Salt Director Grateful For Wasted Taxpayer Money Dan Koelsch, July 20, 2010 We’ve been covering the Salt Day X Exists game for several weeks now, so I found this news from NBC LA rather interesting. Director Phillip Noyce made what almost seemed like a political comment, claiming that wasted taxpayer money actually helped the film. The action spy thriller follows Agent Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) as she flees from her own agency after she is framed (or is she?) for being a Russian spy. The film takes place in Washington D.C., but was actually shot in another capitol, Albany, NY. During a screening of the film on Monday night, Noyce talked about why the city worked so well for the films’ action sequences.“Due to excessive pork barreling over the years, the capital of New York has built up the most elaborate freeway system you have ever seen,” Noyce said at a screening of the film on Monday night.There was even “one overpass to nowhere which just stopped,” he added with a little surprise. While clearly a symbol of taxpayer waste, Noyce had to admit: “It was really convenient to one (movie) sequence,” he said. “It’s a tragedy (for taxpayers) but great for filming.”This misguided highway infrastructure plays a role in at least one major action sequence, as you can see in the clip below. At least something good came out of those millions of dollars wasted. Columbia Pictures’ Salt opens nationwide in theaters on July 23rd. News Phillip Noyce.Salt
Comic-Con Has a “Paranormal Activity” Viral July 22, 2011July 22, 2011While Dan is on the Comic-Con front lines, battling every Storm Trooper, Superman, and fantasy geek and taking home Slave Leias as his prize, I am here giving out all the help that I can for news that is happening outside sunny San Diego. For instance, a small viral campaign… Read More
Frank Grillo Talks “The Purge: Anarchy,” Crossbones In “Captain America 3”, Wanting To Do A Comedy, And More July 17, 2014July 17, 2014In James DeMonaco’s The Purge: Anarchy, Frank Grillo plays Leo, a grieving father, who sets out on the night where all crime is legal for a 12-hour period. During this ordeal, Leo’s personal mission experiences a few bumps in the road when he is forced to rescue and protect victims… Read More
Listen: “Olympus Has Fallen” Press Conference March 19, 2013March 19, 2013The action-packed Olympus Has Fallen, about a former Secret Service agent who has to stop the takeover of the White House, opens in theaters this Friday. We’ll have our review on Thursday afternoon, but while you wait, you can listen to the press conference where the cast and director talked… Read More
First, they're not called “freeways” out East. Second, we're talking about ONE INTERCHANGE over downtown Albany. One. Yeah, it's tangled, but it's nothing like the freeway system in L.A., for crying out loud.Also: the highway that ends in midair is a testament to city activists who kept the elevated roadways out of residential neighborhoods and a park.