July 19, 2009 - July 25, 2009 Archives
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MGM has debuted the Cabin in the Woods on Coming Soon, and judging by the irreverent wit of the taglines, it looks like writers Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard might be going for some calling-out of slasher conventions à la Scream, except probably much better than Scream. Below t... / Continue →
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Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, on why Asteroids: The Movie is somehow not one of our stupidest ideas for a movie: "It's funny because people say there's nothing in the game, but that's not entirely right" he explained. "I was attracted to Asteroids, plain and simple, because... / Continue →
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Another reminder to stay non-bedridden until at least after October 16th: a new behind-the-scenes featurette for one of this fall's most anticipated releases, Where the Wild Things Are. In it, author Maurice Sendak voices his enthusiastic approval for Spike Jonze's adaptation, ... / Continue →
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It's a sad day for anyone aware of the slimy, green consequences of uttering the phrase "I don't know." Les Lye, the actor and broadcaster best known for playing virtually all of the buffoonish, seemingly-drunk adult characters on the Canada-based Nickelodeon classic You Can't ... / Continue →
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If you ever find yourself in a post-apocalyptic future, and have a MacGuffin you desperately need protected, Denzel Washington is definitely your guy. In the Hughes Brothers' Book of Eli, Washington plays some sort of badass meandering the war-ravaged world with his titular boo... / Continue →
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Yahoo Movies has premiered the first poster for comic book adaptation Jonah Hex, comfirming that, a) Megan Fox is still useful for providing cleavage and pouty, slightly-parted lips, particularly when several of her ribs have been removed, and, b) apparently every single action... / Continue →
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I'm not the biggest Doctor Who fan, but I do respect his insistence on demanding to always knows why everyone is everywhere. I also respect his scarf and sonic screwdriver. (Thanks, M.F.)... / Continue →
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My "TR2N" tattoo has been rendered nearly meaningless! In an announcement at Comic Con, Disney has revealed that the long-awaited sequel to Tron has had a name change. Coming Soon is reporting the original, confusing title, TR2N, has been replaced with the easier-to-pronounce T... / Continue →
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What film will you see with your significant other this weekend, prolonging your dying relationship with two more hours of mutual silence? Here are some options: G-Force Director: Hoyt Yeatman Starring: Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi, Zach Galifianakis, Tracy Morgan, Will Arnett,... / Continue →
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Finally, a movie involving a global catastrophe of some nature! I was getting worried I'd have to go back to the first half of the decade, or to NBC's recent television event Meteor, starring Christopher Lloyd and Seinfeld's Jason Alexander, to see fictional disasters happening... / Continue →
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Ah, the ninja. Once a childhood hero and even career aspiration, now a black-hooded figure so diluted by internet prevalence that he stands shameful and neutered beside the pirate and the zombie, his nunchaku dangling limply beside him. With Ninja Assassin, V for Vendetta dire... / Continue →
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Ut oh, something's happening in Antarctica! Specifically: MURDER! Also, Kate Beckinsale showers sometimes. Those are the two primary things happening in Antarctica, now available to witness first-hand in this new trailer for Whiteout:... / Continue →
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His face seems to be obscured in darkness, so I'm not sure who this character is. Probably one of those Wolverines you like so much. 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' Poster [IGN]... / Continue →
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Alright, Tyler Perry. I can admit when I'm wrong. Having witnessed your previous insane, irrelevant posters, I yesterday made the hasty assumption that the most recent poster for I Can Do Bad All By Myself, a parody of the Straw Dogs one-sheet, was "arbitrary and nonsensical ..... / Continue →
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Nothing reels in audiences like the ominous presence of Leonardo DiCaprio's massive, angst-filled head. Time and time again those looming, furrowed brows prove themselves poster gold. (A faint mustache is preferred, but not necessary.) 'Shutter Island' Poster [Yahoo]... / Continue →
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Really, no further description is necessary or possible. Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland could only exist as one thing, and this is it:... / Continue →
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Providing some reassurance for Nightmare on Elm Street purists (if such a thing could exist in a post-Freddy vs. Jason age) worried about changes in the upcoming remake, Platinum Dunes released the above shot of the new, seemingly-unaltered Freddy, Jackie Earle Haley. Of course... / Continue →
