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  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon / * (PG-13)

    “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” (PG-13, 130 minutes). The characters in this movie should be arrested for loitering with intent to moan. The sequel to "Twilight" (1988) is preoccupied with remember that film and setting up the third one. sitting through this experience is like driving a tractor in low gear though a sullen sea of Brylcreem. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson return in their original roles, she dewy and masochistic, he sullen and manacing. Ah, teenage romance! One star

  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans / **** (R)

    "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans"(R, 107 minutes) Werner Herzog stars Nicolas Cage in a dire portrait of a rapist, murderer, drug addict, corrupt cop and degenerate paranoid who is apprehensive about iguanas. It places this man in a devastated New Orleans not long after Hurricane Katrina. It makes no attempt to show that city of legends in a flattering light. And it gradually reveals itself as a sly comedy about a rather courageous man. Cage and Herzog were born to work together. Four stars

  • The Messenger / ***1/2 (R)

    "The Messenger" (R, 107 minutes) Two Army officers draw the hard duty of notifying the next of kin of a death in combat. Woody Harrelson plays the old hand at breaking the news. Ben Foster, plays the new man, wounded in combat in Iraq. He has a tendency to care about the people he's informing. Not Army policy, the veteran explains. You'll lose it if you let yourself care. With Samantha Morton as a new widow and Steve Buscemi as a father whose grief turns to anger. Directed by Oren Moverman, himself a combat veteran in the Israeli army. Three and a half stars

  • Planet 51 / **1/2 (PG)

    "Planet 51" (PG, 91 minutes) Although not bowling me over, this is a jolly and good-looking animated feature in glorious 2-D. There's a twist: This time the alien is a human, and he lands on a planet occupied by little green men. On his world everyone speaks English, it's Fabulous Fifties, and the rain is made of rocks. Perfectly pleasant as kiddie entertainment. Two and a half stars

  • 2012 / ***1/2 (PG-13)

    "2012" (PG-12, 158 minutes) The mother of all disaster movies (and the father, and the extended family) spends half an hour on obligatory ominous set-up scenes (scientists warn, strange events occur, prophets rant, and of course a family is introduced). Then it unleashes two hours of cataclysmic special events in which the earth is hammered relentlessly. This is fun. "2012" delivers what it promises, and will be, for its intended audience, one of the most satisfactory films of the year. Three and a half stars
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  • Interview: Nicolas Cage Talks Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Olreans

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:17 pm
    Nicolas Cage hasn't had a good month. Besides the financial troubles, his father passed away. The press day for The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, directed by legend Werner Herzog, came about a week after that tragedy, and Cage shuffled in looking rather zombie-like. My own father, a Vietnam vet, would've called it the "thousand-yard stare." In other words, Cage should not have been there; his heart was so clearly somewhere else, and it hurt watching him do his best to promote a movie…

  • The Verdict: Brad Pitt's Videogame Adaptation? And McG's Latest Goes Down the Drain

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:30 am
    Pitt-fall The Bra in Brangelina just signed a deal to develop and star in a franchise based on a videogame that hasn't even come out yet. The game -- aptly titled Dark Void -- follows a pilot who crashes into the Bermuda Triangle and find himself on an alternate earth where sophisticated aliens are about to invade. Verdict: Wow. This is as bad an idea as Dennis Hopper in the Super Mario Brothers movie, or . . . well, Angelina Jolie in the Tomb Raider movie.Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the…

  • Review: The Blind Side -- Prepare to Be Pleasantly Surprised

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:34 am
    "It's the very likable performances that give the film the most resonance." Speaking of being blindsided, The Blind Side is good enough to make me almost forgive Sandra Bullock for All About Steve, which is the worst movie I've seen this year. I wasn't sure I'd ever get over that debacle, and yet here we are, barely two months later, and already I'm smiling favorably upon Ms. Bullock again. Why, I barely even remember The Proposal anymore! Sandy, your healing powers are…

  • Review: Planet 51: A Science Fiction Ode For Families

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:21 am
    "Entertaining enough for a family trip to the theater." Glipforg is just how you might imagine an idyllic American town in the 1950s: neighborly citizens greeting each other by name, driving Thunderbird-esque hovercrafts to their saucer-shaped homes, flipping floating burgers on their backyard barbecues... The perfect portrait of 1950s-'60s U.S.A. -- on another planet, far from Earth.But really, other than being green, antennae-d and pant-less, the folks on Planet 51 are just…

  • Review: (Untitled) Knocks Pompous Artists Down a Few Pegs

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:16 pm
    "(Untitled) isn't just a takedown of highfalutin creative types but a smart, thoughtful deflating of their egos." Few subjects are more ripe for ridicule than pretentious artists, and Jonathan Parker's (Untitled) skewers the world of contemporary art in a way that's insightful and funny without becoming a broad parody. The characters, satirical though they are, seem like real human beings. Parker helps us understand them even as he delights in their foibles.Adrian Jacobs (Adam…
 
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  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - s14 | e150 - Thu, Nov 19, 2009

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:26 pm
    California rock band Jack's Mannequin performs a song from their new album, "The Glass Passenger."Add this to your queueAdded: Fri Nov 20 06:26:04 UTC 2009Air date: Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 UTC 2009Duration: 21:41Rating: 4.7 / 5.0Closed captions available.

  • The Colbert Report - s5 | e150 - Thu, Nov 19, 2009

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:26 pm
    John Pike, the founder of GlobalSecurity.org and singer-songwriter legend, Elvis Costello stops by the show to pay tribute to the Colbert legacy.Add this to your queueAdded: Fri Nov 20 06:26:04 UTC 2009Air date: Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 UTC 2009Duration: 21:41Closed captions available.

  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - s14 | e149 - Wed, Nov 18, 2009

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:07 pm
    Lou Dobbs, the former host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" talks about his departure from CNN.Add this to your queueAdded: Thu Nov 19 06:07:04 UTC 2009Air date: Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 UTC 2009Duration: 21:39Rating: 4.2 / 5.0Closed captions available.

  • Bones - s5 | e8 - The Foot in the Foreclosure

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:20 pm
    Booth's grandfather tries to play matchmaker.Add this to your queueAdded: Tue Nov 17 20:20:05 UTC 2009Air date: Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 UTC 2009Duration: 43:13Closed captions available.

  • House - s6 | e6 - Known Unknown

    16 Nov 2009 | 5:42 pm
    A patient is unable to distinguish fact from fiction.Add this to your queueAdded: Tue Nov 17 01:42:04 UTC 2009Air date: Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 UTC 2009Duration: 44:04Rating: 4.4 / 5.0Closed captions available.
 
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  • 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief' movie trailer

    18 Nov 2009 | 6:07 pm
    It's the 21st century and the Greek Gods are not happy: Zeus' lightning bolt has been stolen, and young student, Percy Jackson is the prime suspect. As Percy adapts to his newly discovered status as a demi-god (his father is Poseidon), he finds himself caught between the battling titans of Mt. Olympus.

  • Cameron goes 3-D with 'Avatar'

    13 Nov 2009 | 11:03 pm
    In this 3-D epic from James Cameron, a paraplegic war veteran (Sam Worthington) is unwillingly sent to establish a human settlement on a distant planet, only to find himself battling humankind alongside the planet's indigenous race. Zoe Saldana, Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney Weaver co-star.

  • Cast describes emotional thread that runs free in 'New Moon'

    11 Nov 2009 | 11:33 pm
    Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner detail the deep emotional connections between their characters in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon."

  • 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' Trailer

    27 Oct 2009 | 10:19 pm
    Director Terry Gilliam's fantastical morality tale follows the traveling show of the mysterious Dr. Parnassus, a man with the unique ability to guide the imagination of others.

  • 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' Inside Look: "The Wolf Pack"

    27 Sep 2009 | 10:11 pm
    In the second entry into the "Twilight" film series, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love (Robert Pattinson), but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, and finds her loyalties tested.
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    On Location Vacations

  • SVU filming in NYC this week

    Christine
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:34 am
    Jill checked out the NYC set of SVU Wednesday where she saw Naveen Andrews and Mariska Hargitay filming an exterior shot on the street thanks to one of our tips! You can see all of Jill’s pictures and read her full report here.

  • 11.20.09 TV and Movie Filming Locations

    Christine
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:43 pm
    Filming in Michigan: Trust: Church Street Plymouth, MI Filming in L.A.: The C Word: 840 Burleigh Dr, 612 San Rafael Av S, 657 Laguna St., 1200 La Loma Rd, 1127 La Loma Rd, Pasadena Parenthood (new NBC series): 960 N Broadway, Los Angeles 24: 202 W 1st St, Los Angeles College Daze: 1275 E 6th St, Los Angeles Filming in NYC: Damages: [...]

  • The Conspirator shoots at Fort Pulaski

    Christine
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:58 pm
    Our friends over at Key to Savannah checked out the set of The Conspirator on Monday. The Robert Redford directed flick was filming at Fort Pulaski which was dressed to represent 1865 Fort McNair. You can read more about their visit and see all of their photos here. [Photos: Key to Savannah]

  • Justin Timberlake on the set of The Social Network in L.A.

    Christine
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:35 pm
    Just days after a judge granted Justin Timberlake a permanent restraining order against Karen McNeil, the stalker who was arrested on the his property Oct. 22, JT was spotted on the set of The Social Network in Los Angeles. He was caught dressed in a black blazer and button down while walking from base camp [...]

  • 11.19.09 Movie and TV Filming Locations

    Christine
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:42 pm
    Filming in NYC: Wall Street 2: Filming near W 27th St and 11 Ave, NYC. The Adjustment Bureau: Signs spotted in Rockefeller Center (near the tree), 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM. (FYI: Robert Pattinson will be at Rock Center, appearing on The Today Show, in the morning too.) SVU: Filming on Broadway between 70th and 72nd, NYC. Damages: Signs [...]
 
 
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  • Friday Harvest: New Moon, Avatar, and more!

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:34 pm
    Happy Friday Harvest, a weekly round-up of the best pictures, posters, and videos that have become available for viewing/download on Rotten Tomatoes. Each section features the favorite or most interesting item we've added for the week, along with several other new highlights. Enjoy! Oops. Just realized last week's gallery of the week was also for an animated movie. Nonetheless, here we have about 40 new images for The Princess and the Frog, a movie that keeps on picking up better and better buzz as each week passes towards its December release date. Browse the gallery.

  • Idris Elba Joins Thor

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:05 am
    Idris Elba, perhaps best known for playing Stringer Bell on HBO's "The Wire," has joined the cast of Kenneth Branagh's "Thor" as Heimdall, guardian of Asgard.

  • Jackass 3D Coming in 2010?

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:01 am
    Who cares about realistic-looking blue-skinned aliens when 3-D technology could be used to give us the world's first truly immersive "Jackass" movie?

  • Uma Joins Robert Pattinson in Bel Ami

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:56 am
    Uma Thurman will co-star with "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson in "Bel Ami," an adaptation of the Guy de Maupassant short story about "a young journalist who rose from poverty to become one of the most successful men in Paris via the ruthless and calculating bedding of the city's most glamorous and influential women."

  • Brett Ratner Flies Kites

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:52 am
    Rakesh Roshan's "Kites" will get an English-language edit courtesy of none other than Brett Ratner.
 
 
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  • Junkfood Cinema: Battle Beyond the Stars

    Brian Salisbury
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:30 pm
    Editor’s Note: We hope you enjoy this new Friday afternoon column, Junkfood Cinema, by Brian Salisbury. It celebrates movies that are so bad, even though they are also sometimes so good. For more (coming each and every Friday), stay tuned to the Junkfood Cinema Archive. Also, please feel free to let us know what you think of this new weekly feature in the comment section below. Battle Beyond the Stars Directed by: Jimmy T. Murakami Written by: John Sayles & Anne Dyer Produced by: Roger Corman, Ed Carlin, & Mary Ann Fisher Starring: George Peppard, Robert Vaughn, John Saxon, and…

  • Michael Bay Still Loves Megan Fox

    Neil Miller
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:46 am
    Despite their on-again, off-again routine of media spats, Michael Bay still has a thing for actress Megan Fox. Which means that her Transformers character Mikaela Banes will be surviving on into the next film, Transformers 3. While he was chillin’ at the Victoria’s Secret Show this week in New York, Bay was wrestled to the ground by USA Today reporter Andrea Mandell and forced to make a comment on Fox, who has been in the news lately due to some oddly acrobatic underwear photos she took for The New York Times (one of which can be seen above). On Fox, Bay said “I love…

  • Mia Wasikowski is the New Jane Eyre?

    Robin Ruinsky
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:08 am
    I was looking forward to seeing Ellen Page as Jane Eyre, wondering how she would handle the role of the poor governess from the wrong side of the moors. The star of Juno might have been able to bring a new twist to a character that has been filmed at least nineteen times. Or could be a thousand. IMDb isn’t always accurate.  My favorite  Jane is Andrea Martin in the Second City TV “Jane Airhead”. Her work in the role stands alone. As for serious Jane’s the role has been played by Charlotte Gainsborough, Joan Fontaine, Samantha Morton.  Anna Paquin played the young…

  • Review: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

    Neil Miller
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:48 am
    I was always taught that if you’re going to do something, you might as well do it right. And in my mind, there isn’t a more apt application for such a life theory than in the adaptation of popular novels into films. When you think about these popular literary franchise — many of whom have rabid fan bases — it is hard to imagine making a movie (or in this case, two) out of them that are subpar. As we’ve seen with the Harry Potter franchise, the key is to take the story from the books and build upon it. Find good actors, dazzle the fan base with great special…

  • The Orphanage Remake Caught in Limbo

    Neil Miller
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:25 am
    There has been talk about a remake of the hit Spanish horror film The Orphanage for some time. In August, director Larry Fessenden (Wendigo) was commissioned by producer Guillermo Del Toro to adapt the script and direct. But we’ve heard nothing since. Today, according to an interview that Arrow in the Head conducted with Fassenden, it appears as if the remake is in a bit of trouble. According to the long-time actor/director, he’s off the project after having some trouble in the casting process: THE ORPHANAGE was two years of waiting. Working on the script with Guillermo was a very…
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  • Show Boat

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:25 pm
    Legit Reviews: "Show Boat" can't hide an antiquated book that will appear ever so distant to 21st century auds.

  • Girl Crazy

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:22 pm
    Legit Reviews: This breezy song-and-dance show from 1930 aims only to deliver its saddle-bag full of song hits.

  • Carol Littleton receives MPEG honor

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:17 pm
    Film News: Film editor and former president to be feted -- The Motion Picture Editors Guild will honor film editor and former president Carol Littleton with its Fellowship and Service award.

  • 'Project Runway' closes with season high

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pm
    TV News: Ratings down, however, compared to last season -- Although the season-six finale of Lifetime's "Project Runway" was the highest-rated episode of the season, numbers were significantly down from the season-five finale on Bravo.

  • 'Laughing' all the way to Broadway

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:58 pm
    Legit News: Producer aims to transfer tuner revival next year -- "Enter Laughing," the musical comedy that drew rave reviews in two runs at Off Broadway's York Theater, is aiming for Broadway in fall 2010.
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  • Review: The Blind Side -- Prepare to Be Pleasantly Surprised

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:34 am
    "It's the very likable performances that give the film the most resonance." Speaking of being blindsided, The Blind Side is good enough to make me almost forgive Sandra Bullock for All About Steve, which is the worst movie I've seen this year. I wasn't sure I'd ever get over that debacle, and yet here we are, barely two months later, and already I'm smiling favorably upon Ms. Bullock again. Why, I barely even remember The Proposal anymore! Sandy, your healing powers are…

  • Review: Planet 51: A Science Fiction Ode For Families

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:21 am
    "Entertaining enough for a family trip to the theater." Glipforg is just how you might imagine an idyllic American town in the 1950s: neighborly citizens greeting each other by name, driving Thunderbird-esque hovercrafts to their saucer-shaped homes, flipping floating burgers on their backyard barbecues... The perfect portrait of 1950s-'60s U.S.A. -- on another planet, far from Earth.But really, other than being green, antennae-d and pant-less, the folks on Planet 51 are just…

  • Review: (Untitled) Knocks Pompous Artists Down a Few Pegs

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:16 pm
    "(Untitled) isn't just a takedown of highfalutin creative types but a smart, thoughtful deflating of their egos." Few subjects are more ripe for ridicule than pretentious artists, and Jonathan Parker's (Untitled) skewers the world of contemporary art in a way that's insightful and funny without becoming a broad parody. The characters, satirical though they are, seem like real human beings. Parker helps us understand them even as he delights in their foibles.Adrian Jacobs (Adam…

  • Review: New Moon A Definite Improvement

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:33 am
    "A legitimate artistic expression on love, loss, and the obsessive qualities of initial attraction." From the start of the moody and brooding opening title cards you know you're in for a better experience than the last go-round. Director Chris Weitz has delivered a treat, a legitimate artistic expression on love, loss, and the obsessive qualities of initial attraction. Sure, it has a few flaws, but New Moon succeeds on a level that few films have this year. It gives the people…

  • Review: Boondock Saints 2 a Nice Reunion

    16 Nov 2009 | 1:51 pm
    "What stands out in All Saints Day isn't the violence or the action but rather the performances of all involved." Nine years ago The Boondock Saints hit the scene with little to no fanfare. But the film found its audience on DVD and over the years has become somewhat of a cult classic due to its brutal action sequences and religious social commentary. By popular demand, writer/director Troy Duffy and the Saints have returned in The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. But will…
 
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  • Taylor Lautner on Kristen Stewart: We Have a Similar Relationship to Jacob & Bella

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:38 am
    They play best friends who teeter on the brink of romance in 'New Moon' -- but what is Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart's relationship like off-screen? Taylor tells all. "We have a similar relationship to Jacob and Bella's," the 17-year-old star tells People about his relationship with Kristen. "We were very open and honest with each other. So it definitely made [filming] a lot easier." When asked what he looks for in a woman, Taylor -- who has been recently snapped out and about with country star Taylor Swift -- tells People that he is drawn toward…

  • 'New Moon' Breaks Box Office Records

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:01 am
    'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' is breaking barriers. See how thousands of fans have made movie history! According to the studio behind the highly anticipated sequel to last year's 'Twilight,' the movie made more than $26 million on the first day, breaking all records for a first-day release. Last night, series stars Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart took a bite out of the Big Apple -- see pics here!

  • Fans Howling for 'New Moon'

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:55 am
    On the eve of the theatrical release of 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon,' the film's stars walked the red carpet through a twilight zone of lights and cameras. ET was there with the actors in New York for a special screening of the movie. Eager fans lined the sidewalk to get a bite out of their favorite vampires and werewolves. With Thanksgiving on the horizon, the stars are undoubtedly thankful for the record-breaking advance ticket sales. Kellan Lutz told ET, "It's insane to be part of something that's already been breaking huge records. It's an honor as an actor to be part of it."

  • Rob Pattinson Gets a New Leading Lady

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:02 am
    Move over Kristen Stewart. Uma Thurman is gauging the interest of 'Twilight' hunk Robert Pattinson. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two will be starring opposite one another in an adaptation of of Guy de Maupassant's short story 'Bel Ami.' The plot tells the story of a young journalist, George Duroy (Pattinson), who managed to excel as one of the most successful men in Paris after suffering from poverty. Thurman’s character, the wife or Duroy’s friend, is quite the socialite in Paris and helps the young journalist with his ascent. The two later become husband and wife. Kristin…

  • Kids Become the Critics on Movie Web Site

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:24 am
    Ever wanted to know what kids really think of movies? KidsPickFlicks.comis a place where kids are the movie critics so parents don't have to wonder whether their kids will like a movie or not, and kids can go read reviews by their peers. The idea for the site was born when nine-year-old Cole McNamara wondered why a movie that he and his friends all loved was panned by the critics. Now, kids can review films and give their opinion -- whether or not the adults agree! To check it out, visit KidsPickFlicks.com, where the kids even give box office predictions!
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  • Idris Elba Added to Another Comic Book Film - 'Thor'

    Wilson Morales
    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    Filed under: NewsAlready set to play a character in Dark Castle's DC Comics adaptation 'The Losers,' British actor Idris Elba has been tapped to join in on another comic book film coming to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter states that Elba will play Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard in 'Thor,' Marvel Studios' film about the Norse god of thunder. Also starring in the film are Chris Hemsworth, who will play Thor; Tom Hiddleston, who will play Loki; and Natalie Portman, who is the love interest Jane Foster. Samuel L. Jackson is expected to make a cameo as Nick Frost to tie the film into…

  • Film Review: Sandra Bullock Shines in 'The Blind Side'

    Wilson Morales
    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    Filed under: Reviews With films like 'Precious' out in theaters, demonstrating that anyone can overcome the grittiness of poverty and a disturbing urban life, here's come another with a similar story. But the difference is that this film is based on a true story. Based on the nonfiction best seller by Michael Lewis on football player Michael Oher and directed by John Lee Hancock, 'The Blind Side' is an emotionally uplifting tale in which Sandra Bullock excels in her best performance since 'Crash.' While the trailer suggests that the film, about a poor kid taken in by a white family and begins…

  • Univeral Blunder on 'Couples Retreat' Poster

    Wilson Morales
    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    Filed under: News Universal Pictures had to do some damage control on the negative criticism it received after omitting the names and faces of two African Americans (Faison Love and Kali Hawk) from the 'Couples Retreat' poster it put up in England. The comedy follows four Midwestern couples that embark on a journey to a tropical island resort. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the other three Jet Ski, go to the spa and enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon discover, however, that participating in the resort's couples therapy is not optional. Suddenly, their…

  • VIDEO: Mariah Carey Talks About Her Appearance in 'Precious'

    Wilson Morales
    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    Filed under: Interviews With 'Precious' earning the fourth spot at the box office last week (in less than 200 theaters) and expanding to about 800 theaters this weekend, it should ease the minds of those who have been waiting patiently to see the Oscar-worthy film. For Mariah Carey, who plays social worker Ms. Weiss, the role has reinvigorated her film career. Some have even speculated that she's in line for a Golden Globe nomination and an Academy Award nod. After her box office bomb 'Glitter,' which earned the singer a Razzie Award for worst actress of the year in 2002, Carey continued to…

  • Spike Lee and Antoine Fuqua To Work On Pimp Story Together

    Wilson Morales
    31 Dec 1969 | 4:00 pm
    Filed under: NewsSpike Lee Antoine Fuqua is set to direct the adaptation of the graphic novel 'Miss: Better Living Through Crime,' with Spike Lee serving as executive producer. A new company, Vigilante Entertainment, is developing the project, which revolves around Nola and Slim, two unlikely partners in crime in the early 1900s in New York. Nola is a poor white girl who has learned to survive by hook or by crook since being expelled from the orphanage. Slim is a black pimp with an uncertain past, trying to keep one foot out of the grave. The story revolves around how the two forge a…
 
