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Robert Downey Jr. is pulled in by Gravity

Posted 16 years ago

Before he returns to Victorian London for more deductive reasoning and predictive fisticuffs, does Robert Downey Jr. have time to take off into space? According to Deadline Hollywood, he does. They claim the actor has been drawn to Alfonso Cuarón’s...

Conan gets Ron Perlman and G.I. Joe’s Breaker

Posted 16 years ago

Although Mickey Rourke won’t be playing Conan’s dad after all, another grizzled genre veteran will supply his cinematic seed to sire the infamous swordsman of Hyboria. Ron Perlman will play Corin, the father of Conan in Marcus Nispel’s relaunch of...

Fandango will let you use your cell phone as a movie ticket

Posted 16 years ago

Ticketer company Fandango wants you to save even more time, and a tiny bit of paper as well. Since most humans now go everywhere equipped with a cellphone, they can also use that pocket device to gain entry into theaters....

Predators sneak peek is online!

Posted 16 years ago

Robert Rodriguez is unveiling some footage of his and director Nimrod Antal’s sequel PREDATORS at the SXSW Festival in Texas, and he’s kind enough to share some of it with us unfortunate humans who can’t make it to Austin for...

Disney pulls the plug on Zemeckis performance capture company

Posted 16 years ago

It doesn’t look like filmmaker Robert Zemeckis will get the chance to keep improving his “performance capture” animation process. At least not on Disney’s dime. The Mouse House is closing down Zemeckis’ ImageMovers Digital studios, and will phase out its...

Lada Gaga and Beyonce ride in the Pussy Wagon

Posted 16 years ago

The new video for Lady Gaga’s song “Telephone” is movie-related only through its incorporation of an iconic KILL BILL prop and an obvious love of women-in-prison exploitation flicks, but on a slow Friday, that’s close enough. The tune itself is...

Clive Owen may help Jason Statham kill a lot of people

Posted 16 years ago

Jason Statham has followed a tried-and-true path to success that involves kicking, punching and shooting nearly everyone in his way. And fellow Brit Clive Owen is no stranger to similar tactics, if with a bit more deliberation and panache. And...

The week in Tarantino: Smurfs, lawsuit, Weinstein documentary

Posted 16 years ago

Quentin Tarantino may not have won any Oscars for his last movie, and he may not have announced his next one yet, but there always seems to be something QT-related to discuss. Alan Cumming is voicing one of the little...

Sketch comedy movie with Jackman, Butler, Banks, Winslet and many more

Posted 16 years ago

We don’t see too many sketch-style comedy features in the vein of KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE or AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON anymore, but there’s one in the works with some top-tier talent. It’s unknown what will be the underlying “story”...

The Runaways assemble in a buncha new clips

Posted 16 years ago

Most of the current generation probably wouldn’t know a Runaways song unless Paramore covers it, but their new biopic will undoubtedly attract a young audience simply by virtue of having TWILIGHT star Kristen Stewart rocking out. The perpetually disinterested actress...

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