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Exclusive: Jetfire Stands Tall in Transformers 2

post from Film School Rejects on 02 July 2009 04:01:00 PM. © Film School Rejects

It may be a bit late in the game to be pounding on our chests and touting the fact that Paramount Pictures has provided us with an exclusive image from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, but we like exclusives so we're just going to roll with it.If there's one thing I've applauded Michael Bay's larger-than-life robosequel for, it is the fact that for the first time in the course of two movies, we finally get a real sense of scale for these giant alien robots. I first noticed it during my IMAX screening, in the forest fight scene that takes place in the middle of the film. For the first time on screen, these Transformers felt larger than life. And if this movie accomplishes nothing else, it certainly delivers on another brilliant technical outing for the animators at Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), who are the undeniable stars of the entire affair.Anyway, I would still recommend checking it out this weekend in IMAX. Just a thought. Another thought is for you to take a look at the exclusive image we've received below, which shows Jetfire (the geriatric, but also sort of badass Decepticon turncoat whose alt mode is the always wicked SR-71 Blackbird) speaking with the usual human suspects, played by John Turturro, Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf and Ramon Rodriguez. Click to enlarge.

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Kristen Bell Doesnt Think a Veronica Mars Movie
Will Ever Happen

post from /Film on 02 July 2009 04:00:35 PM. © /Film

In March, show creator Rob Thomas gave an update on the developing Veronica Mars movie, stating that "while the pitch went well and I don't think the movie's dead, right now it's looking depressing." We haven't heard anything since, and assumed that it's fallen into the deep dark depths of development heck. Ad now the star of the series, Kristen Bell, is finally conceding that a film will probably never happen.Bell tells EW at the Saturn Awards:I don't think it will ever happen, and here's why: Rob Thomas and I had a powwow, and we were both 100 percent on board. We took our proposal to Warner Bros. and Joel Silver told us that there is no enthusiasm to make a Veronica Mars movie, and that is unfortunately a roadblock we cannot compete with. Maybe if we bombard them with letters? Maybe they will change their tune.Doesn't sound good at ...

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The Year 2003: Swimming Pool (Francois Ozon)

post from Film for the Soul on 02 July 2009 04:00:00 PM. © Film for the Soul

After the camp musings of his 2002 hit 8 Women, Ozon's next project, the one time brat of French[...]

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Spike Jonze-Directed Softbank Commercial Starring
Brad Pitt

post from /Film on 02 July 2009 03:59:19 PM. © /Film

Spike Jonze has directed a new commercial for the Japanese company Softbank, starring Brad Pitt as the personal assistant of a Sumo wrestler. From what I recall, the spot was shot in the Sirius/XM building in New York City. The tv advertisement won't be airing in America, but you can watch the international television spot embedded after the jump.photo above thanks to popsugar

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New Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Trailer

post from FilmoFilia on 02 July 2009 03:36:16 PM. © FilmoFilia

In addition to the new trailer for “Planet 51,” Sony Pictures has debuted the second full trailer for 3D animated “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” follow-up to ?Surf?s Up? from a few years ago, which is is co-directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.The screenplay co-written by both Lord and Miller is inspired by [...]

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Review: Chéri

post from Film School Rejects on 02 July 2009 03:20:00 PM. © Film School Rejects

Like its courtesan protagonist, Chéri is a fancy, dolled up affair, a glamorous evocation of the waning days of the Belle Époque, the last period before the grim realities of the contentious 20th century set in for France and the rest of the world. From Stephen Frears and Christopher Hampton, and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, its narrative features games of the heart and bedroom, not unlike Dangerous Liaisons, their wildly successful first collaboration. Still, there?s no depth to these surface machinations, no sense that the central romance features fully formed individuals connecting on an elemental level. It?s breezy, lightweight stuff that never avoids being inextricably entwined to the meticulously constructed milieu.Pfeiffer plays Lea de Lonval, courtesan to the wealthy and friend to the gregarious society gossip Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates), who asks Lea to take her teenage son Chéri (Rupert Friend) under her wing. Their relationship quickly transforms into a strange, oedipal arrangement in which she simultaneously serves as mother figure and lover to Chéri. Six years later, Peloux ends their time together when she abruptly announces Chéri?s arranged marriage to Edmee (Felicity Jones). Accustomed to such developments and a pro at resisting emotional attachment Lea struggles to come to terms with her surprising feelings of anger and remorse at the news.The rest of the picture turns on the repressed emotions and deep sense of longing that ferments as Lea and Chéri are separated. Based on the novel by Colette, the famous French writer who had her own affair with a much younger man (her stepson), it represents a concerted attempt to present a female character of greater depth and far more modern sensibilities than those one typically sees in period fare. While Chéri remains a solipsistic enigma Lea provides the story its center. She is, as written, a complex character. ...

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New “Cloudy With A Chance Of
Meatballs” Trailer

post from FilmoFilia on 02 July 2009 03:17:00 PM. © FilmoFilia

In addition to the new trailer for “Planet 51,” Sony Pictures has debuted the second full trailer for 3D animated “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” follow-up to ?Surf?s Up? from a few years ago, which is is co-directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.

The screenplay co-written by both Lord and Miller is inspired by the children?s book, written by author Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett, of the same name.

“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” is about Flint Lockwood, an inventor, who tries to solve the world hunger problem and invents the ability to turn water into food, causing it to rain food all day long.

?Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,? voiced by Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Andy Samberg, Mr T and Tracy Morgan is set for US release on September 18, 2009.

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The Reject Report Enters Another Ice Age

Well, I've just dug my way out of all the hate mail that came my way after the last Reject Report, in time to preview Public Enemies and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.All I gotta say about the outpouring from my last posting is: thank you very much! I'm sure Neil is pleased with all the hits the site got, even if he didn't like what I had to say. I expected maybe 40 or 50 rants from a few people, but as of this writing it's up to 116 and counting! And not all of it spam either -- actual comments, with some people frothing at the mouth.Man, and I thought the guy who slammed Twilight had lots of comments. In fact, I think he had way more, but still, I'm impressed. Also, I'm glad so many of you liked Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen -- although for such a group of happy campers you did seem kind of miserable, particularly about the nation's film critics.Hey, it's only a movie, and it's only a column. It's nothing to get high blood pressure over. Lighten up and enjoy life a little bit, that's all I gotta say. Incidentally, I'm in a pretty good mood today. The actuals came in for the weekend and the Transformers 2 movie came in at almost $109 million, for a five-day total of $200 million.That means that The Dark Knight keeps its record of $203 million over five days, and as far as I'm concerned, that's all that counts. So I'm happy as heck about that.Actually, I really don't care, but I'm still in a good mood to make predictions of the latest movies rolling out on Wednesday.The first movie I will preview is Public Enemies, and this is the highly-anticipated teaming of both ...

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Another Damn Motion Poster

It’s kind of an awesome poster as it is, so I thought I should pin it up here. But the[...]

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Egmont Mayers RED RABBIT

I watched this at joblo this morning and I figured I’d share it with you too cause I always admire aspiring filmmakers everywhere who come up with original work. Granted they may not be Spielbergs anytime soon but with the right connection and a little luck, ya never know. Plus I’m writing a script of [...]

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