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Now Stride Gum Wants Uwe Boll to Quit Making Films
2008-05-07 14:02:00 Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom, Movie Marketing Not for nothing, but this could be the oddest piece of movie marketing I’ve ever seen. So we already know there’s a petition out there to stop Uwe Boll from making films, and this came about after the infamous director told FEARNet that he’d quit making films if ... More About: Films , Quit
Woody Harrelson and Samantha Morton Join ?The Messenger?
2008-05-07 13:32:00 Filed under: Drama, Casting Oren Moverman’s upcoming directorial debut, The Messenger , already seemed pretty tasty when Jessica posted that the super-talented Ben Foster had signed on to star. Then Jena Malone and Eamonn Walker signed on. Now, The Hollywood Reporter posts that Woody Harrelson and Samantha Morton have also joined the cast. Unfortunately, there’s no word ... More About: Join , The Messenger , Woody Harrelson
Box Office: Go, Speed Racer, Go
2008-05-07 13:02:00 Filed under: Action, Comedy, Box Office , Box Office Predictions I new I was being a little conservative on my $62 million prediction for Iron Man, but HOLY JEEZ! The comic book adaptation had the tenth highest opening weekend in history, and the second biggest for a non-sequel. In addition to the $98.6 million Marvel’s armored avenger ... More About: Speed Racer , Speed , Racer
All Hail Eva Mendes, ?Queen of the South?!
2008-05-07 12:32:00 Filed under: Action, Thrillers, Casting, Warner Independent Pictures I’ve been hankering for a good crime flick with a women in the lead for a long time (I can’t be the only one who thinks that Catherine Zeta Jones‘ pregnant drug runner deserved way more screen time in Traffic). But, in the grand tradition of most crime ... More About: Eva Mendes , South , Queen , Mendes
SFIFF Review: Still Life
2008-05-07 12:06:00 Filed under: Foreign Language, New Releases, Theatrical Review s, Festival Reports, Cinematical Indie With only a handful of films to his credit, Sixth Generation Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke has become one of the world’s great master filmmakers, and he has the lack of distribution to prove it. Like many other greats from Orson Welles to Hou Hsiao-hsien, ... More About: Life , Still Life
An Indie to Watch For: Henry Bean?s ?Noise? Gets a Trailer
2008-05-07 11:40:00 Filed under: Comedy, Thrillers, ThinkFilm, Cinematical Indie , Trailer s and Clips .syn{font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;col or:#999;}.syn A{color:#999;} You may never have heard of Henry Bean , but he made a movie called The Believer back in 2001 that single-handedly catapulted Ryan Gosling to prominence (if not stardom) before The Notebook was a twinkle in anyone’s eye. (He also wrote Internal Affairs and some ... More About: Watch
First Look: ?G.I. Joe?s? Destro, Storm Shadow, General Hawk, Breaker, The B
2008-05-07 11:02:00 Filed under: Action, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Images Above: Lost star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Heavy Duty, who serves as the G.I. Joe Team’s heavy ordnance specialist with a passion for classical guitars and Bach. He is described as being unafraid of any situation despite heavy enemy fire. (for a larger look, head over to Coming ... More About: General , Storm , Breaker , Shadow , Hawk
First Look: ?G.I. Joe?s? Destro, Storm Shadow, Breaker, The Baroness and He
2008-05-07 11:02:00 Filed under: Action, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Images Above: Lost star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Heavy Duty, who serves as the G.I. Joe Team’s heavy ordnance specialist with a passion for classical guitars and Bach. He is described as being unafraid of any situation despite heavy enemy fire. (for a larger look, head over to Coming ... More About: Storm , Breaker , Shadow , Baroness
First Look: ?G.I. Joe?s? Destro, Storm Shadow, Breaker and Heavy Duty
2008-05-07 11:02:00 Filed under: Action, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Images Above: Lost star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Heavy Duty , who serves as the G.I. Joe Team’s heavy ordnance specialist with a passion for classical guitars and Bach. He is described as being unafraid of any situation despite heavy enemy fire. (for a larger look, head over to Coming ... More About: Storm , Breaker , Shadow
Hollywood?s Accent Problem, Revisited
2008-05-07 10:32:00 Filed under: Action, Comedy, Drama, Casting, New Releases, Celebrities and Controversy, Images Catching an afternoon screening of Iron Man last weekend, the questionably denigrating representations of Afghani villains bugged me less than the bizarre cultural references in the trailers preceding it — especially when it came to accents. Three previews in a row contained characters speaking ... More About: Hollywood , Problem
?Gossip Girl? Creator is Developing a New ?X-Men? Script
2008-05-05 07:32:00 Filed under: RumorMonger, Script s, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels We’re already getting a bigger taste of Wolverine with X-Men Origins, and Magneto is also on the way, but now it looks like we’re getting another new group picture. Black Book Magazine reportedly spoke with Gossip Girl creator Josh Schwartz, who says he’s developing a prequel, but ... More About: Creator , Gossip Girl
Fan Rant: Quit Tossing in Extra Scenes After the Movie?s Already Over
2008-05-05 07:02:00 Filed under: Fandom, Fan Rant Cranky Eric(C) sez ? Hey, people who make movies: Stop putting scenes after the closing credits. If you want me to watch it, put it IN THE MOVIE, not after it. It has been well established that when a list of names starts scrolling up against a black screen, the movie is ... More About: Movie , The Movie , Extra , Quit
Are We Really Getting ?Anchorman 2??!
