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May 14, 2006 - May 20, 2006 Archives

  • May 19, 2006
    Writer/Director Richard Linklater has taken the popular non-fiction book by Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, and somehow transformed it into a fictional narrative starring Patricia Arquette, Luis Guzman, Ethan Hawke, Greg Kinnear, and others. To see how, check out the trailer... / Continue →
  • May 19, 2006
    Pirates of the Caribbean 2 hasn't even been released yet, and already what's being reported as the first shot from the third film has turned up online. In it, Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow has donned what appears to be some sort of Asian garb, raising his scores in math ... / Continue →
  • May 19, 2006
    Even with the the trailer that's been released, I've been a little on the fence on whether Jack Black's priest-turned-luchador tale, Nacho Libre, will bring the laughs or not. That is, until I saw this shot of a monk hosing down a fat kid in a mask. The only thing I think I c... / Continue →
  • May 18, 2006
    Starwars.com has given fans a glimpse of the September 12th release of the DVD theatrical release of the original Star Wars trilogy by providing the first look at the cover art. Each cover is an imitation of the classic, painted, original posters for the films, remade in a pie... / Continue →
  • May 18, 2006
    Rumors of another Ghostbusters film have started up again, with star and writer Harold Ramis saying that Dan Aykroyd has written a script, entitled Ghostbusters in Hell, and wants Ben Stiller to star: What Danny had originally conceived was sending us to a special-effects hell... / Continue →
  • May 18, 2006
    Dreamworks has released the trailer to Flushed Away, their collaboration with Wallace & Gromit creators Aardman, telling the story of a haughty, upper-class, possibly homosexual mouse's adventure into the dangerous world of public sewage systems. If you're thinking this is the... / Continue →
  • May 17, 2006
    The trailer to Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, starring Nicolas Cage as a New York City police officer who gets trapped in the rubble of the collapsing towers, is available to view online. Even if you're really interested in exploiting national and personal tragedies, I thi... / Continue →
  • May 17, 2006
    The new Superman Returns poster has been released, showing a beautiful scene of the Man of Steel descending gracefully to earth. I assume to gather more hair pomade. Source... / Continue →
  • May 17, 2006
    To the joy of promiscuous eight-year-olds everywhere, Variety reports that a live-action Bratz feature is in the works, based on the dolls of the same name: MGA Entertainment, Crystal Sky Pictures and Avi Arad are teaming to produce the live-action feature "Bratz," based on the ... / Continue →
  • May 16, 2006
    Avoid reading this if you care about plot details to X-Men 3, because this is what the kids are calling a "spoiler." Maybe I'm just out of the loop, but apparently it's being said that Professor Xavier, the bald leader of the X-Men, will die in the third film: PATRICK STEWART... / Continue →
  • May 16, 2006
    In Gridiron Gang, based on a true story, probation officer The Rock creates a football team from a group of teenage criminals in a detention camp, helping to reform the youths. You can now take a look at the trailer online, along with a special introduction by The Rock. I alw... / Continue →
  • May 16, 2006
    An early teaser poster for the Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg produced CG cartoon Monster House has been released. As you can see, the poster carries a strong message of vulnerability, with the boy in the image completely exposed, surrounded on either side by jagged, thr... / Continue →
  • May 16, 2006
    With Snakes on a Plane already becoming a cult sensation based on the name alone, director David Ellis is set to push his luck with the dark thriller Asylum. The film, written by Ethan Lawrence, tells the story of some college freshmen who discover their dormitory is a former me... / Continue →
  • May 15, 2006
    The makers of Meg, the upcoming film about the hunt for an 80-foot-long, 100,000 pound Megalodon shark, are hoping to create some more buzz for the flick, possibly increasing the funding, by releasing some more concept art. The rather creative concept to this piece is: There's... / Continue →
  • May 15, 2006
    The poster for M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water is out. It looks like they've taken one of the Muppets from The Dark Crystal and made it an albino. Since Paul Bettany plays an albino in The Da Vinci Code, it must have become fashionable to include them in movies. And th... / Continue →
  • May 15, 2006
    The trailer for the zany comedy You, Me, and Dupree, starring Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson, and Owen Wilson has gone online. In the film, Dillon and Hudson, a happy couple, allow Dupree (Wilson), Dillon's oldest friend, to move in with them, resulting in zany antics. I like this... / Continue →
  • May 15, 2006
    For those who thought The Jamie Kennedy Experiment and Punk'd didn't have enough brutal double-homicides, how about Juiced? It's the prank show where O.J. Simpson plays hilarious pranks on unsuspecting "victims!" As part of the pay-per-view show, Simpson pretends to sell the B... / Continue →