January 27, 2008 - February 2, 2008 Archives
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With its cast of mostly-respected actors and comedians (we'll forget that Rush Hour-director Bret Ratner is in it), I really wanted to like The Grand. I hoped it would be the definitive skewering of the sunglass-wearing, cowboy-hatted chip-stack of arrogance that is the world o... / Continue →
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From the upcoming issue of Empire comes another new shot from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, in which it appears Prince Valiant is nonchalantly holding the guy from Pitfall hostage. That is all. New 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' Phot... / Continue →
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The redundantly-titled upcoming CG-animated series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, has a new character, and her name is just as hard to say as you'd expect--Ahsoka Tano. Described as "able to wield a lightsaber and pilot a spacecraft with great talent," she sounds like pretty much ... / Continue →
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Any time a terrified Colin Farrell is holding an ice cream cone while attempting to crush himself with his coat, you know you're in for a good movie. Or at least an overly-clever self-aware gangster comedy. New In Bruges Poster [Empire]... / Continue →
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Twitch has gotten its hands on some new stills from Green Porno, a series of shorts written, starring, and co-directed by Isabella Rossellini comically studying the way insects have sex. They're reminiscent of Seinfeld's live-action Bee Movie preview, except with less ego, more... / Continue →
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So beaten down the Meet the Spartans of the world destroying the spoof with its army of questionable lookalikes, I was actually half-heartedly hoping that Superhero Movie might revitalize the parody genre I loved as a kid. Despite the title's dreary reference to its awful parod... / Continue →
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Whereas the last Leatherheads poster confusingly left out all of the love-triangle elements to make it sports-centric, this one seems to be focusing exclusively on the romance between George Clooney and Renee Zellwegger, not even mentioning that co-star John Krasinski is a thir... / Continue →
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So, you know how A Nightmare on Elm Street exists, yet somehow hasn't been remade outside of its innumerable sequels? Well, Michael Bay apparently just noticed this glaring incongruity, and is planning to relaunch the series under his Platinum Dunes production company (named af... / Continue →
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Tyler Perry gives us a rare glimpse into his complex creative process, in which, at the last minute, he deliberately shoves Madea into something already full of other needless shit. And, hey, it's funny how this other guy dresses like a psychotic! I smell the next Madea! Quest... / Continue →
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Everyone's favorite ex-marine, Mr. Clean-esque talk show host, Montel Williams, has announced he is ending his popular(?) talk show. After 17 years on the air, he still leaves millions without their lost loves, estranged from their mothers who gave them up for adoption as teens... / Continue →
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What did you think upon first walking out of Cloverfield? That was enjoyable enough, if gimmicky and unbelievable? What a letdown after six months of marketing? I feel incredibly nauseous? If any of these are close, you obviously aren't a Paramount executive; their reaction to ... / Continue →
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The good thing about Chronicles of Narnia posters are that, once the movie is done, we can replace these faces with U.S. presidents and it would make a great new currency design. Switch the castle with the Capitol Building, too, but keep the lion, for the hell of it. The Chron... / Continue →
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The early HD preview released last month already provided more than enough reason to get excited about the Neil Gaiman/Henry Selick/TMBG collaboration, Coraline, but this 3D trailer raises the bar even higher. I bet it looks even better with the 3D glasses on, and if it weren't... / Continue →
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I'm confused as to why the marketing department for what appears to be a screwball romantic comedy set around early football decided to push the film's actual football playing as the sole selling point. Superbowl Fever? And now I'm torn which supplement would best finish the ta... / Continue →
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Riding off the high of a three-year-old Best Picture Oscar Win, it's been announced that the ensemble melodrama Crash will be coming to Starz as an original series. So I started thinking, what other Oscar winners could we cash in for a probably-terrible television series, and w... / Continue →
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Despite being perhaps a less-than-perfect adaptation of its source material, Garth Jennings' 2005 take on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a visually interesting and overlooked picture, and I've awaited what would come next from the music video director. It's finally arriv... / Continue →
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As any ardent comedy-porn fan knows, the only thing that makes the negligible plot, clichéd characters, and goofy, seemingly improvised comedy based on how hot yet oblivious the girls are tolerable is the knowledge that a graphic sex scene is sure to follow. So, I ask, if the P... / Continue →