2008-05-05 06:32:00 Filed under: Comedy, RumorMonger, Scripts, Remakes and Sequels Back in March, Judd Apatow talked about how Will Ferrel’s Ron Burgandy was the character best suited for a sequel. However, he suggested that this idea would happen in 30 years time, showing Ron as a 70-year-old anchor. Now I wonder if this was just a ploy to ...
Monday Morning Poll: Will ?Iron Man?s? Awesome Weekend Help ?The Incredible
2008-05-05 06:02:00 Filed under: Action, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Monday Morning Poll In case you haven’t heard by now, Iron Man took home a whopping $201 million worldwide over the weekend, with that amount pretty much split right down the middle between domestic and international. Not only is it the second best non-sequel opening ever, but it also proved ... More About: Awesome , Weekend
Two Face Revealed: Eckhart Talks ?The Dark Knight?
2008-05-05 05:32:00 Filed under: Action, Warner Brothers, Newsstand, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels Above: Aaron Eckhart as the villain Two Face in a very brief appearance during the latest trailer for The Dark Knight . Fresh on the heels of the new trailer comes a Los Angeles Times interview with Aaron Eckhart. Possible spoilers abound — in fact, I ... More About: The Dark Knight
?The Avengers? Set for July, 2011!
2008-05-05 05:02:00 Filed under: Action, Deals, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek Folks expected a huge opening take for Iron Man, but $201 million worldwide? Damn. And doesn’t it feel a whole lot better when a film that makes that kinda money actually deserves to make that kind of money? Anyway, as expected, Marvel went absolutely nutty over this news ... More About: July , Avengers
?T4? Goes PG-13, Impales Fans Through Head
2008-05-05 04:32:00 Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Warner Brothers, Fandom Screw this; I’m going home. On the first day of production, the people footing the bill for Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins have announced that the future is actually ending prematurely, as the violent, perennially R-rated franchise is going PG-13 for its fourth installment. The reason? I’ll bet ... More About: Fans , Head
Moviefone Lists the Top 25 Sexiest Movie Couples
2008-05-05 04:02:00 Filed under: Lists One of the most important pieces to the cinematic puzzle is something you cannot buy — chemistry. It’s either there, or it’s not. When it is, the relationship sizzles off the screen. When it’s not, the whole experience is just plain flat and boring. In honor of the former, those cinematic supercouples, Movie fone ... More About: Couples
The Asylum Update: Here Comes ?Street Racer?!
2008-05-05 03:02:00 Filed under: Action, Home Entertainment, Trailers and Clips We wouldn’t have it any other way: just a few weeks after the Wachowskis’ Speed Racer hits theaters, the Asylum will unleash its knock-off-of-the-month: Street Racer! (To read up on what Asylum is all about, take a look at my post about Allan Quatermain and the Temple of ... More About: Update , The Asylum
?The Dark Knight? Trailer, Chock Full O?Forshadowing
2008-05-04 15:42:00 Filed under: Action, Warner Brothers, Fandom, Newsstand, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, Trailer s and Clips Finally, the wait is over! The second full length trailer for The Dark Knight is up and it is all kinds of cool. Unlike the feeling left by the two Incredible Hulk trailers, I feel like there’s plenty of scary ... More About: The Dark Knight
Cinematical Seven: Awesome Ideas for New ?Iron Man? Characters!
