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The official word on The Hobbit movies

Posted 16 years ago

As we just heard, after a beard-graying span of time, two movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved book THE HOBBIT are finally getting ready to go there and back again on the big screen. While the next few weeks will...

Vroom! New posters for Drive Angry and Green Hornet

Posted 16 years ago

Couple of new vehicle themed posters for you here. I still think Nic Cage needs to seem a little more over-the-top mad (which is Cage at his finest), but otherwise the DRIVE ANGRY poster gets the point across. Even if...

Paul Verhoeven has a phantasm orgasm

Posted 16 years ago

It’s been a while since subversive filmmaker Paul Verhoeven gave us a real gratuitous genre gem like ROBOCOP, TOTAL RECALL or STARSHIP TROOPERS. With his latest project ETERNAL, it sounds like he’s getting back into some BASIC INSTINCT or SHOWGIRLS...

Angelina Jolie as Cleopatra in 3D — from James Cameron?

Posted 16 years ago

Filmmaker James Cameron is known for strong female characters. Cleopatra is considered one of the greatest women in history. Angelina Jolie is one of Hollywood’s few marquee actresses. Match made in box office heaven? We’ll see! For a few months,...

Nic Cage seeks justice on the supernatural highway in the trailer for Drive Angry

Posted 16 years ago

When I first heard about DRIVE ANGRY, it sounded like it could be a cool throwback to 70s-era exploitation-style chase flicks. Little did I realize it would actually be a more ambitious, supernatural-toned balls-out action movie packed with crazy Cage...

Dragon Tattoo star Noomi Rapace may deal with Dracula on The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Posted 16 years ago

When she first hit Hollywood a couple of months ago, Swedish actress Noomi Rapace (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, etc.) was reported to be immediately pursued for several high-profile projects, leading everyone to wonder which one she might do....

Luc Besson is working on a huge new sci-fi project that will make The Fifth Element seem small

Posted 16 years ago

As a fan of the wacky, vibrant FIFTH ELEMENT, I’ve been itching for filmmaker Luc Besson to deliver more epic sci-fi, and it sounds like he’s got big plans. Not that he’s been slacking — Besson has been writing and...

New pics show what the world of the new Conan movie looks like

Posted 16 years ago

Aside from a couple of snaps, we’re still waiting for something — anything — to indicate that star Jason Momoa will make an acceptable new Cimmerian in Marcus Nispel’s CONAN. Meanwhile, until a trailer arrives, we have a better idea...

Cool Videos: Stella Artois ad from co-directors Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola

Posted 16 years ago

Do you enjoy good beer? Spy movies from the 1960s? The whimsical and melancholy filmography of Wes Anderson? Then you might dig this swingin’ new commercial for Stella Artois, co-directed by Anderson and Roman Coppola, who worked with a similar...

Robert De Niro takes it to TV for a new cop show

Posted 16 years ago

While his fellow screen veteran and rare co-star Al Pacino heads back to HBO, Robert De Niro is hitting network TV. Unlike Pacino, however, De Niro is staying behind the scenes, executive producing a CBS cop drama called “Rookies”. The...

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