October 21, 2007 - October 27, 2007 Archives
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- The Joker's marketing pumpkin's face is beginning to rot on one side, hinting at the presence of a certain villain. (Joan Rivers?) [Why So Serious?] - Is Mad Max 4: Fury Road back on, with George Miller taking the project on alongside JLA? How much farther beyond Thunderdome c... / Continue →
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Isn't it great to see two of cinema's greatest actors, stars of Heat, together again, fat and old, in a movie no one will remember? It's called Righteous Kill, about two NYC detectives hunting down a vigilante on the force, and it was apparently titled by a ninja turtle. Pacin... / Continue →
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Despite how much of Seinfeld's dialogue consists of him simply shouting nouns, and the way little science lessons are ham-handedly shoved in as exposition, I found this six-minute scene from Bee Movie surprisingly charming and fun to watch. Either I'm getting soft or my judgem... / Continue →
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Does knowing/spoiling parts of the Justice League of America movie appeal to you? Then check out the JLA FAQ that's just gone up at AICN, made by someone who claims to have read the script at some point. Learn answers to exciting questions, like With which supervillains must t... / Continue →
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I guess this computer-animated Ten Commandments trailer has been around for a little while, but hopefully you can excuse my missing it once you see it. I must have initially confused this for a Biblical local insurance commercial, or a new local trade course in changing a staff... / Continue →
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When you need to cast a raven-haired, muscular amazon woman, a lot of people would turn to the obvious choice. That is, a woman with any of those traits. But if you're Justice League of America director George Miller, your 62-year-old mind tells you what you need is the most s... / Continue →
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Just in time for weekend parties, how about going as this Alien/Predator hybrid from Alien vs. Predator: Requiem this Halloween? This first image shows that, with just a few gallons of liquid latex, a series of complexly designed molds, countless hours of free time, and a Rast... / Continue →
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Two kids, a mall, a million in cash... It sounds like these kids have a big day of shopping ahead of them! Hopefully, using this million in cash, they'll be able to buy some great gifts for their family--and don't forget to split up so you can buy some stuff for each other too,... / Continue →
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11-year-old Kodi Smit-McPhee has nabbed the part of young Logan is the upcoming X-Men spin-off, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. What does this mean to you? a) Should be good. He did well in Romulus, My Father. b) Someone punch his stupid Chiclet teeth out of his head, but let me wat... / Continue →
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Always eager to show what a serious, Oscar-worthy actor he is, Jamie Foxx has signed on to star in The Zebra Murders: A Season of Killing, Racial Madness, and Civil Rights, a name that just screams serious Oscar-worthiness. Variety has the details: Based on the 2006 book by Pr... / Continue →
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Are you one of the many who watched a season or two of 24 before deciding there were better ways to spend a day of your time? Fox wants you back, and they've put together this dazzling trailer for their seventh season, which promises tons of new surprises they'll reveal before ... / Continue →
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What's scarier than being stuck in a parking complex, alone with an insane parking lot security guard obsessed with you? Why, being stuck in a parking complex, alone with an insane parking lot security guard obsessed with you on Christmas Eve, obviously. Or at least that's a go... / Continue →
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Evidence that Smokin' Joe Carnahan is the "cool dad" of directors: - His self-dubbed title of Smokin', because he's really hot, and might smoke. - He is providing the opportunity for you, the viewer, to choose which movie he will make next. That's right, Smokin' Joe (like the... / Continue →
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Like the Chinese symbol for Yin-Yang you foolishly tattooed on your bicep/ankle, our world is composed of a series of antitheses--equally opposing forces struggling to keep life in a delicate balance. For every light, there is a dark; to each good, an evil; for each Darth Vader... / Continue →
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As an affluent, successful, but ultimately insane middle-aged man, aren't you sick and tired of how few films are geared specifically toward your unique breed of madness? Me too! Thank heavens Yahoo! has described this new Tim Robbins film that sounds like it really fits the bi... / Continue →
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Judging by this latest poster, rather than admit Hitman's story is pulled from a video game, the studios prefer it looks like it's based on: - An ad for expensive liquor. - A hip-hop album cover. - Airbrushed chrome. - Staring. Hitman Poster [IMPA]... / Continue →
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- Billy Ray Cyrus has been cast as the lead in a non-PAX-sponsored movie, blowing my achy-breaky mind. [Hollywood Reporter] - Jessica Biel will play the lead in Die a Little, a role she reportedly took in place of Wonder Woman. Meanwhile, I will have sex with an older, barely-co... / Continue →
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For years, I've been at least vaguely aware all of these things existed, for one reason or another: the unchecked music career of Paris Hilton, the declining judgement/career of Paul Sorvino, the goth adolescent mentality that keeps Hot Topic and Marilyn Manson relevant, leftov... / Continue →
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Will a Brit fill the boots of America's Greatest Hero (besides G.I. Joe, Oprah, and The Greatest American Hero)? That's exactly the rumor coming from Dark Horizons, where they're reporting British actor Rupert Evans, whose biggest claim to fame is looking vaguely like Josh Har... / Continue →
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Will Smith has a long history of successfully defending earth and himself from aliens, robots, criminals, and Carlton, surely earning himself a statue and memorial highway in the near future. But what threat will this quippy one-man army face-off against next? Vampires, of cou... / Continue →
