August 19, 2007 - August 25, 2007 Archives
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There's something about this Hitman movie, and possibly the video game that I've never played, that's trying so desperately to be bad-ass that it's pathetic. The black suit, the unchanging demeanor, the slow deliberate movements, the bar code on his neck? What, were they out of... / Continue →
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One my biggest flaws when judging a film, besides lack of basic knowledge and a general disdain for everything, is that there are certain genres that never seem to win me over. The biggest offender in this category is the Western. There's just something about the whole cowboy ... / Continue →
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Finally the painful taunting of your childhood has been brought into cinematic glory with Run, Fat Boy, Run, now with a full trailer. As I said before, I really think they made a misstep by not just filming a morbidly obese person as they (try to) run. Even with the varying com... / Continue →
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Don't have a boner? Let me help you out with that. Variety reports that NBC has decided to resurrect American Gladiators. The new version will focus on the reality aspect of the show, such as the back stories of contestants as well as following their training, etc. The show wil... / Continue →
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Todd McFarlane and History of Violence writer Josh Olson have revealed plans for a new take on The Wizard of Oz based on McFarlane's horror versions of the toys (above). This will allow the toymaker to make new toys based on the movie based on the toys. The two went on to say ... / Continue →
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Natalie Martinez will star as the romantic lead opposite Jason Statham in Paul W.S. Anderson's Death Race remake, says Hollywood Reporter. The film, which also stars Joan Allen, Ian McShane and Tyrese Gibson, takes place in a future where prisoners drive in crazy death rallies.... / Continue →
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IESB is reporting that the planned Justice League movie will be done as a CGI motion-capture film, giving it the same creeppy, too-realistic-but-not-quite look as this Beowulf trailer. Though it will take longer, this will help to avoid conflict with the current Batman/Superman... / Continue →
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If you thought the timeless struggle between Aliens and Predators was over, you're in for a big surprise come Christmas Day when the two face off again! The follow-up to Alien Vs. Predator (or as my tattoo reads, "AvP") has gone through a variety of names, from AvP2, to the Chr... / Continue →
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Like everyone, I love Martin Scorsese, but this trailer for his Rolling Stone's concert documentary Shine a Light is doing nothing for me. The film covers two nights at the Beacon last last year, with cameos from Christina Aguilera, Jack White, Bill Clinton, and frequent appear... / Continue →
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Commercial director Joseph Kosinksi will make his feature debut with Logan's Run, an adaptation of the 1967 sci-fi thriller. It is said the film will go more low-tech with the technology and stay closer to the book than the 1976 adaptation, which tells the story of a future soc... / Continue →
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Why did no one tell me Wes Anderson's new film The Darjeeling Limited will be opened by a 12-minute short, Hotel Chevalier, which will work as an epilogue, telling a love story between Natalie Portman and Jason Schwartzman? Is it because you knew I'd start giddily flapping my a... / Continue →
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Like every other rock 'n roll suicide/drug overdose, it's been decided Joy Division's Ian Curtis needs a movie about his life. More surprisingly, this one actually looks good enough that it may have been worth Ian Curtis dying if that's what it took to get the movie made. I mea... / Continue →
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Maybe I hadn't been paying enough attention, but I hadn't realized until this trailer that Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan biopic was a mix of exaggerated fact and imagined fiction. Foolishly, I thought the turbulent life of one the most amazing performers ever would stand on its own gr... / Continue →
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Ryan Reynolds was rumored to play The Flash in a big screen adaptation but the project basically fell through. Now that a JLA movie is in the works, he tells MTV News that he may still play the role, just not in a solo movie: "'The Flash' isn't dead at all. There's talk of it ... / Continue →
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As described in the pun and alliteration-filled Variety headline, "Wilson, Aniston fetch Fox feature," Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston are going to be in a movie with a dog. Like Marmaduke or Beethoven before him, the titular dog of Marley & Me is an incorrigible canine that w... / Continue →
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Take one part Gollum, one part The Penguin, one part Eddie Munster, add giant eyebrows to make Daniel Radcliffe as Rudyard Kipling's missing son in My Boy Jack. The movie will air in the UK in November, but the images will haunt you for a lifetime. A Few More New My Boy Jack P... / Continue →
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Here are the latest stills from Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, where we've seen Cate Blanchett , Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, and now Christian Bale doing their best impressions of the songster. With Bale looking more like some dude about to play a John Mayer hit a... / Continue →
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The trailer to Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream has gone online, and actually looks really, really good. Perhaps, Mr. Allen, it's time to start loving you as more than just someone to make me laugh while justifying my crippling neuroses and see you as a dramatic storyteller. Sti... / Continue →
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The Sunday Mirror reports James McAvoy has been cast as Scotty in JJ Abrams' new Star Trek prequel. The rumor has been circulating for awhile now, but this is the first time it's been confirmed. I don't really know anything about this James McAvoy guy, but I still say they shou... / Continue →
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Eleven extras were injured during the filming of Tom Cruise's new movie Valkyrie when they fell off the back of a truck. A bolt on the side panel of the truck apparently came loose as the vehicle turned, throwing the eleven extras off. I hear this is the second worst injury in ... / Continue →
