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We could simply cut and paste stories from Variety, but we don’t. We’re too amazing for that. We RETYPE articles from Variety…

EXCLUSIVE POSTERS: TRADE

Movies can be wonderful entertainment, but they can also be something more – a way of telling stories about important things going on in the world around us. Trade is a movie like that, a film that focuses on the horrors of international sex trafficking. Here’s the official synopsis from Lionsgate: Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) is … Continue reading

BAD INTERNET JOURNALISTS! BAD!

Last week the online community of journalists got an email from Universal publicity, the gist of which was “When you go to junkets don’t hound the talent for autographs, photographs or ask them to record special messages. Act professionally or we’re going to freeze you out.” This email came on the heels of Paramount’s latest … Continue reading

OCEAN SPRAY

If you love seeing stills from upcoming films that might hint at or reveal spoilage, you’re going to be really disappointed with this one.Ocean’s 13, the prequel to Ocean’s 14, has its first official image from the film up and at ‘em. Ok, so maybe there won’t be an Ocean’s 14, as Steven Soderbergh has … Continue reading

DEL TARZAN

That Guillermo del Toro is a sneaky one. This summer I sat down with him for an extensive interview, and one of the subjects that came up was his current reading. What are you watching these days? What are you reading these days?Del Toro: I’m reading mostly Tarzan novels right now. I’m reading the entire … Continue reading

NEWS ROUND-UP

– Brick-chinned Ed “Your History of Violence eye scares me” Harris has signed on to participate in the upcoming Samuel L. Jackson film The Cleaner. Sadly, it’s apparent Mr. Harris didn’t realize the movie is going to be directed by Renny “make it shit” Harlin. Harris will be playing a detective who takes an interest … Continue reading

GHIBLI, SON OF GLOIN, FATHER OF REMAKES

It’s no secret TV movies mostly suck. It’s also no secret, thanks to Xena production values and actors of the same caliber, TV movies involving fantasy always suck. In 2004, Sci Fi’s Earthsea proudly followed the tradition while trying to cash in on the Lord of the Rings craze. At roughly the same time, Hayao … Continue reading

NANKING SUFFERS NEW ATROCITY NAMED SIMON WEST

Just when I thought I could close the “WTF?!?!?!” file for 2006, Twitchfilms reports that the movie version of Iris Chang’s powerful The Rape of Nanking, a non-fiction account of Japanese atrocities in WWII, is filming next month. Under the direction of Simon “One of the worst directors working on Earth” West. Nazi Germany gets … Continue reading

HOW SPIDER-MAN 3 RIPS OFF GYMKATA

"He now fights with the thrill of sky boarding and the kill of jujitsu! Sky jitsu! Sky jitsu! That’s actually ripped off from a trailer I saw years ago, for this movie Gymakata. They go, ‘The thrill of gymnastics!’ and then they show some guy flipping. ‘The kill of karate!’ And I love how they … Continue reading

DIE HARD WITH A TEASER

You can now see the teaser trailer for Live Free or Die Hard, the resurrection of Bruce Willis’ famous franchise, by clicking here. As a teaser there’s not much indication of what the heck this movie is about beyond stuff slamming into other stuff – cars into concrete, trucks into cars, people into cars, cars … Continue reading