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Though he seems unclear on the details, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus actor Christopher Plummer has spoken out on how director Terry Gilliam may still try to save Heath Ledger's final performance: [Gilliam is] trying to work out at this moment how to continue on. Fortuna... / Continue →
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I knew Sean Penn was going to take on the role of politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk for Gus Van Sant's Milk, but I had no idea he was going to be playing it as Dustin Diamond. I guess the gay angle would do a lot to explain Screech's willingness to join Zack's vari... / Continue →
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This little film seems to be slipping under the radar, so let me remind you that this Jones fellow will be in another sequel called Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. In an effort to appeal to new American Gladiators fans, the latest chapter will apparently be ... / Continue →
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To fully understand why it is so miraculous each time we behold a new glimpse of Pixar's film wizardry, you have to understand what goes into making a Pixar film. They make a big show of all the fun pools and air hockey tables and holograms and stuff that make up their massive ... / Continue →
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I think this new shot from the upcoming Coen Brothers comedy Burn After Reading may just be a reminder to silence our electronic devices and pick up some concessions before the film starts, and that with their massive screens and stadium seating, an AMC Theatres Night feels as ... / Continue →
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First, despite the title, let me say this is not a porn about twilight transit gang bangs, though it would probably be better if it were. Instead, it's based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story, with Bradley Cooper starring as a disillusioned photographer who, for some reason, t... / Continue →
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The Official Hellboy II Production Site has finally posted a close-up look at Johann, the new psychic character who must wear a containment suit to keep his ectoplasmic body from dissipating. The suit works the same as drinking does to keep my soul numb enough to not completely... / Continue →
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I still predict the big screen adaptation of G.I. Joe to go down as a mess of distorted nostalgia and military propaganda told through crummy dialogue and computer effects, but that doesn't mean the casting is all that bad. Dennis Quaid has just been announced as General Hawk, ... / Continue →
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OK, so if you've watched the original trailer to Be Kind Rewind, you know the movie tells the story of Jack black accidentally erasing a rental store's VHS tapes, forcing himself and Mos Def to recreate the films from scratch with a camcorder--a process they call sweding. Now, ... / Continue →
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There's an improvised poker comedy starring talent like David Cross, Cheryl Hines, and Richard Kind, and this is the first I'm finding out about it? Why has no one told me about this? Because attempt by the writer of Inspector Gadget, Elektra, and X-Men 3 to be a director? OK, ... / Continue →
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I'm probably really late to this observation, but this new shot from The Dark Knight is the first where I realized that the latest Batman mask is getting dangerously close to Bibleman territory. He's just a Willie Aames and a prayer away from a lawsuit. If you've already noted... / Continue →
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I'm not the biggest fan of fantasy epics and, therefore, the massive orc-driven spectacle that was The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. But at the very least, I can respect that they'll well made films worthy of the attention and special editions of Risk they're given, and I've share... / Continue →
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From AICN comes news that Channing Tatum is the latest to join the what-does-it-matter cast of G.I. Joe. He will reportedly be taking on the role of second-in-command, Duke, or, for those of you unfamiliar with the canon, the guy who you thought was named G.I. Joe. I speculate ... / Continue →
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From the trailer, I was never clear on whether Will Smith would don a traditional costume in his hobo-superhero flick, Hancock, or if they considered it funnier to have him fight crime exclusively in filth. This shot from Ropes of Silicon has cleared that up, revealing that Smi... / Continue →
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After watching this trailer, it's clear Disney is making a terrible, terrible mistake releasing Snow Buddies straight-to-DVD. Having let The Land Before Time XVII and Aladdin V slip between the fingers of our nation's cinemas, I can't let another masterpiece go unnoticed. The f... / Continue →
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1. Meet the Spartans - I think we need to sit down and have a serious discussion about how this possibly made $18.7 million this weekend, and I think that discussion should be littered with shallow references to pop culture that might be mistaken for actual jokes. 2. Rambo - S... / Continue →
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Sometimes, when the violence and intensity of your Rambos and your Cloverfields get to be too much, it's nice to see someone is making a film about swimming around, having a good time, just being a dolphin or whale. I mean, come on, guys. Dolphins and whales, together? Classic ... / Continue →
