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MTV Hires Teen Wolf Cast; Tries to Capture Twilight Magic
1 hour ago
The legacy of Michael J. Fox and Jason Bateman are about to be tarnished a bit by the Twilight movement. Or at least, that's how the history books will remember it -- if in fact, it makes it into the history books.
MTV has assembled a cast for its upcoming television remake of Teen Wolf, the reinvention of the classic 1985 guilty pleasure that his been called the "most average movie of all-time" by members of this site. We hold it so dear that it has become the basis for the rating system employed by Reject Radio. And like any average movie from the 1980s, or popular teen novel series, this movie needs more teen abs.
Providing the abs and angst will be Tyler Posey (pictured above), Tyler Hoechlin, Crystal Reed and Dylan O'Brien. Posey will play Scott McCall, a dorky high-school student who gets a rush of new powers, including the ability to attract girls, after
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- Neil Miller
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Robin Hood International Trailer: This is Bloody Rock ‘n Roll
1 hour ago
The first trailer for Ridley Scott's Robin Hood -- which stars Russell Crowe as the bow-wielding outlaw of Sherwood Forest -- has hit the web via YouTube this evening, and man does it rock. Literally.
Pumped over a heavy soundtrack are shots of Crowe looking very Gladiator-esque in merry ole England, alongside the likes of Cate Blanchett as Maid Marion, Mark Strong as Sir Godfrey and Matthew Macfayden as the Sheriff of Nottingham. This clip reel style teaser certainly has some intensity, even though it isn't showing us much. However, I do like the darker tone that is being hinted at with this first look. Who knows, we just might get that seriously badass Robin Hood movie we've always wanted.
Universal will released Robin Hood on May 14, 2010.
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- Neil Miller
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Lord of the Rings Blu-ray is Coming, But It Won’t Be The Last
5 hours ago
Die hard fans of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings franchise could be the most punished DVD buyers in the history of film. They've been through so many incarnations of the trilogy on DVD that it could be prosecuted in a court of law. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, which distributes the former New Line property, has released the standard editions, extended editions and several "collector's edition" box sets for the series since the release of Return of the Kind in 2003.
On April 6th, the distributor will release the first ever High Definition edition of Lord of the Rings in a 9-disc Blu-ray set that will include all three films and seven hours of special features. The special features will be comprised of featurettes and behind the scenes information seen in previous DVD releases, as well as featurettes from LordOfTheRings.net and HD trailers. The wild card is commentary tracks, which
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- Neil Miller
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Reject Radio: Episode 29: Pull, Pull, Pull On His Beard
5 hours ago
Brought to you by: Hype - Do your part by telling everyone that Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel will change filmmaking forever.
This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, I demand to sing through most of the episode, Rob yawns until the Avatar discussion, Neil triumphantly returns to do his Zombie Chewbacca impression.
We also manage to review Invictus, Slammin' Salmon, The Princess and the Frog, and A Single Man.
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On This Week’s Show:
Segment 1: Ripped From the Headlines [0:00 - 24:00ish]
Apparently Spider-Man 4 Rumors Aren't Enough to Rouse Any Interest
Even rumors about Josh Brolin joining Men in Black 3 Don't Make Anyone Happy
Wait. They're Thinking of Josh Broling? Did They Even See Hollow Man!
Man on Wire Might Go Fiction Because of J.J. Abrams
Wolfman's Got Nards, and an R-rating
Triumphant Return Neil Mill Trailer Round Up: Round Two for The Crazies with brilliant musical
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- Dr. Cole Abaius
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New Photos Reveal Russell Crowe in Action as Robin Hood
5 hours ago
Ridley Scott is back in the past, working on yet another epic period action film with Russell Crowe. This time, instead of going all the way back to the time of the Gladiator, Scott is taking on the story of Robin Hood, the master thief of Sherwood Forrest. Thus far, we've seen plenty of photos from the set hitting the web, all of which were of the spy variety. Until today, we have not seen anything official from Universal, the studio bankrolling the project.
Australian publication The Courier Mail has published a new photo set today, which includes our first shots of Cate Blanchett as Maid Marion, and a few shots of Crowe as the film's title character getting some sword-driven action. It's the sort of photo set that proves our general intuition about a film like this -- it looks right. And based on the pedigree of Scott as an action director, we
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- Neil Miller
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Say Cheese: Kristen Stewart Unzips for ‘The Runaways’
5 hours ago
While a lot of the film site buzz seems to be surrounding the actress who isn't old enough to buy a beer legally getting nude or playing a stripper or something for Meet the Rileys, I find it much more appealing for Kristen Stewart to show a little skin the lazy way. The Al Bundy way. It's not sexy - it's just a flippant disregard for finishing the dressing process in the morning.
And finally, we get to see a picture of her as slovenly such, alongside Twilight: Omg Moon co-star Dakota Fanning (who I am convinced is actually Woody Harrelson doing some serious method work) in the upcoming flick The Runaways.
