Filmstalker: February 2008 Archives

Funny Games

I haven't seen the original Funny Games as yet, but this will make an interesting comparison for film aficionados around the world, much like the idea of seeing both Exorcist prequels. You see Michael Haneke is the director of both films, one made in Austria in 1997, and the other...

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Is this a Breakfast Club remake?

A new independent film called Bumped is being made and it's reported as a remake of the classic John Hughes film The Breakfast Club, but is it? The plot appears to be similar, but there's a question of just how much of an original film has to be there in...

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Cloverfield hurt by Paramount HD-DVD decisions?

There's a rumour going around, that may just be anti-Blu-ray sentiment, that the release of Cloverfield (Filmstalker review) on Blu-ray is going to be missing a whole raft of extras that were planned for the HD-DVD release. The issue seems to be down to the release timescales, and that rather...

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New Line, what does it really mean?

So a film studio has gone down the drain and Warner Bros. are buying it over, so what? Apart from the terrible impact on people who work at New Line and who are facing an uncertain future, what real impact is there? What are we the audience going to see...

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BBFC bans film in UK

It's been some time since the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) banned a film in the UK, but Nick Palumbo's Murder Set Pieces has just fallen fowl of the board and will not be enjoying a DVD release. Not only that but they've raised the concern that the film...

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Doomsday fight scene online

I was having a look at some clips from Doomsday today and finding that they're all ones I've already written about and seen, apart from this one which shows a fight scene between Rhona Mitra and another lady, a lady with big swords. Although the quality is shocking there's one...

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New Iron Man trailer online

There's a new trailer out for Jon Favreau's Iron Man and although I have to say it doesn't pack the same punch as the original did, it does excite and provide much more footage of the man and the suit in action. We also get to see some of Obadiah...

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The Love Guru trailer in high definition

Mike Myers has finally shown us his Love Guru trailer, and I'm not entirely convinced that he's that far removed from Austin Powers either in character or the set jokes, there's even the “moley-moley” joke pulled right out from Powers and just directed at something else. However there are flashes...

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Sex and the City trailer in high definition

The full theatrical Sex and the City trailer has arrived in high definition after being released a week ago, and there's not a great any changes, although the colour sees to be rather odd throughout, perhaps it's just my copy. Here's a tip for the studio though. If you're going...

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Butler voices Watchmen's Black Freighter

Gerard Butler has confirmed that he will be appearing in the DVD release of Watchmen in the Tales of the Black Freighter, a comic which features in the Watchmen story and parallels some important aspects of the plot and character development. However he's only voicing the character as, perhaps quite...

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Craig and Arterton talk Quantum of Solace

The following video not only has Daniel Craig being interviewed about the new Bond film Quantum of Solace, but it shows some behind the scenes filming in Panama as well as a few words from one of the new Bond girls Gemma Arterton. There's a full five minutes of the...

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Dark Matter trailer online

I was just writing about Dark Matter and how the film was going to get a release, and hey presto, here's the trailer online. I have to say that it really has taken me by surprise as it isn't what I expected. The film stars Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn and...

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Get Smart trailer improves...slightly

I'm still not sold on this Get Smart film, although the new trailer that's hit the internet has some redeeming features, some of the writing still falls flat. However, and let's be fair about this, there are some pretty amusing moments over the first trailer, and the production values look...

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The Fall trailer looks gorgeous

The trailer for Tarsem Singh's latest film The Fall is online, and it looks utterly gorgeous and captivating, in a very similar style to his previous film The Cell, a film which rated rather poorly but I rather enjoyed, particularly for the stunning visuals. Well here Singh looks like he's...

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The Bank Job

I have to admit that I wasn't expecting a great deal from The Bank Job. Sure the story sounded strong, but watching the trailers I had expected that this was set to be another British crime "caper". Now that's not entirely a bad thing, I just think that we still...

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Last Starfighter sequel?

There's an interesting rumour online that suggests that there might be a sequel coming to The Last Starfighter. Not remember what that was? Well I have vague recollections of the film myself, but I seem to remember a boy who loved videogames being addicted to this latest one called The...

