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March 1, 2009 - March 7, 2009 Archives

  • March 6, 2009
    I think so. Or maybe it's suggesting a Saw movie centered on aquarium bubblers? I'm open to other suggestions in the comments. Pandorum Poster [IMPA]... / Continue →
  • March 6, 2009
    Nothing like a new Jim Jarmusch movie to make a Friday feel like a Saturday, you know? Just that he usually makes good films, and The Limits of Control, with a guitar string-based killer and Bill Murray, looks like it will be good too. This trailer is our second Saturday:... / Continue →
  • March 6, 2009
    Well, I'll have to record the next season of Curb Your Enthusiasm in SP mode: there's going to be a Seinfeld reunion! The Seinfeld cast is making another must-see appearance. EW has learned exclusively that the four stars of NBC's long-running comedy -- Jerry Seinfeld, Julia L... / Continue →
  • March 6, 2009
    Following today's revelation that Marmaduke once co-existed alongside Heathcliff, my friend Kevin did some research into this cartoon menagerie (searched on YouTube) and found some clips I think you should look at. Man, what a miserable thing it is. All the painfulness of a Mar... / Continue →
  • March 6, 2009
    Sorry to get so heavy on you again (first urban horse cruelty, now this!), but Yoni Goodman, one of the animators of Waltz with Bashir, made this short about Israel oppressing the peoples of Gaza, and here it is. If you don't want to get into the politics of things, just preten... / Continue →
  • March 6, 2009
    Hold on to your fucking huge pets! Fox is bringing Marmaduke, Brad Anderson's exceedingly lazy, unbearable, deservedly ridiculed comic about a giant dog repeatedly doing the same series of ten gags, to the big screen! And the fact that the comic is universally loathed, and that... / Continue →
  • March 6, 2009
    It's so hard for Spock to hug. Trying so hard to remain emotionless but realizing the inevitable sentiment that spawns from a good hug. I think that's probably the main conflict in this movie:... / Continue →
  • March 5, 2009
    Hansom cabs: they add character to the filming of a costume drama, but at what cost to horses? No, but really, it's a serious issue. As the film Blinders points out, it's dangerous and idiotic that we still have horse and carriages running alongside horseless carriages for the ... / Continue →
  • March 5, 2009
    What if, instead of making the transition into a 2009 blockbuster film by a "visionary" director, Alan Moore's Watchmen were adapted into a cheesy Saturday morning cartoon where Silk Spectre plays a keytar and the Comedian hopes for a kiss? That scenario is no longer hypothetic... / Continue →
  • March 5, 2009
    After Paul W.S. Anderson's Event Horizon, you'd think everyone would know to avoid both deep space demons and anything made by the people involved with Resident Evil. Someone should have told Dennis Quaid before he agreed to this:... / Continue →
  • March 5, 2009
    I lost track of the times in this trailer I thought, "That's going to happen too?" Wolverine fights in every war, meets half the mutants in the Marvel universe, jumps onto a moving helicopter--he's basically a feral Forrest Gump. Either this movie is going to be four hours long... / Continue →
  • March 5, 2009
    When did Disney get so aware of how to make TR2N relevant? Following rumors that the title will not be the ridiculously stupid TR2N (I'll still be calling it TR2N) and that there will be light jet v. light cycle battles, Billboard has announced that Daft Punk will be doing the ... / Continue →
  • March 4, 2009
    As the fable goes, just at the crossroads of comedy and tragedy lives a bulky, aging, pony-tailed man who goes by the name of Stanless Steel. There, he bends pennies with his bare fingers, hopelessly explains his nickname, and makes calls in the hopes someone wants him to life ... / Continue →
  • March 4, 2009
    It's been a few days since we last saw anything from the set of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, so let's take a moment to gaze upon how Edgar Wright is effectively replicating panels from the books. Rear-view-on-swings recreation accuracy has prevailed. We did it. The lower, sagg... / Continue →
  • March 4, 2009
    As is the case with most recent movies involving a brooding Christian Bale and regular gunfire, Public Enemies looks good. In fact, with Michael Mann at the helm and Johnny Depp as Dillinger (reminding us he can play non-goofy, non-pirate roles), it looks really good. But none ... / Continue →
  • March 4, 2009
    Jeez, Joshua Jackson, I don't know what I'd do. I guess it depends if I have one week to live, one week to find His beauty with my motorcycle, one week of being Joshua Jackson, one week of being Joshua Jackson as Wolverine, or one week on a messy, Marc Summers-hosted game show.... / Continue →
  • March 4, 2009
    This news will make a handsome giftset with the Ratner-directing-Youngblood revelation in the category of Awful Comics Being Brought to Life By Hollywood Talent So Blindingly Appropriate that Fans and Haters Alike Cannot Help But Resoundingly Approve. Megan Fox starring as the ... / Continue →
