September 6, 2009 - September 12, 2009 Archives
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Rodents of Unusual Size (RoUS): no longer confined to the Fire Swamp! According to this BBC Report (with RoUS video!), we've found some terrible, giant rodents being allowed to exist in Papua New Guinea. And we're not talking like a capybara, where it's technically a giant rode... / Continue →
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At Disney's D23 Expo today, the studio released the name and general release date for Pirates of the Caribbean 4. Maybe it's just me looking for pornography in everything, but I can't help but detect some kind of vague, sexual double-meaning in the subtitle "On Stranger Tides,"... / Continue →
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Did all the cut-and-pasted heads on the Takers poster get you super worked up to see why Hayden Christensen was dressed up like a high-class rude boy? Of course it did. And now you can sate that desire with this trailer for the generic heist film. In the film, The Wire's Idris... / Continue →
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This weekend in theaters, you have your pick of goggle-eyed dolls, snowy murder, girls gone wild murder, or a Madea, you lucky dog. Details: 9 Director: Shane Acker Starring: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover Good if you want to see: Post-apocalyptic rag dolls; t... / Continue →
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It's the reunion you've begged for ever since you were stoned watching Big Lebowski and muttered, "EVERY movie should be with The Dude and Coen Bros." Jeff Bridges is in talks to take on the role that won John Wayne an Oscar in the Coens' remake of True Grit. Variety adds: The... / Continue →
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Haven't you always wanted to live the life of a Powerade commercial? Everyone has! That's why, in the future, we'll probably live through surrogate, robot bodies that can mountain climb, skydive, and have Craig Kilborn's hair better than any human (besides Craig Kilborn). But w... / Continue →
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There you have it. More Where the Wild Thing Are character posters on the Facebook-style utility webpage known as MySpace.... / Continue →
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Haven't you always wanted a movie to take place at the Copacabana, with a woman named Mandy? No, of course not. No one has besides Barry Manilow. And also Michael Stipe et al: Single Cell partners Sandy Stern and Michael Stipe and Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman ... / Continue →
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I couldn't tell you exactly what is being implied that makes it gross, but this is gross. Gross case closed. 'Antichrist' Poster [IMPA]... / Continue →
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Fixing the series' dearth of gentlemanly British characters, Timothy Dalton will be providing the voice of Mr. Pricklepants in Pixar's Toy Story 3. From Empire: Dalton will voice Mr. Pricklepants, a hedgehog toy with thespian tendencies. How he fits into the story, we’re not s... / Continue →
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Trailing behind year-old news that Warner Brothers' plans for another He-Man feature film were effectively dead, WB and toy-makers Mattel have not renewed the studio's control of the toy line, giving Mattel the ability to take the project other places. Says Variety: Warner Bro... / Continue →
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Rat Pack '09, everyone! And just in time for Halloween. Dibs on being Smug Turd Skywalker. You can be Paul Walker wearing a turtleneck under a dress shirt. The Poster for Takers [Coming Soon]... / Continue →
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Time to learn the name Sharito Copley. BlackFilm is reporting the actor--the main guy from District 9--has been offered the role of "Howling Mad" Murdock in Joe Carnahan's A-Team adaptation. If he takes the part, he'll be joining a cast that includes Liam Neeson as "Hannibal", ... / Continue →
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In an desperate effort to compete with the recent Marvel/Disney merger, DC Comics parent company Warner Bros. has decided to overhaul the company into "DC Entertainment," a single unit that will control DC's properties and give them more synergies and vertical integrationings (... / Continue →
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The Green Hornet now has a Nicolas Cage Score of -1! Or maybe just an NCS of 0, depending on how you want to look at it. According to Heat Vision Blog, negotiations for Nicolas Cage to play the villain in Michel Gondry and Seth Rogen's adaptation have fallen apart, and Columbia... / Continue →
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Looking for a new family film that will teach your child about bestiality and ass jokes? Then this is your guy: The Princess and the Frog. Judging by this full trailer for the film, it appears Disney's return to cel animation has created some new characters that will stay with... / Continue →
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Hey, it's the first trailer for Jason Reitman's In the Air. The teaser is built around a motivational speech by George Clooney's character, who endorses a traveling lifestyle free of the burden of material possessions and personal relationships. His viewpoint really rang true f... / Continue →
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The first one-sheet for Michael Jackson's final concert film, pieced together from hours of rehearsal footage, has been released--and less than three months after the singer's death! Good job rushing this one out before total apathy set in. The poster promises Jackson "like yo... / Continue →
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First rule of Rambo: replacing any story's protagonist with Rambo technically makes that a Rambo story. Proof of concept: this summary of Rambo V, which, as ComingSoon has pointed out, is the exact same as the official summary for a James Byron Huggins' novel, Hunter, only wit... / Continue →
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It's been so long since first hearing of Leonardo DiCaprio's plan to produce a live-action remake of Akira, I was almost beginning to think he'd grown content with the perfectly satisfactory Akira movie that already exists. Alas, that's not the case. The thing is apparently sti... / Continue →
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A professional near-murderer has joined The A-Team. Vancouver Sun is reporting that Ultimate Fighter Rampage Jackson will be taking the role made famous by Mr. T: Former Ultimate Fighting Championship world light heavyweight champion Quinton (Rampage) Jackson is in Vancouver t... / Continue →
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Box office totals for Friday through Monday, our day of labor: 1. The Final Destination - $15.5 million. Good to see I'm not the only one who enjoys spending a leisurely weekend watching teenagers die strange, elaborate deaths. 2. Inglourious Basterds - $15 million. Did you r... / Continue →
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As much as I'm looking forward to this film, I really wish the poster would address the elephant in the room: "Don't worry, this isn't one of those 'furry' things with people dressed up like foxes getting horny on each other." I know it isn't, but I worry that, if it isn't stat... / Continue →
