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December 28, 2008 - January 3, 2009 Archives

  • December 31, 2008
    Seeing that it might be a bit longer than originally anticipated before you get to see that Watchmen movie everyone is talking about, curb your desire with this new footage-filled featurette. With Star Trek and this (hopefully) coming out in the coming months, 2009 is shaping u... / Continue →
  • December 31, 2008
    Marley & Me may already be out in theaters--and dominating!--but that doesn't mean we have to stop enjoying Earth's ever-increasing supply of Marley & Me propaganda. Hey, Marley, stop chewing that shoe--that might be a Prada shoe! Hey, Marley, something something at the gym! Ma... / Continue →
  • December 31, 2008
    So many great people in this--Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Tracy Morgan, Sam Rockwell, Bill Nighy, Steve Buscemi--yet it still comes off as a poor attempt at Alvin and the Chipmunks-izing Disney's Rescue Rangers. Every day for like two years, some guy went home to his wife ... / Continue →
  • December 30, 2008
    Do you live near a Carmike Cinema, have kids and the desire to instill upon them the lesson that their pathetic tears may bring toys to live? Then, and only then, you might want to watch this trailer for The Velveteen Rabbit, showing exclusively in Carmike Cinemas this February... / Continue →
  • December 30, 2008
    Is the hunched, uncomfortable form of Michael Cera the one thing blocking our view of a much-wanted Arrested Development movie? Series creator Mitch Hurwitz implies as much in this recent interview with Fancast (via Collider): So what of the rumors that new dad Will Arnett and... / Continue →
  • December 30, 2008
    On Christmas Eve, Fox and Warner's battle over Watchmen rights took a decidedly pro-Fox turn when the judge on the case wished Warner Bros. Merry Christmas (said really sarcastically), ruling Fox does have a copyright stake in the film's release. Now Warner is calling B. shit a... / Continue →
  • December 30, 2008
    Here's the teaser trailer for Lesbian Vampire Killers, which looks like exactly what it sounds like. Unless you think it sounds like the vampire killers are the lesbians; that's not the case. The vampires are the lesbians, which must be killed because they're vampires--not beca... / Continue →
  • December 29, 2008
    The Golden Globes will play second fiddle to the Oscars no longer. This year, they're classing up the party with this elegant, airbrushed-on-the-side-of-a-van-style poster. Nice work Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Famous Frames, Inc. How about this for next year? T... / Continue →
  • December 29, 2008
    Michael Bay has been at work shooting Transformers 2 in New Mexico and Egypt (those pyramids are going to get so fucked up), and USA Today has put up a new piece that includes a new photo gallery of the film. No new robot designs, but as you can see above--phew!--explosions hav... / Continue →
  • December 29, 2008
    Boy: "Wow! With these, I can really see your face decaying!" Old Man: "Don't stare at my death." And that's why I've never won a caption contest. The Only Way Is Up [Empire]... / Continue →
  • December 29, 2008
    And the movies you spent Grandma's Christmas tenner on were: 1. Marley and Me - $37 million, over $14 million of that coming from Christmas Day, giving the film the second largest Christmas opening ever. So I'm thinking, if I strung together a bunch of YouTube clips and call i... / Continue →
  • December 29, 2008
    Are you ready for some intense street fighting action? How about some fairly lame street fighting action of a quality that will have you continually asking when Steven Seagal is going to show up? Because that's what I have for you with the teaser trailer for Street Fighter: The... / Continue →