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  • 'New Moon' Reactions, Oprah And Birthdays For Larry King And P. Diddy In Today's Twitter-Wood

    Brian Warmoth
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Oprah's announcement that her show may end its 25-season run in 2011 was almost enough to unseat "New Moon" as the top trending topic of the Twitter-Wood feed today. Kevin Nealon and Wil Wheaton both had a opinions on her possible bow out of syndication, while Eli Roth and Kevin Smith helped keep "Twilight" alive in Twitter conversation. Two big names celebrated birthdays last night in very public fashion, as P. Diddy entertained a few folks on my follow list and Larry King got a little rowdy in my pick for Twitter Pic of the Day. Check that out after the jump along with Jeremy Piven's…

  • 'New Moon' Tops Midnight Box Office Record Once Held By 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince'

    Larry Carroll
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:30 pm
    FROM MTV.COM: In "New Moon," Bella is filled with confusion as Edward leaves her, Jacob Black makes his move and the nomad vampires continue to surround Forks. When it comes to Twilighters and the box office, however, there is no such indecision — and the results are already showing in record-setting numbers. Summit Entertainment is reporting that the "Twilight" sequel opened on Thursday night to an unprecedented $26.3 million during its midnight screenings across the country. The film unspooled on 3,514 screens, playing at 12:01 a.m. for die-hard fans — many of whom arrived at the…

  • James Franco Makes His 'General Hospital' Debut, And Here's Your Recap

    Rachel Josue
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    Today's the day! James Franco made his soap debut on "General Hospital" as Franco. Franco appears to be, on the one hand, an elusive but promising photographer who will show his work at a Crimson magazine gallery event. On the other hand, he makes his first appearance on the show dressed like a homeless person, lurking in the shadows as mobster Sonny Corinthos and his right-hand man Jason Morgan walk into a mob trap that turns violent on Front Street in Port Charles. Franco witnesses the entire shootout, which leaves Sonny victorious and his rivals down for the count. As Sonny and Jason drive…

  • Nicolas Cage Got Into The Spirit For 'Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans'

    Larry Carroll
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    FROM MTV.COM: Seventeen years ago, the legendary Harvey Keitel launched the second act of his movie career with a pair of tough-guy instant classics: Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" and Abel Ferrara's "Bad Lieutenant." A crack-pipe-smoking breath of fresh air, "Lieutenant" predated "The Shield" by a decade in telling the NC-17 story of a junkie, gambler, killer cop on a downward spiral. During the past year, film buffs have been up in arms over director Werner Herzog's "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans." Starring Nicolas Cage as the type of at-wit's-end madman who puts a gun to…

  • Judd Apatow Says 'Pineapple Express 2' Likely, 'Superbad 2' Not So Much

    MTV Movies Team
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    by Matt Thompson Looking for a sequel to the hit summer comedy "Superbad"? Don’t expect to get one anytime soon. The genius producer behind the film, Judd Apatow, revealed as much when he sat down to talk shop with his fans on Funny or Die yesterday. While "Pineapple Express 2" looks like it may hit theaters at some point in the foreseeable future, "Superbad" won’t be getting a sequel. (Editor's note: I would have embedded the video here, but Judd Apatow is a profane man and the words he uses are too much for members of our reading audience. I welcome you to track it down on the great…
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  • A 'New Moon' Destined For A Quick Eclipse

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:28 am
    Stephenie Meyers' four-novel Twilight saga set off a rage for lovelorn teen vampires -—one that only escalated after the release of the first hit movie. The second film, New Moon, set box-office records for advance sales, but critic David Edelstein says it's too turgid for the excitement to last.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • James Franco Checks In To 'General Hospital'

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    The star of Milk and Pineapple Express — and a little movie franchise called Spider-Man — will be spending some time in Port Charles over the next couple of months. His guest-starring stint may help "freshen the image of daytime," says the soap opera's executive producer.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Judd Apatow On The Alchemy Of 'Funny People'

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:53 am
    Judd Apatow, known for films like The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, was the guiding force behind the comedy Funny People, out now on DVD. The movie focuses on a comedian (Adam Sandler) who reassesses his life after a dire medical diagnosis. Apatow, a former comic himself, talks about why he made the movie — and what he finds funny.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • 'Broken Embraces': The Very Picture Of Romance

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Brace yourself: Things are about to get meta. Pedro Almodovar's latest picture strings a colorfully knotty love story across layers of dark film-within-a-film intrigue. Complex of plot, deft in its blending of comedy and melodrama, and a treasure trove of golden-age movie references, the film is what you might call a lushly tragic lark — a heartfelt, if not quite heartbreaking, paean to romance and to the romance of cinema. (Recommended)» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Herzog's 'Bad Lieutenant': He's Crescent City Crazy

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:55 pm
    "A man without a gun, that's not a man," says the pain-wracked, drug-addled anti-hero cop at the center of Port of Call: New Orleans. You get the feeling that director Werner Herzog, that dedicated chronicler of alpha-male lunacy, agrees — and you can't help but notice that his crime drama is every bit as over-the-top eccentric as its protagonist.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us
 
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  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:42 am
    A wily fox uses his formidable cunning to outsmart three feeble-minded farmers, who resort to extreme tactics to protect their chickens in director Wes Anderson's animated adaptation of the popular Roald Dahl children's book. For 12 years, Mr. and Mrs. Fox (voices of George Clooney and Meryl Streep) have lived a peaceful life in the wilderness with their son, Ash (voice of Jason Schwartzman). Shortly after their young nephew Kristofferson (voice of Eric Anderson) arrives for a visit, Mr. Fox's long-suppressed... [more]

  • Planet 51

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:42 am
    An American astronaut believing himself to be the first person ever to set foot on Planet 51 gets the shock of his life in this animated adventure comedy featuring the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, John Cleese, and Gary Oldman. Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker (voice of Johnson) was on a mission to boldly go where no man had gone before, a remote celestial body dubbed Planet 51. The scientific community had surmised that Planet 51 was uninhabited, so when Captain Baker steps out of his spacecraft to... [more]

  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:42 am
    The supernatural tale of star-crossed lovers continues as the Cullen family flees Forks in order to protect Bella (Kristen Stewart), and the heartbroken high-school senior discovers that vampires aren't the only creatures in town. Realizing that Bella will never be safe as long as he's around, Edward (Robert Pattinson) makes the difficult decision to leave his beloved behind shortly after her 18th birthday. Reeling from her loss, Bella embraces self-destruction after being comforted by Edward's image during a... [more]

  • Pirate Radio

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:42 am
    In mid- to late-'60s Britain, an unusual yet colorful subculture sprang up and thrived as a product of the upswing in British pop music, only to meet its doom within a few short years. Though the BBC functioned as the country's main source of news and music, its programmers offered very little airtime to rock & roll -- which left an overwhelming need unfulfilled. In response, small bands of "pirate" radio enthusiasts set up broadcasting towers on boats just outside of English boundary waters, and transmitted... [more]

  • The Blind Side

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:42 am
    Taken in by a well-to-do family and offered a second chance at life, a homeless teen grows to become the star athlete projected to be the first pick at the NFL draft in this sports-themed comedy drama inspired by author Michael Lewis' best-seller The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. Michael Oher was living on the streets when he was welcomed into the home of a conservative suburban family, but over time he matured into a talented athlete. As the NFL draft approaches, fans and sports radio personalities alike... [more]
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  • Wasikowska and Fassbender Boarding Jane Eyre

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Mia Wasikowska ( Alice in Wonderland ) and Michael Fassbender ( Inglourious Basterds ) are in talks to star in Sin nombre helmer Cary Fukunaga's feature adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel, Jane Eyre . Variety says the project is a period piece but will play up the gothic elements of the story about Jane (Wasikowska), a demure governess who discovers her surly employer Rochester (Fassbender) is harboring a dark secret. British company Ruby Films' Alison Owen and Paul Trijbits are producing with BBC Films and Focus Features from a script by Moira Buffini.

  • New Moon Breaks Midnight Opening Record!

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The "Twilight" fans have done it... The Twilight Saga: New Moon set a new midnight opening record with $26.27 million from 3,514 theaters last night! That surpasses the opening nights of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($22.2 million) and The Dark Knight ($18.4 million). Will "New Moon" be able to pass up "Dark Knight's" $67.1 million single day record? Stay tuned for more box office results as they come in... Directed by Chris Weitz, the sequel stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Rachelle Lefevre, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, Kellan…

  • Sam Shepard to Star in EPIX's Tough Trade

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Acclaimed actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard is set to star in Lionsgate's "Tough Trade," the first original series pilot for EPIX, the new multi-platform entertainment service from Viacom Inc., its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate which launched October 30, 2009. With a creative team led by executive producer and showrunner Jenji Kohan ("Weeds"), the pilot was written by creator/co-executive producer Chris Offutt ("True Blood," "Weeds") and will be directed by Gavin Hood ( X-Men Origins: Wolverine , Rendition , Tsotsi ).

  • International Featurette on Sherlock Holmes

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Warner Bros. Pictures has released this international behind-the-scenes featurette on director Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes , starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan and Kelly Reilly. The film opens in theaters on Christmas Day.

  • Idris Elba to Play Heimdall in Thor

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Idris Elba has joined the cast of Marvel Studios' Thor , reports Heat Vision . Elba will play Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard, who stands on the BiFrost Bridge ready to defend the city from intruders. He joins a cast that includes Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander, Colm Feore, Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgard, Stuart Townsend, Ray Stevenson and Tadanobu Asano. To be directed by Kenneth Branagh, the comic book adaptation will be released by Paramount Pictures on May 20, 2011. Shooting will begin mid-January in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Elba…
 
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  • Reel Movie Trailers: The Last Song

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:22 pm
    Coming April 2, 2010 is another Miley Cyrus film. This time, we're getting something a little more mature and serious than Hannah Montana, as The Last Song is based on the book by Nicholas Sparks, who wrote The Notebook. The film co-stars Greg Kinnear and Kelly Preston. In it, Miley plays a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect. The Last Song Trailer

  • Percy Jackson International Trailer!

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:47 pm
    20th Century Fox has released the international trailer for Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, a fantasy adventure based on the book by Rick Riordan. In the film, the teenage Percy Jackson discovers he's the descendant of the Greek god Poseidon and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief International Trailer Percy Jackson opens February 12, 2010.

  • New Moon Breaks Midnight Record!

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:16 pm
    If the frenzy at the New Moon premiere was any indication, we should have had money riding on this. New Moon has surpassed the box office records of both Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and The Dark Knight for opening night shows, raking in an intimidating $26.27 million from 3,514 theaters last night! Stay tuned to see if New Moon can take The Dark Knight's title for $67.1 million single-day record! Directed by Chris Weitz, the sequel stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Rachelle Lefevre, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Jackson…

  • Three Posters for The Cabin in the Woods!

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:07 am
    United Artists has released three posters for the upcoming horror film The Cabin in the Woods. Written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard, and directed by Goddard, the film is a tongue-in-cheek throwback to the classic "cabin in the woods" horror theme. The three posters, while identical in their overall design, feature three different taglines aimed at would-be teen campers, offering them hilariously dubious advice on what to do in each given horror scenario. Click on the images to view larger versions!     It'll be a little while before we get to see just what Whedon and Goddard have…

  • First Iron Man 3 Rumor!

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:42 am
    Iron Man 2 is still a solid 6 months away, and already rumors are swirling about the third film. Recently, Faran Tahir, who played Raza, the leader of the Ten Rings Terrorist organisation that imprisoned Tony Stark at the beginning of the first film, has been speaking about his character possibly becoming the mustached supergenius Mandarin. "At some point, they want to introduce Mandarin into the storyline and my character, like Mandarin, was the leader of the Ten Rings," he told Moviefone. "We're leaving it open because, partly, it makes good business sense for us to leave a little bit of…
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    DVD Spin Doctor

  • Blu-ray review: 'The Prisoner'

    Glenn Abel
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:08 am
    At the least, we can be grateful for AMC's "reimagining" of "The Prisoner" because it hastened the arrival of the classic cult series on Blu-ray. "The Prisoner," of course, was in no need of a remake. The '60s spy series... Please read the full post at dvdspindoctor.com

  • Top horror DVDs, Blu-rays of 2009

    Glenn Abel
    27 Oct 2009 | 4:50 pm
    The year's best horror movies on Blu-ray and DVD, straight from the digital dungeons deep beneath L.A. This being DVD Spin Doctor, artistic merit counts: Every decapitation a thing of beauty; every zombie lost in thoughts of Dante and Bosch... Please read the full post at dvdspindoctor.com

  • Blu-ray review: 'The Complete Monterey Pop'

    Glenn Abel
    29 Sep 2009 | 12:01 am
    Monterey the rock festival still stands in the shadows of the bigger and gaudier Woodstock, but "Monterey Pop" the film has no rival as a time capsule of late-'60s rock." D.A. Pennebaker's documentary was smarter, hipper and more musical than... Please read the full post at dvdspindoctor.com

  • Massive Kurosawa set due from Criterion

    Glenn Abel
    18 Sep 2009 | 11:00 am
    Criterion will cheer fans of Japanese cinema with its December release of "AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa." The $400 set includes a swarm of previously released Criterion Kurosawa releases, bolstered by four new-to-region 1 titles, all made during... Please read the full post at dvdspindoctor.com

  • 'The Prisoner' captured in Blu-ray format

    Glenn Abel
    11 Sep 2009 | 8:34 am
    "The Prisoner" is making a break for Blu-ray, after several years of rumor and speculation about the cult British TV show going high-def. A&E Home Video has just confirmed it will release "The Prisoner: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] " on... Please read the full post at dvdspindoctor.com
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  • The Exiles

    Leo Goldsmith
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:24 pm
    Kent Mackenzie’s project is principally an ethnographic one, but in spite of the sense of distance between filmmaker and subject this might create, the director nonetheless demonstrates a willingness to listen and to seek their input. The actors lend their lives to the film, working closely with the filmmakers to shape a film that properly reflected many aspects of their daily lives. The result is not simply a document notable for its presumed authenticity, but also one that succinctly conveys the Indians’ extreme ambivalence about their place in American life.

  • Los Angeles Plays Itself

    Jenny Jediny
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:40 pm
    While it’s useless to imagine Hollywood without Los Angeles, Andersen’s film enables the city to stand on its own, pulling it out of the context of Tinseltown to share a rich, eccentric urban history. The others – New York, Paris, Rome – have their defenders in literature and music (of course, the movies too). In Los Angeles Plays Itself, Andersen celebrates his city just as marvelously, in a sprawling manifesto that still manages to leave us in the hopes of a sequel.

  • The Sun

    Leo Goldsmith
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:02 pm
    Aleksandr Sokurov’s still, breathless film about Emperor Hirohito is a portrait in grey smoke and vague, delicate sounds. From inside the Emperor’s colorless laboratory of a palace, the distant cries of poverty and displacement and the low rumble of mechanized destruction cannot be heard above the tick and whirr of recording devices, preserving the movements and observations of the great men of history. Of course, Sokurov plays this situation for its irony, casting a curious, antic Issey Ogata as the cloistered, loopy leader of Japan, who makes fishy faces and ponders scrapbook…

  • An Interview with Thom Andersen

    Evan Kindley
    16 Nov 2009 | 8:56 pm
    To paraphrase Voltaire, if Los Angeles didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent it. Well, it exists, of course (I’m typing this from there right now), but the invention has proven necessary anyway: since the early days of Hollywood the cinema has been representing, disguising, betraying, constructing, destroying and mythologizing the city most often associated with its own production. And while, for many outsiders, the City of Angels is nothing other than the home of the entertainment industry, there is life in Los Angeles beyond the movies. To highlight this extra-cinematic…

  • 92YTribeca Film Series: Not Coming to a Theater Near You

    Leo Goldsmith
    16 Nov 2009 | 7:46 pm
    Once upon a time, in an age henceforth known as “the Eighties,” film enjoyed a fundamental revolution: the “Home Video Boom.” You could watch almost anything at any time you wanted, at home, on a VHS tape. A considerable proportion of these films fell in the horror genre – cheap, chilling and decidedly horrible – all with lascivious cover art, ham-handed critics’ quotes, terrible puns and blatantly deceptive copy. On October 31st, we will harken back to this fondly remembered era in cinema by screening a double feature of horror films—on VHS.
 
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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-11-19

    admin
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:45 pm
    Heading over to speak to the Vancouver chatper of CFTPA about MovieSet's production tools & marketing services – say hello! ^DO # Tweet This!Share this on FacebookPost this to MySpaceDigg this!Share this on del.icio.usStumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUponShare this on LinkedinEmail this to a friend?Subscribe to the comments for this post? Related Posts Twitter Updates for 2009-11-18 Ghostbusters 3 to Start Shooting Winter 2009 The Wrestler trailer

  • MovieSet New Roundup from ‘Thor,’ ‘Shyama,’ and ‘The Road’

    Dave
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:02 pm
    Townsend & Stevenson Join Cast of ‘Thor’ Two more actors have been added to the already star studded cast of Marvel Studio’s latest comic adapted film, Thor. Irish actors Stuart Townsend (Battle in Seattle) and Ray Stevenson (Punisher: War Zone) play two of the warriors three, Asgardian warriors that fight alongside Thor. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, Thor also stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Jaimie Alexander, Colm Feore and Stellan Skarsgard. Thor begins filming in early January 2010, and you can expect to see it in theaters mid 2011. ‘The…

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-11-18

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    18 Nov 2009 | 8:45 pm
    holy post office trip! just shipped out a backpack full of DVDs for review – was nice to take a walk in the blustery Vancouver rain and wind # Tweet This!Share this on FacebookPost this to MySpaceDigg this!Share this on del.icio.usStumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUponShare this on LinkedinEmail this to a friend?Subscribe to the comments for this post? Related Posts Twitter Updates for 2009-11-19 Twitter-sized Movie Reviews – Free DVDs to screen and critique Twi-Twitter Exclusives, K Stew Shoots and Riley Runs – Twilight News Round-up

  • ‘Unrivaled’ Producer Sean Buckley’s interview from the set

    Dave
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:27 pm
    Take a look behind the scenes of UNRIVALED to hear what Producer Sean Buckley has to say about making the fighters comfortable, the reasons for MMA’s popularity as a sport, working with the fighters/actors and crew of the film including Director Warren Sonoda, and getting excited about the production while Keith Jardine, Hector Echavarria, Forrest Griffin, and Rashad Evans fight in the background. Keith Jardine stars as Stone in Lionsgate and Grindstone Entertainment's UNRIVALED. More ‘Unrivaled’ Videos Al Sapienza talks ‘Unrivaled’ Actor Al Sapienza (Saw V) sits down to…

  • ‘2012′ – “Scene Selection” Review

    Alex Kartman
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:06 pm
    ‘2012‘ – “Scene Selection” Review by Alex Kartman for MovieSet.com Disaster films are pretty sketchy when it comes to quality. They usually have bad B-movie acting, over the top special effects, and impossible plotlines. Usually they are reserved for the summer blockbuster season as well, a time when every kid on the continent shuts off his or her brain. Last week, the master, if you can even call him that, of disaster, Roland Emmerich (the man behind “Independence Day” and “The Day After Tomorrow”) unleashed his ultimate destruction that is “2012.”…
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  • Fans mourn end of 'Oprah'

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:48 pm
    Car giveaways, tearful interviews and couch-jumping are in the past -- and fans wonder what's next.

  • 'Kid at heart' Biel on 'Planet 51'

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:43 pm
    There's an innocence to Jessica Biel, she says, and that's why she took on "Planet 51."

  • 'New Moon' sets record

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:16 pm
    Second installment in the "Twilight" saga has already set a record for midnight shows.

  • Oprah: Show ending in 2011

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:01 am
    Oprah Winfrey made it official Friday morning: She will end "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2011.

