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December 31, 2007

Happy Hogmanay!

What a year, another great one at Filmstalker. I'm now off to celebrate, what we would call Hogmanay here in Scotland, with my fiancée. I hope that where ever you are you're enjoying it and looking forward to a superb 2008. I wish you all the best and I really...

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Films to stalk in 2008: Part one

Well here we are at 2008, the year has just flown by. In the first of three articles I'm going to take you through the films for 2008. Not all of them, but the better ones. This first article lists the releases that currently have a UK release date. The...

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Stalker's Top Ten: Ramchandra's Bollywood Films

The Filmstalker Top Ten lists for 2007 are veering off the beaten track even more today, this time with the Top Ten Bollywood films of 2007 from Ramchandra, and while you might never have heard of any of these films, you perhaps should really sit up and take notice. After...

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New Cassandra's Dream trailer online

The new trailer for Woody Allen's latest film has found it's way online, well actually it's been there for quite a while it's just that I never caught this one. Well I did it's just that the site that posted it restricted it from those outside the U.S., so I...

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More Cloverfield TV commercials to watch

More television commercials for Cloverfield, the Matt Reeves directed and J.J. Abrams produced monster film, have arrived online. So you grabbers and freeze framers, get ready for action as there are a couple of shots here that are fast and could yield a fictional glimpse of that monster....

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Lindsay Lohan honoured

Yes, it's hard to believe and I really thought that this was an extremely early April Fools, but it seems that the Capri Film Festival are to honour Lindsay Lohan for her contribution to the film industry. That's exactly what I thought. Strange that bad behaviour, abuse of wealth and...

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December 30, 2007

Star Trek plot reveal

There's been a little, and very uninteresting, news about the casting for J.J. Abrams Star Trek just recently, and with that has come a pretty big plot reveal. It seems that we're going to be hearing how Kirk and Spock meet, it's during a famed moment from Kirk's past and...

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Knocked Up

DVD Four Stars
I had seen Judd Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin and wasn't that enamoured. Although it achieved some great acclaim, I found it was filled with bodily function and sexual acts humour that just didn't appeal, base and not intelligence. However it sold and allowed Aptow the chance to make this film,...

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Death Race footage online

There's footage online of a vehicle from the Death Race 2000 remake, Death Race, from Paul W.S. Anderson and although it's short, we do get to see what the vision is for the new film. The original film tells the story of a future where a race across country is...

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December 29, 2007

Stalker's Top Ten: Ian Smith's Top Ten DVD's of 2007

The Filmstalker Top Ten lists for 2007 are taking a little turn here as Ian Smith has given us his top DVD's released this year, and some of them are interesting and surprising choices. The list includes top rated shows, old shows, old and new films, and some cracking boxsets,...

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No Arnie in Terminator 4 script

There are many tight lips around Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, but there are some small titbits being revealed. Now the producer Moritz Borman has revealed a little about a possible role for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the new Terminator film, and indeed the franchise. Although he ruled out a place...

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December 28, 2007

Stalker's Top Ten: Firebug Productions 2007 Films

Next on the Filmstalker are Firebug Production's three Top Ten lists, yes you really are being spoiled as Firebug has put together a number of lists of films, and you'll spot the difference here easily, there aren't ten. Oh no, there's more than ten in his Top Films of 2007...

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The Duchess trailer disappoints

I'm not entirely sure what I was expecting from the trailer for The Duchess starring Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Simon McBurney, Dominic Cooper and Charlotte Rampling. The film tells the story of the eighteenth century Duchess of Devonshire who was both adored and scorned publicly for her political and public...

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Clips 'n' Pics: Doomsday, Death Race, Incredible Hulk

There are some new pictures online for Neil Marshall's Doomsday, the remake of Death Race 2000, simply called Death Race, and the ignore the first one sequel, The Incredible Hulk. All of the photos show quite clearly why I don't go mad when stills come out for films as they...

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Wolverine tests Imbruglia

Wolverine is going through some casting changes of late, and while rumours are still rife about who actually will star in the film alongside Hugh Jackman isn't yet decided, but there have been rumours of Liev Schreiber and Gerard Butler. Now a new, and unlikely name have been added to...

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December 27, 2007

Week's Films to Stalk: 28th December 2007 to 3rd of January 2008!

