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July 9, 2006 - July 15, 2006 Archives

  • July 14, 2006
    Before anyone spends any money seeing the Wayans Brothers latest venture, Little Man, this weekend, I just wanted to point out that besides looking terrible, the idea is stolen. It's a Looney Tune! You know, the one where Bugs takes in the pint-sized criminal after inadverten... / Continue →
  • July 14, 2006
    The Sci-Fi Channel has adapted Mike Mignola's (creator of Hellboy) one-shot comic, The Amazing Screw-On Head, into an animated pilot they've put online. Watch it, and if you like it, fill out the survey that says you want more. I didn't have time to watch the whole thing yet,... / Continue →
  • July 14, 2006
    A new poster for The Descent is out, from the studio that brought you Saw and Hostel. I hear it's "the best horror-thriller since Alien." From the poster, this looks to be the scariest movie ever set in an Ocean Spray commercial. Source... / Continue →
  • July 13, 2006
    I still find it unbelievable that they're making a movie out of the fighting (and occasionally beach volleyball) game Dead or Alive, so I constantly remind myself with these images. Almost to the point where I'm hurting myself. But not quite. More under the cut.... / Continue →
  • July 13, 2006
    Adventures in Babysitting, the 1987 classic starring Elisabeth Shue as a high school babysitter forced to take the kids she's watching downtown, where they encounter a wild cast of characters on their adventures throughout the night, is next in line for a big remake. Disney ann... / Continue →
  • July 13, 2006
    The fellas in Broken Lizard will clever enough to come up with, not one, but three taglines for their new film, Beerfest: "Bring on the beer. They've got the nuts," "Prepare for the ultimate chug of war," and "Comedy on tap." Then they ran out of room above the title, so they ... / Continue →
  • July 13, 2006
    If the Catholic church hated The Da Vinci Code, wait until they see this one. Lionsgate announced they will distribute Deliver Us From Evil, a documentary about a serial raping pedophile priest: Lionsgate announced today it has acquired domestic distribution rights to Deliver Us... / Continue →
  • July 12, 2006
    Entertainment Tonight scored a real scoop with the first footage of Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. And you thought ET only covered celebrity couples they could make up cute names for. See the footage and hear some woman's loud, gra... / Continue →
  • July 12, 2006
    An Arrested Development movie? Maybe so, says Maeby: TVGuide.com: Do you think there might be an Arrested movie at some point? The final episode implied as much when your character, Maeby, tried to sell the rights to the Bluth story to Ron Howard. Shawkat: Mitch actually recen... / Continue →
  • July 12, 2006
    I know there are a lot of Neil Gaiman fans somewhere, so I thought I'd point out that the first production still from the film adaptation of the author's Stardust is online. The film boasts a cast of Robert DeNiro, Peter O'Toole, Claire Danes, and the pictured Michelle Pfeiffe... / Continue →
  • July 11, 2006
    There's just something about a Rocky movie. As soon as you hear that familiar, iconic anthem, you can't help but think, "Why would they ever continue making these? Have they not seen the current sequels?" But they have made it, so go ahead and watch the trailer. It's the on... / Continue →
  • July 11, 2006
    Speaking in an interview with Turner Classic Movies, Sir Michael Caine got on the subject of the work he was doing with director Christopher Nolan and mentioned offhand that he'd be making "The Joker" next year: I wanted to work with him and then Christopher Nolan who directed B... / Continue →
  • July 11, 2006
    The domestic trailer for Night at the Museum has been released, boasting a ton of new footage not seen in the international version from yesterday. It's perfect if you loved The Indian in the Cupboard but hated the restriction of furniture, the obnoxious little kid, and respec... / Continue →
  • July 10, 2006
    The international teaser for Night at the Museum has been released, starring Ben Stiller as a museum security guard shocked to find one night that the displays are coming to life. The film also features Ricky Gervais, Dick Van Dyke, and Robin Williams hamming it up as an anima... / Continue →
  • July 10, 2006
    Reportedly, the BBC's comedy unit is looking to start making more movies based on their hit sitcoms, the first of which is said to be Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's The Office: Kenton Allen, creative head of BBC Comedy Talent, is heading up a scheme that, in Allen's words,... / Continue →
  • July 10, 2006
    Though telling your parents you want to be a magician will still get you disowned, making magician films in Hollywood is all the rage. There's Edward Norton doing tricks in The Illusionist, and now Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman are playing rival magicians in writer/director ... / Continue →