October 25, 2009 - October 31, 2009 Archives
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That was such a treat, it's going to make your King Size Milky Way taste like a dump.... / Continue →
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It's still hard to tell if The Road is going to be an overblown Roland Emmerich of a mess or a post-apocalyptic classic that will do its source material proud, but just from this new trailer I'm ready to give the film its first two awards. Award 1: Best Score That Makes Me Thi... / Continue →
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In news probable to spawn a franchise starring Jaden Smith as J Jr., Men in Black III is coming: Sony is moving forward on “MIB 3,” the third pic in its sci-comedy franchise. “Tropic Thunder” writer Etan Cohen is penning the script, and Barry Sonnenfeld, who helmed the first... / Continue →
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You will never see Sallah's face in dwarf facial appliances again. Speaking to Empire, John Rhys-Davies--Gimli of Lord of the Rings--explained that he's already declined appearing in future Tolkien adventures (though, in a parallel Sliders universe, he's probably playing every ... / Continue →
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When McG started making Terminator Salvation, he went in wanting, first and foremost, to correct what he believed was the biggest shortcoming he showed in his work on the Charlie's Angel films: this time, he would see a bare boob. So, the director told Terminator star Moon Bloo... / Continue →
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Excited about Toy Story 3 and its tale of toys that take on personalities when left alone in a daycare center? Want to see that same premise with dogs instead of toys? No? You'd rather suffocate in shit? Well, regardless: DreamWorks has snapped up Laurie Craig's comedy pitch "... / Continue →
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Этот фильм является самым страшным созданием человека!!! 'Old Dogs' Poster [IMPA]... / Continue →
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Kenneth Branagh's Thor adaptation has added more surprising credibility to its cast. Variety reports Anthony Hopkins has signed on to play Odin, father to Loki (non-biologically) and Thor and king of Asgard, which will mean something if you're intimately familiar with Norse myt... / Continue →
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See a movie this weekend. Might as well. No one at any Halloween party is going to get your "Mike Seaver in the Growing Pains where he writes test answers on his shoes but ends up learning the answers" costume anyway. Why didn't you consider no one would ever see the bottom of ... / Continue →
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Big news about Ridley Scott's Alien prequel. It's going to take place before the original! Specifically, about thirty years prior: “It’s a brand new box of tricks,” said Sir Ridley. “We know what the road map is, and the screenplay is now being put on paper. The prequel will b... / Continue →
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Here it is, nerds: the full-length trailer for James Cameron's big-deal sci-fi action goddammer, Avatar. Print out a copy so dad can see it too.... / Continue →
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Breathe easy; you can still watch your favorite episodes of Forever Knight for free. Entertainment Weekly has heard from an insider that last week's news that the streaming video service would eventually begin charging weren't entirely accurate: A source close to Hulu ... tell... / Continue →
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How did this happen? She looks like Ann from Arrested Development as a colorized prison tattoo. New Poster For The Box [Empire]... / Continue →
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jessica Biel is attached to star in a new comedy in which--get this!--she agrees to have sex with her fiancé EVERY DAY (until their wedding)! CRAZY: The actress is attached to star in and produce rookie screenwriter Julia Brownell's origina... / Continue →
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Chippendales: The Movie, ladies! It's time to learn how muscular hunks dressed like Snagglepuss somehow became a big thing in stripping and calendar-making for sad women for a while, then suddenly stopped being a thing. And it turns out it's more interesting than you'd think. F... / Continue →
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Just in case you're one of those people so excited about Alice in Wonderland that the very thought of it makes you do those little claps you do at your chest where it looks like you're both praying and applauding, here's a new trailer for Tim Burton's long overdue adaptation th... / Continue →
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Do you like the style of comedies that are also dramas, and vice versa? Then you may possibly enjoy Town House, just such a comedy-drama fusion that has Zach Galifianakis and Amy Adams in talks to star: Story is loosely based on Tish Cohen's debut novel of the same name, which... / Continue →
