Interview: HOT FUZZ’s Simon Pegg and Nick Frost

NIck Frost and Simon Pegg, the Bad Blokes fromHot Fuzz recently hosted a round table discussion of their new flick.The discussed using the "S" word, working with heavyweight British Actors.. and yes, cake flushing…

Edgar Wright Interview: HOT FUZZ!

Edgar was never this serious during the interview. Edgar Wright, director of HOT FUZZ and SHAUN OF THE DEAD, sat down for a roundtable with Crackpot Press. Hot topics include Cake Flushing, Oscar Winner Cameos in HOT FUZZ and his trailer “DON’T” now showing at the GRINDHOUSE.

MOVIE REVIEW: HOT FUZZ!

Originally written for FILM RADAR.  ALSO: Read the Interview with director Edgar Wright and CRACKPOT PRESS and FILM RADAR sit down with the  stars of HOT FUZZ "Bad Blokes, Bad Blokes.. watcha gonna do?" Kick some arse, of course! The “Bad Blokes” who brought you “Shaun of the Dead” are back in action with a […]

REVIEW: THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY

Orignially written for Film Radar  Interview with Cillian Murphy conducted 2-27-2007 We recently sat down with CILLIAN MURPHY to discuss his new film Ken Loachs’s latest film, THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, explores a widely undocumented age of World History. Both a family melodrama and war film, the 2006 Palme d’Or winner sheds light […]

MAXED OUT: THE CARDS ARE STACKED

Orignially written for Film Radar   There is something in your pants that can burn you. Specifically, it’s in your wallet. A new film by James Scurlock, MAXED OUT, takes an in-depth look at how the credit card companies have exploited the definitions of credit to cater to the self-entitlement of the American consumer. One […]

MAXED OUT: THE CARDS ARE STACKED

Orignially written for Film Radar   There is something in your pants that can burn you. Specifically, it’s in your wallet. A new film by James Scurlock, MAXED OUT, takes an in-depth look at how the credit card companies have exploited the definitions of credit to cater to the self-entitlement of the American consumer. One […]

MAXED OUT: THE CARDS ARE STACKED

Orignially written for Film Radar   There is something in your pants that can burn you. Specifically, it’s in your wallet. A new film by James Scurlock, MAXED OUT, takes an in-depth look at how the credit card companies have exploited the definitions of credit to cater to the self-entitlement of the American consumer. One […]

The Men of “Friday Night Lights”

With a new year come new men. Over the holidays I discovered my new favorite show: Friday Night Lights. I was less than impressed with this show’s pilot, so I decided to bench it as a dumb football thing with bad camera work and bad lighting. But NBC was smart in airing a marathon over […]

HALF-REMEMBERED REVIEWS…

…in which I, Greg, render opinions on things which I mostly draw a blank on. QUARK TV Show (Sci Fi Comedy) Year: 1979? Half-remembered plot points: Richard Benjamin is the frustrated captain of a space garbage scow, who takes orders from a giant floating head with sort of a big gay moustache. I seem to […]

IDIOCRACY: Judge Offers An Inconvienient Truth

On a tip from Media Bistro, I checked out the new Mike Judge/20th Century Fox flick “IDIOCRACY.” FOX doesn't want anyone to see this flick. This film is currently in 130 theaters across the land and the studio  is not showing any previews or doing any press. But why? The flick finds the mentally average […]