I love the Coen Brothers. They are like Stanley Kubrick or Wes Anderson: Their movies have a unique style that you will always be able to pick out. Rather than special FX, they rely on a good story, strong characters and dialogue. Burn After Reading is very Coen.
The Coens have done quite a bunch of comedies by now. Raising Arizona is a classic, while films like O Brother and Ladykillers dissapointed me. The Big Lebowski is in my opinion one of the best not only in the genre, but also one of the best films of all time. The love of detail in that movie is extraordinary. Yet, Lebowski had too many interwoven plots which was confusing for many people. Also Lebowski was a follow-up to an Oscar winning, more serious, film so expectations ran very high. This does make it very similar to Burn After Reading.
I also fear a lot of critics will have the same problems with Burn After Reading.
Where the film really differs from the Lebowski is, that it doesn't really have a central character. Or at least one that is that obvious. Which actually fits perfectly with the whole spy/agent theme of the film. So here is the plot in shortcut:
Osborne Cox (John Malkovich) works for the CIA but gets the boot from his current
assigment. Because of that he quits his job altogether. Unfortunately his wife Katie (Tilda Swinton), is not too happy with the situation because she is having an affair with womanizer Harry (George Clooney) and ultimatly wants a divorce. She secretly recovers all data from her husbands computer, which also contains his memoirs about working at the CIA, to give to her divorce lawyer. All this data however, ends up in the hand of fitness trainer Chad (Brad Pitt) and his co-worker Linda, played by Francis McDormand, who needs money to get some plastic surgery done. So they put a plan in motion to blackmail Osborne. And of course, that's where all the trouble starts.As I mentioned earlier, the biggest problem of the film is, that there is no obvious central character that takes you by the hand throughout the movie. But that really remains the films only problem, if you will call it that. Other than that, I have to say this is definitely one of the best Coen movies so far. And that says a lot. Every single person you see in this film, and I really mean that, is so perfectly cast and detailled. The dialogue is incredibly funny and smart. Seriously, if you like Coen films, you will laugh your ass off at some of the things being said on screen. This movie also showcases the formidable acting of all the participants. All the actors in the film just drew me in and didn't let me go.
This film is a gem. Many people will not get it, just like the Lebowski, because the humor happens on many different levels and doesn't hit you blunt in the face. And while being funny, in that Coen kind of way, it also has dark and brutal moments, also in that Coen kind of way, that remind me of Fargo. Once again, the Coens prove that they are the masters of showing the human tragedy. Burn After Reading is not as heavy as No Country but you can defintely watch it more often. I know I will. This is a Coen Classic.
Some weeks ago we reported about TERMINATOR - SALVATION and the new T-800, that will be played by austrian bodybuilder ROLAND KICKINGER. Though this is still confirmed, new rumors see the light of day. According to a source of LATINO REVIEW, director McG is planning to use the Body of KICKINGER and a digital mapped face (and voice) of SCHWARZENEGGER. This technique has been used several times in movies, the most famous that comes to mind was THE CROW, where they used the same technique for BRANDON LEE, who died during the film shoot.
Of course it's only a rumor, but this rumor gets backed up by a picture, that shows ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER and CHRISTIAN BALE on the set of T4.
Get the full story on LATINO REVIEW.
007 kicking ass again. Here is the new QUANTUM OF SOLACE trailer:
And you can get it in QuickTime HD here.
This is almost breaking news. Variety reports that COLUMBIA PICTURES hired the co exec-producers of "THE OFFICE" to pen a new GHOSTBUSTERS sequel with THE ORIGINAL CAST consisting of HAROLD RAMIS, DAN AYKROYD, ERNIE HUDSON and BILL MURRAY.
The scribes LEE EISENBERG and GENE STUPNITSKY just finished writing YEAR ONE a movie that HAROLD RAMIS directed. RAMIS on the other hand co-wrote the first two GHOSTBUSTERS movies with DAN AYKROYD. This indicates how close all the people involved are and that this is the real deal. Get the full story here.
