August 6, 2006 - August 12, 2006 Archives
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The poster for Planet Terror is more than it first seems. If you look carefully, you'll see that it's not just a gun pictured. There's also a woman. And if you look closer, she's actually attached to that gun. That's right, it's a woman with a gun for a leg. It's bad news ... / Continue →
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After months of speculation as to what director would sink their teeth into the big screen adaptation of the hugely-popular (among dudes and nerds) game franchise, Halo, a name has finally been given: Neill Blomkamp? Neill Blomkamp has nabbed the job of directing "Halo," Univers... / Continue →
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There's only one thing that would make Grease any better. No, not more music. It's if you got to choose the cast! And you can, thanks to NBC's midseason entry You're The One That We Want. Contestants compete for roles on a Broadway revival of the show, which viewers can then ... / Continue →
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Moments before his death in August 2003, Ugandan president Idi Amin, responsible for the torture and murder of hundreds of thousands of Ugandans, was playing a party game where everyone had to choose who would play them in a movie. After a military general said "Denzel" to a m... / Continue →
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I was under the impression war was something like a Wolfenstein 3d, but according to this new documentary featuring interviews with soldiers back from the war, The Ground Truth, it's not all switching weapons and killing Nazis. It's apparently a fairly traumatic experience to ... / Continue →
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NBC is gearing up to prepare housewives for the biggest choice of their lives: What to watch when Today is up against The View. As if stealing their darling Meredith wasn't enough, NBC is now looking to add a fourth hour of concerts for washed-up artists and forced awkward chat... / Continue →
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When I found out Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat character was going to be made into a feature film, I assumed it would turn out like so many other sketches-turned-movies, desperately trying to stretch a five-minute idea across two hours. Luckily, Borat doesn't seem to do that. The... / Continue →
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The crack journalists at Access Hollywood have gotten the first glimpse at robot footage from Transformers, making me worry if Entertainment Tonight will finally be surpassed as the hardest-hitting journalism on television. The footage, videotaped from the screen of a video mo... / Continue →
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Do you rock? Then watch the trailer to the Tenacious D movie, The Pick of Destiny. If you like Tenacious D, you'll be giddy with excitement. If you don't, you'll probably make a slight sneer and a few eye rolls. But everyone has to agree that with a magic guitar pick, tickl... / Continue →
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IESB has a summary and review of what's said to be the latest Green Lantern script. Written by Robert Smigel of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and Saturday TV Funhouse fame, it takes an all-new bumbling Green Lantern and puts him in comic scenarios, such as scenes with singing pup... / Continue →
