Hollywood does Genre

Gay does genre this season with Hellbent, the first gay slasher flick, which just happens to be set in West Hollywood and also happens to have been released this week. The Village Voice HATED it, but I want to go out and see it and support it anyway. The much-more-anticipated gay genre flick coming up is, of course, gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain, which has all the gay men I know counting down the days until December 9th.

As for me, I have a date to head out Saturday morning to see Corpse Bride because it doesn't get much better than Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. It looks creepy and delightful.

And here is a wonderful interview with Neil Gaiman about Mirrormask. In it, he reveals a quite hilarious opinion of Hollywood execs and why some film adaptations of comic books are so bad. Courtesy of Neil Gaiman's blog. Also, Neil Gaiman will be speaking at the West Hollywood Book Fair on Oct. 2. Cool!

I'm also, of course, on the edge of my seat for Serenity, Joss Wedon's space-western (double genre!). Both Serenity and Mirrormask will be released on September 30th, which also happens to be right when I go back to work. Cruel, cruel fate.

I'm also very much looking forward to In Her Shoes on October 7th as well, despite not being a huge Cameron Diaz fan. In terms of genre, the occasional chick lit and chick flick can be fun, and I like Jennifer Weiner quite a bit. I borrowed In Her Shoes and Little Earthquakes from my mother this summer and devoured both books.

Why do all the movies I really want to see have to be coming out at the end of the summer when I shouldn't be this indulgent. Sigh.