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AFI's Moments Of Significance Make 2009 Look Pretty Lame
15 minutes ago
When the AFI releases their list of the top 10 films of a given year or century, we pay attention (like we did for this year's list). When they list the "moments of significance" in a given year, though, it's more like something to puzzle over in the absence of real news between holidays. So... yeah. Their list of "moments of significance" for 2009 includes "Avatar: James Cameron's Milepost in the Evolution of the Art Form," the death of Michael Jackson, Twitter and "2009- A Year of Extraordinary Animation." They also take a slight dig at Jay Leno and "the loss of drama," pointing out once again that NBC took away five hours of scripted programming in order to force America to spend more time with a guy even they don't like that much. Nothing on this list is all that surprising, but with the namechecking ranging from Leno and »
Delorean Time Machine For Sale On Ebay
32 minutes ago
If, at the age of 8, I could have conceived of something like eBay, I think Gary Weaver would have made my lifelong dream come true. He's the guy who is currently offering a "screen accurate" DeLorean for sale on eBay, modeled precisely after the time machine that takes Marty McFly back to 1955 in Back to the Future. I am serious when I say that I could probably come up with a few body parts to sell to help me cover the current $59,000 asking price (or I could buy it now for $89,000!) I mean, people pay that much money for cars that don't look like time machines. Why would you do that when you can now own a car equipped with a flux capacitor! Ok, the flux capacitor may or may not work, and apparently the "plutonium rods" in the back are fake. But! There's an Outatime license plate. There's a »
Iron Man 2 Reveals Black Widow Spoilers, Possibly
5 hours ago
I'd like to meet one person who didn't think the first trailer for Iron Man 2 was awesome. It gave movie geeks everything they could want without giving too much. A little bit of Robert Downey Jr. being way cooler than we can ever be. A little bit of Whiplash kicking some ass. A little bit of War Machine. And of course, a little bit of Scalett Johansson as Black Widow. Perhaps a little more than we originally thought (no, not boobies). MTV picked up on a small detail of the trailer that many of us missed, something that can't be entirely confirmed but something that might imply a major plot point. *Spoilers Ahead* A screen cap of the trailer at the 1:40 mark reveals what looks to be a patch on Black Widow's left arm (stage left) under her mess of curly hair. Although the patch is barely visible, »
The Next Star Trek Starts Filming And Being Awesome In 2010
6 hours ago
There's nothing better than a geek-friendly franchise that doesn't take fifteen years to get made. Christopher Nolan is amazing and all, but don't we all wish that he would learn how to make two movies at once so he can make another Batman sequel already? Same goes for Bryan Singer and the Superman franchise. It's fairly certain that while the first movie was divisive, the second would likely be a true epic. J.J. Abrams doesn't mess around like these guys. According to Star Trek star, Zoe Saldana, Abrams is on schedule to begin shooting the sequel to this summer's big hit next winter. Speaking to MTV, Zoe had this to say: "I spoke to J.J. and Bryan Burk, his producing partner at Bad Robot, and they are still in the middle of building the script with Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, and we'll probably be going into pre-production »
New How To Train Your Dragon Trailer Has Heritage
9 hours ago
DreamWorks isn.t Pixar. They.ve made Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, and then a bunch of other mildly entertaining movies which are mostly useless unless you.re looking for something to shut up your kids. But all of those movies, even the bad ones like Shrek the Third, have made a mint and so DreamWorks is using its past success as a means of convincing you to see their new effort, How to Train Your Dragon. It.ll probably work, but I.d rather see more of their new fire breathing creation. Still the new How to Train You Dragon trailer does contain at least some actual Dragon footage and even an occasional viking, wedged in after clips from Madagascar and Shrek. Watch it below: »
New Moon Is Yahoo's Most Watched Trailer Of 2009
12 hours ago
Have you had enough top ten lists yet? Well, here.s another one for you: Yahoo! Movies. top ten most-viewed trailers of 2009. Apparently this was a huge year for trailer streaming. The two that top the list were both viewed over 20 million times. It.s no surprise that those two trailers are for New Moon and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and it.s expected that they.re joined by the trailers for other blockbusters like 2012 and Terminator Salvation, but there.s one movie on the list that.s clearly a fish out of water. Can you find it? [1] The Twilight Saga: New Moon [2] Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen function getVideo() { var so = new SWFObject("http://cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com/storage/xplayer/yo033.swf", "mplayer", "566", "460", "8", "#000000"); so.addParam("swliveconnect", "true"); so.addParam("allowscriptaccess", "always"); so.addParam("allowfullscreen", "true"); so.addVariable("pid", " »