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Galactus in Silver Surfer film

When talking at WonderCon J. Michael Straczynski revealed that Galactus was being saved for this Silver Surfer film, the one he's been writing, and that it's going to be an origin story. Around the world fans of Silver Surfer heave a sigh of relief and hope that the next stage...

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Fast and the Furious 4 cars in action

Pictures of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker behind the scenes aren't that exciting really, even in Fast and the Furious 4. What is exciting is the video of some of the cool cars leaving the film set, and that's online. Sure you can see Paul Walker getting into a car...

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Bruce Lee's master on film

Bruce Lee may be the ultimate marital artist to many, but did you know that he too once had a master, and that his life is being made into two separate films, and both are set to carry strong names and come from China. Thankfully so too, because I don't...

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Play Romero's Diary of the Dead online

I've just reviewed Diary of the Dead (Filmstalker review) and as I was writing it up I was contacted by a company promoting the film. Usually this means trailers, clips, posters, the usual stuff, however with Diary of the Dead they're doing something very clever. You can join up as...

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Diary of the Dead

I had enjoyed Land of the Dead, although I had realised that it wasn't a huge dramatic piece, it was entertaining and presented the audience with some interesting points of view, however shallow it's exploration of them, there was some good stuff to be had. So I was interested to...

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Russell Brand biographical film?

Does anyone in Hollywood know who Russell Brand is? Apparently not when you see him billed as "Actor Russell Brand", and it looks as though he's exploiting that well as word comes through that he may be talking to producers regarding his autobiography My Booky Wook (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com). Over...

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China lifts ban on Hollywood

It looks like that suggested deliberate ban on Hollywood films coming into China could well be over as The Golden Compass, National Treasure: Book of Secrets and 10,000 BC are allowed into the country. Recently we heard the official word that horror films were being banned in the country, and...

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Starship Troopers 3 trailer online

Well Starship Troopers isn't what it used to be, and it certainly isn't carrying the effects budget it was either, as can be seen by some of these pretty poor effects shots in the trailer for Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. To be perfectly honest I'm not entirely sure what I...

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Justice League of America back in production

It looks like Justice League of America is back in action as we hear that since the writers strike has been officially resolved and contracts now signed, Kieran and Michele Mulroney are cleaning up the script and the film should be back at the studio within weeks. So the film...

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Doomsday hardcore clips online

Neil Marshall's Doomsday has been promising a lot, and he has been talking about it being pretty full on. Well to be fair I never realised how much he was going for it until I saw these clips from the film. There's plenty of action, and it doesn't look as...

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100 Feet early trailer online

Some footage for 100 Feet has finally been released, it seems like I've been waiting for something from the Eric Red scripted and directed film starring the gorgeous and talented Famke Janssen for ages. Oh she just makes me melt when I see her on screen. Anyway the footage is...

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Frank Miller praises actors

You know I love films, I really do, and I love actors and actresses, particularly the ones that can pull you into a character and make you feel a wealth of emotion, if an actor can make me forget who they are then they have a unique talent in my...

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Old News: Dark Tower, Transporter 3, Ridley Scott's Reykjavik

14th February 2007 - Abrams to direct King's The Dark Tower? 18th January 2008 - Transporter 3 gets director 7th January 2008 - Ridley Scott to film Reagan and Gorbachev...

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Joe Hill's Locke & Key bought

Joe Hill is Stephen King's son, something I'm sure he'd rather forget about when trying to build his own career, and something that Dimension say they have forgotten about when purchasing his second story for the big screen. His first novel, Heart-Shaped Box, is being developed right now, and Dimension...

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Stalked: Meyers, Shelter, Martian Manhunter, Shutter Island

Some casting announcements that don't really merit a complete story but are interesting none the less. Jonathan Rhys Meyers joins Julianne Moore in Shelter, the secretive sounding horror film... Martian Manhunter in Justice League of America is cast... Max von Sydow, Emily Mortimer and Jackie Earle Haley join Martin Scorsese's...

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Kurt Cobain autobiographical film?

