Funny Games is not a movie I would wish upon anyone I care about. People complain about movies like Hostel and SAW, referring to them as Torture Porn, well then Funny Games is Psychological Torture Porn. And by that I mean boring, and stupid. Why anyone would remake this film I will never know. Director [...]

Angels & Demons may be delayed due to the writers strike, but that preproduction of The Da Vinci Code prequel has marched on. Naomi Watts (King Kong, Mulholland Dr., 21 Grams) has signed on to appear opposite Tom Hanks in the new Ron Howard film. Watts will likely play Vittoria Vetra, the adopted daughter of [...]

I must reluctantly admit that I have yet to see Funny Games, the home invasion horror/thriller from Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke. The film got some great reviews and was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival in 1997. Time Out described it as “a masterpiece that is at times barely watchable”.
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David Cronenberg is a director that tends to polarize audiences. Either you love him, or you hate him. I’m one of the few people who sways back and fourth depending on the film. I was a fan of his earlier films, and really ended up digging A History of Violence. And I was very excited [...]

Naomi Watts will star in an adaptation of Amy Sutherland’s Kicked, Bitten and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World’s Premiere School for Exotic Animal Trainers for First Look Pictures. Todd Louiso (Love Liza) and Jacob Koskoff are scripting it into a romantic comedy.
Former SNL Weekend Update duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will co-star [...]