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Oh man, Thursday is shaping up to be so awesome. First, David Hudson's The Daily returns on The Auteurs! Then there's a trailer for the Coen Brothers' new film, A Serious Man. And finally, we're going drinking with the Url-bots at Shakey's today! On with Thursday!
David Hudson's The Daily returns on The Auteur's Notebook. [The Auteurs]
The Coen Brothers' A Serious Man can has trailer. [Current]
Jennifer Aniston is in a movie about "Pumas," which is a play on Cougars but uses a different term. Makes sense. [Current]
Russell Crowe will star in a film directed by Paul Haggis. Anyone care? No? Great. [Variety]
Was a Kick Ass test screening canceled because it got sold? Who knows! Rumor away... [Collider]
-John Lichman[collegehumor 1918042]
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It may be in part to Michael Tully's write up of Roy Andersson's You, The Living that I'm suddenly annoyed I now live incredibly far away from Film Forum. But he's right, this sequence alone makes me want to hop a plane and take a train down to West Houston.
Living screens at Film Forum through August 12th.
[HammerToNail]
-John Lichman
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Man, these Twilight fans sure are mopey. But we're hoping that the webcam reviews for Park Chan-wook's Thirst will be more interesting this weekend. I guess we'll figure out why this Emo Dracula is crying on Thursday night at 10:30 pm.
-John Lichman
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Sitting and going over the footage from Comic Con of Shinya Tsukamoto's third piece in the Tetsuo series, we're a mix of excited and questionable. After all, this is the sizzle reel designed to get investors and distributors that was floating around Cannes earlier this year.
[via Twitch]
-John Lichman
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You'd think there'd be more important news in the world, but I digress. It is time to get laid with William H. Macy and Kate Micucci.
Sony is backing a script for another video game project. This time, it's Infamous. [Latino Review]
Bryce Dallas Howard jumps onto a franchise's (Twilight) third film a second time. [Variety]
Aziz Ansari discusses the complexity of RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNDY. [AICN]
Ten screenwriters you should keep an eye out for. [Variety]
Kung Fu Cyborg. That is all you need to hear to click. [Current]
And finally, to satisfy our Uke-crave, William H. Macy and Kate Micucci sing. [Current]
-John Lichman
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We cornered the Thor, God of Thunder and Son of Odin, while crowded on the exhibition floor of Comic Con last Friday.
We then demanded he list his five favorite films.
Now you're watching it.
-John Lichman
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At first, I didn't believe such a thing existed. Then I found the IMDB in my utter stupor with the logline:
"After a night of drinking Red Bull and vodkas, a group of guys travel back in time to when they were younger cads."
Directed by Steve Pink, best known for Accepted, and with two of the screenwriters from Yes Man, I honestly don't know what to think about this.
But hearing John Cusack say "fuck" is funny. Right?
-John Lichman[youtube TyAi6JD3PCg]
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While suffering unbearably under the mid-day sun at Comic Con, I happened upon a sight for quite sore eyes: namely The Warden from Superjail! Oh it was a wonderful experience and he quickly gave us his Five Favorite Films.
Which included a lot of prison movies.
And one Disney film. But which one? Find out!
-John Lichman
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Oh Tuesday, you're like Monday but I actually remember to do work on this day. Well, to be fair, I did work yesterday, but it was much more involved with your webcams and my coffee and god knows what else. Except now there's a rumor that Josh Brolin may take the spot meant for Javier Bardem, David Cronenberg is adapting Don DeLillo and the video-game-to-film adaptation of Castlevania has a new director. Join me below.
Brolin supposedly was offered the lead villain role yesterday, but no one confirms. If Finke is saying it though...[DHD]
David Cronenberg will direct an adaptation of Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis. [Current]
James Wan (Saw) is the next contestant in "Adapt This Shitty Script Into A Film" with Castlevania. [Current]
Comic Con failed to BEAT THE TWEETS. Or something. Didn't appear to effect anything. [Variety]
Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall join The Town, which is only exciting to me since Ben Affleck is directing. [Variety]
James Cameron still swears, for the umpteenth time in a decade, he will make a Battle Angel Alita film. One day. [ANN]
Today's video: Iron Man 2 footage from Comic Con. Sweded. [ScreenCrave]
-John Lichman[youtube GgW5djnKKi4]
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We caught Internet Meme Staple, Pedobear, outside of the San Diego Convention Center and couldn't think of anything better than drag him indoors to find out his Top 5 Favorite Films.
