Just a couple of months ago, I was writing about American filmmaker’s propensity to remake Japanese horror films. With that well running dry, it seems some directors have decided to move on to Korea. Directed by brothers Thomas and Charles…
Back in 1997, when I first heard about Air Bud a film that revolved around a basketball playing golden retriever, I thought “there’s another way someone’s trying to make a buck off Michael Jordan’s moniker. While that was likely true,…
Even if you understand motion picture studios have always milked a franchise whenever they saw the chance, sometimes you still have to ask why. If a movie is popular enough, especially a comedy, a studio is bound to follow it…
Few would question Alan Ball’s talent. He wrote the Oscar winning screenplay for American Beauty (2000), and created and produced the popular television series’ Six Feet Under and True Blood for HBO. Ball made his directorial debut with one of…