Second Inception Trailer: Always Imagine New Places
19 hours ago
The second, official trailer for Chris Nolan.s Deception has arrived and it offers clues to what the heck this thing may be about. It.s the same trailer that showed up last week in French, only it makes a lot more sense when you actually speak the language. It.s narrated by star Leo DiCaprio, who talks a lot about ideas and seems to be hinting at the notion that he.s trapped in some sort of world controlled by the human mind. Late in the trailer he says this to Ellen Page: .Never recreate from your memory, always imagine new places.. More than ever I.m starting to get a Dark City vibe off this movie, and not just because there.s a scene in which the city seems to be folding in on itself. It looks fantastic. Check out the brand new trailer for Inception in »
Youth In Revolt Clip: Zach Galifianakis Has Beer, And Jean Smart
19 hours ago
We have a brand new clip from Youth in Revolt in which The Hangover.s bearded master of weird Zach Galifianakis has his way with a beer, and then proposes to have his way with Jean Smart. He deserves it, The Hangover was really funny. Youth in Revolt on the other hand, the jury.s still out. It stars Michael Cera as a lovesick teen who decides to concoct a mustachioed, alternate, bad boy personality in order to get the girl. At some point this results in blowing things up. Check out the new Galifianakis powered clip below. »
Martin Campbell Assembling An Award-Winning Crew For Green Lantern
23 hours ago
Even though we don't yet know any of the names that will be part of the Green Lantern cast beyond Ryan Reynolds in the lead role, director Martin Campbell isn't wasting any time getting the below-the-line talent assembled. Superhero Hype is reporting that many of the key crew members are already on board, and there's no lack of Oscars among them. Dp Dion Beebe won a statue for his work with Rob Marshall on Memoirs of a Geisha, while production designer Grant Major and costume designer Ngila Dickson were both winners for Return of the King. Perhaps the most exciting crew member, though, is the one who hasn't won an Oscar-- Francois Audouy just finished doing concept art for Avatar, and was also the art director for Watchmen and the first Transformers, movies that may have their flaws but look great throughout. Of course talented people working on the set »
The Lovely Bones Wide Release Postponed Until January 15
23 hours ago
This won't be news to anyone outside of Los Angeles and New York City who wanted to catch Peter Jackson's newest film over the holiday weekend, but here goes anyway: Paramount has decided to hold off on a wide release of The Lovely Bones until January 15, in the wake of a critical drubbing and a perhaps belated realization that, whoah, there's a lot of competition out there. Instead, according to The Los Angeles Times, the studio will open Bones against new releases like The Spy Next Door and The Book of Eli, assuming correctly that there's a lot of people out there who would rather die than see either new release. It's not the worst strategy ever, even if it's a clear surrender in the Oscar race (other than Stanley Tucci's Best Supporting Actor nod) and an admission that this expensive movie is unlikely to be a hit. »
Is Brad Pitt In Sherlock Holmes After All?
23 hours ago
We've known for months that, if Guy Ritchie ever managed to include arch-nemesis Moriarty in his current incarnation of Sherlock Holmes, he would be played by Brad Pitt. The question that dogged everyone even up until the movie's release, though, was whether Pitt would actually be part of the new movie, as opposed to being brought on as the main villain for Holmes 2. Ok, I guess here come the Spoilers. If you've seen Holmes, you know that Moriarty is only shown behind dark shadows, and only heard as a gruff English voice speaking to Rachel McAdams' Irene Adler and showing off a fancy handgun or two. It never even occurred to me that it was Pitt's voice behind that English accent, but Ugo's Matt Patches asked Ritchie himself, and, well, Ritchie hedged. Patches: I have to ask, who plays the voice of Moriarty in this movie? Guy Ritchie: »
Contagion Part 3: Jack Bauer Assembles His Team
28 December 2009 7:07 AM, PST
If you have never heard of the web series/mashup Contagion, start here. To get everyone up to speed, the notorious vampire murderer Blade has broken into the hospital in Forks, Wa and brutally incinerated the fang-banger, Bella Swan. The murders have garnered the attention of Jack Bauer who watched as Bella burned and Blade escaped through the hospital.s window. But if he isn.t stopped, Blade.s reign of terror will continue, so Jack takes it upon himself to solve take him down. In the latest installment, Jack assembles his crack team of supernatural investigators in the form of Mulder and Scully, and the young but experienced Winchester brothers. After Bella.s charred body wakes up and destroys a coroner, it is clear to Jack that he can.t handle this on his own. The amazing series will continue on January 1, 2010 with part 4. I implore you to show »
Katey's Inglourious Top 10 Movies Of 2009
28 December 2009 6:56 AM, PST