Brett Morgen, who wrote and directed the visually interesting Chicago 10 about the anti-war protest trial that Steven Spielberg is about to adapt, is talking about his latest commission from a certain Courtney Love. Apparently she has asked if he would make a film of Kurt Cobain, and Morgen has...

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Jamie Foxx is Mike Tyson?

The rumour that Jamie Fox was to play Mike Tyson appeared some time ago and keeps rearing it's ugly head, usually with one ear nibbled off, however the story has appeared again, and this time it's Mike Tyson himself that's talking about the film. Not only is he talking about...

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Chow wants Green Hornet

A while ago Seth Rogen, who is tackling the long awaited return to the big screen of The Green Hornet, talked about who he would like for Kato, and without much delay he said Stephen Chow. At the time he admitted that no one had talked to him, he'd just...

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Justice League of America moving forward?

I'm confused. It was just over a month ago that we heard that Warner Bros. had let the options lapse on the contracts of the cast and crew for Justice League of America, and it seemed that the production was dead. Now though George Miller, the director, has been talking...

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Bourne 4 in discussions?

There's talk that there could be a fourth Bourne film, which isn't really a surprise, what is a surprise is that Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass are the ones discussing it, and after Damon said that he wouldn't come back to it for a long time. Damon and Greengrass are...

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UK Cinema kills Rambo

The UK cinema chaing Odeon is deeming Rambo either unsuitable for their audiences or not commercial enough as news comes through that they aren't going to show the film in their cinemas. The official reason is being quoted as "commercial reasons", so to me that means quite clearly that they...

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X-Files 2 trailer online

X-Files 2 had a short teaser trailer released at WonderCon, and it has been illegally copied and released on the Internet. Heavens above! Thankfully though I've put aside my moralistic side and have the teaser right here for you. What's interesting is that it doesn't give away what the film...

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Spirit Awards 2008 winners

The winners of the Film Independent's 2008 Spirit Awards have been announced, and these are perhaps the most interesting set of awards we're seeing this year. When ceremonies are following ceremonies like sheep, it's good to see some talent being appreciated, whatever the hype or star power behind them....

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Oscar 2008 winners

Well the Oscars are over, and I'm actually pretty glad of it. This year I wasn't interested in the slightest and it wasn't down to strikes or anything like that. For me it just seemed that the choices were the same across all the awards ceremonies, and that the winners...

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Golden Raspberry 2008 winners

The winners of the Golden Raspberry Awards have been announced and it looks like a killer year for Lindsay Lohan as she sweeps the board with wins. She's backed up by Eddie Murphy who takes second place. It seems that the Razzies have it spot on more than the the...

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Microsoft drop HD-DVD add-on

Without much fanfare, and being almost the last one hanging onto the thought of HD-DVD, Microsoft have announced that they are stopping production of the HD-DVD add-on drive for the XBox 360. What's interesting is that they say nothing about any possible Blu-ray support, and with previous comments they've made...

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Filmstalker's Week 18th to 24th February

Here is the weekly roundup from Filmstalker. Inside are the main news stories, trailers and reviews of this week. And remember you can suggest stories for Filmstalker on Filmstalker Readers....

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Updated: Final Family Guy competition results

The competition to win one of two copies of Family Guy Blue Harvest on DVD was slightly delayed as I had only received one copy. Now they're both in I have the answers right here. However there's something a little extra. I don't want to decide the winners myself because...

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Filmstalker Hotdog Awards categories

We've not tried a awards list here on Filmstalker yet, and with every site doing them and the awards I worked hard on for the last site I was at being unceremoniously dropped, I thought it about time we kicked ours off. So introducing the Filmstalker Hotdog Awards. Awards that...

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Marshall talks Conan, Legion and Sherlock Holmes

Neil Marshall, who is about to release Doomsday, has revealed that he has been approached to direct Conan the Barbarian. However there's no real movement on it and he's just had a few meetings so far. However he does reveal a little more on some of his other upcoming projects....

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Spielberg delays Chicago 7

Steven Spielberg seems to be delaying his film The Trial of the Chicago 7 and it looks like the film will be moved down his schedule for something else, perhaps even nothing at this stage. Although there were various erroneous reports as to why Spielberg was doing it, and indeed...

