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Photos: Woody Harrelson And Kat Dennings In The Indie Superhero Dramedy Defendor By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2009 11:46 am EST Defendor is a superhero dramedy which premieres at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Written and directed by Peter Stebbings, and starring Woody Harrelson and Kat Dennings, the story centers around three characters: an everyday guy who comes to believe he’s a superhero, his psychiatrist, and the teenager he befriends....

Posters: Get Smart, Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Nines, Rambo By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 15, 2007 8:20 pm EST Empire has a look at the International poster for John August’s The Nines starring Ryan Reynolds. I LOVED this movie when I saw it at Sundance very early this year, and I think everyone would agree that this film is a tough one to market, but I much prefer the U.S. one-sheet. And Lionsgate has sent us the new teaser poster for Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo, seen below....

Quentin Tarantino’s Top 8 Movies Of 2009 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 14, 2009 3:34 pm EST The Hollywood Reporter had a chance to ask Quentin Tarantino about his favorite films of 2009, and the filmmaker responded with the following eight movies… JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell Judd Apatow’s Funny People Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air Prachya Pinkaew’s Chocolate Jody Hill’s Observe and Report Lee Daniels’ Precious...

Sundance Review/Video Blog: Exit Through The Gift Shop By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 26, 2010 11:18 pm EST This week the Sundance Film Festival held a surprise premiere of Exit Through the Gift Shop, the first film by the renowned graffiti artist Banksy. I had heard amazing things about the doc coming out of the public screening premiere, so I decided to check out the film today at a press screening. For those of you who don’t know, Banksy is a graffiti artist “with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the Palestinian segregation wall in the West Bank....

Sundance Video Review: The Company Men By David Chen/Jan. 23, 2010 10:00 am EST I was a huge fan of John Wells’ work in E.R. and The West Wing, so when I heard that he would making his film directorial debut at Sundance with The Company Men, I was pretty excited. Add to that an all-star cast featuring Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, and Rosemary DeWitt and you have a recipe for success, right?...

SXSW Movie Trailer: Super High Me By Hunter Stephenson/March 13, 2008 1:10 am EST But the trailer? Well, the trailer is just bongs, smoke clouds, nuggets, stoned delays, laughing, and there’s a cameo by fellow comedian Brian Posehn. Oh, and there’s a little medical marijuana debate in there too for good measure. If you’re wondering about the outcome, Benson’s SAT scores were higher stoned, his sperm count actually rose during his month-long weedathon, his psychic abilities were higher stoned, and I’m guessing he continues to toke up regularly....

Two Minute Sneak Peak: Lost Season Five Premiere “Because You Left” By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 2, 2008 9:22 pm EST Who isn’t already excited for the fifth season of Lost? ABC has released a two minute sneak peak at the season premiere “Because You Left”, which airs on Wednesday, January 21st 2009. Thanks to /Film reader Kyle for the tip. Discuss: Who are the lawyers working for? Another question! Damn you JJ Abrams!...

VOTD: Larry David’s Help A Bald Brother Out, Would You? By Hunter Stephenson/July 2, 2008 10:20 pm EST You know something is funny when you ask yourself, “Oh f***, did her brother die from that,” before sending out an annoying, massive CC: July 4th email to your family’s family. Here we have the simplest of premises: Larry David, clad in signature blazer and T-shirt, delivering an anti-“The More You Know” PSA informing why the Silent Killer is cramping the style of the follicle-doomed....

Wolverine 2 Could Tell Logan’s Japanese Saga By Peter Sciretta/April 30, 2009 3:27 pm EST It makes sense that Jackman wants to explore Wolverine’s Japanese saga, because it would truly bring a superhero story someplace we havent seen before on the big screen. Jackman is enthusiastic of seeing his “anarchic character, the outsider, being in this world — I can see it aesthetically, too — full of honor and tradition and customs and someone who’s really anti-all of that, and trying to negotiate his way....

Zack And Miri Make A Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 25, 2008 3:18 pm EST Kevin Smith is hard at work filming and editing his latest, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which stars Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson, and Jason Mewes. Our friends at NewsAskew are reporting that the current hope is to have the official movie trailer attached to Pineapple Express, the Judd Apatow-produced Seth Rogen comedy which hits theaters on August 8th 2008....

