July 12, 2009 - July 18, 2009 Archives
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Things like this really make me wish my grandma were still alive, so I could solicit movie reviews from her. As I recall, every movie she ever saw either elicited the reaction "that was a nice one" or "that's just terrible," and I distinctly remember her once expressing disappo... / Continue →
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...assuming your only concern is whether or not a film contains a scene involving loss of a female character's footwear. Another entry in the ever-growing list of internet people interested in insanely-specific movie scenes: someone calling themselves DroppetIt (you'll soon un... / Continue →
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Last month's news of new Futurama episodes coming to Comedy Central has been downgraded from a "Good news, Everyone!" to a "Why must everything beautiful be destroyed?" Forces of Geek is reporting that Futurama voice actors John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, and Maurice LaMarche are ... / Continue →
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This may be somewhat dated, like around 30 years old, but I couldn't resist posting this unnatural photo most of the key Star Wars cast that's been going around (via Digg). How is it somehow more normal to see them dressed in fur, robes, and helmets than in regular clothes? I f... / Continue →
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Looking much like its poster predecessor, which already looked like the From Hell poster, the final The Box one-sheet turned up today on director Richard Kelly's Twitter machine. If I were less mature, I'd try to make some joke about Cameron Diaz's "box" and the bloody streak ... / Continue →
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Back in 1983, long before Spike Jonze showed us that giant monsters look best as practical effects in sun-drenched forests, Disney owned the rights to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and were apparently considering making it an animated film. John Lasseter, then Disn... / Continue →
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Ricky Gervais posted this on his blog, prefacing the photo with the warning: It is a non-speaking role, but his is my favourite character in the whole movie of course. Are you fucking ready...? I'll tell you, I was not fucking ready. That is too much to handle. He looks like ... / Continue →
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Entertainment Weekly, the magazine dedicated to discussing media created for enjoyment every seven days, has put up their Comic-Con sneak peek gallery--and they aren't all photos of Alice in Wonderland looking like a harlot. Included are new shots from Iron Man 2, Zombieland, P... / Continue →
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Alright, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences fans, your day has come: the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award nominations! As usual, expect a mix of the expected (30 Rock and Mad Men have a lot), the aggravating (Family Guy for Best Comedy Series? God) and the that's-[still]-a-show? ... / Continue →
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In case you were worried the switch to stop-motion animation could lose some of Wes Anderson's signature stylization, this new photo should reassure you that we'll still be seeing the immaculate set design, symmetrical composition, and peculiar decor characteristic of the metic... / Continue →
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Having finally decided on the coolest, edgiest names for its Bermuda Triangle horror-thriller, Icon has released the trailer for Triangle. I think the movie is about some recreational sailors picked up by an ocean liner, where they encounter The Scarecrow and alternate version... / Continue →
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Former extra-terrestrial savior, fire starter, Scream victim and Charlie Angel Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, Whip It, has got a trailer. Watch it loud so your mom knows that, like Ellen Page, you'd rather be knocking girls over in roller skates than competing in beauty pa... / Continue →
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Clad in leather and Amy Adams wig and standing on a crate, Scarlett Johansson appears alongside RDJ and Mickey Rourke on the cover of this week's Entertainment Weekly, and the magazine has posted this low-res first look at Johansson in costume as the impractically conspicuous R... / Continue →
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Like for Mario Kart. "Bowser's Creepy Carnival" or something; maybe you'd have to avoid the Ferris wheel gondolas as you drive under it. I don't know. I'm not Michael Nintendo. 'Zombieland' Poster [IGN]... / Continue →
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Who here is a big fan of Disney's lab-constructed pop icon, Miley Cyrus? [Applause] OK, good, some fans. Then you'll be pleased to hear the toothy daughter of "Doc" will be starring in Disney's upcoming adaptation of Aprilynne Pike's Wings, playing a sheltered girl having a har... / Continue →