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The Ruins red band trailer

Well when I say red band, come on people, you've seen blood before, this is more like puce, or persimmon, this isn't really red. Even the blood in the trailer itself looks off red, and there isn't much else that we haven't seen in the previous trailer. Actually the most...

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Shooting Dogs (Beyond the Gates)

I've definitely read and seen more about the Rwandan genocide than the average westerner, perhaps even than the average politician in the UN, and so when I heard about Shooting Dogs, also known as Beyond the Gates, and who was behind the film, I knew I had to see it....

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Full Sex and the City trailer shallow

The full trailer for Sex and the City is online and disappointing is not the word. It barely skims the surface and other than showing the usual camaraderie between the characters but there's where it all ends. It's really a collectioon of shots that make up the film and reintroduces...

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Wolverine becoming X-Men 4?

I'm confused, I thought the new Wolverine film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, did exactly what it said on the tin and gave us the origin story of the character of Wolverine, yet all I'm reading are that more and more actors are being cast into roles of mutants for the film....

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Chekov talks Abrams' Star Trek

In more marketing for J.J. Abrams' Star Trek film which is restricted only to those in the U.S., Anton Yelchin, who plays the young Chekov, has been talking about the production and giving away a non-fan view of Star Trek and it's relation to the original series and films. He...

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Stalked: Haggis directs spies, Jarmusch's Control casting, Ellis adapting Downers Grove

Haggis directs ordinary CIA spies... Jim Jarmusch's Limits of Control gains more... Bret Easton Ellis is adapting Michael Hornburg's novel Downers... Hugo Weaving joins The Wolf Man......

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Toy Story 3 plot revealed?

The plot for Toy Story 3, the latest outing for the franchise from Disney, has apparently been revealed, and if this is indeed the actual plot then I'm not sure if the idea to change the plot in the first place was the right choice. You see this new plot...

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Cameron talks Avatar

James Cameron has been talking about Avatar, his huge project that is developing new filming techniques as he works on the film. While he's talking online about the film and some of the stars he's been revealing the extent of the digital work on the film, and how even the...

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Two Akira live action films?

It looks like Hollywood is set to remake Akira, the six volume graphic novel from Katsuhiro Otomo which made it into a stunning animated film back in 1988. However this remake will see two films made in live action, with each of the films covering the ground of three of...

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Director found for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?

This may still be rumour at the moment, but it comes from what would appear to be a very valid and reliable source, and they are backing up suggestions that we've already heard, that David Yates could be set to direct Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as his next...

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Paramount moves to Blu-ray, or do they?

Hardly a surprise really, but Paramount have announced their move to Blu-ray, but are they planning on holding back releases and sticking with DVD? Their statement seems to leave a little open door for what they are actually going to do, and suggests that maybe they are looking at not...

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More board game films coming

I can still hardly believe that Ridley Scott is set to develop a film based on the Monopoly board game, even if he does seem to be concentrating on the darker side of people during the game, I still don't see it. So the news today that Hasbo has done...

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New 10,000 BC trailer in high definition

There's a new trailer out for Roland Emmerich's latest epic offering, 10,000 BC, and I must say that it looks rather stunning. This could be the most epic of his epics yet. The film follows a time when man roamed the land with dinosaurs. However the story behind the epic-ness...

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The Boys has CIA overseeing superheroes

Another comic book adaptation is being lined up for a film, but this one sounds like it could have a very interesting twist to it. The Boys is from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson and they've created a world where superheroes aren't the greatest thing on earth, at least not...

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Stalked: Fincher's Black Hole, Verbinski's animated film

David Fincher is to direct Black Hole, the story being adapted by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary... Gore Verbinski is set to direct a huge budget animated film......

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Speak your mind and win on Filmstalker

Do you have a burning issue to address or an annoyance to shout about with regards a film you've seen, something in production now, an actor or actress, or just about the general state of a film industry? Well now you can say your piece and get others involved, because...

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Watchmen still online with Rorschach

The first real still of a final frame of the Watchmen film comes as Zack Snyder reveals on the Watchmen production blog that the filming is wrapped. Now post production begins. However, Snyder has graced us with a final frame from the film that matches the previous storyboarding work that...

