Nov 4 2008 'Monsters vs. Aliens' Trailer: Classic Match-Up

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Monsters versus aliens: classic match-up. Brute size and strength versus advanced technology. Unless we're talking about Aliens aliens, then it's brute size and strength versus acid blood and a smaller mouth inside the normal mouth. And sometimes are greatest "monsters" are in fact man (HITLER!). Still though, classic match-up, and it's just the battle you'll find inside DreamWorks' aptly-titled CGI comedy, Monsters vs. Aliens. Here is the trailer:

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Aug 11 2008 First Three Minutes of 'Mirrors' Clip Online--But is It Haunted, Like How Mirrors Are Haunted???

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Alright, dudes, are you ready to get mirrored his weekend? By which I mean going to a theater and seeing the movie Mirrors? If you're not sure, here's a chance to dip your delicate toes into the mirrorness (mirrorocity?) with the first three minutes of the film. The clip reminds me of the locker room round of the Nickelodeon game show Think Fast, except that instead of the lockers opening to reveal matching pairs of costumed actors, the lockers are full of mirrors. And instead of ending with the awarding of a BMX bike and a Sony Walkman, it ends with a guy's reflection slitting its throat, which somehow causes the actual guy's throat to slit. Otherwise it's the same.

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Jun 19 2008 'Mirrors' Poster! That's Right, This Movie Has MIRRORS In It!

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You know, there was probably a reason The Ring wasn't called VHS Casette Tape. Because VHS tapes, like mirrors, are not inherently frightening, and hence doesn't make a great title for a horror movie. No one hears the word "mirror" and thinks terror. What I'm saying is that I think the title should be Scary-Ass Looking Glass, and that I should be paid for inventing it.

First Look at the Mirrors One-Sheet [Shock Till You Drop]

Mar 11 2008 First 'Monsters vs. Aliens' Shot in ULTIMATE 3-D

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DreamWorks has passed along some new information about upcoming kiddie-style B-movie, Monster Aliens, including the above shot of a giant gaunt woman and some monsters, a cast list, and the bitter threat of even higher ticket prices.

Reese Witherspoon as Susan Murphy, a modern-day California girl who has the bad luck to be hit by a meteor on her wedding day and grows to be 49 feet, 11½ inches tall (a wink at 1958's The Attack of the 50-Foot Woman). Captured by the military, she's renamed Ginormica.

Joining her giantess to fend off Rainn Wilson's evil alien Gallaxhar are Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. (Hugh Laurie), the jellylike B.O.B. (Seth Rogen) and the half-ape, half-fish Missing Link (Will Arnett). Kiefer Sutherland speaks for Gen. W.R. Monger (get it?), and Stephen Colbert is the president.

Good to hear Rogen could find time from being in every other comedy to join this, and that they were able to nail several quirky television actors popular with hip, young demographics--hearing the voices of House and Dwight Schrute should distract me from the mediocre attempt at one-upping Pixar--but what's the deal with the higher ticket prices?

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