Kevin Kelly

Surfwise: Hanging Ten Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be

By Kevin Kelly 

Back in the later 1950s, a prominent doctor named Dorian Paskowitz dropped out of the traditional life and took his wife on the road, living out of a trailer. Before long, they had nine kids (eight boys and one girl), and they lived a life of surfing out of that trailer, before things began to unravel.

Ewan McGregor Joining Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons

By Kevin Kelly 

Ewan McGregor is joining Tom Hanks in The Da Vinci Code prequel/sequel Angels and Demons. With a much better storyline, this Hanks/McGregor combo could prove to be better than the first flick.

Is James Bond’s Quantum of Solace Cursed?

By Kevin Kelly 

James Bond’s Quantum of Solace has been plagued by a series of three driving accidents in the past week. Is there a curse on this movie? The press seems to think so.

Del Toro Looks Beyond Hellboy 2 to Hellboy 3… And No More

By Kevin Kelly 

Guillermo del Toro sets his sights on a possible sequel to Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, but will draw the line at any further sequels. Looks like Hellboy will turn into yet another movie trilogy.

Is The Incredible Hulk In Danger of Imminent Floppage?

By Kevin Kelly 

Recently I was at the movies in a packed house when they showed a trailer for the upcoming The Incredible Hulk. The resulting response from the audience was a collective “Huh?”

Roger Ebert: Film Critic, Historian, and… Blogger?!

By Kevin Kelly 

Roger Ebert has had a rough time with health issues lately, and while he might be laid up with a broken hip, it hasn’t stopped him from entering the wild and wacky world of blogging.

The Love/Hate Affair with the Entertainment Weekly Summer Movie Preview Issue

By Kevin Kelly 

The monster issue that is the Entertainment Weekly 2008 Summer Movie Preview is on newsstands and in mailboxes everywhere. Find out why we just can’t quit this damn thing.

Netflix Raising Prices For Blu-ray Disc Renters

By Kevin Kelly 

Netflix is going to start charging you more if you rent Blu-ray discs. Is that fair? HELL NO sayeth the Film School Rejects. You can raise my Blu-ray prices over my cold, dead HD-DVD player.

Frank Miller In Talks To Direct The Massive Mayhem of Hard Boiled

By Kevin Kelly 

Frank Miller wants to follow up The Spirit by directing his 1990 comic book project Hard Boiled, which features some of the most beautiful scenes of destruction you’ve ever seen. With fanboys still waiting for a finished version of The Spirit, any ideas how this will turn out?