  • Your views: 'New Moon' is 'awesome'

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:09 am
    A number of CNN iReporters made sure to get in line for screenings of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," and their reaction can be summed up in one word: "More!"
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  • Video Interview: Ninja Assassin Director James McTeigue

    Alex Billington
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:42 pm
    Hitting theaters next week for Thanksgiving is the most badass action-packed ninja movie you'll see this year - Ninja Asssassin. It's directed by James McTeigue, who got his start working as the Assistant Director for the Wachowski Brothers on The Matrix, then spun off and directed V for Vendetta on his own. Now he's back with his second movie, Ninja Asssassin, and it's awesome (I've seen it a few times and love it). A few months back, Warner Bros invited me to interview McTeigue while he was in Austin at Fantastic Fest. In promotion of the release next week, here's my interview with James,…

  • Check This Out: The Evolution of the Superhero Movie Graph

    Alex Billington
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:25 pm
    There's really no denying that superhero movies are in their prime right now. Years ago, no one thought comic book adaptations would become the mainstream mega-hits that they are today. And to show us the history and evolution of that genre, we've got another great graph to feature today called The Evolution of the Superhero Movie. This comes from the guys who made the Sequels That Bombed, $400 Million Club, and Harry Potter Directors graphics previously. This is one of my all-time favorites though, just because it's dealing with an area of cinema that I'm very familiar with. And so with…

  • Michael Bay Promises Megan Fox Will Be Back in Transformers 3

    Alex Billington
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:37 pm
    Yes, I know you're trying to forget about Transformers 2, and this isn't helping. If you followed the big back-n-forth between Michael Bay and Megan Fox earlier this year, you might've been left wondering if she would actually return, considering it seemed the two were not on good terms. However, Bay talked to USA Today at the recent Victoria's Secret show (he directed some of their commercials) and he's not mad at her after all. "I love her," Bay said. "It's just, she's young. Everyone's got to give her a break, she's only… 23? It's just hard. I've traveled around the world with her…

  • Watch This: Flashy Full-Length Season of the Witch Trailer

    Alex Billington
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:05 pm
    Lionsgate has debuted the full-length trailer for Season of the Witch starring Nic Cage and Ron Perlman on Fandango today. We previously featured a very short teaser trailer for this back during Halloween. If it weren't for Cage being so damn cheesy, I would say this actually looks pretty damn cool. I mean, its got Ron Perlman and it's about a witch who summons evil to attack this group of guys trying to transport her across Europe. It looks pretty badass, like some good, dark cinematic entertainment, let's just hope it holds up and Cage doesn't ruin it. I'm not sure I have faith in Dominic…

  • Alice in Wonderland's Mia Wasikowska in Talks for Jane Eyre

    Ethan Anderton
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:05 pm
    Just last month we keyed you in on an adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's seminal novel Jane Eyre to be helmed by Cary Fukunaga, director of the buzzed about foreign film Sin Nombre, starting next year. Now Variety reports that Mia Wasikowska (Defiance) and Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds) are in negotiations to star in the film scripted by Moira Buffini. Numerous adaptations precede it, but this new version, along with being a period piece, will play up the gothic elements of the story about Jane, a demure governess who discovers her surly employer Rochester (Fassbender) is harboring a…
 
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  • 30 Minutes of Avatar Are Still Not Done, But Don’t Flip Out

    orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com)
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:30 pm
    The World Premiere of James Cameron’s Avatar is set for December 10th, just 20 days from now but as of Wednesday, “around 30 minutes of the movie remain incomplete”. Cause for concern? According to Jon Landau, the film’s producer, the scenes need work ranging from sound mixing through colour timing along to visual effects. What isn’t clear is how many minutes of FX work need to be locked, and how much of that floating half hour is requiring the more final post production polish only. Landau’s big argument, though is that on a film like Avatar, there’s…

  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon Movie Review: Let the Wrong One In

    orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com)
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:45 pm
    Every fifth or sixth word in my notes on The Twilight Saga: New Moon is ‘mope’. If there’s a more listless, disengaged piece of film this year I hope I don’t have to suffer it. (Actually, there is, and I did right after writing this. The guys’ flipside to New Moon: Ninja Assassin.) This second Twilight film is not a dreamy, thorny gothic romance; it is a stereotypical, unimaginative caricature of depressed teens expanded into 120 minutes. By comparison, Catherine Hardwicke’s creaky first film looks like a wise and knowing glimpse into youthful distraction…

  • Youth in Revolt Release Date Moves Up One Week; Film Will Get Sneak Previews

    orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com)
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:13 pm
    Back in September, just as the film was screening to very positive word at the Toronto Film Festival, The Weinstein Company moved Youth in Revolt back to January 15. That wasn’t a huge surprise. Though audiences seem to really like Miguel Arteta’s adaptation of C.D. Payne’s novel, thanks in part to what some call a career-expanding performance by Michael Cera, TWC already has their awards season movies in Nine and (maybe, but looking less likely now) The Road. Saving Youth in Revolt for 2010 was a predictable move. Now the film’s release date has been bumped up…

  • Season of the Witch Movie Trailer

    orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com)
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:30 pm
    Last month, Lionsgate released a special 30-second Halloween teaser trailer for Dominic Sena’s supernatural thriller Season of the Witch which had us scratching our heads. Sena is best known as the director of fun but disposable action films like Gone in Sixty Seconds, Swordfish and the recent comic book adaptation Whiteout, and I had heard great things about Brian Schut’s script… But the teaser looked like a direct-to-dvd Dark Castle production. The new trailer gives us a much better idea of what to expect, and somewhat raised expectations. Watch the trailer for yourself…

  • The Twilight Saga: New Moon Destroys Harry Potter and Dark Knight at Midnight Box Office

    orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com)
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    Summit Entertainment has announced that The Twilight Saga: New Moon has broken box office records, earning over $26.27 million in midnight screenings from 3,514 theaters. This destroys the $22.2 million midnight record held by Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince, and the previous second place, Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight, which earned $18.4 million in midnight earnings. Also, Summit’s re-release of the original Twilight on Thursday night on 2,057 screens resulted in $1.3 million in ticket sales. But the real question is, what will New Moon’s…
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    IGN Movies

  • Dare Trailer

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:34 pm
    Your first look at the indie drama.

  • IGN's Favorite Movie Ninjas

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:28 pm
    If there's one thing Hollywood is facing a crippling lack of these days, it's ninjas. Everyone knows that the ninja is nature's premier fighting warrior, equaled only by the pirate and occasionally the Viking. Ninjas are stealthy, silent, and they always look good in black. So why do so few A-list action movies feature ninjas these days? Are we doomed to repeat viewings of Beverly Hills Ninja and the American Ninja franchise for the rest of eternity?

  • The Bride Meets Edward Cullen

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:11 am
    Uma Thurman has signed on to star opposite Twilight star Robert Pattinson in an adaptation of the Guy de Maupassant short story "Bel Ami."

  • A Serious Man Interview

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:31 am
    Michael Stuhlberg talks working with the Coen brothers.

  • Underworld 4's Shield

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:13 am
    The franchise has landed The Shield writer John Hlavin to bring the fourth part of the Screen Gems franchise to the screen. No word yet on what the plot of the film will involve, though previous reports have indicated that the picture will be shot in 3-D.
 
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  • Trailer: Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi?

    Ravi
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:53 am
    Pritish Nandy Communications presents a Rajat Kapoor production of the year’s most outrageously funny comedy, that starts with a night of questions and ends up in bed with zero answers! Directed by Saurabh Shukla, Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi? has Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Neha Dhupia, Iravati Harshe, Navneet Nishan, Dalip Tahil, Anuradha Menon & Aamir Bashir in lead roles and is scheduled to release on December 11, 2009. Official Site Trailer: Raat Gayi, Baat Gayi? is a post from: Bollywood Buzz Related posts:My Name Is Khan to be a Feb 2010 releaseTrailer: Paa (Amitabh Bachchan,…

  • Video: Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan on BBC News

    Ravi
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:16 am
    BBC News Video: Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan on BBC News is a post from: Bollywood Buzz Related posts:Video: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor in Airtel Digital TV Music Video – Dil TitliExclusive: Kareena Kapoor is getting married to Saif Ali Khan!Trailer Video: Kurbaan (Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan)Music Video: Shukran Allah from Kurbaan (Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor)Music Video: Kurbaan Hua from Kurbaan (Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor)Snapshots: Kareena Kapoor-Saif Ali Khan in Delhi

  • Photo Shoots: Aishwarya Rai for Eva Magazine (November 2009)

    Ravi
    17 Nov 2009 | 8:59 am
    Photo Shoots: Aishwarya Rai for Eva Magazine (November 2009) is a post from: Bollywood Buzz Related posts:Photo Shoots: Aishwarya Rai for Filmfare Magazine (November 2009)Photo Shoots: Amrita Rao for The Man Magazine (November 2009)Photo Shoots: Asin for FHM Magazine (November 2009)Photo Shoots: Saif Ali Khan for Hello! Magazine (November 2009)Photo Shoots: Sushmita Sen for Maxim Magazine (November 2009)Photo Shoots: Hrithik Roshan for OK! Magazine (November 2009)

  • Photo Shoots: Hrithik Roshan for OK! Magazine (November 2009)

    Ravi
    17 Nov 2009 | 8:24 am
    Photo Shoots: Hrithik Roshan for OK! Magazine (November 2009) is a post from: Bollywood Buzz Related posts:Photo Shoots: Hrithik Roshan for GQ Magazine (Sep 2009)Photo Shoots: Priyanka Chopra & Hrithik Roshan for Filmfare magazine (Apr 2009)Photo Shoots: Hrithik Roshan for Filmfare magazinePhoto Shoots: Hrithik Roshan for Cine Blitz magazinePhoto Shoots: Hrithik Roshan For Provogue (October 2009)Photo Shoots: Hrithik Roshan For Reliance Mobile (October 2009)

  • Snapshots: Preity Zinta@Harvard University, USA

    Ravi
    17 Nov 2009 | 8:12 am
    Preity Zinta On Twitter, Harvard University, Images via Miss Malini Snapshots: Preity Zinta@Harvard University, USA is a post from: Bollywood Buzz Related posts:Preity Zinta is on TwitterSnapshots: Preity Zinta@HDIL India Couture Week 2009Snapshots: Preity Zinta@Lakmé Fashion Week 2009Photo Shoots: Preity Zinta for Prevention magazinePhoto Shoots: Preity Zinta for D’damas Jewellery (Aug 2009)Why did Preity Zinta & Ness Wadia split?
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    Filming In Brooklyn

  • Update: “Boardwalk Empire” in Park Slope

    Amy/FIB
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:15 am
    Please note: location listings are based on on tips, permits, and no parking signs, and are generally unconfirmed. Weather, schedule changes, and many other factors could affect the timing and locations of the shoots listed. If you can confirm any of the info listed below, please leave a comment on this post. View What’s Filming 11/19/09 in a larger map According to our friends at Carrot Creative, Boardwalk Empire signs were spotted on Carrol between 6th and 7th for filming today.  Thanks! UPDATE: According to Carrot Creative, St. Johns Place between 6th and 7th Avenues has been roped…

  • “Rescue Me” in Greenpoint

    Amy/FIB
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:33 am
    Please note: location listings are based on on tips, permits, and no parking signs, and are generally unconfirmed. Weather, schedule changes, and many other factors could affect the timing and locations of the shoots listed. If you can confirm any of the info listed below, please leave a comment on this post. View What’s Filming 11/18/09 in a larger map Rescue Me is filming today at 243 Meeker Ave, at Lorimer Street, just about under the BQE.  According to our tipster Charlie, the scenes being shot are related to an auto accident (not sure if it’s the actual crash or the…

  • “Damages” in Brooklyn Heights

    Amy/FIB
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:17 am
    Please note: location listings are based on on tips, permits, and no parking signs, and are generally unconfirmed. Weather, schedule changes, and many other factors could affect the timing and locations of the shoots listed. If you can confirm any of the info listed below, please leave a comment on this post. View What’s Filming 11/18/09 in a larger map The critically-acclaimed and much-awarded show Damages, starring Glenn Close, is filming today in the vicinity of Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights (so north of Atlantic, south of the bridge).  Thanks to the frequent tipsters at Carrot…

  • “Boardwalk Empire” filming in Greenpoint

    Amy/FIB
    17 Nov 2009 | 11:15 am
    Please note: location listings are based on on tips, permits, and no parking signs, and are generally unconfirmed. Weather, schedule changes, and many other factors could affect the timing and locations of the shoots listed. If you can confirm any of the info listed below, please leave a comment on this post. View What’s Filming 11/17/09 in a larger map According to On Location Vacations, Boardwalk Empire is filming in the vicinity of Franklin and Commercial. Originally posted on Filming In Brooklyn. Have a location shooting tip or some on location pictures? Please email Amy, or text…

  • “White Collar” filming in Clinton Hill

    Amy/FIB
    17 Nov 2009 | 11:10 am
    Please note: location listings are based on on tips, permits, and no parking signs, and are generally unconfirmed. Weather, schedule changes, and many other factors could affect the timing and locations of the shoots listed. If you can confirm any of the info listed below, please leave a comment on this post. View What’s Filming 11/17/09 in a larger map “No Parking” signs are lining Gates Avenue from about Grand to St. James, and the orange cones are out.  But so far, no trucks have arrived and no actual filming is being done for White Collar.  My guess is that…
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    Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal

  • Review: Vanquisher (Suay ... Samurai)

    WiseKwai
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:01 pm
    Directed by Manop UdomdejStarring Sophita Sribanchean, Kessarin Ektawatkul, Jacqueline Apithananont, Saranyu Wongkrachang, Pete ThongchuaReleased in Thai cinemas on November 5, 2009; rated 18+Wise Kwai's rating: 2/5When he set out to make Vanquisher, director Manop Udomdej might have had a globe-trotting, labyrinthine, intrigue-filled political thriller like Syriana in mind.But about all Vanquisher and Syriana have in common is a CIA agent named Bob, who in this case is not played by George Clooney.Involving sword-wielding Thai operatives for the CIA pitted against their American former…

  • Review: The Scout

    WiseKwai
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Directed by Pleo SirisuwanStarring Narathit Namkang, Pimpawee KreuangsaiReleased in Thai cinemas on October 29, 2009; rated GWise Kwai's rating: 2/5An labored exercise in anti-climax, The Scout (Bit Pi-pop Ta-lu Lohk, ) is a kid-friendly adventure yarn about children who enter an ancient temple and have to run from a giant snake and flying fanged toads.The kids are pretty stereotypical. There's a new kid in school, Odd, who's arrived with a chip on his shoulder. He's befriended by another outcast, the skinny bespectacled nerd, Ball. Minnie, precocious girl class president hits Odd up for…

  • Short documentary looks at threat to Thailand's 'train market'

    WiseKwai
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    With the Science Film Festival going on in Bangkok right now -- yes, yet another film festival -- one of the entries that caught my eye is A Mirror of a Living Train Market (), a five-minute documentary produced by the MCOT TV station Modernine.It's about the famous (or infamous) "train market" on the Mae Klong Railway.Here is the synopsis:This story tells about Payao’s life who works as a vendor at the train market in western city of Samut Songkhram where the provincial authorities plan to rebuild the permanent market for buyers’ safety and rail traffic control. She does not want to…

  • This is Bang Rajan!

    WiseKwai
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    TwitchFilm.net and Deknang have stunning first images from Bang Rajan 2 (บางระจัน 2), Thanit Jitnukul's sequel to his 2000 battle epic, which is being produced by Phranakorn Film.The stills follow a teaser that was posted last month.It'll be the biggest thing done yet by Phranakorn, which is breaking into the international marketplace while also still churning out the modestly-budgeted country comedies and ghost stories that have done well at the domestic box office.Twitch's Todd Brown points out that there is a 300-like feel to the stills. And perhaps that is that patriotic…

  • Black Belt Jones does Thailand in Hot Potato

    WiseKwai
    17 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    Along with Emmanuelle in Bangkok, another movie from 1976 that the Thailand Film Office would probably rather people forgot about is Hot Potato, an exploitive action vehicle for martial-arts star Jim Kelly that was filmed in Chiang Mai.Only reason I mention Hot Potato now is because it's making the rounds on Cinemax, playing at 8 tonight Bangkok time, and I have a cool picture to go with these words.I don't subscribe to cable and I am not equipped for the heavy lifting it would take to obtain the movie. So I've never seen it. And I'm only familiar with Jim Kelly through his role in Bruce…
 
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    Tim Ryan's Reel Hawaii

  • CLINT’S “HEREAFTER” CONSIDERING MAUI FOR JAN. TIDAL WAVE

    Tim Ryan
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:29 pm
    FOX SEARCHLIGHTS’ PREDATORS SPENDS MILLION$ DURING JUST COMPLETED BIG ISLAND FILMING Hawaii-bound productions are riding the Aloha State wave in droves that is likely to make 2010 a banner year for production revenues, crew employment, and publicity. Clint Eastwood’s film Hereafter could do its three-day filming on Maui instead of Oahu though [...]

  • “BATTLESHIP” SCOUTING OAHU; EASTWOOD’S “HEREAFTER” FILMS SET FOR JAN.; CLOONEY STARS IN “DESCENDANTS”

    Tim Ryan
    21 Oct 2009 | 7:47 pm
    George Clooney to star in The Descendants filming on Oahu and Kauai in March Despite news about the Hawaii Film Office possibly facing staff reductions next month, several major productions are still planning to shoot in Hawaii… Clint Eastwood’s (above right) film Hereafter - now shooting in Paris and the French Alps – [...]

  • PREDATORS HITS THE BIG ISLAND JUNGLE

    Tim Ryan
    17 Oct 2009 | 12:39 pm
    Filming of 20th Century Fox’s $40-million creature feature Predators started last week along the Hamakua Coast and continues for another two weeks. As previously noted in Reel Hawaii, Oscar winner Adrien Brody (above) stars as the film’s central character, Royce, who hunts the bad guys that aliens kidnap and take back to their homeworld to [...]

  • UNIVERSAL’S $100-MILLION BATTLESHIP FEATURE TO SET SAIL FOR HAWAII FILMING IN APRIL

    Tim Ryan
    13 Oct 2009 | 2:22 am
    DIRECTOR PETER BERG (LEFT) RETURNS TO HAWAII TO DIRECT BATTLESHIP In what would be Hawaii’s biggest budget film since Tropic Thunder, Universal Studios Battleship – directed by Peter Berg – is expected to begin filming on Oahu in April…Battleship has a planned release for July 1, 2011. The live-action film is based on Hasbro’s naval combat [...]

  • BOOK ‘EM DANNO (AGAIN)

    Tim Ryan
    9 Oct 2009 | 8:16 am
    Reporting from the Sedona Film Festival in Arizona: Rumors have been circulating for months that CBS was close to finally reviving the iconic police drama Hawaii Five-0 after an announcement more than a year ago…Now it’s official… CBS made the announcement yesterday saying that writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen) will [...]
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    Twitch

  • Evokative Films and Fantastic Fest present Adrift in Tokyo!!!

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:38 pm
    Well this is just... just... well it's just FANTASTIC news coming from our friends at Evokative Films. Together with Fantastic Fest they will be having their first ever US theatrical release in Austin, Texas early in December. the film? You might have heard about it around here. Adrift in Tokyo!!! Do not miss this opportunity to catch this absolute gem of a film that is clearly a favorite of us around these parts. The film will be screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz theatre in downtown Austin, Texas, as part of the Fantastic Fest Signature Series. On December 1st there will be one free…

  • Trailer for CG Animated Short THE MOUSE THAT SOARED

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:15 pm
    Directed by veteran animator Kyle Bell, The Mouse That Soared is a six minute CG animated short with themes involving adoption, blended-families and nature vs. nurture.  Its produce from the crew that worked at Laika Entertainment, the studio behind Coraline and Moongirl.  The trailer is only 30 seconds long, yet so concise on setting up the premise.  Step right up and behold the harrowing and hair-raising aerial adventures of a flying circus mouse! Witness the rise of our orphan foundling as he learns valuable lessons in life and flight from two well-intentioned adoptive…

  • Poster Alert! Gremlins, Alien LA Exclusives!

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:57 am
    The peeps over at Mondotees.com are hosting a show in LA tonight at Gallery 1988 and are releasing a few prints as LA Exclusive. The prints that are going to get people all hot and bothered are for Gremlins by newcomer Rhys Cooper and another Alien poster by Ken Taylor. Those who got his Alien Egg poster released a few months back will have to get their hands on this beauty.Appearing at the show tonight are three artists who will be on hand, doing artwork and shoot the shit. Skinner will be selling his Medusa head print which he printed in 40 copies and hand colored each one.Kevin Tong…

  • Making-of Video for CG Animated Short MEET MELINE

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:40 am
    Back in late March, a trailer for Sebastien Laban & Virginie Goyons' animated short Meet Meline caught my eye and I became immediately captivated by its charm and magical wonder while leaving me wanting to see how the story develops when the little girl finds the mysterious creature. Although the full short is not available online yet unfortunately, a 12-minutes making-of featurette has been unveiled today that contains some behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with the director on the story/characters/environments and an in-depth view on the process of completing the short.  I can…

  • Test Footage From Argentine Sci-Fi EL ETERNAUTA

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:38 am
    Without a doubt the largest and most anticipated science fiction film ever produced in South America, there are rumors of dischord circling the film adaptation of Hector German Oesterheld's El Eternauta.  There is recent chatter that original director Lucrecia Martel - always something of an odd fit, really - is off the project but I don't expect that a change of directors will be enough to derail this alien invasion tale.  And, really, if Martel is gone the directors should be hopping on the next flight to Uruguay to sign Panic Attack director Federico Alvarez.But I digress. …
 
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    Are You Screening?

