Lawsuit

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But Brokeback Mountain IS educational

Something about this case makes me chuckle. Chicago eighth graders were subjected to the horror that is forbidden rural man love when a substitute teacher slyly popped in Brokeback Mountain to educate the kids. “What happens in Ms. Buford’s class stays in Ms. Buford’s class,” the makeshift mentor allegedly said as the door [...]

Jet Li recipient of lawsuit for role in Fearless

Looks like Jet Li is in the middle of a lawsuit due to his role in his latest, and rumored to be final, action picture, Fearless. Note that I tried to pick up the film this past weekend, but ended up with the sub-par Dragon Squad instead, as for the time being none of the copies of Fearless available for purchase feature English [...]

ISLAND Lawsuit Served Today

Gareth of sknr.net sent us this yesterday evening. It appears the new film The Island is a ripoff of an older film, Clonus, and the scriptwriters never asked the makers of the original film if they could make a remake. Kinda like Tarantino when he remade City on Fire. But unlike Ringo Lam, the original [...]

Is Peter Jackson Underpaid?

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson has filed suit against the movie studio behind his “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, claiming the studio may have cost him tens of millions of dollars.
Jackson has accused New Line Cinema, which financed and distributed the “Lord of the Rings” film franchise, of committing fraud in [...]