December 14, 2008 - December 20, 2008 Archives
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Ben Stiller is back in a museum, and it's night, so I think you all know what that means! (Things coming to life!) And since it's the Smithsonian this time, that means even more notable statues and wax recreations of historical figures are making hilarious living cameos! And si... / Continue →
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My Bloody Valentine 3D has a new trailer, and the marketing team is still aggressively pushing the three-dimensionality just as much as the film's lack of content. Look at how this pick axe flying OUT OF THE SCREEN! That's both the gimmick and the plot:... / Continue →
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Vampires have overrun humanity, and our only hope lies in the skilled hands of a specially-trained team led by our last remaining master swordsman, Steven Seagal. The outcome of such a match-off should be obvious, but here's the trailer for a film on the subject if you have any... / Continue →
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Don't let Baz Lurhmann's narrowed, suspicious eyes fool you. Behind the icy glare lies a mind hard at work on once again bringing something called "Great Gatsby" to screens: The director, as Risky Biz first reported last month, also said that he has officially acquired rights ... / Continue →
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Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, known as "the first lady of Star Trek", passed away yesterday after a battle with Leukemia. From TrekMovie: Roddenberry had featured roles in almost every Star Trek television and film entity and became an iconic figure within the fan community. Her ... / Continue →
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Stringer Bell thought he had it all: the perfect Beyonce wife; the perfect job with Jerry O'Connell; the perfect hot temporary office worker. But no! At least not the last point. It turns out his temp is OBSESSED. She infects his computer with the TEMPGIRL virus, keeps seducing... / Continue →
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Following what's being called "creative differences," Stephen Chow has dropped out as director of Seth Rogen's Green Hornet script, though the actor still plans to play Kato. From Variety: There's been another change in the "Hornet" nest: Stephen Chow has dropped out as direct... / Continue →
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MGM has signed Barry Sonnenfeld on to direct and produce The How-To Guide for Saving the World, a script based around a schlub finding what is essentially a "how-to" guide for saving the world and using it: "World" tells the story of a loser who discovers a book on how to prev... / Continue →
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Sorry, Gerard Sanders, but according to Latino Review, your Iron Man role of Howard Stark has been stolen by Tim Robbins: From what I'm told, Tim Robbins is going to be playing Howard Stark in an important flashback sequence that is going to set up the Avengers and Captain Ame... / Continue →
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We have an early entry into the competition for stupidest movie of 2009! From what I can tell, it's about a sentient phone that's sort of magic, maybe. Here's the trailer for the Robert Ludlumesque-titled Echelon Conspiracy:... / Continue →
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You might think me a fool for samurai zombies, but whenever I hear there's a movie called Samurai Zombie, I will always watch at least the trailer for that samurai zombie movie, even if it's entirely in another language and has no subtitles. I assume there are others like me, a... / Continue →
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Maggie Q has joined the cast of King of Fighters, marking the second time this year an attractive half-Asian gal has been tragically linked to an ill-conceived film adaptation of a fighting game. From Variety: Action star Maggie Q ("Live Free or Die Hard") has joined the cast ... / Continue →
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Tabloid magazine The Sun broke this huge story about Batman that, strangely, no one more respectable has heard about: FUNNYMAN EDDIE MURPHY will play The Riddler in the next Batman movie, The Sun can reveal. The Beverly Hills Cop star, 47, has been signed up by British direct... / Continue →
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Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski has acquired the film rights to an article in the Wall Street Journal about a man's obsession with the video game Second Life: Universal and "Pirates of the Caribbean" helmer Gore Verbinski have acquired a 2007 Wall Street Journ... / Continue →
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Every week, when I report on the weekend's domestic box office totals, I'm totally excluding all the readers from other countries. Sorry about that. The web is worldwide now, and I'm not respecting that. So this week, let me give you readers in the UK box office update: you've ... / Continue →
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From Twitch, here's a holiday greeting brought to you by the film, Black Dynamite. As the titles hints at, Black Dynamite loves "ho" puns, as you will see:... / Continue →
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Harrison Ford is going to prove he can still do more than make a less enjoyable Indiana Jones movie. The actor is in talks to star alongside Rachel McAdams in Morning Glory, a comedy about a veteran anchor joining a morning talk show: [Ford] has been cast as one of the persona... / Continue →
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Tracy Morgan has been lined up to produce and star as a classic scam email Nigerian prince in a film written by John Mulaney and Nick Kroll (who have kept me pretty entertained frolicking around the Upper West Side to the smooth sounds of Steely Dan). The Daily Variety describe... / Continue →
