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‘The Adjustment Bureau’ Movie Review: A Wild God Chase That Trips On The Details By Russ Fischer/March 4, 2011 7:30 pm EST Numerous release delays and more than a small amount of re-editing left us wondering if this movie, the directorial debut from screenwriter George Nolfi, might be a total disaster. In fact, The Adjustment Bureau is an effective, even captivating romantic chase film with a meditative core worth considering. That is, until it bursts its own bubble with explanations....

‘The Simpsons’ Bits: Second Movie Idea And Live Action Segment By Germain Lussier/Dec. 6, 2010 10:20 am EST After more than two decades on the air, one would assume it might be difficult for The Simpsons to remain current and culturally relevant. However, while it’s not as popular as it was fifteen years ago, week after week, the show remains as solid as any comedy on TV. Then, every once in a while, the show does something so outrageous, we all step back and marvel at their brilliance....

‘War Horse’ Poster By Russ Fischer/Sept. 27, 2011 7:18 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Steven Spielberg’s second movie of 2011, War Horse, opens right at the end of the year, on December 28. Accordingly, Dreamworks has been holding its cards close so far, with only one trailer released to show what Spielberg has done with the adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel and the stage play it spawned....

Alexander Skarsgard Joins Battleship By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2010 8:09 pm EST True Blood star Alexander Skarsgard has been cast in Peter Berg’s water based epic action adaptation of the board game Battleship. According to HeatVision, Skarsgard will playthe brother of Alex Hopper, the Commanding Officer and lead in the film played by Taylor Kitsch. Skarsgard’s character will be “a straight and narrow naval officer whom Kitsch, a wildly spirited naval officer, idolizes....

Casting Bits: Patricia Clarkson In ‘The East’, Octavia Spencer In Diablo Cody Project, Michael Angarano In ‘The English Teacher’ By Angie Han/Oct. 6, 2011 6:30 pm EST The more people get cast in Zal Batmanglij’s The East, the more interesting it sounds. The latest addition is the always excellent Patricia Clarkson, who’ll play the boss of co-writer and star Brit Marling. The thriller revolves around an agent (Marling) from a private security firm who is tasked with infiltrating a terrorist group called The East....

Casting Bits: Patton Oswalt In ‘Odd Thomas;’ Helena Bonham Carter In ‘Great Expectations;’ Lauren Weedman In ‘Five Year Engagement’ By Russ Fischer/April 14, 2011 7:06 pm EST The cast of Odd Thomas just got even better. Stephen Sommers is writing and directing the film based on the supernatural novel by Dean Koontz, and has Anton Yelchin playing the clairvoyant title character; Addison Timlin as his girlfriend; and Willem Dafoe as the local police chief....

Cool Stuff: Plastic Heroes T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 1, 2010 6:00 am EST Teefury’s T-shirt of the day is a design titled Plastic Heroes created by Nova Scotia-based artist PowerPig. The design should bring back memories for anyone who played with action figures growing up in the 1980’s. A note from the artist: Today’s toys are super detailed and super articulated, and that’s cool. Still, they’ll never come close to the awesome action figures we had when we were young....

Cool Stuff: Web Game ‘Famous Objects From Classic Movies’ By Russ Fischer/March 3, 2011 5:30 pm EST There’s a great flash-based web game making the rounds this week called Famous Objects From Classic Movies. The mechanic is simple: you’ll see a minimalist silhouette of an iconic image or prop related to a movie, and in a little hangman-style text box you need to fill in the name of the film....

David Chase’s Directorial Debut Set For October 2012 Release By Germain Lussier/Sept. 12, 2011 1:00 pm EST It’s always fun to discuss next year’s award season during this year’s awards season. We’re over a year away and fall 2012 is already populated with theoretical Oscar contenders like Oliver Stone’s Savages, Kathryn Bigelow’s Osama Bin Laden film, Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, Tom Hooper’s Les Miserables and Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. (Most of which haven’t even begun to shoot....

Dwayne Johnson Tweets That He’s In Talks For ‘Lobo’ By Angie Han/July 16, 2012 12:00 pm EST DC Entertainment has got some catching up to do if it wants to catch up with Marvel Studios’ slate of superhero movies, but they’re trying their best to rise to the challenge. Although Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel is the only DC movie due out in the next three years, Warner Bros. has a slew of other comic book adaptations in various states of development at the moment, among them the long-simmering Lobo adaptation....