  • March 4, 2009
    The French Disney/Pixar blog has posted some shots of toys from the upcoming animated feature Up, thus giving us a first look at a plastic version of the Christopher Plummer-voiced character, Charles Muntz. As /Film has noted, he looks a disturbing amount like Kirk Douglas (pos... / Continue →
  • March 4, 2009
    Is "You Make(-a) My Dreams" the new "Mr. Blue Sky"? I think that's what the makers of 500 Days of Summer are going for, as they've exchanged the charming but repetitive Leslie Nielsen narration of the first trailer with a more conventional, clip-driven preview scored by indie m... / Continue →
  • March 3, 2009
    Some guys wrote a script that answered a long-pondered question: "Man, what if the Dirty Dozen were, like, knights?" And now a studio has paid these men for that script: Alex Litvak and Michael Finch are going medieval. The scribes have sold their original screenplay "Medieva... / Continue →
  • March 3, 2009
    If you love the Tron sequel spoilers, AICN has new information on what Jeff Bridges and his son are doing in the CLU with the MCP cones and whatever. But if you're like me, less thirsty for general TR2N news, mostly just interested in why anyone would see fit to name a movie TR... / Continue →
  • March 3, 2009
    Election star Reese Witherspoon, Sideways star Paul Giamatti, and Sacha Baron Cohen--who hasn't been in any Alexander Payne movies, upsetting my all-star theory--have agreed to star in Downsizing, a new film that sounds like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids as a romantic comedy: Alexa... / Continue →
  • March 3, 2009
    Cashing in on the recent popularity of kitchen staple-based films, here are the first shots from Salt, which Columbia Pictures describes as such: Angelina Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer who swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. When she is accused by a defector... / Continue →
  • March 3, 2009
    Only slightly more subtle than an arrow that says, "Hey, ladies, Johnny Depp's crotch is in this!" New Public Enemies Poster [Coming Soon]... / Continue →
  • March 3, 2009
    Lionsgate has released an ANIMATED POSTER for The Haunting in Connecticut, and you will just not believe what comes out of this kid's mouth, in Connecticut. Unless you've seen any of the previous promotional material for Haunting in Connecticut. In that case, you'll not only be... / Continue →
  • March 3, 2009
    Bad news, future resistance leader John Connor: The Terminator monsters outnumber us humans, they're killing us, and they've started wearing our human skins as disguise coats. But on the plus side, you're kissing the Lady in the Water, so you're doing alright too. This video sh... / Continue →
  • March 2, 2009
    The role did nearly nothing for Robert Englund but ensure him horror cult status and a place in the sequels, but apparently the part of Freddy Krueger is now a hot commodity, and the fan favorite to put on the bladed glove is Jackie Earle Haley. The Academy Award-nominated acto... / Continue →
  • March 2, 2009
    If any "haters" generate complaints about Keira Knightley acting robotic in her next role, at least she can blame it on her character being a clone! Because, as everyone knows, human clones are basically robots. Or so they say: [Keira Knightley] is ditching the period garb and... / Continue →
  • March 2, 2009
    Here's the poster for Fighting (both the movie Fighting and the concept of fighting)! If you're confused why the image isn't really that evocative of fighting, understand that the film was originally titled Pull-Ups. 'Fighting' Poster Premiere [Cinematical]... / Continue →
  • March 2, 2009
    Looks like Judd Apatow will be adding Ghostbusters 3 to the sometimes inconsistent line-up of Pineapple Express, Drillbit Taylor, Knocked Up and others. Apatow Productions is officially attached to produce the third G. Busters film: Judd Apatow's name has been attached the rum... / Continue →
  • March 2, 2009
    All this week, NBC will be posting a new video profile of a Watchmen character every day. By Friday, you'll know so much about these heroes that you won't even need Teen Beat's "Which Watchmen Do You Kiss Most Like?" quiz to discern that I definitely kiss like The Comedian (rou... / Continue →
  • March 2, 2009
    Your weekend box office results: 1. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail - Tyler Perry's $16.5 million. Where will Madea go next? Only Tyler Perry's Brain knows. 2. Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience - $12.7 million. Did people not realize this was a concert EXPERIENCE? It... / Continue →
  • March 2, 2009
    Yahoo has premiered these three new character posters for Terminator Salvation. Display them as a set to show your excitement for the new Terminator film, or post them individually to support a couple actors and the metal man apparently named NATOR SAL\. The choice is yours, Jo... / Continue →