Here we are again for another week of films on television and in the cinema. All this weeks UK releases are listed, and I've selected the better viewing to be had over Hogmanay (New Year) from UK's Freeview. Remember that if you can't get Freeview or aren't even in the...

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Stalker's Top Ten: Matt's 2007 Films

Everyone's doing their top ten films just now, and on the Internet sites that means the editors ramming their choices at you. So I thought I would do something different instead, I'm asking the Filmstalker Readers to share their 2007 Top Ten lists with us, and that means you can...

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Coen Brothers making real western

The Coen Brothers, who are gaining accolades galore over their latest film No Country for Old Men, have revealed that they have written a realistic and rather violent western. The film would look at the reality of the wild west in the 1870's, and it wouldn't pull any punches. Joel...

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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay trailers online

A trailer has arrived online for the Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle sequel, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Now while I never saw the first film, have no real concept of who these two comedians are, and didn't really find any big belly laughs in the...

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Kristin Kreuk in Street Fighter

I have to admit that I missed this news that Kirstin Kreuk is going to be in the new Street Fighter film, wow, that's a comedown for her. I thought, after seeing the first series of Smallville, that she was destined for great things and could really develop a strong...

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December 26, 2007

Filmstalker's Week 17th to 23rd December

Here's the regular Filmstalker weekly review, as done by me. However if you'd like to do it, and add your own commentary into the roundup, feel free and drop me an email so we can sort something out. There are tons of trailers this week, I know I'm a bit...

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The Bank Job trailer online

The trailer for The Bank Job is online, and while there may be an element of gangsters, it's filmed in Britain, starring British actors and features Jason Statham, don't be getting all worked up shouting about British gangster films. This film is on a different track to the films that...

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UK Secret Cinema's first showing

The first showing for Secret Cinema, which I wrote about just before Xmas, went ahead as planned and seemed to be a huge success. People arrived at the meeting point not knowing where they were going or what they were going to see, but all was soon revealed....

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Xmas at Filmstalker

What a day! Lovely grub, both sets of parents round, Prosecco, various red wines, and loads of great presents...that's Xmas over, now just to play with them. Of course things have been happening at Filmstalker too. While I managed to get some time off yesterday, there's still tons to be...

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December 24, 2007

Happy Xmas to you all...

The hours are rapidly passing us by and it won't be long before Xmas day is upon us all. For some that means presents, drink, food and family, for others it merely means holidays, and to those less fortunate than us it means little. However you celebrate it, let me...

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Lockerbie disaster film from Hollywood?

The man who was behind the book that inspired Steven Spielberg's Munich is currently in talks to turn his latest book into a film, and according to reports Steven Spielberg is once again looking at the work as a possible film project. The novel is a fictional account of the...

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Sweeney Todd surprises audience

I've been saying since the first promotional clip for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street came out, well actually the second since the first featured a tiny piece of singing, that the trailers and teasers have been misleading about the film for they featured no singing, no musical...

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Lust, Caution interview with Tony Leung

Tony Leung was interviewed recently regarding his latest film with Ang Lee, Lust, Caution (Se, jie), and the Q&A session gives some really interesting insight into the actor. We also hear that he and Ang Lee are getting together to make a Kung Fu film about Bruce Lee, now that...

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St. Louis, Florida and Utah critics announce winners

Where's the Midlothian or Scottish critics then? The Film Critics Associations for Utah, Florida and St. Louis have announced their winners for this year, and there's not really any surprises to be had. Tell me if any of this rings a bell and if you think there's really any leeway...

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Create your own Sweeney Todd trailer

There's a superb application online that allows you to cut your own Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street trailer online. Remember to make sure it looks like a musical though! The flash based site allows you to select audio, video, graphics, animations, text and music, and edit them...

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Balls of Fury Maggie Q fight clip online

I wouldn't normally just post a single clip from a film, but this is a not bad fight scene that shows off the martial arts talents of Maggie Q, as well as just how gorgeous she is in a rather fetching workout outfit! I'm really not sure how this film...