Producer JERRY BRUCKHEIMER (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN) is planing a movie about German WWII general Erwin Rommel called KILLING ROMMEL. The movie is based on a recently released book with the same title, written by STEPHEN PRESSFIELD. There isn't a trailer out for KILLING ROMMEL, but AICN posted a little video about PRESSFIELDS book that might help to imagine what the movie would be like. Check it out:
Over at IGN they have a brandnew trailer for KEVIN SMITHS upcoming comedy ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO. I love KEVIN SMITH and think the trailer is hilarious. The Cast is great. SETH ROGEN and ELIZABETH BANKS play ZACK and MIRI, JUSTIN LONG is in the flick aswell as JASON MEWES ("JAY" in the JAY AND SILENT BOB flicks) and JEFF ANDERSON ("RANDAL" in CLERKS). Can't wait for this one. Here's the trailer:
Comic genius MARK MILLAR (WANTED, KICK-ASS, THE ULTIMATES) might start working on a new SUPERMAN franchise. In a 10-minute interview with G4 the comic author said that he has been asked to write a SUPERMAN movie.
“A director approached me about three months ago,” Millar said. “and he said ‘look, [Bryan Singer's] The Man Of Steel might not be happening. If that doesn’t happen, it has been spoken about the possibility of me coming in, would you like to write it?’ And I was like Yeah.”In the interview he talks about his idea on how this new SUPERMAN franchise might look. He wants to do a seven hour version of SUPERMAN split in three different movies.
“I’ve had this plan for like 10 years for a big three-picture Superman thing, like a big Lord of the Rings epic, starting over from scratch again with a seven-hour Superman story. And hopefully release them one year after another,” continued Millar. “If it works out, we’ll have to start shooting next summer.”
MILLAR already penned a SUPERMAN spin-off called RED SON. In RED SON SUPERMAN did not land in Kansas and grew up on a farm, but instead he crashs into the Soviet Union. The comic follows the common concept of "alternate histories", which is often found in Science-Fiction ( lots of comics deal with storylines like "what if the Germans won WWII or what if the South won the Civil War etc.). It's not a parody, more like a dark scenario with known (superhero) characters. It was a very interesting shot at a wellknown franchise, kinda like FRANK MILLERS "THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS".
Since the SUPERMAN -just like the BATMAN- franchise is based in the D.C. comic universe, this could be "the next big thing" to hit the big screen. IF it happens.
Check out the full interview MILLAR gave G4:
Well it's kinda well known, that director MICHAEL BAY likes to blow shit off. But this looks really...real. Well, it is real. Someone filmed "behind the scenes" an explosion that was shoot for TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN. It kinda looks impressive and one have to wonder: What if they didn't get the angle they wanted? Anyways, take a look:
The new MAX PAYNE trailer looks nice. My only fear though is, that the movie will last five hours, because everything is in slow-motion, which makes it so much longer to tell a story...
When RICKY GERVAIS invented THE OFFICE who would've known, that this will become one of the biggest comedy franchises of all times? Over a half dozen countries have their own version of THE OFFICE. In Germany it's called STROMBERG and is without a doubt one a the very few examples of great German comedy.
Now the Hollywoodreporter.com reports, that German production company BRAINPOOL is working on a STROMBERG release for the big screen.
Great news for all German OFFICE fans. Can't wait to see BERND STROMBERG molesting his co-workers for two hours!
Wanna see JOSH BROLIN as GEORGE W. BUSH? Check out this little clip:
I'm so curious about this flick. Will they mock Bush, will they honor him? Maybe both? Fact of the matter is, JOSH BROLIN is a kick ass Bush!
PAUL WALKER and VIN DIESEL do it again. Will this flick win an Oscar? Probably not. But it can't be worse than the MUMMY 3... that's at least something. The Trailer goes something like this:
I'm always up for Zombie flicks. There can never be enough of good old head-smashin', blood-spillin', gut-shootin' undead bashing.
I guess that's what WOODY HARRELSON thought, as he signed up to star in ZOMBIELAND directed by a pretty unknown dude called RUBEN FLEISCHER. Well that's not the worst name, to direct a Zombie-Comedy, is it?
The Plot revolves around a mismatched pair of survivors who find friendship and redemption in a world overrun by zombies. Harrelson plays one of the men, a zombie fighter named Albuquerque.
Source: Hollywoodreporter
JASON STATHAM driving around and kicking asses. Business as usual...
Check out the a new bunch of posters for OLIVER STONES biopic "W" about GEORGE W. BUSH! (click to get the bigger picture...)
BEN AFFLECK will most likely star in the new comedy by MIKE JUDGE (OFFICE SPACE, IDIOCRACY, BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD). I really dig MIKE JUDGE. OFFICE SPACE is without a doubt one of my favourite and IDIOCRACY one of the most underrated comedies. The flick is called EXTRACT and besides AFFLECK, MILA KUNIS (THAT 70's SHOW, 'MONA SAX' in MAX PAYNE)and JASON BATEMAN (HANCOCK, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT) will join the cast aswell.
