Sep 11 2009 'Takers' Trailer: These Guys Have Such Explosion Apathy They Must Be Awesome
Did all the cut-and-pasted heads on the Takers poster get you super worked up to see why Hayden Christensen was dressed up like a high-class rude boy? Of course it did. And now you can sate that desire with this trailer for the generic heist film.
In the film, The Wire's Idris Elba leads a crew of rappers (T.I.), singing domestic abusers (Chris Brown), Jedi (Christensen), and Paul Walkers (Paul Walker) in the robbery of somewhere between $25 and $30 million. But it won't be easy: Matt Dillon is on the case to stop them! I doubt he does, though. Have you seen this heist crew? They casually walk away from exploding helicopters! That's the criterion for bad-ass dudes. At least until someone comes up with something even more awesomely dangerous to nonchalantly stroll away from. Maybe a Tyrannosaurus holding a samurai sword?
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Apr 16 2009 'Armored' Trailer: Not a Straight-to-Video 'Iron Man' Rip-Off
The Queen Latifah/Diane Keaton/Katie Holmes comedy Mad Money and Oceans 11 spent twenty minutes under the bleachers, and now we have this:
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Dec 8 2008 'Nothing But the Truth' Poster Proves Matt Dillon's Emoting Ability
Even though the title, poster, and summary (in Washington, D.C., a female reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source) for Nothing But the Truth are all so typical they make it seem like someone is making an intentionally satirical legal thriller, I would give every acting award I could to Matt Dillon's face. He has set a new standard for solemn consternation will probably never be surpassed in any of our lifetimes. Congratulations, M.D.
Nothing But the Truth Poster [IMPA]
Oct 15 2007 Some Other Crap That Happened
- Strangers With Candy creators Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello are working on a pilot for HBO? That makes me moister than a snack cake, I say, cleverly referencing the aforementioned show. [Cleveland Scene]
- Lionsgate is working on an Albert Einstein biopic that will cover the physicist's early years, but won't star Yahoo Serious. [Variety]
- Matt Dillon is in final negotiations to play Leonard Chess, the legendary founder of the South Side Chicago blues label Chess Records, who is not, as I had suspected, the man who invented chess. [Hollywood Reporter]
Jul 16 2007 Seth Green to Play World's Smallest Executive
Ladies love it when I stand diagonal. Rowr!
Seth Green is set to join Robin Williams, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, and Matt Dillon in Old Dogs, the most strangely casted movie ever.
"Dogs" is a buddy comedy revolving around two best friends and business partners whose lives are turned upside down when they find themselves taking care of 7-year-old twins.Green will play an executive with the global marketing firm run by Travolta and Williams' characters as they are closing a big deal with a Japanese conglomerate. He is eager to prepare for his move to Tokyo and show off his Harvard MBA and Japanese cultural skills.
Obviously it's a comedy, because that's the only time you could cast Seth Green as a corporate exec. Can you really picture that guy as an authority figure? He'd walk in wearing a comically oversized suit and tell you to stop reading movie blogs and get back to work and you'd just giggle and be like, "Hee hee, whatever you say, Professor von Tinyjew! I can't resist those dimples!"
