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The Future is Here! It’s “Freejack” Day - 23rd November 2009

23 November 2009 1:11 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Finally we can all relax; we’re officially living in the future – at least according to the 1992 dystopian sci-fi thriller Freejack, directed by Geoff Murphy (The Quiet Earth) and starring Emilio Estevez, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins and… Mick Jagger!

Set on the 23rd November 2009, it envisions a desperate future where men are hunted through time to house the minds of the rich and influential, who wait after death on the Spiritual Switchboard until a host body is drafted from the past. Estevez is one such host, or Freejack, as he’s zipped from a car crash in 1993 all the way to… now… where he’s chased around by Mick Jagger, playing a bounty hunter (‘Bonejacker’) called Vacendak, working for Hopkins. Estevez escapes and tries to find his former girlfriend (Russo), who’s become an executive at a huge corporation. The film is based on Immortality Inc. by author Robert Sheckley, »

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1999: A Year In Review (Part Two)

14 October 2009 8:05 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Welcome to Part 2 of our 1999 Movie Retrospective. The final year of the last century was one hell of a cinematic ride and it offered some outstanding films for lovers of cinema.

Now be aware that this is not a definitive list of the films released - it’s a brief rundown highlighting interesting films that should be seen (although not always for the right reasons).

You can check out the first part (A-e) here or continue reading to see the other gems that were released in 1999.

 

Fight Club

Fight Club was a box office disappointment ten years ago, but it has gained a Huge cult following since - and it must have made an absolute mint on DVD. Brad Pitt and Edward Norton star in this David Fincher directed adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s now-famous novel. The film is another example of world perspective from a late 90s view point. »

- Niall Browne

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Fantastic Fest Review: Kenny Begins

8 October 2009 6:22 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

We come to Fantastic Fest for the weird. I've said it a few times before, and it is worth saying again. When you come to a festival such as this one, you see plenty of action movies, plenty of martial arts, sci-fi and of course, some horror. You also see some weird. In the weird column, I would like to enter Kenny Begins. It is quite simply the weirdest, most insane and possibly most deviously enjoyable films that I've seen here at Fantastic Fest. It's Swedish. And that's just the beginning. The film follows the converging stories of two misfits, a "galaxy hero" wannabe from a distant sector of the universe, who is trying to graduate starfighter school before the money runs out and his mom makes him become a hairdresser. On Earth, we meet Pontus, a gimpy, slow outcast who is picked on daily because he lives "on the other side of the tracks." When »

- Neil Miller

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Edward Norton's Marathon, Paris Hilton's Halloween Costume And Juggalo Culture In Today's Twitter-Wood

29 September 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

The Fall season always means two things -- it's time to wrap up marathon training and start planning Halloween costumes. Edward Norton and Paris Hilton are on top of those tasks, respectively. Norton's planning on running with some Kenyans in New York on November 1st, while Paris is hard a work costume hunting, but you'll have click on down to see where she's shopping.

Also today, Alyssa Milano emphatically denied that she is pregnant, so rumor-mongers back off. Read on to check out what she said, as well as where John Hodgman has been reading about Juggalos, what the weather is like on the "Eclipse" set and what Paul Reubens would have looked like in your high school yearbook. It's all in the Twitter-Wood report for September 29, 2009.

Twitter Pic of the Day:

@peeweeherman http://pic.gd/2ffdbb if you haven't already seen it, check out yearbookyourself.com

-Paul Reubens, »

- Brian Warmoth

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Pee-Wee Herman Returns To Television On 'Jay Leno'

23 September 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

In the two weeks it has existed, "The Jay Leno Show" has mostly been a study in stale stand-up and retread bits from Jay's run on "The Tonight Show." But so far his lineup of guests has been pretty interesting. He lucked into his conversation with Kanye West last week, and last night he welcomed another former MTV Vma star to his gigantic set: Pee-Wee Herman. Paul Reubens, the man inside Herman's head, has used the Pee-Wee character sparingly since his arrest for indecent exposure back in 1991, but he's bringing the persona back for a stage show in Los Angeles starting in November.

