January 31, 2010 - February 6, 2010 Archives
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Doug Funny. Pete Wrigley (Big & Little). iCarly. Joe Simpson, fame-whoring father of Jessica and Ashlee Simpson. What do they have in common? They're all popular (or soon to be!) Nickelodeon characters: Joe Simpson, father and manager of pop stars Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, h... / Continue →
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You know the deal. Some famous directors have distinctive styles and techniques they're known for; here's those styles applied to something else--specifically, a football game. Classic internet video formula. This has convinced me we need to get either Jean-Luc Godard or Werne... / Continue →
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If you're as avid a reader of Director Wedlock or Filmmaking Bride as me, then you probably already know that the two frontrunners for this year's Academy Award for Best Director, The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow and Avatar's James Cameron, were married from '89 to '91. But di... / Continue →
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As always, check your local listings for showtimes and other films I was too lazy to type out. Dear John Director: Lasse Hallstrom Starring: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins Good if you want to see: The Notebook, now with Step Up, Mean Girl, and 9/11 context. ... / Continue →
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No matter what you thought of the first trailer for Kevin Smith's directing-but-not-writing film debut, Cop Out, you have to admit this new red-band trailer adds a certain... je ne sais quoi. Oh, wait, I just figured out what it is. Constant references to oral sex:... / Continue →
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When you're watching the Super Bowl and you suddenly see Russell Crowe reenacting Braveheart, this will be the explanation. It's Robin Hood, and he's fighting for freedom liberty by law!... / Continue →
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The team that brought us The Foot-Fist Way and Eastbound & Down is giving us another entertainment sandwich to enjoy. According to Variety, the two are developing a pitch from Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan that would cast McBride as a "beaten-down, hardboiled P.I." No ... / Continue →
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Finally, a poster that gives a reasonable estimate for how much it would be to completely overhaul Peter Falk. Really not a bad price if we can squeeze one more season of Columbo out of him. 'Repo Men' Poster [IMPA]... / Continue →
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See one of those "Super Bowl" commercials everyone fucking talks about before the big "game"! UGO has for you the first look at M. Night Shyamalan's adaptation of The Last Airbender. I don't know much about the original cartoon, but I do really like how the narration in this s... / Continue →
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Hey, it's been almost a month since we heard Spider-Man was rebooting! Let the Peter Parker casting rumors begin! Billy Bush, the Ryan Seacrest of Access Hollywood, just did an interview with Logan Lerman on his Extra-rivaling show, and the young star of Percy Jackson & The Ol... / Continue →
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DC, you're making Dr. Manhattans sad. With DC Comics president Paul Levitz stepping down from his seat, the rumor pools are getting murky with the possibility of Watchmen getting the prequels and spin-offs no one, least of all eccentric creator Alan Moore, ever wanted. Bleedin... / Continue →
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Good news, Terrence Malick fans. Though the Badlands director's latest, Tree of Life, doesn't see release until later this year, he already has a new film written and ready to shoot this fall. Not much is actually known about the project, but the untitled romance will reportedl... / Continue →
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"Ya sell what sells!" That was probably the motto of old fashioned salesmen. They'd say it to their ragamuffin apprentice as an explanation for why all they sold was all-purpose tonic. "Ya sell what sells, kid! And what sells is this miracle tonic!" That philosophy--which a Go... / Continue →
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Sick of hearing about how much money someone who isn't you is making? Me too! Still though, just in case it comes up on the Jeopardy! teen tournament, you should know that, in addition to having made more money worldwide than any other film, Avatar has now also made the most mo... / Continue →
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This must be from the part in the script where Jeff Bridges mutters, "Hmm... Tron..." Or possibly when he delivers the line, "Tron... huh..." Impossible to tell as of yet. First Look: Jeff Bridges in Tron Legacy! [SciFi Wire]... / Continue →
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Ut oh! Someone must have finally emailed MacGyver creator Lee Zlotoff the trailer for MacGruber. The inventor of the paperclip-wielding bomb diffuser has decided he's not at all cool with there being a feature-length parody of his ridiculous hero, and he's going to try to use l... / Continue →
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Boy wizards and clashing titans are going to BURST OUT OF THE SCREEN and INTO YOUR SIGHT ORBS. Warner Bros. has confirmed rumors that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Clash of the Titans will be given the Captain EO stereoscopic 3D treatment for more exciting viewing th... / Continue →
