JoBlo's Movie Emporium News http://www.joblo.com/ JoBlo's Movie Emporium News en-US Dave Davis Battleship spoilers? WARNING: As the headline implies, there are potential and substantial spoilers below. When we first heard that Universal was making a movie based on the classic game BATTLESHIP, it led to some head-scratching. How did they figure out a way to transform random guesses and the insertion of plastic pegs into a compelling and family-friendly movie about naval combat? What was it that lured filmmaker Peter Berg (THE... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29460 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:20:40 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29460 Tony Lang Paltrow's a Danish Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman playing lovers, sounds intriguing right? Even better when LET THE RIGHT ONE IN helmer Tomas Alfredson is behind it. Where it get possibly creepy though is having Kidman play a dude... Prosthetic-nose time again? It kinda Oscar-worked the last time... Gwyneth joins THE DANISH GIRL, produced by Kidman herself through her Blossom Films shingle and based on the novel by David Ebershoff.... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29458 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:50:38 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29458 Tony Lang Cody Dictionary There's a new phobic disorder rampaging Hollywood these last few years it seems, and the folks of Urban Dictionary got a name for it: Junophobia, an irrational fear of teenagers who incorporate more than 10% of Diablo Cody's slang into their lexicon. If you suffer from that condition, don't dunk your marmalade in the trash just yet - there IS help. Empire Online has taken upon themselves to assist those poor... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29459 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:48:39 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29459 Tony Lang Singing Spidey's back! You know that musical Spiderman from Julie Taymor that was declared all but dead recently because of monetary problems? Well it ain't quite that dead. Yet. Variety says that with a new producer on board, meaning someone who found a new source of gullible cash cows, work has resumed AND...they found a Spidey. A complete unknown with no reputation to lose in the first place. Music industry vet Michael Cohl... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29456 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:47:36 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29456 Tony Lang Trailer for Jordan I always like to find a trailer for a small indie film that completely captures my curiosity, as is the case here with JORDAN, a film that I find hard to decipher what genre it'll actually turn out to be. From rookie director Stuart Hynson Culpepper, the film follows a cute young girl who, having been found by a small town cop after walking away from a car crash, claims that the woman who calls herself her mother is... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29457 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:43:37 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29457 Dave Davis The Road: the game If you watched the trailer for THE ROAD and thought it would be neat to wander the bleak post-apocalyptic American hellscape in search of food and shelter, here's your virtual opportunity! In one of the strangest movie tie-ins, THE ROAD online game lets you spend time collecting boots and scrounging for sustenance. Sure, why not? Click below to experience some of the glamorous future before Viggo and son finally... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29453 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:15:33 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29453 Dave Davis The Box prob solved Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29454 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:23:34 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29454 Niki Stephens Eclipse teaser poster The suspense is over, the teaser poster for ECLIPSE is here. So, there wasn't much suspense for it, but those who are interested get a peek. I can't say that it does anything for me. It's exactly what you might assume a poster for ECLIPSE would look like, it's a picture of an eclipse. Then again, it is just a teaser poster. I prefer it to some of the other posters from the TWILIGHT saga. Don't expect for the... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29452 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:05:32 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29452 Niki Stephens Cusack and Preacher? Is John Cusack fishing for a role in PREACHER? Perhaps, at least he thinks that's what it is. The peeps over at io9 got an exclusive with Cusack where the topic of comic book movies came up. As you might already know, Sam Mendes will be directing with John August (GO, CHARLIES ANGELS) penning the screenplay. Cusack is down with doing a comic novel, but would rather do something more adult oriented... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29451 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:35:31 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29451 Niki Stephens New Wolfman poster Instead of having a menacing picture of Benicio del Toro as THE WOLFMAN, we've got his fair lady. The black and white poster shows Emily Blunt terrified, hiding behind a tree hoping the wolf doesn't find her. If you've seen the trailer, it's the scene that they end on. What I really like about this, is it almost looks like a sketch. It's also intriguing that they left off Benicio adding to the suspense. The... