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This is kinda cool. Plasmic Studios have created a nice Flash presentation comparing original panels of Watchmen comic pencils to the “live action” movie posters that were created for the upcoming film release in 2009. Ozymandias looks a little scrawny and malnourished, but other than that, the “real” renditions look pretty bad ass.
I can’t wait [...]
With all of the brouhaha over last year’s No Country For Old Men, it’s hard to remember that the Cohen Brothers actually have some chops making comedies. The above trailer for their upcoming film, Burn After Reading, will remind you what it was like to smirk, nay, grin again.
On an anticipation scale of 1-3, I’ll [...]
Variety is reporting that Pirates of the Carribbean director, Gore Verbinski, is attached to direct and produce the Bioshock movie.
“Bioshock” publisher Take-Two Interactive is getting a multimillion-dollar advance against gross points on the pic. It’s believed to be the biggest videogame-to-movie deal since 2005, when U and Fox signed onto the since aborted “Halo” pic, [...]
I’m a big proponent of movie studios releasing the first 10-15 minutes of movies for free on the web. It’s perfect for movies like Speed Racer where I’m on the fence about whether I want to see it or not. Sometimes the trailer just isn’t enough to give you a good idea of the [...]
This year’s Oscars were serviceable if uninteresting. Stewart was good, but not particularly memorable. Which, I guess, is a pretty solid performance. None of the awards got me riled up except for a slight twinge when No Country For Old Men won out over There Will Be Blood for Best Picture. [...]
My, how fast the machine works.
Both Best Buy and Netflix gave the ol’ press release one-two punch today by announcing plans to phase out support of the HD DVD video format in favor of Blu-ray. Best Buy’s press release basically says that starting in March, they will give better product placement for Blu-ray discs [...]
Music industry hyperbole-sensei, Bob Lefsetz viewed the new U2 3D movie on IMAX recently and has wasted no time in imparting his CAPS LOCK LADEN opinion to loyal Lefsetz Letter readers.
Don’t go to the Website, don’t watch the trailer, stop reading this right now and get your ass to the THEATRE!
Apparently he enjoyed it. So [...]
While 2007 may have been the year of the mouthbreathing movie for me, 2008 is a different story altogether. So far, I’m batting 1.000 with the films I’ve seen in the new year. Charlie Wilson’s War, Juno, and There Will Be Blood were all great films. The latter, though, was something truly [...]
Indulge me as I’m in a list making mood. After the jump I’ll list my lists. They’ll include top tens for music, comics, video games, movies, and television shows. Since I’m too burnt out now to write something for each entry, I won’t. I’ll be happy to conduct a civilized conversation [...]
2007 was pretty lopsided for me in terms of where my quality entertainment experiences came from. It was a phenomenal year for video games. Perhaps the best single year of new releases for the medium since 1997, if not better. Conversely, there just wasn’t much there in terms of great music. [...]