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Coen Brothers' Dark Comedy Premieres At Venice

post from Starpulse Entertainment News Blog - Movie News on 27 August 2008 02:06:55 PM. © Starpulse Entertainment News Blog - Movie News

VENICE, Italy (AP) - The Coen brothers wrote their dark comedy "Burn After Reading" with stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand all in mind. [...] Read more!

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Mackenzie Phillips Ignores 'No Gels, Liquids, Or
Smack Balloons' Signs At LAX [Mile High Club]

post from Defamer on 27 August 2008 02:03:00 PM. © Defamer

One Day at a Time is both the title of a seminal postfeminist late-'70s sitcom and a 12-step mantra, and both apply to its star and recovering substance-abuser Mackenzie Phillips. IMDb lists her as having been clean and sober since 1992, but TMZ is reporting that the actress was arrested today at LAX, allegedly for possession of heroin and coke. She's currently in custody:

At 10:00 AM, officers responded to Terminal 4, where Phillips was being screened by TSA. During the screening process, some baggies and balloons believed to contain heroin and cocaine were recovered.

Obviously, this marks a significant backwards step in Phillips's recovery. It now remains to be seen if her first public statement on that matter will demand privacy at this difficult time, or instead go the Tatum O'Neal route, blaming everything from a dead dog to background research, before eventually lavishing praise on the compassionate TSA workers who saved her from a serious and impending relapse.

Mackenzie Phillips Busted [TMZ]

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Photo from The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

post from Row Three on 27 August 2008 01:52:40 PM. © Row Three

I actually had not heard of this project (or at least I forgot all about it) until I just saw this[...]

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Inside The Vikings Vs. Aliens Movie That Harvey
Weinstein Doesn't Want You To See [Forces Of Darkness]

post from Defamer on 27 August 2008 01:50:00 PM. © Defamer

Viking movies aren't always the easiest sell (as duds like Pathfinder and The 13th Warrior have proven), but the producers of Outlander had a genius idea to improve the formula: add aliens, exploding spaceships, and Jesus Christ himself. The result is a glorious, AICN-vetted $47 million production (fronted by Jim Caviezel and Ron Perlman) that looks like the sober yet entertaining cousin of the Sam Raimi classic Army of Darkness. Alas, Outlander is only the latest film to fall victim to an innovative release strategy begun by Harvey and Bob Weinstein at Miramax and then perfected at their own Weinstein Company: buy distribution rights to an expensive movie, and then never release it theatrically!

Says Dread Central:

Despite an impassioned plea by AICN's Moriarty several weeks back for Harvey Weinstein to give Howard McCain's vikings vs. an alien creature feature Outlander a wide theatrical release it looks likes that plea fell on deaf ears (or should I say deaf eyes?) and the film will be getting dumped onto DVD in November.

Movies Unlimited just made Outlander available for pre-order with a November 18th street date listed for its release (pre-order it here). There's been no official DVD announcement from The Weinstein Company and I've not seen it listed on any other DVD websites, save for Amazon. Movies Unlimited is usually fairly reliable, although several months back they had DVD release listing for All the Boys Love Mandy Lane that didn't pan out.

Mandy Lane is another good example of the Weinsteins' increasingly head-scratching strategy; a teen horror movie (directed by Jonathan Levine before he made The Wackness) that recalls the heyday of the Weinsteins' Dimension Films, it was bought by Harvey and Bob at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival, then delayed and shelved for nearly a year until Senator bought it off of them (though, to our knowledge, it still hasn't yet seen an actual release).

While we know that times (and purse strings) are tight for the Weinsteins these days, we have to question the judgment of giving so many films in their library — including the star-studded ones — such a bungled release. We've got a wacky suggestion (and you'll have to bear with us, since none of us are Oscar-winning producers or anything): if your company is in danger of going under, why not simply buy movies you actually intend to release? We know, it's crazy... but it might just be crazy enough to work.

Outlander DVD Landing in November [Dread Central]

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Get Out Your Dragonballs, The Trailers Coming [In
Production]

post from Film School Rejects on 27 August 2008 01:45:00 PM. © Film School Rejects

It is not very likely that this news will appeal to everyone, but you just never know. That, and we are still in National Slow News Day Month, so there isn't whole hell of a lot else happening out there. Our brothers from another mother over at Coming Soon have ...

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Traitor Tries to be The Departed with Terrorists
[Movie Review]

post from Film School Rejects on 27 August 2008 01:26:00 PM. © Film School Rejects

Over the past few years, we have seen many films (arguably too many) trying to make sense of both sides of the War on Terror. The latest installment in this national obsession is the film Traitor.In the movie, Don Cheadle plays Samir Horn, a Sudan-born freelance weapons supplier who works ...

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Officially Cool: Ironman Steelbook Blu-ray DVD
[Officially Cool]

post from Film School Rejects on 27 August 2008 01:21:00 PM. © Film School Rejects

If you aren't from America's top-hat, you may never have heard of Future Shop. Future Shop is an extension of Best Buy, and every so often they release a totally Canadian exclusive Steelbook DVD. A while back I bought a Steelbook DVD for 300, and the next thing I know ...

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Vin Diesel Fuels Fire for Riddick Sequels [Movie
News]

Vin Diesel's been to Babylon and back, now, in spite of the odds, he's ready to continue the Chronicles of Riddick.MTV Movies Blog caught up with the last, or most recent, action hero and it seems Diesel is ready to make good on the promise he made a few years ...

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Movie Style Guy: Cowboy Up [Movie Style Guy]

I'll bet no one predicted I'd pick Sukiyaki Western Django as my inspiration for this week's Movie Style Guy. But, sitting here in nothing more than boxers and a pair of cowboy boots and listening to Marco Beltrami's most excellent 3:10 to Yuma score, I realized something my heart ...

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Why Do The Spaniards Love 'Zohan' [Defamer
Analysis]

There's something about Zohan. The overseas box office had been buoyed recently by a flurry of well-received summer releases, the most confounding being Spain's love affair with Adam Sandler's You Don't Mess With the Zohan. What, exactly, is it about a crimping-iron-wielding Mossad agent that has locals skipping siestas to catch the comedy two, sometimes three times? We sent the data to the Defamer Foreign Box Office Analysis Dept.

They sent back a busy graph that showed a confluence of lines plotting summer hours, male bulge humor, and funny Mediterranean accents. Add to that a diversion-hungry populace still shellshocked from the time Gwyneth Paltrow and her redheaded Hell's Angels boyfriend literally ate their way through the country, and you have what could be considered the perfect summer movie storm.