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After seeing that Avatar has already made more money than literally any other film ever created in history, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is reportedly in preliminary talks with James Cameron to make him another fuckload of cash by making what would be, in essence, a second Ava... / Continue →
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Ricky Gervais just put up the new poster for his latest collaboration with Stephen Merchant, Cemetery Junction, and I think I like it. The whole look of it really takes me back. Specifically, it takes me back to summers between college terms, when my dad would come home to me e... / Continue →
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CGI-mouth-on-a-pet technology, developed to allow dogs and cats to talk in kibble commercials, making them funny, once again proves its utility with Cats & Dogs 2: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. The trailer for the second clever pairing of cats and dogs is here, bringing back the... / Continue →
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Clearly influenced by The Proposal poster's massive cultural influence, She's Out of My League poster designers have decided to go with the same lady-in-profile-cornering-an-apprehensive-dude-on-a-white-background motif while also adding Jay Baruchel in boxers, offering a clear... / Continue →
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From The Hollywood Reporter comes news that Orlando Bloom has signed on to star as the titular character in the indie "Hitchcockian thriller" The Good Doctor. But is he playing a truly good doctor, or is he actually a terrible doctor, like how Lifetime dramas always describe ab... / Continue →
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Furthering the agenda me and every other movie blog have agreed to--to build up Kick-Ass with so much overexposure, hype, and prolonged anticipation that it will inevitably fall short of everyone's expectations--here's yet another trailer for Kick-Ass. It's international! Real ... / Continue →
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The CGI Smurfs film in production under the careful leadership of the director of Home Alone 3, Big Momma's House, Scooby Doo 1 & 2, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua will almost certainly be unwatchable to anyone with a fully developed skull. That goes without saying. But will it at... / Continue →
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We've taken the next logical step forward from Stephen King's Christine. A movie about a killer tire that's decent enough to admit there is absolutely no rationale for its premise: Robert, a tire that has been abandoned in the desert, suddenly comes to life, for no reason. He ... / Continue →
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Put on your reading glasses, mothers. The 82nd Academy Awards nominees have been announced! Was your favorite Sandra Bullock of the year nominated? Find out below: Best Picture (there are 10 now, guys) * Avatar * The Blind Side * District 9 * An Education ... / Continue →
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Something is happening in the world of Titans, friends! Clashing is happening! Looking at this new international trailer for Clash of the Titans, the film still looks like a big budget Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. But at the same time, basically all I've been asking for s... / Continue →
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Could the next J. Bourne film be a prequel sans M. Damon and director P. Greengrass? Is it possible I'm not just blindly speculating and there is a real quote to substantiate this rumor? Yes and yes! "There’ll probably be a prequel of some kind with another actor and another d... / Continue →
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The classic The Office/Extras team of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant is back with the coming-of-age-in-'70s-Reading film Cemetery Junction! If this isn't on the Most Anticipated Movies of 2010 list you make every year, you surely omitted this from your stupid list. Here's ... / Continue →
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Specifically, the question, "Why did I get married... too?" Someone honestly says that exact interrogative sentence in this trailer for Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?:... / Continue →
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If you've seen an Ong Bak movie before, then you should know what to expect: Tony Jaa fucking destroying some guys in the most super-awesome ways possible. If you haven't seen an Ong Bak film, then get on that, but in the meantime enjoy Tony Jaa fucking destroying some guys in ... / Continue →
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1. Avatar - $30 million. If it can maintain this pace for another 11 months, it can effectively become the only movie to have been in theaters this calendar year. 2. Edge of Darkness - $17.1 million. Hopefully this middling box office will convince Mel Gibson to give the publi... / Continue →
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Seriously, he will never do it. Just throw that phony jawline beard away, Liam Neeson. Instead, it sounds like Steven Spielberg (director of Twilight Zone: The Movie segment 2 and the documentary short The Unfinished Journey) may be moving on to a biopic on George Gershwin, wh... / Continue →
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It's the mash-up you knew was coming since the moment James Gandolfini was announced as the voice of Ira (whups!) Carol in Where the Wild Things Are: Carol cursing like a sonofabitch, thanks to Soprano .wav files from The Unofficial Sopranos Homepage (under construction). Also... / Continue →