Check it out for yourself:
Rope of Silicon has an even bigger, clearer image as well as the news that Apparition has picked up the film and will drop it in our laps in march. We all, deep down, wanted
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- Dr. Cole Abaius
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Nic Cage Displays Model Parenting in Kick-Ass
6 hours ago
Over the weekend, a screening of the upcoming Matthew Vaughn film Kick-Ass -- based on a comic by Wanted writer Mark Millar -- brought down the house at Bnat, the annual Austin birthday party for Ain't It Cool News headgeek Harry Knowles at the Alamo Drafthouse. Witnesses said that Kick-Ass, which played second to last in the 24-hour marathon style party, out-shined the James Cameron epic Avatar, a film that's been getting some serious love from critics, including yours truly.
And while we're skeptical of the buzz from Bnat, as attendees had been sitting through 20+ hours of movies before seeing the heavy-duty CGI masterwork Avatar, we are excited about the prospects of Kick-Ass, a movie that takes to the notion of real-life costumed crime fighters, if those crime fighters were idealistic kids with no real powers.
Ugo has released two looks at one of the film's most fascinating characters, Big Daddy, played
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- Neil Miller
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To-Do: Get to Sherlock Holmes Early for the Trailers
6 hours ago
If you're like me, you like to get to the movies early for the previews -- or trailers. This love and desire for 2-3 minute looks at upcoming films on the big screen stems from my childhood, as I've often found myself more excited about the highlights of an upcoming film than the prospect of actually seeing said film. Twisted, I know, but it's who I am.
The release of Warner Bros. Sherlock Holmes on Christmas Day presents an interesting opportunity for folks who like previews (and the early-look grabbing geeks who faun over every still image from the upcoming projects of their favorite filmmakers). Along with the movie (which is good), there should also be several interesting trailers, which I explore below.
Keep in mind that these trailer may or may not be attached to Holmes in all markets, but as far as we've been told, this is the slate:
Iron Man 2
Director Jon Favreau delivers
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- Neil Miller
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Tobey Maguire Gets Caught in The Hobbit Rumor Machine
8 hours ago
Earlier today the always rabid folks at Latino Review went crazy with an inside source filled rant that said much, without actually saying much. Chief among their claims was that Tobey Maguire, star of Spider-Man and more recently Brothers, is looking to do a pic with Guillermo Del Toro. He even went as far as to say at the Brothers press day that he and the Pan's Labrynth director might "have something together real soon."
After some insider poking, the usually reliable and always humble El Mayimbe emerged with word that Maguire's agency (CAA) is in talks with Del Toro's people for the little guy to play a young Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, which is next on the slate for Del Toro and producer Peter Jackson.
Later in the day, Maguire's publicist Kelly Bush phoned Movieline to say hello, and to say that "This is False!" We're not sure if she mentioned specifically that there should
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- Neil Miller
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Culture Warrior: Was 2009 a Banner Year in Animation?
9 hours ago
There’s been a bunch of hubbub about 2009 turning out to be a disappointing year in cinema. And, when comparing films released this year to other years within the decade, this sentiment is just about right. Many an end-of-the-year release that was supposed to be the saving grace to a lackluster twelve months either turned out to be mightily disappointing (Invictus, Amelia) or contained minor problems that prevented them from quite living up to their massive expectations or full potential (The Lovely Bones, The Road, Precious). But what’s been overlooked is the fact that it’s been largely live-action features that have met the brunt of disappointed reactions, while animated films meanwhile have shined in 2009 in a way they haven’t in any other year.
Last month Variety released a list of twenty films eligible for the five slots in the Best Animated Feature category at this year's Academy Awards. First
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- Landon Palmer
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The 15 Worst Movies of the Decade
9 hours ago
There were a lot of bad movies released during the past decade. That’s not anything that distinguishes the aughts from any other decade before it, but then most of these movies were bad in the usual, torturous ways. There is, of course, a lot of room for debate over these picks and readers should be aware that for my own sanity (sorry Rob Schneider), I purposefully skipped many top contenders. Without further ado, in descending order, our worst 15:
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
I’m not a fan of movies about really stupid people behaving stupidly, and that’s all that happens in this smoldering pile of TV adapted junk. Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott indulge their worst instincts in a laugh free assemblage of moronic Southern stereotypes and car crashes that’s like a horrible, Z grade 80s comedy nightmare come to life. It’s even got Burt Reynolds.
Lady in the Water
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- Robert Levin
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Boiling Point: Roll the Footage
10 hours ago
Here at Film School Rejects, we don't pride ourselves on much. Perhaps just the fact that we don't cover reality TV. So, I'm about to shit on that to talk to you about a little show tearing up the airwaves (digital signals?) called Jersey Shore. Once I tell you that it's on MTV, you can probably guess it's about some borderline retarded Guidos living together in a house where things stop being polite and starting getting real or some other sort of bullshit. Basically, a whole bunch of typical Jersey people make a lot of noise, use a lot of hair gel, and unknowingly make complete asses of themselves while they flaunt their dance moves and say things like "I'm the Kim Kardasian of Staten Island" or "Yo bro let's get some Chicks!"