The plot is about a flower extract factory owner dealing with workplace problems and a streak of bad luck, including his wife's affair with a gigolo. Sounds kinda strange... but hey, it's MIKE JUDGE.
More on this at Variety.
ROBERT DE NIRO and AL PACINO team up in RIGHTEOUS KILL to kick some criminal ass. Both actors starred together in two films, never spend really much screen-time together though. In GODFATHER PART 2 you could see both actors, but since ROBERT DE NIRO played AL PACINOS father until MICHAEL CORLEONE was born, they didn't share the silver screen in a single scene.
In HEAT they were on opposite sides of the law, but only had a few scenes together. So basically RIGHTEOUS KILL is the first movie in which both will act together FOR REAL. So for me, being a huge DE NIRO and PACINO fan, this is a big deal. I hope they don't screw it up.
Here is a new trailer of RIGHTEOUS KILL (redband, meaning R-rated trailer, meaning foul language and hopefully violent).
And if you just watched the trailer, then this is really funny (and true...).
The POLL TALK is a new feature, where I will discuss the poll and it's outcome.
I did not see this coming!
The first POLL about the rumored GOONIES SEQUEL revealed a shocking truth: TOO MANY OF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE GOONIES!
This is shocking, as GOONIES is without a question one of the few classics, I thought EVERY PERSON ON EARTH knows. I guess it's a different thing, when you've just not been around when it came out. Maybe if you'd watch it now for the first time, you might wonder, what's so cool about that movie? Well, THE GOONIES came out in December 1985. I was 7 years old. Imagine it trough the eyes of a boy that thinks the greatest thing that could possibly happen in his life is getting a BMX bike for christmas...
The movie was written and produced by STEVEN SPIELBERG and CHRIS COLUMBUS. SPIELBERG had just reached the rank of the most talked about director in Hollywood, after hitting big in the Box Office with E.T. and the first to INDIANA JONES flicks. COLUMBUS on the other hand had huge success with his first flick GREMLINS. Since the INDY flicks where not rated for a younger audiences, they joined forces to create something like an INDY for kids. But not in a bad-let's make 'em sing songs and shoot rainbows out of their belly-way, but in a cool way. THE GOONIES was everything you could dream for if you saw it as kid. It was funny, scary, thrilling, fast, mysterious, adventerous. In short: It was a blast! It made every kid go up to grandpa's attic and search for treasure and secret maps. It made you believe, that deep down, under the house of your weird looking neighbour, there lies a secret passageway to some great cavern that hold truckloads of gold. Or candy.
For those of you, who haven't seen it: I can not guarantee you, that you will love it as much as my generation did, but I guarantee you a hell of a good time and storytelling the oldschool way. RENT IT, BUY IT, FUCK DOWNLOAD IT, I DON'T CARE... BUT WATCH IT.
As for the poll outcome:
Only 13% would love to see a sequel. 36% would rather pass on a sequel, because they fear it would destroy a classic. And 50 fucking % haven't seen the first one.
I think I'm a 13% guy on this one. Reason is: I don't see how even a bad sequel will affect my memories on the first one. It's a win to win situation. If it's cool: YAY.
If not: Who cares?
It's kinda like the recently released LOST BOYS SEQUEL (it's called THE TRIBE, but you really really shouldn't bother with this one...). Of course it's sucked donkey balls, but I still love the first one. I just don't consider the second one a "real" sequel. But maybe... they somehow make GOONIES 2 a great sequel, back to the roots and just like the old one. Maybe they'd do it. And if they'd do, I wouldn't want to miss it. So go on. Make GOONIES 2 and if it sucks, I'll pretend it never happened. Kinda like with MATRIX 3...
Every day another news about INGLRIOUS BASTARDS. According to the SIMON PEGG BLOG on MySpace, PEGG will not be part of QUENTIN TARANTINOS WWII flick. Here is what he wrote:
Much to our mutual disappointment, I won't be appearing in QT's forthcoming Inglorious Bastards due to insurmountable scheduling difficulties. We really tried to make it work but in the end, it just was not possible without severe ramifications elsewhere.
I'm trying to remain upbeat, as Tom Selleck said "Who the hell is Indiana Jones anyway?"