  • Massive TV Clip Roundup – Robert Pattinson, Community, 30 Rock, John Mayer And Much More

    Marc Eastman
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:25 pm
    I’m being bombarded with clips, and I’m throwing them all together for you. You’re bound to find something worth checking out. Have fun. Robert Pattinson on Letterman via TV.com John Mayer in Concert – Live on Letterman via TV.com SNL Promo: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Community Senor Chang breaks down with Jeff about his wife leaving. Abed and Troy prepare for an epic battle but are unexpectedly sidelined. The Office Recyclops will have his revenge on Earth Day. 30 Rock Watch what happens when Al Gore pays the set of 30 Rock a visit. Dakota Fanning on Leno Kristen Stewart on…

  • Modern Family Sneak Peeks And Images – Fizbo

    Marc Eastman
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:18 am
    It’s about the time of year that we’re almost getting too late for “Best Shows You Aren’t Watching,” but if you still aren’t tuning your set to ABC’s Modern Family, I think you’re really missing out. I’ve got some sneaks from the next episode, “Fizbo,” for you, and I’m going to include a Hulu player so you can catch up if you need to, and check out a few other interesting behind-the-scenes clips. Often hilarious, and consistently funny, Modern Family has kept it’s game up through several episodes now, and has…

  • Ginnifer Goodwin, Tom Ford, And Colin Firth Talk A Single Man At AFI Fest

    Marc Eastman
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:39 am
    A Single Man was chosen as the Closing Night feature at this year’s AFI Fest, and there are some nice clips to help you get ready for the December 11th release. The Closing Night Gala presentation of A SINGLE MAN features the directorial debut of fashion designer Tom Ford from his script adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s acclaimed novel. The film follows a day in the life of a gay British college professor in Los Angeles as he attempts to cope with the death of his partner. Ford’s work helming the project and Colin Firth’s lead performance in the film have received critical…

  • My Sister’s Keeper DVD Review – Win Your Copy Here

    Marc Eastman
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:59 am
    When it comes to reviewing films, you often find yourself at odds with certain demographics which render your efforts useless. My Sister’s Keeper presents such a case merely by being directed by Nick Cassavetes, and by being based on a book by Jodi Picoult. There are so many people who are set in their interest in such a film, that the potential use of a review is rather trivial. Whether you know you’re going to watch it, or know you aren’t, the odds are that you’re solidly in one of those camps. That’s particularly frustrating for a movie such as this, because…

  • Hoarders Season 2 – Monday, Nov. 30th – Enter To Win An A&E Prize Pack

    Marc Eastman
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:47 am
    ENTER TO WIN AN A&E PRIZE PACK SEASON 2 OF THE A&E HIT ORIGINAL NONFICTION SERIES “HOARDERS” PREMIERES MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH AT 10PM ET/PT In the new season of the hit original nonfiction series “Hoarders,” A&E delves into the world of extreme hoarding, a mental disorder marked by an obsessive need to collect things, even if the items are worthless, hazardous or unsanitary.  The series takes a fascinating look at the lives of people whose inability to part with their belongings is so out of control that they are on the verge of a personal crisis.  Whether they’re…
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    Daily Film Dose

  • Il Divo

    Alan Bacchus
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:59 am
    Il Divo (2009) dir. Paolo SorrentinoStarring: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci, Carlo Buccirosso**By Alan BacchusThe story of seven-time Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti's controversial leadership in the latter stages of his 50-year service, which saw him accused and tried for having an alliance with the mafia, as well as being an accomplice to several murders of

  • Cars

    Alan Bacchus
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:42 am
    Cars (2006) dir. John LasseterVoices by: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Tony Shaloub**1/2By Alan BacchusAs creative director of the company, over most of the decade John Lasseter had served as a supervisory Walt Disney-like role in the Pixar family. “Cars” was Lasseter’s first feature since 1999’s ‘Toy Story”. Unfortunately while filmmakers like Brad Bird, Andrew Stanton

  • White Material

    Blair Stewart
    18 Nov 2009 | 4:35 am
    White Material (2009) dir. Claire DenisStarring: Isabelle Huppert, Isaach De Bankole, Christopher Lambert***By Blair StewartA bitter, brittle remark on colonial Africa just before the whites all fled, Claire Denis revisits her childhood days in the great Continent. Isabelle Huppert is Maria, a prime mover, the workhorse behind a desperate coffee plantation on its last legs in a barely-democratic

  • The Exiles

    Alan Bacchus
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:04 am
    The Exiles (1961) dir, Kent McKenzieStarring: Mary Donahue, Homer Nish, Clydean Parker, Tom Reynolds, Rico Rodriguez***1/2By Alan BacchusThe reputation of Kent McKenzie’s “The Exiles” precedes it. The famous USC student film about aboriginal youths living in Los Angeles was often discussed as a landmark film in American independent film, yet its inaccessibility, and lack of a video release made

  • Deconstructing the Cinema of the 2000’s – Part 3: Documentary

    Alan Bacchus
    16 Nov 2009 | 4:20 am
    By Alan BacchusThe following is part of a continuing series of features breaking down the trends of cinema in the 2000's. Click below for parts 1 and 2:Part 1: Tentpole Franchisees Part 2: Social RealismIt’s not hard to pinpoint the exact moment when documentaries became more than just an art house or 'special interest' genre but a legitimate mass market theatrical entertainment product. It was
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    Filmstalker

  • Avary still on Silent Hill 2

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:16 am
    Silent Hill 2 has been on the go for a very long time, and with the recent news that Roger Avary, the man tasked with writing the film, has been sent to prison, it would seem that there's little chance of the film happening. Well that might not be true as the producer Don Carmondy has been talking about the film and about Avary's involvement....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

  • Underworld 4 gets Shield writer

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:59 am
    This could be huge news for the fourth in the Underworld series as word comes out that the a writer of The Shield, John Hlavin, is set to write the script for Underworld 4. Although that spells good news for the series, let's put this in context, there's no director and no lead actress, but there is an idea of where the film would be placed in regards the time-line of the others....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

  • Spielberg developing King's Under the Dome

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:52 am
    It was good news for Stephen King fans when we heard that his latest story, Under the Dome, was coming to the big screen, but news today brings great and not so good news for the film. Great news first? Steven Spielberg is one of the executive producers on the project, so that's got to be good and looks like it might go the same way as The Talisman, and that's the not so good news, it's going to become a mini-series....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

  • Stalked: Nicholas Flamel, Jekyll and Hyde, Orphange remake dead

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:15 am
    The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel to be adapted... Jekyll and Hyde moves forward... The Orphanage remake dead?... 47 Ronin with ex-Alien prequel director......Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

  • Stalked: Gibson talks Mad Max, McKidd on Call of Duty film, Connery's acting again, Murphy in Caller

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    Zack Snyder's Guardians of Ga'hoole gains cast... Kevin McKidd is hoping to be in the Call of Duty film... Sean Connery returns to voice animated character... Mel Gibson has been talking about that Mad Max role... Brittany Murphy is joining a supernatural thriller......Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.
 
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    Movie Poster Addict

  • Invictus Poster

    Larking
    29 Oct 2009 | 6:51 pm
    Yes it is a tired design, one we have seen many times. But so are most poster designs this days. This has the merit of being a particularly good execution of a well known design. Harmonious, good balance of colors and the choice of the images that are used of the main characters strikes me as close to perfect. The result is a poster that exudes class and that is, despite the unoriginal design, nice to look at. I would never call this a great poster. I need more creativity to call something great. In fact, I might need some more creativity to even unambiguously call it good. But it still a…

  • No Kidding Sherlock

    Larking
    27 Oct 2009 | 6:51 pm
    The Sherlock Holmes posters so far have been pretty consistent visually, always sporting some fog, and blue tinge (a little more pronounced here) and backgrounds that scream period. Not earth shattering stuff, but distinctive enough to to be remembered and essentially ok for a movie which will be sold as “Robert Downey Jr. IS Sherlock Holmes!” anyway. Just get Downey out there looking like Sherlock and make a poster that isn’t completely boring to look at. The humor is throwing me off a little bit though, especially as portrayed by the tagline. “Holmes for the…

  • Second Daybreakers Poster

    Larking
    15 Oct 2009 | 7:50 pm
    This is not exactly the poster one would expect from a vampire movie. Especially not after the first, much more genre standard, poster. But it does make sense once you take into account that the film takes place in the near future and that an important plot point is that vampires are now harvesting humans in blood farms. Which I guess is what is being depicted in here. Considering the glut of vampire themed movies, tv series and books I imagine this was an attempt to differentiate Daybreakers by focusing more on it’s sci-fi elements. Understandable, and the image itself is pretty great.

  • The Title That Changed

    Larking
    14 Oct 2009 | 7:47 pm
    In the transition from the UK to America The Boat that Rocked got a new title and a slightly different poster. I guess they thought the original just wasn’t zany and fun enough, so we get more people walking the plank (including a girl!), a second, more party-centric boat, and some stuff in the title. Oh yeah, and curiously enough a different angle of the main boat. I like the cleaner UK poster better, from a purely aesthetic perspective, but I understand what they are trying to do with the American one. I’m not sure they haven’t gone too much into Animal House territory but…

  • Capitalism: A Love Story Posters

    Larking
    6 Oct 2009 | 7:34 pm
    Michael Moore last few movie’s have had some striking, funny and sometimes polemic posters. They always caught your attention and often presented a clever visual linked to the theme of the movie. All of that only made me more disappointed at this latest one. It tries to be funny, but the joke is terminally lame. Moore doesn’t have his usual mischievous grin, instead having a very earnest serious expression, which isn’t nearly as effective. And the colors and drawings are just dull. This second poster that surfaced last week has much more style and visual flair. So better in…
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    Best Movies by Farr

  • The Coolest Male Movie Star Ever, By Farr (You'll Never Guess.)

    John Farr
    15 Nov 2009 | 4:29 pm
    First, I suppose I should describe what I mean by "cool', since the word is so broadly defined now... Growing up, to me "cool" meant someone that people were instinctively drawn to, but who kept themselves slightly apart. Someone unflappable, slightly mysterious, out of reach. Someone aware of their own charisma but with no need to flaunt it. Someone whose ego wasn’t fed by the approval of others. Cool was not necessarily suave- that was Cary Grant. Cool was not necessarily angry or openly rebellious- that was James Dean or Brando. Cool was not necessarily the cocky dreamboat type- that was…

  • The Alarming Decline of Expressive Language in Life and On Film

    John Farr
    3 Nov 2009 | 4:47 am
    A month ago I attended a Parents' Day conference at one of our kids' private high schools. A history teacher set to retire after 45 years of service was musing on reading the old student literary journals from the forties and fifties. Asked whether by comparison he noticed an erosion in writing skills in the history papers he grades today, he answered “Yes”- vehemently and without hesitation- while also mentioning a decline in expressive language skills in the classroom. There seems little doubt that even as today’s high school and college students are pushed harder in a highly…

  • Our Morally Superior Nation: Movies that Reflect the Corrosive Influence of Religious Extremism

    John Farr
    26 Oct 2009 | 5:00 am
    With a couple of recent celebrity scandals, a troubling aspect of the American character has reared its head once again: a moral absolutism and extremism fostered largely by the fanatical religious right- be they fundamentalist, evangelical, or the more orthodox wing of the Catholic Church. Their vocal and powerful presence in the social discourse of America marks ours as a country populated by a more than a few intolerant, unforgiving prudes and, worse, hypocrites. Just consider the Letterman case: the prevailing attitude seems to be that he got off pretty easy. Still, let’s not forget the…

  • Divine Inspirations: Our Finest Art Documentaries

    John Farr
    19 Oct 2009 | 3:11 pm
    Even for a jaded movie hound like myself, it’s been a revelation to experience both the quality and range of feature-length documentaries now available for home viewing. At their best, these kinds of films provide an immediacy and intimacy that narrative films rarely match. Not surprisingly, I’ve always been partial to documentaries relating to the arts. Happily, there is no shortage of excellent titles that celebrate human creativity -specifically, those directors, actors, painters, musicians, and dancers whose efforts infuse our lives with drama, color and meaning. Here are ten personal…

  • Leo and Kate: They Didn't Go Down with the Ship

    John Farr
    12 Oct 2009 | 3:22 pm
    Earlier this month Kate Winslet celebrated her birthday. To this aging fan, she still seems astonishingly young, but of course, success came fairly early for her. Who can forget her disarming freshness and exuberance in Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility" (1995)? Her close friend and co-star Leonardo di Caprio shares much with her beyond two high-profile motion pictures: they are virtually the same age, and both started acting in their childhood, a significant shared connection. In their early twenties, they were brought together to star in James Cameron’s “Titanic” (1997), the movie that…
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    MovieJuice

  • 2012

    17 Nov 2009 | 7:37 am
    What could be more entertaining than watching the entire world vanish before our eyes while a pantheon of Hollywood B-movie stars valiantly try to battle fearsome special effects and frightening dialogue to stave off the end? And I'm talking about the end of their careers. I'm glad to be rooting for Gene Hackman, er, John Cusack to save the day. Because once humanity repopulates we're going to need somebody to hoist a boom-box over his head and serenade us with Peter Gabriel's In Your Eyes. It's great to see Fred Astaire, er, Danny Glover back in the saddle as the President of the United…

  • Disney's A Christmas Carol

    8 Nov 2009 | 5:36 pm
    No, it's not just A Christmas Carol, it's Disney's A Christmas Carol, so take that Mr. Dickens! You can almost hear the suits at Disney from down here in the workhouses: "How are we going to get kids interested in a period piece with no talking animals?" "Let's use 3D and motion capture!" "And let's add a teenage vampire romance! I'm sure if Dickens had thought of that he would have dropped it in." "And we can call it 'Scrooge in Outer Space' or 'Scrooge meets the Mole People' or - I've got it! - 'A-C-Squared!'" Ah, 3D. I love 3D. Who would have imagined that Hollywood would have invented…

  • Halloween II

    1 Nov 2009 | 12:39 pm
    This past Halloween weekend the powers-that-be at Dimension Films re-released Halloween II into theaters nationwide because, evidently, we didn't ignore it resoundingly enough when it nose-dived and crash-landed into theaters the first time. Scout Taylor-Compton returns as Laurie, and I can honestly say I don't know which of her three names I'm least interested in. Director Rob Zombie's wife, Sheri Moon Zombie, returns from the other side of Rob's bed and from the dead as a Holy spectre, a willowy white spirit with a big white horse meant to symbolize all manner of symbolized white symbols.

  • Couples Retreat

    15 Oct 2009 | 7:27 am
    It has been 13 years since Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn first exploded onto the scene in Swingers, and if any proof were needed, 13 is no lucky number. Now, "look at all the beautiful babies" has become "Who wants to go to Applebees by themselves?" Over the years Fav and Vaughn have bedded more Twinkies than beautiful babies, and the expression "you're so money" has been replaced by "you're so beyond your body's natural set point!" Judging by his appearance on the red carpet, Vaughn's next role is as a pig in a python. When it comes to Couples Retreat, Vince brings his patented satirical…

  • Zombieland

    5 Oct 2009 | 8:53 am
    I think we have 28 Days Later to thank for the idea that zombies are no longer undead, now they're just unwell. Isn't it scarier to think of some bloodthirsty creature emerging from the grave than to imagine your friend with the temperament of a British soccer fan and the skin of Jessica Simpson pre-Proactiv? If it's a comedy about bad skin, it's only appropriate that Zombieland features a wonderful cameo from the King of satirical comedy and bad skin himself, Mr. Bill Murray. Murray's hilarious segment is worth the price of admission, but beyond that, Zombieland is no Shaun of the Dead.
 
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    Box Office Mojo - Top Stories

  • 'New Moon' Breaks Midnight Record

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:02 pm
    The Twilight Saga: New Moon shattered the midnight opening record, raking in an estimated $26.27 million at 3,514 sites showing the movie starting at 12:01 a.m. Friday. The previous benchmark was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which conjured $22.2 million at 3,003 sites for its midnight opening. That accounted for 38 percent of the picture's $58.2 million full opening day. The full opening day record is held by The Dark Knight, which earned $67.2 milli...

  • '2012' Plagues the Box Office

    16 Nov 2009 | 1:20 pm
    Detonating atop the weekend box office, 2012 swept in with $65.2 million on approximately 6,500 screens at 3,404 sites, ranking as the seventh highest grossing November debut ever. Among fellow disaster movies, it had the second-highest grossing start, behind only director Roland Emmerich's previous disaster, The Day After Tomorrow, which opened to $68.7 million. In terms of initial attendance, though, it trailed Day After Tomorrow by a wide margin, and Emmerich's Independence Day tops...

  • Moviegoers Stingy with Scrooge

    9 Nov 2009 | 4:22 pm
    It was a miserly start to the Holiday movie season as the high profile movie positioned to bring the most cheer, A Christmas Carol (2009), stumbled a bit out of the gate. Overall weekend business was off 16 percent from the same timeframe last year, when Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa landed, and was on the low end for early November. Haunting approximately 6,500 screens at 3,683 sites, A Christmas Carol churned out $30.1 million, selling fewer tickets than Elf and The Santa Clause 2 and f...

  • 'Michael Jackson' Strikes Top Spot

    2 Nov 2009 | 1:32 pm
    Michael Jackson's This Is It was all there was as far as new nationwide releases went this Halloween weekend, but it was sufficient to help propel overall business four percent higher than the same timeframe last year. Though it may not be commensurate with the raft of pre-release hype surrounding the movie and Michael Jackson's death, This Is It performed exceptionally well for a concert picture or music documentary, charting second only to the opening of the Hannah Montana concer...

  • 'Paranormal' Rages, 'Saw' Dulls

    26 Oct 2009 | 2:57 pm
    As a new horror sensation rose, another fell over the weekend. Paranormal Activity rolled out into more theaters and claimed the top spot, in part because the new releases were non-starters, including the latest movie in the usually reliable Saw franchise. Overall business was down 14 percent from last year, which featured the one-two punch of High School Musical 3: Senior Year and Saw V, but was still solid for the timeframe. Jumping to approximately 2,500 screens at 1,945 sites (more...
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  • Review: 'The Messenger'

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Messenger RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Drama. Starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson and Samantha Morton. Directed by Oren Moverman. (R. 105 minutes. At the Lumiere in San Francisco.) Two soldiers show up at a suburban home, the door opens and they deliver the...

  • Review: 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call'

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Police drama. Starring Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes and Jennifer Coolidge. Directed by Werner Herzog. (R. 121 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans"...

  • Review: Bill Kunstler 'Disturbing the Universe'

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE)Documentary. Directed by Emily and Sarah Kunstler. (Not rated. 85 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) The personal is political, as the saying goes. Just ask Emily and Sarah Kunstler, the producers...

  • 'Planet 51' fights invasion by a human

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Planet 51 RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)Animation. Directed by Jorge Blanco. Starring the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Justin Long and Jessica Biel. (PG. 91 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Glipforg is such a nice, quiet town - straight out of the 1950s, with fresh-faced...

  • Review: NFL pick's story is nice, slow-moving

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Blind Side RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Drama. Starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw and Quinton Aaron. Directed by John Lee Hancock. (PG-13. 126 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "The Blind Side" tells a nice, human story about a family that takes in a homeless...
 
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  • Serious Scores: 'Aguirre: The Wrath of God'

    Elisabeth Rappe
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:15 pm
    We're doing something crazy, and launching another little series here on Cinematical: Serious Scores. You're a smart bunch, so I imagine you've already figured out that the goal isn't to highlight our favorite bank heists, but to praise the creme de la creme of cinema's soundtracks. Hopefully, you'll find something new for your iPod, rediscover a lost favorite, or appreciate a piece along with us. Technically, Werner Herzog's Aguirre: The Wrath of God doesn't have an official soundtrack. The entire score was recorded by the German progressive band Popol Vuh (the first of many collaborations…

  • Review: Planet 51

    William Goss
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:32 pm
    As voiced by Dwayne "the artist formerly known as The Rock" Johnson, astronaut Chuck Baker is the paragon of all-American achievement -- that is, until he conquers a far off world with an unexpected population, one inexplicably steeped in our '50s-era culture and terrified by the prospect of an alien invader in human form. More unfortunately for us, Chuck has landed smack-dab in the middle of Planet 51, a short-sighted assembly of sci-fi references and scatalogical humor that should nonetheless placate undemanding tots and, by extension, their undiscerning parents for ninety minutes or…

  • Free Flick of the Day: The Doom Generation

    Monika Bartyzel
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:45 pm
    The '90s were a good time to be a teen -- especially if you were itching for more than just the mainstream. Nestled between the John Hughes '80s and the bubbly Disney '00s, the '90s were a time when teen films thrived in tunes-led rebellion. It wasn't all about spunky mainstream music marketing and bubbly personalities. Scores and strangeness got to go a little wild, and Gregg Araki ran with that idea when he made The Doom Generation. Dubbed Araki's "heterosexual movie," the film starred then-newcomer Rose McGowan as Amy Blue, a tough-as-nails, filthy-mouthed, self-proclaimed virgin in love…

  • Mike White Starts a Santa Claus Civil War

    Monika Bartyzel
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:02 pm
    Not pleased with the likes of our latest serving of A Christmas Carol? Want a little more originality served with your ho-ho-ho's? This might be the answer: Variety reports that Paramount Pictures has tapped Mike White to write the script for a new comedy called Santa Wars. Oh yes, it's just like you'd imagine. This project will follow the story of two rival factions that emerged within a group of professional Kris Kringles, and how they "became arch enemies during a Santa Claus civil war." And I should probably point out -- this concept is based on a true story. It all stems from a segment…

  • Forbes Determines Hollywood's Most Overpaid Actors

    Monika Bartyzel
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:15 pm
    Just the other day, I tackled the notion of whether A-List actors were becoming an endangered species. Now Forbes is adding to the celebrities woes with a list of Hollywood's 10 Most Overpaid Stars. Their criteria for the list: Look at the 100 biggest stars who have starred in at least 3 flicks opening in more than 500 theaters in the last 5 years, and calculate a return-on-investment by dividing total operating income on the 3 movies by the actor's total compensation (salaries and sales earnings). So, who could possibly end up on such a list? Hazard a guess? Well, here are some hints. The…
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    Supehero Hype

  • New Moon Beats Harry Potter and Batman

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    ComingSoon.net reports that The Twilight Saga: New Moon set a new midnight opening record with $26.27 million from 3,514 theaters last night. That surpasses the opening nights of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($22.2 million) and The Dark Knight ($18.4 million). Will "New Moon" be able to pass up "Dark Knight's" $67.1 million single day record?

  • International Featurette on Sherlock Holmes

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Warner Bros. Pictures has released this international behind-the-scenes featurette on director Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes , starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan and Kelly Reilly. The film opens in theaters on Christmas Day.

  • Bay Not Killing Off Fox in Transformers 3

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    USA Today talked to director Michael Bay who said there are no hard feelings between him and Megan Fox regarding her recent comments and talked a bit about her part in Transformers 3 : He also said, “She’s got a great part in Transformers 3,” and he said he’s currently working on the script. So Bay’s not planning on getting revenge by, say, killing her off? “No, no. no,” he said, dismissing it. “She gets enough of that already.” The third installment is scheduled for a July 1, 2011 release.

  • Peter Iliff to Write American Gladiators

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Screenwriter Peter Iliff ( Patriot Games , Varsity Blues ) will pen the live-action big screen version of American Gladiators , reports Variety . The story, which will feature the Herculean characters as superheroes, will be based on the TV show that first aired in 1988 and has been broadcast in more than 90 countries, with the format adapted for the local market in 14 of them. Scott Mednick (upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ) is producing, and "American Gladiators" creator Johnny Ferraro is executive producing. They are targeting a release for 2011.

  • Iron Man 2 Trailer with Sherlock Holmes ?

