Tuesday afternoon, thunder rolling in

[cleolinda]

Man, skipping lunch was a bad idea. In other news, cleaning is progressing (somewhat), although I'm still kind of edgy and keyed up from the hypomania.

Sydney Pollack, Film Director, Is Dead at 73 (NYT); Sydney Pollack's film legacy.

Suspect held over Harry Potter stabbing.

Rob Knox, 18, was killed outside the Metro Bar in southeast London in the early hours of Saturday morning while reportedly trying to protect his brother from a man wielding a knife.

The teenager played the role of student Marcus Belby in "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince", which is due to be released in November.

Police arrested a 21-year-old on suspicion of murder and have been given more time to question him, Scotland Yard said on Monday, without giving further details.

Knox's murder takes to 14 the number of teenagers violently killed in London this year, a figure which has caused alarm among police, politicians and campaigners.

Kids Are Reading Poetry, Even If Adults Don't Recognize the Poets. I just thought it would be nice to have something positive about The Youth Today after that last story.

Too good? Girl banned from boys hoops league.

Mice At FAO Schwartz!

Cat oversees Japanese train station, brings back passengers.

INVISIBLE MACYS PARADE; Jurassic Park sequel haz lower budget.

14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic.

Star Trek Cake Upsets Nerds.

'Indiana Jones' makes $311 million worldwide; Many [MSNBC] readers feel 'Indy' fails to fully deliver; Shia channels Brando’s ‘Wild’ punk in 'Indy'; The Hater: Possible Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull Attractions; Harrison Ford in Painful Save-the-Rainforest PSA.

'Dawn Treader' Casting Call; 'Dawn Treader' Gets Its Production Designer.

Christopher Tolkien Trying To Stop 'The Hobbit.' Once again, because New Line cheated someone out of large amounts of money. New Line not existing anymore may complicate efforts to solve the problem.

'Casino Royale' Collector's Edition DVD Delayed (well, good. I'm broke anyway); Bond Girls for the 21st Century (But Only in England); Winehouse, Beyonce may battle for 007 theme. I'm pretty sure people are just making up shit about this whole thing now. But I am enchanted by the idea of an epic teeth-punching, weave-pulling, transatlantic catfight.

Official 'The Dark Knight’ Website Online; 'The Dark Knight' Takes Best Trailer of the Year.

Watchmen's Minutemen Revealed Plus Running Time Talk. Oh, they look fantastic. Also: 'Tales of the Black Freighter' Getting DVD Release.

Hey! It's Twilight Tuesday! Breaking News: ‘Twilight’ Stars To Unveil First Scene From Their Flick At The Movie Awards! SHIT, NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH IT. There might be sparkling! I may have Snoopy-danced a little

'Choke' Trailer Hits.

Hulk Smash Everything In Five New Movie Clips. I am trying so hard to care about this movie for Edward Norton and Liv Tyler's sake, and I just... can't. But then, I couldn't bring myself to care the first time they made it, either.

Images: First images of Viggo Mortensen from his upcoming film 'The Road'; 'Mirrors'; 'Get Smart'; G.I. Joe Set Photos: Sienna Miller as Bloody Baroness; First Look: Evan Rachel Wood and Larry David in Woody Allen's Next; Dunst and Gosling Take a Walk in the Park for 'All Good Things'; Ben Whishaw Post: New Criminal Justice/Brideshead Revisited Pix; 'Witchblade' Has a Poster, Yet No Cast or Hopes.

McGregor Joining Fox Searchlight's 'Amelia' (pics of McGregor on set here).

Teaser Poster for Jim Sturgess' 'Heartless'; Jim Sturgess and Clémence Poésy Star in 'Heartless.'

MTV Sneak Peek Week Continues With Will Ferrell, Danny McBride And ‘The Foot Fist Way.’

Why You Should Take an Interest in Steven Soderbergh's 'Che.'

Gyllenhaal & Biel's 'Nailed' Hit by More Problems.

Confused for each other -- and in same film. Samantha Morton and Emily Watson are, for those of me you frustrated by the vaguey-vague headline.

The scandalous origins of Martin Scorsese’s 'After Hours.'

'Plan 9 from Outer Space' to be Remade, Largely Character-Driven.