[current]
-John Lichman
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Disaster movies are always on the horizon. But what about when you put the setting in a barren and lonely place like--oh, I don't know--Antartica! Whiteout, based on the graphic novel of the same name, is about a murder mystery set against snow. How much snow? So much the only thing you'll see, aside from explosions and tumbling planes, is SNOW. And Kate Beckinsale taking a shower in front of frosted glass.
Supposedly, the comic's creator would love a three-part film series, which would obviously follow the three comics, about Generic Female Character continuously going back to Antarctica to fight crime.
We'd snicker, but even Rush Hour got two sequels.
[via Splash Page]
-John Lichman
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What's shaking, gang? It's Thursday morning on the West Coast and we're minutes away from hearing thousands of screaming fan-girls ruin Comic Con when info about The Twilight Saga: New Moon arrives. Why are they ruining it? BECAUSE THEY'RE GIRLS. Or something obnoxious. Before all that, Michel Gondry and his son have a freestyle rap session on The Green Hornet and Javier Bardem drops out of Wall Street 2. Let's take a gander!
Michel Gondry, you and your son Paul are awesome. That is all. [Video above. Cinematical]
Javier Bardem drops out of the Wall Street sequel due to a scheduling conflict. Universal sign of: the movie will suck. [Current]
This clip from Saw VI proves that nothing is more deadly than a Merry-go-Round with a shotgun. [Current]
The heart-breaking stories of the men and women who love in 2-D. [NYT]
An interview and conversation with Antichrist cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle. [Eye for Film]
The same production company behind The King of Fighters adaptation now has the same rights for Gungrave. [Current]
Disney is thinking of using a subscription service. We're thinking 2005 must be awesome. [Variety]
-John Lichman
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Like everyone else right now on the Interwebs who aren't at Comic Con, we're glued to our monitors with the low-rez teaser for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.
First thoughts? The visuals certainly are trippy--in that awkward drunk way of seeing everything through Coke-Bottle glasses. Of course, we'll see how it all pans out on March 5, 2010. But enjoy your "leaked" trailer that was supposed to premiere tomorrow night on Facebook!
[via Cinematical]
update, 5:58 pm: IGN finally killed the stream. No trailer until sometime tomorrow night! Later.
-John Lichman
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When The Rotten Tomatoes Show goes to Comic Con on Friday, I'm still trying to figure out what I should be doing. Rather than check out the schedule for the day, I asked my friend Trish, who is in New York and in no way interested about comic nerds.
But Trish's answer is simple.
I must do Xena.
-John Lichman
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Now that Voltron: Defender of the Universe is suddenly on the minds and hearts of news outlets right before San Diego Comic-Con, the question stands: just what the fuck is a Voltron?
Well, that question is on the minds of old white dudes in suits who are waiting to see if this crazy Japanese thing can make as much money as another import (Transformers). Both Latino Review and CHUD got a glimpse at Justin Marks' script back in 2007, nearly two years prior to the release of Marks' first script-to-screen epic: the 4-percent Rotten Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li.
While Marks' script is still the current working version, or at least the only known one by The Hollywood Reporter, just what was involved with it?
Well, first off according to Jeremy Smith:
[It] takes place five years after the Earth has been ravaged by their Robeast overlords. Marks flatters himself by depicting his world as "a cross between Escape from New York and a Vonnegut apocalypse fantasy". He does not cite a particular Vonnegut tome because he clearly has not read one. Better, then, to rephrase his post-apocalyptic setting as "a cross between 1990: The Bronx Warriors and Tom Sizemore's bedroom".
El Mayimbe continues the sentiment:
Also, none of the elements that made Voltron corny are in the script – no Nanny, no Hagar, and especially no fucking space mice! In fact, no corniness at all!
