Hollywood Clip Joint for Thursday, Sept. 18
posted by  Eric Melin on September 18, 2008

Questions about the “Iron Man” sequels? The DVD release? Upcoming storylines? “The Avengers” and future Marvel tie-ins? An IMAX release? This long interview at SuperheroHype with director Jon Favreau (finally hired on by Marvel) ought to answer any of those. If that’s not enough, here’s more. And more.
Films number 4 and 5 in the “Spider-Man” […]

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Watch free movies on IMDb.com!
posted by  Eric Melin on September 17, 2008

“The Night of the Hunter” is one of my all-time favorite movies and it makes a lot of the Top 10 lists here on the site. Well, guess what? You can now watch it for free. Right now. Just go here to the main free video page on IMDb.com and there are thousands of TV shows, […]

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Michael Moore giving his new movie away for free!
posted by  Eric Melin on September 16, 2008

It had been reported that Michael Moore was going to make a sequel to the biggest-grossing documentary of all-time, “Fahrenheit 9/11,” before the presidential election in November. That doesn’t give him much time, I thought. Well, it turns out, it’s done and … he’s giving it away. Read on in this letter from Moore himself […]

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Motion City Soundtrack talks movies or: See Eric Live!
posted by  Eric Melin on September 15, 2008

This is the coolest news of the week. Our old touring buddies from the Ultimate Fakebook days have invited my new band, The Dead Girls, to play two shows at the last minute on their current U.S. tour. Motion City Soundtrack are on tour now supporting their new record, “Even If It Kills Me,” and we’ll […]

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Depp is the Riddler, Hoffman the Penguin, Redux
posted by  Eric Melin on September 12, 2008

Michael Caine has got loose lips apparently, becuase no one else at Warner Brothers (certainly not “The Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan, who’s on vacation) is talking about a recent Caine interview that supposedly reveals the studio’s plans for the next installment in the now red-hot “Batman” franchise. They may not even have a script […]

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Mickey Rourke’s “The Wrestler” buzz, Coens moving on
posted by  Eric Melin on September 11, 2008

I had a good feeling about this one. The man responsible for “Requiem for a Dream” and “The Fountain,” director Darren Aronofsky, has just won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion Award for his newest movie, “The Wrestler.” It was also just picked up by Fox Searchlight for distribution.
Although a technicality keeps the lead actor […]

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Apatow players in “Ghostbusters III”?
posted by  Eric Melin on September 10, 2008

Columbia Pictures third-highest grossing film of all time is “Ghostbusters.” So they’d be stupid not to make a sequel, right? Hmmm…Well, the writing has begun, and “the plan is for the film to reunite the stars of the original ‘Ghostbusters’ films, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson,” according to Variety.
The catch? The two […]

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No screenings means no coverage: What are they hiding?
posted by  Eric Melin on September 4, 2008

Since “Tropic Thunder” was released three weeks ago, there hasn’t been much in the way of quality mainstream films in the theaters, which is good news for Ben Stiller’s edgy comedy. Having spent three weeks on top of the weekend box office chart, it’s now tallied up over $87 million. It’s also good news for […]

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Hollywood Clip Joint for Thursday, Aug. 28
posted by  Eric Melin on August 28, 2008

By now you’ve probably heard that there is a legal battle brewing over who has the rights to “Watchmen.” This New York Times article (ironically entitled “Scene Stealer” - obviously they know I’m excited for it) features an accurate timeline of the project and goes over the repercussions of a ruling. Can a judge actually […]

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Hollywood Clip Joint for Thursday, Aug. 21
posted by  Eric Melin on August 21, 2008

Bizarre casting news from Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Bastards” (but not really that bizarre when you consider its the guy who gave new life to John Travolta’s dead career): Mike Myers will play British military mastermind General Ed Fenech in QT’s much-anticipated World War II mercenary pic. That’s probably the best news Myers could have after […]

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