The folks at our sister site
Cinematical are working hard to give you news and reviews of the best -- and worst -- the silver screen has to offer. Here are some of their latest musings on the latest blockbusters, indies, and everything in between:
- I don't have anything against Ali Larter as an actress, but I really hate her character(s) on Heroes,. It doesn't look like I'll like her character in Obsessed much more.
- Sure, there's 24 hours of A Christmas Story, but how about a fireside viewing of L.A. Confidential instead? Cinematical Seven takes a look at unconventional holiday movies.
- I really wanted the mysterious new Will Smith movie, Seven Pounds, to be good. Unfortunately, it does not look like I'll be getting my wish. Read Cinematical's review here.
- Want to be a part of the filming of Funny People, Judd Apatow's next movie? Cinematical tells you how to live the dream.
- Have you ever wondered what Star Wars would look like as a silent film? No? Well, some guy did. Check out a fan-made Star Wars silent movie.
During this upfronts week, you'll not only hear about the shows that make the schedule, you'll hear about pilots that didn't make it. But what happens to the pilots that don't make it? The pilots that are never seen by the public (unless they make it to the internet, which couldn't happen years ago), what happens to them? Forbes has an
interesting article about failed pilots (and if you'd like to read a great book on failed pilots, try to track down a copy of
Lee Goldberg's two books,
Unsold Television Pilots I and II.)
Forbe's also lists the
Top 10 Failed Pilots, and while it doesn't include
Samurai (with
Riptide's Joe Penny as a lawyer by day, sword-wielding superhero by night!), it does include
Ethel Is An Elephant, about a guy who moves into a NYC apartment with an elephant roommate;
Poochinski, with Peter Boyle as a cop who is killed on duty and comes back as a dog;
Rewrite For Murder, with George Clooney and Pam Dawber as mystery writers; Wil Wheaton in
13 Thirteenth Avenue, about a kid who moves into a new apartment building and has vampires and werewolves as neighbors (!), and
L.A. Confidential, a TV version of the movie, with Kiefer Sutherland! Wow, I actually would have loved to have seen that.
[via
TV Tattle]
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