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  • 04 Aug

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    The new Superman revealed. Does anyone care?

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    Well, we finally have our first look at Henry Cavill as Superman in Zack Snyder’s upcoming reboot Man of Steel. Whatever. Batman would kick his ass anyway.

  • 03 Aug

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    Review: Crazy, Stupid, Love.

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    Director: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (I Love You Phillip Morris)
    Screenplay: Dan Fogelman (Cars, Tangled)
    Starring: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone
    MPAA Rating: PG-13
    Running time: 118 min

    (3.5/5)

    If Steve Carell is using Crazy, Stupid, Love to prove to the world that he’s going to continue to have a long career in Hollywood movies now that his days on The Office are over, then all I can say is this: Mr. Carell, point made. While he is no stranger to the Hollywood scene, all eyes are on Carell to see what his next few moves will be now that he has left one of the most popular shows on television and a role that won him a Golden Globe and brought him five Emmy nominations. In choosing to do what is being marketed hard as the must-see summer romantic comedy, Carell has surrounded himself with the likes of critical darling Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Marisa Tomei, and Kevin Bacon – and with this talent, as well as a smart, adult script, he carries Crazy, Stupid, Love on his shoulders, helping create one of the better, more adult romantic comedies in recent memory.

    In Crazy, Stupid, Love – which is, I might add, a crazy, stupid title – the film opens up with the revelation to the father-of-the-year Cal Weaver (Carell) by his wife (Moore) that she not only wants a divorce after 25 years of marriage, but she has also cheated on him with a coworker (Bacon). Despondent and lost, Cal begins frequenting a local bar, where after numerous nights of telling his sob story to whoever will listen, a smooth, well-dressed ladies man named Jacob Palmer (Gosling) takes notice and decides to take Cal under his wing.

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  • 25 Jul

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    Will Knights of Badassdom be badass?

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    Joe Lynch is good buddies with Hatchet and Frozen director Adam Green. His only completed directorial project so far is a straight-to-DVD sequel to Wrong Turn. That’s about all that I know about the man who was behind the camera of Knights of Badassdom, a movie that I want so very much to like.

    The film, which follows live-action role players (LARPers) who mistakenly conjure a succubus during a LARPing tournament, is stacked with tons of nerd-friendly actors. It has, most importantly, Row Three favorite and current Emmy nominee for Game of Thrones Peter Dinklage. Then there is Summer Glau of Firefly, Ryan Kwanten of True Blood, Danny Pudi of Community, Michael Gladis of Mad Men, Margarita Levieva of Vanished, Jimmi Simpson of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and, of course, the nerdiest of them all, Steve Zahn. The trailer is hard to gauge, but trailers usually are for these type of comedies. It’s not particularly funny, but the combination of talent and the 1980s B-movie plot are inspiring.

    Check out the trailer after the jump and don’t forget to weigh in with your own thoughts!

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  • 22 Jul

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    Who wants a red-band trailer for Ryan Gosling’s DRIVE?

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    I do! I do! What else can we say? F*** Jason Statham. Ryan Gosling would kick his ass. This is obviously going to be awesome, which has been confirmed in Jandy’s review of it from the LA Film Fest. Enjoy!

  • 20 Jul

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    Andrew Garfield, Andrew Garfield, does whatever a spider can.

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    Yesterday we had the pleasure of watching the teaser trailer for The Dark Knight Rises and today we have the teaser to another hotly anticipated (and, many would say, highly unnecessary) superhero reboot: The Amazing Spider-Man.

    My immediate thoughts:

    1. Andrew Garfield is going to be an infinitely better Peter Parker than Tobey Maguire.
    2. The origin story? Again? Really? *Yawn*
    3. First-person web-slinging is a neat concept, although it seems pretty unpolished. If they were trying to “wow” us with that sequence in the teaser, I am only left with an “eh.”
    4. Despite all of the talent involved, my last reaction after viewing the trailer is still: Why?

    Check out the trailer after the jump and let us know what you think. Is this a much-needed darker reboot or a waste of time, money, and talent?

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  • 19 Jul

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    The Dark Knight Rises teases.

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    Surely a film that will be shattering box office records when it comes out next summer, The Dark Knight Rises finally has a teaser trailer. We don’t see much, but it seems that Jim Gordon is a little under the weather, Bruce Wayne is having another identity crisis, and Bane is going to seriously kick some Batman ass. Take the jump to check out the teaser and be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments.

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  • 29 Jun

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    ‘No ball left unbusted’: An actual interview with Harrison Ford.

