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July 23, 2006 - July 29, 2006 Archives

  • July 28, 2006
    Four seemingly separate groups of people drastically change each others lives when an American tourist is shot, in what people are calling "something like Crash, but with a shooting instead of a crash." Except Babel takes the racial tensions of Crash to the next level by addin... / Continue →
  • July 28, 2006
    From the writer of L.A. Confidential came another book about two cops investigating a Hollywood murder case in the 40s, and now Scarface director Brian De Palma has made it into another movie. But before you get this one airbrushed on a t-shirt, watch the trailer. For one, it... / Continue →
  • July 28, 2006
    Have you been a little worried about the quality of the Ghost Rider movie after seeing the footage, or even just by knowing that Mark Steven Johnson and Nicolas Cage were involved? Well, don't be. Cage cleared everything up by mentioning some clever quirks he's added to the fil... / Continue →
  • July 28, 2006
    I only post this because it fills me with such a crippling feeling of sorrow that I won't be able to move the rest of the day. ... / Continue →
  • July 27, 2006
    Want a sweet taste of The Simpsons Movie? Then watch these rough animations that were shown at the ComicCon. They'll give you the upper-hand when your idiot friends start quoting the show. Instead of the tired old "d'oh," be a quote prospector and respond with a Simpsons q... / Continue →
  • July 27, 2006
    Now online, see the trailer for the new Will Ferrell comedy Stranger Than FIction. Ferrell stars as an IRS auditor who begins to hear the narration of an author (Emma Thompson), whom it turns out is controlling his life through her writing. It reminds me of how my life had th... / Continue →
  • July 26, 2006
    Some clever bastard snuck a video camera into the sneak-preview of Spider-Man at ComicCon, providing the first look at the film outside of the long teaser trailer and constant influx of pictures from fans and the studio. Unfortunately, they didn't fix the focus at all, making ... / Continue →
  • July 26, 2006
    Add a pompadour to Nicolas Cage's collection of hairpieces: he's playing Liberace. According to TMZ, Ghost Rider is going to tickle the ivories in the role of gay icon Liberace. Nicolas Cage is not leaving Las Vegas; indeed, he's coming back to it, starring in a new biopic abou... / Continue →
  • July 26, 2006
    The Aquaman series may not have been picked up by the network, but that doesn't mean you can't watch it. For just $1.99, you can see the superhero television pilot that executives agree isn't really worth bothering with. Just keep in mind, at $1.99, that means two less "Who Let... / Continue →
  • July 25, 2006
    In The Pursuit of Happyness, Will Smith and his son Jaden pull at the human race's collective heartstrings as the single dad tries to make it in the stock trade. It's supposed to be a real tearjerker of a trailer. I guess you're meant to cry when Will Smith solves a Rubik's C... / Continue →
  • July 25, 2006
    According to members of the comedy troupe The State, MTV will finally release their sketch comedy show that aired from 1993 to 1995. "'The State' at long last actually is coming out either on DVD or iTunes," Lennon told us. "They just rescored and we're all doing ADR," Garrant... / Continue →
  • July 24, 2006
    Watch the new trailer for Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain, and see Hugh Jackman go from conquistador armor, to shaggy hair and The Gap, to the sleek, shaved heads of 2500, showing that just because you lived in the 16th century and drank from a fountain that granted you eternal... / Continue →
  • July 24, 2006
    Straight from Sony comes the first picture of the Spider-Man 3 villain, Venom. Or at least Eddie Brock (Topher Grace) turning into Venom. Or maybe just washing his hair with Venom. The point is, if you're going to become a Venom, your mom's going to end up being really upset... / Continue →
  • July 24, 2006
    Hey, Iron Fans! Here's a teaser poster for Jon Favreau's Iron Man movie. He says it's not the final design for the suit, and I'm glad. I say if you call it "Iron Man" you dress him like the Iron Man guys from ESPN 2. Just a tank top, shorts, 80 pounds of excess fat, and the... / Continue →
  • July 24, 2006
    Dane Cook, I hate you, but you're in this movie with Jessica Simpson, so I have to assume it will be a respectable, critically praised film. In Employee of the Month, the Cook-man tries to woo the lovely Ms. Simpson by taking the coveted titular award from star emloyee Dax She... / Continue →