Reubens, who became an icon when the movie "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" and the Saturday morning show "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" became gigantic hits, sat across from Leno in his desk-free interview set-up to joke about his abstinence ring, his early experiences with the theater and how confused he always »

- MTV News

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Pee Wee Herman Appears On The Jay Leno Show; Paul Reubens Nowhere To Be Seen

23 September 2009 4:44 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Paul Reubens, better known as Pee Wee Herman appeared on "The Jay Leno Show" last night. While that might not quite top Letterman's landmark Barack Obama interview from the night before, the first time a sitting president appeared on the nightly talk show, it's still pretty damn cool. The word of the day was apparently "abstinence ring."

Pretty cool to see Pee Wee here as opposed to Reubens. Nothing against the guy; he was hilarious in "Mystery Men" (yes, I said it). Pee Wee was a classic though, one who was prematurely cast from the limelight after a highly public arrest and scandal embraced his real-life alter ego.

I'm pretty impressed at how naturally Reubens falls into the character today, so many years later. You can see the changes wrought by age if you look really carefully, but the expressions, the mannerisms, the high, nasally voice-- pure Pee Wee. Here's »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Ellen Page, Rainn Wilson, Liv Tyler Set for Superhero Comedy

10 September 2009 10:47 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Ellen Page, Rainn Wilson, and Liv Tyler are set to star in "Super," a superhero comedy. James Gunn, the guy who wrote "Dawn of the Dead" and the two "Scooby-Doo" films, and directed the criminally under-seen "Slither" wrote the script and is set to direct.

Production is set for December.

Wilson will play an average guy who takes on a superhero alter ego known as Crimson Bolt after watching his wife (Tyler) fall for a charming drug dealer. His super powers? Swinging a wrench at anyone who comes in his way.

Sounds charming, and the cast is great, but superhero comedies, especially the pseudo-superhero ones, never work! Remember the movie "Mystery Men" starring Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy, Paul Reubens, Geoffrey Rush, Lena Olin, Eddie Izzard, and Greg Kinnear? Great cast right? But the film failed to fly critically and commercially. »

- Manny

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Ellen DeGeneres, 'Sorority Row' And Ron Jeremy In Today's Twitter-Wood

10 September 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Dane Cook has a proposal today for Ellen DeGeneres' replacement on "Ellen," now that she's going to be busy judging on "American Idol." Check it out, and see what you think. Cook leads the Twitter-Wood playlist today, right ahead of "Sorority Row" star Leah Pipes and Selena Gomez, who misses Freddie Prinze Jr.'s TV show "Freddie."

Eddie Izzard, Ice-t and previously featured photo subject Steve Agee all entered the running for the Twitter Pic of the Day today -- and though only one could come out on top, I've ranked them below, eventually giving Izzard the break because, well, he's run 39 marathons now, and that's worth acknowledgement. After all, how many have you run lately? Congrats to him, and congrats to you for getting to read the Twitter-Wood report for September 10, 2009.

Twitter Pic of the Day:

@eddieizzard On my 39th marathon, I went through Bunny! http://twitpic.com/h6otp

-Eddie Izzard, »

- Brian Warmoth

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The 'Defendor' Trailer Lands Online

3 September 2009 2:33 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

I have been intrigued by Defendor since it went into development. It's not every day you see an indie "superhero" movie, and even rarer to see anyone using the comic craze to spin an original story. Watchmen may have deconstructed an awful lot of myth, but I feel like there's still things to say about the need for costumed vigilantes, especially as each generation discovers them all over again.