Why am I talking about this? Well, number one, I can't seem to avoid it. It's everywhere. Other
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- Robert Fure
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Tech Support: Flixup! The Twitter-Powered Movie Review Engine
14 December 2009 12:00 AM, PST
Think about Rotten Tomatoes, the movie review aggregating engine that culls together the opinions of critics and fans, delivering percentage-based ratings for every film in release. Now think of Twitter, where so many movie-related conversations happen -- people are always tweeting about their moviegoing experiences and recommending films to their friends. Now, imagine that there was a service that combined the two.
Like Rotten Tomatoes for Movie Reviews on Twitter
In that perfect world, you'd have Flixup!, a new mobile and web-based service from Bazaar Labs. The basic idea is that it is an application that takes the movie recommendations of folks on Twitter and aggregates them, delivering a RottenTomatoes-like percentage rating.
This week they released their first app on the iPhone, unleashing a service that will also include an upcoming web app. I've had a chance to play around with the Free app a bit, and so far I like what I see. The
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- Neil Miller
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Leonardo DiCaprio To Be a Viking for Mel Gibson
13 December 2009 11:19 PM, PST
Last week, the blogosphere erupted with reports that Mel Gibson was in the process of shooting a movie at a prison in Veracruz, Mexico. The details were sketchy and beyond the location, nothing was known. Thankfully, patience has once again paid off for movie fans and we now know a little bit more -- and it involves Leonardo DiCaprio.
On top of that, it doesn't look like he's shooting anything yet.
DiCaprio has signed on to star in the untitled film, a period drama about Viking culture, says Variety. William Monahan, who worked with DiCaprio and producer Graham King on The Departed, has written a script that King (who is producing the film independently with Gibson) has described as "an awe-inspiring story."
Shooting is expected to begin in fall 2010, which is a far cry from already shooting, which is what previous reports have told us. The rest of the details (plot, additional
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- Neil Miller
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Interview: Kevin Heffernan Cooks Up The Slammin’ Salmon
13 December 2009 6:37 PM, PST
You won’t find Broken Lizard on many of the ubiquitous decade wrap-ups that have begun to permeate the blogosphere, but in Super Troopers and Beerfest the troupe made their mark on comedies in the ‘00s. Both films have become cult classics with significant re-watch value, each a fine rendition of the art of big, broad, stupid frat boy humor.
In The Slammin’ Salmon, their latest, the boys (Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske) play waiters engaged in a Glengarry Glen Ross like competition over one night at a restaurant owned by “Slammin” Cleon Salmon (Michael Clarke Duncan), an ex-boxing champ.
It’s out in theaters this weekend in the following markets: Austin, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Portland, Washington D.C. and Seattle. Should it perform well expect a relatively quick expansion. Film School Rejects spoke with Kevin Heffernan, aka Farva, about
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- Robert Levin
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Kevin Smith’s Next is a Cop Out
13 December 2009 5:55 PM, PST
Originally titled A Couple of Dicks, the recently untitled buddy cop comedy from Warner Bros. and director Kevin Smith has been through the titling ringer. According to the director in several previous interview, WB went looking for a new title after the major networks refused to air commercial advertisements for a movie with the word "Dicks" in it.
But you already knew that. What you've been waiting for is the new title. Thanks to the folks over at The Film Stage, who appear to have pulled it from a Warner Bros. Exhibitor site (in an announcement that its trailer is attached to Sherlock Holmes). The new title for the Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan led comedy is Cop Out which works on several levels.
For one, it is about cops. Additionally, the changing of the title is a "cop out" of sorts. It makes me giggle. As well, did I mention that the first trailer will be
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- Neil Miller
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AFI, New York Online and La Critics Reward Avatar, The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds
13 December 2009 5:36 PM, PST
It's been a busy weekend for Awards season, the busiest thus far. The folks at AFI, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and our friends at the New York Film Critics Online group have all weighed in with some big pre-Oscar rewards to some major favorites.
Having just filed my own picks for the Austin Film Critics Association awards (due out later this week), I can feel the full swing of awards season. The race to Oscar has begun, and a few clear favorites are emerging, including The Hurt Locker and Up in the Air, with James Cameron sneaking in for some late-season shake-up with Avatar.
More below...
New York Film Critics Online
We begin with the online film critics from New York, a group that includes a lot of our own friends and neighbors from around the blogosphere. Members include Reject Radio regular Ed Douglas (ComingSoon.net), Katey Rich (CinemaBlend.com
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- Neil Miller
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Discuss: What Would Make Your ‘Best of the Decade’ List?
13 December 2009 5:24 PM, PST
The film journalism world does a lot of hemming and hawing about what the best of the best of the best is whenever a year ends. It's natural - a chapter is closing on the arbitrarily chosen time-system we've chosen, and people are all contemplating their lives and the things that impact them. Perhaps that's why my "45 Best of February" List never took off. Bad timing.
But with the end of the decade fast approaching, everyone and their Dog Skip is posting up what they think was the tops of the ten years.
Except, no one is asking you.
Which is stupid, because you have just as much claim to call out the best films. You're a fan. You love movies. You're just as entitled to flaunt your opinion as fact as any other publication on the planet.
So as Neil and I are busy chopping down our list from 3,000 to 30 (using a specially patented algorithm), we
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- Dr. Cole Abaius
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