News for
Carnosaur (1993) More at IMDbPro »

ad feedback

2 items from 2010

17 March 2010 8:15 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

There was a time when Conan O'Brien had his dream job on The Tonight Show, but his luck, unfortunately, was fleeting. That pesky Jay Leno wanted to get back into the seat, so NBC axed the tall redhead. O'Brien's severance package earned him a healthy $30 million pay-out, but there was a catch -- he had to agree to stay off the television airwaves until the fall. But they said nothing about the big screen!

Deadline Hollywood reports that early talks have begun to turn Conan's 30-city tour, "The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour," into a documentary feature. Media Rights Capital is thinking about financing the project, and Rodman Flender is in talks to direct. Flender has been spent many years directing for the small screen, but he has also written Dracula Rising, acted in flicks like Carnosaur, and helmed Leprechaun 2.

Conan O'Brien on the big screen? »

- Monika Bartyzel

18 January 2010 9:15 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Did the post-apocalyptic, religiously themed multiplex-filler deliver you into appreciative satisfaction – or leave you doubting your faith in cinema?

Along comes the second post-apocalyptic tale to hit UK cinemas in the last month, and the critics have got this one pegged as the poor relation of John Hillcoat's The Road, which arrived first and is likely to stand the test of time rather better. Despite some excellent cinematography and a stylish, sepia-toned vision of America in the wake of nuclear devastation, The Book of Eli is hampered by faith-based sermonising and at least two ham-fisted final act twists, which most viewers will have spotted coming a mile off.

The Hughes brothers, of Menace II Society and From Hell fame, are in charge here, with Denzel Washington as Eli, a powerful desert warrior on a journey to the west coast with a not-so-mysterious tome in his possession. The landscape he »

- Ben Child

2 items from 2010