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Hey there folks. John here. Just a heads up... pre-existing technical issues that have been causing occasional site down time, as well as a sudden new surge in Audio Edition popularity (I can't imagine why) has forced us to yet... - Audio Edition - March 15th 2006
AudioFile=http://www.themovieblog.com/audioedition/AudioEditionVol115.mp3 AudioFileSize=13565528 AudioDescription=Today on The Audio Edition Doug and I discuss the stupidity of the Brokeback Moutain Author, the new HILARIOUS trailer for The Moglus, Peter Jacksons pre-recorded acceptance speech for The Empire Awards, some Ghost Rider trailer news, Welcome Back Kotter being re-made into a movie, Uncle Ben coming back in Spider-Man 3, an alternate idea for the origins of Venom in Spider-Man 3, the Alpha Dog trailer and a few things more. AudioExplicit=yes AudioDuration=00:30:54 - Brokeback Author is a Whinny Sniveling Pathetic Little Suck
This issue just isn't going away. The conspiracy theorists about Crash winning the Best Picture Oscar over Brokeback Mountain just keep poking their ignorant little heads up to keep stirring the pot. This time it's Annie Proulx, the author of... - The Moguls Trailer
STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW AND WATCH THIS TRAILER!!!! The Moguls trailer has hit the web... and aside from Superman Returns, it is now the movie I am MOST looking forward to seeing! This trailer is HILARIOUS! Here's a... - Hilarious King Kong Outtakes
Recently, King Kong won the Empire Awards for Best Picture. In one of the best pre-recorded acceptance speeches off all time, Peter Jackson talked about some of the "problems" with the production of the film... and the fact that he'd... - Kevin Costner And Ashton Kutcher In Coast Guard Movie
Oh my goodness. It looks like Kevin Costner And Ashton Kutcher are teaming up for a film about the US Coast Guard. And Ashton Kutcher's decent in to Hollywood obscurity continues! According to the good folks at Yahoo Movie News,... - Chow Yun Fat In US Remake of Hard Boiled
Any serious action film fan knows the John Woo classic Hard Boiled all too well. It has been suggested that it could very well be the greatest action film of all time. Today it looks like actin fans have a... - Ghost Rider Trailer To Play With X-Men 3
Big new for all you folks anxiously awaiting the new Nic Cage film "Ghost Rider". It's being reported all over the web today that the first official Ghost Rider trailer will be playing in May in front of the new... - Around The Web - March 15th 2006
Here are some of the other things going on in Movie News today: - Michael Douglas slams Brad Pitt for leaving wife and Renee Zellweger and Julia Roberts for Short marriages Ummm... I like Michael Douglas an all... but shouldn't... - Press Release of Will Ferrell's Death a Hoax
Within the last 24 hours or so, there had been a rumor on the Internet stating the death of actor Will Ferrell. Up until recently I-News Wire had the spotty press release published. Certainly a scare and shock had run... - Best Fan Lightsaber Fight I've Ever Seen
This little video is just amazing. It's basically 2 KIDS (no really... KIDS) who pull off one of the best lightsaber fight videos I've ever seen. It's amazingly well shot, nicely edited, the sound editing is almost flawless, the lightsaber... - Welcome Back Kotter The Movie
Oh man it's already a rough day. There's a blizzard going on outside my window (when it was warm enough to go outside in a t-shirt yesterday) and on top of that it looks like they're going to be making... - Alpha Dog Trailer
The new Alpha Dog trailer has hit the web, and well... all I can say is that I'm getting less and less impressed with this project the more I see of it. I know, I know... a lot of people... - Audio Edition - March 13th 2006
AudioFile=http://www.themovieblog.com/audioedition/AudioEditionVol114.mp3 AudioFileSize=20565528 AudioDescription=Welcome to the "Podast of the Year" installment of The Audio Edition. Today, Doug, Darren and I talk about our excitment of winning the award... and then get on to some actual movie stuff. Stuff like Sin City 2 and Angelina Jolie's reported involvement in it, Tom Cruise apparently learning to keep his big mouth shut and let people talk about his movies, some Hellboy 2 news, Final Fantasy reflections, Halo stuff and a few things more. AudioExplicit=yes AudioDuration=00:43:54 - Holy Crap!!! The Movie Blog Audio Edition Wins Podcast Of The Year!!!
I got home just a little while ago and there were about 20 emails waiting for me from people congratulating me on the 2006 Weblog Award win for Best Podcast. I thought they just misunderstood the previous post and that...
