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Dark Horizons: Torque
Latino Review: Eurotrip poster, Torque
Movieweb: Torque
The Z Review: Ginger Snaps 2; Haunted Mansion, Looney Tunes, School of Rock, People I Know, Dickie Roberts (the site is British, and apparently these movies haven’t come out overseas yet. See School of Rock. Run from everything else. Well, the first Ginger Snaps was good…)
Trailers and multimedia
Apple: Cinderella Story, Two Brothers
Empire Movies: A Cinderella Story, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Dawn of the Dead, Spartan, Welcome to Mooseport, Along Came Polly clips, Twisted (higher quality)
The Movie Box: Secret Window, Secret Garden
Trailer Park: Don's Plum
Casting calls and future films
Release dates
Kill Bill Vol. 2: April 16 (Dark Horizons)
Quick casting
Au Pair: Mandy Moore (Dark Horizons)
Batman: Intimidation Game: Viggo Mortensen is now not involved with the movie, if he ever was, and Cillian Murphy may in fact have the role he was allegedly up for. SHH adds that agents often deny actors’ involvement, so… we know even less than we did yesterday. (Superhero Hype) IGN adds that Robert De Niro may be involved. Call us back when you’re sure, all right?
Bride Wars: Kate Hudson (Dark Horizons)
Cave: Cole Hauser. Premise: “A group explorers go for a deep sea ocean dive to explore a cave which collapses By the time they are discovered, they have all mysteriously mutated into primeval beings..." Oh, the things those ellipses leave unsaid. (Dark Horizons)
Cordless: Malcolm McDowell, Steve Buscemi, Fisher Stevens (Dark Horizons)
Elizabethtown: Orlando Bloom, whom I seem to remember being an early candidate anyway, will take over for Ashton Kutcher. He will play “a suicidal young man who returns to his small Kentucky hometown following the death of his father.” Which means that there will be Southern accents. Be afraid. (Empire Movies)
Ice Princess: Michelle Trachtenberg (Dark Horizons)
Miss Cast Away: Michael Jackson as “a beam of light sent by the pope.” I just… there are no words. Well, maybe a couple.
More films
Batman: Intimidation Game: Even more production and story details. (Latino Review)
Die Hard 4: There’s gonna be one. (Dark Horizons)
Ilium: Dan Simmons has optioned his book and its sequel, Olympos, to Digital Domain and Barnet Bain Films. (Cinescape)
Kingdom of Heaven: Correction—yesterday I said Orlando Bloom and Ridley Scott would be filming the medieval epic in Morocco. You’re going to have to cancel your plane tickets, because Dark Horizons says they’re actually going to be in Spain.
The Passion of the Christ: Mel Gibson is currently supervising the score, says Cinescape.
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (and 3?): Recent comments from Orlando Bloom suggest that filming may begin sooner than expected. (Empire Online)
Rendezvous with Rama: Not only does Morgan Freeman promise it will get made, but that it will have a simultaneous theater-internet debut. (Sci-Fi Wire)
Reviews (Here be spoilers!)
AICN: A Cinderella Story, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
CHUD: Chasing Liberty
Dark Horizons: Chasing Liberty
Jo Blo: Pieces of April
Latino Review: My Baby’s Daddy, Chasing Liberty
Mr. Cranky: Chasing Liberty, Calendar Girls
Roger Ebert: Chasing Liberty, Monster
Supercala: Cold Mountain, Cheaper by the Dozen, Peter Pan
Upcoming DVDs
CHUD: The $cheme, Prom Night 3 & 4
Dark Horizons: Freddy vs. Jason
DVD Fanatic: Underworld, The Order, Alex and Emma
DVD File: Secondhand Lions
IGN DVD: Uptown Girl, In the Line of Duty 4
Interviews and profiles
About.com: Ronny Yu (Freddy vs. Jason)
Coming Soon: Mandy Moore (Chasing Liberty), Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley (House of Sand and Fog)
Other news
Ananova: Law tipped to play Branson in blockbuster; Johnny Depp to star as 17th century rake; Hartnett and Wahlberg sign up for Black Dahlia
Chicago Sun-Times: Moral conflict of “Battle of Algiers remains relevant; Animated features top 2003 video sales, rentals; No Oscar curse for this supporting actress [Marcia Gay Harden]; LA critics return to “Splendor” as year’s finest
Cinema Confidential: Celebrities discuss which super power they would like to have
Cinescape: The Wedding Singer. On Broadway. No, really.
IMDB: A Boy for Courteney?; Bloom's Smitten with Bosworth; Atkinson Slams 'Potter' Reports; Diaz: I Don't Want To Marry Justin Timberlake; Coppola Denies Jonze Is 'Lost In Translation' Inspiration; Harrison Single Again; Charlize Theron: Serial Killer 'Not Crazy'; Tom Cruise: Psychiatry Should Be Outlawed; James Gandolfini Proposes to Girlfriend; Christian Slater's Wife 'Spent Christmas in Rehab'
Jam Showbiz: Movie Review: Chasing Liberty; Johnny Depp poetic in next role; Brazilian filmmaker Sganzerla dies
USAToday: Not to be overlooked: longshot Oscar contenders; Breakout act: Matthew Goode (Chasing Liberty); Mouse House plans for 2004
Yahoo: Cold Mountain, Other Adaptations Honored; Charlize Theron Loves Eating Potato Chips; My Baby's Daddy' Is All Too Familiar; Minghella to Host Berlin Filmmaking Camp; Dallas Critics Laud "King"
Zap2It: Tenacious D's Distinctive 'Destiny'; Depp's Date with Drinking, Debauchery and Disease; Hauser Leads Divers to Doomed 'Cave'; King of Pop Beaming for the Pope; Shake Up at United Artists; Ashton Out, Orlando In; 'Birdman' Director Ruffles Feathers
Fun and games
Something Awful: review of Corpse-Grinders 2
X-Entertainment: Critters 3 review (starring Leonardo DiCaprio…?)
Short Attention Span Theater: “Quit Playing Games with Mine Heart”; Tom Cruise wants to outlaw psychiatry
Parting shot
Entertainment Weekly: “Madonna endorses Wesley Clark for president”
** ''I know that people seem to pay attention to everything I do,'' wrote noted children's book author Madonna [snerk], in a posting Wednesday on her website. ''So I am hoping they pay attention to this: I am supporting General Wesley Clark for President.''
''I've looked at all the Democratic candidates,'' she wrote. ''I respect them all for their dedication and patriotism. But I'm supporting Wes Clark because in him I see the qualifications, character and vision we so desperately need.'' Of those qualifications, she wrote: ''He is a decorated soldier and a respected diplomatic leader, who has already given 34 years to his country. He is smart and he is good. He has worked hard to get where he is and he is a national hero. A perfect example of the American Dream.''
Madonna wrote that she had never endorsed a presidential candidate at this stage of the game before. Of course, her opposition to President Bush has been apparent since she shelved her ''American Life'' video last winter, an antiwar clip in which a Bush lookalike had a cigarette lighter shaped like a hand grenade tossed at him.
According to MTV News, Madonna was introduced to Clark two months ago by ''Bowling for Columbine'' filmmaker Michael Moore. The candidate dined at the singer's Los Angeles home, and she pledged to host a fundraiser for him there later this year. It's not clear whether the endorsement of a performer who lives in England full-time and sold barely 600,000 copies of her last album will carry any weight, but the Clark campaign was pleased to have her support. Said campaign spokesman Bill Buck on Thursday: ''We're happy to have such a big-name superstar supporting our four-star.'' ** |