Defendor is one of the selections at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival, and the early buzz on it is pretty positive so far. Directed by Peter Stebbings, it stars Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Kat Dennings, and Sandra Oh. It's the story of an unassuming man named Arthur Poppington, who lives in his own comic-book based world, and patrols the streets as the superhero Defendor. He's on the hunt for his arch-nemesis, Captain Industry, who he believes killed his mother and who deals in weapons and drugs. »

- Elisabeth Rappe

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Defendor Trailer Online

3 September 2009 12:34 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

This is looking like a good year for Woody Harrelson comedies. We've got Zombieland on the way, and here's a trailer for the Canadian superhero spoof Defendor.The $4m debut of director Peter Stebbings, it sees Harrelson as Arthur Poppington, who masquerades by night as the titular, tin-hatted lone avenger, on the trail of his arch enemy Captain Industry, with marbles and lime juice his weapons of choice. We love that the D on his costume is duct tape, and his Green Hornet-style eyemask is drawn on like Groucho Marx's moustache.The trailer hits all the right funny notes and plays up the Batman parody, but also hints that there might be more to this. Short clips of a frustrated and confused out-of-costume Poppington suggest some deeper moments, so this may well turn out to be as much Unbreakable as Mystery Men.Also in the cast are Kat Dennings, »

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The Best Superhero Movie of All Time Tournament! Round #7!

24 August 2009 8:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

And it's "Sweet Sixteen" time! Yep, only 16 films remain, which means we'll only be doing four match-ups from now on. But first, the Round 6 results!

Batman Begins (2005) vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

X-Men (2000) vs. Hellboy (2004)

The Rocketeer (1991) vs. Blade (1998)

Unbreakable (2000) vs. Fantastic Four (2005)

Superman 2 (1980) vs. Hulk (2003)

Spider-Man (2002) vs. Mystery Men (1999)

Swamp Thing (1982) vs. X2: X-Men United (2003)

Superman Returns (2006) vs. Iron Man (2008)

Ah, and here's an updated bracket!

Gallery: Superhero Movie Tournament Bracket

Superman (1978) vs. Batman Returns (1992)

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- Scott Weinberg

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The Best Superhero Movie of All Time Tournament! Round #5!

13 August 2009 8:03 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

...And there are 32 films remaining! We've had several requests for the full bracket, and now that the field has been trimmed down, you can scope out the full, official bracket by clicking the image below.

Gallery: Superhero Movie Bracket

Here's what Round 4 looked like, with no upsets whatsoever:

#4 The Incredible Hulk (2008) vs. #13 Superman 3 (1983)

#5 Batman Returns (1992) vs. #12 My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

#4 Batman (1989) vs. #13 The Punisher (1989)

#5 Blade 2 (2002) vs. #12 X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

#4 Hellboy (2004) vs. #13 The Punisher (2004)

#5 X-Men (2000) vs. #12 Barb Wire (1996)

#4 Spider-Man (2002) vs. #13 Elektra (2005)

#5 Mystery Men (1999) vs. #12 Howard the Duck (1986)

Pre-Show / Round 1 / Round 2 / Round 3 / Round 4 / Current Bracket

Now let's move on. For the eight matchups in Round 5, we'll have all of Bracket A and all of Bracket B.

Bracket A

Superman (1978) vs. Spider-Man 2 (2004)

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Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008) vs. The Incredible Hulk (2008)

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- Scott Weinberg

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Ben Stiller Bites Fox's Hand For Feeding Him

1 August 2009 9:17 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

There are times when Ben Stiller seems to own comedy. It.s an odd notion considering the guy.s made some pretty mediocre films (Envy, The Heartbreak Kid). But often enough, he releases something that hits all of the right notes and makes you realize just how talented he truly his (Tropic Thunder, Mystery Men). The dude.s got a grasp on absurdist satire. That.s why it.s not a surprise to see the video that Movieline has gotten hold of. It.s an exclusive and likely never supposed to be seen video that has Stiller tearing 20th Century Fox a new one, as well as himself. In the video, Stiller takes shots at Fox.s executives, their rich and artistic library of movies (Explosion! Explosion! Wave!), but gives Slumdog Millionaire a pass. The video was likely made for employees at his production company Red Hour as well as »

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Where to find Hugh Jackman's Wolverine leather jacket

19 May 2009 9:21 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Hugh Jackman'S portrayal of Wolverine has become popular with many fans for the character's distinctive leather jackets.

