1. Google Found the Loch Ness Monster
Check out the amazing and utterly convincing photographic evidence -- taken by satellite! True, Nessie is in the Loch … just on a yacht … piloted by Bigfoot … with Ted Danson serving drinks. Come to think of it, why hasn’t there been a $200M Loch Ness Monster movie yet? Those proud Scots McBay and McG should team up -- and get McLovin’ in the lead. Reminds me of the time they found Atlantis off the coast of Spain.
2. Tarantino Channeled Agatha Christie
We all know QT is the magpie, sifting through the pop culture detritus for strands of gold he can weave into something new. But now he apparently stole “Inglourious Basterds” from a 1939 Agatha Christie story. And an unpublished one at that! London’s “Daily Mail” printed “The Capture of Cerebus” last week.As EW noted – SPOILER ALERT -- it shares a major plot point with Tarantino’s WWII revenge flick. I’m saying he gets a pass on this one.
3. Spoiler Alerts Cost Nothing -- Use Them!
Just two words, but they can mean the difference between enjoying a film the way a director, writer, actors and hundreds if not thousands of crew members meant it to be seen -- that is, with the ending not revealed. I am simply amazed at how many critics, columnists and bloggers have seen fit to blithely discuss “Inglourious Basterds” plot twists and endingg without giving their readers the slightest forewarning. Not cool.
4. The 2000s Film Titles Are Being Snapped Up
Get in quick. We’ve had 2001, of course, and 2010. And “2012” is earmarked by Roland Emmerich for mass destruction. But “2081” promises a horrible future of… artsy ballet and loud noises?
Kurt Vonnegut’s 1961 short story “Harrison Bergeron” -- about a dystopian future in which everyone is made equal thanks to the nasty work of the “Handicapper General” – was filmed previously as a 1995 TV movie starring Sean Astin. This version’s supposed to be closer to the original’s dark vision but the trailer’s perhaps a little too … WTF.
5. We’re Off to See the Wizard -- and Kick His Ass!
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the release of MGM’s classic “The Wizard Of Oz." What better way to celebrate than with a pristine Blu-ray release? That’ll be here in a few months and I can’t wait. But what better way to bring fans down than by announcing a sequel is in the works. Yes, because it has been a whole two years since we had this spin-off:
Anyhoo, the next one, co-produced by “Spawn” creator Todd McFarlane will have Dakota Fanning as Dorothy’s granddaughter who gets sucked back to Oz.