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December 23, 2007

Clips 'n' Pics: Alien vs Predator: Requiem, Gaiman's Coraline

I've found a bunch of clips online today that you might be interested in, one is for Neil Gaiman's Coraline film which is directed by Henry Selick, the man who directed A Nightmare Before Christmas and it shows. Then there are clips galore, and a five minute behind the scenes...

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December 22, 2007

The worst films of Xmas

While we just talked about the genre defining films of Christmas, or Xmas if you prefer, there's another side to films at this time of year that is utterly horrible and terrifying, the bad Christmas film. While there are plenty of classic and rightly superb films at this time of...

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New trailer for Forbidden Kingdom in HD

The Forbidden Kingdom has received a new trailer online, and it's better than the previous one deciding to spend a little more time on the set-up and the main character, and there's no cheesy exit line either. I have to say that this one is looking better than the first,...

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Peter Berg to direct Dune

After rumours two months ago, Peter Berg has confirmed that he's signed to direct a new version of Dune, a remake of the original film from David Lynch some might say, or a new version from the original Frank Herbert novel (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com) for others. It depends where you...

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Week's Films to Stalk: 21st to 27th December

Wow, here's Xmas already, holidays for all, and for some a time of eating too much, drinking too much and vegging out in front of the television. I've started those first two today already. This week I'm covering Xmas Eve, Day and Boxing Day, and there's a surprising mix of...

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December 21, 2007

Charlie Wilson's War eight minutes online

There are eight minutes of Charlie Wilson's War online, the new film starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts which tells the story of how America began funding the Afghanistan rebellion against the Russian invasion. I haven't been able to watch them because for some damned reason the high definition version...

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The Kingdom alternative ending revealed

When I watched The Kingdom (Filmstalker review) from Peter Berg originally, I did think that there were a few moments where there might have been an alternative ending, and how the Director is telling us exactly what the original script had suggested. From what it seems the original Matthew Michael...

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The Signal trailer online

I've missed this one totally and so I thought on a quiet day it would be a good idea to get it posted. The Signal is a film told from three different perspectives that sees a mysterious transmission invade every electronic device and turn people into killers. Nice....

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Look trailer - a film from surveillance cameras

The trailer for Look uses a very inventive and everyday piece of equipment, the surveillance camera, to reveal a group of stories from the secrets of American life. According to the film blurb, thirty million surveillance cameras now produce more than four billion hours of footage every week with the...

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December 20, 2007

Update: Hellboy II: The Golden Army trailer online in HD

The trailer for Hellboy II: The Golden Army is all over the Interflab just now, and I've pulled it in here for you. I wasn't really sure how this film would turn out after reading the blurb which basically tells us that the mythical world decides to mount a rebellion...

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The Ruins trailer online for all

Well for those of you in the Canada and the U.S. the trailer for The Ruins is online and in high definition, but for the rest of us in the world, it's obvious that neither MTV nor the studio wants us to see the film as yet. However, I've tracked...

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Gwoemul aka Host sequel in 2008

Word has arrived on a sequel to Gwoemul (Host) (Filmstalker review) which was a superb film spanning many genres very successfully. It seems that or Host 2 is being planned for 2008, which isn't that far away, with a production budget much greater than with the first film....

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Screen Actors Guild Award nominations announced

The nominees for the 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced, and looking at the list is a bit disheartening because I'm already wondering if there's going to be any surprises here and answering myself in a less than positive way. There aren't that many categories in these awards,...

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Raimi's next not Hobbit

No you eager people, Sam Raimi's next project is not directing The Hobbit, no matter how much you write it and hope it. His next project as Director is actually going to be a film called Drag Me to Hell which he wrote with Ivan Raimi, his brother....

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Schwarzenegger returning to films?

It seems like Arnold Schwarzenegger could be returning to Hollywood as early as 2011 according to news from the picket line and his spokesperson at the Governor's office. It's very clear that he's not so keen on keeping his political career going, so there goes that idea of Schwarzenegger being...

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Cloverfield television advert online

There's a television advert online for the monster film Cloverfield, and while it mostly contains footage we've already seen, it's cut in a new way and given a snazzy soundtrack. Really there's not much more to gain from it, although there's a little more focus on the people rather than...

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Del Toro closes off Hellboy III?

Way back in October of 2006 Guillermo del Toro revealed that he had a great idea for Hellboy 3, and that he was actively looking at making the storyline for the second film segway into a possible third. Here's what he said back then....

