We posted the first teaser trailer for The Counselor back in June — the upcoming thriller written by the peerless Cormac McCarthy (he of The Road and No Country For Old Men) and directed by the occasionally great but spotty Ridley Scott. The Counselor is notable as it’s McCarthy’s first spec screenplay, which means he wrote […]
21
Aug
From the talented minds of Cormac McCarthy & Ridley Scott
12
Nov
Brad Pitt's zombie apocalypse film comes to life
The trailer to Brad Pitt’s upcoming post-apocalypse/zombie massacre film World War Z was released this weekend, and although a bunch of rumors have circulated of the film’s prenatal demise the trailer certainly looks promising. Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and directed by Marc Forster, World War Z will open this summer on June 21, 2013. Surely […]
29
Sep
The Elf pens a plea to the Oz behind Sallie Mae
NOTE: Albert Lord is the CEO of Sallie Mae. Sallie Mae is a privately owned American student loan company. If that company were a person, it wouldn’t be like Sally Struthers or even like the mamma of Forrest Gump, Sally Field. It would be more like Kim Jong-il or Dick Cheney. Dear Mr. Lord (or […]
16
Dec
Sean Penn + Brad Pitt + Terrence Malick = Awesome
I heart Terrence Malick…
8
May
Spock vs Siler, and the cold heart of JJ Abrams
UPDATE: This was originally posted on Thursday night, but since Star Trek is red hot ($76 mill!) we’re gonna keep it up top for a bit… Star Trek opens tonight at midnight, and promises to elevate Zachary Quinto from geekdom hero to…well…geekdom superhero, I suppose. I’m sure playing the über-evil Siler on Heroes probably had […]
