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105 Degrees in Saigon

World War II flicks are certainly still a popular theme for filmmakers, and elements of the current Iraq “situation” are slowly getting turned into mostly unwelcome features, but we haven’t seen a lot of Vietnam for a while. Director Jon...
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Pathology of Heroes

I guess we know what the ostensible star of TV’s hit HEROES will be doing in his downtime once this season of the series wraps. Superpowered sponge and potential exploding dude Milo Ventimiglia will be bringing his crooked lip and...
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Bruce Lee fun park

He kicks, he punches, he spins in his grave. Bruce Lee, one of pop culture’s coolest, most influential icons, will be immortalized in… a theme park. Yes, Dragon fans, it’s true… and only slightly more weird and questionable than the...
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More T’Formers pics

I’m on record as saying that Michael Bay’s energetic, assaultive directing style is perfectly suited to TRANSFORMERS, a movie about two opposing groups of giant robots who turn into vehicles, weaponry and various household objects… and then smack the chrome...
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Hellboy 2 casting

With the success and awards attention he received from his dark fairy tale PAN’S LABYRINTH, it’s probably safe to say that filmmaker Guillermo del Toro can get what he wants. And what he wants is… Luke Goss? According to IESB,...
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More Grind at Cannes?

It was previously rumored that GRINDHOUSE would get slashed into two separate releases for certain global markets rather than the double-punch package the US and English-speaking territories will experience. That still seems to be the case, but they might end...
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Hostel 2 trailer

You’ll have to contend with MTV’s aggravating processor-crushing website to see it (look into Quicktime, willya?), but the trailer for Eli Roth’s torturiffic sequel HOSTEL PART II is now live. At least until a winning bidder takes a chainsaw or...
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Indy 4… in 3-D?

By now I’ve voiced my general distaste for the very idea of the unavoidable INDIANA JONES IV (IntraVenous) — after all, with the possible exception of TRANCERS 4: JACK OF SWORDS, what was the last movie franchise that made it...
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Buffy vs. Batman?

Despite having battled bloodsuckers for seven years on BUFFY, Sarah Michelle Gellar hasn’t really had a movie role with any kind of bite since her devious vixen in 1999’s CRUEL INTENTIONS. Will she be taking her stake (Mr. Pointy?) out...
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