Archive for June, 2011
Yay, Nay, or Maybe: Space Invaders: The Movie?
by Locke Peterseim | June 30th, 2011 | Filed under: News, Quizzes, Contests & PollsFor years there’s been talk of a Space Invaders movie based on the pioneering late-’70s video game–now it appears it could happen! And you know what that means? The long-awaited Pong: The Movie can’t be far behind! As Erika noted last year, Warner Brothers had been pursuing the rights to the Taito Corporation’s 1978 alien-invasion [...]
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CONTEST NOW CLOSED. Win a Copy of Transformers: Dark of the Moon — the Game!
by Erika Olson | June 30th, 2011 | Filed under: Giveaways, Quizzes, Contests & PollsCONTEST NOW CLOSED. There’s no escaping the alien robot ex-citizens of Cybertron this week! Transformers: Dark of the Moon — the third (and supposedly final) installment in Michael Bay’s rock ‘em sock ‘em Transformers trilogy — has already brought in $40 million over the past 48 hours. You can run from the Autobots and Decepticons, [...]
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Tuesday Threes: The Answer
by Locke Peterseim | June 29th, 2011 | Filed under: Quizzes, Contests & Polls, ThreesAll right, that’s more like it, people–stepping back up after a somewhat wimpy outing last week. I asked what actor was in Starship Troopers, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: 42 of you guessed and 42 of you got it correct. Woot! But getting it correct first was one [...]
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My Six-Year-Old Nephew Explains Transformers 1 & 2 To Me
by Locke Peterseim | June 29th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, MoviesIf you’re like me, you get a kick out of watching giant robots beat the ball-bearings outta each other in the Transformers movies, but have trouble keeping track of who’s who and why they’re always robo-wrasslin’. So to prepare for the third flick, Transformers: Dark of the Moon (read my review here), I asked my [...]
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Movie Trailer: Our Idiot Brother, Starring Paul Rudd
by Erika Olson | June 29th, 2011 | Filed under: TrailersWould you just look at that face? That hair? Those Crocs? For the first time in a long time, my #1 celebrity crush has taken on a leading role that is very much against type. Instead of the earnest, straight-laced worrier we’ve come to know and love in Role Models, I Love You Man, Dinner [...]
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What’s New at Redbox This Week?
by Erika Olson | June 28th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Redbox InsiderSix new movies are in redbox kiosks today, and four star-studded oldies but goodies have arrived as well. Here’s the rundown: Beastly In this modern-day take on Beauty and the Beast (loosely based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Alex Finn), obnoxious high school student Kyle gets cursed by a fellow classmate [...]
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Yay, Nay, or Maybe: Toy Story 4?
by Locke Peterseim | June 28th, 2011 | Filed under: News, Quizzes, Contests & PollsDuring the publicity ramp-up to this week’s Larry Crowne, Tom Hanks casually mentioned that yes, he thinks Pixar is working on a Toy Story 4. Mind you, we’re talking press tour–actors say lots of things during them, mostly because us film writers are right there poking them, trying to get something new about new projects [...]
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Movie Trailer: Killer Elite, Starring Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, and Clive Owen’s Mustache
by Erika Olson | June 28th, 2011 | Filed under: TrailersWhile watching the trailer for Killer Elite (which is, as you’ll soon see, not a remake of 1975′s The Killer Elite starring James Caan and Robert Duvall), two thoughts kept running through my head: 1) Why did they ruin Clive Owen’s hotness with that awful mustache?!?!, and 2) “Is that song what I think it [...]
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Movie Trivia: Your Tuesday Threes
by Locke Peterseim | June 28th, 2011 | Filed under: Quizzes, Contests & Polls, ThreesReady for this week’s Threes? Here’s how it goes: I give you three films, you tell me what single actor was in all three of them. Enter your guess in the comments section directly below this post, and if you are the first with the correct answer you’ll find yourself with the homemade construction-paper medal! (Just as soon as you make [...]
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Interview: Barney’s Version Director Richard J. Lewis
by Locke Peterseim | June 28th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Interviews, MoviesAn overlooked gem from last winter, Barney’s Version is a delightful and often moving adaptation of the late Canadian author Mordecai Richler’s picaresque 1997 novel. (Previous Richler novels adapted to film include The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz with Richard Dreyfus and Joshua Then and Now with James Wood.) The character-driven film follows the incorrigible rogue and romantic Barney [...]
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