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Cheer up, Sad Wizard: Harry Potter just broke a record! According to Variety, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opened last night to the largest midnight opening ever, earning an estimated $22.2 million, easily besting The Dark Knight's $18 million and Star Wars: Revenge o... / Continue →
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Hasn't Bridget Jones figured out which British romantic comedy star she wants to marry by now? When I caught the last ten minutes of the second Bridget Jones on TBS last week, it really seemed like she was ending up with Colin Firth, but I guess there are still some things to w... / Continue →
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Why does Christian Bale look like a crack addict? Oh, because he's playing crack addict former boxer Dickie Eklund, "The Pride of Lowell," in The Fighter. And as we learned from his 60-pound weight loss for The Machinist, when Christian Bale is asked to get himself gaunt and si... / Continue →
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Universal has released a trailer for Despicable Me, what appears to be another CGI comedy that crams a huge, impressive comedy cast (including Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Will Arnett, and Jemaine Clement) into "a cute one for the kids." Carell plays ... / Continue →
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When I think about it--remembering Willy Wonka's Great Glass Elevator, the proposed space elevator, Star Trek turbolifts, the classic arcade game Elevator Action's elevators, Doogie Howser's freight elevator in the later seasons when he lived in that sweet loft--I've seen some ... / Continue →
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The Korean Yes Man poster but with the addition of the Fox Trot dad's tie? Sure. 'The Invention of Lying' Poster [IMPA]... / Continue →
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Start modeling your group Halloween costume early: Empire has some new photos of the characters of Alice in Wonderland holding some living things. If Helena Bonham Carter cradling a pig doesn't get you excited about Tim Burton's seemingly-predestined adaptation, I don't know wh... / Continue →
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Good news, 15 to 17-year-olds of the UK: soon you'll be able to get in to Bruno without making your older-looking friend with the mustache buy your tickets! Universal International has made a new, less sexually explicit cut of the British Board of Film Classification has given ... / Continue →
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Denzel Washington to 20th Century Fox: "I'm sorry but you're just going to have to find someone else to stop that runaway train full of toxic chemicals." The actor was set to star in Unstoppable--another film following the Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 formula of Tony Scott + Denzel W... / Continue →
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More information about real-life humans playing ridiculous comic book characters! Confirming previous rumors, Natalie Portman has been cast as Jane Foster, the love interest, in Kenneth Branagh's Thor adaptation. The casting brings a name to the largely unknown cast, but also c... / Continue →
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When director Zack Snyder was editing Watchmen down to a barely-more-manageable 162 minutes, some scenes were necessarily lost. But did you realize one of those scenes involved the slow-motion murder of an elderly man? It's true! And you thought you'd seen every slow-motion mur... / Continue →
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Good news if you're one the many Latin American children who are fans of the beloved, nanobot-based xXx toy, Max Steel! Here comes Max Steel: La Película! Just weeks before Paramount Pictures invades theaters with "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra," the studio is teaming with Joe Roth ... / Continue →
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The top five movies in the country, in order of both box office gross and likelihood of there being a funny voice at any given point in the film: 1. Bruno - $30.4 million. According to research, "the main reasons people checked off for seeing the movie were the "Humor" (74 per... / Continue →
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Just in time for your Christmas in July celebrations: Treevenge, Jason Eisener's gory, grindhouse-esque, 15-minute Christmas-tree-revenge film is now available for online viewing thanks to TwitchFilm. No safe for workplaces that would frown upon watching a sentient tree finesse... / Continue →
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Confirming a worry I developed back in March, when looking at Scatman Crothers' IMDb page, Variety is reporting that Alcon Entertainment has recruited Alex Zamm to direct a live-action/CGI hybrid adaptation of Hong Kong Phooey. The original Hanna-Barbera cartoon focused on an ... / Continue →
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Ryan Reynolds, the man currently set to star in Deadpool and who was last seen pretending he was engaged to Sandra Bullock, has reportedly been cast as Green Lantern in Martin Campbell's adaptation of the superhero property. Early Friday reports claimed the casting race was dow... / Continue →
