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Zach Galifianakis hangs with felt creatures in the new Muppet movie

Posted 16 years ago

Paunchy funnyguy Zach Galifianakis is currently stirring up more drunken trouble in THE HANGOVER 2 and is also out promoting DUE DATE with co-star Robert Downey Jr… who inadvertently let slip some of Zach’s other upcoming plans (which EW confirmed)....

Jennifer Lawrence discusses being blue as young Mystique in X-Men: First Class

Posted 16 years ago

The large roster of mutants in Matthew Vaughn’s prequel X-MEN: FIRST CLASS may not exactly be filled with familiar faces, but we’ve got word from an actress playing a character we’ve seen — in more faces than one. Hollywood Elsewhere...

Who will be the villain in Star Trek 2? Or at least, who won’t be?

Posted 16 years ago

Khaaaaaaannnnn!!!! With that out of the way, I can go ahead and tell you that it looks like we won’t be seeing Khan Noonien Singh returning (again) to menace James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise in the...

Finally, Val Kilmer and Francis Ford Coppola make a movie together

Posted 16 years ago

As someone who has quoted movies like REAL GENIUS, TOMBSTONE and TOP SECRET to what is likely an irritating degree, I think it’s kind of criminal that Val Kilmer’s career hasn’t soared in the 21st century (even his equally quoted...

How about… zombies versus knights?

Posted 16 years ago

Seems like a lot of classic monster archetypes are omnipresent on the big screen lately, but zombies still mostly seem to be relegated to filling stores’ bottom shelves with low-budget DVD junk. Maybe a high concept will give the shamblers...

Veteran actors Ed Asner and Lou Gossett Jr. experience horror in The Home

Posted 16 years ago

Elderly rehab facilities don’t seem to be popular locations for horror movies, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a prime place for terror. And in THE HOME, some strong actors will be on the list of potential victims. B-D says...

Marvel decides their Runaways movie needs more time to mature

Posted 16 years ago

While Marvel ramps up their supersized superhero movies on the way to assembling THE AVENGERS, their other comic adaptation is getting the ugly stepchild treatment: RUNAWAYS has quietly been in development for some time, but now it’s getting locked in...

Here comes The Hobbit casting!

Posted 16 years ago

Now that Peter Jackson is finally (finally!!) moving forward on the new movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved book THE HOBBIT, we’re getting names of some humans who will occupy the roles of various Middle Earth denizens. As rumored, Martin...

The Alamo Drafthouse expands online with a badass new movie-related site

Posted 16 years ago

If you’ve never experienced the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, trust me when I say you wish there was such a theater in your town. And while they are ever-so-slowly expanding their ultimate coolness (and getting into film distribution), they’re also...

Liam Neeson has memory problems in the trailer for Unknown

Posted 16 years ago

Wow, Liam Neeson makes so many movies now, I can hardly keep up. Fortunately, Neeson added to just about any movie can be considered a positive. Particularly when he brings a container of whoopass, and cracks the seal. His latest...

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