Snark, Critic and Pop!

So it’s come to this. A teaser trailer for the full length trailer for the remake of Total Recall featuring Colin Farrell in the lead: (continue reading…)

The Way Back is a gut wrenching drama about the (debatably) true story of a group of escapees who escaped from a Soviet gulag in Siberia during World War II and walked to freedom in India – a 4,000 mile trek.  The film is based on a sensational book with the more appropriate title, The Long Walk.  “The Long Walk” makes sense, as 4,000 miles is indeed a considerable journey by any mode of transport, let alone foot.  “The Way Back” suggests a return to a place one has been, and none of the escapees are from India.  I suppose in a metaphysical sense their odyssey is the “way back” from the enslavement and oppression of Stalin’s Soviet Union to freedom. (continue reading…)

Funny story. Just the other day, I was saying to someone, “Wouldn’t it be nice if someone made yet another hyperactive, modernized, updated version of Hitchcock’s classic Rear Window?” “Yes,” Someone replied, “But it needs a hook.” “Well, Someone,” I countered, “What if, instead of a murderous neighbor, its a murderous neighbor vampire and the protagonist is a kid, like in that totally unrelated film Disturbia?” “If the vampire is played by Colin Farrell, you’ve got a deal!” And here it is: