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Beowulf art and R-clip

Ye olde CG tale of warriors and monsters is coming in November, so more new BEOWULF material shows up on a regular basis. Although the “new” stuff seems to be slightly different versions of previous stuff… Anyway, here’s the latest...
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New Hitman trailer

In addition to the usual horror-themed fare, this October we’ll also get a copious dosage of gunplay action courtesy of barcoded killer Timothy Olyphant in HITMAN. And while thinking of past videogame movies can cause nasty paroxysms and general face...
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The bunnies do Saw

Those quick-moving long-eared cartoon mammals are back with more feature films condensed to 30 seconds. This time around they’re taking a poke at Jigsaw and the interminable SAW series, which doesn’t seem quite so horrific when re-enacted by spastic animated...
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Sommers says “Yo Joe!”

It looks like we have an official answer to the question “Is he or isn’t he?” The answer: he is. The question, if you were wondering, is “Will Stephen Sommers, the MUMMY mastermind and VAN HELSING assailant, direct the big-budget...
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The Spirit gets shot

Overlooked in yesterday’s Eva Mendes casting announcement (blame that hypnotic bottom) is the fact that Frank Miller’s feature film adaptation of THE SPIRIT also now has a cinematographer: Bill Pope. Why is this remotely important, you might ask while still...
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Walken does chicken

If you’re a fan of Christopher Walken and you also like poultry, there’s no reason you shouldn’t have them together. And so, apropos of nothing, here’s the punctuation-hating chef in his kitchen preparing a delicious dish. You can also see...
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Stopping Power people

Looks like John Cusack will get plenty of action in STOPPING POWER, as he now has a girlfriend and a villain. The flick has added Melissa George and Jason Isaacs to the cast. You might be surprised to find out...
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JLA is CGI? OMG, WTF!

The fansite community has been animated lately with random hypotheses about the proposed JUSTICE LEAGUE movie (further fed by recent statements from Christian Bale and Ryan Reynolds). But here’s a bizarre (Bizarro?) new wrinkle in the space-time continuum: will the...
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Bay says no to TF2?

As the whole fabricated hi-def DVD war starts to heat up, even filmmakers are vehemently voicing their opinion. For example, director and chief object exploder Michael Bay was apparently so chafed that Paramount would put TRANSFORMERS on HD-DVD but not...
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Spirit of Eva Mendes

It looks like THE SPIRIT is going to have his heroics complicated by booty and boobs. Poor guy. Luscious Latino Eva Mendes has joined Frank Miller’s comic book crimefighter flick, providing her impressive posterior to fill out the other end...
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