Tell us what YOU thought of “Love Guru” and “Get Smart”!
posted by  Eric Melin on June 19, 2008

Well, Friday is here and no new review from myself and J.D. Despite the big comedy showdown happening this weekend between Mike Myers and Steve Carell, we could not see either of them this week. However, we did give away a ton of free advance screening passes to both movies! In other words, we haven’t […]

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Hollywood Clip Joint: “Racer” too smart, “Happening” too dumb, new AFI lists, “Bruno” has a date
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Besides the fact that it mentions three movies from my Top 10 Flops Turned Classics list, I love this great article by Variety’s Anne Thompson about why “Speed Racer” flopped so badly at the box office. Here’s the best three quotes:
1. “Sometimes filmmakers who are experimenting with something new wind up leaving moviegoers behind. Over time, movies like […]

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Watch Ferris Bueller’s “Requiem for a Day Off”
posted by  Eric Melin on June 17, 2008

Thanks to our good friends at Transbuddha for pointing this little gem out. It’s “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” re-edited as a heart-wrenching drama and rescored with the Kronos Quartet’s creepy music from Darren Aronofsky’s “Requiem for a Dream.” It’s also proof that a good score can make anything about a hundred times more effective. Enjoy!

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Hollywood Clip Joint: Favreau shafted, longer Hulk?, Rogen’s apocalypse, Spike vs. Eastwood
posted by  Eric Melin on June 12, 2008

All I can say about the picture to the right (opening in 2010) is no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, a thousand times no. I wouldn’t buy that for a dollar!
IESB.net has some seriously stupid news from the Marvel Studios camp. Despite the $535 million success of “Iron Man,” […]

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Hollywood Clip Joint: Green Hornet; Green Lantern; new Coens trailer; “Anchorman,” “Beverly Hills Cop” sequels
posted by  Eric Melin on June 5, 2008

Despite the initial rumor, the under-development big screen adaptation of DC Comics’ “Green Lantern” is still underway, and CHUD says its not comedic and will not star Jack Black.
In other green news from CHUD, Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen (who wrote “Superbad”) are still thinking about what tone to take with their “Green Hornet” adaptation, […]

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Two very cool new “Watchmen” tidbits today!
posted by  Eric Melin on May 27, 2008

More cool news from the “Watchmen” movie camp:
You’ve got to be a member of the New York Times website to see this, so I’ll just post the entire article here, but the gist of it is that the “Tales of the Black Freighter” story that serves to comment on the action in “Watchmen” will be […]

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Sweet as Chigurh: hilarious “No Country” voice-over
posted by  Eric Melin on May 24, 2008

Just saw this “No Country for Old Men” parody clip in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, and I had to post it. One of the most memorable scenes of last year has been given a re-do with Javier Bardem’s voice being replaced by a hyper-effeminate one. Thing is, the clerk’s reactions are still […]

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“MacGyver” cobbles together a movie from paint thinner and chewing gum
posted by  Eric Melin on May 21, 2008

MacGyver is coming to the big screen? Gizmodo says so. From their site…
Today at Maker Faire 2008, MacGyver creator (and real life inspiration) Lee David Zlotoff announced he has a big budget MacGyver movie in the planning stages.
Zlotoff mentioned he somehow ended up with the movie rights years ago (extremely uncommon), giving him full control […]

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Save Spike Jonze’s “Where the Wild Things Are”
posted by  Eric Melin on May 15, 2008

This isn’t the newest of news, but scary stuff is happening with the Spike Jonze/Dave Eggers adaptation of “Where the Wild Things Are.” Here are some photos from the movie and a link to the petition being circulated to save Jonze’s vision fo the film, which is supported 100 percent by the book’s author, Maurice […]

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Hollywood Clip Joint: Another “Point Break” & “9/11,” NC-17 by Herzog, “Wild Thing,” “Porno” pic
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Seventeen years after “Point Break” washed up in movie theaters, surf’s up for the sequel! Are they kidding? I cant imagine it will star either Keanu Reeves or Patrick Swayze. From the Hollywood Reporter: “Point Break: Indo,” with Jan de Bont aboard to direct. An Asia-based follow-up to director Kathryn Bigelow’s original, which starred Reeves as […]

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