For all you horror buffs out there who have been disappointed with recent attempts
at gory horror movie revivals (I’m looking at you, Roth), hope is still
on the horizon in the form of Grind House, a joint venture headed
by the awesomeness that is Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.
Did anybody else besides me pitch a heterosexual admiration tent in their pants
solely from David Strathairn’s performance in Good Night, and Good
Luck?
The famed Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan, have signed on to write and direct an
adaptation of No Country for Old Men, a novel by Cormac McCarthy
(All the Pretty Horses) set to be released sometime in 2007.
For all you underground comic book geeks out there (which extends far beyond Chris Ware… I’m just saying…), indie superstar and only-comic-book-pro-to-ever-be-nominated-for-an-Oscar Daniel Clowes (creator of Ghost World, poster illustration for Happiness) has a few new projects on the horizon.
The gist; Dave Chappelle is throwing a block party with all your favorite
hip-hop and R&B artists, and he’s inviting random people off the streets to
attend the festivities. Now lemme start by saying I
freakin’ love this thing. It’s gonna be hard to hate-bash it, but I’ll try my
darndest.