There was some speculation, from weeks ago, about the trailer for The Day The Earth Stood still playing in front of Hancock. It didn’t play in front of my screening and if it played in front of anyone else’s, we would’ve heard all about it yesterday. Today is an entirely different story though.
Filmweb.pl posted a [...]

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Originally written in ‘96 by Vincent Ngo, Hancock has passed through more hands than an American businessman at a geisha house. Prolific actions directors, such as Tony Scott and Michael Mann, had been attached the project at one time or another, which started out as a dark, R-rated superhero comedy that followed the exploits [...]

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The legacy of the Godfather trilogy is undeniable. The original is one of the greatest and most influential films of all time. The sequel could be the best sequel of all time. The three-quel… well, not really the best of anything.
A new release of the series has been imminent for quite some time, with news [...]

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Ah, summer. A season of overblown budgets and extravagant productions. For movie goers everywhere, this three and a half month stretch is what they have waited for all year. So as always, the prediction for this summer is: Hollywood makes oodles of money. Over these next few months, this column will be examining the phenomena [...]

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After what seems like years of Hollywood entertaining the idea, a remake of Clash of the Titans appears to finally be set in stone. Originally set to be a pre-strike film for Robert Rodriguez, who turned it down to work on his budget-challenged Barbarella remake, Warner Brothers has finally signed Louis Leterrier to direct, fresh [...]

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Right back atcha Rob.
A few months ago, I was on Amazon and came across a German 3-disc limited edition of Rob Zombie’s Halloween, with both the director’s cut (which I hear is pretty similar to the work print, though I’m no glutton for punishment; I won’t be finding out for myself anytime soon) and theatrical, [...]

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I’ll admit that I’m a bit ignorant when it comes to comics in general (especially since most of my knowledge of superheroes comes from cartoons), but I consider Wanted to be one of the best modern series. The comic tells the story of a Wesley, an ordinary and seemingly unimportant man who discovers he [...]

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Ah, summer. A season of overblown budgets and extravagant productions. For movie goers everywhere, this three and a half month stretch is what they have waited for all year. So as always, the prediction for this summer is: Hollywood makes oodles of money. Over these next few months, this column will be examining the phenomena [...]

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I love when nonsensical newspaper articles get made into films. It gives Jay Leno’s Headlines a little hope. I can’t wait to see the “Urine stained mattress - $200 or best offer” movie.
Allow me to continue with my infantile Opposite Day…

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There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest, is a film that I felt belonged almost instantaneously in the category of masterpiece upon first viewing. Based on Upton Sinclair’s novel, Oil!, Anderson has changed the focus from corporate and political injustice to the study of the psychology and sheer will of one man who [...]

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