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- Tom Cruise, in Bit Role, Nips Studio?s Top Gun
At an industry screening of the forthcoming comedy ?Tropic Thunder,? Tom Cruise brought down the house with his portrayal of a dirty-dancing movie mogul. - Movie Guide and Film Series
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- Blu-ray Review: The Last Emperor (The Criterion Collection)
It's beautiful, but ultimately a toss-up recommendation - Box-Office Wrap-Up: Jan. 2 - Jan. 4, 2009
It was another big weekend at the box office... - Box-Office Oracle: Jan. 2 - Jan. 4, 2009
All these predictions are dead on... or your money back! - Blu-ray Review: Event Horizon
Does two-thirds of a good movie make for a worthwhile buy? - Blu-ray Review: Days of Thunder
Zero substance, yet occasionally entertaining - Blu-ray Review: The Man Who Fell to Earth (Criterion Collection)
This one just doesn't fit inside my wheel house - Box-Office Wrap-Up: Dec. 25 - Dec. 28, 2008
A HUGE box office weekend! - Movie Review: Revolutionary Road (2008)
Far from perfect, definitely not happy, yet mildly intriguing - Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
A life lived less ordinary proves it can be seen as extraordinary - Movie Review: Gran Torino (2008)
Eastwood's latest character tests the racial waters
- Wolvie game preview
Electronic Gaming Monthly, a magazine I can hardly believe is still around (I was reading it in the very early 90s to read about upcoming Genesis games), recently took a trip behind the scenes of the upcoming video game based on X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE. I have played a bunch of the games that feature Wolverine (including "Wolverine's Revenge") and they all pretty much suck. Could this be the one they finally get right?...
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- EXCL: Valentine clip!
I think it's fair to say that everyone at JoBlo.com and AITH is pretty excited about MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D. Just last night, in advance of this exclusive clip we're about to present you, JoBlo, Arrow and I were discussing our anticipation for MBV.
Now the 3-D presentation of JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH this past summer had me snoozing in my 3-D glasses but this looks like exactly the kind of ride you want in the third...
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- DVD: Casablanca (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Mathew Plale reviews "Casablanca (Ultimate Collector's Edition)"
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- 4 more Citizens
Michael Gambon, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney and Theresa Randle have all joined the cast of LAW ABIDING CITIZEN. Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx are starring, and F Gary Gray is directing the flick about a district attorney (Butler) who orchestrates a plea bargain that sets free the killers of another man's family. The aggrieved victim (Foxx) then seeks personal justice from the D.A. Depending on your taste, the highlight for you might be that...
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- Park Chan-Wook, yep!
We've got some pictures from Park Chan-Wook's new movie THIRST that you can check out HERE, and the lengthy synopsis, BELOW. It's a vampire flick and I want another one of those like I want a rake up my ass but this is Park Chan-Wook and he is freaking fantastic so who gives a shit. The film stars Song Kang-Ho of THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD. Apparently these stills are available because production went so well that the movie is way...
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- No Megatron in TF2?
JoBlo.com reader "mayhem23" got himself a copy of Empire's new 2009 preview issue and saw some pretty interesting comments from director Michael Bay in the section about TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN. [There may be some SPOILERS ahead so I'll warn you now...] Most significant perhaps is that Bay "emphatically" insists there will be no Megatron in TRANSFORMERS 2. Says Bay, "He's not in this movie. That's...
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- Hi Hi Birdie?
After what seems like years in development, a remake of BYE BYE BIRDIE may finally be getting off the ground. Sony Pictures has hired Adam Shankman (BEDTIME STORIES) to develop BIRDIE for the big screen. Shankman is no stranger to musicals with HAIRSPRAY already under his belt and a career as a choreographer before making it big as a director. Though many forget, due to the constant bastardized high school versions, the original was a...
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- Horton Hears a Hex?
In mid-2008 Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor were set to direct a live-action version of DC Comics' JONAH HEX based on a script they wrote. Later that same year Josh Brolin was attached to star in the film and, wouldn't you know it, Neveldine and Taylor were shown the door. (I don't think it's a secret that Brolin and Neveldine & Taylor didn't see eye to eye on a JONAH HEX film.) Warner Bros., looking to get production started this...
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- C'mon Hollywood #190
... Fox needs new leadership!
by Sturdy
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- Tintin Casting News
Surely one of the most anticipated films in the coming years is the Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson collaboration TINTIN. As you all know, the two screen giants are joining forces to bring us the adventures of the popular Belgian comic-strip hero and his faithful dog Snowy using motion capture technology. Not much news has come from the production casting-wise, until now.
