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Review – Human Target – "Pilot"

2 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

If you take the action hero violence of 24 and mix in a little of the sarcastic humor of House, you've basically got Human Target, Fox's new show which is set to premiere on Sunday, January 17, at 8/7c. The show, which stars Mark Valley (Fringe) as Christopher Chance, the titular Human Target, is Fox's attempt to mix together some of its more successful elements into one big megashow. And they kinda, sorta pull it off. Barely.

The thing you need to know when going into Human Target is that it is not deep television. In the pilot episode, there are no real gray characters. There are good guys and bad guys, and not much else. There's little depth and even less characterization, but you don't care because you're having such a damn good time.

First, I've got to mention the absolutely fantastic cast. As I said before, Mark Valley, most known »

- Sam McPherson

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Even a Master Sleuth Couldn't Untangle 'Sherlock Holmes'

24 December 2009 9:05 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Boasting enough slow-motion action to please even Watchmen’s Zack Snyder, this is not your English teacher’s Sherlock Holmes. Director Guy Ritchie honed his high-energy approach to the British crime genre with the excellent Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, and he brings that aesthetic to this adventure starring literature’s most famous detective (sorry, Nancy Drew). But despite its top-caliber cast and talented director, Sherlock Holmes is a mess that even the master sleuth couldn’t untangle.

Sherlock Holmes gets off to a fast and furious start, barreling right into the action. With the help of the ever steadfast Dr. John Watson (Jude Law), Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) captures multiple murderer Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong, Body of Lies). Though the black-magic-loving aristocrat is hanged for his crimes, he soon resurfaces, much to the surprise of Watson, who, embarrassingly, pronounced the man dead. 

Holmes struggles to »

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John’s 10 Biggest Movie Surprises of 2009

24 December 2009 12:56 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

I’ll be up front with you: the list you’re about to read wasn’t what I had in store for you. As I sat at my desk and prepared to crank out what would be another top ten list of 2009, I realized that I was utterly ill-equipped to do so. As many great films as I witnessed this year, I missed just as many that I’m sure I’d enjoy: A Serious Man. The Fantastic Mr. Fox. The Hurt Locker. The Brothers Bloom.

I know. Just thinking about it makes me sick. But I saw enough to be confident in saying that 2009 was an extremely good year for movies — from blockbusters to indie pictures, we’ve witnessed some great films and surprising debuts from unique filmmakers.

What follows isn’t a list of the “best” films of 2009, but instead is a list of the most surprising, excellent »

- John Cooper

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Akerman Misses Out On Magical Swedish Christmas

24 December 2009 8:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Watchmen star Malin Akerman is looking forward to a technological Christmas across the miles with her family in Sweden.

Work has prevented the Scandinavian star from heading home for the holidays, but she has made sure that she and her family have the latest communication devices - so they can keep in touch.

She says, "This year I'm not lucky enough that I can go home but there's great technology nowadays, like Facebook and Skype. It's been my only way to keep an update on everything that's going on with my siblings and cousins over in Sweden."

Akerman admits she's tremendously homesick because she has wonderful memories of Christmas in Sweden.

She adds, "It's cold and it's beautiful. There's this thing where everyone has these candles that almost look like a menorah, about seven of them, and everyone has them in their windows in Sweden so it's all lit up. You walk everywhere and you just see candles in the windows. It's absolutely beautiful and puts a sparkle to the whole city.

"Somebody in the family usually dresses up as Santa Claus. My father still lives in Sweden and we got together with my grandfather and cousins and a few years back it was my father's turn to dress up as Santa Claus; for the younger cousins they don't know.

"We didn't tell anyone that I was coming home for Christmas and I dressed up as an elf and walked in with my father as Santa Claus into the living room and everyone was like, 'Who is that elf?' because I had a mask on and finally I pulled the mask off and my grandfather teared up because he was so excited to see me. It was a really great moment so I love that tradition that we have. I would do it again, absolutely." »

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Best Movies Of 2009, By Kurt Loder

22 December 2009 3:50 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

A pretty good year.

George Clooney in .Up in the Air.

Photo: Dale Robinette/ Paramount

It seems to be a critical tradition to bewail the awfulness of each year's movies. But how often is this really true? With the annual caveat that it's impossible (and meaningless) to designate one movie or filmmaker as the "best," here are a number of 2009 pictures I liked a lot in various aspects, with one entrant in each category selected, fairly arbitrarily, as the "best," and equally worthy contenders noted below them.

Best Picture:

"Up in the Air" A mainstream film with a complex heart and a brain, too. Not exactly a comedy, not precisely a drama, but as close to a perfect movie as any other this year.

Also really good: "The Hurt Locker": Can it actually have been seven years since Kathryn Bigelow's last picture? This scrappy low-budget film, with a breakthrough performance by Jeremy Renner, »

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A Nightmare On Elm Street '10: A Pair of pics from the re-shoots

21 December 2009 1:55 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

A few hours ago, producer Brad Fuller checked in via Twitter from the set of A Nightmare On Elm Street where cameras are rolling again for some additional filming. The new scenes being shot are not necessarily "reshoots" but added scenes to help flush out some story here and there.

