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May 3rd, 2007
Filed under: Animation, Comedy, Fandom, Movie Marketing, Images  While there has been no shortage of Simpson's movie marketing, I'll admit that some of it has been downright original, including real-life Kwik E Marts and competing Springfield's. Today on Present Cinema (or ÐаÑтоÑщее кино if you are brushing up on your Russian), six new international Teaser posters have been put online. This time around, they have abandoned the oh-so-familiar donut iconography and gone for straight character posters. There are five solo posters featuring Lisa, Maggie, Marge, and of course, Bart and Homer. Both Homer and Bart however, get an extra poster chronicling our favorite " horrible act of child abuse." Not to mention we get another partial look at a naked Bart, which Patrick had already warned us about. At least for decency sake they use the shot from the film with a French Fry covering up anything too specific. Unless you have been in the witness protection program for the last year, there is probably not much I need to tell you about the highly anticipated big screen version of the long-running show. Already some early reactions to the film have hit the web, and so far most of the feedback has been positive. Although complaints about "side-character" screen time have popped up -- which seems like good news since it's not exactly the worst thing a fan could say about the film. Until The Simpson's Movie opens in July, we will just have to content ourselves with the next tidbit of news to head our way. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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May 3rd, 2007
Filed under: Drama, Celebrities and Controversy  Last year, La Lohan controversy was flying all around as she ticked off co-stars and filmmakers alike. Then, she went to rehab and it looked as though the news was finally coming to a close. However, in the last few months, she's been dropping starring roles. Sure, with a clear and sober mind she might have questioned her choices if she was starring in some terrible movies, but instead, she dropped out of the Dylan Thomas romance and Women of No Importance. Are these roles things she shouldn't have said yes to? I'm not following her logic. Whatever the case, Lindsay Lohan wants to be taken seriously. While the first step after getting sober should probably be keeping her commitments, she thinks it will be her role in I Know Who Killed Me. The role has her getting kidnapped and tortured, before being rescued and sent home with her saying that she's someone else. According to Hollywood.com, Lohan says: "I don't think there has been a role for an actress like this movie was for me in so long. At first I was like, 'I can't do this, I'm getting my legs cut off. I don't want to look like that in scenes; I want to look decent.' But that was just me being young and stupid." How about Charlize Theron? Or my personal favorite, Ellen Burstyn? But I should give her a break. If we know one thing about Lohan, it is that her logic is not necessarily our earth logic. When she continues about her role, I just want to shake her: "And I have my first sex scene in it, which I always said I wouldn't do. I wanted to do this movie so people can see that I'm a f**king actress." Oh, Lindsay. If you think partaking in a sex scene is what you need to do to be seen as an actress... But we're distracting her from her work (no, it's not the partying and controversy) and keeping her from her Academy path: "I want to get a nomination. I want to win an Oscar. I want to be known for more than, like, going out... I bust my ass when I'm filming and when I have time off, yeah, I like to go out and dance." Well, Lindsay, you used to be my favorite teen actress many moons ago, so I'd love to see you return to it. But girl, great acting is more than getting terrorized on film or partaking in sex scenes. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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May 3rd, 2007
Oh my lord. I've just stumbled across a website, "The Mercury Theatre on the Air" that posts sound files for all of the extant radio plays done by Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre in the late 1930s. Yes, they've got "War of the Worlds,"the 1938 broadcast that panicked a nation too impatient to listen to the station breaks. The shows star Welles, Agnes Moorhead, Everett Sloane, and everyone else who followed the boy wonder to "Citizen Kane."
The broadcasts are available via streaming MP3, RealPlayer, or you can get the whole kit and caboodle through BitTorrent. (Guess which one I'm going for.) Trust me, on that next long car trip, forget about putting "Ice Age 2" on the minivan DVD player. Instead, pop in Welles' version of "Dracula" and blow your kids' minds.
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May 2nd, 2007
 Two recent Frank Miller adaptations have made a ton of profit lately... maybe you've heard of them? (Hint: Sin City and 300). You may not be surprised that, according to Variety, Warner Brothers had picked up Miller's Ronin to turn into a live action movie.
The original Ronin comic followed the adventures of a misbegotten samurai that accidently allowed the assassination of his old master to take place. There will also be a shape-shifting monster thrown in the mix. The film will follow the dead master's sword into 21st century New York, where the ronin and the demon will battle it out above skyscrapers.
