July 6, 2008 - July 12, 2008 Archives
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At long last, as apparently seen on a T-shirt given to crew, we're finally granted the privilege of seeing the vague outline of an alien from James Cameron's Avatar! Yeah, I know. I think it's time to call it a weekend.... / Continue →
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Mark Wahlberg levitates while demonstrating his Spencer's novelty pistol lighters that always fire parallel to the ground regardless of how they're aimed. More unfortunate Max Payne shots here.... / Continue →
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Attention to all my friends: you know all those long, stupid conversations we have where we ask each other pointless questions and debate them ad nauseam--like if X-Men's Beast could take Donkey Kong in a fight, or how many toddlers Mike Tyson could take out (in a hypothetical ... / Continue →
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Earlier in the week, I got an email from an Emily suggesting I give some coverage to Hamlet 2, noting that the script is by Arrested Development and South Park writers, and that it stars the usually-funny Steve Coogan putting on an absurd high school production of a made-up Sha... / Continue →
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Earlier this month, The Day the Earth Stood Still director Scott Derrickson revealed that, before deciding to go with the original design for Gort--the iconic robot and most-recognizable element from the 1951 film--he had experimented with needlessly updating the look to closer... / Continue →
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OK, it's not a 3D Tyrannosaurus Rex. But when Brad sent over the link, I thought that's what the email said, and I was pathetically excited. "Someone improved the design of a Tyrannosaurus!? What could they have done? Dear god, more mouths!? In 3D!?" As it turns out, it's just ... / Continue →
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Latino Review and Vulture have read Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards script and they're saying, respectively, that it's like "if you took the bad guy swagger of RESERVOIR DOGS, the uber coolness and structure of PULP FICTION, throw in the revenge angle of KILL BILL, set ... / Continue →
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Marvel has a new series of animated, straight-to-DVD projects in the works in which the Hulk fights other Marvel characters who, coincidentally enough, have movies coming out in the next few years. Adam has graciously pointed out a preview to the first in the series, appropriat... / Continue →
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After Iron Man won critical praise and sustained box office success, with Jon Favreau proving he was capable of much more than Space Jumanji and an unofficial Swingers sequel, it was naively assumed the director would return for the sequel. But then Favs (I call him this becaus... / Continue →
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Mercifully, no, this is not the first image of Chunk from a Goonies remake, which would be the worst idea of all time. But it is the first look at very close to as bad of an idea: Ace Ventura Jr. Did Son of the Mask and Dumb and Dumberer not teach us that '90s Jim Carrey comedi... / Continue →
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If you trust the critical majority, it looks like Hellboy II should be the clear choice for this weekend's moviegoers not bent on seeing Brendan Fraser inside the Earth's dinosaur-fllled core or Eddie Murphy inside Eddie Murphy. So I would advice not watching this clip that sh... / Continue →
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In an age where many video games are clearly paying homage to the action films that inspired their carnage, I imagine it would be pretty hard to find a way to adapt them into something inspired. The Mark Wahlberg-starring adaptation of Matrixy, John Woo-ish gangster game Max Pa... / Continue →
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Childcare specialist Brad Pitt may have a role in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards. Hollywood Reporter just brought the news that Tarantino will be re-teaming with the Weinsteins to shoot his Dirty Dozen-inspired WWII tale, and though no cast is yet locked, Pitt's name h... / Continue →
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Well, they found a way to make this thing both stupider and even cheaper looking. In this short preview, we learn that at George Lucas's insistence, explains the Clone Wars director who is indiscriminately wearing a fedora, the clone troopers now have tattoos and personalized h... / Continue →
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I still haven't seen Hancock, so someone will have to help me with this one. Does Will Smith derive his powers from the flight of eagles? Is Japanese box office success contingent on the presence of matching, bird-themed t-shirts and pendants? It just seems like a strange decis... / Continue →
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Did you recently attend a cage fighting event that quickly devolved into man-on-man love? Then you just may be one of the many angry, unwilling stars of Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen's new film where he exposes homophobia by playing another ridiculous caricature. (Or you may just be... / Continue →
