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Guy Ritchie Attached to Direct Sgt. Rock for Joel
Silver

post from /Film on 12 May 2008 07:27:56 PM. © /Film

Fresh off working with Guy Ritchie on Rocknrolla (due this October), mega-producer Joel Silver says he’s tapped the British director/major Madonna fan to see through his long gestating comic book adaptation of Sgt. (...)

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Tags: Guy Ritchie, Joel Silver, John Cox, Madonna, RocknRolla, Sgt. Rock

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Box Office: 'Speed Racer' D.O.A.

post from Movies on 12 May 2008 07:13:00 PM. © Movies

The final weekend number for "Speed Racer'' was an embarrassing $18.6 million, far worse than anyone predicted and substantially under the $20.2 million Warners was claiming Sunday, along with second place behind "Iron Man.'' The final tally shows the[...]

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More plot news on Donnie Darko sequel

post from Filmstalker on 12 May 2008 07:05:05 PM. © Filmstalker

Still getting used to the idea of a Donnie Darko sequel? You're not alone that's for sure. Now we have some more news on the plot of what is being called S Darko, and well let's just say that feeling in my gut is still there. Read on to find out more....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.

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Indiana Jones and a Sinister Mob of Internet
Critics [Opinions]

post from Film School Rejects on 12 May 2008 07:03:44 PM. © Film School Rejects

Oh how Steven Spielberg and George Lucas wished we were in the time of Dr. Jones, when news traveled slow and secrets remained hidden for centuries. Unfortunately in the day and age of the internet, no secret is safe, no film unreviewed, no spoilers unleaked.

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Brad Pitt's Cryptic New Tattoo Explained! [Brad
Pitt Tattoo]

post from Defamer on 12 May 2008 07:00:00 PM. © Defamer

Photos of Brad Pitt boarding a helicopter in Monaco with sons Maddox and Pax yesterday instantly set the intertubes abuzz, as the aircraft's rotors blew up the actor's shirt, revealing a mysterious new tattoo covering his lower back. The seemingly random series of horizontal dashes and shapes were initially thought to be a highly encoded abstract design, each line representing one member of the ever-growing Pitt-Jolie clan. But now, Defamer can exclusively report (Must! Credit! Defamer! Pitt! Tattoo! Exclusive!) that the tattoo is not yet finished, with the final result paying homage to one of the great design triumphs of the 20th Century. An artist's rendering of what it will look like is after the jump:

[Photo Credit: Splash News Online]

Brad Pitt Flys With His Boys [Just Jared]

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Iron Man 2: War Machine Fan Art [Fan Creations]

post from Film School Rejects on 12 May 2008 06:49:59 PM. © Film School Rejects

SR reader Diego just sent over this obvious, yet still pretty slick photoshop job of what War Machine could possibly look like in Iron Man 2. Check it out.

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Rachel Bilson Out To Prove Her Dog Is A Better
Driver Than Other Los Angeles Residents [A Call To The Bullpen]

post from Defamer on 12 May 2008 06:40:00 PM. © Defamer

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While out running errands in Los Angeles, Jumper star Rachel Bilson allowed her dog, Thurmen Murmen, to take a spin behind the wheel of her car. Bilson told friends that her dog can't be as bad as most of the people driving in Los Angeles and, at the very least, Murmen would not text and drive as most people do. Her friends were quickly point to that her dog could not reach the gas pedal and brake. Bilson nodded in agreement and explained that she would handle the pedals. She was overheard telling one confidant that "Thurmen is certainly a better driver than Gary Busey."

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Uwe Boll Wants to Direct Grand Theft Auto
Movie!!! He Wants to Make You a Star!

post from /Film on 12 May 2008 06:30:18 PM. © /Film

Liberty City’s Vlad and Niko are (predictably) not siked right now. (...)

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Tags: Grand Theft Auto, Postal, Uwe Boll, Verne Troyer, Zombie Massacre

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If They Were Real... Part 2

Okay... last time we dealt with the characters from the courtroom scenes. Let's head out to the "real world" at the psychiatric institute... beginning with the head of the institute himself.

DR. DONOVIN
He is a psychiatrist and the director of the Logous Psychiatric Institute. But, he's the kind of boss you'd... well, rather avoid.

Favorite food: coffee (and apparently apples?)
Favorite quote: "A neurotic is the man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. And a psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent." -- Jerome Lawrence

STAPLES
He's the janitor at the institute. But he's more than just a janitor. People are drawn to him to talk out some of their problems.

Little known fact: Is working on his doctorate
Favorite book: The Screwtape Letters (or anything by C.S. Lewis)
Favorite quote: "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." -- C. S. Lewis

DR. FROLICK
She is the new psychologist at the institute. And one of her jobs is to counsel the protagonist, James.

Favorite pastime: walking her bike
Favorite quote: "Many receive advice; only the wise profit from it." -- Harper Lee

JAMES JAMISIN
He's the protagonist; an evangelist who loses his agnostic girlfriend to a car crash. To sort things out, he admits himself to Logous Psychiatric Institute.

Known for: his photographic memory
Favorite quote: "When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part." -- Charles Stanley

PAIGE
She's actually already dead at the outstart of the movie; the agnostic girlfriend of James. They met outside the dance studio where she worked. She died unexpectedly in a car crash.

Favorite Pastime: jazz, ballet, modern dance (okay, dancing in general)
Favorite quote: "If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we will be content to begin with doubts, we shall end in certainties." -- Francis Bacon

{{ Paige :: played by Maya Serhan }}

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Unlocking the Secrets of the Best and Worst Movie
Titles in History [Name That Film]

Apart from the bold statements by movie-titling consultants about the high importance of... movie-titling consultants ("When movie titles don't work, studios are leaving potential earnings on the table," says one), Josh Friedman's LA Times survey of movie titles lost, found, revised and re-revised yields a handful of worthwhile historical nuggets we'd never surmised. Like Annie Hall was originally named Anhedonia — "a term for the inability to experience pleasure" — and our beloved Beverly Hills Chihuahua was conceived with the weak-ass working title South of the Border. After the jump, the experts show off with the good and the bad, and we leave the ugly up to your fertile imaginations.

One of the most notorious examples of a missed opportunity because of an ill-chosen title was The Shawshank Redemption, the 1994 prison drama starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. The film was lauded by critics but landed with a thud at the box office. More recently, the Russell Crowe boxing saga Cinderella Man and the futuristic thriller Children of Men also failed to capitalize on strong reviews, in part because of titles widely seen as turn-offs. ...

The best titles, such as Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Pulp Fiction, are "sonorous," [consultant Seth] Lockhart says. "They just sound right — appealing to your emotions and your senses." Although an awkwardly named movie usually won't reach its box-office potential, Lockhart points to exceptions such as the Hugh Grant comedy Love, Actually, a hit despite a title he calls stilted.

For our money, no film was titled better than the Beastie Boys' Earth-shattering 2006 concert opus Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That (the first title in history to engage a semicolon), and we have yet to find any film with a worse title than Emily Hubley's recent festival darling The Toe Tactic. Awful. And of course, none of this takes into consideration anything in Ira Isaacs' fine scat-fetish oeuvre. Anyway, you can persuade us on either front — what is in a name, anyway?