August 2009

Spider-Man 4 and Beyond

August 18, 2009

James Vanderbilt, the Zodiac author is currently penning Spider-Man 5 and 6. Apparently, Sony has no problem giving the man some trust, despite the fact that director Sam Raimi was so discomfited, with Vanderbilt’s script for Spider-Man  4, that he called in David Lindsay-Abaire, to rewrite it. In addition, that script was rewritten a third [...]

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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant

August 10, 2009

I will be frank and confess that I have a weakness for those adventure movies with uncanny and monstrous creatures. For example, I really enjoyed Stephen Norrington’s, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with Sean Connery and Shane West, despite its flaws. Another favorite is Van Helsing, where Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale join forces to stop [...]

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G.I. Joe Victorious at the Box Office

August 9, 2009

Despite the negative buzz, the toy soldiers from Hasbro stood their ground and conquered the first spot at the box office, with $56.2 million, worth of tickets throughout 4007 theaters. $56.2M got G.I. Joe the fourth place on the biggest August premiere list, right after The Bourne Ultimatum ($69.3M), Rush Hour 2 ($67.4M) and Signs [...]

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The Lovely Bones Trailer

August 8, 2009

It looks like Peter Jackson created a little dream team when he did his new movie, The Lovely Bones, or what do you call this line up with; Rachel Weisz (Oscar Winner), Susan Sarandon (Oscar Winner), Saoirse Ronan (Oscar Nominee), Mark Wahlberg (Oscar Nominee)? If that was not enough, he also called in some old [...]

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G.I. Joe Showdown

August 7, 2009

This weekend a showdown initiated by Paramount Pictures, will take place at the cinemas across the country. The reason for this is Paramount’s decision to only screen G.I. Joe, to an exclusive group of (in their eyes) dependable bloggers and other critics, which has created a lot of buzz throughout the net. I understand that [...]

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Will There Ever Be a Duke Nukem Movie?

August 5, 2009

There have been rumors now of a movie adaption, of the highly popular and often criticized video game Duke Nukem, for over ten years now and I wonder if it will ever shoot its way out of development hell. First, there was Lawrence Kasanoff said that he was working in a movie in the late [...]

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Gervais Tells a Lie

August 4, 2009

Ricky Gervais is finally doing his directing debut, with the movie, The Invention of Lying, which he has written together with Matthew Robinson, whom also co-directed this one with Gervais. I like the plot a lot and I think it shows that Gervais is smart as whip, when it comes to create comedy out of [...]

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International Poster for Funny People

August 3, 2009

Judd Apatow’s latest comedy, Funny People, got a pleasant weekend at the Box Office and raked home around $23 million, which brought it straight to the top. The reviews of the movie have been predominant positive as well. At Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has received 66% positive reviews, and over at IMDB the average from [...]

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