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  • 07 Dec

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    Jason Segel and Emily Blunt are engaged.

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    I‘m going to be frank. I’m just hoping the above title brings in the traffic. Where you at, TMZ? Hey, gotta pay the bills somehow, folks.

    As for the engagement, it is fictional and it will be five years long and it will indeed be between Jason Segel and Emily Blunt in the appropriately titled The Five-Year Engagement, which will be hitting theaters on April 27, 2012 – and if we are judging by the trailer, it looks pretty damn good. That should come as no surprise, as Segel and Blunt are awesome in just about everything that they do and I desperately want to believe that an everyman like Segel could score an engagement with a gal like Miss Blunt.

    By the looks of the trailer, the tone is not so far off from Segel’s excellent Forgetting Sarah Marshall, although while retaining much of the silliness, it is definitely aiming to be a much more mature and restrained affair than the previously mentioned.

    Check the trailer out below. What do you think? Are you on the Segel-Blunt train or are you not convinced of the film’s potential excellence?

  • 05 Dec

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    Scorsese finally adapting Silence?

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    It was back in my Cinema Fusion days of film blogging, probably sometime back in ’06, that I first reported that Martin Scorsese was actively working on an adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s 1966 novel Silence. Eagerly, I ordered a used copy from Amazon and blew through reading it in a few sittings. I loved it and waited patiently as news came and went – most excitedly when names such as Daniel Day-Lewis, Benicio Del Toro and Gael Garcia Bernal came up to star as the trio of Jesuit missionaries traveling to an unfamiliar and hostile Japan – but always disappearing with a fizzle an no sign of production actually getting started.

    According to Scorsese though, the adaptation is finally going to be his next film, as he recently said in an interview that not only is he doing it next, but he is “literally pulling all the elements together at this point.”

    All that I can say is: about damn time.

    Source: Bleeding Cool

  • 30 Nov

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    Have a look at Daniel Day-Lewis with his Lincoln beard.

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    It has been quite some time since Spielberg has excited audiences – by my calculations, the last time was with his 2005 masterpiece Munich. Lately, it seems he is more interested in the producing side of filmmaking than the directing – although he now has The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse, neither of which excite me in the least, being released by year’s end.

    Today though, I stumbled across a photograph that had me all excited. The photo, snapped by an onlooker, is simple: Daniel Day-Lewis eating out for lunch. But as you have already put together from the photo and the title of this post, this snapped picture has Day-Lewis sporting his best Abraham Lincoln beard – and boy, he looks awesome.

    The long in the works Lincoln has evolved quite a bit over the past decade in which Spielberg said he was going to film it. Focusing on the last four months of President Lincoln’s life, it looks like the wait will be well worth it. Just to name a few of the other stars in the absolutely monster cast, the movie will include: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones, James Spader, Lee Pace, Sally Field, Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children, Watchmen), John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone, “Deadwood”), Jared Harris (“Mad Men”), David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck), Walton Goggins (“Justified,” “The Shield”), Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild, Water for Elephants), Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?), Bruce McGill, and Joseph Cross.

    What do think? Will you miss the original idea of Liam Neeson as Lincoln or is Daniel Day-Lewis going to crush this performance? Will this be Spielberg back in top form or should we hold onto our britches before getting too excited?

  • 22 Nov

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    Check out Wiederspahn’s 51-hour short: ‘Unwound.’

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    I have been a fan of Aaron J. Wiederspahn’s since his 2006 feature length debut, The Sensation of Sight. Since then, he has refused to take the California or New York route to filmmaking fame and has been hard at work making movies in his native New Hampshire – in particular, working on another narrative titled Someplace Like America, which is about the “decline of American industry over the past three decades and the resulting struggle of the disenfranchised working man.”

    I was both surprised and pleased to see a short film from Wiederspahn pop up on my Facebook newsfeed today. Titled Unwound and starring the unlikely Kevin Richardson of Backstreet Boys fame, the film examines a single Halloween night of a young couple’s who seem well beyond burnt out with their relationship. It was created as a part of a 51-hour short film contest.

    Check it out and leave your thoughts in the comments.

  • 27 Oct

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    Trailer for Herzog’s ‘Into the Abyss’ might drop some jaws.

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    Perhaps it is my background in sociology that has me so interested. Perhaps it is my unhealthy obsession with Werner Herzog. Or maybe, just maybe, this is going to be one astonishing film documenting those involved in every aspect of a death penalty sentence – in an approach as far away from Dateline ABC as can be. The film is Into the Abyss and it has already won many awards and much praise.

    What do you think of this trailer? Is your jaw dropped or is it schmaltzy? It is tucked under the seat

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  • 27 Oct

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    The latest Mission: Impossible sequel has a new trailer.

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    I have always been very fond of the first Brian De Palma directed Mission: Impossible movie. As a 12 year old, I wore that VHS tape out. Hell, embarrassingly, I even asked my barber at the time if she could give me an Ethan Hunt haircut. Then the sequels were released – and while I appreciated what they tried to accomplish, neither sequel captured the real spy movie feel of the first one nor did I ever have the desire to watch either again.

    The latest installment, titled Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, seems like it will be taking the same approach as the sequels – the focus being spectacle over spy subtlety. And while the trailer did absolutely nothing for me, I am still sure that I will end up watching it whenever it makes its way to Netflix… even if there are already whispers around the internet concerning how amazing the IMAX scenes are to witness on the big screen.

    So, dear readers, what are your thoughts on the franchise and the new trailer? It is tucked under the seat.

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  • 05 Oct

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    Does Michelle Williams pull it off in the My Week With Marilyn trailer?

