Moviehole Mailbag – 21/1/09

Like Mickey Rourke, The Mailbag’s been on an extended vacation – but now it’s back. For how long? I don’t know, that’s up to my typing finger and how much pain it can take from retyping some of these messy-ass queries – – or better still, how many Dukes of Hazzard Vs. Darkman questions I can handle without smacking myself over the head with an empty bottle of Saxby’s Cheery Cheer – – Clint.

Question: When’s the Mailbag coming back? – – Jess
Caffeinated Clint: Look to your screen.

Question: So you’re producing a movie with Patrick Lussier? Is it in 3D too? – – Shane
Caffeinated Clint: Don’t you read the front page, champ?.

Question: Me good to see you back onto the move newz yeah! – – Corey
Caffeinated Clint:Me good to see you back on the drugs, Haim.

Question: I’d like to join your mailing list if you have one for future news/info – – Lauren
Caffeinated Clint:Hey Lauren, I’m working on that as we speak (or should I say, David will be getting a call from me any minute now asking ‘How do I do that, mate?’) and promise to have some kind of newsletter up before, er, The Weinstein’s greenlight “Fanboys 2”. That should give me enough time.

Question: Edward doesn’t deserve such praise, Jacob is so much better! – – Leesa
Caffeinated Clint: Here’s 30 cents, go buy yourself a school diary to scribble down your all-important feelings in

Question: I’d like to talk about “Twilight” with you, or Adam Weeks (because he loved it, and I love it that he did), and whether or not you think that Taylor Lautner is the right guy to play Jacob in the sequel – – Jan
Caffeinated Clint: Feel free to give me a call anytime on 1-800-I-Don’t-Give-A-Shit, I’d be happy to discuss it with you.

Question: Thankyou Adam Weeks for the lovely “Twilight” review! We here loved it! — Sylvia Wass
Caffeinated Clint: Our first ‘special’ member email for the year! Thanks for joining us! You better run though, the Nurse might see you using her computer!.

Question: Any idea what Andrew McCarthy is up to? — Steve
Caffeinated Clint: Oh yeah, of course, I’m like the ‘go-to guy for forgotten 80s actors’ aren’t I? sheesh… but I digress, and suck it in, to tell you that the critically-acclaimed star of, er, “Mannequin” and “Kansas” is actually on his way back…. To the shops. No, in all seriousness, he’s got two movies in the works – one with Jesse Eisenberg titled “Camp Hope”, and another one with former “Friday Night Lights” quarterback Scott Porter called “The Good Guy”. Judging by his co-stars in those films, I’d say they’re good flicks – seems that blink-and-you’ll-miss-him turn in “The Spiderwick Chronicles” has done the artist-formerly-known-as-Jonathan-Switcher some good.

Question: What can we expect in the next season of “Prison Break”? – HelloGal
Caffeinated Clint: How about new characters, new actors, new storylines and a new title for the show? It’s as dead as the ‘G’ key on my apple i-book, sexy.

Question: There’s a movie that I missed called “What Just Happened?” starring Robert DeNiro. I saw the trailer on another DVD today. Any good? – Christopher
Caffeinated Clint: There’s a line at the start of the movie where someone says “I don’t know what it is… but it’s not a movie” and that kinda sums up this thing. It’s based loosely on the adventures of real-life producer Art Linson (“The Untouchables”, “Into the Wild”) with DeNiro playing an embellished version of the man. Bruce Willis is in there too, playing, well…. he’s playing Alec Baldwin – who kicked up a fuss when Linson asked him to shave his beard for the movie “The Edge” many years ago. Sean Penn, Catherine Keener and Stanley Tucci also pop up. Linson’s book is much better (if even because he’s allowed to name names) than this, this is trying way too hard to be funny, when the book comes across as not so much funny as simply one man’s collective astringent journal entries. Mostly though, this is a bit of a dull affair – there’s just not enough in it. It’s like a Diet version of “The Player”. I’d say it’s going to go the fast route to DVD.

Question: I think you were very wrong about “The Spirit”. That movie was a blast. You know nothing sir! – – Lee

Caffeinated Clint: And I think you’re a fuckin idiot for paying good money to see shit stick to a wall, douche.

Question: Thanks for the pre-warning about “The Spirit”. It looked like crap; glad to know it is! So no sequel, then? – – Brian Greave
Caffeinated Clint: I think Frank Miller’s having a hard enough time getting his “Sin City” sequel up – – – not to mention convincing Mickey Rourke to do it. I’m sure the original plan was to do a bunch of “Spirit” movies but Lionsgate are reportedly considering investing in liquid-jelly toilet seats instead. Better returns expected

Question: hey clint holden here any way just got done reading your page about evil dead 4 any way is that true clint it not so fast so are really going to do evil dead 4 then i hope so any way keep posted on that okay any way talk latter holden- – Holden
Caffeinated Clint: Happy New Year Everyone!