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There's a new trailer for Quarantine, a shot-for-shot remake of [REC] and the latest entry in the insane-event-captured-on-handheld-video genre that introduces a zombie virus into the equation. Does it have fearful weeping delivered directly into the camera? Yes, it does. Seemi... / Continue →
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We all know that The Dark Knight comes out on the 18th (or if you don't know, you've been ignoring the constant free publicity I've been giving it), but did you know that the film will be preceded by a series of "previews" for films that have not even come out yet? It's true. T... / Continue →
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The sounds of Kimya Dawson and "honest to blogs" quotes are still echoing in my head (now on DVD!), but apparently we may have the next Juno (the next Little Miss Sunshine) on our hands--another comedy-romance driven by indie music, Michael Cera's endless awkwardness, and a han... / Continue →
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Over at the MTV Movies Blog, they have some new shots from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince complete with thoughtful, thorough analysis of each photo and how it may fit into the story. I, on the other hand, know very little about the Potter-verse (I assume people call it ... / Continue →
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After the worrisome poster that ended up being a fake, it's nice to see something from Ghost Town that doesn't include a giant, seemingly insane quote. "This is the best script I've read in years" actually makes sense as a quote, and I'll consider it an encouraging endorsement ... / Continue →
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I know it won't affect the quality of the movie, but man, Hellboy is losing some credibility. Ken has pointed out another Hellboy-somehow-meeting-characters-from-random-GE-owned-television-shows clip, this one introducing the evil-fighting demon to the guys from Ghost Hunters. ... / Continue →
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It still feels like watching an extended MTV Awards sketch to me--largely because the last MTV Awards sketches were just extended commercials for this movie--but there is a new international trailer for Tropic Thunder. If there was any question whether Ben Stiller's latest woul... / Continue →
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Quiz Time! What is the above image from? A. NASA's first-ever CGI simulation of the moon landing. B. A cut-scene from the 1997 PC game Moon Salute. C. A pop-up ad for a "Great American Famous Walks on Things" screen saver. D. A still from an actual movie coming out in 2008 ... / Continue →
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Being a consummate artist and showman, Rob Zombie has remained tight-lipped on the plot of his next film, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and has denied the rumor it will be based on his comic, The Nail. In all likelihood, he's doing us a favor: if he were to tell us his raw, unrefined geni... / Continue →
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As reported by Billboard and since confirmed by CHUD, RZA has written a martial arts movie, and will be directing the film, titled The Man with the Iron Fist, with the help of Eli Roth. Normally news of a rapper making a film would be disconcerting (see Fred Durst's Longshots t... / Continue →
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UGO has a new Watchmen featurette in which artist Dave Gibbons, who illustrated the comic series, discusses how director Zack Snyder's detailed sets look exactly like his vague memories of what he drew 20-some years back. It's heartwarming to see Gibbons wander the environments... / Continue →
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Hellboy is a demonic paranormal investigator; Chuck, Wikipedia tells me, is the lead in an eponymous NBC series about a socially awkward twenty-something whose brain has been embedded with subliminal CIA secrets. So you can see that it was only a matter of time before the two w... / Continue →
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If you missed the quickly-pulled trailer to The Day the Earth Stood Still teaser trailer last week, you're in relative luck! It's now available in several convenient sizes to watch until you can figure out exactly what Keanu Reeves is going for. (Autistic android?) Now, Gort N... / Continue →
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It's weekend box office result time! 1. Hancock - In his version of a fireworks display, Will Smith dropped by once again this July 4th to deliver some primal entertainment to the waiting masses that ultimately left them saying, "Is that it?" ($66 million weekend, $107 million... / Continue →
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Hmm, new promotional still for Wolverine? Better check it against the list of known qualities all Wolverine poses must have: 1. The pose must be very unlikely to occur naturally - Holding arms out and back, squatting and grimacing, crossing claws--these things don't traditiona... / Continue →
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The Dark Knight's July 18 release is now less than two weeks away. Can you feel your life's relevance winding down? If not, try feeling for it again after watching two more previews. Under the cut, the trailer shown at Wizard World Chicago and an extended look at the Joker dinn... / Continue →
