Archive for August, 2004
Cafe Lumiere Website and Trailer
RodneyNews ChatWhilst digging about through the Toronto Film Festival schedule today Cafe Lumiere stuck in my head as being somehow important but I couldn't quite place why until I came across this site. Cafe Lumi...
Tetsujin 28: The Touching Story of a Boy and His Robot
RodneyNews ChatA while back Brad Bird created what has belatedly been recognized as a masterpiece of American animation in The Iron Giant. What a lot of people don't realize is that The Iron Giant owes a lot of its...
Whee! Survive Style 5 Trailer Online.
John CampeaNews ChatKFC's Hitman is a good and gentle soul, racking up much positive karma. Thanks to him I just saw this: Remember a while back I posted a link to a Japanese film starring Tadanobu Asano, Sonny Chiba a...
Start Making Your Schedules Now
John CampeaNews ChatFor those of you who have been waiting with an open excel table for the Toronto Internation Film Festival schedule to come out - well today is the day. It's pretty easy to use and is now making me r...
Wimbledon May Surprise Us
John CampeaNews ChatAs I've mentioned in previous posts, the genre of romantic comedies is not exactly my favorite style of film to catch on a Friday night. However, every once in a while a decent one comes along that p...
Jim Caviezel is Superman?
John CampeaNews ChatComic writer Mark Millar says so and he's a whole lot better connected than I am. If it's true, I like it....
Details On Tsui Hark’s The Seven Swords
John CampeaNews ChatThere was a time when Tsui Hark's name was enough to get me to drop good coin on a new film. Between his role as producer of most of John Woo's best work and his stint directing the classic Once Upon...
Good Lord, People. You’re Smarter Than This.
John CampeaNews ChatAccording to the Hollywood Reporter that horrific Garfield movie is currently the number one movie at the international box office. First David Hasselhoff, now Garfield. Stop it. Now....
Got A Question About The Upcoming Narnia Films? It’s Probably Answered Here.
John CampeaNews ChatThere have been casting and effects rumors floating around the live action adaptation of C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia for a little while now, but now that things are firming up the powers that...
Passion of the Christ DVD Is Barer Than the Tomb and At Least One Toronto Reviewer Is Less Than Pleased About It.
John CampeaNews ChatWhile he's not generally my first choice in local film reviewers the Toronto Sun's Bruce Kirkland does come up with an article that bears mention from time to time. And this is one of those times. K...
Superbabies: BabyGeniuses 2 Doesn’t Crack the Top Ten.
John CampeaNews Chat... Yeah.. but, who really cares anyway? I sure don't. Forget I said anything....
And the So-Full-Of-It-They’re-Choking Award Goes to: Miramax.
John CampeaNews ChatJust thought I'd point out that Boxofficemojo.com has quoted Amanda Lundberg, Head of Miramax's Worldwide Relations giving the official reason why they handled the "Hero" release the way they did. R...
Pics From the Big Ol’ Geek Convention
John CampeaNews ChatSo I mentioned back on Friday that Nick and I had been roaming the big sci-fi / horror / anime / comic convention prior to going to catch Hero and promised to post some pics. Well, here they are. (m...
Godzilla: Final Wars Footage Online!
John CampeaNews ChatWhee! Monster Zero has posted links to some footage from the Ryuhei Kitamura directed Godzilla: Final Wars! They're careful to point out that this is not an official trailer, but rather footage comp...
I’d Know That Bak Anywhere …
John CampeaNews ChatNothing really there yet but it makes me happy to see that the North American website for Ong Bak is now live ... just a little more than two months until we get Tony Jaa in all his big-screen glory ....
Release Date For A Very Long Engagement
John CampeaNews ChatNot sure when this was officially announced, but I stumbled across an article today that stated Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement will hit North American theaters November 26th. I'm a huge,...
Miike’s One Missed Call Hits DVD Next Week
John CampeaNews ChatAnother find by the apparently all-seeing Logboy ... Takashi Miike's One Missed Call is being released as a two DVD set in Korea September 7th and, yes, the Korean release does include subtitles. Yo...
Starring in “Friends” equals No Movie Career for You
John CampeaNews ChatI'll come right out and admit it. I'm a guy in his 30's and I liked the show Friends. There... I said it. Coming out of the closet it very liberating. I always thought that what made that show wor...
Toronto Film Fest Launches Online Forum
John CampeaNews ChatClever folk that they are, the powers that be at the Toronto Film Festival have launched their very own online forum for the Festival. There are discussion areas set up for every program and film wit...
Hero Rules the Box Office
John CampeaNews ChatAccording to the just-released figures over at Box Office Mojo Hero is leading this weekend's box office race by a healthy margin. Despite playing on nearly a thousand fewer screens than the week's o...
