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Archive for June, 2007
Friday, June 15th, 2007
Looking kinda cute – but still being totally tragic – as she shops for cars, Thursday in LA.
Britney is asking her “fans” to help name her new album. However, you have to pay $25 to be a member of her fan club to leave your suggestion.
Screw that!
We will send the recovering addict your entries – free of charge.
“I think Britney’s new album should be called _________.“
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
If you are in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut or anywhere near there…
Then join us tonight at our party at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City.
It’s gonna be peppered!
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
Several sites have reported that Disney has picked July 10, 2009 as the release date for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. My guess is that this got written on a whiteboard at some strategic planning meeting, in answer to the question, “Hey, if we made that Prince of Persia movie, when would we release it?”
It’s a perfectly good date, but I have no idea if there will be a movie to show. I don’t know if it’s getting made, or who’s directing, or who’s starring. No one knows, not even the people signing the checks. It’s still a project in development.
At this point, it’s fair to ask, “Hey John! Aren’t you executive producing Prince of Persia? Shouldn’t you be providing us readers with all the inside scoop?”
I’ll pass, thanks.
In fact, this is the last I’ll mention of Prince of Persia. Every time I bring it up, I get besieged with headshots from would-be princes, and re-ignite the debate about ancient ethnicity, a subject I have no particular interest or authority to address. The downside of making myself accessible is that people feel entitled to share their opinions, repeatedly and sometimes impolitely. I can handle that for one of my movies. But this is not my movie to make, and it’s not my movie to explain or defend.
I hope it gets made. I hope it’s terrific. I am basically an ocean of hope. But whatever happens, Prince of Persia will never be “my movie” the way Go, Big Fish, or The Nines are. I enjoyed babysittting the prince, but he’s not my kid. I’ll leave it to the real parents to speak for him.
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
 Entertainment Weekly have scooped a look at the new Bat Suit and someone over at SuperHeroHype has nicely scanned it in for the whole world to see. What do we think? It looks pretty much the same, really. Which is probably a good thing. It does seem to be a bit more streamlined, maybe Batman will be able to run faster or something. Personally, I don’t see what was wrong with the old grey pyjamas that Adam West wore. If it’s good enough for Adam, it’s good enough for us.
Check out the new suit compared to the old suit and marvel at the difference.
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
 The Coen brothers’ latest is an adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel, No Country for Old Men. To put it crudely, the plot is effectively A Simple Plan meets Terminator 2 meets US Marshalls. A humble hunter (Josh Brolin) stumbles on some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than 2 million dollars cash. He takes it, little realising that one of the most terrifying screen villains to ever grace… the screen… is on his trail. Along with sheriff Tommy Lee Jones. As you would expect from the dynamic duo, it received rave reviews at Cannes and is looking to be one of the best films of the year. Except that we Europeans won’t get to see it this year. No Country for Old Men won’t hit Irish and British cinemas until February 2008, which is a bit of a kick in the balls. If you’re American, then we envy you because you’ll be seeing it on November 9 this year.
Trailer
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom, Home Entertainment, Images  The internet covers a lot of life's ground. You can research historical events, read popular media, watch movies and of course, you can interact with friends and strangers across the globe. But there's something the net has really been lacking. Everywhere you turn, there are fully-clothed women who could barely cover more skin if they were clad in burkas, parkas and head-to-toe body armor. Where on earth can you see some female skin? I mean heck, naked men are everywhere, but women just hide away in the shadows ... until now! Fellow movie site, JoBlo, has been renovating lately and in their fiddling they've launched MovieHotties.com. The site's mandate: "to see that everyone who is surfing the Net with their pants ON (if your pants were off, you'd be on lolitamegs.com or something) has a sweet place in which to drop ... from time to time, to hear all about the latest in these women's lives, their careers ... as well as stare at pictures of their hoho's." Gee, I didn't realize there weren't places like that on the net! No longer will there be desperate pleas for female nudity. The site offers the oft-used link-story-link setup that gives you headlines to the left, such as "Uma Looks Very Yummy!" and then name links on the right. Since the list is in alphabetical order, Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai is lucky woman #1. Her links is still in need of a "hottie pic," but she's already got four votes, putting her at 6.5/10 and a headline below that reads "Indian hottie likes to sin." ... is this the answer to your Internet dreams? Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Celebrities and Controversy, Exhibition, 20th Century Fox, Remakes and Sequels .jpg) We at Cinematical have had our share of feuds with publicists just like every other site, but we've always been on good terms with Fox publicist Tiffany Chen. I know her to be nothing less than a professional and someone who is responsive and helpful and a generally friendly person, and I was quite surprised to see the Chud.com post by Devin Faraci that accused her of acting unprofessional and rude at last night's Silver Surfer screening, which was by all accounts, a circus. Cinematical's managing editor Erik was there, and nearly walked out after having to sit next to a homeless person, among other things.
If you want the specific list of charges Devin hurls at Tiffany, you can read it here. Tiffany has chosen to release a response through us, which I'm going to begin quoting liberally from in a second, but first I just have to point out that this wouldn't be the first time Devin has gotten it wrong in the area of personal relations. I once went to a Fox Atomic event where, after a long night prior, I chose to sit quietly and sip some coffee and watch the proceedings. When I got home that night, several people pointed me to a similar rant by Devin that accused me of being unfriendly towards him. It ended with some kind of vague threat that I was going to be ostracized from the online film community because of it. I don't know what else to say about that.
Here is Tiffany, giving some background about last night's screening. "I am always really careful about RSVPs because I want to avoid situations like this. There is nothing worse than showing up for a screening/event and your name is not on the list. I read what Devin wrote on the site and the e-mail correspondance tells you exactly what happened. After I wrote back and told him about the screening, I asked him if he could make it with a guest. I got no reply that he was even coming -- with or without a guest. I send out dozens of invitations everyday and always need my contacts to reply back to let me know if they will be there. Most of them are really good about that, but sometimes people forget -- it happens. If I assume that everyone who received an invitation would be there, I would have a list three times as long. Carol Cundiff and Harvey Karten did send out invitations for this particular promo screening (not all-media) They always say that in order to attend, you must RSVP through me. This is especially why." Continue reading After Last Night's Wild 'Silver Surfer' Screening, Tiffany Chen Responds to Chud.com Slams Through Cinematical Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
 | | Wall•E - Teaser 1
The year is 2700. WALL•E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for. From Academy Award-winning director, Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo), WALL•E is the story of one robot’s comic adventures as he chases his dream across the galaxy.
Directed by: Andrew Stanton
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Willem Dafoe |
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
| | Wall-E - Teaser 1
The year is 2700. WALL•E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for. From Academy Award®-winning director, Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo), WALL•E is the story of one robot’s comic adventures as he chases his dream across the galaxy.
Directed by: Andrew Stanton
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Willem Dafoe |
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
 | | Mr. Bean’s Holiday - Trailer 1
Rowan Atkinson returns to the iconic role that made him an international star in Mr. Bean’s Holiday. In his latest misadventure, Mr. Bean—the nearly wordless misfit who seems to be followed by a trail of pratfalls and hijinks—goes on holiday to the French Riviera and becomes ensnared in a European adventure of cinematic proportions. Tired of the dreary, wet London weather, Bean packs up his suitcase and camcorder to head to Cannes for some sun on the beach. Ah…vacation. But his trip doesn’t go as smoothly as he had hoped when the bumbling Bean falls face first into a series of mishaps and fortunate coincidences, far-fetched enough to make his own avant-garde film.
Directed by: Steve Bendelack
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Willem Dafoe |
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