NEWS ROUNDUP: THE X-FILES, THE DARK KNIGHT, VENOM, SUSPIRIA, ZACK AND MIRI
THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE
Our in-depth review of the brand new X-Files feature film is now up. You can check out our review of The X-Files: I Want To Believe over on our Blogspot page here. We’re all hoping that this one performs well enough for the mooted third film to be made!
BATMAN TAKES ON SPIDER-MAN
The Dark Knight has officially passed the first Spider-Man movie as the most successful comic book movie blockbuster of all time. The new Batman film now stands at number 7 in the list of all-time blockbusters due to its massive opening run. It has now grossed well in excess of 400 million dollars at the US box office alone. Incidentally, you can still check out our discussion of the film from yesterday- THE DARK KNIGHT DEBATE.
McFARLANE NOT SOLD ON VENOM IDEA
Todd McFarlane has said in a recent online interview that he’s none too sure about the proposed Venom feature film. He stated that he didn’t think that the character, as popular as it is, had what was needed to be a viable movie lead. This can agree with as it is hard to feel any connection with a murderous alien symbiote who spends much of his time ripping people new orifices. While I can see an audience wanting to check out a full-on Venom movie, I do believe it would be a mistake to make him a hero, as that goes against the character’s history, not to mention his previous movie outing in Spider-Man 3.
SUSPIRIA IS THE NEXT TO BE BUTCHERED
Ho hum, another week, another stupid remake idea. Hollywood really have got every last drop out of their ideas well and have taken to seemingly castrating every popular horror franchise and film ever made. The latest film that is to get a dumbed-down, hyped-up makeover is to be none other than Dario Argento’s Suspiria. What makes this worse is that it is Natalie Portman who is trying to shop it around. What? Will she then try and follow it with Inferno and Mother of Tears? If not, whats the point? Suspiria should be left as it is- a surreal genre film that only horror elitists give a monkey’s about. Actually, maybe Portman is hoping that not enough people will have heard of it to realize it’ll be just another bland remake.
ZACK AND MIRI- R RATING APPROVED
The latest entry in Kevin Smith’s quest to fill our lives with rude words and even ruder situations has been granted the R rating in the US, which is what Smith was after. There were fears that the film would receive the NC-17 rating instead due to its subject matter, but the film has been passed without further cuts.
August 7th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
I’ve been reading along for a while now. I just wanted to drop you a comment to say keep up the good work.