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Voight says Hollywood stars are snobs

Jon Voight has apparently said that some Hollywood stars are snobs for not doing sequels and insists that there's nothing wong with them. He is of course referring to his work on National Treasure: Book of Secrets, the sequel to National Treasure....

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Tekken finds Director

Dwight Little has been signed as the Director of the film adaptation for the videogame Tekken. His last work was, rather depressingly for Tekken fans, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, however he has a fair amount of television work behind him....

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December 19, 2007

Berg to replace Mann in Cruise CIA film?

Peter Berg is a really good Director, and with each film I see of his the more I'm drawn to his work. He follows a similar style to Michael Mann at times, but still keeps something unique in his work, so the news today that he could be directing Edwin...

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Phoenix, Toronto, Austin, Southeastern, African-American critics winners

There have been quite a few critics groups announcing their winners for the year and I've been storing them up. The Critics Associations for Phoenix, Toronto and Austin have announced their winners along with the Southeastern and African-American Critics....

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Pulp Kitchen

Other Three Stars
I love it when someone takes a sideways look at the cinema, and just when you thought films had been looked at from every angle conceivable, along comes a book that surprises me and makes me wonder if there is such a thing as fate after all. I mean here...

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The Ruins

Other Four Stars
The Ruins by Scott (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com) is filming right now under the direction of Carter Smith and to the screenplay of Scott Smith, the author of the novel. I decided to read the novel before the film arrives, and I was surprised. The premise is that a group of...

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The Making of a Modern Day Exorcist

The Rite is a new film coming from New Line Cinema about exorcism, but this one isn't the usual horror film of a single event with the heroic and flawed priest, this is the true story of a priest who studied exorcism and actually carried out some real life exorcisms....

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Orphanage director turns down remake

Here's an interesting take on remakes from the Director of an original film receiving a remake. Juan Antonio Bayona directed the original The Orphanage, El Orfanato, and was asked by the producer of the U.S. remake, Guillermo del Toro, if he would like to direct it. He said no, but...

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Nim's Island trailer online

Wow, the trailer for Nim's Island has appeared online and I think it deserves an award. An award for the most contrived and hole ridden plot I've ever seen....

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Terminator 4 plot revealed - Bale not lead

There's a little reveal for the Terminator 4, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, plot online, well a big reveal, and it points out something I've been saying for ages but no one has been listening, all too busy shouting about Christian Bale being John Connor in the new film. John...

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Harrison Ford receives cinematographers award

Harrison Ford has been announced as the recipient of this years Cinematography Guild's lifetime achievement award, an award which I'm rather on the fence about whether it's been given on merit through his career, or simply for managing to complete a lifetime career and also starring again as that iconic...

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Stalked: Burton's 3D Alice, Pitt

Stalked: Burton's 3D Alice, Pitt and Malick, Yun-Fat in Dragonball Z Tim Burton is bringing a 3D Alice in Wonderland to the big screen, Chow Yun-Fat is joining the Dragonball Z film, and Brad Pitt is on Terence Malick's new film....

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December 18, 2007

Jackson produces The Hobbit I and II

Finally the toys are back in the appropriate perambulators and Peter Jackson and New Line are once again speaking, after all they have another Lord of the Rings court case to contend with, and that now means The Hobbit is a go. However Peter Jackson is not directing. Oh no,...

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The Ruins scenes seen

Some of the scenes of the film adaptation of Scott B. Smiths The Ruins have been seen, and while my book review is about to go online, I can reveal that I was really concerned that they just couldn't recreate the story on screen. However, after reading about the three...

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Edward Norton leaves State of Play

Not so long ago we heard that Brad Pitt had left State of Play quite suddenly allegedly due to disagreements over the script. Now the news is that Edward Norton has also left the film, and now it's starting to look like there could be trouble ahead....

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Stalked: Severance Director in Bermuda Triangle and Mitra, Elba, Ventimiglia, Badlwin casting

Christopher Smith is looking to a Bermuda Triangle film, Rhona Mitra has joined Josh Lucas in The Boy in the Box, Idris Elba has joined Matt Dillon in Bone Deep, Milo Ventimiglia is playing two bad guys and Alec Baldwin is joining Cameron Diaz and the Fanning in My Sister's...