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In retweeting a question about when we'll see the first trailer for Iron Man 2 , director Jon Favreau appears to be giving us a big hint: RT @Ann_Howard: @Jon_Favreau PLEASE tell us the trailer is coming soon - w/Sherlock Holmes, perhaps?? It makes sense since Sherlock Holmes also stars Robert Downey Jr., of course. The Guy Ritchie-directed film opens Christmas Day. Our guess was that we'd be seeing the trailer with Avatar on December 18, but it looks like we'll have to wait just a week longer.
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  • Interview: Nicolas Cage Talks Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Olreans

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:17 pm
    Nicolas Cage hasn't had a good month. Besides the financial troubles, his father passed away. The press day for The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, directed by legend Werner Herzog, came about a week after that tragedy, and Cage shuffled in looking rather zombie-like. My own father, a Vietnam vet, would've called it the "thousand-yard stare." In other words, Cage should not have been there; his heart was so clearly somewhere else, and it hurt watching him do his best to promote a movie…

  • The Verdict: Brad Pitt's Videogame Adaptation? And McG's Latest Goes Down the Drain

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:30 am
    Pitt-fall The Bra in Brangelina just signed a deal to develop and star in a franchise based on a videogame that hasn't even come out yet. The game -- aptly titled Dark Void -- follows a pilot who crashes into the Bermuda Triangle and find himself on an alternate earth where sophisticated aliens are about to invade. Verdict: Wow. This is as bad an idea as Dennis Hopper in the Super Mario Brothers movie, or . . . well, Angelina Jolie in the Tomb Raider movie.Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the…

  • Review: The Blind Side -- Prepare to Be Pleasantly Surprised

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:34 am
    "It's the very likable performances that give the film the most resonance." Speaking of being blindsided, The Blind Side is good enough to make me almost forgive Sandra Bullock for All About Steve, which is the worst movie I've seen this year. I wasn't sure I'd ever get over that debacle, and yet here we are, barely two months later, and already I'm smiling favorably upon Ms. Bullock again. Why, I barely even remember The Proposal anymore! Sandy, your healing powers are…

  • Review: Planet 51: A Science Fiction Ode For Families

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:21 am
    "Entertaining enough for a family trip to the theater." Glipforg is just how you might imagine an idyllic American town in the 1950s: neighborly citizens greeting each other by name, driving Thunderbird-esque hovercrafts to their saucer-shaped homes, flipping floating burgers on their backyard barbecues... The perfect portrait of 1950s-'60s U.S.A. -- on another planet, far from Earth.But really, other than being green, antennae-d and pant-less, the folks on Planet 51 are just…

  • Review: (Untitled) Knocks Pompous Artists Down a Few Pegs

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:16 pm
    "(Untitled) isn't just a takedown of highfalutin creative types but a smart, thoughtful deflating of their egos." Few subjects are more ripe for ridicule than pretentious artists, and Jonathan Parker's (Untitled) skewers the world of contemporary art in a way that's insightful and funny without becoming a broad parody. The characters, satirical though they are, seem like real human beings. Parker helps us understand them even as he delights in their foibles.Adrian Jacobs (Adam…
 
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    Movie Marketing Madness

  • Exclusives in a distributed world

    Chris
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:35 pm
    A discussion emerged on Twitter yesterday started by Devin Faraci of CHUD and then joined in by other movie blog writers over the role of exclusives. Faraci basically called on studios to stop doling out exclusive posters and trailers (and other content) and just distribute it themselves. The conversation quickly digressed into a back-and-forth about who had or hadn’t ripped off exclusives from elsewhere, but his initial point is a good one and indicative of a larger conversation happening within the media and marketing worlds. Whether we’re talking about “exclusive”…

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    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Social Media in Search: User-Created Content Dominates the Brand Message [Stats] Twitter Users More Likely to Rate Products

  • Heading to WordCamp Orlando

    Chris
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:09 pm
    December’s going to be a busy month. Not only am I attending GasPedal’s SuperGenius conference in Chicago but a couple weeks prior to that I’ll be heading down to Florida for WordCamp Orlando: WordCamp Orlando is happening December 5, at Rollins College, in Orlando, Florida. We’re bringing together a collection of developers and publishers from around the country to share in their love of words and WordPress. Follow us on Twitter, visit our Facebook page, and Register (it’s only $15 bucks and includes a snazzy after party). You’ll notice on the site that the event…

  • Social media spending

    Chris
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:01 am
    My latest post on VoceNation: I’m very much not going to be outraged or shocked by a recent report showing Chief Marketing Officers spend less than 10 percent of their budgets on social media efforts. Compared to other marketing channels, social media is pretty low cost, especially if you’re still in the experimental phase and seeing what’s going to work. Consider the cost of running a Twitter program: Setting up profiles on Twitter costs nothing and you’re probably tapping into the time of employees who are volunteering to take part. So the primary cost would be in…

  • The “junket mentality”

    Chris
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:30 am
    If you haven’t already read the Los Angeles Times story (11/15/09)  on how marketers are wooing bloggers – the story focuses specifically on those in the “mommy” and “foodie” categories – it’s certainly worth checking out. While not all that different from multiple similar stories that have been written in the past (especially earlier this year in the lead up to the BlogHer conference) it’s always good to see what the current temperature of the room is. Because it wasn’t all that new or groundbreaking I probably wasn’t going…
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    MarketSaw

  • Jackass 3-D Comin' At Ya!!

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:25 am
    Jim here. Paramount just listed Jackass 3-D as a 2010 production (via Cinematical) and so it seems Johnny Knoxville will ride again - and this time will be making you squirm in three dimensions!... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Sony Knows The Future Of Entertainment: Stereoscopic 3D!!

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:47 am
    Jim here. First, right off the bat you should know that all Sony Playstation 3 systems are upgradeable to S3D through a firmware update (delivered right over the Internet). That is coming VERY soon.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • First Affordable 3D Beam-Splitter Rig For Red One Cameras Introduced

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:05 am
    Jim here. If you read MarketSaw you know I love 3D equipment that is made with students in mind and I think this fits the bill for students and professionals alike. The 3D-BS Pro Rig is priced from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Quick Post: AVATAR Featurette: Human Hardware!

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:50 pm
    Jim here. WOW. In my opinion the best featurette yet! **SPOILERS** Take a look at this over at RottenTomatoes (their embed is not working for some reason). Explains many things that have been... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Exclusive: Weta Is Done With AVATAR As Of TODAY!! Time To Hoist One!

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:44 pm
    Jim here. Word just out from New Zealand - Weta officially wraps up their AVATAR involvement TODAY!! This from one of my top sources. Yep. PARTY TIME :-) I would imagine there will be plenty of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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  • Five Things You Never Knew about West Side Story

    Rebecca
    17 Nov 2009 | 8:32 am
    Geoffrey Block, Distinguished Professor of Music History at the University of Puget Sound, is the author of Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical From Show Boat to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber.  The book offers theater lovers an illuminating behind-the-scenes tour of some of America’s best loved, most admired, and most enduring musicals, as well as a riveting history.  In the original post below we learn five new things about West Side Story. 1. Did you know that choreographer Jerome Robbins insisted on making the Jets snap their thumbs against their index fingers instead of their middle…

  • From Jolson to Mariah: The Ten Worst Musical Films Ever Made

    Rebecca
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:18 am
    Richard Barrios has lectured extensively on film, served as a commentator on numerous DVDs, and co-hosted a series on Turner Classic Movies. He currently lives outside Philadelphia. His book, A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film, 2nd edition, illuminates the origins of the movie musical from the smash hits of The Singing Fool and Sunny Side Up to bizarre flops like Golden Dawn and Cecil B. DeMille’s Madam Satan. In the original post below, Barrios looks at the 10 worst musical films ever made. Musical films, as most of us are aware, are among the greatest mixed blessings in…

  • Monsters and Wild Things

    Rebecca
    15 Oct 2009 | 8:04 am
    Stephen T. Asma is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, where he holds the title of Distinguished Scholar.  His newest book, On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears, is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters-how they have evolved over time, what functions they serve, and what shapes they are likely to take in the future.  It is with this monstrous perspective (sorry I know it is an awful pun) that Asma looks at Where the Wild Things Are in honor of its release this weekend. With hindsight it seems fitting that Maurice Sendak’s Where the…

  • Did Director Steven Soderbergh Get The Chemistry Right…Again?

    Rebecca
    7 Oct 2009 | 5:23 am
    Mark Griep is a chemistry professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who is searching for new antibiotics and who recently received a College Distinguished Teaching Award.  Along with Marjorie Mikasen he wrote ReAction!: Chemistry in the Movies, which focuses on chemistry’s role in the narrative of films.  The focus is on contemporary Hollywood feature films, but also include a sampling of documentaries, shorts, silents and international films.  In the original article below, Griep looks at the new film, The Informant!. The Informant! was directed by Steven Soderbergh, who…

  • John Muir and the National Parks

    Rebecca
    23 Sep 2009 | 5:06 am
    In honor of the new Ken Burns series starting on PBS next Sunday we asked Donald Worster, Hall Distinguished Professor of American History, University of Kansas and the author of A Passion For Nature: The Life of John Muir, to take a look at the series and let us know what he thought. His response is below. Tune in on Sunday and let us know what you think in the comments. I have been watching the new Ken Burns series for PBS, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” and it is a gorgeous and inspiring achievement. The hero of the series, and of our long history of creating national…
 
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  • Fight Club at Ten: A Love Story

    Jim Emerson
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:23 pm
    Ten years after its release, there are still plenty of people who will not get David Fincher's "Fight Club" because they refuse to see what is in front of their eyes. They think it's about a cult of men who get together to punch each other, which is like saying "Citizen Kane" is about a sled. Fundamentally, it's an uncannily accurate depiction of depression and delusion -- capturing a uniquely (post-?)modern strain of anomie to which perhaps older baby boomers and their seniors find it difficult to connect because it's beyond their frame of reference. (I don't know -- that's just a hunch.)…

  • Let's fix those "ambiguous" endings, shall we?

    Jim Emerson
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:59 pm
    Nobody has ever satisfactorily explained what is supposedly "ambiguous" about the ending of "No Country for Old Men," which has one of the most exquisitely judged denouements in movie history. ("A Serious Man," too.) So, what is it, precisely, that some folks need explained or resolved for them? The smartly funny video above imagines what would happen if "The Wrestler," "Lost in Translation," "NCFOM," "The Graduate" and "The Sopranos" gave the literal-minded exactly what they desire.

  • Happy 5th B-day, Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule!

    Jim Emerson
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:01 pm
    Stop by one of the most-loved movie blogs on the Intertubes and give Dennis your best! Several of us already have, as you can see when you get there...

  • Helvetica is the movie font

    Jim Emerson
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:39 pm
    See more ("Up in the Air," "Little Miss Sunshine," "Madea Goes to Jail") at The Auteurs, where Adrian Curry writes: Two of my favorite posters of recent years, those for "Margot at the Wedding" (2007) and "Funny Games" U.S. (2008) both used versions of Helvetica to great effect. "Margot" used a stylish Neue Helvetica Thin in pink, with the actors' names in the same size and type as the title, while "Funny Games" uses an unusually small point size for a movie poster title to great effect. See "Why the Helvetica is Trajan the movie font?" from 2007.

  • Blow-up: Selling Sarah's shorts

    Jim Emerson
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:20 pm
    Remember last Independence Day when the (then-) governor of Alaska posed for a (psychologically) revealing photo spread in Runner's World Magazine? (Check out the whole photo spread series.) Back then, I posted the photo at right, which has now been recycled as the cover photo for this week's Newsweek magazine,¹ causing a ruckus. Sarah Palin, promoting the book ghostwritten with Lynn Vincent, posted on Facebook last night that she does not approve of the photo's re-use: [The] profile for which this photo was taken was all about health and fitness -- a subject to which I am devoted and which…
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    Observations on film art

  • “I am not Carl Dreyer, and I should shut up”

    bordwellblog
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:52 am
    Kristin here: So says director Guillermo del Toro in his self-deprecating lead-in to his audio commentary on the great Danish filmmaker’s 1932 classic, Vampyr. Fortunately he did not act on his words but goes on to give an erudite, often personal series of insights into the film. Owners of the Criterion boxed-set edition of Vampyr (2008) may be wondering if their memories are playing them tricks, since its audio commentary was done by our good friend Tony Rayns. Tony’s comments are on the Eureka! edition of the film (also 2008), too, but the British label got del Toro to sit down and…

  • Get well soon, Richie-san

    bordwellblog
    15 Nov 2009 | 9:02 am
    Donald Richie is in a Tokyo hospital recuperating from pneumonia. If you’ve read a book on Japanese cinema or listened to a Criterion commentary, you probably know his voice. And if you admire Ozu or Kurosawa or Mizoguchi or Kinoshita or Oshima or virtually any other Japanese director, you have Donald to thank. Many of the films we consider classics would not have been seen in the west had Donald not convinced Japanese companies that there was a worldwide audience eager to know this country and its cinema. Gatekeeper, tastemaker, public intellectual, and memoirist, this exuberant…

  • Daisies in the crevices

    bordwellblog
    11 Nov 2009 | 7:04 am
    DB here: If you wanted a prototype of some unique visual pleasures of 1930s cinema, you could do worse than pick this innocuous image. It’s perfunctory in narrative terms, merely telling us that Sylvia Day is calling on Bill Smith. Beyond its plot function, though, it’s fun to see. We can enjoy the unfussy modern edge of the doorjamb, the curve of the manicured thumb, and soft highlights bringing out the hand and knuckles. Above all, there is that starry gleam at the top of the doorbell. Who needs it? It’s just a doorbell. Why take so much trouble lighting a throwaway shot? Add to this…

  • Things we like of late

    bordwellblog
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:52 am
    One of several posters the Stenberg brothers designed for Miss Mend. We’ve been quite busy in the tail end of October. David sweated over a Bresson essay, started on his online version of Planet Hong Kong, and continued to help out in Lea Jacobs’ seminar on film stylistics. Kristin has started organizing a book about the statuary from the site in Egypt where she works for three weeks each year. And both of us have been steering the ninth edition of Film Art: An Introduction through the final phase of production. So instead of a blog essay this week, we offer some items from recent…

  • Between you, me, and the bedpost

    bordwellblog
    28 Oct 2009 | 3:21 pm
    Imitation of Life. DB here: I do not like finding phallic symbols in movies. I grant you that there are some films that deliberately evoke the love wand: Tex Avery cartoons, Frank Tashlin and Jerry Lewis movies. Surely the Wolf in Avery’s Red Hot Riding Hood (1943) has more than a Platonic interest in Red’s stage show. But some critics/ academics look way too hard. For them, as a literature professor of mine put it back in the mid-1960s, phallic symbols are everywhere in art. And I learned fast that he meant everywhere, from the Odyssey to Emily Dickinson. I changed sections. Films, of…
 
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    John Locker : Latest Documentaries

  • The Awful Truth Man of The Year: TV Pundits

    Made during the Clinton Administration to help people learn the names of the enemy (bigwigs in corporations); Michael Moore institutes an annual Awful Truth Man of The Year award. / Moore thinks one of the worst things about this whole Clinton/Lewinsky scandal is the obnoxious pundits seen on network television. He decides to have a Pundit Challenge. / Moore receives a restraining order.

  • Desegregating Baltimore City Schools

    A Look Back at Brown vs. Board of Education. A 2004 documentary produced by the Baltimore Sun.

  • American Carny: True Tales from the Circus Side Show

    Step right up and come on the inside! - beyond the banners and into the morbid curiosity that is the American Sideshow. In this in-depth documentary you will join Carnival Maestro Todd Robbins and award-winning filmmaker, Nick Basile, on a journey into a world of circus freaks, fire eaters, human blockheads, magicians, contortionists, professional lunatics, and much, much more. Narrated by Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller.

  • Being Lincoln: Men With Hats

    Delves into a national subculture of Abraham Lincoln impersonators and explores why the over 180 Lincoln presenters in the country do what they do. Meet a legion of Lincolns at the annual Association of Lincoln Presenters conference as they ham it up, discuss costuming challenges, share trade secrets and participate in photo ops galore.

  • Athlete - Black Swan Story

    This documentary `Black Swan Story` follows Joel Pott, singer with Athlete, retracing his grandfathers footsteps in Arnhem. Joels Grandfather, Major John Pott was a British Paratrooper who fought in the Battle Of Arnhem in 1944.
 
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  • PRECIOUS (2009) (****)

    ricksflickspicks
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:03 am
    Check Out the TrailerIt has been said that the only person to fear is an unloved one. Precious Jones (Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe, film debut) is sixteen and is about to have the second child by her mother’s boyfriend, who is also her father. She lives at home with her mother Mary (Mo’Nique, SOUL PLANE) who belittles her at every turn and treats her like a servant. She’s obese and practically illiterate. She’s ridiculed for her appearance simply walking down the street. She’s been beaten down by life so hard that she barely speaks. Then she is given an…

  • THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (2009) (**)

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    19 Nov 2009 | 12:02 am
    Check Out the TrailerI will say some things in this review that some readers might find blasphemous. Stephanie Meyer’s book is unread by me and after this film production I have no desire to run out and read it. While TWILIGHT was a passable soap, the sequel is a mopey melodrama that drags through one sulky sequence after another. I know it’s a tale of first heartbreak, but none of it rings with any real emotion. Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) can’t be without each other, they say. Bella wants to become a vampire so she can be with her Edward forever,…

  • RED CLIFF (2009) (***)

    ricksflickspicks
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:01 am
    Check Out the TrailerJohn Woo attempts to bring the legendary Han Dynasty Battle of Red Cliff to the screen. It is the most expensive Asian produced film to date. For U.S. audiences, we receive an edited version of this four hour plus epic. Having not seen the longer version, I can’t say if this is good or bad. Some of the film’s problems seem to be due to this missing hour and a half, but not as much as one might think. Even at 2 ½ hours, this is still epic filmmaking. Cao Cao (Fengyi Zhang, FAREWELL, MY CONCUBINE) is the Prime Minister of the Han Empire. Some believe that he…

  • This Weekend’s Film Festival – Five Best TV Series-to-Film Adaptations

    ricksflickspicks
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:12 am
    With STAR TREK arriving on DVD and Blu-ray, This Weekend’s Film Festival run downs the five best TV series turned feature films. To keep things simple, I didn’t include films based on TV characters fro sketch shows or miniseries. What are your favorites? Starting off the countdown is SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT. To quote my original review, “The film allowed [creators Trey] Parker and [Matt] Stone to be even more outrageous than they could be on TV. And they get to stick it to their critics real good.” Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny are hopping to see the big…

  • Blu-ray: CLERKS (1994)

    ricksflickspicks
    16 Nov 2009 | 5:23 pm
    Buy It Now!CLERKS Review Okay there is only so good a 16mm blown-up black & white film can look. For the 10th anniversary DVD, the film was restored and an HD version was made. Now we get the full extent of the restoration. It looks cleaner but most shots are still full of grain. None of the problems with the look of the film are part of the bare bones production not the transfer. The audio has also revamped for the 10th anniversary edition. It sounds as good as the source audio files can provide. The alternative and punk soundtrack takes advantage of the rear speakers. Otherwise, the…
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  • Review: New Moon A Definite Improvement

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:33 am
    "A legitimate artistic expression on love, loss, and the obsessive qualities of initial attraction." From the start of the moody and brooding opening title cards you know you're in for a better experience than the last go-round. Director Chris Weitz has delivered a treat, a legitimate artistic expression on love, loss, and the obsessive qualities of initial attraction. Sure, it has a few flaws, but New Moon succeeds on a level that few films have this year. It gives the people…

  • Big Hitter: New Moon, Sonicsgate, and How Critics Matter

    16 Nov 2009 | 2:17 pm
    What I'm Seeing This Week The Blind Side: The trailer looks cheesy, but I've heard it's better than that snippet suggests. New Moon: The people who have seen it say it's better than the original, which wouldn't be all that difficult. By the way, there are still a few seats left in our Seattle New Moon screening contest. Me and Orson Welles: I'm a big Claire Danes fan, and it would be nice to learn a little bit about Orson Welles. The trailer indicates a love triangle angle -- never easy to pull…

  • Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox is Worth the Price of Admission

    13 Nov 2009 | 11:19 am
    "A boisterous and magnificent treat." Does money actually inhibit creativity? I pondered that as I watched Fantastic Mr. Fox, only a week after taking in the bloated and pricey A Christmas Carol. Evidently Christmas Carol cost around five times what Fantastic Mr. Fox did. And yet, Fantastic Mr. Fox is 10 times the film of the Zemeckis effort. Could it be that Wes Anderson was forced to make more hard decisions, had less resources to work with, and thus knocked it right out of…

  • Review: 2012 Slightly More Big and Fun Than Dumb

    13 Nov 2009 | 2:31 am
    "2012 is good pulp." 2012 is the rare case of a bad film that I'm nevertheless obliged to recommend you see. And really, the first two hours are pretty solid, it's only in the last 40 minutes or so that the story slides directly off the rails. But the special effects? Superb. The acting? Passable? The logic? Uh, not applicable? I mean, there are clearly logic holes you could drive a medium-sized aircraft carrier through, but the film is asking you to suspend disbelief, and…

  • Big Hitter: 2012, Avatar's Budget, Seann William Scott, and a Seattle New Moon Contest

    9 Nov 2009 | 10:20 am
    What I'm Seeing This Week2012, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Youth in Revolt. I'm oddly excited for all three of these films, though for wildly divergent reasons. 2012 looks to be either a heap of fun or an absolute disaster (which could be fun). Fantastic Mr. Fox is another chance to peek inside Wes Anderson's brain, a fascinating and worthwhile cinematic vacation. Youth in Revolt was one of my favorite books of the past decade, and I think Michael Cera is the perfect Nick Twisp. So I'm hopeful!Wh…
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  • DVD Review - Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... Season 1

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:10 pm
    One of the surprise debuts of last year had to be Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..., a talk show featuring Costello pulling off the rare triple threat: host, performer, and bandleader. Equal parts interview and jam session, the Sundance series relies upon Costello putting the artists at ease, getting even the prickliest of artists to open up and speak warmly about their influences. But, as Martin…

  • DVD Alternatives to This Weekend's Theatrical Offerings

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:41 am
    We know how it is: You'd like to go to the movies this weekend, but there's all that sighing and sulking and brooding over your immortal undead lover to do, and that's just exhausting. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, "Hey, did you see New Moon this weekend?" you can reply, "No, I watched some vampire and werewolf movies that don't suck instead." INSTEAD OF: The Twilight Saga: New Moon, in which --…

  • The Five Must-Buy Box Sets of the Christmas Season

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:51 am
    It's that time again. Time to hang the holly, trim the tree, and fill the stockings. So what should all the good little geek boys and girls be looking for under the tree this year? How about these five awesome box sets? Paul Newman: The Tribute CollectionOne of the very best things to see release this year, the Paul Newman Tribute Collection boasts 17 discs with 13 of his best movies on them (the other four discs are special feature discs. The lure of the set, of course, are the big films: Butc…

  • DVD Review: My Sister's Keeper

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:33 pm
    Some people don't like to cry in public but have no qualms about letting it all out in the privacy of their own living rooms. These are the people who will most enjoy My Sister's Keeper on DVD. In a way, you have to respect a film that so unabashedly wears its intentions on its sleeve. The sadness is so apparent even from the opening scenes, you know the film isn't going to attempt to trick you into thinking everything will turn out OK for cancer-stricken teenager Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) and…

  • Criterion Review: Downhill Racer Swiftly Pleases

    16 Nov 2009 | 1:33 pm
    Is it possible that the great American sports film is not about football, baseball, or boxing, but instead about downhill ski racing? Likely not, but Downhill Racer (1969) makes a strong case for the possibility, filled to the brim with heart-pounding slides down snow-covered ravines, the quiet contemplation of an athlete competing against himself, and a realistic scorn for coming in second. The film is about winning and losing, not playing the game. And Downhill Racer is determined to win…
 
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  • Stephen King and Steven Spielberg Go Under the Dome

    Kara
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:39 pm
    According to Variety, Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are teaming up to bring the author’s recent novel, “Under the Dome,” to the small screen. DreamWorks TV has optioned the book and will possibly create a cable series based on it. With the two Steve’s teaming up on a project this series might be epic. King’s novel is about a small town in Maine that is suddenly enclosed in a dome-shaped invisible force field. As the town spirals out of control, the town divides into different factions lead by various characters. No writer has been set for the series yet, but…