Bruce Campbell: Next Spidey Shooting In January, Bigger Part For Him By Brendon Connelly/Sept. 13, 2009 6:11 am EST The world’s most A-grade B-actor, Bruce Campbell, was stopped at the red carpet premiere of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and pressed for details on the upcoming Spider-Man 4. Seeing as he’s had a role in each of the three Sam Raimi Spidey pictures so far it wasn’t too much of a stretch to assume he’d be on the call sheet for the next go around too....

Chris Rock To Write/Produce/Star In “Urban Reworking” Of “Death At A Funeral” By David Chen/Nov. 7, 2008 10:13 pm EST According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chris Rock will be teaming up with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Screen Gems for a re-imagining of Frank Oz’s 2007 British comedy Death at a Funeral. Rock will produce and star in the film, in addition to co-writing the script with Ayesha Carr (an Everybody Hates Chris veteran)....

Cool Stuff: Limited Edition Hellboy Adidas Sneakers By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2008 12:00 am EST Adidas is releasing two pairs of limited edition Hellboy sneakers to coincide with the release of the Hellboy II: The Golden Army. “Adidas Originals created a jaw-dropping statement with the Stan Mid – Hellboy in cooperation with Dark Horse Comics & Mike Mignola. The black shoe has the image of Hellboy printed on its side in red and extra details on the inner and outer sole, like a collection of three extra footbeds, plus lace jewels, a mini-comic and unique tongue branding....

Cool Stuff: More Crazy4Cult 3D Art - Goonies, Pee-Wee, Army Of Darkness, And Weird Al By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2009 9:00 pm EST As you probably know by now, Gallery1988 will be holding their third annual pop culture art show Crazy4Cult 3D from July 16th to August 8th in Los Angeles. Over the past couple weeks we’ve featured a couple of the fantastic art that will be on display at the show, including Jeff Boyes’ take on Luc Besson’s 1994 film The Professional, and Jim Horwat’s Back to the Future Tribute....

Even Pirated Version Of Australia Fails To Find Success By David Chen/Dec. 28, 2008 5:38 am EST Those who listen to our movie podcast know that I’m a fan of Baz Luhrmann and of Australia (go here to hear our review with the Scene Unseen podcast). I was disappointed and disheartened by that film’s poor box office performance; according to BOMojo, its production budget was $130 million, but it’s only taken in a bit north of $43 million domestically....

Geek Deal: The West Wing Complete Series Collection For $114 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 27, 2008 12:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I haven’t seen the series just yet (although I sure I’ll be picking up the set today). The show is highly acclaimed, winning 26 Emmys, including 4 for Outstanding Drama Series. This complete seven-season DVD set includes all 154 episodes on 45 discs....

Harold Ramis Promises Ghostbusters 3 For 2011 By Russ Fischer/Dec. 29, 2009 1:08 pm EST I propose a new policy for 2010: let’s not be even vaguely ready to buy into every little Ghostbusters 3 statement that passes the lips of Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd. Especially Dan Aykroyd. But the thing does seem to be happening, for better or worse, and while we’re lodged in the last days of 2009 I’ll stick with this year’s policy of delivering every shred of haphazard promise about the upcoming film....

Inglourious Basterds Teaser Trailer To Hit This Week? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2009 6:34 pm EST Want to see the trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds? Well apparently the teaser trailer will be premiering on Entertainment Tonight this coming week according to Tarantino Archives, possibly on Thursday as the French site Allocine.fr was the first to claim. I ignorantly wrote the news off over the weekend as a false rumor because I just didn’t believe there was a film coming out next week for the teaser to be attached to that also targets the same demographic and or is being released by The Weinstein Co....

Joe Carnahan Wants To Make The Grey Next By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 19, 2010 12:00 am EST Given the explosive response the trailer for The A-Team has gotten, I think director Joe Carnahan will become quite the hot commodity after this summer. And according to Cinematical, we now know what he’d like to do after his first big blockbuster — a survival drama entitled The Grey. The project comes from his own script, which is about a group of Alaskan pipeline workers whose plane crash lands on their way back home from a remote work site....

John August Doubts Prince Of Persia’s Summer 2009 Release Date By Peter Sciretta/June 15, 2007 11:14 am EST Screenwriter/Executive Producer/All-Around-Geek John August was shocked to read that the Prince of Persia movie would be hitting theaters on July 10, 2009. “It’s a perfectly good date, but I have no idea if there will be a movie to show,” wrote August on his blog. “I don’t know if it’s getting made, or who’s directing, or who’s starring....