November 2009
The Movie Blog
First Look at Cheadle as War Machine – Kinda Once again we get a sneak peek at an anticipated character in a film by looking for its toy! Previews, the advance listings catalogue for comic book retailers has an ad for the action figure of Cheadle in the War Machine armour and gives us a little better… Thomas Dekker to star in Waska Thomas Dekker, known mostly for playing John Connor in...
Nov 30th
Collider » DVD Review
THIRST DVD Review It’s said if you stare at something for more than four seconds, other people start staring at it too.  This is especially unfortunate for vampires.  They survive on remaining unnoticed.  In Thirst, famed Korean filmmaker Chan-wook Park (Oldboy)… via: Collider » DVD Review
Nov 30th
IMDb Gossip
Shatner Sick Of Star Trek Feuds Hamilton Quits U.K. Reality Show Hall Bit Girlfriend TV Actor Sues The Unusuals Producers Over Fight Scene Bach Turns To Alcohol Support Group via: IMDb News
Nov 30th
Apple movie trailers
Up In the Air - Jason Reitman Featurette   Up In the Air - Jason Reitman Featurette From Jason Reitman, the Oscar® nominated director of “Juno,” comes a comedy called “Up in the Air” starring Oscar® winner George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate… Fantastic Mr. Fox - Puppet Hospital   Fantastic Mr. Fox - Puppet Hospital FANTASTIC MR. FOX is visionary director Wes Anderson’s first...
Nov 30th
Slashfilm.com
Robert Downey Jr. “Very Involved” In Rewriting Iron Man 2 Screenplay It sounds like there’s been a lot kitchen hands, if not exactly chefs, stirring ingredients into Iron Man 2. The first named screenwriter was Justin Theroux, the actor and famously a co-writer of Tropic Thunder; there’s also the Marvel brain… Avatar Roundup: Sam Worthington Signed For Three; Production Designer Interview;...
Nov 30th
First Showing
Filming on The Hobbit Delayed, But Still No Studio Greenlight Okay, okay, I know we’re going overboard with this kind of news about The Hobbit, but as a huge Lord of the Rings fan, why wouldn’t we want to share this news with all of you? Plus, it’s a very popular project and everyone wants to know about this kind… John Hillcoat’s Next Adaptation Already Has a Cast...
Nov 30th
Guardian Film Blog
Why I love the world’s worst film critic | Stuart McGurk With a calling card of ‘celluloid excrement’ – which he’s applied to films from The Road to Fantastic Mr Fox and Watchmen – Fiore Mastracci is a critic so dreadful he’s bordering on genius A confession: I’m obsessed with a film critic. His name is… Chico’s Lunchbox could usher in a golden age...
Nov 30th
Cineuropa - European cinema
Documentaries - Europe - Last Train Home wins top prize in Amsterdam The winners of the various competition programmes were announced Friday 27 November in Pathé Tuschinski 1 in Amsterdam, during the awards ceremony for the 22nd IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival. Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home (China/Canada),… Funding - Serbia - EU Commission funds audiovisual projects to...
Nov 30th
Movieline
Weekend Receipts: Team Blind Side As America recovers from quite possibly its most carb-loaded Thanksgiving ever (apocalypse angst = good for the boxed-stuffing industry), we turn now to the last person in the country not struggling to close his pants: New Moon breakout wolf Taylor Lautner…. via: Movieline
Nov 30th
Cinematical - News
New to Me: Purple Rain and Stunt Rock As the perpetual young’en on the staff, it only seems fitting that I start chronicling my encounters with whatever classic or otherwise noteworthy titles that I’m just now dusting off and catching up with. For the first in this series, I find myself tackling… Their Best Role: Nicole Kidman in ‘To Die For’ Welcome to a new series...
Nov 30th
Hollywood Reporter
Warner plans Clint Eastwood DVD collection Warner Home Video is planning a Clint Eastwood DVD collection of virtually unprecedented scope. ‘New Moon’ repeats atop int’l boxoffice “New Moon” easily took the No. 1 spot on the foreign circuit during the weekend, grossing an estimated $85.1 million from 8,476 sites in 56 markets. ‘New Moon’ tops boxoffice...