  • Harry Brown: Movie Review

    Ben McCarthy
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm
    Michael Caine took a moment to step out of his butler uniform to star in the indie crime thriller, Harry Brown. The film was released in the U.K. on November 11th, and is in limited markets in the US. After recently viewing Brown, it seems like a throwback to the old school Death Wish movies, which centered on an angry man who packed a lot of heat. In this case, it’s Caine and he proves to be one old, dirty, bastard. Check out our review below… The Players: Director: Daniel Barber Writer: Greg Young Actors: Sir Michael Caine,  Emily Mortimer, Ben Drew, Charlie Creed Miles, Liam…

  • Netflix To Instantly Stream IFC Films

    Kara
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:05 pm
    Here is an awesome piece of news for you. Netflix and IFC Entertainment have joined forces to stream films from the IFC catalog. Netflix has already partnered with many different companies to allow customers with unlimited instant streaming to view movies from computers and gaming counsels. With this partnership, you will now be able to stream 53 films, including films from Christopher Nolan, John Sayles, Catherine Breillat, James Toback, Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Rebecca Miller, Susanne Bier, and Errol Morris. The films will be available to stream starting today November 20th. Executive Vice…

  • Season of the Witch Theatrical Trailer

    Krystal Clark
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:36 pm
    A while ago we brought you a short teaser trailer for Nicolas Cage’s upcoming film, Season of the Witch. It was literally a blink and you missed it kind of a thing, so Lionsgate decided to put out a new one. The theatrical trailer obviously shows a lot more footage, but it still doesn’t help the direct to DVD quality it has going on. Check out the trailer below… Season of the Witch is a horror thriller that centers on a 14th century knight who transports a girl suspected of being the witch behind the Black Plague to an abbey of monks trained in exorcising demons. The premise…

  • Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender Join Jane Eyre

    Kara
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:32 pm
    Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds) and Mia Wasikowska are reportedly in talks to join the cast of the Cary Fukunaga adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre. The film originally had Ellen Page as the female lead Jane, but she dropped out so Mia will take her place. The story is about “Jane (Wasikowska), a demure governess who discovers her surly employer Rochester (Fassbender) is harboring a dark secret.” I’m a total sucker for period pieces, and this one sounds like it could be fairly decent. Michael Fassbender was pretty charming in Inglourious…
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  • Filmmaker Local Acting Resources You Overlook

    Len Esten
    26 Oct 2009 | 5:11 am
    Filmmakers not situated in major filmmaking areas are at a disadvantage in certain ways. Camera and lighting rental places will not be as plentiful, skilled crew members will be hard to come by, and screen actors fill not be waiting tables at every restaurant. There are realities of regional filmmaking and one of them is that most things cannot be done like they would be in New York or Los Angeles. Even though you may not have a ready pool of waiting actors for your project it does not mean you cannot make one. Image by sazztastical Community College, Universities Most medium-sized cities are…

  • Why Filmmakers Use Makeup on Actors

    Len Esten
    30 Jul 2009 | 5:41 pm
    Many beginning filmmakers overlook makeup and get by for a long time without it. Thought makeup is not a requisite for fine filmmaking, it is a tool you should be familiar with. In real life we are used to makeup being use for one purpose and mostly by women: to look more attractive. In filmmaking the focus of makeup is to help an actor come across on camera the way looking like the character they are playing, which often has nothing to do with looking "good". Image by back to menu Change Age Or Type If your pool of available actors is small, you will find yourself using makeup to turn them…

  • Low Budget Film Sound Recorders

    Len Esten
    28 Apr 2009 | 1:38 pm
    Films can be ruined with unintentionally poor sound. If dialogue is unintelligible, so will the film be. We all know recording good sound is important, but the confluence of lack of experience and the variety of devices compounds the situation. Often we hear about expensive, difficult to obtain machinery that is "a must have" to get good sound, but this is not the case. Image by Lee Gumienny Good sound is not a binary situation. In fact two people using the same equipment can get widely different results. Instead of buying some equipment and hoping it will save your production, use something…

  • Why Movie Directors Avoid Overcast Filmmaking

    Len Esten
    30 Mar 2009 | 6:33 am
    Image by Jobe Cinematography can be a confusing subject for a non-technical director. There are f-stops, shutter speeds, ISO ratings, and foot candles involved, so it can get overwhelming. Often a director has a trusted cinematographer that handles this part of the filmmaking for them. This person knows the gear and techniques and the director goes along with their opinions. Early on a movie director will learn from this person to avoid cloud cover when shooting on-location. As much as I feel you should just trust a cinematographer's advice, it is important to know the reasons why you should…

  • Signs Of A Bad Film Director

    Len Esten
    25 Feb 2009 | 5:00 am
    Image by absoblogginlutely Every movie director will have a specialty. Some directors pay more attention to the performances, some to production design, some put all the emphasis on the camera work. No matter what the differences may be amongst film directors, the one thing that will ultimately lead to their downfall is lack of people skills. Nothing is more indicative of the possibility of a filmmaker failing in the future as not knowing how to treat people. Yelling, Poor Manners Raising your voice without even knowing it and without provocation is a good way to alienate people. It is one…
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  • Filmmaking Legal Issues To Ignore

    Price Jaccobi
    26 Oct 2009 | 4:15 am
    Filmmakers often make the mistake of doing too much planning and not enough doing. A certain amount of studying can help make a filmmaker better, but knowing too much can sometimes become a hindrance. With no knowledge of how other people make films, an ambitious filmmaker would just grab the closest camera, shoot footage, and edit it together. This film might end up being virtually unwatchable, but it would be an experience they can learn from and would put them miles ahead of those with their head still in filmmaking books. Image by Sir Nube Negra Once a filmmaker has done a fair amount of…

  • Free Indie Film Promotion In Media Tips

    Julian Perrera
    30 Jul 2009 | 3:29 pm
    Most filmmakers do not have money to throw at advertising their film. Even if they did, they would soon find ads are not that effective. Many look at media relations (aka press relations, PR) as free advertising, but it is more complex than that idea implies. The media will mention you in articles, columns, radio stories, or videos but only if you have a story or information that interests them. Image by CIVICO13 If you want media people to cover you, you must think like one. Learn how to spot and mold stories from the real life people that help you make films. Not only that but it is as…

  • Film Producing Changes In The Digital Age

    Price Jaccobi
    27 Apr 2009 | 2:38 pm
    Films have been made the same way for a long time. Since 1926 the combination of sight, sound, and general running time have become a de facto for feature films that most aspiring filmmakers aim for. The days of movie theaters being the only place to see films are over, as are the days of television as the only way to watch episodic and serial stories. The internet has taken over and with this change in distribution comes a corresponding need to change or expand the concept of filmmaking. Image by chris.bryant Upon reading Scott Kirsner's new book Fans, Friends and Followers (amazon) it…

  • More Movie Versions, Easier Film Marketing

    Julian Perrera
    31 Mar 2009 | 6:14 am
    Filmmakers have often been afforded the luxury of only having one version of their film released. There are the anomalous films like Star Wars that have had multiple versions released long after the original and sometimes there are the movies with both a studio and director version, like Blade Runner, but for the most part films have a single definitive version set in stone. As an independent filmmaker you are wise to be wary of any Hollywood tradition, the idea of a single version of a film being best is no exception. Just because it has always been done that way does not mean it is the…

  • Short Films Are Not Small Movies

    Price Jaccobi
    24 Feb 2009 | 5:30 am
    A common way for filmmakers to get into the movie game is with a short film. Many figure they can make a short film and then make it into a feature-length film, but a short film is not like a feature film only not as long. Image by rpongsaj Not to suggest making a short and making a feature film do not have overlapping skill sets, but rather the conception of short films is different than features. They will both be made with the camera in the same way, but they are not going to be of the same creative material. Less Scrutiny A short film is shorter and much easier to make a entertaining.
 
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  • Happy Anniversary, Muppets

    Valerie Athertons Playground and Intellectual Department
    13 Nov 2009 | 3:48 pm
    Unless you’ve been living in a cave or jail, you probably love Muppets as much as everyone else in the world. Muppetry has changed movies and television from just having people in them to having Muppets…eventually, even together on the same screen.  This year is the anniversary of the Muppets. You’ve probably seen it written as [...]

  • Final Petition For My Petition For Sam Worthington

    Valerie Athertons Playground and Intellectual Department
    8 Nov 2009 | 11:06 am
      If you signed this petition, please download the pdf version below and keep a copy for your records because  you might need it for taxes, but I’m not sure. Thanks to everyone that signed! You’re all amazing! xo Valerie     pdf below: help-get-sam-worthingtons-money-back-from-hollywood_110809 non pdf version: Tagged: 90265, blockbuster, cartoon, Cuteness, entertainment, film, hollywood, money, movies, obama, sam worthington, tween, youthful opinion [...]

  • World, Meet 3D

    Valerie Athertons Playground and Intellectual Department
    15 Oct 2009 | 6:26 pm
    Earlier this year, I went to see an animated cartoon at the movie theater and when I got there, there was a hugantic line for it. I asked the ticket person why there were so many people and he said because the movie was in 3D. The theater already had something like 14 screens, so [...]

  • Movie Review: Avatar (plus Petition)

    Valerie Athertons Playground and Intellectual Department
    22 Sep 2009 | 4:37 pm
    Before movies come out, Hollywood people do what is called a test screening or a sneak preview to gauge audience reactions and whatever. This way, if a bunch of people are all, “Oh, I wish there were less boobs in that one scene” or “That one actor was awful in that part he played in [...]

  • Movie Review: Inglorious Bastards

    Valerie Athertons Playground and Intellectual Department
    24 Aug 2009 | 4:22 pm
    Bang, Bang, Ouch!, Awww Typically, this is my reaction to historical war movies. I am a fan of yummy Brad Pitt, though, so it was a toss up whether to see this war movie. Seeing people shooting guns and other people getting shot or stabbed with bullets has never been my favorite things to [...]
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  • SpoutBlog, Now Available in Book Form

    Karina Longworth
    30 Oct 2009 | 10:03 pm
    The long-promised SpoutBlog book is finally here! An anthology of the posts that various SpoutBlog readers, trusted advisors and I consider to be my “greatest hits” as editor of this blog, The Portable SpoutBlog contains 41 previously published pieces, a new introductory essay (intended as a recap and a look forward; you can consider this a substitute for a sentimental final post by me on this blog), and notes and addendums contextualizing the included blog posts — dated and ephemeral by their very nature — for their new life in print. The content is divided into four sections:…

  • Happy Halloween Links. Today in Film Bloggery 10/30/09

    Christopher Campbell
    30 Oct 2009 | 3:27 pm
    Still one more day til Halloween (Silver Shamrock!), but as this will be the final Today in Film Bloggery post ever on SpoutBlog, it’s my only opportunity to do a roundup of what the blogs are posting this week related to the holiday of candy and costumes. I’ll actually be dressing up as something non-film-related tomorrow (”Moss” from UK series The IT Crowd), but I do plan on watching some horror flicks (including Paranormal Activity), which I rarely do, on Halloween or any other day. Maybe if I’m feeling academic — and since my present job situation has…

  • Random Answers

    Karina Longworth
    30 Oct 2009 | 7:28 am
    I apologize — I have run out of time to answer many of questions you’ve sent me via the Ask Karina thread. So, here is another batch of quick answers. Feel free to follow up in the comments on this post; you can also contact me directly through my personal website. First, a whole bunch from Mike Maguire: 1) Do you find yourself living an adequate/satisfied lifestyle with film criticism as your sole career (if it is) and source of income? A bit of a sore question at the moment, of course, but I’m confident you’ll find a new outlet. I should have specified that I wouldn’t…

  • 10 Sex Scenes Involving Costumes

    Christopher Campbell
    29 Oct 2009 | 2:42 pm
    The most popular lists on SpoutBlog have involved sex scenes or Halloween costumes. So, to give the people what they want we’ve decided to combine both topics for our final list ever. It makes sense anyway, seeing as how Halloween is this weekend and seeing as how the holiday has pretty much turned into a sex-based festivity — for adults, at least. Surprisingly, with all the cosplay fans and other fetishists out there, sex scenes involving costumes aren’t too common. We’ve tried to exclude anything considered a uniform or transvestism, as neither of these is about masquerading.

  • Avatar Trailer #2 Changes Some Minds. Today in Film Bloggery 10/29/09

    Christopher Campbell
    29 Oct 2009 | 2:15 pm
    Okay, okay. It looks better. But that only makes me want to comment less on the latest Avatar trailer. Because there’s still no point in pre-critiquing the thing. If it does end up really good, I’ll believe Fox should have released this trailer from the start. However, seeing one weak trailer and one great one means it could really go either way. How about we just wait and see if it’s any good when it comes out? To fill some space, though, let me just say, “Giovanni Ribisi is in this????” And his little interaction with Sigourney Weaver makes me think he’s…
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  • TWILIGHT: NEW MOON Sneak Peek

    3 Nov 2009 | 4:58 pm
    After Nat got us both hooked on Bella and Edward's story in 2008, we've been looking forward to a high-octane director's take on the Werewolf curveball in New Moon, so check out what Kristen, Taylor and director Chris Weitz say we're in store for! ~Matt + Nat

  • BSGcast: "The Plan" Review

    2 Nov 2009 | 5:28 am
    Jane Espenson and Edward James Olmos were the people in charge on this one: Olmos was there for every episode that went into making The Plan happen in Season 2, and Jane was there for none of them and it shows.

  • BSGcast: Season 4.5 DVD Box Set Review

    31 Oct 2009 | 8:16 am
    It's taken quite a while to pour over the hours and hours of featurettes, commentaries, videoBlogs, deleted scenes and of course, Extended Episodes on this, the final DVD Box-Set we'll ever see for Battlestar Galactica. Not to mention getting it signed by President Laura Roslin herself. And at last, we announce the winner of the Mary McDonnell signed Season 4.5 set, along with our thoughts on the DVDs themselves. Hot on the heels of this baby is our review of The Plan, along with details on how you can win dinner with Admiral Adama!~Matt + Nat

  • 2012 PREVIEW: Mayhem and Carnage Straight Up

    29 Oct 2009 | 9:38 pm
    When Roland Emmerich destroys the world, he does it with a certain panache. Independence Day, Godzilla, Day After Tomorrow are some of his previous epic disaster movies and 2012 looks to be kicking it up yet again. With an off-beat cast including genre favourites like John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Woody Harrelson, the Mayan doomsday is compounded by a government conspiracy and some of the biggest scale earth-ending images we've ever seen!~Matt + Nat

  • ASTRO BOY REVIEW: Onward and Upward

    27 Oct 2009 | 11:28 am
    http://YourGeekNews.com for more! After having our hopes for a good Japanese cartoon adaptation dashed by the Wachowski’s Speed Racer, our hopes were high for Imagi Studios to bring us some good old-fashioned CGI manga true to the original. And bring it they did. In the form of a very well made kids movie that brought us both back to the early 80’s. And treated us like we had the same brainpower we had in the 80’s. A childrens’ movie 100%, Astro Boy fires on all cylinders for kids, and gives parents a good excuse to watch a cartoon inspired by their own childhood. So…
 
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  • WWTW Interview: ‘Poliwood’ co-stars Rachael Leigh Cook and Richard Schiff

    cftoto
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:05 pm
    Actress Rachael Leigh Cook entered the lion’s den in the summer of ‘08 - the Republican National Convention in her home town of Minneapolis. For a dyed in the wool liberal, that took some effort. But she’s a member of the nonpartisan Creative Coalition, and she figured it was only right to visit the RNC after making a stop in Denver for the Democratic National Convention. “A lot of people didn’t even wanna go,” Cook says of her fellow coalition members. “I was really curious to go.” Director Barry Levinson covered Cook’s visit to both political conventions as part of…

  • Coming this weekend to WWTW

    cftoto
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:16 pm
    Reviews of “The Blind Side,” “Precious” and, from the Starz Denver Film Festival, “Everybody’s Fine” starring Robert De Niro and “The Vicious Kind” featuring J.K. Simmons. SDFF interviews with “Everybody’s Fine” writer/director Kirk Jones, Paul Osborne, the director of the smart SDFF film “Official Rejection,” and a joint interview with “Poliwood” co-stars Richard Schiff and Rachael Leigh Cook. Related posts:WWTW Interview: ‘Poliwood’ co-stars Rachael Leigh Cook and Richard SchiffComing…

  • Technical difficulties … resolved

    cftoto
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:05 pm
    Dammit, Jim, I’m a journalist, not an IT guy! WWTW has been bit a bit pokey of late … and this morning the site slowed to a crawl. It should be A-OK now - I installed a new plug-in meant to speed things up. Thank you for your patience through this glitch-orama. And, in the future, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment here should you have problems accessing the site. Related posts:Technical difficulties … solvedSome light housekeeping …A word about comments …

  • ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ - Romeo, Juliet and a Werewolf

    cftoto
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:38 am
    The sequel to the franchise starter “Twilight” doubles down on everything that made teen audiences squeal with the delight the first time. More angst filled romance. More love deferred. And more shirtless men than a Matthew McConaughey triple feature. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” also amps up the emotional fireworks from the original, adding a love triangle that makes it more palatable for audiences who don’t have photos of star Robert Pattinson plastered on their bedroom walls. But “New Moon” must stay faithful to the text, so the film’s final…

  • The last sucker punch at Bush?

    cftoto
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:59 am
    The new drama “The Blind Side” tells the story of a homeless black teen who is taken in by a Christian family led by Sandra Bullock. It’s a heartwarming tale based on the life of NFL lineman Michael Oher. So why does the film feel the need to awkwardly squeeze in a slam at former president George W. Bush? Here’s the scene: Bullock’s character is waiting in line to speak to someone about her new son Michael’s legal status. Fed up, she cuts to the front of the line to ask a question: “We have been sitting around here for over an hour and when I look…
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  • The $20m Actor…Who Needs ‘Em?

    ZackRoth
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:43 pm
    Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis — just some of the names that not too long ago nearly guaranteed the success of a film. But times are changing. It no longer makes sense for studios to pay these upper echelon A listers $20 million plus 15% percent of the gross, when [...]

  • The Success of Paranormal Activity: What Does it All Mean?!

    ZackRoth
    15 Oct 2009 | 5:37 pm
    At some point in time in the last two weeks, every studio executive jealously watched the box office per screen average of the seemingly indie movie Paranormal Activity. To date, it’s made almost $10 million, and only recently has Paramount upped the number of screens to 200 (they plan to go wider this weekend to [...]

  • Survey: Moviegoers 2010

    Dennis Stratton
    30 Sep 2009 | 12:14 pm
    If you haven’t read the survey released by Stradella Road about the internet, and how it influences film audiences, definitely take a look. I’ve attached the link to Variety’s analysis, as well as a link to David Poland’s “Hot Blog”, where it’s broken down well: Variety Article The Hot Blog Love this quote: “So perhaps it is time [...]

  • Zombieland: Not Only for Men 18-34

    Dennis Stratton
    29 Sep 2009 | 10:33 am
    Went to the premier of Zombieland last week with Ally and thought it’d be interesting to compare our thoughts…it’s a post-apocalyptic Zombie comedy about a plain-vanilla, scared-of-life dude who never appreciated human-to-human interaction until all the humans were gone, and he, by following a strict set of rules, managed to be one of the only [...]

  • Paranormal Activity

    ZackRoth
    11 Sep 2009 | 11:52 am
    I read on Bloody-Disgusting.com that Oren Peli finally managed to get a theatrical release for his low budget horror movie Paranormal Activity. The movie originally premiered two years ago at Screamfest in Los Angeles, and has since screened at film festivals across the country, scaring the crap out of audiences. The film’s buzz didn’t go [...]
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  • Tom Cruise arrives in Salzburg to film ‘Knight & Day’

    Jane Boursaw
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:58 pm
    Tom Cruise arrived in Salzburg, Austria today to film “Knight & Day,” an action comedy co-starring Cameron Diaz. They play a fugitive couple on a glamorous (and sometimes deadly) adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. These two should make a good couple for an action film, and I’m sure there will be some fun romance in there, too. Hopefully lots of snappy dialogue reminiscent of the old-time spy movies. James Mangold directs the film, due in theaters July 2, 2010. Cruise looks in tip-top form, doesn’t he? More after the jump… Images:…

  • Cute Baby Alert! Seraphina with mom Jennifer Garner

    Jane Boursaw
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:31 pm
    Little Seraphina Affleck is such a cutie-pie. Here she is with mom Jennifer Garner, picking sister Violet up from school in Santa Monica, California. Garner is surely one of the hardest working actresses right now. She has lots of projects lined up in the next couple of years, including “Valentine’s Day,” the ensemble romantic comedy due in theaters Feb. 12, 2010. The movie also stars Taylor Lautner, Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts, Taylor Swift, and Ashton Kutcher. Image: INF Post from: Film Gecko

  • New TV Spot for ‘Daybreakers’ – Yes, another vampire movie

    Jane Boursaw
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:21 pm
    Starting to get some buzz about “Daybreakers” – yes, another vampire movie! Well, that’s fine with me. I love vampire movies. This one stars Ethan Hawke as Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019 investigating an unknown plague that’s transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out.  However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race. “Daybreakers” hits…

  • Robert Pattinson in ‘Remember Me’ Trailer

    Jane Boursaw
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:40 pm
    Here’s some Robert Pattinson news that’s NOT related to “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” No sparkling vampires in the trailer for “Remember Me,” in which Pattinson and  Emilie de Ravin star as two lovers dealing with respective family tragedies. Directed by Allen Coulter, the Summit Entertainment film also stars Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper, and is set for a March 12, 2010 release date. Remember Me in HD Trailer Park | MySpace Video Post from: Film Gecko

  • ‘New Moon’ Fever Overseas!

    Jane Boursaw
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:47 pm
    Summit’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” isn’t scheduled to hit U.S. theaters until midnight tonight, but it’s already scoring high – way high – with theaters around the globe. Here’s how the numbers shake out as of this afternoon: Australia: 466 screens, $1.6 million France: 751 theaters, $4.26 million Italy: 625 screens, $2.7 million Spain: 652 screens, $2.2 million Most of the shows are sold out in my neck of the woods (Traverse City, Michigan), including ALL seven of the midnight showings. Got your tickets yet?   Image: TM and © 2009 Summit Entertainment, LLC. All…
 
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  • Jinni Is a Nominee at the Crunchies!

