March 23, 2008 - March 29, 2008 Archives
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If you're living in America's Heartland, watch out: the next homosexual you assault might catch you on camera (again)! British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has been sighted in Kansas shooting scenes for his upcoming film about the travels of Bruno, his flamboyant Austrian alter-e... / Continue →
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The adventure begins May 22, but the romance continues straight on through to December. Indiana Jones and Mutt Williams [/Film]... / Continue →
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Sorry, no, it's not the Arrested Development movie you hoped for. But the two do have new, equally inauspicious projects coming up! Bateman will direct the pilot of Fox's The Inn, being described as "Upstairs/Downstairs set at a hip New York hotel"; Arnett has joined Dax Shepar... / Continue →
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Now many straight-to-video years after his rise to nearly becoming the next Jean-Claude Van Damme and fall to becoming current Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren has plans to reinvent himself. Say goodbye to '80s action star Dolph Lundgren, hello to modern action star/director making '8... / Continue →
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Sure, scripted reality of The Hills makes for quality, family home entertainment, will all that texted drama hold up on the big screen? It would seem producers think so, with Hills star Lauren Conrad hinting at as much, slyly holding back her idiot grin as MTV asked if a movie ... / Continue →
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Jerry Bruckheimer has a reputation for finding ways to fill any movie with enough star power, CGI, and/or explosions to pander to the unwashed masses, no matter what the subject. But after bringing life to the non-existent ghost-pirate-Disney-ride genre with Pirates of the Cari... / Continue →
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As rumors continue to fly about possible reshoots for Spike Jonze's suposedly-too-scary-for-kids Where the Wild Things Are, Forest Whitaker--who plays one of said Wild Things--has spoken up to say "WTF, my kids totally dug it," or something to that effect. If your unending rev... / Continue →
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Either a hackneyed fan creation or one of the most uninspired posters ever, here's the supposed X-Files 2 teaser poster going around (thanks to Maggie for sending it this way). It must have taken tremendous willpower to leave out a scattered group of aliens, their shadows spell... / Continue →
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There's only one way out. It would seem it involves having a single facial expression (dumbfounded intensity) and desperately clinging to youth with biker jackets and hair appliances. The Bangkok Dangerous Poster [Coming Soon]... / Continue →
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Like cancer cells or the Osmond clan, National Treasure is one of those magical life-forms with the inherent ability for terribly unwanted yet inexorable reproduction. Or at least so says director Jon Turteltaub, who has laid out plans for a third chapter of the impossibly succ... / Continue →
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After the last dodgy accent-filled trailer, I wasn't sure it was possible to make the Borat the Hairdresser comedy of You Don't Mess with the Zohan any less desirable. They'd already revealed longtime Sandler tagalong Rob Schneider plays a part; how do you make it worse from th... / Continue →
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Screenwriters continue to know exactly how to please us sad, withdrawn losers with yet another story of a nebbish dweeb miraculously brought out of his shell by a wild, out-of-his-league, eccentric girl (Elisha Cuthbert, this time). So what sets this one apart from the legions ... / Continue →
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Oliver Stone's George W. biopic has taken one more step in its quest to become a near-parody of itself, adding two more unlikely yet somehow completely expected cast members: Ellen Burstyn and James Cromwell as Ma and Pa Bush. Like Stone's casting of Anthony Hopkins in the role... / Continue →
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Even a leather jacket, bloody knife, 90210 hair, and a mirage of a mustache are unable to portray any hint of manliness against LaBeouf's full, pouty lips. Alternately: Who is this, Shia LaBouffant!? New Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Photos [The Raider]... / Continue →
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Though similar to the previous teaser--particularly in that it's shot from the lap of a fan--this new X-Files 2 trailer does provide some brief dialogue that indicates Mulder's belief supernatural possibilities we've long forgotten (were we on aliens, bees, alien bees, or guys ... / Continue →
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I'm told this is a second trailer to What Happens in Vegas, and that it's somehow different, even funnier, than the first. I can't say I noticed either, but it did suddenly occur to me that the zany typeface used in the titles is remarkably similar to the one used to describe s... / Continue →
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Over 60 years after he shoved a defenseless lady in a wheelchair down some stairs, actor Richard Widmark died Monday. The Pickup on South Street star, nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in Kiss of Death, was 93. Details of the death are still scarce (I pre... / Continue →
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Movie theaters have long been one of the few places in America where people of all ages and backgrounds, regardless of their social or economic standing, can meet to partake in a communal experience. So it's about time someone fixed that. Australian conglomerate Village Roadsh... / Continue →