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God, people really love that Batman character. Warner Bros. is projecting that, only a week after the home video release of the film, The Dark Knight has become the the top-selling DVD of the year and the best-selling Blu-ray thing EVER. Says Variety: According to Warners, "Th... / Continue →
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Be careful watching this trailer: it's deceptive. You see Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Thomas Lennon, and J.K. Simmons reprising his Juno role of "Dad", and you naturally start to believe this should at least be reasonably funny. But once you look back and think about... / Continue →
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Following largely positive reactions towards what's been released from the upcoming Terminator Salvation, Halcyon Co. heads Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek have decided to move forward with next sequel in the series. From the Variety: The Terminator will be back. Halcyon Co... / Continue →
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CBS Films, noticing a glaring fertility-themed romantic comedy hole in next year's schedule, has signed Jennifer Lopez to star in just such a film: Jennifer Lopez has signed on to star in the fertility-themed romantic comedy "Plan B" for CBS Films. Penned by Kate Angelo, stor... / Continue →
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Overnight, official news came that Rob Zombie would be directing a sequel to Halloween--which has been given the SUV-like name of H2---and already there's a teaser poster. I place it somewhere near the crossroads of gritty terror, still from an early music video, and "sorry, th... / Continue →
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Results! Thanks to everyone who entered (ed: see this contest, webheads!) to win this Monty Python DVD Collector's Set, and to A&E Home Video for providing it. Henceforth, you should buy all of your arts and entertainment wares from them. And I've subjectively deemed the winne... / Continue →
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I'm no bigamist, but ladies, you can't fully blame Joaquin Phoenix--or any other guy--for taking two lovers. There have been studies done, by scientists, that show men often instinctively feel the need for one cold, distant, urban mate, one comatose, haunted mansion-dwelling ma... / Continue →
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In this clip from Up (most of it seen before in the trailer), an overweight child stands precariously on the edge of an old man's floating house. The older gentleman asks how he arrived there, to which the child gives a confused answer that reveals he was chasing a rat. Then, r... / Continue →
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Here's the trailer for Tyler Perry's Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, continuing the Perry tradition of layering a crazy old fat lady--played by himself in drag and a fat suit--with over-the-top melodrama. Why does he think this works? It looks like Tyler Perry's equivalent of... / Continue →
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In the aliens' defense here, I think if I came to Earth and was greeted with a massive stone monument to Dwayne Johnson 'n' Kids, I'd probably be pretty eager to destroy it too. Race to Witch Mountain [IMPA]... / Continue →
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After seeing this banner from MTV, the characters all lined up, with so many sharp eyebrows and/or angular features, does anyone else get the impression the Enterprise is being run by half-elves? Bones (second from the left) looks like he might be human, and Chekhov (far right)... / Continue →
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They may have something here, using the sexy, pouty-lipped star of the film on the poster instead of a seated, 58-year-old Englishman. I like Bill Nighy and all, and I know a lot of people do, but I don't know anyone willing to go into a likely awful movie just because of his p... / Continue →
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With all the remakes, superhero movies, and remakes of superhero movies slapping us around these days, why hasn't there been an effort to remake The Phantom? Probably because no one under 80 fondly remembers the Phantom as a comic, and those who remember the 1996 Billy Zane fil... / Continue →
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Here's the trailer for the movie about that Wolverine character. Watching it has done nothing to lessen my reservations about this being something I'd watch more than once, but there's something I like about its unabashed fan pandering I find almost endearing. Every comic fan ... / Continue →
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Thanks to Kevin for pointing out Ropes of Silicon has a couple shots from The Hangover, the Todd Phillips comedy in which "Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms play best buddies at a wild Las Vegas bachelor party who lose the groom just hours before his wedding." The ... / Continue →
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I've been crying black tears all morning: Stephen Norrington is going to try another take on The Crow. From Variety: Stephen Norrington has signed on to write and direct a reinvention of “The Crow,” based on the comic created by James O’Barr. Pressman produced the 1994 Alex P... / Continue →
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This is probably one of the most boring Japanese commercials with an American celebrity in it. They're supposed to be loud and garish and Japanese, with the celebrity forced to awkwardly shout foreign phrases directly at the camera. This Wes Anderson-directed ad for SoftBank ju... / Continue →
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This weekend's box office results: 1. The Day the Earth Stood Still - $31 million, though that could still rise dramatically once we get the numbers back from space 2. Four Christmases - $13.3 million. The constant trickle of festively-dressed, moderately-entertained people l... / Continue →
