Things sure are funny in the Great White North
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Check out these clever posters for the Canadian Film Fest that give classic Hollywood images a distinctly Canadian twist.
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THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN isn’t making many stops … but we’re one of them
2 comments July 31st, 2008
According to Cinematical.com, the new horror flick THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN is only opening on 100 screens this weekend. That’s sort of strange, but even stranger is the fact that all those theaters are second-run houses. And even stranger than that is that one of those houses is our very own North Towne Theater.
Based on a story by horror writer Cliver Barker, THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN follows a photographer who explores the subways of New York City and encounters a nasty character called “The Butcher” who preys on unwitting passengers. It looks like a genuinely grim and gory movie, as the title seems to indicate. Reviews are surprisingly good — if you like this sort of movie, you’ll probably like THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN.
So this post is for you, horror movie fans — check out MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN this weekend. If it’s only playing on 100 screens nationwide, there are probably a lot of other gorehounds all over this great land of ours who wish they had a chance to see it.
What’s up with the Woodman?
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Duane Dudek has an interesting interview with Woody Allen over at his blog. Among the revelations: Allen still uses the same Olympia portable typewriter he bought when he was 16.
“I know how it works, “Dudek quotes Woody as saying. I know its ins and outs. I don’t do the kind of typing a stenographer does. Where a computer comes in handy. And I can type fast. I’m perfectly happy with a typewriter. Only it’s getting harder and harder to find ribbons for it.”
Allen’s next movie, VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA, stars Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson, and opens in August. But I’m more interested in his next movie, which is titled WHATEVER WORKS and stars comic genius Larry David (he of SEINFELD and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM fame). Woody’s recent comedies have been so-so, but a jolt of David’s patented dark humor might be just what the Woodman ordered.
The movie’s not due out til next year, but here’s a photo of Woody and Larry on location. I like how, even talking with one the legends of film comedy, Larry still looks skeptical about the whole thing.