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After an ever-so-brief hiatus, the cancerous Dark Knight marketing campaign has again multiplied itself, filling your RZR and the internet with more discardable material. To the delight of fanboys--and the distress of any hopeful website entrepreneurs named Dana Worthington--Wa... / Continue →
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ShockTillYouDrop has learned that Michael Bay's recidivist horror studio, Platinum Dunes--currently planning remakes of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Rosemary's Baby, and Friday the 13th--finally has an original project in the works. Dunes and Paramount are teaming and searching f... / Continue →
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Responding to some questions on his "E-Post" (apparently what old guys are calling blogs now), Sir Ian McKellen has announced he would indeed return to Middle Earth for The Hobbit if the opportunity comes. Q: ...Will you again be our Gandalf in "The Hobbit" now that the deal ... / Continue →
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Some people have been saying Will Ferrell's shtick is played out--that he just acts wacky while playing sports. Those people have obviously never seen these first shots from the set of Land of the Lost! Ferrell doesn't need the juxtaposition of sporting equipment to be funny; h... / Continue →
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The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Meet Dave and Meet Bill star Elizabeth Banks is in final talks to portray Laura Bush in W, wacko Oliver Stone's biopic of bumper sticker subject George W. Bush. Aside from my initial shock that "Meet" isn't in the title, I'm surprised a... / Continue →
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Fugitive Pieces! At least until you notice the World War II imagery on the left. The film was named one of Canada's Top Ten films last year (somehow edging out Strange Brew: Brew-Ray Edition), and here's the summary: Jakob Beer, a man whose life is haunted by his childhood exp... / Continue →
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REMOVED AT REQUEST OF Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation From the set of the recently wrapped Dragonball adaptation comes evidence that the film may take place on the game board of Fireball Island. But will the "Dragonballs" themselves be as easy to lose as those f***ing mar... / Continue →
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Rich, fat, secretly evil genius kids: you will finally get your story told on screen! Daily Show writer/producer Josh Lieb's cleverly-titled book proposal, I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President, has been picked up by Warner Bros., with self-nic... / Continue →
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How often I've watched CNN--during the hypothetical times between celebrity gossip and Nancy Grace when they have relevant news--and thought, man, if only we could somehow insert John Cusack's character from Gross Pointe Blank into this Iraq situation, along with Hilary Duff do... / Continue →
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Like many a Troma release, the plot of Poultrygeist comes secondary to how many gruesome ways a human can be torn apart by zombies. Thus, the trailer has very little of the story (as you might suspect, it has something to do with zombie chicken-people), but it more than makes u... / Continue →
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Man oh man. I didn't have extremely high hopes for Superhero Movie, but this brief clip really put the final nail in that lazy parody of a coffin. Tracy Morgan, "[Genre] Movie" mainstay Regina Hall, and even Pamela Anderson phone in their performances in a scene that has the pa... / Continue →
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How do you adapt the classic alien-fish-out-of-water concept (Suburban Commando, Alien Crocodile Dundee) to suit the established Eddie Murphy-in-multiple-roles format (Norbit, Nutty Professor, most everything since the mid-'90s) we all love so dearly? Simple: have a small, alie... / Continue →
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What is with all the "Meet ________" movies lately? Are mock personal connections the only way to lure the lonely populace from their homes? More importantly, do you think there's a chance we'll get to see Eddie Murphy in multiple roles?! God, I hope so; Norbit feels like a fa... / Continue →
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After adding the esteemed likes of John Hodgman, Tina Fey, Jeffrey Tambor, and Christopher Guest to This Side of the Truth, how could Ricky Gervais make his cast any more comically desirable? How about another Arrested Development alumnus--say, a Bateman? Yes, that does it. Th... / Continue →
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We (geeks) all know that the hare-faced Maggie Gyllenhaal has taken over the role of Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight--a part previously held by the Cruise puppet-bride, Katie Holmes--but Maggie wants you to know more than that. Namely, that her possession of a human soul will a... / Continue →
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1. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! - $25.1 million, proving Dr. Seuss still has marginally better endorsement credentials than Tyler Perry. 2. Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns - After falling short of the lead with a $20 million opening, T.P. will hopefully return to what he does ... / Continue →
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Though a bit dark and shaky, this bootleg of the Ice Age 3 teaser trailer gives some hope for the seemingly unnecessary sequel. While I had assumed this was just another broad attempt at making some money based on the franchise's baffling popularity, this trailer reveals the fi... / Continue →
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Thomas Sangster, the drumming, now awkwardly-aging kid from Love, Actually, has reportedly taken the role of douchebag-haired protagonist Tintin in the Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson adaptations of the comic. Wikipedia describes the eponymous hero as a young reporter somewhere ... / Continue →
