Film

Not a joke after all: Corden and Horne to star in Lesbian Vampire Killers
Nia Vardalos and John Corbett reteam for I Hate Valentine’s Day
Tommy Lee Jones to write, direct, produce and star in Hemingway’s Islands in the Stream
15 minutes of behind the scenes footage from Indiana Jones
Jonah Hill to star in 21 Jump Street adaptation?
New Hulk trailer
Leonardo DiCaprio to play Ian Fleming?
Daniel Day Lewis to do musical based on 8½

Art

Bacon’s “Triptych, 1976” sets record for post-war art sale

British TV

Kelly Brook to replace Jennifer Ellison on Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life
Gordon Brown to do PM Apprentice show?
Johnny Vegas to star in BBC3 record label comedy

US TV

Allison Mack staying on Smallville
TNT orders series from George Clooney, Joel Surnow et al
Kelsey Grammer lobbying CBS execs to rescue Back To You
Heroes webisodes to start mid-July
Scrubs boss airs some grievances

Today’s Joanna Page: From Hell

14 May 2008 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Today’s Joanna Page is From Hell, an impressively unpleasant and bad film, which is odd*, given that it was based on a graphic novel by the lovely Alan Moore, stars the equally lovely Johnny Depp and features the very lovely indeed Joanna Page. She plays a former prostitute trying to turn good for the sake of her baby. Which is… nice? Sigh. Where’s Andrea Dworkin when you need her?

* Okay, it’s about Jack the Ripper, so that should have been a clue. What’s the fascination there, by the way? We’re talking about a bloke who was really nasty to women. I’m not really sure he’s worth dwelling on unless you’re a criminal psychologist or a historian…

Wednesday’s woolly monster news

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Doctor Who

Knit your own Adipose scheme falls foul of lawyers
Burn Gorman to play Bill Sikes in Oliver!?

Film

Michael Moore‘s making a Fahrenheit 9/11 sequel
Point Break sequel planned, too
Scott Glenn to play Donald Rumsfeld in Oliver Stone’s W
Nicolas Cage to star in Bad Lieutenant remake
David Cronenberg to remake Timecrimes?

British TV/Technology

Kangaroo to become SeeSaw

US TV

Donnie Wahlberg in TNT drama
Venture capitalists to rescue Moonlight for The CW?
Shark cancelled
Boston Legal‘s fifth season to be its last

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