March 09, 2006
Nacho Libre Video Diary Teaser
During the filming of Nacho Libre, Jack Black recorded a video diary that Quicktime is now releasing in short sections, two a week. In preparation, here's the teaser for the diaries. Normally I wouldn't get too excited about a preview for a video diary--sort of a supplement for a supplement--but this one's got Jack Black having his chest waxed. Up until now, all I've had is a picture of Jack Black's head pasted on the body of some other guy (he's Indian and possibly a dwarf) having his chest waxed, so you can see how this is a big upgrade for me. Now if someone would only get me a shot of Tony Danza shaving his legs, the collection would be complete.
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Another New Silent Hill Image
Comingsoon.net got ahold of another new Silent Hill picture. When I first saw the image, my reaction was, "Sweet God, more Silent Hill freaks!" But as I looked more, it changed to, "Actually, maybe these guys aren't so bad. They might not be such freaks under the goggles and stuff." After that, I went through a few minutes of thinking, "The chasm that is their eyes goes deeper than any human soul could," followed by, "I can hear them whispering," then, "I think I took too many pills." Then I woke up in a tree, naked, save for some leaves and a dog I was wearing as a coat.
Over the Hedge Trailer
The full trailer for Dreamworks Animation's Over the Hedge is up at Yahoo! Movies, and it looks to be sort of a children's comedy with a message. In the same way Bambi said, "Hey, stop shooting deer mothers," Over the Hedge says, "Hey, stop building suburbs, rich white people." And, like Bambi, it looks boring. It's probably decent for kids, but in recent years Pixar has really raised the bar for children's animation, and this film doesn't look at all smart or interesting. It's particularly disappointing because they're wasting a great cast. With talent like Steve Carell, Garry Shandling, Bruce Willis and William Shatner, they could have done so much more. Like have them sit in a circle, shirtless, reading Garfield comics aloud to the camera. That would have probably been better than this.
The Fountain Stills
Some new shots from The Fountain have been posted, giving some visual details to the millennium spanning story. The shots don't really give too much away in terms of plot, except the assurance that we will see a conquistador and some natives, which are two of three* things that make any movie a "must see" in my book.
*The third is visible nipples.
New Silent Hill Image
Ain't It Cool News has a new image from the video game flick Silent Hill, adding another horrific creature to the already plentiful supply. If disgusting freaks were dollars, this movie would have a lot of gross, bloody dollars.
A Prairie Home Companion Trailer
Since an honorary Academy Award was awarded to Robert Altman on Sunday, the publicity on his upcoming A Prairie Home Companion has really been stepped-up. Yesterday was the poster, now see the trailer at the official site. The film looks like it really gets into the details of the production of a radio show, almost to the point where it might only be interesting to those who like old-timey radio.
It's like when Drumline came out, I heard some pretty positive things about it, but the fact that it's about competitive drumming is such a turn-off that I refuse to watch it. There's literally nothing on this earth that I have less interest in than competitive drumming. I might be able to invent something that doesn't exist that I'd be less interested in, but it would likely be pretty similar to competitive drumming. Similarly, I refuse to see Jurassic Park because I don't believe in dinosaurs or science.
Also, what the hell is SNL's Maya Rudolph doing in this? It's like all these big-name, award-winning actors, then a lady known for doing bad impressions of Beyonce. I can't say how she must have gotten this role, but I can say that she clearly gave hundreds of blowjobs to get this role.