The adventures of the popular Belgian comic-strip hero and...
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- Meet Robosapien
Producer Avi Arad is responsible for some of the most classic films of our generation. ELEKTRA, FANTASTIC FOUR, GHOST RIDER and BRATZ are all part of this cinematic visionary's storied repetoire. Ahem. Forgive me if I'm less than excited for the man's next venture--ROBOSAPIEN REBOOTED. Believe it or not, this film is based on the popular toy robot by the same name, which I have never heard of or seen before. And if I never...
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- Kingsley Expendable?
Well, it sounds like Sylvester Stallone won't be reuniting with his DEMOLITION MAN co-star Sandra Bullock after all. But has his all-out action onslaught THE EXPENDABLES gained a knight?
While ambushed by Extra, Stallone not only confirmed the involvement of Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker, but dropped that Sir Ben Kingsley may also join his badass movie about a badass team of badasses. (He then expressed sorrow for the death of John...
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- Seven sequel update
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- Spoilery T4 toys
Some rather SPOILER filled toy pictures for the upcoming McG directed TERMINATOR SALVATION recently made their way online, a small part of which you can see below. So as not to get flamed in the strike-backs, you won't find the spoilers here. Instead you'll find links to both io9 and CHUD who have both posted the spoilers in different ways. If you're interested, it'd be worth it to check out both links. They go into good...
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- Super Troopers 2
Jay Chandrasekhar and Paul Soter of cool comedy troupe "Broken Lizard" recently sat down with "Movieweb" and dropped some pretty great news on a SUPER TROOPERS sequel that they're currently scripting. Here's a taste:
The big picture is that we are on the Canadian Border. And in reality, what has happened is that the government has found places where the markers were off, or wrong. And...
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- Update on Thor
We've been hearing for a while now that Mark Protosevich's script for the upcoming comic adapted, Kenneth Branagh directed THOR was set entirely in Asgard with Thor, his dad, his brother and all the other Norse gods doing all kinds of Norse god things there. However, with IRON MAN, THE INCREDIBLE HULK and the upcoming CAPTAIN AMERICA adaptation having superheroes firmly planted in this world, how exactly would they manage to...
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- Push powers
SHH have landed a look at the powers for the characters in the upcoming movie PUSH. You can check them out over HERE. They're pretty cool and include such terms as "sniff" and "bleeder", which to a juvenile sense of humor like mine is hilarious, if for no reason at all. The film, directed by Paul McGuigan (LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN) stars Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning as warriors in the deadly world of...
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- Knightley is Damned
Keira Knightley will star in THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED for director John Curran (THE PAINTED VEIL). The film will revolve around acclaimed writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his often turbulent marriage with wife Zelda Sayre, an alleged schizophrenic. Knightley will play Sayre. Of course, Fitzgerald wrote the short-story that THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON was based on.
The article doesn't say but I have to assume that Knightley...
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- No Sandy for Stallone
Remember those rumors about Sandra Bullock working with Sly Stallone on his upcoming action flick THE EXPENDABLES? If so, forget all about it - ain't happenin. While Stallone was looking to reunite with his DEMOLITION MAN star it was sadly just a pipe dream. According to a spokesperson for the production company, the casting of Bullock was just "wishful thinking." But I mean was anyone really going to see THE EXPENDABLES to...
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- This Week's Releases
You can always check into our UPCOMING
MOVIES section for all of the latest info on all the upcoming movie
releases, but here's what's opening this week -->
FILMS IN WIDE RELEASE
BRIDE
WARS
Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway), best friends
since childhood, are always there for each other, through good times and bad.
Even their respective bridal engagements happen within hours. Together...
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- Watchmen
New Featurette from Watchmen is now available. - G-Force
New Teaser Trailer from G-Force is now available. - Black Dynamite
New Red Band Trailer from Black Dynamite is now available. - Manure
New Teaser Trailer from Manure is now available. - Gomorrah
New Trailer from Gomorrah is now available. - State of Play
New Trailer from State of Play is now available.
- ficlets is going to the land of wind and ghosts. here's how to save your stories.