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New trailer for Martin Scorsese's latest and Leonardo DiCaprio's most recent somewhat convincing accent! And something about these scenes tells me Leo's investigation into a criminally insane asylum isn't going as planned. In particular, the scene where he's cradling Michelle W... / Continue →
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Eat your Oscar bait: the trailer for Clint Eastwood's Invictus. Based on John Carlin's book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation, it's a film that shows how a rugby game was able to unite a racially divided nation, and how, apparently, a rugby ga... / Continue →
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It's official: Adam Sandler is the heir presumptive to the Eddie Murphy throne. Variety is reporting Sandler's next project will be the romantic comedy Jack and Jill, in which the actor will be playing--oof, you guessed it--both Jack AND Jill: The actor will next star in the r... / Continue →
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His iron helmet caught on fire. That makes sense. 'How To Train Your Dragon' Poster [IMPA]... / Continue →
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The ever-reputable Guardian claims Martin Scorsese's Frank Sinatra biopic is the setting for a casting war! Except it's not so much a war so much as three big names that they're claiming may or may not be trying to get the lead: George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Dep... / Continue →
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From Paul Greengrass, the Billy Connolly-looking man who brought you Matt Damon Kicks People's Asses in Shaky-Cam Parts 2 & 3 (known formally as the latter thirds of the Bourne trilogy), I present you with Matt Damon Kicks People's Asses in Shaky-Cam in the Middle East, Green Z... / Continue →
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Or even rapping and acting. Anything but directing things like this:... / Continue →
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News about the planned film adaptation of British television series The Mighty Boosh is like news about the Arrested Development movie: even when it's non-news, it's still sort of news, because what else do we have to look forward to? So I'll accept this crumb of an update as a... / Continue →
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Seth Rogen as the dapper, heroic Green Hornet still too normal casting for you? Then how about we add aging Canadian rock band Anvil (of Story of Anvil fame) and Edward Furlong (of being leader of the anti-Terminator resistance in the future fame) for some reason? Movieweb spok... / Continue →
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Making a Short Circuit remake somehow even more unappealing than that already sounds is tough. How can you make people want to see a updated version of a simultaneously idiotic and beloved Ally Sheedy/Steve Guttenberg comedy--co-starring Fisher Stevens in whatever the Indian eq... / Continue →
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The Coen Brothers are making a more faithful adaptation of True Grit AND proven actors are taking the leads? YES. You thought you'd have to save up Make-A-Wish children to get such a dream come true, but it's happened: Matt Damon and Josh Brolin are in discussions with Joel an... / Continue →
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Good news for those of us with jobs that require us to toil through dreary awards shows to be aware of who/what our best movie/television people/things are. This year's Golden Globes, which, since 1995, have eschewed a host in favor of dividing blame amongst various presenters,... / Continue →
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Bravo, tagline writers. "Holmes for the Holidays" is marginally better than "Have a Merry Christmystery!" or "Sher-Lox on a Bagel: Happy Hanukkah!" You did it. Big version at Cinematical.... / Continue →
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Paranormal Saw, obviously. Important viewing if for no other reason than the startling revelation that the Jigsaw puppet really does look like John Lithgow in makeup.... / Continue →
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Paramount just can't hang on to alumni of Disney's musical high school. Variety reports Kenny Ortega, director of This Is It and heir to the Ortega taco-making supplies fortune (unconfirmed), has departed from the studio's planned Footloose remake over disputes about tone and b... / Continue →
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Yes, something about computer-animated peacocks! Warner Bros. is keeping quiet with plot details of the Austin Winsberg and Heath Corson script, but this much and literally nothing else is known: peacocks. As more details become available (when in the trailer a peacock will be... / Continue →
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1. Paranormal Activity - $22 million, bringing the low budget specter story up to over $62 million gross. And yet Ghost Dad, with the same paranormal theme plus Bill Cosby's star power, only made $24.7 domestic over its entire run. It just doesn't make any sense. 2. Saw VI - $... / Continue →