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Finally! It took five weekends to dethrone THE DARK KNIGHT at the U.S. Box Office. BEN STILLER and his TROPIC THUNDER made it possible.
Oh and STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS grossed only $ 15 million... reviews are even worse. It's not that I care too much, but it makes me sad to see, how they kill a lovely franchise.
And by "they" I mean GEORGE LUCAS...
There have been several rumors about PUNISHER: WARZONE being PG-13 rated. I didn't write anyting about it, because it was clearly bullshit. Anyone who's seen the trailer would agree, that a PG-13 PUNISHER:WARZONE would probably be 15 minutes long... Now the cinematographer of WARZONE, Steve Gainer, put those rumors to bed. Aintitcool has more on this.
The new HARRY POTTER flick has just been pushed back for a July 17th 2009 release, reports Variety.
Allegedly WARNER BROS. wants to heat up their summer Box Office income. However this will not have an effect on the release of DEATHLY HALLOWS, the final chapter of the Potter franchise.
Hallows will still be split in two movies, the first coming in Fall 2010 and the second aiming for a summer 2011 release.
(click to enlarge)A DARK KNIGHT sequel, though very likely to come, has yet to be announced.
STEVE CARELL (GET SMART, 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN, THE OFFICE) and TINA FEY (30 ROCK) will team up for a 20th Century Fox comedy named DATE NIGHT.
Both actors are very successful with their NBC shows and are competing for the EMMYS in the category "Best Comedy".
DATE NIGHT is directed by SHAWN LEVY (NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM) and written by JOSH KLAUSNER (SHREK THE THIRD)
This is actually not a casting rumor, but a definite decision according to Variety.
MIKE MYERS (AUSTIN POWERS) will join the cast of INGLORIOUS BASTARDS.
Myers will play British Gen. Ed Fenech, a military mastermind who takes part in hatching a plot to wipe out Nazi leaders.
Shooting for BASTARDS will start on October 13th in Germany.
My favourite TV show is coming back in September. It's the only show I can honestly say. It's done from men for men. This is the manly version of SEX AND THE CITY. There is no other show, that makes you feel so good and in the same time makes you wonder "Why is my life not like this?".
Season 5 of ENTOURAGE starts on September 7th:
JAKE GYLLENHAAL is THE PRINCE OF PERSIA. Literally. Take a look:
PRINCE OF PERSIA: SANDS OF TIME, based on the same titled videogame, is directed by MIKE NEWELL (DONNIE BRASCO, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE) and features BEN KINGSLEY and ALFRED MOLINA. It's due for a release in May 2010(!).
More pics of half-naked GYLLENHAAL can be found here.
In respect to the letter "C" in SMAC, I hereby present you a CHICK. Of course not just "a" CHICK, but A CHICK YOU MIGHT DIG...
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AMBER HEARD
She is one of the hottest new chicks Hollywood has to offer. You might know her from the actually pretty neat Slasher ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE. She was one of the cute chicks in ALPHA DOG and she's is currently storming the U.S. Box Office with PINEAPPLE EXPRESS. Oh and let's not forget she starred in NEVER BACK DOWN, that recently hit Germany as THE FIGHTERS. The name kinda sums the plot up pretty good. It's about some guys, that fight. Innit.
Nevertheless AMBER HEARD is on her way to fame and stardom in Hollywood. I fell in love with her when I saw MANDY LANE a couple of weeks ago. I was hypnotized by her performance and boy am I looking forward for her in THE INFORMERS (written by BRET EASTON ELLIS' [AMERICAN PSYCHO]).
The German Trailer to FAR CRY has just been released.
Check it out here:
The videogame adaption starts October 2nd is directed by UWE BOLL and features TIL SCHWEIGER. Do the math...
The comedian suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body's organs, but had said the condition went into remission in 2005. He recently was hospitalized and treated for pneumonia, which his publicist said was not related to the disease.
BERNIE MAC was known for his appearances in movies like OCEANS ELEVEN, BAD SANTA or CHARLIES ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE. He also had his own Show called THE BERNIE MAC SHOW.
He passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital. MAC was 50 years old.
BERNIE MAC may have not been the greatest actor, but I really liked his comedic style a lot. He was great alongside BILLY BOB THORNTON in BAD SANTA. I thought he was a rather good replacement for BILL MURRAY in CHARLIES ANGELS 2 and not to forget he was a great StandUp Comedian:
R.I.P :-(
Ever since I saw the trailer to Pineapple Express, which is perfeclty edited to MIAs Paper Planes, I had wanted to see that film. But trailers can often fool you. When you see Pineapple Express you might get a lot more then you bargained for. And that is not necessirally a good thing. What I mean is, that Pineapple Express isn't just an ordinary stoner comedy, it is actually more of a stoner action flick.
