Notes of a Defeatist

Having been a fan of Miller’s since junior high, seeing Sin City come to the big screen was a mixed joy. The movie is a panel for panel, word for word cinematic translation of the comic that is a two hour example of the good, bad, and ugly about literal adaptations. 300 never got my [...]

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Your eyes are not deceiving you.

Our favorite meathead Marky “the Academy Award nominee” Mark Wahlberg is starring in the same movie Keenan Ivory Wayans did, that another marble mouthed lunk-head Dolph Lundgren did , that you guess it, Wesley Snipes is going to be making too.

Hopefully he savored those precious moments before they said: “...And [...]

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From Variety:

Knocked Up

By JOE LEYDON

Katherine Heigl gets ``Knocked Up’’ by Seth Rogen in Judd Apatow’s comedy.

A Universal release and presentation of an Apatow production. Produced by Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson, Clayton Townsend. Executive producers, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg. Directed, written by Judd Apatow.

“Knocked Up” is uproarious. Line for line, minute to minute, writer-director Judd Apatow’s [...]

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From Variety.com:

Phoenix, De Luca chomp on ‘Dead’ Huston’s novel the first of a five-book series

By MICHAEL FLEMING



Phoenix Pictures and Mike De Luca Prods. will team for a feature adaptation of the Charlie Huston vampire novel “Already Dead.” Scott Rosenberg will write the script.De Luca will produce with Phoenix’s David Thwaites and Brad Fischer. Alissa Phillips [...]

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As one of the three people who reluctantly admit to liking Way of the Gun,its shortcomings and all I got excited when I heard about this exchange between Jimmy Kimmel and a sheepish Ryan Phillippe.  It appears Phillippe has been dodging Kimmel after a little onset incident involving himself and Sarah Silverman.









Here is the [...]

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Can’t wait for this.

From the minds of Judd Aptaow and Seth Rogan:









tags technorati : Knocked Up, comedy, Judd Aptaow, Seth Rogan, Katherine Heigl

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Relive a piece of your childhood while you can, still no plans on a dvd release.

However, there’s going to be a Monster Squad reunion at Monster-Mania Con 7 in February.









tags technorati : Monster, Squad, horror, 80s, childhood, Monster-Mania-Con7, Wolfman, Dracula, Mummy, Frankenstein, teen, trailer

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Domestic for ‘Road’ is $30 ‘Road’ to B.O. ignominy

By DADE HAYES

In Hollywood’s rebound year at the B.O., some films certainly fell a little short. But even the year’s biggest bombs surpassed the curiously titled Zyzzyxx Road,whose domestic cume reached just $30.

That’s no typo.

It’s the lowest tally for any pic since modern record-keeping began [...]

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