First Look: Nicholas Hoult And Teresa Palmer In Jonathan Levine’s ‘Warm Bodies’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 2, 2011 11:20 am EST Here’s the first look at Warm Bodies, which stars Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer and is directed by Jonathan Levine, whose film 50/50 was released not long ago. (He also made All the Boys Love Mandy Lane and The Wackness.) Warm Bodies has been described in short as a zom-rom-com — that’s a zombie romantic comedy — and this first picture makes it appear to be positioned squarely in the Twilight space....

Geek Deal: Shaun Of The Dead And Hot Fuzz On Blu-Ray For $10 Each By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 21, 2010 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

IMDb Calls Age Reveal Lawsuit “Frivolous,” Blasts Actress As “Selfish” By Angie Han/Nov. 16, 2011 10:00 am EST Now the movie site has responded, and as you might expect, they aren’t happy. IMDb has filed a motion to dismiss the case, blasting the actress as “selfish” and the case as “frivolous.” Ironically, the site — which the plaintiff has accused of fraud, among other things — argues in its statement that the actress herself is attempting to perpetuate fraud....

International Movie Trailer: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biutiful By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2010 6:59 am EST Focus Features has released an international movie trailer for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s (21 Grams, Babel) latest film Biutiful, which stars Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men) as a man involved in a bunch of illegal dealings who learns that he might be dying of Cancer. He is a single father of two children, dealing with issues of mortality and legacy....

Italian ‘Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night’ Trailer By Angie Han/Feb. 16, 2011 5:00 am EST It’s been almost three years since we first reported that Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) had been cast as the title character in Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, with TMNT director Kevin Munroe set to helm. The good news is that the film will finally be released on March 16, 2011. The bad news is that the good news only applies if you’re Italian....

Joe Johnston: “I’d Love To Make A Sequel To The Rocketeer” By Russ Fischer/June 28, 2011 2:30 pm EST Looks like Joe Johnston is about to have his biggest career moment. He directed Captain America: The First Avenger for Marvel Studios, and early reactions peg the movie as the most satisfying tentpole of the summer. (I wasn’t thrilled with him getting the gig, and it looks like I’ll have to eat those words — which I’ll happily do if the film is as good as the early buzz suggests....

Joseph Gordon-Levitt In Talks To Join ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2011 8:45 pm EST Deadline has confirmed something that has been suspected for some time — Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in talks to reunite with his Inception director Christopher Nolan in The Dark Knight Rises. No one knows what role he will play, but rumor sites have been suspecting that Hugo Strange is part of the threequel story....

Joss Whedon Explains How Team-Building In ‘The Avengers’ Was Only The Beginning, Discusses Overseeing Marvel Movie Universe By Russ Fischer/Sept. 11, 2012 10:00 am EST Because he’s up in Toronto promoting his small Shakespeare adaptation Much Ado About Nothing, Joss Whedon is fielding questions about further plans for The Avengers and the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Yesterday he gave a ringing endorsement to presumed Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, and now he has made some comments about where Marvel’s movies will go next and how he’ll help them get there....

Kevin Smith Responds To Seann William Scott Considering ‘Goon’ Over ‘Hit Somebody’ By Adam Quigley/Aug. 13, 2010 9:00 am EST Recently it was announced that Seann William Scott was in line to star alongside Jay Baruchel in the hockey comedy Goon (not to be confused with the David Fincher-produced comic book adaptation The Goon), which is being developed by Baruchel alongside writing collaborator Evan Goldberg. What wasn’t clear from the announcement is what sort of conflict the casting might pose for Kevin Smith’s hockey comedy Hit Somebody, in which Scott is also meant to star....

Leonardo DiCaprio Confirms Clint Eastwood’s ‘Hoover’ To Shoot Early 2011; Plus ‘Hugo Cabret’ Update By Germain Lussier/Nov. 15, 2010 2:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Leonardo DiCaprio isn’t married, but he’s about to be unfaithful to his frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese. The pair met up via satellite in Hollywood this weekend to discuss several of their collaborations and each got to talking about their upcoming projects....