears and Mike Myers, the man behind Powers, began filming the video on Tuesday at a mantion in Hollywood. The two will also appear in a Pepsi commercial together. Both spots tie into the third Powers film AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER, where Spears makes a cameo appearance.