Ficlets was important to a lot of people. There are over ten thousand writers, thirty-five thousand stories, and eighty thousand comments. It was also important to me. On my author page, I wrote: I am a professional narrative non-fiction writer. I?ve published three books, and write several geeky columns on topics like technology and gaming. What I really want to do, though, is write fiction, and I figured Ficlets was the perfect place to find my fiction voice. The 1024 character limitation, the ability to draw inspiration from quotes and pictures, and the collaborative nature of the prequels and sequels all worked together to help me create some super short stories that I'm still really proud of, like They Don't Come Out at Night, Snowfall, and The Fifteenth. My story A Godawful Small Affair , inspired by listening to way too much Ziggy Stardust (as if there's such a thing!), turned into a truly wonderful collaborative fiction project that branched out into dozens of multiple universes. - i really love trader joe's
This week's LA Daily is all about an awesome cookbook Anne and I discovered entirely by accident, and how it's made cooking fun again - in which wil connects the dots
"I see what you did there," Andrew said. "You should be a writer." "I'm working on that," I said. - Blue Light Mashup - part two
It's the second act, which is where the stakes are typically raised for our heroes, there's a death or betrayal, and we're not quite sure how the good guys are going to prevail ? - Blue Light Mashup - part one
This, dear friends, is why I release everything I do to the Creative Commons. Because you never know when someone's going to take something you made and do something cool with it. - the 2008 year in review, part two
2008 was supposed to be the year that I wrote a whole bunch of fiction. I got a lot of things started, finished an important project, but I didn't finish the two projects that were most important to me. I'm going to blame my failure on losing three months to sinus surgery recovery, and a busier-than-anticipated summer convention schedule. Now, I will look forward to 2009 as the year I'll write a whole bunch of fiction, and publish it, even. As I looked through my archives for 2008, I remembered a year that totally didn't suck. Here are some of the highlights, continued from Part One ? - the 2008 year in review, part one
I went on an awesome date with my wife , and then I went to an awesome convention in Phoenix : The day was a blur of friendly faces, signing autographs and books, shaking hands, posing for pictures, mutual geeking at scientists (there were lots of scientists there, mostly astronomers, who listened patiently to me while I slimed them with my slobbering geekiness) and my constant excitement and wonder that so many people knew about my books and wanted to pick them up. ... In fact, while we were driving there (Anne was driving, I was reading from my book because I got it into my head that it may be a good idea to try something new about 20 minutes before showtime) I said to Anne, "You know what's weird? ... Nolan read Little Brother , and it built a bridge between us that is still strong six months later (that's an eternity in teenager time) Later that night, I noticed that he was sitting in the chair by our family iMac, but instead of playing games or talking to his friends on iChat, he had his head cocked to one side, Little Brother open in his lap. - Geek Madness continues, scrabble is played, and the Gabe Bag is packed
I decided that I would take the week between Christmas and New Year off, but the damn Internets keep pulling me back in! So, here are some various items for today ? I wasn't going to write an LA Daily this week, because the Internets seem to be turned off, but my editor told me that traffic is actually up at the Weekly, so I went ahead and wrote a story about playing Scrabble with Anne ? Mike (aka Gabe) says that playing DD with me and Kurtz and Tycho inspired him to get a DMG and learn how to run a game ?I'm in the Jor-El region. Normally I don't care about this sort of thing, and never take it seriously, but I really like Paul and Storm and I'm totally into the spirit of Geek Madness. Vote early and vote often, my brothers and sisters ? so far, the feedback on the audio version of Happiest Days of Our Lives is overwhelmingly positive. Reader Paulius seemed to really like it ? - happy winter festival of your choice
We celebrate a non-religious, minimally-commercial version of Xmas here in Wheatonland, and the 2008 installment is awesome. Whatever you choose to celebrate this time of year, I hope it's filled with all the stuff you like, none of the stuff you don't like, and that you're surrounded by people you love, because that's how I'm doing it, and it rules. Merry and Happy, everyone! - Happy Birthday, @RedPenOfDoom!
Today is my friend Andrew's birthday ? I treasure Andrew's friendship, and I wouldn't be half the writer I am without his Red Pen of Doom ? I'd love it if everyone who reads my blog took a moment to join me in wishing him a happy birthday.
- Looks Like Venom Is From Outer Space
There are some new photos from Spider-Man 3 over at Joblo.com including the one above. If you ask me this image settles the question of whether in the movie Venom will be from outer space. That's Peter Parker's moped in the foreground (as if you didn't know).... - First Photo Of Jeff Bridges As Obadiah Stane!