    Phoebe
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:20 am
    Open nominations are now being held for the 2009 Crunchies Awards. Jinni is in the running for Best New StartUp of 2009 - and we’d really appreciate your help! Click the image to nominate Jinni: Technorati Tags: Crunchies awards 2009

  • Vampire Vs. Zombies: The Bloody Showdown

    Barak
    17 Nov 2009 | 6:01 am
    Vampires and zombies are two of the hottest trends in TV and movies in recent years. Now imagine a hungry zombie chewing on your arm and a thirsty vampire sucking at your neck, both asking you to choose: Will you go to the next zombie movie or the next vampire movie? It’s time to confront the living dead with the sun-hating blood-suckers, and decide which rules! To that end, here are the ten best contemporary titles under both themes plus the bottom line – which is better: 10. TV series vs. TV series The Vampire Diaries: As the school year begins, brother and sister Elena and Jeremy are…

  • Why Americans Don’t Watch Foreign Film

    Ami
    11 Nov 2009 | 5:59 am
    This week Pirate Radio is releasing to US cinemas. It’s a cool new movie about a group of rebellious DJs playing pop and rock music (god forbid!) on an illegal radio station on a boat, back in 60s Britain… In fact, it sounds very similar to a movie I saw four month ago in Europe called The Boat That Rocked. Same actors too (check the interesting interviews with Talulah Riley and Tom Sturridge over on Gordon and the Whale). Yes, it’s the same movie! Americans dictate world politics, influence global economics, put the first man on the moon, and even have a dream named after them.

  • 10 Movies I Wish Were Based on True Stories

    Barak
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:32 am
    The Men Who Stare at Goats, starring George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges and Ewan McGregor, is about a secret, psychic military unit. Just a few things this unit does: Attempt to kill goats by staring at them and examine the use of Barney the Dinosaur’s theme tune on Iraqi POWs. Oh, and it’s based on a true story. Wait, what? Yes, this is not a mistake, this movie is based on a true story. It does make you think: maybe other movies are also based on true stories. Here are ten movies and TV shows I wish were based on true stories - and maybe they are… 10. Joan of Arcadia…

  • Making Search More Entertaining

    Phoebe
    30 Oct 2009 | 6:37 am
    An intriguing aspect of how Google presents their new music search in their blog is the premise that a search engine for music should include discovery: “a search engine should also be able to help you discover music you’ll like.” A crucial limitation of standard, keyword-based search is that people discover based on more nuanced, personal criteria. Google compensates by partnering with Pandora, imeem, and Rhapsody to link to their discovery services. (Ironically, as Rory Cellan-Jones puts it on BBC dot.life, this new service may also endanger the “fragile business…
 
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  • Wrong Side Of The Art!

    Fiona
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:48 pm
    How could something so wrong be so right? Featuring a wealth of Horror, Sci-Fi and B-Movie trash images sourced for your eyeballing guilty pleasure is how! Covering such deliciously moreish genres as Carsploitation, Bruceploitation, Prehistoric and Burlesque, Wrong Side Of The Art is a dedicated picto-gallery of high-res images featuring such delights as aliens and monsters from retro imaginings, boobs, violence and maybe even violent boobs. After all, any site that's got the good taste to feature the 'ode to the violence in women' poster for Russ Meyer's Faster,…

  • Pre-order David Noel Bourke's "No Right Turn"

    Leigh
    14 Nov 2009 | 5:07 am
    Four people. Four different paths. One intersection. Nina is the sexy and alluring girlfriend of Johnny, a charming, but petty crook. To escape from her seedy life she has a sexual relationship with Teddy. One night Nina is abducted by a pair of thugs, but is rescued by the beautiful and timid Monella. Together Nina and Monella begin an erotic and passionate relationship that leads to a plot to steal Johnny's drug stash hidden in a safety deposit box. But nothing goes as planned and the two beautiful women get caught up in a lethally twisted tale of revenge and betrayal that send all four…

  • Jamin Winans' Ink Puts A New Spin On Piracy

    Leigh
    10 Nov 2009 | 10:34 am
    "A mysterious DJ is sent to a city block to mend a series of chain reactions that occur in our everyday lives."Taglined "Two Turntables and a Time Machine", Spin, from 2005, is a short film by director Jamin Winans. The director's latest film, the full length Modern fairytale Ink, hit stores and Bittorent sites this month. Even though Spin has had millions of views across the internet and the trailers for Ink looked fantastic, distributors passed on the film, no doubt fearing that although independent, the film does not fit into the indie box. At first Jamin and…

  • The Descent: Part 2 - Trailer 2

    Leigh
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:25 pm
    Second trailer for Jon Harris' sequel to Neil Marshall's 2005 horror hit The Descent, aptly titled The Descent: Part 2.Emerging from the cave system alone, distraught and covered in the blood of her missing companions, Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) is incoherent and half-wild with fear. Sceptical about her account of events and convinced Sarah's psychosis hides far darker secrets, Sheriff Vaines (Gavan O’Herlihy) doesn’t waste time. Along with his partner Rios (Krysten Cummings), and their cave rescue team Dan (Douglas Hodge), Greg (Joshua Dallas), and Cath (Anna Skellern),…

  • Have your film broadcast on Sky Movies Indie HD

    Leigh
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:24 pm
    Sky Movies today launches an exciting competition in search of the nations's new rising star of UK film-making. The competition will give one lucky winner the unique opportunity to have their own HD film financed and broadcast on Sky Movies Indie HD.Sky Movies Indie HD, in association with The Independent and Skillset is inviting aspiring film makers to submit their own one-page treatment for a 10 minute HD short film. A panel of industry experts will consider these treatments including Sky Movies’ Movie Geek presenter Josh Howie, before announcing the winner in December. The…
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    HOLLYWOOD ACTOR PREP by Dana Kaminski

  • Angelina Jolie, Most Globally Well-Known Actor, Isn’t Highest Paid Actor

    Dana Kaminski
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:37 pm
    Angelina Jolie Is The Biggest Movie Actor In The World. Yet, Not The Highest Paid ACTOR In Hollywood...Bigger Actor Pay When You Have A "Male Member". [Does Brad Pitt's "member" have the Midas Touch?] Related Articles, Auto-generated:England’s Actresses Think They Should Be Paid The Same... [[...Just a partial post. If interested in seeing the entire post, & media...CLICK on the TITLE.]]

  • SAG Indie :: Good For Actors And Indie Filmmakers

    Dana Kaminski
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:04 pm
    Remember Melissa Leo's acting nomination, at last year's Oscars? That was a SAG Indie film. She's been in at least 3 indies, this year. Big and smaller acting roles. Here's a video with actor Tom Bower. He started SAG Indie, and shares all about it... Related Articles, Auto-generated:SAG... [[...Just a partial post. If interested in seeing the entire post, & media...CLICK on the TITLE.]]

  • Auditions Of Well-Known Actors :: New Page

    Dana Kaminski
    15 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    I put five videos up, but call it a tease...I've got a list of lots more. Today I posted: Dustin Hoffman, in drag, auditioning for 'Tootsie'. Kristin Bell auditioning for 'Sarah Marshall'. A very young Miley Cyrus ... Related Articles, Auto-generated:The Auditions For ‘Lost’ :: How... [[...Just a partial post. If interested in seeing the entire post, & media...CLICK on the TITLE.]]

  • Desiring Fame, And Actor-Bashing :: Roots From Ancient Rome?

    Dana Kaminski
    14 Nov 2009 | 3:34 pm
    Snarky is a new word, but being snarky isn't new at all. Neither is celebrity gossip, wanting fame, nor the-worship-of. Nor, apparently, is sleeping with celebs, idealizing, idolizing. Related Articles, Auto-generated:Actor To Actor: Tom Hanks Roasted By Julia Roberts :: Video Tom Hanks gets... [[...Just a partial post. If interested in seeing the entire post, & media...CLICK on the TITLE.]]

  • Film Trailers Nov 13 2009 Releases

    Dana Kaminski
    12 Nov 2009 | 2:27 pm
    Women In Trouble, Pirate Radio, Dare Women In Trouble is the grooviest. It's also got a great cast of actors: Carla Gugino, Connie Britton, Adrianne Palicki, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Simon Baker, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Sarah Chalke, Cameron... [[...Just a partial post. If interested in seeing the entire post, & media...CLICK on the TITLE.]]
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    Film-Book dot Com

  • Miranda Kerr Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show December 2009 Pictures

    filmbook
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:23 am
    Miranda Kerr Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show December 2009 Pictures are something. No wonder Victoria’s Secret signed Miranda Kerr to a contract and she shows up in the majority of Victoria’s Secret’s television commercials. With Gisele Bündchen no longer a Victoria’s Secret model, if there is a singualr inducement to watch this years Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which airs this Decemeber, it is for an eye full of Miranda Kerr. Too bad Adriana Lima will not be there this year but motherhood called. Check out the Miranda Kerr Victoria’s Secret…

  • New Daybreakers Pictures

    filmbook
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:46 am
    New Daybreakers pictures have premiered. One Daybreakers picture shows Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) in a lab setting and the other Daybreakers‘ picture shows Elvis (Willem Dafoe) and Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) in what looks like a subway. Daybreakers‘ synopsis: “Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out.” Check out the…

  • TV Review: V (2009): Season 1, Ep.3: A Bright New Day

    filmbook
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:40 am
    V (2009): Season 1, Ep.3: A Bright New Day proves show execs are in too big of a rush to get things going on V (2009). The V’s are granted visas after a few months? Are you kidding me? It was such nonsense that the main character, Erica Evans (Elizabeth Mitchell), commented on its lunacy in the opening of this episode. Its a post 9/11 world and this turn of events is ludicrous, even for the world that exists on this television show. People that jump the boarder from Mexico to the United States are not granted visas and non-humans are? Earth does not even know the dynamics of the…

  • Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief International Movie Trailer

    filmbook
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:27 am
    Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief International Movie Trailer has premiered. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief is directed by Chris Columbus and stars Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Rosario Dawson, Steve Coogan, Uma Thurman, Catherine Keener, and Pierce Brosnan. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief’s plot synopsis (spoilers): “A young boy named Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) discovers that he is the demigod son of the Greek god, Poseidon (Kevin McKidd). He embarks on a journey across modern-day…

  • DVD Review: Up (2009)

    filmbook
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:45 pm
    Up (2009) is another in along line of superior computer animated films by Pixar and Disney. Many animated films of the past and the present do not tackle serious themes, the animators believing a cartoon is no place for such ideas. As times changed, that idea began to change as well, as was evident with the release of The Lion King. The Lion King tackled themes such as life, death, and sacrifice. With Up (2009), these themes are approached both in obvious and sub-strata ways as are the ideas of moving on with one’s life after something tragic has happened, seeing what is in front of you,…
 
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    Daily Actor

  • Chelcie Ross, ‘Mad Men’s’ Conrad Hilton: “In a script, I don’t want to know what other characters are doing”

    Lance Carter
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:17 am
    From chicagotribune.com: Q. You and your character seemed to fit right in from the start on “Mad Men.” What was it like to work on the show? A. There are places you go to work where you’re immediately made to feel at home and everybody’s there because  they want to be there. Nobody’s... If you'd like to read the rest, please visit: http://www.dailyactor.com

  • Screenplay: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

    Lance Carter
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:27 am
    Want the screenplay to The Twilight Saga: New Moon? Sure you do! Click here to download the script Related PostsWant the screenplay to Twilight?Taylor Lautner back as Jacob Black in `Twilight' sequelScreenplay: 2012Screenplay: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by SapphireScreenplay: The... If you'd like to read the rest, please visit: http://www.dailyactor.com

  • Jersey Boys Travis Cloer: “I left New York to get a job on Broadway”

    Lance Carter
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:29 pm
    From Kansas to Broadway & Vegas, how did Jersey Boys'Travis Cloer make his career happen? By doing one of the smartest and simplest things ever. If you'd like to read the rest, please visit: http://www.dailyactor.com

  • Screenplay: 2012

    Lance Carter
    17 Nov 2009 | 1:05 pm
    2012 had a script? Who knew? Click here to download the script Thanks to mypdfscripts.com Related PostsScreenplay: The Twilight Saga: New MoonScreenplay: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by SapphireScreenplay: The Men Who Stare At GoatsScreenplay: ‘Public Enemies’Screenplay:... If you'd like to read the rest, please visit: http://www.dailyactor.com

  • Screen Test: Dustin Hoffman in “Tootsie”

    Lance Carter
    13 Nov 2009 | 12:51 pm
    Related PostsScene from 'Last Chance Harvey'Dustin Hoffman talks about his career If you'd like to read the rest, please visit: http://www.dailyactor.com
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    CinemaSpy

  • 'Dark Void' Video Game-to-Feature Planned as Brad Pitt Vehicle

    18 Nov 2009 | 11:30 pm
    Indian company Reliance BIG Entertainment and Brad Pitt's Plan B production company are teaming up to develop a feature film version of the forthcoming video game 'Dark Void' as a potential starring vehicle for Pitt.According to Risky Business, the film will be based on Capcom's upcoming third-person shooter. The game revolves around a cargo pilot named Will who, after crashing in the Bermuda Triangle, ends up in a parallel universe where a band of humans must fight an alien threat they had long been thought extinct. Will and the other humans are outmanned but have a number of…

  • Sam Worthington to Appear in 'Last Days of American Crime'

    18 Nov 2009 | 11:25 pm
    The folks over at Mania are reporting that Sam Worthington will star in an adaptation of Radical Publishing's forthcoming "The Last Days of American Crime". The publishing house describes the project as follows:From critically-acclaimed writer, Rick Remender, comes a fast-paced, futuristic crime story. In the not-too-distant future as a final response to terrorism and crime, the U.S. government plans in secret to broadcast a signal making it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit unlawful acts. To keep this from the public, the government creates a distraction, installing a…

  • Depp Hedging on 'Pirates 4'?

    18 Nov 2009 | 11:20 pm
    Johnny Depp’s return to the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' franchise appears to be no sure thing.In recent months, Disney studio chief Dick Cook — whom Depp is said to have a close creative relationship with — left the company. Meanwhile, Chicago director Rob Marshall was named Gore Verbinski’s replacement as helmer of the franchise, the next installment of which will be titled Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.All of this has caused Depp to admit "a fissure, a crack" in his overall enthusiasm for the project. Apparently, his feelings had not…

  • Antoine Fuqua, Spike Lee Together on 'Miss'

    18 Nov 2009 | 11:10 pm
    Who says there’s better living through crime? Antoine Fuqua and Spike Lee, that’s who.Fuqua, who has directed films ranging from the crime thriller Training Day to the adventure saga King Arthur, will be directing an adaptation of "Miss: Better Living Through Crime", a French graphic novel. The book revolves around a poor white girl and a black pimp — named Nola and Slim, respectively — who partner up as killers-for-hire in early 1900’s New York. Spike Lee, the groundbreaking director of such films as Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever and He Got Game,…

  • '47 Ronin' Lands a Director

    18 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    47 Ronin’s no prequel to Alien, but it doesn’t sound so bad, either.Apparently, Hollywood is gearing up for a samurai picture that stars Keanu Reeves and is written by Chris Morgan, whose other writing credits include Fast & Furious and Wanted. For the director’s chair, the production has already zeroed in on Carl Rinsch, an established commercial director who was once attached to the 'Alien' franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Rinsch’s spots for Mercedes and Heineken frequently had futuristic themes, and he was hand-picked by Ridley Scott, who…
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  • Opening This Weekend 11/20/2009

    admin
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:13 pm
    This week sees the much anticipated release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, as well as Sandra Bullock in a roll rumored to be the best of her career in The Blind Side. Here’s what else we can look forward to this week. Let us know what you’re planning on seeing, (or not seeing) in the comments! We always love to hear from you! Opening in Wide Release The Twilight Saga: New Moon Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner star in the next chapter of the popular supernatural romance saga. Movie Info Showtimes Trailers & Clips User Reviews The Blind Side Sandra Bullock…

  • Lamest Movie Vampires

    Brooke
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:09 pm
    With the much hyped premier of New Moon, the latest installation in the tween-tastic Twilight series (oh, I’m sorry, saga) , our old nightstalking vampire pals are front and center in the media again. It’s a long established Hollywood fact: Vampires are hot. Well, maybe not technically hot, since they’re dead and all, but they get the butts in the seats and make the hearts and minds of millions of people flutter like batwings. Mainly girls. Teenaged girls.  Historically, vampires are some of the greatest literary and film villains: dark, seductive, powerful, all the things…

  • TOP 10 ANIMATED MOVIES ADULTS CAN LOVE

    admin
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:30 am
    As any 20-something couch potato can tell you, cartoons have never been just for kids. From the original risqué content of classic Looney Tunes cartoons to the explicit adult themes of Ralph Bakshi’s Fritz the Cat, and up to today’s modern animation renaissance in TV and film, grown-ups everywhere have always loved cartoons. Here are 10 animated movies that don’t have an upward age limit on enjoyment and a few that aren’t ever intended for the kiddies at all: 10. The Nightmare before Christmas Tim Burton’s 1993 classic stop motion animated movie about the Pumpkin King’s misguided…

  • Top 10 Movies with Crazy Psychotic and Disturbed Characters

    admin
    9 Nov 2009 | 3:23 am
    New Movies tend to reflect, and sometimes exaggerate reality. It is no surprise then that many crazy, psychotic and disturbed characters are an intrinsic part of our  Top Movies. Their presence provides a certain edge to the experience of watching cinema and makes the movie all the more gripping and terrifying. Here is a list of movies with crazy, psychotic and disturbed characters that have enthralled us and made an indelible mark on the psyche of popular culture. Snatch with Boris ‘The Blade’ Snatch is a film directed by Guy Ritchie and is based in London. In the movie that deals with…

  • 12 Examples of Why Action Stars Shouldnt Sing

    admin
    3 Nov 2009 | 10:08 am
    12. Bruce Willis 11. Russell Crowe 10. Mr. T 9. Clint Eastwood 8. Lee Majors 7. The Dudes From Miami Vice 6. Jackie Chan 5. Burt Reynolds 4. Chuck Norris 3. Steven Seagal 2. Telly Savalas 1. Sylvester Stallone
 
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  • Review: "Caja Negra" (Black Box)

    Dave Taylor
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:12 am
    Showing at the Starz Denver Film Festival, I was sent a screener of the curious film Caja Negra (Black Box), a short (80minute) Mexican thriller, directed by Ariel Gordon. In Spanish with English subtitles, it's almost two completely different films spliced together, but in a very interesting manner.The film starts out with an animated sequence that explains the widespread corruption in Mexico, focused specifically on manipulation of the stock market to enable the low cost acquisition of a Mexican mining company. Then a slick narrative device introduces us to the main story, surveillance…

  • Review: "2012"

    Dave Taylor
    13 Nov 2009 | 9:57 pm
    Can you hear that sound? It's a crack slowly but unceasingly running through the Earth, a crack that will tear buildings apart, leave gaping crevasses where previously there were roads, and rip children out of their parent's hands, to plummet to their deaths as the world collapses.  But all is not lost, at few hundred thousand people have a secret plan to escape the worldwide destruction and start humanity anew, reseeding the Earth post-apocalypse.Or maybe it's just the sound of people gnashing their teeth in frustration as they try to follow the cliché-ridden storyline that loosely…

  • Review: "Pirate Radio"

    Dave Taylor
    12 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    Any film that's built around the fabulous music of the mid-1960's starts out with one thing going for it: a great soundtrack. That Pirate Radio goes beyond that and offers up an entertaining and poignant story about the loss of innocence is what makes it a film well worth your time.There was so much rock and roll coming out of Britain in the 1960's that it's generally referred to as the "British Invasion", and it included bands like The Beatles, The Animals, Manfred Mann, Petula Clark, Herman's Hermits, The Rolling Stones, Donovan, The Who, The Kinks, and The Dave Clark Five. What you…

  • Event: Starz Denver Film Festival

    Dave Taylor
    11 Nov 2009 | 8:49 pm
    If you're in Colorado, you owe it to yourself to check out the lineup and go see a film or two at the terrific, world-class Starz Denver Film Festival, opening tomorrow, Nov 12th, 2009.  Here are some interesting facts to whet your appetite: FACTSTotal number of films: 210Number of "sneak peaks": 1Number of documentaries: 56 (including shorts)Number of features: 124Numbers of shorts: 86Number of U.S. films: 115Number of Colorado films: 21Longest film of the Festival: Raging Sun, Raging Sky (191 minutes)Shortest film of the Festival: Enter the Sandbox (2 minutes)Total number of…

  • Review: "The Box"

    Dave Taylor
    9 Nov 2009 | 7:50 am
    The Box is actually two movies clumsily grafted into a single narrative story line. It starts out with a provocative ethical dilemma: would you push a button that you knew would kill someone, somewhere, a stranger, if you were to be paid a million dollars?  That's the movie I was hoping to see, and to be fair, the first 30-40 minutes of the film are focused on just this situation.But then Norma Lewis (Cameron Diaz) presses the button (hold on, that's not a spoiler: the trailer already revealed that this happens).At that point the film seems to get tangled up in an X Files storyline,…
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  • Twilight Saga, The: New Moon (2.5/4 Stars)

    This film didn't quite "hit it" the way the first one did. To begin, the beginning of the film felt a little hurried. One minute everyone was at a birthday party next Edward is telling Bella that he ...

  • Twilight Saga, The: New Moon (2.5/4 Stars)

    My previous thoughts that Chris Weitz would do better than Hardwicke with this series wasn't right. He does better in the action and special effects department (although they still aren't amazing), b...

  • 2012 (3/4 Stars)

    I'm a sucker for a good disaster movie and this was a good disaster movie. The whole 2012...Mayan calender thing is just there to grab people's attention and give a reason for the global disaster. ...

  • Crying Game, The (2/4 Stars)

    A film that I will admit I had no idea what it was trying to be exactly, I did not know what genre is wanted to be. I know it did not really work in any genre because the way it switched around. Ther...