The Uwe Boll Slot: I paid ten dollars to see 'Postal' and all I got was this lousy blog post. Quite honestly, I almost gave this to the 'Plan 9' headline, but Actual Uwe Boll kind of trumps everything else.

Comments

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

I read 'confused for each other' and thought 'they are confused on each other's behalves?'. I understand now. Silly English language.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Also, obligatory 'first comment dance'.

*dances*

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

I read 'confused for each other' as 'they are confused about their sexual desire for each other'.

My mind: *in the gutter*

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

I had only the tiniest notion of that as a possible meaning at first, and then I misread the comment after the headline as "Samanthan Morton and Emily Watson are frustrated," and hellooo Gutterville!

[sandelwood]

New Line does still exist, under the unfortunate rule of Toby Emmerich, but it's essentially lost its ability to take a piss without asking for a Warner Bros hall pass. But since a powerhouse like WB is now co-invested along with MGM and Pete Jackson's own production studio, I'm willing to bet a deal will be struck.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Shoot, they were Double Stuf Oreos too. I could have gone to town on some Double Stuf Oreos if there had been a milk truck there. Double Stuf are the only Oreos worth my time any more.

[ninepointfivemm.livejournal.com]

Double Stuf sooooo good. I love them. No pansy filling for me.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Man, Oreo cookie spill?! I should so be over there!!

*takes milk*

[poinsley.livejournal.com]

Man, all those Oreos...

[lylassandra.livejournal.com]

Sienna Miller as 'Bloody Baroness'... I was totally about to click on that until I realized that it was GI Joe, and thus, couldn't be what I thought.

[amberdulen.livejournal.com]

If what you thought was, "Boy, are they taking liberties with the Half-Blood Prince film" then I'm right there with you.

[lylassandra.livejournal.com]

Actually I was thinking of the Blood Countess, Erzsebet Bathory. But I'd've taken Harry Potter too. =)

[discogravy.livejournal.com]

I assume you've seen http://lolthulhu.com/

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

I am so bummed over Sydney Pollack. I really need to go get myself a copy of Tootsie - it'll make me feel better.

It has reminded me that I need to go to a public notary soon, though. I'm actually in the process of changing my name to Sydney. So, thanks for the reminder, God, but next time, just leave me a post-it. >:|

[kali921.livejournal.com]

I cry every time I see stills of Sienna Miller as the divinely badass Baroness. She's so entirely wrong for the role. They couldn't even get the Baroness' glasses right. How can you screw up simple black frames? How?

[zrath.livejournal.com]

I look at your icon, and I think "Claudia Christian" with more curves. :)

[chocotaku.livejournal.com]

There should only be one Oreo holding up traffic in Illinois. XD

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

Star Trek Cake Upsets Nerds.

Okay, that is just the cutest thing. I love little fondant Sulu. Hooray Ace of Cakes!

[wednesday]

*deletes reply about Bond books written having misparsed "out to the sides"*

[nekoama.livejournal.com]

I want to be mad at the Watchmen movie, I really do, but the more I hear of this the more hopeful I get for this actually being a great movie.

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

I am so freakin excited about "Choke". I really hope they do "Survivor" or "Invisible Monsters" next

[artemis-archer.livejournal.com]

Confused for each other -- and in same film

Heh, my confusion with those two ends up being doubled as I often confuse Samantha Morton with Emily Mortimer who is then confused with Emily Watson who is then confused with Emma Watson. The first three I mix up the names and faces and Hermione gets thrown in there for the obvious name similarity with Emily Watson (the image results when googling "emily watson" will back me up on this).

Once in a while Toni Collette will pop up in this mix, though I'm not sure I've figured out a reasonable excuse for that one just yet.

[atmachine.livejournal.com]

Knowing Christopher Tolkien, I'd guess that the dispute over money is just an excuse to shut down the Hobbit film. It's pretty well-documented that he hates the fact that the LOTR films were ever made in the first place. He even disinherited his own son for speaking out in favor of Jackson's trilogy.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

... Whoa.

[smadronia.livejournal.com]

Plan 9 really doesn't need to be remade... I can't sit through that movie, I've tried twice. the only reason I tried is my great uncle was Bela Lugosi's replacement.