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A-Team script review

The A-Team has received a script read and quick review online, and it doesn't look good. With the update to Iraq sounding okay and the founding incident keeping the continuity going, everything seems okay. The characters are the same, except for Mr T. who is sold as a twenty two...

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The Poughkeepsie Tapes Japanese trailer

Having already seen the trailer for The Poughkeepsie Tapes I wasn't hugely excited. It's a Blair Witch style film about the hundreds of video tapes found when a long running serial killer is discovered. He filmed all his murders. So the original trailer might not have impressed, but this Japanese...

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Alien Vs. Predator 2: Requiem Japanese trailer

There's a new trailer on the Interflab for Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem, and it's looking the best trailer so far. With this under its belt, as well as the previous footage we've seen, I'm actually beginning to think that this might be miles better than the first AvP film....

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Second WALL-E trailer online

There's a second trailer online for WALL-E that has a rather interesting opening, it's replacing the bulb for Pixar's light at the opening titles, a light that fails to come on. Is that perhaps a sign? Who knows. What is clear is that this second trailer shows us little of...

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Roberts talks Charlie Wilson's War message

Remember I talked about the ending of Charlie Wilson's War being changed because the real life person that the character Julia Roberts played was concerned at how the connections were made to today's terrorism against the west? Well Julia Roberts was asked a roundabout question of what she thought of...

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McGregor plays Carrey's love interest

Yes, you read that right, Ewan McGregor is to play the love interest of Jim Carrey's character in I Love You Phillip Morris. This is the dark comedy that looks at the real life events of Steven Russell, a family man imprisoned for his conman life, who fell in love...

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Einstein's second biographical film

Albert Einstein is set to be the focus of another biographical film, although this one is said to be a less flattering look at his life. The Private Lives of Albert Einstein will be turned into a film that looks at the struggles he faced early in his life and...

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December 17, 2007

Dallas Film Critics announce winners

The awards season continues, this time with the Dallas Film Critics Association announcing their winners. Once again their winner's list features quite a few names that have been seen elsewhere, and really there are no great surprises. No Country for Old Men takes both Supporting Actor and Director though....

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X-Files sequel script changes?

There's a rumour appeared in a tabloid today that David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson have asked for a sub plot to be removed from the X-Files sequel, currently just titled X-Files 2, with one scene in particular causing the most problems. According to a source, and we know how unreliable...

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Update: Hancock teaser online in HD

The Hancock teaser trailer has arrived and really it offers a bit of a mixed bag. Although some of the effects and the set-ups look good, and the whole idea floats well, I'm not sure if the teaser really does it justice. The film sees Will Smith play a superhero...

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Travolta leaves Dallas?

This is a serious sign for the film version of Dallas if it's true. Rumour has it today that John Travolta has been the latest in a long line of changes for the cinematic version of the television soap Dallas. According to reports Travolta has left the production, and now...

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Mamma Mia! trailer in multiple formats

We already saw the Mamma Mia! trailer in Flash, but now I have been sent it in Quicktime, Realplayer and Windows Media Player, and in three different sizes. Much better options than the single online Flash download we saw before....

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Be Kind Rewind trailer in multiple formats

I've just received the trailer for Be Kind Rewind in multiple formats, and it's looking a lot of fun. Starring Jack Black, Mos Def, Mia Farrow and Danny Glover, the film tells the story of a video store where all the tapes are destroyed and the owners decide to remake...

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Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem Inside the Monster Shop

Alien vs. Predator: Requiem - Inside the Monster Shop is a new book that looks behind the scenes of the filming of Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, and it's not just any behind the scenes look, this one is written by the special effects supervisors from the film, Tom Woodruff Jr....

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Filmstalker's Week 10th to 16th December

Here's the regular Filmstalker weekly review, as done by me. However if you'd like to do it, and add your own commentary into the roundup, feel free and drop me an email so we can sort something out. This week's huge for trailers for The Dark Knight and some opening...

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Bond 22 lady chosen

The first, I say first because there should be more with Bond involved, Bond lady has been chosen, and it's Gemma Arterton, she of St. Trinian's fame, or rather not fame yet as the horrendous looking film has yet to be rele