February 06, 2006
V for Vendetta Super Bowl Spot
In case you missed it, the Official V for Vendetta site has posted the Super Bowl trailer from Sunday night. It isn't too long, but it does show some new stuff, like Natalie Portman in a cute little outfit practically tailored for perverts. Plus, it proves once and for all that the "page boy" is the haircut of the future. Bruce Vilanch was right again.
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Werner Herzog Is A Bad-Ass
During a recent interview with Werner Herzog, regarding his documentary Grizzly Man, the director was shot by an air rifle. Here's the God-dammer of it: He kept doing the interview.
"He had a bruise the size of a snooker ball, with a hole in. He just carried on with the interview while bleeding quietly in his boxer shorts."An unrepentant Herzog insisted, "It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid."
Officially, Werner Herzog is now my front-runner for Bad-Ass Director of the Year, so step-it-up Penny Marshall. I know you have it in you.
Bryce Goes Blonde For Spider-Man
Bryce Howard made an appearance on Tuesday's The Tonight Show, showing off her blonde dye-job for the role of Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3. I think Bryce looks pretty great as a blonde, and far more natural than I would have thought. Now, hopefully she won't react to her newly platinum locks the same way my mother did to hers: by leaving my father for a basketball player.
Virginia Madsen In Indy 4?
Virginia Madsen, who recently starred with Harrison Ford in Firewall, is the latest casting rumor for Indiana Jones 4. To be honest, I'm sick of all this casting crap. I want to know the plot, and I want that plot to involve a re-animated cyborg Hitler, invincible save for a section of his mustache that is vulnerable only to whips.
Shaggy Dog Coming To Super Bowl
When America demands more Shaggy Dog, Walt Disney delivers. Over at ComingSoon.net they've got not only The Shaggy Dog trailer, but the new Super Bowl spot as well. The TV spot seems a little contrived, giving the movie a play-by-play like the football game, but the trailer answers a lot of questions.
My favorite part is where it zooms in to the cellular level, showing the Shaggy Dog cells merge with the Tim Allen cells. The whole time before this I was thinking, "Seems like a great concept, a man turning into a shaggy dog, but I'm just not sure it's scientifically feasible." Then that shot came on and it totally sold me. Dog bites a guy, transfers Shaggy Dog cells, they latch onto the human cells, creates a man-dog-- it all makes sense. And here I was worried they wouldn't explain what was going on. Plus, he chases a cat! Like how dogs do! You don't need science to tell you that's funny.
Luna Lovegood Is This Girl
Warner Bros. has released some kind of Harry Potter senior picture of new cast member Evanna Lynch, recently chosen to play Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Still no word on when we'll see the shot where she's with a golden retriever, holding her saxophone.
A lot of the time, I worry what will happen to these child stars after their first role, but something tells me "Luna Lovegood" will be all right. And I'll tell her that when I see her stripping in four years.