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More HD-DVD news and madness

So there are only a few people left still backing HD-DVD with films, and that number is dwindling fast now that Universal has now moved from HD-DVD to Blu-ray, and we're all awaiting word from Paramount and DreamWorks. Strangely, or perhaps cleverly, some hardware manufacturers have decided to keep their...

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Quaid talks G.I. Joe

Dennis Quaid has been giving a few comments about the upcoming G.I. Joe film and reveals, at least to me anyway, that this is going to be as deep and as exciting as I first thought - that is tongue in cheek by the way. He also says that he's...

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Sammy Davis Jr. biographical film in trouble?

I'm a huge fan of the Rat Pack, in particular Dean Martin, and there are some fabulous stories to be had in the lives of the three (or five depending on what definition of the Rat Pack you adhere too) both separately and in the team. So the news that...

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Sympathy for the Devil in film

It's often said that there's a lack of really interesting plots in Hollywood scripts, but now and again you come across an announcement like this and your faith is restored. The Master and Margarita from writer Mikhail Bulgakov is set to become a film. This is the novel that was...

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Urge makes infected sex and violence mad

Here's another interesting story for a film, although travelling similar lines to other post apocalyptic films, Urge is about a group of survivors of a man made virus trapped in the infected town. However here's the twist, the virus has turned those infected into creatures that are controlled by their...

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Pryce elected in G.I. Joe

The President of the United States in G.I. Joe has been chosen and it's none other than Jonathan Pryce. I find the casting for G.I. Joe more and more surprising as bigger and bigger names leap on board....

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Stalked: Deadpool and Gambit in Wolverine, Branagh and Ifans on Boat

Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool and Taylor Kitsch is Gambit in Wolverine... Kenneth Branagh and Rhys Ifans join a Richard Curtis written Working Title film…...

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Toshiba announces end to HD-DVD

The format war is officially over as Blu-ray is announced the winner and Toshiba has openly announced that the HD-DVD format will be no more. This isn't a rumour or an inside source this time, in fact the announcement comes from the President of Toshiba. This is final....

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Ho-tep director sees John Die at the End

The director of Bubba Ho-tep (Filmstalker review), one of my personal favourite films, has signed onto a new project called John Dies at the End - I'm not sure if that really gives away the ending or not! The story is about a secret invasion of our planet by aliens...

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Funny Games star attacks Saw and Hostel

I'm due to see Funny Games tomorrow night and so I hope for a review to be here soon after, but it does strike me as strong and rather torturous horror. Apparently not so according to one of the stars of the film Michael Pitt, and he's rather vocal about...

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Stallone reveals career mistakes

Unsurprisingly for someone who made the excellent Cop Land and has written and directing the Rambo and Rocky franchises, both of which have stunning finales, has revealed that he has two big regrets in his career, Judge Dredd and Cobra. That's no real surprise is it? One good thing though...

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Street Fighter gains cast

I'm surprised that both Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat are gaining such a strong return as they are, okay we're not talking A-List here, but the talent is strong none the less and the productions see to be ramping themselves up a few levels. Street Fighter has announced its casting...

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Director talks Jumper 2 and Valerie Plume

Doug Liman has been talking about his ideas for a sequel to Jumper (Filmstalker review) as well as what he has in store for the film Valerie Plume, the film starring Nicole Kidman which is about the CIA Agent that was outed by the U.S. Government when she spoke out...

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China bans horror for the Olympics

I don't understand this censorship lark, I don't believe that censoring really protects anyone or prevents anything, and I really don't believe that a group of officials know what is best for the majority - that sounds little like democracy and more like some more radical forms of governing. Speaking...

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Ending revealed for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?

Now the warning is up front, this could be a big spoiler for the ending of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as the release of the Lego figures for the film brings with it a visual and written description of a few scenes at the end...

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Depp, Law and Farrell replace Ledger

It was so hard to believe that I didn't even think it was true, but Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell may well be joining Terry Gilliam's film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus to replace Heath Ledger. Now it is a great loss that Heath Ledger has passed away,...

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February 29, 2008