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April 22, 2007 - April 28, 2007 Archives

  • April 27, 2007
    I will buy and sell you, motherf*cker. Tom Hanks is rumored to be making $50 million for the The Da Vinci Code sequel, which is funny, because that's about how much you'd have to pay me to see it. Just kidding, I'd eat cat poop for a dollar. According to one source, the former... / Continue →
  • April 27, 2007
    Come for the pre-pubescent little girls, stay for the fairy-eating monsters Ivana Baquero, who played the young lead in Pan's Labyrinth, has signed on to do The New Daughter, an English language horror flick. I know this news probably doesn't exactly light your balls on fire... / Continue →
  • April 27, 2007
    If you call me "Fagneto" one more time I'm going to cut you. Marvel and Fox are planning a Magneto movie with David Goyer on to direct. Let's hope the new plan is to spin-off characters, rather than making more X-Men movies. Because after the last one, I can only imagine the... / Continue →
  • April 27, 2007
    USA Today has scored the first official look at Robert Downey Jr. as billionaire hero Tony Stark in Iron Man. Seen here forging his original Iron Man suit, it's clear RDJ has been working out for the role, and looks as if he'd belong in the Men of Metallurgy calendar as much as... / Continue →
  • April 26, 2007
    SKEET SKEET SKEET all over your face, bitch. Sam Raimi isn't sounding like he wants to do anymore Spidermen, but the studio plans to keep milking this cash cow until the cream you're putting in your coffee isn't cream anymore, but some sort of pus-like goo, or foul smelling dus... / Continue →
  • April 26, 2007
    The one-sheet for the new Harry Potter film (above) documents an event rarely seen at all, yet alone in the poster of a children's movie: the Pedophile Temptation Gauntlet. Step 10 of the 11-step road to recovery, the Pedophile Temptation Gauntlet (PTG) must be successfully tra... / Continue →
  • April 26, 2007
    You'd be smilin' too if you'd just punched this bitch in the face. Boy did she like to talk. The Hammer, the semi-autobiographical Adam Carolla picture premiers tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival. It doesn't yet appear to have a trailer, but if this movie includes one story a... / Continue →
  • April 26, 2007
    Oh snap, I done fell again! Girl, I told you I can't walk in these shoes. In pointless remake news, New Line has signed Queen Latifah to topline a remake of "All of Me," the 1984 comedy that starred Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin."Hey, I really like this All of Me movie, but it's... / Continue →
  • April 26, 2007
    Though some smaller shots were previously leaked by Rolling Stone, this black and white shot of Cate Blanchett in Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan biopic really sells her in the part, even "avec ovaries." Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, and others will also share the role of... / Continue →
  • April 26, 2007
    After just one season on the nation's favorite "ladies talkin'" show, The View, Rosie O'Donnell announced (in the above clip, prior to her picking things off Barbara's lip) that she could not settle on a contract and will be leaving. But before you hang yourself, listen to this... / Continue →
  • April 26, 2007
    If one from a series of leaked production shots is any indication, the Fantastic Four's newest foe may come in the form of a large bear. Despite the supergroup's awesome abilities, which in this latest chapter pit them against a massive, omnipotent devourer of worlds and his in... / Continue →
  • April 25, 2007
    Marvel has chosen a daring new campaign direction with their international Fantastic Four 2 posters by showing awkward portraits of the characters. My main concern with these is that it might urge some people to think, "Hey, weren't these the same guys in that really awful Fant... / Continue →
  • April 25, 2007
    Via /Film: Due to the mediocre American box office take, The Weinstein Co have decided to put the film's U.K. release temporarily on hold. Rumor has it that the new plan is to release both films individually. Unnecessary, says I. Grindhouse would work fine as a double featu... / Continue →
  • April 25, 2007
    After faking his death in a plane crash, Buddy Holly went on to star in a number of straight-to-video softcore porn movies. Eric Roberts, veteran of a million movies I haven't seen and current star of a couple TV shows I've never watched (but he did do a pretty funny interview ... / Continue →
  • April 25, 2007
    According to Variety, Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett have a new reality show coming out where they search for the next filmmaking talent. One of the judges of the first round will be Brett Ratner, whose resume includes the classics Money Talks, X-Men 3 and all the Rush Hour... / Continue →
  • April 24, 2007
    Even up here in my ivory tower I can recognize that some movies suck just enough to be kickass. Judging by this latest clip, I think The Condemned might just be one of those movies. It stars Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vinnie Jones, natch. I think the choreography to that sc... / Continue →
  • April 24, 2007
    Hot on the heels of the international trailer, the domestic Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix trailer flies at U.S. audiences, on a broom or whatever. The added footage in this version rewards democracy, again putting America at the forefront of world freedom and wizar... / Continue →
  • April 24, 2007
    Scorsese accepting "Best Eyebrows" jury prize at the Hoboken Film Festival The Italian film Nuovomondo, being released as Golden Door here, is now being "presented" by Martin Scorsese. I tried to present a couple movies once, but then the security guard told me he didn't thi... / Continue →
  • April 24, 2007
    The Coen Brothers have announced that following their Brad Pitt picture, Burn After Reading, they will write, direct and produce Serious Man, said to be a return to the dark comedy in the style of Fargo. For those of us who loved Fargo and the brothers' previous, darker works, ... / Continue →
  • April 23, 2007
    I've spent that much on rims alone, dawg. As the release date for Spider-Man 3 grows nearer and nearer, talks of the exorbitant cost of the film have started to turn up, now saying the film may have spent over $300 million on production alone, making it the most expensive movie... / Continue →
  • April 23, 2007
    In a bit of not surprising casting news, cult icon and gaunt creep Crispin Glover has been cast as a gaunt, creepy ice cream man in the cleverly-named indie horror picture The I Scream Man. With a cast that includes other classic actors like Tom Sizemore, Judd Nelson, and Hayli... / Continue →
  • April 23, 2007
    Kazakhstani title: Pig Rides Motorbikes As further proof that foreigners are just as dumb we are, Wild Hogs grabbed the top spot at the international box office. See, there's no reason to fear them. Because despite their excess body hair, poor dental hygiene, and belief that ... / Continue →
  • April 23, 2007
    The new Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix international trailer will send your Bible study group into a tizzy with its glamorized portrait of pagan witchcraft as a rollicking adventure. They may even question your devotion to the church when you're so excited by the bla... / Continue →
  • April 23, 2007
    This shot is supposedly a makeup test for Heath Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight, which has replaced the bright, garish Joker ensemble we know and love with something more akin to The Crow makeup done with scars. This is clearly a darker, edgier Joker that prefers his emotiona... / Continue →
  • April 23, 2007
    "Dogs f*** the pope, no fault of mine." "Lucky Number Slevin" writer Jason Smilovic and producers Tyler Mitchell and Robert Kravis have formed Dark & Stormy Entertainment, a production company that will hatch film and TV projects. One of their first projects will be the film v... / Continue →