Nov 30th
IMDb Gossip
Gyllenhaal Wins Movie Role For Teen Drug Smuggler CBS News Legend Birnbaum Dead Murphy’s Husband Taken To Hospital After Flight Scare Picky Film Fans Find Faults In Twilight Sequel Woods Delays Police Interview Again via: IMDb News
Nov 29th
Yahoo! - US Boxoffice
#1: Michael Jackson’s This Is It “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” Distributor:Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) Gross:$2,169,261 Cumulative: $43,855,342 #2: Paranormal Activity “Paranormal Activity” Distributor:Paramount Pictures Gross:$982,296 Cumulative: $88,829,870 #3: Law Abiding Citizen “Law Abiding...
Nov 29th
Slashfilm.com
Thor “Redefines What a Super Hero Movie Can Be” Says Marvel’s Joe Quesada; Which Version of Thor Will We See? I don’t even vaguely trust Marvel editor in chief Joe Quesada to be objective about a Marvel Studios project. So when he goes all ebullient about how game-changing Kenneth Branagh’s Thor is going to be, I don’t take it very seriously…. Geek Deal: Black Friday Leftovers Black Friday...
Nov 29th
First Showing
Nimrod Antal Opens Up About Directing Rodriguez’ Predators Even as we speak, Nimrod Antal and his cast and crew are out in Hawaii shooting Predators, the Robert Rodriguez produced reboot of the sci-fi franchise that started some 22 years ago. We first learned in July that Antal was directing Predators and found… via: FirstShowing.net
Nov 29th
Cinematical - News
Cinematical Seven: Movies with Nameless Main Characters Making a movie about a character whose name you never reveal sounds backwards and bizarre. How are we supposed to identify with the protagonist if we don’t even know what to call him? But many films go that route, including this week’s movie adaptation… Interview: ‘Ninja Assassin’ Director James McTeigue (Part...
Nov 29th
IMDb Studio News
We Have Been De-googled! via: IMDb News
Nov 29th
Hollywood Reporter
‘New Moon’ tops Friday boxoffice “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” was back at the top of the domestic boxoffice Friday, following a one-day slip to second place on Thanksgiving. via: Hollywood Reporter
Nov 29th
IMDb Gossip
Caine Honoured With Legend Award Hawn Proud Of Hudson’s Dancing Role Potter Filming Makes Radcliffe Ill Swayze Honoured With Riding Scholarship Kitaen Charged With DUI via: IMDb News
Nov 28th
Slashfilm.com
Iron Man 2’s War Machine Sort Of Revealed Typically, the likeness of a movie star face when sculpted into the dinky wee visage of an action figure is pretty darn poor. For one thing, the figure manufacturers might not have been granted the rights to use the actor’s face and for another,… Orange/Blue Contrast in Movie Posters I’m sure you’re aware of Hollywood’s overuse of floating heads on...
Nov 28th
First Showing
New Extended TV Spot for Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones Paramount has debuted a new TV spot for Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones. It runs a minute long and is a good compliment to the original trailer, especially because I think it’s good that they don’t give away too much of the story. We get to see a few… First Look: Luc Besson’s Adele Blanc-Sec Starring...
Nov 28th
Guardian Film Blog
It’s Bath time for Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage obliged a Bath local’s request to turn on the city’s Christmas lights this afternoon – surely such a momentous occasion needs to be marked somehow? Bath used to be known for several things – its hot springs, status as a world heritage… Eddie Murphy: a defence | Danny Leigh Saying you still love Eddie Murphy is the last taboo....
Nov 28th
Cineuropa - European cinema
Festivals - Germany - Finnish film takes top prize at Mannheim-Heidelberg The 58th Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (November 5-15), which showcases new talents (see news), gave its top accolade, the Grand Prize, to Klaus Härö’s Finnish film Letters to Father Jacob . The jury described it as a “genuine work… via: Cineuropa
Nov 28th
Movieline
Thanksgiving Box Office: The Blind Leading, Fantastic Not So Much It was an interesting Thanksgiving frame at the box office — and one that foretold a couple of benchmarks about to fall. The Blind Side managed to work its way up the number-one spot, and its impressive hold and family-friendly potential mean that Sandra… White House Party Crashers Aspire to Crash Real Housewives...
Nov 28th
Cinematical - News
Discuss: What Were Your Best Black Friday Deals? As my Twitter feed fills with constantly re-Tweeted online bargains (be still, my weeping wallet), and as our own site did its best to prepare you readers for today’s Thunderdome of savings, it’s likely that a great many of you ventured out to capitalize… Interview: James McTeigue, ‘Ninja Assassin’ (Part 1) Director...
