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Cool Videos: “Pre-make” of Pixar’s Up, starring Spencer Tracy

Posted 16 years ago

By now you might be familiar with the concept of the “pre-make” — teaser trailers for retro versions of modern movies. Particularly of note is the editing work of Ivan Guerrero, who has assembled footage from older films (with a...

Cool Videos: Kali Mah, the herbal supplement from Indy villain Mola Ram

Posted 16 years ago

Aside from some fast-food drinking glasses (mmm, lead paint!), INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM wasn’t the most obvious choice for tie-in merchandise. But things can change over the years… Or as they put it: “We at Classy Hands...

Dellamorte Dellamore 2 – zombies rise again in a sequel to Cemetery Man??

Posted 16 years ago

There are a few cult movies that should be viewed by any true genre fan, and DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE (aka CEMETERY MAN) is on that list. At least for anyone interested in zombies, Euro weirdness, and the spectacular nakedness of Anna...

More looks at the lovely lethal ladies of Zack Snyder’s psycho action-fantasy Sucker Punch

Posted 16 years ago

The tagline for Zack Snyder’s violent mindtrip SUCKER PUNCH is “You Will Be Unprepared.” But by now you’re probably more than prepared to see that filmmaker’s frenetic vision of insanity. (Unless, of course, you’re just not into fine-looking young women...

Thor star Chris Hemsworth talks a tiny bit about The Avengers

Posted 16 years ago

We haven’t even seen him unleash his Asgardian might in the upcoming THOR yet, but we’re already anxious to know what the Thunder God will be up to when he gathers together with the rest of Marvel’s heavy hitters in...

Rian Johnson’s sci-fi film Looper adds Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels and more

Posted 16 years ago

Anyone who loves time-travel stories and/or appreciated Rian Johnson’s brilliant high-school noir BRICK should be anticipating the filmmaker’s next ambitious project LOOPER. The movie already has a pretty killer cast that includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt and Paul...

Don Cheadle talks about a War Machine solo movie

Posted 16 years ago

Ever since Colonel James Rhodes eyeballed that silver armor in the first IRON MAN, we knew a WAR MACHINE spinoff project would probably fire up its boot jets at some point. Rhodey Mark II himself, Don Cheadle, confirmed to MTV...

Learn more about the Battle: Los Angeles aliens at secret site

Posted 16 years ago

In the full trailer for BATTLE: LOS ANGELES (below), only a few glimpses of the invading aliens were revealed. If you want to retain that mystery until your ass is in a theater seat on March 11th, go no further....

And now James Franco is a professional killer in The Iceman, with Michael Shannon and Benicio del Toro

Posted 16 years ago

For a while we’ve been hearing of dueling projects about hitman Richard “Ice Man” Kuklinski, with Mickey Rourke in one corner and workaholic James Franco, Michael Shannon and Benicio del Toro in the other. And as tough as Rourke is,...

Animated Taiwanese news update on Ricky Gervais’ lost hour of Golden Globes

Posted 16 years ago

Comedian Ricky Gervais certainly got plenty of attention for his scathing wisecracks while hosting last Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony. In fact, some even speculated that when he disappeared from the stage for an hour, that he was busy being admonished...

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