Results tagged “owenwilson”

Couple of things going on with the films released this week. With Shutter, most interesting is that it’s based on a Thai horror film, but has been, in its Western remake, transplanted to Tokyo. Reasons? Well, either “all of Asia is basically the same thing, right?” or “people always think of scary pale girls with long black hair as being Japanese, anyway.”

Interesting and depressing news today in the Toronto Star, with the revelation that there are no plans to release the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres in Canada. Why is that, hmm? The article states (quite correctly) that it’s one of the most popular shows on The Detour on Teletoon (where you can watch it at 10:15 p.m. weeknights) so why they’re not giving it at least a limited release here confounds us.

So we’ve already covered Who Killed The Electric Car? then. That’s good. Unfortunately, in the world of general release movies, there’s basically nothing happening, so…

Two ladies are chatting happily in the bathroom at the K'Naan show. One looks in the mirror while musing abstractly.

So last night, through the vexing snow of a channel we don't get, we heard a perky, entertainment-tonight sorta gal say that Owen Wilson thinks an Oscar will bring him true happiness. Now if this koan is meant to illustrate that Wilson is a serious actor, it falls flat. The critical affirmation of your peers won't make you happy, Owen! You need a summer hit. Will the Wedding Crashers be one? Most likely, which is why we'll direct our opening weekend attention to Murderball, a doc that raised the roof at Hot Docs and Sundance, and is now basking in the glow of wide release. It's about quadraplegic rugby players, and it looks fierce!