Nov 28th
IMDb Studio News
“New Moon” Nears $200 Million In One Week Star Of Movie Barred From Seeing It Movie Reviews: “The Road” via: IMDb News
Nov 28th
HD-Trailers.net - Movies
Up In the Air (Jason Reitman Featurette) Link to Catalog From Jason Reitman, the Oscar® nominated director of “Juno,” comes a comedy called “Up in the Air” starring Oscar® winner George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened… via: HD-Trailers.net Blog » Movies
Nov 28th
Hollywood Reporter
‘New Moon’ slips behind ‘Blind Side’ “The Blind Side,” which finished second to “New Moon” last weekend, topped daily rankings with $9.5 million in Thanksgiving coin. Justin Chadwick helming ‘First Grader’ Justin Chadwick is tasked with directing “The First Grader,” a movie that marks the first production from ex-BBC Films...
Nov 28th
The Movie Blog
Forgotten Fridays – Red Sonja Thanks for checking out our Forgotten Fridays feature. This is a feature to review some older films that maybe you have forgotten about or maybe never got around to seeing that we just want to share. They may not be old, maybe not forgotten, but they… First Look at Voyage of the Dawn Treader Some new images have surfaced in the next chapter of the Chronicles of...
Nov 27th
IMDb Gossip
Lloyd Eyes Roger Rabbit Return Biel Laughs At Timberlake Split Reports Fox’s Sportscar Gift For Green Downey, Jr. Helps Re-write Iron Man Sequel Stewart’s Domestic Violence Tragedy via: IMDb News
Nov 27th
Apple movie trailers
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Puppet Hospital   Fantastic Mr. Fox - Puppet Hospital FANTASTIC MR. FOX is visionary director Wes Anderson’s first animated film, utilizing classic handmade stop motion techniques to tell the story of the best selling children’s book by Roald Dahl… Randomocity - Trailer   Randomocity - Ashley’s life transforms after a chance encounter with the beautiful Angela, who...
Nov 27th
Slashfilm.com
The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 5 - The Middle Chapters The Tobolowsky Files is a new podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky. In this episode, Stephen waxes… /Film UK - The Lovely Bones Red Carpet Video, Sasha Gray Interview and Competition, Duncan...
Nov 27th
First Showing
Jeremy Renner Might Be Playing Hawkeye in Marvel’s Thor? Man there’s been a lot of Thor news recently. And it doesn’t stop, even though it’s a holiday! The Playlist is reporting that in the latest issue of Empire (the article isn’t online), actor Jeremy Renner (last seen in The Hurt Locker) says he has been… Watch This: Trailer for New One-Room Thriller Titled...
Nov 27th
Guardian Film Blog
Week in Geek: Kenneth Branagh’s Thor is coming together From Anthony Hopkins to Natalie Portman, Thor is picking up steam with a raft of castings, but how closely will the film stick to Stan Lee’s 1962 comic? Kenneth Branagh is a lucky man. Unlike the unfortunate director who will, eventually, be tasked with… via: Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk
Nov 27th
Cineuropa - European cinema
Distribution - Scandinavia - Hornet’s Nest out on 320 screens across region Nordisk Film Distribution is launching today Daniel Alfredson’s The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, the final film based on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, on approximately 320 screens across Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Just like the second film,… Releases - UK - Jesus comes to...
Nov 27th
Cinematical - News
Black Friday Movie Deals: Amazon.com At first I thought this would be too difficult. Target, Best Buy, Walmart … all those stores offer a very manageable number of Black Friday movie deals. Surely Amazon.com would prove way too massive of an undertaking … but nope! Of course Amazon.com… The Best Non-Dysfunctional Movie Families … in Honor of Thanksgiving In honor of...
