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Repo Men posters show the high cost of organs

Posted 17 years ago

The central idea behind the upcoming sci-fi/action flick REPO MEN (formerly REPOSSESSION MAMBO) revolves around corporate agents sent to retrieve high-dollar body parts from delinquent payers. And considering these prices, no wonder the “health” company is looking at their bottom...

More pics from Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps

Posted 17 years ago

Is greed still good? All the people currently living on food stamps would probably argue against it, but the thought undoubtedly still swirls in the mind of avarice king Gordon Gekko. Oliver Stone’s WALL STREET 2: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS makes...

Bendis comic Powers goes to cable

Posted 17 years ago

Comic scribe Brian Michael Bendis has been writing about 17 monthly books for the past decade, but hasn’t had much luck seeing his work translated to theater or TV screens. Bendis’ longrunning superhero/crime book POWERS is apparently finally coming to...

Naomi Watts lives next to Daniel Craig

Posted 17 years ago

Daniel Craig might be moving into a cursed home in DREAM HOUSE, but at least he’ll have some nice scenery nearby. Lovely Aussie Naomi Watts joins the brawny Bond in the thriller, about a man who moves his family to...

Danny Boyle takes Frankenstein to the stage

Posted 17 years ago

Filmmaker Danny Boyle has been linked to a dozen possible projects since winning the Oscar for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, but it turns out he really wants to reanimate the Gothic horrors of Mary Shelley’s classic tale FRANKENSTEIN. Unfortunately, you won’t see...

Jason Momoa is Conan, and Mickey Rourke is his dad?

Posted 17 years ago

It seems that dialing certain chevrons on the Stargate can lead you to the Hyborian Age. At least that worked for “Stargate Atlantis” actor Jason Momoa, who has reportedly landed the lead in the new CONAN movie (Hey, O’Brien can’t...

Hot Tub Time Machine R-rated trailer w/ boobs

Posted 17 years ago

It’s too early to tell if HOT TUB TIME MACHINE will be a complete abdominal workout or just a chuckler, but it definitely has one of this year’s best movie titles. The self-explanatory comedy features John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Clark...

Frank Darabont’s Walking Dead show gets a pilot

Posted 17 years ago

Last summer, we heard that filmmaker Frank Darabont (THE MIST, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) was developing the fan-fave ongoing Image comic THE WALKING DEAD as a potential series for cable channel AMC, current home of gutsy acclaimed shows “Mad Men” and...

Poster for Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer

Posted 17 years ago

Regardless of how you feel about filmmaker Roman Polanski’s personal past, his body of work stands on its own. His latest film THE GHOST WRITER is doing something Polanski himself will probably never, ever, ever do: make an appearance in...

Tarantino, Cameron, Bigelow and other GG directors’ roundtable talk

Posted 17 years ago

Before last Sunday’s Golden Globes, the LA Times wrangled directors Jason Reitman, James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino, Kathryn Bigelow and Lee Daniels into a single room. Moderator John Horn (who gets a funny crack at Reitman) got the five nominated directors...

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