New KICK-ASS posters
That's Nicolas Cage as Big Daddy.
..and Chloe Moretz as Hit-Girl.
BTW, some people think these attractive, chipper posters are not the proper way to promote a dark-humored, violent, taboo-busting film that has a vulgarity...
Have you heard James Cameron has a new movie out?
They've been running a few ads on TV, so you might have seen one. Also there's been a smattering of interest from the media -- maybe 50 percent of the blog posts on movie...
Studio coffee run: Singer returns to X-MEN, Thor’s mom is Russo
§ Cornered on the AVATAR red carpet, director Bryan Singer announced he's "signed on" for X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, the teen-mutants-figure-it-all-out version of the X-Men. You can see the video here for yourself. ...
IRON MAN 2 trailer
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/16681868001?isVid=1&publisherID=184253309
Larger HD version here.
Wow, this movie is going to make so much money. PLUS the reality of the RDJ/Rourke face-off -- two survivors of the drug-addled '80s in a scenery chewing contest? WITH LIGHT...
FIRST PRECIOUS LITTLE SCOTT PILGRIM STILL!
Bryan Lee O'Malley points us to this still, :
which was posted in a sly, slanted form by director Edgar Wright, and then photoshopped to look rectangular by /film.
That's (l-r) Michael Cera as Scott,...
Just to be clear: The Sherlock Holmes Movie Was Not Based On A Graphic...
Speaking of SHERLOCK HOLMES, ACTION HERO, we're repeating Rich Johnston's debunking of the misinformed idea that the film was based on a graphic novel:
...there is no graphic novel. There never was. It’s just...
Studio Beat Round-up: Miller, XERXES, Pussycats, Kissing Jonah, etc.
§ In a chat with Geoff Boucher, Frank Miller drops word on the rumored 300 sequel. It's called XERXES, set 10 years before 300, focusing on the battle of Marathon. Miller has "finished the...
DreamWorks options I SAW YOU
Wait a minute, help may be on the way for uninsured Julia Wertz! Andrea McCloud's script based on I SAW YOU, the book she edited, has been picked up by DreamWorks after a...
AFI’s Top 10 includes two ‘toons
The American Film Institute has released its annual list of 10 notable films:
Coraline
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
The Messenger
Precious: Based On The Novel "Push" By Sapphire
A Serious Man
A Single Man
Sugar
Up
Up In The Air
While none of the...
The most disturbing Ewoks of all
Topless Robot pulls off the scab and reminds us that David Lynch might have directed RETURN OF THE JEDI, but apparently George Lucas made him eat a salad or something. Just think about that...
Looking back at the Aughts: Vig and Sean still have it
To celebrate their 20th anniversary, film magazine Empire recently commissioned a photo gallery of stars reprising their iconic roles. Although it's been 10 years since they made the LORD OF THE RINGS films --...
Iron Man and friend
Just on the off chance you haven't seen it yet, the first teaser for IRON MAN 2, featuring Iron Man and War Machine, is out there. Springtime can't come soon enough.