Nov 27th
IMDb Studio News
New Moon Set To Rise Again Movie Reviews: “Old Dogs” Movie Reviews: “Me And Orson Welles” Movie Reviews: “Red Cliff” Movie Reviews: The Princess And The Frog via: IMDb News
Nov 27th
HD-Trailers.net - Movies
Bran Nue Dae (Trailer) Link to Catalog It’s the summer of 1969 and young WILLIE is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome, in the North of Western Australia – fishing, hanging out with his mates, and when he can, his girl ROSIE. However his mother… via: HD-Trailers.net Blog » Movies
Nov 27th
Hollywood Reporter
‘Moon’ begins long weekend atop boxoffice “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” shrugged off three new wide releases to top the daily boxoffice rankings on Wednesday with $14.3 million in domestic boxoffice. via: Hollywood Reporter
Nov 27th
The Movie Blog
New Daybreakers Trailer Online A new trailer for the not so distant future vampire tale of Daybreakers is online. The story revolves around a world where a virus has turned most people to vampire like creatures that herd the remaining uninfected population for food. How will the vampires… Superman is going Nowhere Faster than a Speeding Bullet! With such mixed reviews over Superman Returns...
Nov 26th
Collider » Blu-ray
GALAXY QUEST Blu-ray Review When you talk about the year of cinema that was 1999, there are the films that come immediately. Fight Club, The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, Eyes Wide Shut. I love The Insider, have a soft spot for eXistenZ and Three Kings and then it starts getting complicated,… FUNNY PEOPLE Blu-ray Review Judd Apatow had a hot streak, and it was bound to run into some bumps....
Nov 26th
Rotten Tomatoes - US Boxoffice
The Men Who Stare at Goats Though The Men Who Stare at Goats is a mostly entertaining, farcical glimpse of men at war, some may find its satire and dark humor less than edgy. The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Twilight Saga’s second installment may satisfy hardcore fans of the series, but outsiders are likely to be turned off by its slow pace, relentlessly downcast tone, and excessive...
Nov 26th
Rotten Tomatoes - News
5 Facts About The Twilight Saga: Eclipse The Twilight Saga: New Moon has been in cinemas for almost a week. So, depending on your feelings towards sparkly vampires and extremely buff werewolves, you will either have seen it three times already (ZOMG RPattz!) or avoided it altogether. Either… First Look (Sort Of) at New Nightmare’s Freddy Sure, it’s only a toy, but if...
Nov 26th
Slashfilm.com
Page 2 Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like… Black Friday Week Geek Deals: Thursday - Stargate Atlantis $88, Blu-Rays Under $11, and Much More As Black Friday approaches, a bunch of...
Nov 26th
First Showing
Our Official 2009 Thanksgiving Movie Guide is Finally Here! Every year, Hollywood releases a big batch of new movies on Thanksgiving week. And every year, we bring you this guide to help you choose the best movies to see this week with your family or friends. To help tackle this year’s beefy line-up, our writer… Watch This: Awesome New Extended TV Trailer for Daybreakers Lionsgate has...
Nov 26th
Guardian Film Blog
Belle de Jour, you’re nothing like Buñuel’s Belle | Peter Bradshaw Dr Magnati’s sex blogger, Belle de Jour, bears no resemblance to the surreal and toxic world inhabited by Catherine Deneuve’s character in Buñuel’s film of the same name Just over a week ago, Dr Brooke Magnanti, a post-doctoral researcher in medical… Clip joint: gangs This week on Clip Joint,...
Nov 26th
Cineuropa - European cinema
Promotion A various number of programmes provide opportunities for the promotion of the European audiovisual industry, which suffers from a trade deficit with the US industry every year. This section focuses on programmes, initiatives and funding opportunities… Funding - Netherlands - Four features awarded production subsidies Belgian director Christophe van Rompaey, whose debut Moscow,...
Nov 26th
Movieline
The Campaign for New Moon Begins · We’ve been slipped an advance look at the FYC ads for New Moon set to run in all trades the Monday after Thanksgiving. Scoff all you want — we think we’ve more than made our case for why it has a decent shot at everything, including the big… With a Little Dehydration, Bloody Urine, and Starvation You Too Can Be a Biggest Loser During each...
Nov 26th
Cinematical - News
Discuss: Performer of the Decade? Like many critics I’m working on my list of the best films of the decade. I have been doing lots of shuffling around, swapping some of the films in the top 20 with films in the top ten, just to see how they look. But something occurred to me. A lot of… Interview: ‘The Road’ Director John Hillcoat Outside of the established and expanding...
Nov 26th
IMDb Studio News
Analyst Flexes Fist At Netflix Spielberg Completes “Tintin” Filming Shatner Did Have Role In “Star Trek” Movie, Script Reveals Julie Andrews To Sing Again Movie Academy To Recreate Silent Era via: IMDb News
Nov 26th