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Disappointingly, this is not, as you may have hoped, Drew Barrymore's final moment of realization before being taken to a field and shot, single-handedly ending plans for at least 32 romantic comedies. It is, however, the first look at Drew as 'Little' Edith Bouvier in Grey Ga... / Continue →
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Behold, the first shot from Mike Myers' newest comedic endeavor, The Love Guru, featuring Myers in the eponymous role alongside Ben Kingsley, Jessica Alba, and Justin Timberlake. Explaining the long stretch of time from Austin Powers to his newest incarnation, Pitka, an Americ... / Continue →
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I apologize for the quality of this poster, but this is he best version I could find, and I thought it was more important to report whatever incident has gone on between Horton and this gentleman in the front. I don't know exactly what happened, but it's clear from their expre... / Continue →
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- Data and Chunk have confirmed what Mikey and Mouth already told us: that they've been contacted to do voices for an animated Goonies movie, also confirming--what was once thought a rumor--that Chunk ate his weight in Godfather's pizza. [Empire] - Diablo Cody seems to be the ne... / Continue →
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You know when you go to an amusement park, or Times Square, or anywhere where a large number of people wear cameras, and there are those weird caricature guys? For ten dollars or so, they'll scribble together a mediocre drawing that exaggerates your features nearly beyond recog... / Continue →
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So few films these days, let alone in their posters, have a clear, inspiring message to deliver unto the legions of fans of the world's youngest medical doctor, Doogie Howser. Thankfully, salvation has come in the unlikely form of the Harold & Kumar 2 one-sheet--a promotional ... / Continue →
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When I heard Jet Li was going to have a role in the mummiest movie of the coming year, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, I couldn't wait to see what kind of villain the actor would portray. Would he be a Wrath of Khan-style cunning mind bent on vengeance to Brendan Fraser... / Continue →
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It's great to see young love. Or at least love between someone with a youngish, teen-stached face and an old man with eyebrows the size of my palm. So imagine how pleased I was to hear that Martin Scorsese and his muse, Leonardo DiCaprio, are teaming up for another picture, Sh... / Continue →
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When most of you think of Donald Trump, particularly if you're Rosie O'Donnell, you think of a rich, loud-mouthed asshole who has no right to be televised outside of documenting the progression of his funny hair. But what this narrow viewpoint fails to take into account are the... / Continue →
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Last week on SNL, there was a hilarious digital short where cast members did impressions of various actors doing impressions of Bob Dylan in a movie. Like that old skit about now-famous actors trying out for a role in Star Wars, it was very funny. Funny, that is, until I reali... / Continue →
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Why is it that the poster for a self-named "Mindfreak" is full of lightning bolt wings, extra legs, floating masks, painted-on abs, and the hair of a goth Meg Ryan, yet the poster for a movie about Harry Houdini shows only the face of Guy Pearce and T-Mobile, without any mentio... / Continue →
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- Harry Potter author JK Rowling announced the character of Dumbledore was gay. In response, my roommate said, "No shit. The whole f***ing thing is gay." [Newsweek] - Mark Wahlberg has stepped in to replace Ryan Gosling in Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones with just a day until s... / Continue →
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After seeing this clip in which Sir Anthony Hopkins describes, in detail, the opening to the Alfred Hitchcock biopic he's starring in, complete with his impression of the director, I've decided a good television series would be Anthony Hopkins Describes Movies. Few master thesp... / Continue →
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Superman Returns writers Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris have decided not to come back to write Superman Returns Returns, leading to questions of if Bryan Singer will still direct and leaving Warner scrambling to take pitches from other potential writers. Here's what I've come... / Continue →
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Want to waste a few minutes of time? Come on, you're already here, right? So watch the above trailer to Step Up 2, then decide what element is most absurd. Your choices are: 1. That Step Up was so popular, or at least left so many unanswered questions about the nature of stepp... / Continue →
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Wait a minute, someone is remaking a previously popular horror franchise? Get outta town. Ideas for scary things have been exhausted to the point of remaking a story about a killer doll? It would seem so. Yes, now Child's Play is joining the growing list of things to be remade... / Continue →
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Want to see Johnny Depp slit some throats and Sacha Baron Cohen playing a matador Borat but afraid going to see a musical will make you seem a bit, you know, gay? Not to worry. This new trailer for Sweeney Todd features all of the murdering you could want, while deliberately hi... / Continue →
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Somewhere between the horrifying undead spirits lurking in The Fog and the pleasant hairdressing monsters of The Gentle Spritz lie the creatures of The Mist, which unfortunately fall on the horrifying side of the spectrum. Naturally, when this mist overcomes a supermarket, trap... / Continue →
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All the movie geeks I know are already excited about There Will Be Blood just because it's a new Paul Thomas Anderson film, which pretty much guarantees some degree of pretentious success. But what about the teenage girls? How best to draw in that coveted 10 to 17-year-old fe... / Continue →
