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December 30, 2007 - January 5, 2008 Archives

  • January 3, 2008
    As soon as you see the sign "'Normal' people need not (actually four underlines) apply," you know Ten Inch Hero is not going to take place in your everyday beach grill. It's much more like an imaginary beach grill, taking place in the mind of a film school's saddest Kevin Smith... / Continue →
  • January 3, 2008
    Think it's impossible to transplant the quirky humor (and Natalie Portman) of Garden State into an over-the-top period drama? You are so wrong. In this scene from The Boleyn Girl, Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson have just finished staring blankly into a mirror--a natural... / Continue →
  • January 3, 2008
    Finally, a movie poster really catered to me, featuring all of my favorite things: That's So Raven, Martin reruns, pigs, cars, Donnie Osmond, and overpowering self-loathing that won't stop screaming until I've destroyed myself. College Road Trip Poster [Official Site]... / Continue →
  • January 2, 2008
    The road to becoming a well-respected actor can be a long and difficult one. Many actors, now considered veteran thespians, began their careers in off-Broadway shows and small independent productions, and many had to spend years taking roles in commercials and soap operas befor... / Continue →
  • January 2, 2008
    People magazine is reporting that Knut, the fame-whore of a polar bear born in the Berlin Zoo, may be headed for an animated treatment if the producers of Garfield get their way. The Animation Picture Company has offered the zoo $5 million for right to the bear's story, which i... / Continue →
  • January 2, 2008
    After providing their fictional future universe with a black, blind dweeb, a gruff black guy with bumps on his head and sash, a black commander and IBM endorser, and a black Spock, the owners of the Star Trek franchise are clearly running out of ways to push the series into the... / Continue →
  • January 2, 2008
    An Vanity Fair article covering the lifespan of the Indiana Jones series has brought with it some new photos, including the above first shot of Cate Blanchett as Agent Spalko, an evil Russian from the time when we considered Russians evil, rather than the butt of jokes about wa... / Continue →
  • January 2, 2008
    1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets - Like Indiana Jones, but with a more ludicrous MacGuffin than even the Holy Grail; $35.6 million. 2. Alvin and the Chipmunks - "How about that chipmunk one, where the chipmunks are all really creepy and obnoxious? Let's see that one." Eno... / Continue →
  • January 2, 2008
    You can tell Will Smith is a superhero because he has the gold-tinged reflection of a metropolis in his goggles, just like the old Spider-Man posters. And you can tell he's homeless because he's filthy and unshaven, like all bums. Hancock Poster [IMPA]... / Continue →