Archive for May, 2008

Bad Lieutenant Remake: Abel Ferrara Says, ‘Don’t Count On It.’ (Flix99.com)

Bad Lieutenant Remake: Abel Ferrara Says, ‘Don’t Count On It.’ Also, he may or may not be remaking THE SEARCHERS, possibly as some kind of revenge.
“Did everybody see the film?” Abel Ferrara cried at the jump of the Cannes press conference for Chelsea on the Rocks, compulsively putting on and pulling off a pair of […]

Blockbuster to Offer In-Store Download Kiosks (Flix99.com)

Blockbuster to Offer In-Store Download Kiosks Being the forward-thinking dinosaurs that they are, Blockbuster have announced a new plan to help save their dwindling movie rental business. Starting next month, they will begin a pilot test of digital download kiosks in various stores that will allow customers to download full movies to their portable […]

Tim Kash Searches For Stars The Smart Way (Flix99.com)

Tim Kash Searches For Stars The Smart Way With a not-so-trusty star map in hand, MTV News’ Tim Kash takes to the posh streets and secluded back roads of Beverly Hills in search of celebrity cribs. Rollin’ in an environmentally friendly Smart Car, Kash exposes Madonna’s poorly tended driveway and sizes up Sly Stallone’s heavyweight […]

5 Favorite Graduates on Film (Flix99.com)

5 Favorite Graduates on Film A look at some of the film characters who are in my mind as I walk toward the stage to pick up my diploma.

As you read this post, I am sitting on a college campus wearing a maroon cap and gown as I attend my graduation commencement. Yes, 13 years […]

Brett Ratner to Direct God of War Movie? (Flix99.com)

Brett Ratner to Direct God of War Movie? Here’s a pretty hot scoop coming to you exclusively from Film Junk (sort of). There was an article yesterday on popular gaming site Joystiq that hinted that Brett Ratner was looking to get into making video game movies (which quite honestly, doesn’t really surprise me). This […]

In The Shadow of the Moon trailer (Flix99.com)

In The Shadow of the Moon trailer Well a new trailer has been released for the upcoming documentary In The Shadow of the Moon. I am not really this infatuated with the moon but I gotta give props to the people who will probably be debunking all the theories that men didn’t land on the […]

Verne Troyer Teaches Kim Stolz The Art Of Living Large In L.A. (Flix99.com)

Verne Troyer Teaches Kim Stolz The Art Of Living Large In L.A. MTV News’ Kim Stolz has already made a name for herself in the City That Never Sleeps. But now that she’s in L.A. for this weekend’s Movie Awards, she needed a few lessons on adapting to the Town of Hangin’ Around. “I need […]

Tyson: Factual Issues? (Flix99.com)

Tyson: Factual Issues? A former Tyson associate claims James Toback’s TYSON is full of lies.
On the flight home from Cannes on Sunday, I sat next to a prominent female film critic who, like me, had major problems with James Toback’s much-praised Tyson. Particularly concerned about the section of the film where Mike Tyson tells “his […]

Iron Man to Battle the MPAA Over TV Ads (Flix99.com)

Iron Man to Battle the MPAA Over TV Ads You may have taken your kids to see Iron Man, but were you OK with them seeing violent ads for the blockbuster during their favorite TV shows?

Paramount may soon be under investigation by the MPAA for allegedly marketing inappropriate content to children. Specific TV ads for […]

MTV Sneak Peek Week Continues With Will Ferrell, Danny McBride And ‘The Foot Fist Way’ (Flix99.com)

MTV Sneak Peek Week Continues With Will Ferrell, Danny McBride And ‘The Foot Fist Way’ On Sunday, we launched our Sneak Peek Week of upcoming summer films with a screening of Adam Sandler’s “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan,” followed by a Q&A with the star moderated by our own Josh Horowitz. Yesterday evening, we […]