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Fan Rant: Entertainment Weekly’s Baffling Assertions

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:00:22 +0000

Filed under: Drama, New Releases, Family Films, Oscar Watch, Fan Rant

On page 11 of the current issue of Entertainment Weekly, next to an article about the Oscar race, there’s this brief item:

“Earning some of the harshest reviews of the year, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is officially the first Holocaust motion picture that won’t have a shot at winning an Oscar.”

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Christopher McQuarrie Lands ‘The Champions’ and ‘The Monster of Florence’

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:00:28 +0000

Filed under: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Deals, Mystery & Suspense, United Artists, Scripts, Newsstand, Remakes and Sequels

As William Goss noted yesterday, Guillermo Del Toro must be allergic to sleep. He’s moving forward with another producing project on his insanely busy slate — The Champions, a huge screen version of the British TV series of the 60s. Variety reports that Christopher McQuarrie will be penning the script for United Artists, and acting as a producer alongside Del Toro, Tom Cruise, and Paula Wagner. Del Toro optioned the project last November, and seemingly mindful of the anniversary, has brought on McQuarrie.

Frankly, I’m surprised The Champions hasn’t been grabbed long before now, since everyone is dying to have a franchise of superheroes. The series (which ran for a single year) followed a team of government agents who were rescued from a plane crash in the Himalayas by an advanced civilization. As if rescue wasn’t nice enough, the super civilization gave them superpowers. Yeah, this is absolutely going to end up a franchise.

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Britney Spears is somehow meeting men

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:00:18 +0000

Britney Spears, despite being legally insane, went out on a date last night with a mystery man at Sur in Los Angeles. This has to be a kick in the birth canal for all the sane women out there who know that children aren’t an end table for your cellphone yet still can’t find a man. Ladies, I’m here for you - provided you don’t try to change me and make me wear pants. Can’t you just love me for who I’m? *sniff* I’m going to my mother’s.

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Luc Besson Has Some Sort of Sci-Fi Trilogy in the Works

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:00:30 +0000

Filed under: Action, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, RumorMonger, Remakes and Sequels

Supposedly retired action maverick* Luc Besson, currently making the rounds on behalf of Transporter 3 (which he produced), told Collider that not only was 1997’s The Fifth Element supposed to be the first in a trilogy, but that he also has vague plans for another sci-fi trilogy after finishing up the two sequels ~~that no one asked for~~ to Arthur and the Invisibles (see a pattern here?).

I must say: more power to the man if he just keeps coming up with ideas and happens to be good at executing them. As flimsy as his promise of retirement has been, if it brings us a sequel to District B13 and the reportedly entertaining Liam Neeson car Taken (which doesn’t open in the States until next January), then I can live with watching him keep on keepin’ on, as it were.

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Cinematical (Double-O) Seven: The 007 Best Bond Flicks

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:01:00 +0000

Filed under: Action, Fandom, Cinematical Seven, James Bond, Lists

(In anticipation of Quantum of Solace, we’re rerunning some of our favorite Bond posts alongside a few new ones. Enjoy!)

By: James Rocchi

Now that there’s been a matter of, you know, 24 hours since the release of Quantum of Solace, enough time has passed for an assessment of the canon — out of the James Bond films, which are the ideal? Well, it’s simple to name the best seven — and in doing so, draw our week of Bond pop-culture coverage here at Cinematical to an end. Bear in mind that this list is only worth noting as a source of minor-scale arguments — which is exactly why it’s fun. And now that my inner Rob Gordon is ready, let’s speak about the best Bond films of all time … In no particular order, except for number one.

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Jessica Simpson should go easy on the collagen

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:00:18 +0000

To whoever convinced Jessica Simpson all men want to secretly bang Daisy Duck, hardy har har, asshole. I kid. High five! Do Heidi Montag next.

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Review: A Christmas Tale

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:00:15 +0000

Filed under: Drama, Foreign Language, Theatrical Reviews

By Kim Voynar (reprinted from 05/16/2008 — Cannes Film Festival)

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Britney Spears to light tree at Rockefeller Center

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:19 +0000

Live in New York City? Now would be a good time to leave. Britney Spears is scheduled to light the tree at Rockefeller Center therefore ushering in Armageddon and ruining Christmas for every girl and each boy, according to OK! Magazine:

Sources close to the pop superstar confirm to OK! that on Dec. 3, the day after she turns 27 and her new album, Circus, hits record stores, Britney will be in the Big Apple for the 76th annual tree-lighting extravaganza. What’s still unclear is whether or not she’ll be performing at the ceremony, or just hanging out with host Al Roker for the NBC broadcast of the event.

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First Look: Judd Apatow’s ‘Funny People’

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:00:16 +0000

Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Fandom, Movie Marketing, Posters

This isn’t the first official poster for Funny People, but it is our first official look at the marketing campaign for Judd Apatow’s third directorial effort. Along with this image, Universal has announced a partnership with MySpace where you can win a walk-on role in the film. What you do is head on over to the flick’s official MySpace page, become their friend, and then in 100 words or less leave a comment explaining why you should win the role (maybe you’re, like, completely the biggest Apatow junkie on the planet!). Additionally, Judd prepared a special message on YouTube announcing the contest, which you can view after the jump.

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‘Red Sonja’ Draws Her Spoiler-Filled Sword

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:00:22 +0000

Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, RumorMonger, Scripts, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, Images

I’m a recent convert to Red Sonja fandom. Despite that she seems right up my alley (80s fantasy, chainmail, tresses as brilliant as my own), I’ve resisted reading the comics for a long time. Mostly because everytime any of my serious comic friends caught me eying one, they made fun of me. Also, there’s always the feeling Red Sonja wasn’t really meant for my eyes. But, I was recently convinced to buy Brian Reed’s run, which is an excellent way to be introduced to the character — and I know you all want to be, since she’s getting that Robert Rodriguez/Rose McGowan movie in 2010.

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