Rogen plays once again the role he does so well: the likable underdog with flaws but is good at heart. Mostly stoned out of his mind, he goes about his everyday job. It all goes wrong though once he buys a special kind of weed called Pineapple Express from his dealer Saul (James Franco). As Dale (Rogen) smokes a joint in his car before he can call it a day, he becomes witness to a brutal murder and flees the scene. The only evidence left behind is the joint he threw out. In shock of what he just saw, Dale ends up at Sauls place. But as luck might have it, the people who Dale saw murder someone, happen to be supplying that weed to Saul. And since Saul is the only one selling Pineapple Express, they find out pretty quickly who to look for.
This film heavily relies on the two main characters. And they do have their funny moments. There are the typical stoner conversations that you will catch yourself chuckling at, though the acting at times can be quite amateurish. Franco plays the pothead a bit too over the top to be really believable. Overall, the relationship between Saul and Dale doesn't feel natural though. Their friendship seems too forced and therefore moments that show emotions are not really touching.
As I said in the beginning, Pineapple Express is also packed with action. Some of it is so gruesome that you can't help but laugh. The two killers played by Kevin Corrigan and Craig Robinson share some great onscreen time and even have more chemistry than Franco and Rogen. And then there also is Red played by Danny McBride - who certainly is the secret star of the movie - the middleman between Saul and the headhoncho Ted (Gary Cole from Office Space). Some of the stuff that McBride delivers is just freaking hilarious.
Besides some of the acting I felt that the editing of the movie wasn't that good. Some of it feels chopped together without a right sense of direction. But that could also be attributed to the script of the film.
In the end Pineapple Express isn't the supergrow of stonerflicks it would like to be. It is more of a constant mellow trip. But besides the flaws I did feel entertained. Not laughing-my-balls-off entertained but entertained nonetheless. But if you are going to see only one movie this summer with Judd Apatow's name attached to it, I would make it Step Brothers.
Something is about this website. I finally figured out how to enable the comments for people that don't have a blogger account. In short:
YOU CAN NOW USE THE COMMENTS TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS!
There have been quite some rumors about a MUTT WILLIAMS spinoff or a SHIA LaBOEF as new INDIANA JONES. As horrifying as this might sound, apparently GEORGE LUCAS has no plans to continue the INDY franchise without HARRISON FORD, he told Time.com:
"He is Indiana Jones," Lucas said of Ford. "If Indiana Jones wasn't in it, you'd have to call it Mutt Williams and the search for Elvis. ... "Yeah, it's Mutt Williams and the search for Elvis."
[...]
"The franchise really depends on me coming up with a good idea," Lucas said. "And that series is very research-intensive. So we're doing research now to see if we can't come up with another object for him to chase ... hopefully we'll come up with something."
Well, I kinda feel like I've been waiting for a good idea by LUCAS for quite some time too...
Rumors of a sequel to THE GOONIES go way back. I think the first came up when GOONIES 2 the videogame came out for the NES back in 1987. Ever since fans of the first movie, mostly people around my age that were kids when the movie came out, are longing for a sequel. Allthough there have been several reports of people that have worked on scripts and stuff like that, a GOONIES sequel has never officially been announced. It still hasn't to this day. BUT there are new rumors. Clint from Moviehole.net has a bunch of new info from a "secret source". Check it out:
A very, very, very good source – if I revealed his name, you’d know straight away this was a solid bit of news – informed me a few days ago that “the sequel Corey Feldman has been telling media will never happen”, one “Goonies 2”, is indeed… happening. (And I don't blame the Felddog for assuming it's never going to happen either - this one's been rumoured longer than the talking fridge).
Now I don't know when it's going to happen, because it has been on the drawing boards for a good decade now ("Star Trek" and "Transformers" scribe Robert Orci told me today that he was involved in a draft in about 1998), but it does seem to be inching forward.
So what have I been told? well, Warner Bros are finally going to give it the respect it deserves – this will be a large-scale theatrical release.. a tentpole. It will not be a direct-to-video release.
(A source at Warner Bros has since confirmed this - saying they are developing it as a major movie, but won't share anything other than that. Nothing we didn't already know though).