Jackman plays the metal-clawed mutant in the previous X-Men trilogy and in current release X-Men Origins: Wolverine, where he wears another variation on the character's classic biker jacket.

Replicas of the jackets have become a must-have for many viewers. Last year, I reported how one enthusiast had created an online store selling the jackets when he finally found a quality duplicate of the version worn by Jackman on screen.

The website, Logan's Closet, is now offering a replica of the jacket seen in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, at a price of $600 to $760 depending on size. The site also sells the jackets worn by Wolverine in the first X-Men film and in X-Men: The Last Stand, as well as the jackets worn in Terminator, House, Bangkok Dangerous, I Am Legend, Biker Boyz and Mystery Men. »

- David Bentley

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Flagship to Kick-Off with Van Damme-Jones' Weapon

13 May 2009 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »

The Jean-Claude Van Damme-Vinnie Jones starrer Weapon will be the first film produced by Flagship Films, a new production company run by producers Alison Semenza and Todd Moyer, reports Variety . Weapon , to be directed by Highlander helmer Russell Mulcahy, will star Van Damme and Jones as Derek Chase and Jack Conway, the world's most talented assassins. The story follows the two as they join forces to take down the head of a DEA-backed drug cartel. Former agent Moyer worked with Dark Horse Comics for seven years, where he brokered comics property deals that resulted in movies like The Mask , Timecop , Virus and Mystery Men . »

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The Best and Worst Superhero Costumes ... Ever?

5 March 2009 9:02 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

With Watchmen arriving in theaters this weekend, it's once again time to start talking superheroes. But instead of listing the coolest weapons or names or fight scenes, Moviefone wants to know which superhero costumes are the best ... and worst. How does Michael Keaton's Batman suit compare to, say, Jennifer Gardner's Elektra look? Which costume turns you on more: Silk Spectre II or Catwoman? Or what about Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man suit up against ... um, Ben Affleck's Daredevil? (I'm sorry, but I still can't believe Affleck played a superhero at one point - worst casting choice ever.) So check out the costume gallery below, and let us know your favorites (and least favorites [cough] Clooney's Batman [cough]) in the comments.

Superhero Costumes - Vote for Your Favorites Superpowers are nice and all, but just as vital to the superhero mystique is the costume. Can you imagine someone trying to »

- Erik Davis

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Meet The Little Fockers

18 February 2009 9:54 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Ben Stiller has been playing the same character for at least ten years and in that time it's really only worked twice. The first time he pulled it off, it was as Mr. Furious in the highly underrated superhero comedy Mystery Men. Since then he's just regurgitated that character over and over again, minus the leather jacket and penchant for ineffectually fighting crime. And though it was only a retread of that same character, it's hard to argue against his portrayal of Gaylord Focker in Meet the Parents. Pitting that character against Robert DeNiro was comedic gold... once. Unfortunately we're now headed for a third round of Gaylord. The long gestating third Meet the Parents installment has been given the go-ahead, according to Riskey Business Blog. Jay Roach won't return as director, but Ben Stiller, Robert DeNiro, and Owen Wilson (who may have a bigger part this time around) are »

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Downey Jr, Fey, Stiller Are Master Minds

4 February 2009 11:12 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

If you put a gun to Empire’s head (please don’t; hypothetical only) and asked us to name the three funniest people working in comedy right now, it’s entirely possible that we’d come up with Robert Downey Jr. (he is Kirk Lazarus; ‘nuff said…), Tina Fey (30 Rock is the funniest Us sitcom at the moment) and Ben Stiller (ok, we’re reaching a little with that one; just a little, mind…).Which is why we’re delighted to hear that the trio have signed on to lend their voices to DreamWorks Animation’s latest behemoth, a superhero spoof provisionally titled Master Mind.Given how, well, incredible The Incredibles was, it’s a brave animated movie that treads on similar territory – but Master Mind may well skew a little darker, given that it’s about a supervillain who finds himself without a purpose in life after he finally »

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2009 | 2008 | 1999

18 articles from 2009

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