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    Well, I’m going to take a guess and say that the trailer for My Week With Marilyn does a pretty crummy job of representing the film. At least I hope so. Regardless, that probably is not why most people will be seeing this – it will be the curiosity over Michelle Williams’s ability to pull it off. By the looks of it, she very well may have her emulation down. We will find out on November 4, 2011 when it hits theater in the United States.

    What do you think? Does Michelle have what it takes?

  • 29 Sep

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    Discuss: The Walking Dead Season 2 Trailer

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    Some were crazy about it. Others hated it. Even more criticized it for watering down the source material. For the majority though, it seemed, the first season of The Walking Dead was a new AMC television show full of promise, but ultimately, after a breathtaking first episode, ended up being an enjoyable, but underwhelming TV experience.

    Now, with the firing of Frank Darabont, budget concerns, and a new season beginning in October, people are wondering: will it be more of the mediocre same or will it be taken to a new level with the new folks in charge?

    Watch the trailer. Discuss. Debate. I’ll see you in the comments.

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  • 28 Sep

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    Trailer: Safran Foer’s latest stars Tom Hanks and a young Jeopardy winner.

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    You may recognize Jonathan Safran Foer as the fellow who penned the novel Everything Is Illuminated, which was adapted into the decently received Elijah Wood starring and Liev Schreiber directed 2005 film. The latest adaptation of his work is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and it looks to be dropping the quirkiness of the previous adaptation for a little more tugging of the heart strings. Directed by Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Reader), the film packs a star-filled cast that includes Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Viola Davis, and Jeffrey Wright – as well as a 12 year old best known for winning Jeopardy! Kids Week back in 2010.

    The movie will be released on January 20, 2012, meaning the studio isn’t using the film as Oscar bait. Here’s the premise, courtesy of IMDb:

    A nine-year-old amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player and pacifist, searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks.

    What do you think of the trailer? It is tucked under the seat. Is the melodrama and U2 a little much or do you find yourself looking forward to it with a box of tissues in hand?

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  • 19 Sep

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    Netflix divides. The internet complains.

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    “I have some great ideas on how to make our services less convenient!”

    Some folks around the web have been wondering if these were the recent thoughts of Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings before he announced that Netflix would be dividing into two services: the streaming portion continuing under the name of Netflix and a separate DVD portion going under the less-than-catchy Qwikster. And by separate, it seems Hastings means truly separate when it comes to these two. An article on Slate today summed up some of the problems associated with this:

    Most of Netflix’s customers subscribe to both DVDs and streaming, and if they’re like me, they like the service because it enables both not-so-picky instant gratification and well-considered delayed gratification. I use the DVD service to select movies that I really want to watch and am willing to wait for; I use the streaming service when I want to watch something – and pretty much anything – right now. I can keep doing this after the DVD plan is renamed Qwikster, but it will require more work. If I search for a movie on Qwikster, it won’t tell me that the movie can be seen for free, right now, on Netflix. If I search for a movie on Netflix and don’t find it, it won’t let me add it to my DVD queue.

    On the other hand, perhaps Hastings is looking towards the future – it is only natural, as DVD viewings are on the decline with the popularity of streaming on computers and through video game and Blu-ray systems. Having two separate companies means that when the time comes and DVD viewings begin an even more dramatic decline and more people stream, Netflix will already be well ahead of the game not having to focus on the rising costs of shipping DVDs. That will be Qwikster’s problem.

    What do you think of these unexpected turn of events? Is Harrington alienating even more Netflix users, making it easy for some competition to get a stronghold? Or is he justly thinking ahead?

  • 17 Sep

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    James Franco adapting Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God

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    If there is one Cormac McCarthy novel that I thought would never be adapted it would be Child of God. Written in 1973, the book follows a violent and sexually deviant man named Lester Ballard who wanders aimlessly around the mountains of Tennessee, living a mostly isolated life while he is killing, committing various other crimes, and having sex with dead bodies. Yes, you read that right. Despite the strangeness of the premise, it still stands as a masterfully written novel (I read it in a single sitting) and I can see how someone involved in the movie business could be inspired to want to tackle such a difficult novel – although I can’t imagine a studio ever financing such a movie, unless it is extremely altered or toned down.

    Apparently though – and it comes to no surprise due to his previous interest in adapting McCarthy’s Blood Meridian – James Franco wants to take on adapting the book, according to Indie Wire.

    “We shot a 20 minute test of it [Blood Meridian] that turned out pretty well … we were gearing up to do the feature but that for various reasons is on hold, but we are going to make a movie based on his [Cormac McCarthy’s] third book Child Of God,” Franco said.

    And for now, that’s all we have – whether he wants to play Lester or not, we are still unsure (although I would probably guess no), but we do know he plans on on directing.

    Has anyone Row Three readers out there read the book? Do you think something like this could ever be adapted for the big screen or is Franco chasing an unreachable dream?

  • 15 Sep

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    Joseph Gordon-Levitt rides a bike.

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    I don’t think that the phrase “bicycle chase movie” is one that ever had studios yelping in delight, but somehow screenwriter and occasional director David Koepp (Stir of Echoes, Secret Window) convinced Columbia Picture to get on board with the idea and secured the likes of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, and Jamie Chung to star in such a film.

    Maybe it’s just my man crush on JGL, but Premium Rush, which won’t hit theaters until the often uneventful January, actually looks like it could be a distinctive and stylish lil’ chase flick. Starring JGL as an expert bike messenger in New York City, the film follows his getting mixed up with a dirty cop (Shannon) after he picks up a delivery that contains some sort of secret. Naturally, being the noble bike messenger that he is, he refuses to turn it over, leading to a chase throughout the city.

    What do you think? Does this look to be a winner for all involved or your typical January stinker?

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