I can't say how reliable this source is. It sounds great though. I'm not much into X-Files, but let me say this: I WANT TO BELIEVE!
I guess will figure out what it's worth sooner or later.
Check out Moviehole.net for the full scoop.
BRAD PITT has officially signed on to star in QUENTIN TARANTINOS WWII drama INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, reports Variety.
While PITT is confirmed to play Lieutenant Aldo Raine, a Tennessee hillbilly who assembles a team of eight Jewish-American soldiers to take on the Nazis, several other names of people to star in the movie are coming up. It seems like NASTASSJA KINSKI is in talks to play one of the sole female roles in the film.
SIMON PEGG (HOT FUZZ, SHAUN OF THE DEAD), DAVID KRUMHOLTZ ("GOLDSTEIN" in the HAROLD & KUMAR flicks) and B.J. NOVAK (THE OFFICE - US) are in talks to join the cast and play PITTS underlings.
Also several german sources, like Der Tagesspiegel, report that german actors DANIEL BRÜHL (GOOD BYE LENIN) and TIL SCHWEIGER (KEINOHRHASEN) met TARANTINO in Berlin to talk about possible roles.
Shooting of "BASTARDS" will begin in Germany in October and Tarantino hopes to have the picture ready for next year's Cannes Film Festival in France, according to Daily Variety.
Saw these two movies lately. I'm gonna cut straight to the chase and not waste too much time talking about the story of either movie.
Mummy 3
The first Mummy flick with Brendan Fraser was not too bad. It tried to follow the footsteps of Indiana Jones, but never reached the quality of any of the fims starring Harrison Ford. There were some good ideas but just too much CGI stuff. The second part didn't really improve the franchise and just got more ridiculous. And now part 3 is here...
...and sunk the ship once an for all. Rachel Weisz who played Brendan Fraser's love interest in the previous installments knew why she didn't sign on again: the script and story is just not good. First off, a mummy, for my part, is from egypt, lives in a pyramide and looks like it has a toiletpaperfetish. And I don't want to hear: "But other cultures have mummified their leaders too." When I go to see a movie like that, I don't really give a damn about history. And I bet when the word "mummy" is tossed into room full of people, they for sure as hell won't be thinking of an asian one made of clay.
Besides getting a mummy that's not really a mummy, Brendan Fraser and his "new" wife Maria Bello get in quarrels about rising their annoying meathead son. Most of the the jokes feel out of place and too constructed to really start a spark. Mummy 3 might not be horrible, it's just worse than the previous installment.
Stepbrothers
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly meet in this over the top R rated comedy about two middleaged guys who all of a sudden become stepbrothers and end up living under the same roof. Of course they don't like each other and trouble ensues.
While many movies pick up a great idea but ultimately don't really execute it that well or are too tame. Neither can be said about this flick. This film would never have worked if it would have gotten a PG-13 rating. It is the the combination of Ferrell and Reilly not holding back yet acting like a bunch of mildly retarded idiots that makes this film so good. There are so many funny situations in this movie that it is hard to pick your favorite. You can actually tell they had fun filiming this one. It might not be as good as Anchorman but Ferrell and Reilly could be the new Sonny and Cher. And when they sing their tune, you will laugh your balls off.
Well, if one man made a name for himself for his unpredictable casting decisions, it would be QUENTIN TARANTINO. He casted JOHN TRAVOLTA against all odds for PULP FICTION and revived his career. But at least TRAVOLTA was an actor...
TARANTINO officially announced that his director pal ELI ROTH (HOSTEL) will play Sgt. Donnie Donowitz, a Jewish Nazi hunter in his upcoming movie INGLORIOUS BASTARDS. Now, I won't say it's wrong to cast a director and friend instead of some talented actor, but at least I'm sceptical. Than again... it's QT.
BUT...
BRITNEY SPEARS?
This no joke. According to The Telegraph, TARANTINO wants the troubled Popstar in his RUSS MEYER remake of FASTER PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!
"Quentin is convinced Britney will be brilliant. She's delighted. She thinks it could turn her career around. It is perfect Tarantino material. He wanted to get Britney first. She's playing the most important character."Sounds promising.
Spears' character murders the boyfriend with her bare hands before taking the girlfriend hostage. The singer will also have sex scenes with another girl before the drama ends in a blood-bath.
This is a tough one. Even for a QT fanboy like me...
I wonder though, how reliable this "source" is, that The Telegraph mentions.
