Weekend b.o. story: Ride, baby, ride

Nikki Finke: Wild Hogs replaces Ghost Rider as No. 1. Maybe Christina Ricci should have ridden a motorcycle instead of Justin Timberlake in Black Snake Moan?

Keep on hustling, keep on moaning

From the New York Times, via Movie City News: Is Scott Bomar to Craig Brewer what Nino Rota was to Federico Fellini? Black Snake Moan may provide an answer to that burning question.

"The Jackass Generation"

In the new issue of MovieMaker, the greatest film magazine in the known universe, writer David Roos offers an interesting take on how YouTube and Jackass are greatly influencing contemporary movie comedies. And, mind you, I'm not plugging it just because I'm quoted in the piece, or because I have my own article in the same issue -- an interview with Black Snake Moan director Craig Brewer -- that you'll actually have to buy the magazine to read. (Look for it at fine bookstores everywhere.)