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Winning a role usually determined by bullies, Zachary Gordon, seen recently as Young Adrien Brody in Brothers Bloom, has been chosen as the lead in Fox 2000's adaptation of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Zachary Gordon has nabbed the title role in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," Fox 2000's ada... / Continue →
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From Yahoo, another shot of Scarlett Johansson as Russian spy Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, in Iron Man 2. Looks like even stealthy, nimble, superhero-caliber spies sometimes resort to the ol' "now that you've momentarily left the room, I'll sneak a peak at this secret doc... / Continue →
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Like Doctor Who announcing the TARDIS runs on Linux, or Gandalf doing a Mountain Dew commercial, two nerd favorites have merged today with the announcement that Army of Darkness and Spider-Man director Sam Raimi has signed on to direct a feature film based on the massively-popu... / Continue →
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In the years between Back to the Future and Back to the Future II, Michael J. Fox visibly aged and the actress playing his girlfriend was replaced by Elizabeth Shue. Thus, to show the closing scene from the first film as the opening of the second, it was necessary to completely... / Continue →
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TwitchFilm has posted a new promotional trailer for Jean-Claude Van Damme's latest, presumably straight-to-dvd action film, The Eagle Path. In the below embedded video you will find: - Eagle imagery - Eagle imagery blatantly, immediately explained. - Van Damme explaining that ... / Continue →
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I expected, and genuinely hoped, we'd see a lot of director Wes Anderson's distinctive style in his stop-motion adaptation of The Fantastic Mr. Fox, but literally shrinking his distinctive wardrobe to fit onto a anthropomorphic fox model? Astounding. More new shots at Rushm... / Continue →
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Martin Scorsese is shooting the pilot of Boardwalk Empire, the upcoming HBO series about the rise of Atlantic City as a gambling haven, and though you'll have to wait a bit longer to start Tivoing and lavishing it with Emmy Awards, my friend Todd got this shot of the filming go... / Continue →
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Welp, looks like Disney decided to save some money and hire Wax Figure Ben Kingsley (WFBK) instead of Actual Ben Kingsley (Sir Ben Kingsley). Which isn't a bad deal, actually. Going with WFBK, you won't get a Gandhi performance out of those glassy eyes, but you might get someth... / Continue →
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As if the idea of a Michel Gondry-directed action film starring Seth Rogen as a famous masked hero wasn't dubious (though admittedly intriguing) enough already, Variety is reporting some Green Hornet casting updates that should make the image of a question mark pop into existen... / Continue →
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A direct Madea parody of the Straw Dogs poster? Why, Tyler Perry? Why? The previous I Can Do Bad All By Myself poster with a woman transforming into a rose wasn't arbitrary and nonsensical enough? Well, congratulations, because unless the plot of this film involves Madea fighti... / Continue →
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Not so fast, Michael Jackson's corpse! There's still meat to suck off them bones! Variety reports Sony is close to negotiating a $50 million deal that would allow them access to the 80 hours of footage of the late pop star's final rehearsals currently held by AEG Entertainment... / Continue →
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Seeing that no one has caught on that "online motion posters" are nothing but glorified obnoxious banner ads that you intentionally look at, Lionsgate has put out a new one for Saw VI. Here I was thinking the torture-porn series was tired, pointless, and generally bad, and the... / Continue →
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Both evocative of The X-Files: Fight the Future and some kind of Arabian Nights-themed unisex cologne. Well done, Disney. Once I figure out the right image isn't the cover of a fashion magazine called "DESTINY," I'll probably be really excited to see this movie. High-res versi... / Continue →
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Student Confidential should be classified alongside Planet of the Apes, The Sixth Sense, The Usual Suspects, and other films known for their shocking surprise endings, because there are no possible scenarios that could have occurred in this movie that would have resulted in thi... / Continue →
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Use these weekend box office figures to determine if you, a studio executive, can afford that new boat: 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - The only way a Harry Potter movie wouldn't open at #1 is if people's heads started exploding when watching the Quidditch scenes. ... / Continue →
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Walter Crokite, the only person I'll ever trust to tell me anything, died in his Manhattan home Friday after succumbing to cerebral vascular disease. He was 92. From his longtime employer, CBS News: Cronkite was the face of the "CBS Evening News" from 1962 to 1981, when storie... / Continue →
