Imagine that, a horror film from Hollywood based on an Asian one...

Despite that, or perhaps because of it, Jay gives the film a surprisingly solid review.

" I don’t know if I can give the remake a full endorsement, just because when it comes to Asian horror, I will ALWAYS say ‘see the original first’, even when they are dull (Pulse) or derivative (One Missed Call), but The Eye is at the top of the successful attempts."

Juno is a good film.

It's got a helluva (now Oscar nominated) performance from the Canadian actress Ellen Page, a charming performance by the Canadian actor Michael Cera. It's directed by a now 2 for 2 Canadian director Jason Reitman (son of the beloved Canadian director Ivan Reitman who gave us Ghostbusters).

Dammit the film was even shot in Canada.

And that explains why it isn't a Canadian film and it can't be nominated for Canadian Awards.

What?

Damn I hate my country for its stupid, stupid film rules. God help us if we make an entertaining successful film...it better be bleak, depressing and preferably touched by Sarah Polley in some way.

Homecoming is one of those movies that are good for those couch bound Sunday afternoons.  Not something you would seek out, but if it were to come on TV, the end credits would roll and you’d think to yourself, “you know? That wasn’t half bad.”

Doing a little clean up around here these next few weeks, uploading, changing servers etc...and hopefully getting a whole new look to the site...

But as we do I am catching up on some unfinished business on my part which means a whole slew of reviews from our resident Horror Master, Jay.

I am sure he is ready to slice and dice me up but at least they are finally in the intertubes.

World's Unluckiest Director

I consider Terry Gilliam the modern day Orson Welles. Not because he has made a Citizen Kane (though he has and it's called Brazil) but because he just has the worst luck.

Not to ignore the plight of Heath Ledger and all his death stuff, but poor Gilliam has been in bitter battles (see Brazil), been trounced by critics and public for a movie that should be praised (The Baron Munchausen) lost his movie to an insurance company despite having Johnny Depp in the cast (check out Lost in La Mancha) and now has a dead actor (the aforementioned Heath Ledger) with only three weeks of filming completed (the hopefully still in production The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) to deal with.

Heath Ledger Dead at 28

The last time I updated this guy's page was because I was making a silly Brokeback Mountain/Joker comment.

Here's what I don't get...I mean, we all know drugs suck, and yet, here's a dude who has been nominated for an Oscar, he has got a role in one of the biggest movies of 2008 coming up The Dark Knight and he was doing a second film with Terry Gilliam...

and he OD's...

and the person who finds him calls...an Olsen Twin.

The world is a strange very crappy place when you're at the top it seems.

Ain't No Crazy Like Ol' Crazy

Britney Spears? Pfft...just your run of the mill crazy.

Amy Winehouse? Poor Britains wanna-be Britney.

But when you got yourself a Sean Young, you have a long history of crazy that proves some people can make a career out of it.

Sure you probably have heard the stalker tales of Young as she chased down Tim Burton for a role in the Batman series but that was over a decade ago. Now she makes the stunning smart choice of heckling The Diving Bell and the Butterfly director Julian Schnabel at the DGA (Directors Guild Of America Awards). 

I'd say career suicide, but what career? Sure, she may still be getting residuals from Blader Runner and that film has been released with enough DVD versions to keep her in drinks apparently.

So what do you do when you are escorted from the DGA's?

The celebrity version of Disney World, rehab.

Lost Among The Lesbians

Oh rumours, you do abound.

As far as rumours go, this is a good one.

Model turned actress Kristanna Loken has apparently been hinting in an interview with gay publication The Advocate that she is having a lesbian on set romance with Lost actress Michelle Rodriguez during the filming of BloodRayne.

Say what you want, but in the end, this still doesn't make BloodRayne a watchable film.