  • Gentleman's Agreement (2/4 Stars)

    A film that fails to truly use what it has, and that is a potentially interesting subject. The idea that man pretends to be jewish to see how he is treated is poteintilly interesting, but the way it ...
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    Dain's Movie Reviews

  • Ink Movie Review

    Dain Binder
    15 Nov 2009 | 2:26 pm
    Ink (2009) is a climax of audio and visual stimulation that takes you on a journey of the subconsciousness. The dark and light forces fight over the soul in a thrilling and thought provoking metaphysical world that is linked to the physical one. This science fiction fantasy is packed with action between mesmerizing sequences of relaxation and happiness that offset the dark and uneasy world of the Incubi.The Incubi give nightmares while the Storytellers offer dreams of hope. These two groups battle for Emma (Quinn Hunchar) in this alternate realm, where time runs differently, as she lays in a…

  • The Barbershop Chronicles Movie Review

    Dain Binder
    14 Nov 2009 | 5:28 pm
    The Barbershop Chronicles (2009) takes you into the life experiences of the barbershop. The script is excellently written, but does take a little while for the story to take off. When it does you will be drawn into the life and interactions of the characters. The technical aspects (sound, video, and editing) are low-grade, which is expected with a low budget film. Unfortunately, it does take away from the movie. The writer and director, Bobby E. Goins, has a bright future and I am sure he will hone his skills in his upcoming films.The story is presented as a series of flashbacks when the now…

  • The End of Poverty Documentary Review

    Dain Binder
    10 Nov 2009 | 8:53 pm
    The End of Poverty? (2008) is a startling documentary that brings comprehension to the origin of global poverty. The opening question by narrator Martin Sheen sets the direction of the film; "In a world where there is so much wealth, with modern cities and plentiful resources, how can we still have so much poverty where so many people must live on less than one dollar per day?"Philippe Diaz (director) has managed to teach us about the current state of world poverty through understandable facts, interviews, and history. The people impacted by poverty are interviewed in their home countries of…

  • The Transformation of Gerald Baumgartner Movie Review

    Dain Binder
    5 Nov 2009 | 1:00 pm
    The Transformation of Gerald Baumgartner (2009) is a tremendously quirky dark comedy wrapped up in the blanket of life (or better yet, an afgan with those annoying holes your toes poke out of). Gerald (Randall Malin) is an uptight man, seemingly with obsessive-compulsive disorder, that leads a very structured life as a Change Management Consultant for Smith Jakari.He meticulously washes his toupee with a toothbrush each morning while learning how to speak with an Indian accent to sound more powerful; he makes his side of the bed while his wife is still sleeping and lays out his clothes for…

  • Hidden Beauty Documentary Review

    Dain Binder
    4 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    Hidden Beauty (خفية الجمال) is a short documentary by Olga Sapozhnikova that looks at the role of women in Arabian society. Four Arabic women living in the United Arab Emirates are profiled in this enlightening film that shows an often unseen side of their lives while dispelling conceptions the West may have. They are attaining power and respect while maintaining their family duties and continuing to regard men.Jamilya Al Zaabi is the only women working for an ambulance service saving many lives and has received a personal visit by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum;…
 
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  • Happy Anniversary, Muppets

    Valerie Athertons Playground and Intellectual Department
    13 Nov 2009 | 3:48 pm
    Unless you’ve been living in a cave or jail, you probably love Muppets as much as everyone else in the world. Muppetry has changed movies and television from just having people in them to having Muppets…eventually, even together on the same screen.  This year is the anniversary of the Muppets. You’ve probably seen it written as [...]

  • Final Petition For My Petition For Sam Worthington

    Valerie Athertons Playground and Intellectual Department
    8 Nov 2009 | 11:06 am
      If you signed this petition, please download the pdf version below and keep a copy for your records because  you might need it for taxes, but I’m not sure. Thanks to everyone that signed! You’re all amazing! xo Valerie     pdf below: help-get-sam-worthingtons-money-back-from-hollywood_110809 non pdf version: Tagged: 90265, blockbuster, cartoon, Cuteness, entertainment, film, hollywood, money, movies, obama, sam worthington, tween, youthful opinion [...]

  • World, Meet 3D

    Valerie Athertons Playground and Intellectual Department
    15 Oct 2009 | 6:26 pm
    Earlier this year, I went to see an animated cartoon at the movie theater and when I got there, there was a hugantic line for it. I asked the ticket person why there were so many people and he said because the movie was in 3D. The theater already had something like 14 screens, so [...]

  • Movie Review: Avatar (plus Petition)

    Valerie Athertons Playground and Intellectual Department
    22 Sep 2009 | 4:37 pm
    Before movies come out, Hollywood people do what is called a test screening or a sneak preview to gauge audience reactions and whatever. This way, if a bunch of people are all, “Oh, I wish there were less boobs in that one scene” or “That one actor was awful in that part he played in [...]

  • Movie Review: Inglorious Bastards

    Valerie Athertons Playground and Intellectual Department
    24 Aug 2009 | 4:22 pm
    Bang, Bang, Ouch!, Awww Typically, this is my reaction to historical war movies. I am a fan of yummy Brad Pitt, though, so it was a toss up whether to see this war movie. Seeing people shooting guns and other people getting shot or stabbed with bullets has never been my favorite things to [...]
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  • Movie Review: 2012

    Vinko
    14 Nov 2009 | 7:14 am
    My Rating: This afternoon I saw the movie 2012 at AMC Theater, Admiralty, Hong Kong. Another one of the movies from my Must See Movies list. Normally I make a point not to get into details of the plot of the movie, but I will make an exception for this movie. The movie is about the destruction [...]Movie Review: 2012 is a post from: Vinko's Thoughts On... a blog of true technology Versatilist.

  • Movie Review: Jennifer’s Body

    Vinko
    1 Nov 2009 | 7:26 am
    My Rating: This afternoon I saw the movie Jennifer’s Body at UA Cinema, Times Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Another one of the movies from my Must See Movies list. This is a comedy thriller staring the Transformers famed Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried from Mamma Mia!. It is about a young girl living in a small town that [...]Movie Review: Jennifer’s Body is a post from: Vinko's Thoughts On... a blog of true technology Versatilist.

  • Movie Review: 500 Days of Summer

    Vinko
    10 Oct 2009 | 8:20 am
    My Rating: This afternoon I saw the movie 500 Days of Summer at UA Cinema, Times Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Another one of the movies from my Must See Movies list. The movie starts off telling the audience it is not a movie about romance, which further emphasis it as being a movie about love, romance [...]Movie Review: 500 Days of Summer is a post from: Vinko's Thoughts On... a blog of true technology Versatilist.

  • Movie Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife

    Vinko
    30 Sep 2009 | 8:06 am
    My Rating: This evening I saw the movie The Time Traveler’s Wife at UA Cinema, Times Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Another one of the movies from my Must See Movies list. The movie’s plot is different from what the title implies and not unlike the 2001 Kate & Leopold with Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman, or [...]Movie Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife is a post from: Vinko's Thoughts On... a blog of true technology Versatilist.

  • Movie Review: Surrogates

    Vinko
    26 Sep 2009 | 3:43 am
    My Rating: This afternoon I saw the movie Surrogates at UA Cinema, Times Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Another one of the movies from my Must See Movies list. Like the many other Bruce Willis movies in the past Surrogates also had a chase scene. The plot is a fairly typical, but the story had a future element [...]Movie Review: Surrogates is a post from: Vinko's Thoughts On... a blog of true technology Versatilist.
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  • Another New Avatar International Poster

    Brian Corder
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:29 pm
    Here’s another really awesome French movie poster for the upcoming film “Avatar” aka James Cameron’s Avatar by director James Cameron (Terminator 5, Battle Angel, Titanic) and starring Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation), Sigourney Weaver (Ghostbusters III, Aliens), Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from James Cameron’s Avatar. Synopsis: In a distant future, humanity discovers the planet ‘Alpha Centauri B-4′, and for those scientists and astronauts…

  • Watch Kristen Stewart on The Jimmy Fallon Show

    Brian Corder
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:46 am
    Watch a brand new clip of the lovely Kristen Stewart on The Jimmy Fallon Show from NBC.com. Kristen stars in the upcoming film “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer. New Moon stars Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Kristen Stewart (Adventureland, The Runaways), Nikki Reed (K-11), Ashley Greene (Skateland), Taylor Lautner, (My Own Worst Enemy), Jackson Rathbone (S. Darko) Dakota Fanning and Kellan Lutz. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Twilight and New Moon. Movie Synopsis: After Bella recovers from the…

  • Legion Official Red Band Movie Trailer

    Brian Corder
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:52 am
    Sony Pictures just released the official red band movie trailer from the upcoming horror film “Legion” by director Scott Stewart (Priest) and starring Doug Jones (Hellboy 2, Carnies), Dennis Quaid (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Pandorum), Kevin Durand (Robin Hood, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and Kate Walsh (Hot Tub Time Machine). Synopsis: After a terrifying biblical apocalypse descends upon the world, a group of strangers stranded in a remote truck stop diner in the Southwest unwittingly become humanity’s last line of defense when they discover the diner’s young waitress…

  • Robert Pattinson on the Today Show

    Brian Corder
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:44 am
    Here’s a clip of fans going wild as actor Robert Pattinson makes his way to the Today Show with Matt Lauer. Robert Pattinson stars in the upcoming film “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer. New Moon stars Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Kristen Stewart (Adventureland, The Runaways), Nikki Reed (K-11), Ashley Greene (Skateland), Taylor Lautner, (My Own Worst Enemy), Jackson Rathbone (S. Darko) Dakota Fanning and Kellan Lutz. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Twilight and New Moon. Movie Synopsis:…

  • Sam Worthington To Star In American Crime

    Costa Koutsoutis
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Mania.com is reporting that Sam Worthington (”Terminator: Salvation”, “Avatar”, and “Clash of the Titans”) will star in an adaptation of “The Last Days Of American Crime”, the Radical Publishing comic book. Created by Rick Remender, “American Crime” is about low-level career criminal Graham Brick, who is finally working on the big score. Unfortunately, the media leaks a plan by the US government to begin broadcasting a mind-control signal that will eliminate the mental urge to commit illegal activities. Now Graham and his team…
 
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  • Are you going to go see Twilight New Moon?

    admin
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:01 am
    Are you going to see Twilight New Moon? Did you already see it? Let us know what you think Leave your reviews and thoughts below!!

  • Daily filming movie and tv locations for Nov 20

    admin
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:32 am
    Below are todays daily filming locations with locations in Los Angeles, New York,  and filming locations in Michigan New York Filming Locations Good Wife is Filming at the Jamaica, Queens Court House on Sutphin Blvd. Law and Order is Signs spotted at Broadway and Reade, NYC (New York City), 6am to 11pm Ugly Betty is Filming around 7th Ave & 28th Street, NYC (New York City). Wall Street 2 has filming locations Signs on and around Vandam between 6th and Varick, NYC (New York City),  5am – 2am Thanks to OLV for the New York tips!! GRANT WILFLEY CASTING has Casting information for the…

  • Kitty Probably wants to phone home.

    admin
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:22 am
    ET Kitty cat  This was just too cute not to post.  Not much to say. ha-ha  The picture was posted on Slashfilm, and they got the picture that was posted on BUZZ

  • Film and TV Casting information in New York City

    admin
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:44 am
    GRANT WILFLEY CASTING has Casting information for the movies Wall Street 2, The Adjustment Bureau, The Other Guys, and the tv show Law and Order SVU. For those interest read the information below!! If you audition or are cast for a roll, or an extra let us know. We would love to hear!! Grant Wilfley Casting is seeking the following for the feature film The Adjustment Bureau, starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt: Seeking SAG with cars who HAVE NOT WORKED on the film for Sunday (subject line WORK 11/15); Seeking SAG who have not worked on the film for Monday (subject line WORK 11/16); Salsa…

  • Daily filming locations for movies and tv shows for Nov 19

    admin
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:23 am
    Below are todays daily filming locations with locations in Los Angeles, New York,  and filming locations in Michigan Los Angeles Filming Locations Cold Case is filming in Los Angeles at 850 S. Broadway from 9am til 10pm, at 115 W. Pico Blvd from 12pm til 12pm, and at 1240 S. Main Street from 12pm til 12pm. They will be making an American Idol Promo at 316 W. 2nd Street from 7am til 10pm   Michigan fiming locations. For those in Ann Arbor, that interested in being cast in a short film: “Argus3, an Ann Arbor-based film company, recently announced that casting is under way for a short film…
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  • Precious

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:38 pm
    The new Oscar contender is difficult to watch but filled with hope. Some lives slip through the cracks, people who you might pass everyday without giving a second thought. Precious is one of those people. Vastly overweight and carrying her second child at the far-too-young age of 16, Precious is an African-American girl living in the Bronx who's stuck four years behind her age group in the 7th grade, with a mother who is verbally, emotionally and physically abusive towards her. Her father is only in the picture enough to come over and rape her, which led to her first child being born with…

  • 2012

    13 Nov 2009 | 2:47 pm
    Ridiculous cinematic fun from the go-to director for disaster movies. There are some filmmakers whom movie fans turn to for serious, introspective fare, like Oliver Stone or Lasse Hallstrom. Others are counted on as masters of the fantastic, like Steven Spielberg or Peter Jackson. And for comedy these days, you can't beat Judd Apatow. But if you just wanna see stuff blow up on an epic scale and watch the world fall apart in a good old-fashioned disaster movie, then check out nearly any Roland Emmerich film: Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow and 10,000 B.C. provide hours of…

  • Why We Like to Watch the World End

    12 Nov 2009 | 9:16 pm
    Disaster movies continue to be popular–here are some reasons for the phenomenon. On 9/11 and for weeks after, I was glued to my television set. We all were. Throngs of people crowded around wherever they could watch the live coverage. Shouts of “this is a like a movie!” still echo in my memory. And indeed it was. It was like Independence Day-meets-Armageddon-meets-The Siege. It was horrifying and disturbing to watch, but I couldn’t turn away. It was compelling TV. It was—dare I say it—entertaining. Why is it that we are so drawn to images of destruction? Why is traffic stalled on…

  • The Men Who Stare at Goats

    7 Nov 2009 | 4:09 pm
    A raucous political comedy recounting one of the weirdest stories in American military history. Give the military-industrial complex an unlimited budget, and it’ll find unlimited ways to kill people. From megaton nuclear missiles to Donald Rumsfeld’s allegedly humane, small-scale nuclear “bunker busters,” and from robot soldiers to Barack Obama’s beloved predator drone planes, our nation’s finest scientific minds will find ever-newer ways to obliterate anything that gets in the path of the American Way. Of course, our enemies do the best they can on the killing front as well, and…

  • From Utah With (Quirky) Genius

    2 Nov 2009 | 8:35 pm
    The creators of Napoleon Dynamite and Gentleman Broncos reveal the source of their moviemaking. Husband-wife duo Jared and Jerusha Hess literally came out of nowhere—well, the heart of Utah—in 2004 when they made their first feature film, Napoleon Dynamite and took the film world by storm with a wildly successful screening at the Sundance Film Festival. The film made a star out of Jon Heder and grossed more than $46 million worldwide on just a $400,000 budget. With their followup, 2006’s Nacho Libre, the Hesses scored a big-time movie star for the lead in Jack Black, and landed a solid…
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  • Review: "Caja Negra" (Black Box)

    Dave Taylor
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:12 am
    Showing at the Starz Denver Film Festival, I was sent a screener of the curious film Caja Negra (Black Box), a short (80minute) Mexican thriller, directed by Ariel Gordon. In Spanish with English subtitles, it's almost two completely different films spliced together, but in a very interesting manner.The film starts out with an animated sequence that explains the widespread corruption in Mexico, focused specifically on manipulation of the stock market to enable the low cost acquisition of a Mexican mining company. Then a slick narrative device introduces us to the main story, surveillance…

  • Review: "2012"

    Dave Taylor
    13 Nov 2009 | 9:57 pm
    Can you hear that sound? It's a crack slowly but unceasingly running through the Earth, a crack that will tear buildings apart, leave gaping crevasses where previously there were roads, and rip children out of their parent's hands, to plummet to their deaths as the world collapses.  But all is not lost, at few hundred thousand people have a secret plan to escape the worldwide destruction and start humanity anew, reseeding the Earth post-apocalypse.Or maybe it's just the sound of people gnashing their teeth in frustration as they try to follow the cliché-ridden storyline that loosely…

  • Review: "Pirate Radio"

    Dave Taylor
    12 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    Any film that's built around the fabulous music of the mid-1960's starts out with one thing going for it: a great soundtrack. That Pirate Radio goes beyond that and offers up an entertaining and poignant story about the loss of innocence is what makes it a film well worth your time.There was so much rock and roll coming out of Britain in the 1960's that it's generally referred to as the "British Invasion", and it included bands like The Beatles, The Animals, Manfred Mann, Petula Clark, Herman's Hermits, The Rolling Stones, Donovan, The Who, The Kinks, and The Dave Clark Five. What you…

  • Event: Starz Denver Film Festival

    Dave Taylor
    11 Nov 2009 | 8:49 pm
    If you're in Colorado, you owe it to yourself to check out the lineup and go see a film or two at the terrific, world-class Starz Denver Film Festival, opening tomorrow, Nov 12th, 2009.  Here are some interesting facts to whet your appetite: FACTSTotal number of films: 210Number of "sneak peaks": 1Number of documentaries: 56 (including shorts)Number of features: 124Numbers of shorts: 86Number of U.S. films: 115Number of Colorado films: 21Longest film of the Festival: Raging Sun, Raging Sky (191 minutes)Shortest film of the Festival: Enter the Sandbox (2 minutes)Total number of…

  • Review: "The Box"

    Dave Taylor
    9 Nov 2009 | 7:50 am
    The Box is actually two movies clumsily grafted into a single narrative story line. It starts out with a provocative ethical dilemma: would you push a button that you knew would kill someone, somewhere, a stranger, if you were to be paid a million dollars?  That's the movie I was hoping to see, and to be fair, the first 30-40 minutes of the film are focused on just this situation.But then Norma Lewis (Cameron Diaz) presses the button (hold on, that's not a spoiler: the trailer already revealed that this happens).At that point the film seems to get tangled up in an X Files storyline,…
 
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  • LEGEND OF THE SEEKER

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:43 pm
    Image by m3651048 via FlickrSeason 2 : Episode 2  Baneling

  • FIVE NEW ALTERNATIVES TO WATCHTVSITCOMS

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:26 pm
    I've found  five new viewing sites. The thing I like about these is that theyhave no pop ups, and no pop unders. Check em out:tv-links.euTo find your genre go to CHANNELS at the top, not the prominent Movies Online section (those will take you to an affiliate link sales page)This is a fun site, they have series that aren't carried on some of the other sites. Anybody who's got Buffy The Vampire Slayer could possibly be my new BFF.comewatchtvThis site is so simple your kid can easily navigate it. They have a good list, host their own video content - not mega or zshare. I checked Scrubs…

  • THE MENTALIST

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:10 pm
    Image by LA100RRA 3logs via FlickrIf you aren't a watcher of The Mentalist, or are just a spotty watcher - tonight's episode would be a good place to check in.This episode, The Right Red Hand sucks the smirk right out of Patrick Jane. Red John is back in a big way. Red John killed Jane's wife and daughter years ago and has a personal vendetta against him.You can watch season 2 : episode 8 HERE.And every episode of every season HERE.

  • THURSDAY, NOV. 19th on TV

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:05 pm
    Image via WikipediaCW The Vampire DiariesSeason 1 : Episode 10  The Turning Point SupernaturalSeason 5 : Episode 10   Abandon All Hope...NBC CommunitySeason 1 : Episode 10  Environmental ScienceParks and RecreationSeason 2 : Episode 10  Hunting  The OfficeSeason 6 : Episode 10  Shareholder's Meeting  30 RockSeason 4 : Episode 6   Sun TeaCBS Survivor: SamoaSeason 19 : Episode 10  The Day of Reckoning CSI: Crime Scene InvestiationSeason 10 : Episode 8  Lover's Lanes The MentalistSeason 2 : Episode 8  His Right Red HandABC Flash…

  • WEDNESDAY NOV. 18th on TV

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:52 pm
    Image via WikipediaThis is last night’s line up and links. CW America’s Next Top Model America’s Next Top Model Two original episodes on tonight HERE 8/7c 9/8c NBC Mercy Season 1 : Episode 8  I’m Not That Kind Of Girl every episode 8/7c Law and Order: SVU Season 11 : Episode 9  Perverted every episode 9/8c CBS The New Adventures Of Old Christine\ Season 5 : Episode 8  Love Is Never Having To Say You’re Crazy 8/7c Gary Unmarried Season 2 : Episode 8  Gary Apologizes every season, every episode 8:30/7:30c Criminal Minds Season 1 : Episode 5  Outfoxed every…
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  • Exclusive 'Season of the Witch' Trailer Premiere!

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:26 pm
    Fandango has the exclusive Season of the Witch trailer premiere! Coming out on March 19, 2010 and starring Nicholas Cage, Ron Perlman and Claire Foy as the witch, this definitely looks like a scary thrill ride! So, what do you think? Will March be the Season of the Witch?!  Read MoreRead Comments

  • 'New Moon' Destroys Harry Potter on Way to Best Midnight Opening Ever!

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:09 pm
    Well, so much for the folks who thought all those negative reviews might impact New Moon's opening box office. Variety tells us that The Twilight Saga: New Moon has shattered records and set box office history by grossing an astonishing $26 million in midnight showings alone. The latest installment in the teen vamp franchise easily beat the previous record-holder, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which grossed $22.2 million earlier this summer.   Next up for New Moon is the opening day record, currently held by The Dark Knight with $67.2 million. It'll take a mighty sword to slay…

  • Poll: How Much will The Twilight Saga: New Moon Make Opening Weekend?

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:51 pm
    Yes, there are three new films in wide release this weekend, but I think we're gonna skip our usual Who Will Win The Box Office Poll because, well, I think it's pretty obvious which film will win the weekend. But just how much The Twilight Saga: New Moon makes is an entirely different story. At this same time back in 2008, Twilight opened in theaters to the tune of $69 million. The film eventually went on to gross a whopping $383 million worldwide, and there's a pretty good chance New Moon could beat that.   However, according to Rotten Tomatoes, New Moon and its paltry 29% Fresh rating…

  • Is Will Ferrell the Most Overpaid Actor?

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:44 pm
    Leave it up to Forbes to continually find ways to make new lists full of people who make a lot more money than you do. Their latest has caused a bit of a stir online because it has to do with which actors and actresses are the most overpaid in Hollywood. So basically, which folks aren't providing the best return on the studio's investment? Topping the list, surprisingly (or not surprisingly), is Will Ferrell – who churned out the big-budgeted bomb that was Land of the Lost earlier this summer, which cost Universal $100 million to make and only earned $65 million.   To break it down…

  • DVD of the Week: ‘Star Trek!’ Plus ‘Brüno,’ ‘Gone With the Wind’ Gift Set, a Kevin Smith Collection and ‘Fight Club’ BD

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:32 pm
    The best film of summer (and, some may argue, the year) hit video store shelves this week, and it really doesn’t get better than this when it comes to DVD/BD. Sure, Trek series fans might complain about J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek vision not being exactly faithful to the show, but that’s why they call it a reboot—and with terrific performances from the entire cast (including Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban) and a well-conceived storyline, it earned every one of its 375 million bucks, in my book. As for the transfer itself, the colors are vibrant, the…
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