Big trailers! No whammies!

[cleolinda]

Got some good links tonight--full Public Enemies and Wolverine trailers in there. And I'll have another post up shortly.

Robin Williams Hospitalized For Heart Problems [Breaking].

Playwright, screenwriter Horton Foote dies; 'Mockingbird' screenwriter Horton Foote dies at 92; Remembering Horton Foote.

David Foster Wallace novel 'The Pale King' due in 2010.

Stephen King's agent pleased with e-book debut.

MySpace Memo: Three Top Execs Leaving.

840-pound emerald sparks legal battle. ... Damn.

Today's A Softer World: "The dark arts are just like every other drug." The subsequent punchline makes me totally want to write some kind of short story, which is pretty much what all Softer World strips do.

U2's second night on 'David Letterman': 'Magnificent.'

Attention All Van Morrison Fans: Check out Exclusive Photos from his Performance in NYC.

Barbie to Unveil a “New Face” on Her 50th Birthday (well, maybe it'll be better than the face they've been using for the last few years); Ditch the doll? Lawmaker targets Barbie. BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO FIX RIGHT NOW.

Jackson sues, calls planned auction ‘malicious.’

Random House Starts Free Content Library.

What Better Time to Be a Vampire Than the 1980s? [Tabletop Games]

Hollywood is another Depp's kind of 'Town.'

Images: New Pics from ‘Salt,’ ‘Public Enemies,’ ‘Terminator Salvation’ and John Woo’s ‘Red Cliff’; 'Scott Pilgrim' Movie Still Accurately Recreating 'Scott Pilgrim' Comic; Exclusive: 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil' Poster Premiere; Check This Out: Mondo Tee's Sleek Metropolis Poster.

Trailers and clips: New '17 Again' stills and a longer trailer; Sneak Peek at the Final 'Wolverine' Trailer; Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley in the New Trailer for ‘The Edge of Love,’ Exclusive Clip from 'The Edge of Love' (did this movie not already come and go?); 'Pandorum' Trailer Offers Up Scares in Space; 'Observe and Report" Red Band Trailer; Exclusive: 'Paper Covers Rock' Trailer Premiere; Watch a Clip from 'Kill Theory'; New Dragonball Trailer.

Update: 'Public Enemies' Gets Trailer, Poster, New Images.

FULL Wolverine trailer and NEW character promo shots!

DiCaprio Set to Star in Chris Nolan’s ‘Inception.’

Roger Ebert likee Watchmen :D; Review: Zack Snyder's Watchmen - Bordering on Brilliant; 'Watchmen' forgettable after opening blast; Review: Watchmen ("Prepare to be bludgeoned"); Hollywood will be watching 'Watchmen' closely; Uncensored Clip From Watchmen; What's On Watchmen's Cutting Room Floor?; reviews of the Ozymandias and Silk Spectre action figures.

(More toys: Kids Will Love This Horrifying 'Up' Toy.)

'Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle is not set to direct the next James Bond movie; More 'Quantum of Solace' Pre-order Exclusives.

Related: Danny Boyle to direct 'My Fair Lady' musical update? This would be the one with Keira Knightley, I think. Also: Danny Boyle Not Directing 'Lady Vengeance.'

Related to musicals in general: 'High School Musical 4': Will you sing along?

Mrs. Granger Cast for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Tweeting Tom Felton (related: Draco Malfoy's a little bloody); Followup: Man Convicted in Murder of Potter Actor Rob Knox.

What Would You Ask a ‘Twilight’ Star About ‘New Moon’? MTV Wants Your Questions Now! "As we kick-start our coverage of the march to 'New Moon'..." OH SWEET CHRIST. (And yet, I will be there, because I have looked into the sparkle, but the sparkle has also looked into me.) Also, file this next one under This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things. From Just Jared: Robert Pattinson Hides In A Hotel. Yes, FROM YOU. Gawker: Hoofing It. AWAY FROM YOU. Seriously, that last picture made me so sad. Meanwhile: Kristen Stewart: 'I've Thought About Quitting Twilight.' Look! A diversion! RUN!

Mark Strong Reveals Details on Sherlock Holmes Villain. I feel compelled to note here that I loved him in Stardust. I'm just saying.

(AND he's in the new Robin Hood? DUDE.)

Tyler Perry Signs With Lionsgate For Two More Films.

Exclusive: Michel Gondry Invades Tokyo!

Chow Yun-Fat Seeks to Play 'Confucius.'

'Prince Caspian' star Ben Barnes cast as Hamlet in 'Ophelia.'

Megan Fox Cast in ‘Fathom’ and ‘Jonah Hex.’

It's Confirmed - No Judd Apatow for Ghostbusters 3!

Goodwin, Corbett and Moynahan Join 'Ramona.'

Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan Are ‘A Couple of Cops’ For Kevin Smith.

Sin City 2's Gail gets a new accessory and a new story. Related: Rosario Dawson readies new installments of Occult Crimes Taskforce.

Zack Snyder readies all-girl cast for his next film, 'Sucker Punch.'