2008-05-04 13:32:00 Filed under: Cinematical Seven, Comic/Superhero/Geek The critics loved it, the audiences seem to dig it even more, and the sequel has officially claimed a 2010 release date already: This weekend we’re all about the Iron Man . (I was gonna say “This weekend we’re all about the iron, man,” but it was way too corny.) So while ... More About: Ideas , Awesome , Characters
Discuss: Is Hollywood Misogynistic?
2008-05-04 12:02:00 Filed under: Action, Comedy, Casting, New Releases, Executive shifts, Celebrities and Controversy, Box Office, Fandom, Exhibition, Politics, Images In these supposedly progressive times, gender equality is one of those touchy issues relegated to the last paragraph of a trend piece nobody reads. When Katherine Heigl suggested to Vanity Fair that Judd Apatow’s movies were sexist, the ... More About: Hollywood
Regency Grabs the Rights to ?Daniel X?
2008-05-04 10:02:00 Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Deals We’ve gotten so very many young heroes fighting in the realms of fantasy; magic, vampires, secret worlds — you name it, they’re everywhere. Now it looks like we’re getting a new sort of teen hero, one of the science fiction sort. Variety reports that New Regency has picked up ... More About: Rights , Daniel
?Transformers 2? to Film at my Alma Mater!
2008-05-04 09:02:00 Filed under: Action, RumorMonger, Comic/Superhero/Geek This isn’t exactly earth-shattering news, but hey: it’s the weekend. According to a SlashFilm tipster, Michael Bay and Team Transformers will be spending parts of the summer at the University of Pennsylvania, which happens to be where I’ve just completed a far-too-long six-year stint. It sounds like Penn will be hosting ... More About: Alma , Alma Mater
SFIFF Review: A Girl Cut in Two
2008-05-04 07:32:00 Filed under: Foreign Language, Festival Reports, San Francisco International Film Festival Some filmmakers, like Chaplin and Kubrick, determined that they should release a film only every few years, to make it more like an event to be anticipated. Other filmmakers work faster and harder in an effort not to be forgotten, like Spike Lee or Woody ... More About: Review , Girl
The Definitive Downey, Jr.
2008-05-04 06:02:00 Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Box Office, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek Well, Grand Theft Auto or no Grand Theft Auto, Iron Man wins at life, raking in somewhere from $32 to 35 million on Friday, depending on whom you believe. That puts it on track for an opening weekend between $90 million and $100 million, ensuring a string ...
The Exhibitionist: Who?s Your Favorite Bully?
2008-05-04 04:32:00 Filed under: Action, Independent, Artisan, Newmarket, Paramount, Distribution, Exhibition, George Lucas, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Cinematical Indie Ah, summer movie time. Blockbusters are showing, cash is flowing and theaters are owing … big percentages of the gross that is. Sure this is the season to be jolly and take in some mindless entertainment along with a bag of corn ... More About: Bully , Favorite
Discuss: Are You Going to See ?The Dark Knight??
2008-05-03 13:32:00 Filed under: Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips Last night we took the crew to see Iron Man. You can read James’s and Scott’s reviews of the film, but I’ll just add that this movie ROCKS, and in case you’re a parent debating whether to bring your kids to see it, I felt that what violence is ... More About: Dark Knight , Knight , Dark , The Dark Knight , The Dark
Trailer Park: We Could Be Heroes
2008-05-03 12:02:00 Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Trailer Trash, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Trailers and Clips Iron Man is hitting screens this weekend, leaving a trail of positive reviews in its wake. Check out James’ and Scott’s reviews, and if you need even more iron in your diet, head on over here. With that in mind, this ... More About: Heroes , Park
Stop-Loss (2008)
More articles from this author:2008-04-22 20:16:00 There’s a powerful emotional kick to this film that kind of sneaks up on us. As a bracingly honest look at the effects of an unjust war, it’s also both timely and timeless. Brandon (Phillippe) returns from his tour of duty in Iraq as a decorated hero alongside his childhood buddies Steve (Tatum) and Tommy (Gordon-Levitt). ... More About: Stop , Loss , 2008 , Stop-Loss 1, 2 |
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