“Next Time, Baby?” Not for Terrence Howard.
James Wortman While summer 2008 blockbuster Iron Man all-but-promised that Tony Stark’s best friend Jim Rhodes (Terrence Howard) would make an appearance as armor-clad hero War Machine in the next installment, the…
Movies
Have You Seen It? Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead is one of the easiest films to recommend to just about anybody. It’s witty, subversive, hilarious and loaded with gratuitous violence and gore. It’s also a…
Harrison Ford Talks Indy 5
In an October 3 interview with the Los Angeles Times’ Hero Complex blog, Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford said that series creator George Lucas is already plotting a fifth installment.…
Choke: A Wort Report Review
Chuck Palahniuk is a writer with a voice, this much is clear. Each of his novels, peppered with brutally detailed and sometimes nauseating passages, can be described as a nihilistic…
Burn After Reading: A Wort Report Short
The latest effort from Academy Award-winning writers/directors Joel and Ethan Coen is very good. It’s not great, and I would never rank it with their finer efforts such as Fargo,…
They’re Ready to Believe You!
The long-rumored third installment in the Ghostbusters series may soon begin development. Variety reports that Sony Pictures has asked co-executive producers of NBC’s The Office Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky…
Brett Ratner’s Guitar Hero?
In a disturbing bit of news from MTV’s Multiplayer blog, Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, X-Men: The Last Stand) says he wants to helm a film adaptation of the Guitar Hero…
Box Office Disaster
And there was much rejoicing in the streets. Reuters reports that the latest Jason Friedberg/Aaron Setzer comedic misfire Disaster Movie earned a paltry $6.2 million at North American theaters this…
WALL-E: A Wort Report Review
I would love to be able to go against the flow of critical reaction and general opinion and say that WALL-E was one of Pixar’s few misfires, but that would…
Of Bloodlust, Bender and Shameless Self Promotion
It’s been one of those weeks for sure. With stress coming at me from all angles, I’ve been in need of some DVD therapy. Sure, unwinding with some good ol’…