Director Sylvain White ( Stomp the Yard) will shoot the film in a similar fashion as to the way 300 was shot. The budget will be only $65 million, but White's pretty lucky - the director hasn't done anything close to something of this magnitude.
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May 2nd, 2007
 Wrestling should stay inside the ring. Only a few months after WWE Films gave pro wrestlers Kane and John Cena a chance at showing off their fighting skills in See No Evil and The Marine, it’s now Steve Austin’s turn to deliver his best holds and throws on the big screen.
In The Condemned, Austin plays one of ten death row inmates who get a shot at freedom if they participate in a deadly game on an isolated island. The rules are fairly simple: the contestants are wired with explosives and must battle each other to death; last man standing wins. (more…)
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May 2nd, 2007
 Be sure to double-check the amenities before checking into Vacancy, because what may sound like your average gory thriller in which ruthless psychopaths butcher helpless victims is in fact quite a different experience.
The movie first introduces us to David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox (Kate Beckinsale), a married couple who checks into an isolated motel after their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Once settled in, they soon find themselves terrorized by killers trying to shoot their next snuff film. (more…)
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May 2nd, 2007
Filed under: Drama, Thrillers, Casting, Noir, Mystery & Suspense, MGM, Celebrities and Controversy  Even though I hated his Miami Vice movie, I still consider myself a fan of Michael Mann's work, and I continue to look forward to whatever he delivers next. And it looks like his next will be something to really, really look forward to. Variety reports that Mann will direct a film noir about a Hollywood murder investigation and that Leonardo DiCaprio is expected to play the detective. The project, which was packaged by CAA, is currently being shopped around to the studios with a script written by John Logan. The film will take place in the 1930s on the MGM lot and will apparently feature cameos from people like Judy Garland and Bugsy Siegel (people playing them, anyway). The plot will likely follow the detective as he is hired by the studio to clean up a scandal involving a starlet who may or may not have murdered her husband. The only other part of the script that has been revealed is that there will be a major shootout that takes place in the Trocadero nightclub on Sunset Boulevard. Despite the fact that no studio is yet confirmed (New Line has been revealed to have bid, but too low), the film will start shooting in February. There can never be too many period noirs set in Hollywood, which had a lot of interesting scandals during the golden era, but after the failure of The Black Dahlia some studios may be hesitant to think there's a chance for another L.A. Confidential. Still, with Mann, DiCaprio and Logan teamed up -- they all worked together on The Aviator, which Mann produced -- it will be difficult to lose with this film. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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May 2nd, 2007
I know, I know, half the world has already seen this, the latest viral-video hit. For the other half, here you go: Will Ferrell meets his landlady, from the reasonably amusing FunnyOrDie site.
Oh, don't feel bad for her, it's his daughter. This is just the beginning.
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May 2nd, 2007
The man with the Moe haircut and a knack for epic documentaries will be at the Coolidge tonight, showing selections from "The War," his new 14-hour film on World War II as experienced by four U.S. towns. Tickets are first come, first served and go on sale at 5 p.m. Grizzled WGBH supporters have had their tents set up outside the box office all week.
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May 2nd, 2007
The just-ended Independent Film Festival of Boston has announced their 2007 award winners:
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The Grand Jury Prizes went to Julia Loktev's "Day Night Day Night" (Narrative Feature) -- probably the best-regarded film in the entire festival -- Seth Gordon's "The King of Kong" (Documentary Feature), and Moon Molson's "Pop Foul" (Short Film).
Special Jury Prizes (i.e., second place) went to Reg Harkema's "Monkey Warfare" (Narrative Feature), David Redmon and Ashley Sabin's "Kamp Katrina" (Documentary Feature), and John Thompson's "Songbird" (Short Film).
If the jury prizes tend to reward filmmaking rigor, the audience awards generally favor pleasing experiences. This year's Audience Awards went to David Kaplan's "Year of the Fish" (Narrative Feature), Logan Smalley's "Darius Goes West" (Documentary Feature), and Cynthia Wade's "Freeheld" (Short Film).
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Special prizes: The Apple Programmer's Choice Award (presumably selected by the festival programmers) went to Steve Collins' "Gretchen." The Dewars Collective Choice Award (voted on by scotch drinkers everywhere?) went to "Year of the Fish." The Best Marketing award was given to Naomi Greenfield and Sara Taksler's "Twisted: A Balloonamentary".
See you next year, everybody.
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