Holy Crap, Daft Punk is Scoring Disney's Tron 2.0!

Columnist Wil McCarthy explains why 'Coraline' and 'Hellraiser' are really the same.

‘Zombieland’ Monster Maker Has Emma Stone, Mila Kunis Eating Brains.

Meet The Lesbian Vamipres And Their Killers [Lesbian Vampire Killers].

Herbert West: 90210. The horror.

Comments

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

840-pound emerald!?! Omg I just choked. MAN. I'm green with envy!

In other news, Chris Brown and Rihanna getting back together? Do not want.

ETA: That's my favorite Bangle track too. I totally crank it up every time.

[wenelda.livejournal.com]

MARK STRONG IS A SEXY BEAST.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

BREAKING NEWS: DANNY BOYLE NOT DIRECTING MY NEPHEW'S BAR MITZVAH VIDEO.

Oh hollywood, you so crazy.

[persian-freak.livejournal.com]

My coffee. It has been sprayed. All over the monitor.
Thanks for brightening up my day.

[beachlass.livejournal.com]

I don't think that's the vampire lesbian movie I've been waiting for... I guess no one told those guys that when we say evil dead lesbian cliche (http://www.stephenbooth.org/lesbiancliche.htm) - that's not a good thing?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

See, I kept hoping they would be lesbian killers of vampires.

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

Holy Crap, Daft Punk is Scoring Disney's Tron 2.0!

Great, now I have to actually care about this movie. :P

[vkitty.livejournal.com]

I kind of really want to see the Dragonball: Evolution movie. Just for the Kamehameha wave - even if the rest of it is completely lame. They are fulfilling my childhood fantasies, after all. :P

[chocolat-violet.livejournal.com]

NO NOT ROBIN WILLIAMS!!!

I confess he's my favourite comedian; it will be a dark day in the world when he dies.

[lupegarou.livejournal.com]

i would like to second all of the above. he's my fave too.

also, your icon is amazing. that was one of the best SNL skits i have seen in recent years.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Danny Boyle to direct 'My Fair Lady' musical update? You know, the musical number at the end of Slumdog Millionaire was my favorite part of the movie, so...sure, why not?

I predict that the MTV vs. EW who-can-make-bigger-asses-of-themselves-faster-and-bigger-over-New Moon war will start right about...now.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I just noticed this: Taylor Lautner's name is not on the list of the people MTV hopes to speak to. That poor, obliviously happy kid.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Maybe they've... already managed to speak to him? I don't know. That is kind of sad.

[last-archangel.livejournal.com]

Wait...is it people who kill lesbian vampires or lesbian people who kill vampires? I'm confused.

[goonie-freak.livejournal.com]

Guys who kill Lesbian Vampires...

[goonie-freak.livejournal.com]

GAH! I STILL want to see Lesbian Vampire Killers.... I just love those guys on Gavin and Stacey!

And my girl crush on Megan Fox obligates me to watch BOTH of those movies that I otherwise would not even care about...

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

That emerald is...wow.

As for the Wolverine trailer: YAY for the trailer, but man, is it messing with my stress levels. I can't figure out if post-Weapon X Wade is supposed to be the one who has two katanas and leaps in the air and whirls around and generally looks like a badass, or if he's supposed to be the bizarro thing with blades taped to his hands and weird lines on his body and no mouth (HUH?). And the glimpse of someone with weird lines on him SHOOTING LASERS FROM HIS EYES just has me ALL kinds of confused.

On the other hand, the movie is looking a little more promising with this new trailer. I like the slightly conspiracy-ish hints that there's a greater plot going on than just Wolvie tearing around.

Oh, also, can you remind me where your FriehdFeed thing is? I know you linked it recently but I can't fiiiind it. :)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

It's here:

http://friendfeed.com/cleolinda

[gwynnywonk.livejournal.com]

Aw, Mark Strong! I'm so glad he's getting some roles in films I might actually get to see- he was pretty under-appreciated in Stardust, IMO. He's got GREAT villain bone structure.

[phoenix-down7.livejournal.com]

I saw Watchmen on Monday night and I still can't stop thinking about it. I love it...it's such a good movie. I haven't been left ruminating on a movie I saw in so long...that's how I know it was good.

[emmaorgana.livejournal.com]

Wolverine looks way fun. Also, just from the trailer I can tell it'll be about 1000 times better than X3.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

As we kick-start our coverage of the march to 'New Moon'

Sigh. Just when poor Robert seemed to have regained the will to live. Now it's right back into the whiskey bottle every morning, trying to remember a time when 14 year olds didn't stalk him and terrifying mothers didn't want him to bite them.

Meanwhile I'm delighted by the Wolverine and Public Enemies trailers. I spent half an hour tracking down the song in the Public Enemies trailer. And Gambit's eyes are red! Huzzah!

Sponsored by "Mrs Granger"

[trampchic.livejournal.com]

Grammary question here - if a woman marries but retains her maiden name, and she doesn't want to be a Ms, do you stick a Miss or Mrs before her name?

