Part 1 of 3: Eric has the first full-length interview with Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne following the exclusive, festival-only screenings of the new Flaming Lips movie, “Christmas on Mars.” Also included are clips from “Christmas on Mars,” clips from its pre-advance trailer, and some front row footage of The Flaming Lips’ amazing performance headlining […]
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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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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 […]
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Edward Norton and Liv Tyler star in this decent, by-the-books redo/continuation of Marvel’s mean green machine.
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[dailymotion x1nbpn nolink] 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 […]
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Moments after seeing it, Eric and J.D. review “The Incredible Hulk,” starring Edward Norton and Liv Tyler. It turns out this re-do remake sequel kind-of-thing is very similar to the Bill Bixby-led TV series, way more so than the 2003 “Hulk,” directed by Ang Lee and starring Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, and Nick Nolte. Eric […]
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It makes a great advertising gimmick, but the R-rating becomes a crutch for director M. Night Shyamalan to fall back on.
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M. Night Shyamalan movies make great trailers. He’s all about the high-concept hook—an easy-to-explain premise that sucks you in right away. The thing that the movie studio is selling this time out is that “The Happening,” starring Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel, is his first rated-R effort. I have to admit, the idea perked my […]
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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 […]
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These days it seems that part of the requirement of any suspense thriller is the big reveal; the moment of truth; the I-never-saw-it-coming twist ending. In anticipation of “The Happening” (opening Friday) and its director M. Night Shyamalan, the man single-handedly responsible for the commercial rebirth of the twist ending (thanks a lot, “The Sixth […]
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Exotic locations, artfully designed camera angles, colorful art direction, and a remarkable lead performance from its young lead actress make this a fall worth taking.
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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” […]
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Ever seen a horror movie that starts out great and just falls apart by the end? Here’s another one.
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The popular HBO TV series about designer clothes, the women who wear them, and their lives in and out of bed makes it to the big screen.
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An out-of-place “Law & Order”-style opening narration clues you in that “The Strangers” was “inspired by real events.” The authoritative voice goes on to tell you some statistics about violent crime (as the movie prints them for us to read as well) before ending with the shocking admission that, in this case, nobody really knows […]
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