IESB.net has scooped the first image of Jeff Bridges with shaved head and goatee as he will appear in Iron Man playing Obadiah Stane! Click on the image on the left or here for a bigger version and more photos. They also have a side by side with Bridges and a cover of an Iron Man comic showing what Stane... - Spider-Man 3: Venom Has Black Webbing
So Venom has black webbing? Here's a new pic showing Spiderman snagged by the long-tongued, big-fanged dude. Sadly I must admit that I have never read an issue of Spiderman that had Venom in it as a villain (I know! Can you believe it?). So can anyone tell me, does the uber-evil villain in black have black webbing in... - 2007 Movies: Release Dates And Thoughts
Here's a list of some of the movies coming out this year... some are highly anticipated, others are on the list because I find them interesting in one way or another. And yes, I know that I should have called this post "2007 Movie Roundup". :-) March 16 I Think I Love My Wife - Being married for 11 years,... - Transformers Will Require Doctors On Stand-By
When I saw the first full Transformers trailer it blew me away, and apparently it was a pretty good indication of what the film will be like. It seems that the much-beloved (not) MPAA gave the movie an R-rating after viewing it, which is very much NOT what the studio wanted for the movie. Since Steven Spielberg is an executive... - Jeff Briges = Obadiah Stane In Iron Man!
Ok, so Jeff Bridges won't be playing Happy Hogan or even Sal Kennedy (thanks goodness!) but a character from the Layton/Michelinie era: Obadiah Stane! From reports he's sporting a shaved head and a silver/grey goatee. Will we be seeing the Iron Monger armor? That's the armor that Stane built from stolen Stark Technology when he took over the company.... - Review: 300
By Vic Holtreman Rating: 4 out of 5 Short version: Pretty close to being the ultimate "guy movie." I've waited a long time to see 300, the movie inspired by Frank Miller's graphic novel about the Spartans. If nothing else, based on the trailers I was expecting a movie that at least visually, would blow me away. My only concern... - Star Trek XI Movie Update
Just a few snippets of info from Wondercon coming from Anthony Pascale of Trekmovie.com and Jeff Bond, some speculation but what the heck: - If it wasn't for an established, non-Trek-related person like J.J. Abrams coming on board, there wouldn't be a Star Trek movie in production right now. - The idea is to satisfy long-time Trek fans but bring... - Big Honking Spiderman 3 Preview
Update: You can now see the preview right here! For the next 24 hours only you can go to NBC.com and catch a seven minute preview of Spiderman 3. Personally I fast forwarded through the first half because what I wanted to see was some ACTION. I hate to admit it, but although I found James Franco's portrayal of... - Heroes Freaking ROCKS!
All you Lost fanboy losers out there: you can keep that go-nowhere, yank my chain show... NBC's Heroes is where it's at, baby! If you're not watching it already, hopefully between now and April 23rd (when the show picks up again) you'll have a chance to watch it in reruns. Just kinda, sorta kidding about the fanboy loser comment, BTW.... - Review: The Host (aka Gwoemul)
By Vic Holtreman Rating: 3 out of 5 Short version: Although The Host is unusual, unpredictable and at times funny, it's undercut by a running time that is way too long. The Host is a South Korean horror-comedy film with a serious side to boot. It was made in 2006 and is being released in the U.S. on March 9th,... - Favreau Talks Iron Man Status
Well heck, guess I should have waited a couple of days for my Iron Man movie update post... Over at his MySpace page (via SuperheroHype), Jon Favreau spilled forth a bunch of stuff about where the movie is right now in regards to production. I guess I can continue to hope in vain that he will stop announcing news on... - Lex Leaving Smallville... At The End Like Everyone Else?
Well here's a confusing news story: I just read over at BuddyTV.com (link at end of article) that Michael Rosenbaum, who plays Lex Luthor to perfection on the TV show Smallville, is leaving the series... at the end of the seventh season. Why is this confusing? Because my understanding is that the series was going to end at the end... - Bunch Of Iron Man Updates
It's been a while since I posted any Iron Man movie updates so I thought I'd just summarize news from the last week or so... There's a short video interview with Robert Downey Jr. over at IESB.net where he discusses his take on the character (arms manufacturer who becomes conflicted about what he does) and how it's going with the... - Geico Caveman Doomed
According to a story in Variety, a TV sitcom is being developed at ABC based on the very popular Geico Insurance caveman commercials. "'Cavemen' will revolve around three pre-historic men who must battle prejudice as they attempt to live as normal thirtysomethings in modern Atlanta." I'll be the first to tell you that I love those commercials, but it's quite...