Director KEVIN SMITH (CLERKS) has been in quite some trouble with the MPAA for some weeks now. The MPAA is responsible for the movie ratings in the United States. After a first screening of SMITHS new movie ZACK & MIRI MAKE A PORNO, the MPAA rated the movie with NC-17, which could have been desastrous for the movies Box Office takings. NC-17 means, that anyone younger than 17 is not allowed to watch the movie. With an R rating, those under 17 can see it in the company of an adult.
In the past weeks SMITH had to recut several parts of the movie and yesterday was the day that KEVIN SMITH and producer SCOTT MOSIER were set for the MPAA’s appeal screening, in which they had the chance to watch the movie with a select audience of members, then make a verbal appeal for the film's "R" rating. As we know by now, SMITH and MOSIER won the appeal and "PORNO" will indeed be R-Rated.
More on this here.
And the DVD will hopefully be NC-17, if you know what I mean...
UWE BOLL is directing, TIL SCHWEIGER takes the lead and of course it's an videogame adaption: FAR CRY.
While the videogame kicked major ass, my guess for this flick is, it makes even previous BOLL movies look cool. This is a strong contender for worst movie of the year. Enjoy the offcial movie poster:
Haven't I seen this before? Like almost 20 years ago?
In respect to the letter "C" in SMAC, I hereby present you a CHICK. Of course not just any CHICK, but A CHICK YOU MIGHT DIG...
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ELIZABETH BANKS
Beautiful ELIZABETH BANKS will star alongside SETH ROGEN in KEVIN SMITHS new movie ZACK & MIRI MAKE A PORNO. Also we will see her as LAURA BUSH in OLIVER STONES biopic "W", where she plays the wife of GEORGE W. BUSH.
You might know her from...
SCRUBS, where she played Dr. Kim Briggs, the mother of J.D's child. Or from INVINCIBLE, where she fell in love with Football legend VINCE PAPALE played by MARK WAHLBERG. And let's not forget how she lost RYAN REYNOLDS to ISLA FISHER in DEFINETLY, MAYBE...
Videogame adaption MAX PAYNE might get a PG-13 rating, making it more family friendly, than the game it's based on. According to a TotalFilm coverage, MARK WAHLBERG and the rest of the cast weren't allowed to cuss and drop die "F-Bomb". Here is a snippet:
Ludacris: "Just because it might be PG-13, doesn’t mean there won’t be action and excitement."
Wahlberg: "It’s like Sin City with a little more reality, but why swear? What are you trying to prove? Too much swearing would make it less – not more – adult. There was no need for me to drop the ‘F’-bomb, y’know? John and I just made sure that Max has an arsenal of weapons and cool dialogue – which is far more powerful than just cussing all the time. Neither of us wanted to hide behind bad language. We just wanted as many people to see it as possible."
[...] But there is gunplay, assassins, fist-fights, drugs, death, sex... In censor-board terms, there are definitely ‘adult themes’...Well, I think you can have all of that without showing too much blood,” shrugs Wahlberg. “It’s just not needed. We didn’t want to make some big gorefest."
Sounds more like SIN CITY without balls to me.
And what's up with that "we want as many people to see it as possible"-bullshit? Let them watch it, when they're old enough. I couldn't watch ROBOCOP when it came out...
Damn!
The Los Angeles Times reports about a ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, who was recently shown some footage of TERMINATOR SALVATION. Here is what the Governor had to say:
"I still don't know how it will play out with this one. They showed me some footage, but I don't have a feel for the movie. I didn't see enough. I wasn't sure who the Terminator was. I don't know if there is one or if he's the star or the hero. These are the things that determine the success and how the strong the movie will be. I hope they do well, and I hope it is a huge hit. I do hope it creates a spectacle on the screen. That is what James Cameron created."
He was also asked, if he'd miss being in the movie or feel some sort of loss when he saw the footage.
"No, the same thing happened with bodybuilding. Seven times I won the Mr. Olympia title, a record, no one had done that. Then someone else [South Carolina native Lee Haney] won it eight times. Do I sit and say, 'Darn it, my record is gone' or 'Darn, I'm not up there on stage.' No, because I've moved into other phases of my life. I moved on from bodybuilding into entertainment. Then I moved on from entertainment into a political life. Now this is the most exciting experience of my life. When this movie comes out, I won't be sitting there saying, 'Why can't I do that?' I hope it makes a lot of money and is very successful."Well, I don't know much about the Governors politics, but as far as TERMINATOR goes... it will be hard to step in those T-800 shoes. Even for CHRISTIAN BALE...