Infernal Affairs Is Back On Miramax’s Release Schedule
John CampeaNews ChatRight. Now that Miramax has finally gone ahead and released Hero and a butchered version of Shaolin Soccer - the uncut, Cantonese version on the North American DVD apparently has faulty and missing s...
New Incredibles TV Spots Online.
John CampeaNews ChatNo commentary necessary. Just go watch them. Here and here....
Jay and Silent Bob are on the Comeback Trail. The Passion of the Clerks to Begin Shooting in January.
John CampeaNews ChatKevin Smith's going back to the work that made him famous with a sequel to his classic Clerks set to begin filming next year with the original cast members on board to do it all again. Read the news ...
Whedon Confirmed for X Men 3?
John CampeaNews ChatThe Hollywood North Report certainly seems to think so ... they're reporting that Whedon has signed on to write and direct with the start date pushed back to summer, 2005. I'm sad to Singer go, but i...
New Team America TV Spot Online
John CampeaNews ChatYeah, I'm not actually that big a fan of South Park boys Parker and Stone's work, but this just looks pants-wettingly funny. MTV has posted a new TV spot for the puppet animated political satire Team...
Casting Announced on Aardman’s Flushed Away
John CampeaNews ChatAardman Animation has announced the voice cast for Flushed Away, their new film about an upper class rat flushed into the sewers of London. According to the Hollywood Reporter Hugh Jackman will play ...
Trying to Figure Out the Timeline in Those Ju-on Films? Go Here.
John CampeaNews ChatPart of the fun of the original Japanese Juon films is trying to maintain a grip on the very fractured timeline and piece together what happens when. If the mental gymnastics are proving a bit too mu...
Who’s Coming To Midnight Madness?
John CampeaNews ChatOkay, we already told you which films were coming to this year's Midnight Madness but as of this afternoon we can also tell you which actors and directors will be there to present their films. First ...
You a Genre Film Fan in Toronto? Get Yourself Down to the Convention Center Pronto … Details on Appleseed’s Theatrical and DVD Releases and a Word With Chewbacca
John CampeaNews ChatPrior to tonight's screening of Hero Nick and I made it down to the Convention Center aiming to spend a bit of time at Rue Morgue's Festival of Fear, not realizing that it also included seperate comic...
Some Post-Hero Thoughts
John CampeaNews ChatAaaah ... I just got back from finally having seen Hero on the big screen and it was goooooooood. I went in a group of nine, three of whom had already seen it, six who had not, and we all left happy....
Professor Xavier Picard goes in for Heart Surgery
John CampeaNews ChatOne of the best voices in entertainment, Patrick Stewart, went in for surgury. The Assoiated Press reported the following: Angioplasty involves the use of catheters to place a small balloon in a nar...
More Goodness From Aardman …
John CampeaNews ChatYeah, yeah ... it's old news if you're in the UK but I'm not and these were never available here ... One of the side benefits to being the parent of a young child is that you get to regress and put y...
UK Trauma Website Online …
John CampeaNews Chat... and it's a good one. Unless you have an active dislike for ants, in which case it will make you very uncomfortable. Check it out here....
Hero Reviews Come Rolling In …
John CampeaNews ChatLest you think it's just a few of us deranged Asian film fans raving about how good Hero is, here are a few numbers and quotes to ponder. Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 94 Metacritic Score: 80 "An action...
Farscape Trailer Online
John CampeaNews ChatYou know, I was never a huge Farscape fan but that had a lot more to do with the availability of the show here in Canada than with the quality. Whenever I did catch an episode I was always left with ...
Just So Everybody Knows …
John CampeaNews ChatThat supposed Quentin Tarantino blog people have been talking about? Bogus, as confirmed both by his agent and one-time writing partner Roger Avery. It's still a pretty good impression of the man, t...
Wondering Where You Can Find Info On TIFF Films? Go here.
John CampeaNews ChatOkay, this kicks ass. And saves me a lot of work. Thanks to the good people at Greencine Daily I've just found this site here that links to all the films appearing in this year's Toronto Film Festiv...
Hey Gilliam Fans! The Man’s Coming To Town!
John CampeaNews ChatHey boys and girls ... Terry Gilliam is slated to begin filming Tideland in Toronto starting at the end of September. I've sent a note off to his agent to see if we might get in to see the set and me...
Rehearsal Footage From Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown
John CampeaNews ChatI first came across a link to a streaming Quicktime version of this a few days ago but couldn't get it to play right, so I never bothered to link to it. Quicktime may be the lord and master of online...
More Incredible Mirror Mask Stills
John CampeaNews ChatZowie. The more I see of this film the more excited I get about it ... Neil Gaiman has posted an additional five high res still shots from the upcoming Mirror Mask here. Scroll down a bit to find th...
