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9 July 2008 2:22 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

David Frank knows more than you. Care to disagree? Unlike some who feel every remake amounts to a personal affront on their gentleman's honor, I've gone on record saying remakes rarely irk me.* So I say, why not remake Hancock? How about now? Leave the "too soon" charges for those joking about your recently deceased goldfish. Strike while the passion's hot. My friend, the sex therapist, said that once, and wisdom like that goes for things other than when the Viagra takes hold. I'm not saying a Gus Van Sant frame-by-frame remake. Now that'd be madness. I'm thinking something along the lines of Batman Begins or The Incredible Hulk. So a reboot, reworking, reimagining, or whatever word you want to use with "re" as a prefix.** Just because Hancock didn't spring from the comic pages doesn't mean it isn't a viable candidate for a redoing. The current incarnation of Hancock is a frustrating mess,

David Frank

18 April 2008 6:08 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

Spoiler Warning: Book Vs. Film is a column comparing books to the film adaptations they spawn, often discussing them on a plot-point-by-plot-point basis. This column is meant largely for people who’ve already been through one version, and want to know how the other compares. As a result, major, specific spoilers for both versions abound, often including dissection of how they end. Proceed with appropriate caution.       • Book: Paranoid Park, Blake Nelson, 2006 • Film: Paranoid Park, adapted and directed by Gus Van Sant, 2007 Given how often books get turned into films for the wrong reasons—say, because the book is popular enough to guarantee an audience, even if the adaptation is crap, or because a filmmaker can see a couple of elements worth strip-mining out of the book while rendering the rest of the story unrecognizable—adaptations like Paranoid...

17 March 2008 6:55 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

Sxsw recently concluded a week-long unveiling of some of the best and brightest new talent that indie film has to offer, but that didn't deter established players from forging ahead with the fine traditions that have this week brought us an Owen Wilson kiddie comedy, a poker mockumentary and an imitation of whatever Asian cinema was doing four years ago.

"Boarding Gate"

Three-time Palme D'Or nominee Olivier Assayas delivers a sleek and sexually charged thriller that stars the irresistible Asia Argento as a gal on the run from Europe to Asia as she indulges in affairs with both Michael Madsen's high-flying financier and the hit man sent to target him. If you can take your eyes off of Argento, keep one eye open for a supporting turn by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon.

Opens in limited release.

"Drillbit Taylor"

Judd Apatow tries to appeal to the

Neil Pedley

14 March 2008 9:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Sean Penn shares an onscreen smooch with a male co-star in his latest movie role, playing one of America's first openly gay politicians.

Penn's co-star Mark Martinez claims the Oscar winner embraced the kiss, and threw himself wholeheartedly into the liplock.

Penn plays San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk in the Gus Van Sant directed Milk.

Martinez, who appears as cross-dressing disco singer Sylvester James, tells PageSix.com, "I'm performing, and (Penn) comes onto the dance floor.

"He grabs me, and he just slaps the biggest kiss on me...It felt like the kiss was forever. I'm like, is he going to stop? I had to close my eyes, I couldn't believe it."

He was so taken with the kiss, he asked Van Sant to reshoot the scene: "I'm thinking, we gotta do this thing again. We just didn't get it right. But Gus was like, 'It's perfect, perfect, perfect.' I said, 'No! It's not perfect! Sean was laughing at me!'"

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4 articles from 2008