Here is the setup: The Drules have invaded Earth and kicked our ass in the ONE DAY WAR. Humanity has gone underground. New York has been decimated and our story opens on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Drule invasion. Think about it, Earth was conquered by an Alien race in 24 hours.
The deep irony of these script reviews is that Transformers had just been released in the summer of 2007, so Giant 80s Robots were en vogue a touch. Marks' script deemed the story of five heroes who fight against inter-galatic despots needed to be darker. This involves gruff landscapes, scorched earth, a damaged child who happens to be a technological whiz and Robot Lions made out of spare parts.
No. Really:
Allura disappears into the compound with one of the blue keys, and when she remerges on page 36, she does so in a giant fucking machine in the shape of a colossal, 50 foot tall Lion, assembled entirely out of Earth bound parts. A C-130H tailgate has been used for the mouth, complete with traffic spikes for the teeth. The glass dome of an A6E Intruder cockpit has been soldered onto the head. All of this stands on top of four legs, refashioned from four construction excavator claws.
It's like someone saw Transformers and decided to take the worst parts from it. Then comes the references to alien cultures, to Robeasts, to fights spanning the entire planet. But ultimately, this is an origin story where the giant robot battle takes place in the final five minutes before setting the stage for a sequel.
Again, frightening how the Transformers model would become the default for dumb, dark kids' movies. Luckily, it can only get better from here. Right?
Right? Well, no. It's a dumb kids show that, as Jeremy points out, entertained us for brief periods between homework. But in a weird way, I want this film. Despite the fact that I'll be annoyed with it, overtly critique it and claim it should be set in space, I'd still see this. It's ingrained into my nerd psyche because I grew up on begging my parents for all five Lions when only one was left. My entire childhood was spent with the Black Lion, desperately forming an invisible Voltron to combat against Ninja Turtles and random kaiju.
At least with the new Voltron movie, I can finally get the other Lions. But still live in a world of bleak, post-apocalyptic disappointment, since they'll be Bay-ified Robot Lions. Le sigh!
-John Lichman[youtube 1uS5b8aQ6z8]
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Brett and Ellen were in New York back in June and filmed a travelogue for The Rotten Tomatoes Show. And here is a special look at a souvenir that wound up in the segment you'll see this Thursday night at 10:30 pm.
-John Lichman
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Originally, the Chinatown Keyboard Cat was my favorite movie-meme mash-up. But today's release of Redrum Cat proves Fatso truly can control the dark forces of Stanley Kubrick and creepy little girls.
Also, he'll never truly get old, despite me wishing he would.
-John Lichman[youtube rt15HCq4htw]
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Monday's come and gone again. But Tuesday's all about robot lions, Nicholas Cage as a mobster and a Bruce Lee Museum. Let's go!
The live-action Voltron will be produced by Dick Suckle. Who also produced Get Smart. [Current]
Nicholas Cage may join Seth Rogen's Green Hornet as a mobster. [Current]
Harry has seen G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. And it sounds like every other Stephen Sommers film. [AICN]
The Bruce Lee Museum will open in China. Which probably thrills everyone but the Lees. [Variety]
The Eclectic Method return with Back to the Back to the Future. It's awesome. [Current]
-John Lichman
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It'sJustSomeRandomGuy comes through with another Spider-Man meets Movie parody. And this time, it involves a certain Wizard. And a Radioactive-Blood Prince.
Later!
-John Lichman[youtube ImAVjGJekYw]
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In the this episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show, hosts Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox lead ensemble reviews of Brüno, Cherí, and I Love You, Beth Cooper; Brett tries to watch all five previous Harry Potter movies and Ellen learns Romantic Stalking by watching the movies.
There's also a Haiku Review for Public Enemies, we delve into a filmmaker's Bag of Tricks for the Dolly Zoom and see a Stormtrooper hit his head. Repeatedly.
Then we take a peek at this weekend's release (and also our webcam callouts for next week's show) involving Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, (500) Days of Summer and Homecoming. Hoo ray, Friday!
-John Lichman
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