No time to bask in the afterglow of my film feature on Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons or the inaugural Reel Projections podcast. But before we get back down to business, let me give a hearty "Hello, how are you?" to all the fine people at the Regions bank on West Kennedy. No less than three (might have been four) employees greeted me the moment I walked through the door this morning. This wasn't a new experience; they've done this to me at least the past half dozen times I've come in to make a deposit, and it never fails to both please and unnerve me.
You're gonna learn how to fly (again): Producers of Grammer, Charles Dutton and sex kitten Bebe Neuwirth. Noteworthy if only for the curious and distracting decision to reunite Frasier Crane with Dr. Lilith Sternin).
Shia LaBeouf to star in John Grisham's The Associate. Kudos to I Watch Stuff for doing justice to this casting coup:
Be it cell phone, alien skull, AllSpark, or the modest briefcase, there is nothing Shia LaBeouf can't run around holding while shouting. He's truly our most versatile holding things and yelling young actor. When he steps into a legal thriller courtroom, the jury is going to be so awed at how he holds his briefcase and shouts objections, all with the charisma of a young Tom Hanks.
Kristen Stewart (the sleepy-eyed temptress from vampire flick Twilight) will play Joan Jett in rock 'n' roll biopic The Runaways.
Watchmen gets shorter running time: However, two director's cuts are significantly longer.
Way beyond Thunderdome: Mel Gibson says "no" to Mad Max 4 script.
It's the trophy that says "Bad Motherfucker": Samuel L. Jackson honored with American Cinematheque Award.
This article appears in Dec 3-9, 2008.