"Even these apples look fake, but at least they have stars on them." --Mr. Fox, The Fantastic Mr. Fox There weren't very many perfect movies made in 2009. A perfect movie is a hard thing to come by in general, but this year it seemed there were more people than usual aiming for perfection and just barely failing to get there. It had me disappointed for a while--for most of the year I scoffed when anyone claimed it was a great year for cinema, and saw every new movie with high hopes that inevitably went unmet. But when it came time to put together this list, and I got to look back at all the movies that moved me or thrilled me in some way, I was amazed at how many were genuine, ballsy attempts at greatness that came close enough to be wonderful all on their own. It's not that »
WB Is Most Profitable Studio For Second Year In A Row
28 December 2009 6:29 AM, PST
Amid all the excitement about last weekend's best-ever box office returns, Deadline Hollywood posted a small item that's nearly as jaw-dropping-- Warner Bros. set the record for the second year in a row for the most domestic grosses for a single studio, making $2 billion in 2009 alone. That's significantly above the $1.789 billion they made in 2008, largely off a little movie called The Dark Knight. Warner Bros. hasn't had a nonstop string of hits this year-- in fact, in the first half, they were saddled with underperformers like Watchmen, Terminator: Salvation and Observe & Report. But things started picking up substantially over the summer, when The Hangover emerged as a gigantic hit ($277 million domestic off a $30 million budget), the latest Harry Potter became the second-highest grosser of the year ($301 million domestic) and even Where the Wild Things Are managed pretty well at the box office ($75 million total, which is a heck of a »
Yogi Bear Director Brevig Making A Korean War Movie?
28 December 2009 6:08 AM, PST
After toiling in Hollywood's visual effects departments for two decades, Eric Brevig kicked off a directing career with a deeply silly movie that I unabashedly loved, 2008's Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. The gig led him to both a potential sequel and a job directing a Yogi Bear movie, which seemed a little beneath him after shoving Brendan Fraser through an underground mine, but hey, a job's a job. But now Brevig seems to be taking on something that, while not above exactly, seems a little ambitious for the guy who handled the visual effects for Wild Wild West just 10 years ago. Slashfilm unearthed an item in a Korea Times article about 2010 Korean cinema, in which they also pointed out Hollywood productions that would be visiting their shores: Eric Brevig, who directed last year's computer graphics-packed Journey to the Center of the Earth, will direct a big-budget »
Captain America Movie Will Start Filming In June
28 December 2009 5:46 AM, PST
Amid all the Marvel superhero movies going into production right now, the biggest mystery is Captain America, a movie that has been greenlit and assigned a director (Wolfman's Joe Johnston), but still doesn't have a leading man-- at least, one who's been announced. That's probably about to change, though. Fangoria (via Coming Soon) interviewed Johnston about the film, and described Johnston as "speaking from the art department of The First Avenger: Captain America, which he's readying for a June start." The movie is set for a July 22, 2011 release date, which means they'll have to make very, very quick work to get it finished in time. If they're keeping the same release date-- and remember, this has been set as part of a ton of Marvel films that will culminate in The Avengers-- then they'll have to start working quickly in the new year to get cast and crew put together. »
Josh's Obligatory Top 10 Movies Of 2009
28 December 2009 12:52 AM, PST
There's more than one way to approach an end of year list like this and so it always seems necessary to explain what this isn't before I begin it. Some listers create top tens which are actually a smokescreen for a list of movies no one saw which they'd like to promote. This is not that kind of list. Some critics make a distinction between their favorite movies and the year's best movies. I won't do that. If a movie is truly great, it will be one of my favorites. I'm not afraid of my own opinions. Some writers wimp out and categorize their lists, separating out animated films and documentaries and comedies and dramas into separate categories. This list doesn't do that, it has moxy. Instead what you have here is my list, a list of the best movies released in 2009 as I saw it. I didn't see everything, »
Avatar 2 Likely To Leave Pandora
27 December 2009 4:20 PM, PST
With Avatar on its way to a $75 million second weekend . which would make it the #2 biggest second weekend ever just behind The Dark Knight . it.s no wonder there.s sequel buzz. Actually, if the folks at Market Saw are right, this isn.t buzz at all; Avatar 2 is happening. Two months ago we told you about another batch of MarketSaw rumors that Avatar 2 would go beyond Pandora. One of their .top sources. said, .What would you think if I told you that should a sequel to Avatar happen, it might not even take place on Pandora? It's all up the air as of now. But remember I'm telling you this. Pandora is not the be all and end all of the Consortium.. Now, they cite comments Cameron made to the La Times as confirmation of their original report. Sure enough, Cameron says, .We have some story ideas for how »
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