Author: Jason Zingale

If there’s one thing I learned from playing “Boogie” – Electronic Arts’ first exclusive title for the Nintendo Wii – it’s that no matter how much my friends may insist, I should never, ever step foot into a karaoke bar. Why embarrass myself in front of a drunken crowd of strangers when I can do the same in the comfort of my own home, right? One part karaoke game, one part dancing game and two parts flawed design, “Boogie” is one of those concepts that sound brilliant when it’s being pitched, but doesn’t quite work out the way everyone had…

Gwyneth Paltrow is movie royalty – her mother is Blythe Danner and her godfather is Steven Spielberg – but you wouldn’t know it from just meeting her. The A-list actress is one of the most down-to-earth people you’ll ever meet, and though she was once known as “that actress who was engaged to Brad Pitt,” she’s now married to “that guy from Coldplay.” She’s also one of the best actresses of her generation, so it certainly raised a few eyebrows when she picked “Iron Man” as her grand return to the big screen. While sitting down to chat with Bullz-Eye…

Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell know a thing or two about hard work. The former “Saturday Night Live” stars spent years on the set of the NBC sketch comedy series before landing their first leading role, so why is Andy Samberg (who just wrapped his second season) being fast-tracked to stardom? Because he’s the only current cast member with a fighting chance of making it big. He might not know it yet, he has the power to turn “SNL” into must-see TV once again. His first order of business – star in a character-driven comedy – doesn’t fall too far…

American audiences were first introduced to Edgar Wright and Nick Frost when their rom-zom-com “Shaun of the Dead” became the surprise hit of 2004. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t that big, but it’s a movie whose profile continues to grow with each passing year. Currently traveling the country to promote the U.S. DVD release of their latest collaboration, “Hot Fuzz” (sans star and friend Simon Pegg), the dynamic duo hosted a press conference at the San Diego Comic-Con for a select group. Bullz-Eye was one of the lucky publications invited to the event where the guys discussed the new DVD…

Once upon a time, director John Woo made entertaining films. This was, of course, before the Hong Kong native went all Hollywood with such forgettable duds as “Broken Arrow” and “Paycheck,” and unfortunate misfires like “Mission: Impossible II” and “Windtalkers.” Of the eight American features he has directed, only one (“Face/Off”) can be considered an actual success, which makes a movie like “Hard Boiled” such an interesting case. Filmed only a year before leaving for the West Coast and a lifetime of embarrassment, the director’s final collaboration with longtime pal Chow Yun-Fat isn’t only one of his best films ever…

Ah, zombies – the gift that keeps on giving. Or so it seems for Sony and the “Resident Evil” franchise, a series that continues to perform well at the box office despite a major drop-off in quality. That isn’t to say the films were very good to begin with, but the original remains one of the better video game adaptations to ever come out of Hollywood. Any credibility that film may have earned, however, was quickly erased with the release of “Resident Evil: Apocalypse,” an abomination of a sequel that didn’t deserve such a warm reception from fans. Now, a…

It was sometime in late January when the teaser trailer for Danny Boyle’s “Sunshine” first hit the net, and suffice it to say, I was blown away. Already leading an impressive career highlighted by his seemingly effortless ability to hopscotch between genres – from crime caper (“Trainspotting”) to horror (“28 Days Later”) to family film (“Millions”) – it wasn’t at all impractical to think that Boyle could be the one responsible for delivering this generation’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” It was, however, a major disappointment to discover that no matter how good of a movie the trailer may have suggested…

Let’s be honest: while all of us wannabe rockers absolutely love shredding it up to the latest tunes on “Guitar Hero,” it doesn’t even compare to the level of excitement and anticipation that’s been building around Harmonix’s “Rock Band.” There’s always been a certain element missing from the music/rhythm genre, and “Rock Band” rectifies that with the addition of two new instruments (microphone and drums), a superior soundtrack, and the best multiplayer experience money can buy. It’s definitely going to cost you ($170 for the complete bundle), but it’s never been more worth it. The real allure of the game…

Werner Herzog is a man known more for his gripping documentaries than his narrative films, so it’s not at all surprising to discover that “Rescue Dawn” a) opens with archive footage of the Vietnam War, and b) tells the true story of German-American naval pilot Dieter Dengler. Granted, Herzog’s previous experience with Dengler – who was the subject of his 1997 documentary “Little Dieter Needs to Fly” – makes him the perfect man for the job, and though the movie feels cliché in parts, and a little too reminiscent of “Apocalypse Now” in others, it stands as one of the…

Animation is perhaps the most eclectic art form in the world, but ask the average moviegoer what their favorite animated film is and you likely won’t get a response that strays beyond Disney and Pixar’s catalogs. The same can be said of graphic novels. Despite their close relation to comic books, the former typically offers a higher artistic value than you normally find in the world of superheroes. So why are so many graphic novels adapted into live-action features? Aside from the obvious advantages in marketing a movie with real actors, art house cinema has never been able to compete…