Jul 9 2009 New 'Funny People' Trailer: It's Funny
My computer's MMX processor isn't powerful enough to properly watch it, but hey, there's a new, red-band (cussin'!) trailer for Funny People! From what I could tell through the stuttered audio and slideshow-esque video that I was able to see, this film still looks funny (but not too funny, you know?) and genuine, so try to look past your seemingly-arbitrary resentment of Judd Apatow & Friends and let's all agree this looks pretty good:
Jun 15 2009 Sci-Fi for Fools: 'The Time Traveler's Wife' Trailer
Have we learned nothing from the Keanu Reeves/Sandra Bullock romance The Lake House? Time travel and love never works out! But that's not going to stop Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana from trying in: The Time Traveler's Wife! Bana plays the oft-dissolving time traveler, who apparently time travels about willy-nilly, randomly reappearing at various times to date and eventually marry his titlular bride. It's really romantic if you disregard corny dialogue and obvious paradoxes.
Don't trust this type, ladies. You know these smooth, time traveling dogs have time traveler's wives all across their given timelines:
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Nov 24 2008 'Star Trek' Posters are X-Games Incarnate
OK, I get it now. I thought Eric Bana's Nero character was some kind of evil Romulan guy. I can see now that he's actually the result of a young boy's wish that his BMX bike come to life. Below the cut: Uhura!
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Nov 17 2008 UPDATED! Someone Who Pays to See Movies Recorded This 'Star Trek' Trailer for You
An official version is expected later today, but until then, here's a bootleg of the new Star Trek trailer for you to do some watchin' on.
A Star Trek movie with sports cars, on-bridge brawlin', and Uhura bra shots? One thing's for certain: this ain't your (nerdy) father's Star Trek! It might, however, be your douchey step-dad's Star Trek, and he'll probably be mad we were messing with it.
UPDATE: Official, nice-looking version available here, and streaming under the cut. (Thanks, Fox.)
Oct 16 2008 God, Look at All This 'Star Trek'
All across internet, new production stills from Star Trek have turned up, such as the above shot from UGO. It's Chekov, Kirk, Scott, Bones, Sulu, and Uhura! Not pictured: Spock, Worf.
Below the cut: five more.
Jul 18 2008 'Star Trek' ComicCon Posters Work Like the Backs of Collectable Movie Trading Cards
As part of a Comic-Con preview, Entertainment Weekly has a look at the set of four Star Trek posters being handed out at the San Diego convention. Con attendees will each only get one of the posters apiece, meaning fans will be forced to literally murder each other if they hope to complete the logo. I guess that's one way to control the Trekker population.
Jun 13 2008 Eric Bana is 'Funny People,' Proves It by Wearing Wigs
Nowadays, we tend to think of Eric Bana as Munich, The Guy From Troy Who Wasn't Brad Pitt, or Oh, Right, The Hulk. But prior to any of those stateside roles, Bana was a comedian, and even had his own sketch show--like Amanda Bynes! Thus, he's been cast alongside other well-known funnies in Judd Apatow's Funny People, a dramedy looking at the world of standup comedy. From Variety:
Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman and Jonah Hill have joined the ensemble of "Funny People," which will be co-financed by Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures, with Universal distributing worldwide next summer.Apatow set Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann in the comedy earlier this year.
The filmmaker, who last wrote and directed "Knocked Up," was deliberately vague about subject matter, allowing only that the movie takes place in the world of standup comedy and the focus is on a comedian who has a near-death experience.
Below the cut, see a promo for 1997's silly-wig filled The Eric Bana Show, and learn that, as it turns out, Bana does an alright Columbo.
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Nov 21 2007 'Other Boleyn Girl' Trailer Raises Important Questions
Someone has, at long last, externalized the heterosexual male's deepest and most torturous emotional conflict: who would we rather do, Natalie Portman or Scarlett Johansson? Set in gorgeous 16th-century England, The Boyleyn Girl features a powerful performance from the talented Eric Bana as King Henry VIII that brings a nuanced reality to the absurd fantasy we've played out in our mind so many times.
On the one hand, Natalie Portman perhaps has the more striking features, and a delicately slim body that recalls the not-quite-matured girls of junior high, lusted for but never quite attained. One gets the impression that, on a particularly passion-filled night with the Garden State beauty, she may be broken along with the bed. But is that not part of her appeal?
But after one look at the ample bosom of the curvaceous Scarlett Johansson, our darling Natalie begins to look immature, even boyish. Like a ripe peach, ScarJo has blossomed into a soft and desirable woman. Who, after seeing the first shot of Lost in Translation, did not whisper to themselves the need to "get up inside them panties?"
With such tempting options before him, how is Eric Bana to choose? Is that even the plot? I sort of stopped paying attention when my mind asked the question, "What about both, at the same time?"
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Oct 10 2007 Eric Bana to Play 'Star Trek' Heavy
Eric Bana has signed on to join JJ Abram's Star Trek prequel as Nero, the film's main villain, joining Anton Yelchin, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, and Leonard Nimoy. Unfortunately, because Abrams has the giggly secretive mentality of a 12-year-old girl, it's anyone's guess who Nero is or how appropriate the casting is. Your possible responses are limited to:
a) Cool! I love Eric Bana! He'll be good no matter who or what Nero is.
b) Yuck! I hate Eric Bana! He'll be bad no matter who or what Nero is.
c) That shit is Bana-nas!*
*indicates preferred response.
Oct 3 2007 AM Poster Post Bonus: 'The Other Boleyn Girl' is Either ScarJo or NatPo
Try to imagine Jay-Z's hit single Big Pimpin' translated into some kind of old Victorian dialect and played by an old-fashioney minstrel. That's what I want to be playing over this poster, but I have no idea how to go about that.
The Other Boleyn Girl Poster [Empire]
