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This Weekend's Reviews!

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:40:36 -0500

Jeffrey and Alison will be sharing their thoughts on these movies this weekend! Click on the poster to find out what they thought about a movie you might be planning on seeing.

Websclusive: "Reprise" Review

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:38:45 -0500

Clooney's Staring At Goats

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:06:03 -0500

Or at least he will in an upcoming role.

Variety reports the Oscar winner has signed to star in "The Men Who Stare At Goats," based on Jon Ronson's bestseller. The book is about the U.S. Army's First Earth Battalion, a unit that was formed in 1979 to train soldiers in the use of paranormal powers.

And yes, it's based on real events. The title, in case you're wondering, refers to the notion that you can kill a goat by staring at it.

Barnes Talks Action Figures

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:20:48 -0500

With a mega-franchise like 'Narnia' you can expect all sorts of tie-ins, including the obligatory action figures. Prince Caspian himself, Ben Barnes, tells Alison that he expects kids to abuse the action figure (don't call it a doll!) based on his own experience when he used to beat up his old He-Man and Transformer toys.

The 61st Cannes Film Festival

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:29:10 -0500

The 61st Cannes film festival opened last night with Fernando Meirelles’ “Blindness” starring Julianne Moore. It will close with Barry Levinson’s “What Just Happened” starring Robert Deniro. However, the big buzz is around “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” which will be having its world premiere there this Sunday.

So you might be fooled into thinking that Cannes has just become another venue for American movie stars to strut their stuff and show-off their product. Well it is all that…but there are many other great filmmakers who are showing their films this year.

"P.S. I Love You" Bedding!

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:50:08 -0500

Ok, so after getting so many comments on the post Alison made last year about the set design on the film "P.S. I Love You" (click on the photo if you would like to read it.) I've FINALLY got the answer to the question so many of you have been asking...

Just where did the set designer get that great duvet and set of linens from? Well after doing some research and tracking down set designer Alyssa Winter, I have got that answer for you...

Read her response after the jump!

Live Action Anime "Death Note" Gets U.S. Debut

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:16:47 -0500

If you're a fan of Japanese anime, you may want to clear your calendar next week. The live-action anime film "Death Note" is getting a special two-night debut on May 20 & May 21st in more than 300 theaters across the country.

'Kung Fu Panda' Trailer!

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:01:26 -0500

Everyone will be KUNG FU FIGHTING this Summer when "Kung Fu Panda" - with voice work by Jack Black and Angelina Jolie -- comes to theaters on June 6th!

Check out the trailer!

Moore Planning "Fahrenheit 9/11" Sequel

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:21:42 -0500

Looks like Mr. Michael Moore is going to follow up his indictment of the U.S. health care system "Sicko" with a follow-up to 2004's "Fahrenheit 9/11."

That film, a scathing critique of the Bush Administration, is the only documentary to ever earn more than $100 million at the box office. Moore's new project plans to examine America's standing in the world nearly seven years after Sept. 11., and with President Bush winding down his second and final term in the Oval Office.

In Praise of Film Forum

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:50:04 -0500

I had some spare time this week, so I took the opportunity to go downtown to my favorite New York City cinema: Film Forum. There is always something screening there that I want to see…either a documentary that I missed, or a new obscure work of art from an independent filmmaker and they often have great retrospectives.

This time, I went to catch a couple of Jean-Luc Godard’s works from the early 60s.

Indiana Jones on DVD

Tue, 13 May 2008 18:41:32 -0500

Before you go see "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" when it debuts (finally!) next week, you're probably going to get the urge to see the first 3 Indy flicks first. Most of the hardcore fans already have the set but for those who don't, Lucasfilm and Paramount have just released an updated version of the Indy dvd box set that was first issued a few years back.

Prince Caspian Speaks!

Tue, 13 May 2008 18:37:41 -0500

Tinkering with a beloved book series can be dangerous, but if done well, it can help make the translation from book to theater even better. It worked with the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy ... and so far, so good with "The Chronicles of Narnia" series. Ben Barnes, the new hero in "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" which opens in theaters this weekend...told Alison that some of the romantic tension in the new movie between his character and Susan (Anna Popplewell) -- which was not in C.S. Lewis' book -- was cut out of the final print. However, he hinted that we could see this storyline fleshed out in future films.

New 'Incredible Hulk' Trailer Unleashed

Tue, 13 May 2008 18:28:04 -0500

I'm starting to get a good feeling about "The Incredible Hulk." I think it's going to do justice to the Green Goliath in a way Ang Lee's 2003 film didn't. I'm not one of those guys who hated that film but it still wasn't the Hulk movie I wanted to see. This one, despite all the finger-pointing on the set and reported battles over final cut, THIS looks like the Hulk film that was supposed to hit theaters five years ago.

'Fraggle Rock' is BACK!

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:50:28 -0500

Get ready because Fraggle Rock will no longer be just an outdated, eighties, childrens sitcom!

It turns out the Weinstein Co. has just joined forces with Jim Henson productions and plans to turn Henson's puppet series, that ran from 1983 to 1987, into a musical on-screen production.

'Speed Racer' Crashes & Burns

Mon, 12 May 2008 20:23:52 -0500

To no one's surprise, "Speed Racer" has turned into the summer's first flop. In its opening week it raked in only $20.2 million , playing in 3,606 theaters. That’s a much lower than expected figure and nowhere near the $50.5 that "Iron Man" earned in its second week. Since the Wachowski Brothers spent a reported $180 million on the film, it's going down as a big disappointment.