And the wait for Sin City 2 just keeps getting longer.

All right, so it's only been a little more than two years since Sin City hit the multiplexes in big, violent, marvelously bloody fashion. But in this era of instant sequels (just add water, watch 'em grow) and Internet-induced ADD, it's hard to wait.

According to an interview with Frank Miller at Rotten Tomatoes, the sequel has been delayed even further, and now must wait until Miller completes The Spirit and Robert Rodriguez finishes his Barbarella remake (and considering he just signed on a week or two again, who knows how long it will take).

Well, hey, at least this debunks the recent Michael Madsen report that the bummer box office netted by Grindhouse had indefinitely halted production. Thank God for that.

Michael Moore saves the movies!

Michael Moore is a very polarizing figure and is bound to create controversy wherever he goes (gee, betcha didn't hear about his recent trip to Cuba), but one thing we can all agree on is that the guy loves movies and is willing to do anything to preserve cinema as an artform, including rescuing a decrepit one-screen theater in Traverse City, Michigan, so that the residents have a chance to see limited release arthouse flicks they usually wouldn't have the option to. He will only show movies released on less than 200 screens nationally, which I think is a great idea.

Someone mind coming to my town and doing the same?

And just so there's no bones about it, I cannot wait for Sicko.

Finally, you can get revenge on that crying kid sitting behind you at the movies.

Are you one of the many who has become increasingly pissed off with your fellow movie theater patrons?

Well, now you can take heart: Select Regal theaters in New York City are handing out a little device that you can use to rat out those annoying folks to the management. This is in an effort to appease the millions of disgruntled customers who are staying away from theaters in droves, allowing DVD to take over (you bastards!). Of course, there's the whole problem that the management will come to check out the problem and create even more of a disturbance. So I guess they still have to work the kinks out.

It's still cool.

New DVD Day: 5/29/07

This week's only notable release:



I don't know any Lecter fan who's actually subjected themselves to this wretched-looking prequel. Ugh.

Wow, that's all for this week? Pretty pathetic. We don't usually cover re-issues or boxsets except for special occasions, but I'm pretty sure the new Katharine Hepburn Collection will be a lot more kick-ass than fucking Hannibal Rising. Even if all the films in it are obscure and I've never seen any of them. At the very list, I suppose they'd be interesting.

Tonight on the History Channel: Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed.

Yup, it's Memorial Day, and while everyone else is celebrating real-life war veterans, the History Channel has decided to take a look at the legacy behind the most famous fictional war of all time, that waged between the Rebllion and the Empire. That's right...Star Wars. There's gonna be a lot of famous folks on hand to discuss their experiences with the film, and you can check out a little video clip here where Stephen Colbert, Joss Whedon, Peter Jackson, and more offer some words.

It's on tonight from 9:00 to 11:00 PM EST, and it's preceded at 8:00 by a special discussing the technology of the series. Then at 11, they replay the whole thing again.

But just in case you can't remember:



Have a happy Memorial Day!

Do the Cha Cha Cha!

Viva la Mexico!

Mexican pals and auteurs Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, and Alejandro González Iñárritu have teamed up for a $100 million, five picture deal with Universal called Cha Cha Cha. Under the deal, each of them will make a new flick, along with two other movies made by Rodrigo Garcia and Alfonso's brother Carlos Cuarón.

Since one of them's made three masterpieces (Iñárritu; 21 Grams, Amores perros, Babel), one of them's made two masterpieces (Alfonso; Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), one of them's made one masterpiece (Garcia; Nine Lives), one helped his brother write a near-masterpiece (Carlos; Y tu mamá también), and one of them's an interesting guy who could one day make a masterpiece (del Toro; sorry, Pan's Labyrinth was good but came nowhere close to living up to its hype), I am ecstatic at this news.

Imagine...Paul Rudd as John Lennon?

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According to the latest regular issue of Entertainment Weekly (they released two issues this weekend, but one is an American Idol special)--#936, June 1--in an upcoming rock 'n roll mockumentary, Walk Hard, Paul Rudd will play John Lennon and Jack Black will play Paul McCartney in a scene where the two get in an argument.

Tenacious Beatles at Penny Lane During the Holiday in the Knocked-Up Anchorman's 40 Year Old Destiny?

Okay, that was extremely contrived and probably not that funny. But I'm psyched at this news, probably because I haven't been able to stop laughing at the idea since I first heard it.

Choice quote from Rudd?

"To think that Yoko Ono would even see it makes me want to throw up."

This, however, does make the casting a bit more plausible: