March 22, 2009 - March 28, 2009 Archives
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Being the world's most famous escape artist and the name most synonymous with magic is alright, but what if Harry Houdini, like Chuck Barris and Bruce Lee, was also secretly (fictionally) AN AWESOME SPY, and maybe also a bit like Indiana Jones and Sherlock Holmes melded into on... / Continue →
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You're fanatical about The Office (UK) and Extras, right? Let's say you are, because otherwise you aren't going to care about this trivial update about Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's new film: Sony has boarded Ricky Gervais' "The Men at the Pru." Pic will be the second ... / Continue →
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Imagine you agree to have a quiet little concert party behind your parents' motel. But then that little concert party quickly snowballs into a really big, awesome concert party! And the name of that concert party is WOODSTOCK! ORIGINAL WOODSTOCK, not those bullshit '90s Woodsto... / Continue →
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A basketball player and a physical therapist falling in love? Never, you think; basketball players are too good at basketball to ever fall for such a pleb. Normally I'd agree with you, but in this case the physical therapist is Queen Latifah, who, if you've been watching Last H... / Continue →
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JustJared has posted the first shots of Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel on the set of The Sorcerer's Apprentice, a live-action take on the poem most famously portrayed in Fantasia. I think it's obvious enough what they're going for here: a. b.... / Continue →
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Harry Potter, you are getting boring. Remember how exciting your posters used to be? Look at the Sorcerer's Stone one. Those were the glory days. You got this nice painting with an owl, a castle, a little gremlin transcriber, a wizard, beard guy, some kids on flying broomsticks... / Continue →
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The Mighty Boosh, the surreal UK comedy that always gets brought up in conversations about British television comedy being superior (you have these conversations, I hope), is coming to US DVD retailers! July 21st, everyone. That's when we get crazy. We'll start early, watch hal... / Continue →
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The Criterion Collection's release of Bottle Rocket came out months ago and I still don't own it. Who do I think I am, a non-materialist content in owning lesser versions of things? I'm trying! But it's hard when I see someone has taken some photos of the DVD's insert: a recrea... / Continue →
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The Vanilla Sky re-teaming you never asked for is here: James Mangold is attached to direct the untitled romantic comedy formerly known as "Wichita" and "Trouble Man" at 20th Century Fox. It's eyed as a potential pairing of Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. Story revolves around a... / Continue →
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The G.I. Joe forum HissTank has posted some new shots of the Cobra Commander toy, complete with head enclosure, fashion trenchcoat, "M.A.R.S. Industries radical exponential nano-injector system", and a snake. Some questions: 1. Look, I understand that sometimes comic book and ... / Continue →
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One of the big reasons I've heard Watchmen didn't perform better at the box office was that people who hadn't read the comic thought the film was confusing and full of silly costumes and unfamiliar characters. I'm just wondering if the people over at Imagi are at all concerned ... / Continue →
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The nyucking is all coming together. Variety reports that Sean Penn has officially signed on to play Larry in the Farrelly Brothers' modern take on a Three Stooges comedy; meanwhile, Jim Carrey is in talks to put on 40 pounds to play Curly, and Benicio Del Toro may be getting a... / Continue →
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If you've got an HBO subscription, keep an eye out for Dennis Quaid to be playing that president from all the McDonald's and semen monologue jokes. The gruff-speaking actor has signed on to play Bill Clinton in the Frost/Nixon playwright's directorial debut, The Special Relatio... / Continue →
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Thank god someone, somewhere digitizes Ellen every day for posterity, because today the Where the Wild Things Are trailer premiered, and holy shit:... / Continue →
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Just when the makers of Alvin and the Chipmunks thought they had it locked with the inclusion of a poop-eating joke, along comes Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs with a scene that, while debatably more inappropriate, is definitely more Kingpin-inspired:... / Continue →
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Ropes of Silicon has posted 44 new production photos from Woody Allen's Whatever Works, meaning it's time to play the smash party game Which is Most Larry Davidy? It's simple: you look at 44 photos of the Evan Rachel Wood/Larry David comedy and determine (answers must be in num... / Continue →
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I like it whenever a poster gives me the sense that I've been incessantly shouting at someone in a loud, crowded area until they finally turn around--then I snap that picture. Haven't had that glorious feeling since I caught Cyclops at the New York Comic Con. And here's one mo... / Continue →
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The absurd toy-as-film trend, which has already resulted in plans to for Candy Land, Stretch Armstrong, and Ouija Board-based films, has claimed yet another cardboard-packaged victim. While digging through his childhood rumpus room this weekend, Tom Hanks found the next great f... / Continue →
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The next time someone tells you all you need to make a successful indie dramedy trailer is an innocent love story, an Architecture in Helsinki song, some pseudo-meaningful voice-over, and a live performance of a quirky acoustic song, you show them this, and you tell them, "Yeah... / Continue →
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Welp, Anne Hathaway has guaranteed herself one more Academy Award nomination. Delving even farther into "take me seriously" territory, the actress has signed on to star in stage and screen adaptations of Get Happy, a biography on the life of Judy Garland: Anne Hathaway will pl... / Continue →
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On Ricky Gervais's blog, the comedian has posted a new video with himself and This Side of the Truth co-writer/co-director Matt Robinson. The two clear up a couple things: 1. Contrary to reports otherwise, the title is still This Side of the Truth, not Truthy Truthness. 2. Th... / Continue →
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It's '60s anime meets CGI; it's A.I meets Japan; it's Edward Scissorhands meets Superboy; it's Weird Science meets My Two Dads; it's whatever you want it to be (of those options)! The Astro Boy teaser trailer:... / Continue →
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I've seen most modern war films that have been considered graphic or controversial in their portrayals of violence. I've played one of those Call of Duty realistic combat simulation video games. But I have never found war as disturbing and morally questionable as I did watching... / Continue →
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Look, this is cute and all--the little line drawings, the washed out colors, the unmissable similarity to the Juno credits--but I'm a firm believer in the design rule that a film's poster should not work equally well as a parody of what the film's poster would be. If the spoof ... / Continue →
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I know next to nothing about the Astro Boy character, but if the time ever comes that we decide we've entrusted too much power in the body of a child, and we have to take him out, let's all shoot at that glowing mass in his chest. Everything I know about weak points tells me th... / Continue →
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Broadcast Now reports David Cross, who's already made himself a TV favorite with Mr. Show and Arrested Development, will star in a new comedy pilot he's written with Shaun Pye. Fellow Americans, time to warm up our downloading machines, because this one's going Channel 4: The ... / Continue →
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Following in the footsteps of my download-crazy friend in college, Warner Bros. has announced a new on-demand service where they will burn DVDs, complete with packaging, for you: The studio's home entertainment division has come up with an innovative plan to allow custom order... / Continue →
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Their most valuable player is rest in peace! Coming soon to DVD, Blaxwell Smart's directorial debut, Frankenhood: Motown (DeRay Davis) and Darius (Jasper Redd) work in a morgue, trading put-downs and toiling among the most undemanding of customers. But outside of their decided... / Continue →
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Been looking for a way to add a single insulting word to photographs but can't be bothered to open Photoshop, Paint, Word, or any other program that's able to easily accomplish this task? Then doyouthinkivegotcuntwrittenonmyforehead.com is just what you've been looking for, bec... / Continue →
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A remake of True Grit, the John Wayne-starring western that earned the actor an Oscar? That sounds like an idea made by fools! But what if I told you that these "fools," as you so callously regarded them, are the Coen Brothers, and they're planning on writing and directing a ve... / Continue →
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Your weekend box office results: 1. Knowing - The proven formula of Nicolas Cage running around with a really, really concerned look has paid off yet again: $24.8 million. 2. I Love You, Man - $18 million--a fairly lucrative weekend for bromance, if bromance is a term you use... / Continue →
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USA Today has new Where the Wild Things Are production stills! If you can stare at these endearing and fantastical photos without your pupils burning, it means you aren't composed of pure evil. They are the new goodness/evilness litmus test. DO IT.... / Continue →
