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It appears that we’re predisposed to be engaged by certain movies over others. This doesn’t mean that we like or enjoy them more, just that they can hold our attention.
An article over at National Geographic breaks down the findings. According to James Cutting, a cognitive psychologist at Cornell University, [...]

I’m not sure what the point of all this is, but it’s awesome. I never realized just how many awful VHS covers existed until just now. No doubt future generations will look back upon this memory of late 1970s through early 2000s box art and barf. In between laughing about the [...]

Or perhaps this was a measured attempt to get hipsters to quit bashing the franchise. Ha, good luck to them, though it’s unlikely to happen. This has already been demonstrated by the froth despite the many, many photographs of the stoned age couple out and about, eyelids never above half-mast, and hipster looks [...]

“A poem, by Henry Gibson.”  That’s how audiences first got to know the actor on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, who left us today at 73.  He leaves behind an impressive body of work.  While he was never a leading man other than in such turns as Nashville (for which his fans insist, quite rightly, that [...]

I doubt it’ll work as advance promotion for the latest Resident Evil scheduled for August 2010, because this is sorta all you want to see. In fact, I would have sooner laid down ten smackeroos and bought popcorn for the unveiling of these shots on the big screen than another Paul W.S. Anderson (her husband) [...]

Nick Hornby of “About a Boy” and “High Fidelity” fame returns to adapt Lynn Barber’s memoir of her 1960s London experiences.
http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/education
The 1960s were a time of change. So is life when you are 16. That combination propels An Education, set in London in 1961, and makes it an unforgettable coming-of-age story.Attractive, bright, 16-year-old [...]

“Inception” is director Chris Nolan’s follow-up to “The Dark Knight.” He also directed “Memento” and “The Prestige.” “Inception” stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
More details and information here. Image Credit: Slashfilm.

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This can only end badly…for the customers.
First Fox wanted to put a hold of 30 days on their dvds before you could rent them from Redbox
 So Redbox decided to sue
Then WB decided that this all sounded like fun and upped the ante with a dick move to Netflix
Basically, the studios think that Redbox and [...]

Several humorous parallels from columnist Bilge Ibiri within that don’t so much  successfully argue for  Joe being a rip-off of World Police, but do get to the heart of why Parker and Stone helped make a straight-faced telling near-impossible at this stage.
Full Future of Classic post, excerpts below:
“The Fall of Paris
G.I. Joe: Attempting to [...]

Yeah, looks like it. Amidst today’s news that the author of The Ice Man, the chilling profile of prolific hit man Richard Kuklinski, has axed a film adaptation over the production team’s choice of star, bland b-boy hunk (or is it punk?) Channing Tatum (a true WTF if there ever was one),  these new snaps [...]

My expectations for this long-awaited Terry Gilliam project were definitely not through the roof. Given the obvious production difficulties, it seemed that it might be best to remain sober about its potential as a film and consider it a fond tribute to its fallen lead actor. But the footage shown off here, and assurance and [...]

Reflecting on the lost critical acumen of one Ben Lyons:
“Over the years, Adam Sandler movies have grossed about 1.5 billion dollars at the box office and I expect this to be one of his biggest hits yet. See it.”
“Bryan Singer did a great job of balancing the intense scenes of dialogue with also moments where [...]

This is the best celebrity-impregnates-celebrity news in a while, seriously.  The couple are rumored to be four months along on this voyage toward the pitter-patter of little feet.  Apparently, the rumor went wide release following Penelope’s “food poisoning” at Cannes.  Hat tip to various gossip bloggers.

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Positively fantastic teaser cut by the very talented trailer director de jour Mark Woollen, condensing the rhythms of the Coen brothers’ best dark comedy while giving precious little away in terms of plot. Roger Deakins is back as the cinematographer, and you can tell right away here with the crisp, deep colors settling well into [...]

There are now CC  panels and promotions for just about everything that has any trace of geekdom following, and even some things that don’t (2012 was there!). What you consider the most interesting talks obviously has to do with what you’re a fan of. But the most generally noteworthy appearances this year were probably:

Friday’s heavyweight [...]

Want that job, but don’t have any experience? Stifler’s mom and the nail lady from Legally Blonde tells you what to do. Just work it, girlfriend.
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Trudging through this just tends to make one angry and sad all over again over what a goddamn shame this loss was. And is. But it’s a solid, well-researched piece, typical of Biskand’s writing.
Here are excerpts:
Ledger’s fans—a category that now embraces almost everyone who goes to the movies, thanks to his Oscar-nominated performance in 2005 [...]

Along with more of Mickey Rourke as Mickey Rourke as Whiplash, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. Not bad, the Raggedy Ann look works in a weird way. But original choice Emily Blunt would have run circles around Johansson in this role, and it’s a shame she was blocked from doing it.