This doesn't sound good. Let's hope, that this great actor recovers well!
I quote from Variety:
Morgan Freeman was seriously injured in a car accident in Mississsippi Sunday night.*UPDATE*According to the Associated Press, Freeman was hurt at around 11:30 p.m. outside of Ruleville, Miss., and was immediately airlifted to a hospital in Memphis. Police reports say Freeman was heading eastbound on Highway 32 when his car went off the road and flipped several times.
A spokesman for the Regional Medical Center says Freeman is in serious condition. The center where Freeman is being treated is a teaching hospital and medical facility.
There was also a woman passenger in Freeman’s car, but there is no word on her condition.
Freeman, 71, was said to be talking before being taken to the hospital. The Oscar-winning actor, currently co-starring in "The Dark Knight," lives in Mississippi.
Morgan Freeman has undergone surgery on his left arm and is expected to leave hospital later this week just days after he was involved in a serious car crash.
Freeman and a female passenger had to be cut free from the wreckage and airlifted to the Regional Medical Center (The Med) in Memphis, Tennessee on Sunday night, after the actor lost control of his vehicle on the highway near his home in Charleston, Mississippi.
The 71-year-old suffered a broken arm and shoulder when he flipped his car over in the crash.
And Freeman's publicist Donna Lee has confirmed The Dark Knight star is making progress and looking forward to returning home.
Source: IMDB
THE DARK KNIGHT is still regining the american BOX OFFICE.
Not even big franchise contender THE MUMMY - TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR
could claim the BO throne against BATMAN.
THE DARK KNIGHT is on top of the domestic box office for the third week in a row, taking in an estimated $43.8 million and edging out the debut of Universal's MUMMY, which took in $42.4 million.
MUMMY bested KNIGHT on a per-theater basis, however, coming in with an average of $11,303 at 3,760 theaters versus $9,939 for Knight at 4,266 theaters. The results left KNIGHT sitting on the edge of $400 million at $395 million after 17 days in release. Many analysts predicted the film could cross the magic number by today (Monday), it's 18th day in release, thereby setting yet another record.
Previously the record for hitting $400 million in ticket sales in the shortest amount of time is held by last year's SHREK THE THIRD, which did it in 43 days. Many analysts have also begun predicting that the movie has a strong possibility of surpassing TITANIC, which holds the record as the biggest earner of all time with $601 million.
source: imdb.com
Finally the trailer for TERMINATOR SALVATION has officially been released in HD. Enough with the crappy Comic Con cam-versions.... (I want TR2N next!)
Check it out at Apple's trailer booth
Variety reports, that ROBERT DE NIRO "almost" signed to play with MEL GIBSON in movie called EDGE OF DARKNESS. The flick is directed by MARTIN CAMPBELL (GOLDEN EYE, CASINO ROYALE) and penned by WILLIAM MONAHAN (KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BODY OF LIES).
It's the story about a Cop (GIBSON) who's daughter is killend on his own doorstep. The cop assumes he was the target, but his investigation leads in another direction and uncovers his daughter's secret life, a corporate cover-up and government collusion. DE NIRO will play an operative sent to clean up the evidence.
The movie is based one a BBC mini-series that CAMPBELL directed in 1985 and that goes under the same name.
DBThemovie.com published four new picutres of the upcoming Anime adaption DRAGONBALL. JUSTIN CHATWIN (THE INVISIBLE) will play GOKU in the live-action version of one of the most succesfull Animes of all time. Check out the pictures to get a glimpse of the pretty western-y look:
Goku:
Mai:
ChiChi:
This is so overdue. One of the coolest and most vicious villains in superhero history is very likely to get his own franchise.
With Heath Ledger's villainous Joker drawing attention and boxoffice dollars, Sony is moving forward with VENOM a potential SPIDER-MAN spinoff based on a bad guy, reports The Hollywod Reporter.This is great news, as I really loved the VENOM comics. Like most fans, I was greatly disappointed by the way the character was treated and dealt with in SPIDER-MAN 3. According to THR TOPHER GRACE will NOT play VENOM in the spinoff, as Sony is aiming for a bigger star.
I keep you posted as this will certainly generate more interest and exciting news in the future...
In the next issue of Empire Magazine, there will be a big special about WATCHMEN with a bunch of new infos and pictures. Here's a little impression (click to enlarge):
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