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    Harrison Ford has built up the reputation in the past few years that he has evolved into nothing more than a cranky old man churning out lame movie after lame movie. And while the latter part is certainly true, I’ve been convinced that he’s still the cool, laid-back guy that he always was and that he’s just been hamming it up for the interviewers, because he has the star power that he doesn’t have to humor the interviewers and he doesn’t much mind the image that was being formed of him (see his last few Conan appearances for perfect examples of his later-life oddness).

    In a conversational style reminiscent to Jon Favreau’s old Dinner for Five, the director of Cowboys & Aliens, who just seems like one of the genuinely nicest guys in Hollywood, interviews Ford and it was really nice to see Ford have his guard down. I haven’t seen him give an interview where he has looked so relaxed since his Air Force One days, it seems. After the jump, you can check out the interview (broken up into numerous clips), where they talk about everything from the costuming on set, to the choice to not make the movie in 3D, to The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner.

    Apparently, Favreau will be doing the same type of interview with stars Daniel Craig and Sam Rockwell, so be sure to stay tuned for those.

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  • 28 Jun

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    Jeff Bridges to give us an adaptation of a children’s classic.

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    I love Jeff Bridges. Besides maybe Andrew Zimmern or my grandmother, he might be my favorite person on the planet, even if he isn’t always immediately who comes to my mind when people ask me who my favorite living actor is. Still, I take care to note everything the man does (including his blossoming music career) and I am always excited to hear when he is working on a new project.

    That is especially the case when the new project is one as interesting an an adaptation of the 1993 children’s classic sci-fi book, The Giver. Any fans of dystopian-set films should also take note, as the book follows a young boy living in a society devoid of emotions and intellectualism who meets an old man known as the Giver, the possessor of society’s knowledge.

    I will leave the summary at that, but do yourself a favor. If you haven’t read it, it’s a one-sitting quick read (buy it here!). I always thought that they could spin an interesting film out of it and now that Jeff Bridges is on board (in fact, he is producing it as well), I look forward to seeing how this progresses.

  • 23 Jun

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    Jason Statham makes another movie.

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    Hi, folks! I just wanted to swing by and let you know that Jason Statham has another remake of the only movie he has ever made coming out sometime in the next year. This time it is called Killer Elite and it co-stars Clive Owen and Robert De Niro, which is a heck of a lot of star power for this kind of movie. It’s also based on a true story this time or something. He also jumps out of a window while tied to a chair. I dunno.

    Enjoy the silliness tucked under the seat!

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  • 21 Jun

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    Cronenberg’s latest collaboration with Viggo has a trailer.

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    Of all the director-actor relationships out there, I am coming to appreciate that of David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen more than almost any other. Their past two films together – A History of Violence and Eastern Promises – not only hold up with numerous viewings, they also become more enjoyable and rich experiences with each watch. I am convinced that future generations will regard both as classics. With my obvious lusting over these two together, it comes as no surprise that I have been eager to know more about their latest collaboration, a film titled A Dangerous Method that follows the psychoanalytic exploits of Sigmund Freud (played by Mortensen) and Carl Jung (played by Michael Fassbender) and the woman who comes between them. Today, my lusting was satisfied.

    Check out the trailer after the jump and be sure to leave your thoughts on the trailer (and these two in general) in the comments.

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  • 20 Jun

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    The Muppets take YouTube with a full-length trailer.

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    It has been a long time coming. After an enormous amount of viral clips and teasers over the past two years, we finally have an actual trailer for The Muppets. With some self-aware jabs about the evolution of humor since the early years when Jim Henson was running the show, it looks like Jason Segel really might have pulled off what he was hoping to accomplish all along: make an old school Muppet movie.

    Check out the trailer tucked under the seat and be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments!

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  • 17 Jun

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    Moneyball – the next great baseball classic?

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    It took forever for Brad Pitt to get his passion project Moneyball made, but he has finally done it – and it looks glorious. Based on the 2003 nonfiction book by Michael M. Lewis, the film follows the story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane who attempts to create a competitive team with creative and controversial methods, due to having very little finances.

    Unfortunately, I can’t help but wonder what this could have been back before Sony booted Steven Soderbergh as the director, due to some of his interesting and unconventional ideas, which included peppering the movie with interviews of the actual people this film dramatizes. Still, with Capote director Bennett Miller behind the camera and a cast that includes Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Robin Wright, I can’t help but be excited about this. When was the last time a good baseball movie came out?

    The film will be released in US theaters on September 23, 2011. In the meantime, sound off with your thoughts!

    The trailer is tucked under the seat.

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