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September 10, 2006 - September 16, 2006 Archives

  • September 15, 2006
    Just in time for nerd season, Hollywood is unveiling its newest creations to bring in their most loyal (and most acne-ridden) crowd, and things are looking hot. This season, the sci-fi world of aliens and lightsabers have stepped aside to make room for swords and mythological ... / Continue →
  • September 15, 2006
    With the impressive voice talents of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell just announced, already the first shot from Fox's CG animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who has turned up. I don't remember the book well enough to say which character this is (it's been nearly a w... / Continue →
  • September 15, 2006
    I asked some scientists about this new poster for Casino Royale. This was the best explanation they could give me. Source... / Continue →
  • September 14, 2006
    Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Gerardo Taracena, and Dalia Hernandez in one movie!? Only Mel Gibson could pull such an all-star cast together, and has for his newest, Apocalypto. The first trailer had a flash-frame of director Mel Gibson standing amongst the Mayans, but the... / Continue →
  • September 13, 2006
    Having been nearly days since it last perverted a part of my childhood, Hollywood has decided to make the Dr. Seuss classic, Horton Hears a Who, into an animated film, starring the voices of Jim Carrey as Horton and Steve Carell as the mayor of Who-ville: "Horton" marks the firs... / Continue →
  • September 13, 2006
    Fangoria has the exclusive first pictures from the Day of the Dead remake. Apparently, their take on the zombies is a sort of violent, undead, decaying human. We'll see how that works out for them. Source... / Continue →
  • September 13, 2006
    If you're dying to see Orlando Bloom's new film, Haven, or if you just like watching opening credits, the first eight minutes are up on Yahoo! for your approval. Here's the synopsis: Shady businessman Carl Ridley (Bill Paxton) learns that the Feds are on to him, so he escapes... / Continue →
  • September 12, 2006
    For the desperate nerds who begged for it, Peter Jackson looks ready to deliver to you another fantasy epic, likely in several editions of varying lengths, some with collectable bookends. The director has optioned Naomi Novik's novel, Temeraire, a reimagining of the Napoleonic W... / Continue →
  • September 12, 2006
    Following in the footsteps of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine and The Monkees' cartoon-like hijinks, Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones is producing an animated film called Ruby Tuesday, based on the song of the same name. From what I recall, the lyrics to the song just repeat the ... / Continue →
  • September 12, 2006
    There are very few movies whose defining attribute is having a name that makes you seem retarded when asking for a ticket. I Am Sam may have been the best, but it wasn't the last, as We Are Marshall shows you don't have to be about the mentally crippled to sound like it. When... / Continue →
  • September 12, 2006
    Sadly, Luc Besson has announced that following the release of his tenth film, Arthur et les Minimoys, he will retire from the business to devote himself to civic projects to help France's inner city youths. Besson, whose works included The Fifth Element and Leon: The Professiona... / Continue →
  • September 11, 2006
    Clint Eastwood shoots his patriotic load clean across the belly of the famous flag-raising photograph of Iwo Jima in his newest, Flags of Our Fathers. The film tells the U.S. perspective of the famous World War II battle at Iwo Jima, the photograph, and the events that follow... / Continue →
  • September 11, 2006
    A lot of people would consider making Encino Man a mistake. Playing a caveman teenager unthawed in the modern world, particularly when co-starring with Pauly Shore, could leave a stain so deep that nothing would remove it--even Oxi-Clean. Perhaps for a lesser actor that would b... / Continue →