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29450 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:22:30 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29450 Paul Tassi MWF2 launch trailer I know, I KNOW, you guys are going to kill me. But it's a slow news Friday, and even though we've posted a bit about Call of Duty: MWF2 on the site before (read: a massive two other stories), this new launch trailer for the game is too epic not to put up today. I am NOT on Infinity Ward’s payroll, I just think it’s worth watching as a badass cinematic experience. Also, to... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29449 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:41:29 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29449 Paul Tassi Greene an Apparition Now this isn't TWILIGHT news per se, so I don't think I need to let Niki take it, but it does have to do with someone from the series, Edward Cullen's sister, Ashley Greene (yes, the one with all the leaked naked pictures on the internet). She’s branching outside her vegan vampire role, and stepping into THE APPARITION, a supernatural thriller that chronicles a young couple haunted by something ghostly released... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29448 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:41:28 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29448 Paul Tassi High Fidelity reunion Director Stephen Frears and writer D.V. DeVincentis last worked together on the John Cusack classic, HIGH FIDELITY back in 2000, but now they’ve reteamed for a new project, titled LAY THE FAVORITE, based on an upcoming memoir by Beth Raymer. Raymer's memoir is set amid a group of fiftyish math geeks who figure out how to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas for their own profit. It centers on a woman in her... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29447 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:26:27 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29447 Mike Sampson Cohen gets in Accidentes After filming two back-to-back guerilla-style comedies, Sacha Baron Cohen is sticking to characters in scripted movies for the future and has set up a couple of projects in Hollywood. The first is a comedy set up at Universal titled ACCIDENTES, which would star Cohen as "an ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney of Latin descent who becomes a hero of the working class." The film had previously been set up... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29446 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:54:26 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29446 Mike Sampson Nakata directs Stone Earlier this decade, director Hideo Nakata had a lot of things going for him. The American remake of his Japanese horror flick THE RING was a huge hit and launched a new sub-genre in Hollywood. A number of his films were tabbed for remakes and some made it through development (DARK WATER) and some didn't (CHAOS). But the J-horror genre started to play itself out and by the time Nakata made his English-language debut... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29445 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:13:25 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29445 Mike Sampson New Derrick short Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29444 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:02:24 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29444 Alex Keen Game On, Bitches!! IF YOU LIKED GRAND THEFT AUTO IV... GRAND THEFT AUTO: EPISODES FROM LIBERTY CITY BUY THIS GAME AT AMAZON.COM NOW!!! Developer: Rockstar NorthPublisher: Rockstar GamesSystems: XBOX 360 If you enjoyed playing GTA IV, you'll love GRAND THEFT AUTO: EPISODES FROM LIBERTY CITY. Encompassing the two downloadable episodes for GRAND THEFT AUTO IV, this disc is an outstanding continuation of the series. While not much... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29410 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:08:50 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29410 Mathew Plale DVD: Z Mathew Plale reviews "Z" Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29397 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:02:37 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29397 Chris Bumbray Review: The Fourth Kind PLOT: Supposedly fact based (riiiiight), this film examines close encounters of the so-called "fourth kind"- involving alien abductions, and the unsettling experiences of a psychologist (Milla Jovovich), who, along with several of her patients- becomes a victim to this phenomena. REVIEW: I really don't know what to make of THE FOURTH KIND. I think it's an extremely well crafted movie,... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29425 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:56:05 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=29425 Chris Bumbray Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats PLOT: A reporter (Ewan McGregor), embedded in Iraq in 2003, teams up with a former special ops soldier, Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who claims to be a highly trained psychic warrior, or "Jedi Knight". Cassady claims he's the product of a top secret training program founded by a new age Colonel (Jeff Bridges), which, among other things- gave him the ability to kill goats telepathically. REVIEW: THE... Read More... ]]> http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=28477 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:51:57 EST http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=28477