Re: Sponsored by "Mrs Granger"

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I can only reply with a question of my own--what is the difference between Ms and Miss, or rather, is the difference so significant that someone would be OK with being a Miss, but actively NOT want to be a Ms?

I think I recall someone telling me that "Miss" is usually used for younger (unmarried) girls/children, and that Ms would be more appropriate for a older girl/professional woman/married woman who doesn't want to be a "Mrs", but this confuses me so.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

Mark Strong was also the single best thing about Body of Lies, so I approve of anything that'll give him some very overdue appreciation.

Re: Ben Barnes going from Dorian Gray to Hamlet: Wonder if people will take a breath before they go on bitching that he's STILL NOT A BLOND. Perhaps they'll at least stop rambling on about how he's not good-looking enough...?

[trash-addict.livejournal.com]

How could Ben Barnes not be good-looking enough for anything?

[jharrison19.livejournal.com]

Oh haise! They were shooting zombieland in my little city a day ago. I didn't know what it was until after they were done, but they turned one of our gas stations into the "gas n' gulp." I didn't get to do amy gawking though. :(

[lyrangalia]

RUN BEN RUN. RUN TOWARDS THE INDIE MOVIES. AWAY FROM TWILIGHT.

Thank you, that made my day.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

LOL. I feel quite bad for KStewart and RPattinson--after all, before the media whirlpool surrounded it, Twilight was technically an indie movie. I think I recall KStewart mentioning at one point that she'd been drawn to the project because it was a low budget book adaptation, and she thought that Catherine Hardwicke did good stuff with low budgets.

I wonder if she's still castigating her pre-Twilight self.

I saw Watchmen last night. No spoilers:

[ironclad1609.livejournal.com]

The long anticipated movie version of Alan Moore's classic graphic novel is nothing less than a new reference work about how close and true to the source a movie can be. I dunno how people who haven't read the graphic novel will digest all this. but having read it almost two years ago, I remembered it rather well and hardly missed anything from the comic. A lot of love went into the making of this film: The costumes, the set ups, the casting, it all felt as if I was browsing through the pages again. The actors were well picked and gave great performances.
There is nudity, there is sex, there is violence on the Sin City level (with the difference that this here feels like the real world and is accordingly more shocking), it feels as if the studio didn't interfere at all, and I can't remember when I ever thought that about a movie. I absolutely loved the choice of music, the title sequence was one of the greatest of recent movie history. Sure, there isn't much action in the first half, the movie takes its time introducing the characters, their situations and relationships. But that's true to the book, too. That makes it a little slow at times, so everyone should realize this is for grown ups who like characters, not a random superhero action flick. Everyone who thought The Dark Knight was deep (well, I agree), check the depth of this and get lost in it. I can't think of one negative thing to say about the film. I felt like getting another ticket after the end credits were over. One of the best movies I seen in a while.

9 out of 10 glowing blue dicks.

[mumford519.livejournal.com]

Did anyone else see a movie being made about the wacky misadventures of the giant emerald? Just me, maybe.

Also HSM 4 will be okay as long as the British girl is not in it cause she can't sing.

Also Also I want to live in Barbie's Malibu Dream House and drive her car, please?

[jwdmeow.livejournal.com]

re: (did this movie not already come and go?). No - it was released in the UK last year. It's one of those weird films where, depending on what continent you're on, you can see 6 months to a year before (or after) your friends.

It seems to have gotten solidly good reviews from the other side of the pond. Me? I'll go see anything with Cillian Murphy.

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

I kind of wonder what would happen if Kristen Stewart did drop out of the Twilight saga. Would any of the fans really care? Nobody comes to see Bella--not even the guys because, let's face it, Bella is not as attractive as everyone thinks she is--so as long as Robert Pattinson was there, would it matter to anybody if it was Kristen Stewart or that one chick from Gossip Girl whose already playing a charscter in a love/hate relationship with a hilariously brooding guy? (Chuck Bass, by the way, is totally how I actually pictured Edward in my head--and I'm not sure how just how entirely dirty I should feel for knowing that character's name in the first place)

Personally, I think that the way that they should have done Twilight would be to make it like Lady in the Lake and film it all from Bella's POV. That way all the Twilighters could pretend that they were Bella.

As for other news, I am totally on board for an Emma Thompson-scripted, danny Boyle-directed remake of My Fair Lady. Maybe it's because I was in the play during high school, but the original film version didn't work for me. Although I'm really, really not a fan of Keira Knightley, so I'd prefer they get...somebody else. Altough, I should probably just be glad somebody hasn't already said, "Hey, why don't we get Megan Fox?"

And oh God, a teen series version of Re-Animator. That's gonna turn out swell.

[mogumogu.livejournal.com]

I'm not a big Barbie fan, but maybe it will be something a little more "sophisticated" looking and less 3-year-old ish...

L Magazine only gave Watchmen one L. (http://thelmagazine.com/7/5/Film/feature2.cfm?ctype=2)

And the info for The HauteDoll Vampire Photo Contest (http://www.hautedoll.com/contests.php) is up!