This latest round of filming involves the Springwood Diner. New photos below the jump.

These new pictures match up to a recent report via SpoilerTV in which sides were sent out to agents to cast a few small roles. Check out the breakdowns below.

Nightmare on Elm St - New Casting Call for Minor Characters

[Waitress] 40s. She works at the diner with Nancy. She started working at the diner as a summer job 20 years ago and never left. Please Submit Character Actors With Great Faces (Two lines)

[Dutch] 50s. The owner of a small-town American diner at which Nancy works. Please »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Four

19 December 2009 11:50 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »

Georgia

Opens: 2010

Cast: Val Kilmer, Andy Garcia, Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Johnathon Schaech

Director: Renny Harlin

Summary: An American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native get caught in the crossfire of the five-day Russia-Georgia conflict in August 2008, and then have to deal with their obligation to be impartial.

Analysis: A timely parable on war, or Hollywood propaganda filmmaking at its worst? Wherever it goes, especially in Europe and the former Soviet states, "Georgia" will cause a lot of talk and controversy as the incidents depicted are still so fresh in many's minds. Like all topics of the sort, it'll also have its strong supporters and detractors having opinions on the film long before a frame of footage is screened anywhere.

Shot on-location in Tbilisi, the project also marks a potential return to form for Finnish director Renny Harlin. Given the right material the skilled action director delivered three »

- Garth Franklin

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Pop culture 2009: The year in lists

18 December 2009 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

The eight best soundtrack moments from this year's movies

Cat People – David Bowie

Inglourious Basterds

The context was totally wrong, but Bowie's goth-like 1980s hit somehow worked perfectly with Mélanie Laurent's preparations for her Nazi showdown. Edith Piaf just wouldn't have cut it.

Toop Toop – Cassius

Il Divo

A beautifully slick montage of Mafia assassinations set to spiky French guitar funk.

Times They Are A Changin' – Bob Dylan

Watchmen

The only bit of the film they didn't lift from the comic turned out to be the best: a dazzling title sequence of snapshots from an alternate history, all set to Dylan's plaintive croaking.

Night Shift – Commodores

35 Shots Of Rum

The mellow warmth of the Commodores loosens the inhibitions of lonely Parisians, in the key scene from Claire Denis's gorgeous drama.

Life's a bitch – Nas

Fish tank

Not the most uplifting farewell tune for Mia's dance-off with her mum, »

- Charlie Brooker, Pete Cashmore, Will Dean, Grace Dent, Priya Elan, Malik Meer, Steve Rose, Richard Vine

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Stocking Stuffers! Celebrating The Best Beefcake of 2009!

17 December 2009 12:41 PM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

It was a dirty job, but someone had to do it.

We couldn't wrap-up this year without paying special tribute to those unsung heroes, namely actors who get naked! Whether it's on the big or small screen, it takes a special kind of courage to strip to your birthday suit in front of cameras and key grips knowing that someone online is going to scrutinize you down to the dimple on your derriere! To acknowledge their willingness, we offer this salute to some of the men who dared this year.

If you're worried about the Nsfw possibilities, we've obscured the naughty parts, but you can still ... get the idea.

Enjoy the most blatantly prurient post you'll ever see on this site!

Being Human technically isn't from this year, but it did debut on BBC America in 2009, so that gives us a legitimate reason to show the adorkably hot (and out »

- snicks

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Matthew Goode on A Single Man, Accents, and Spray-Tanning with Colin Firth

16 December 2009 2:30 PM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

"Blink and you'll miss me," said Matthew Goode, describing his ill-fated, longtime partner of Colin Firth's devastated college professor in A Single Man. On the one hand, Goode does occupy a minimum of screen time in Tom Ford's directorial debut, a stirring '60s-set drama currently in the awards-season hunt. On the other, the striking, versatile 31-year-old Brit is pretty hard to miss in any of his films, from a romantic lead in Chasing Liberty to an ambitious Midwestern cutthroat in The Lookout to the social-climbing confidante of Brideshead Revisited. Single Man is Goode's return to indies after his bewigged antiheroics as Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias in last spring's Watchmen; he'll be back to the majors next year opposite Amy Adams in Leap Year. He spoke recently to Movieline about discovering A Single Man for himself, what scared him about Tom Ford, and how a small part can sometimes make all the difference. »

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Best Of 2009: Movies, TV And Games

16 December 2009 11:44 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

Our look back on the best and brightest comics, comic book movies, news and swag from 2009 continues with today's list of the year's best movies, television and gaming projects and creators outside of the print and digital comics world.

(And just in case you missed it, be sure to check out yesterday's "Best Comics Of 2009" list!)

Best Of 2009: Movies / TV / Games

Best Animated Series

"Batman: The Brave and the Bold"

In the end, this category came down to two potential winners: DC's "The Brave and the Bold" and Marvel's "Super Hero Squad." Both series are great fun, take full advantage of their respective characters' universes, and are equally enjoyable by kids and adult comics fans alike. "Brave and the Bold" gets the nod, however, due to its brilliant voice casting and willingness to pair its eclectic cast of real-life actors with the perfect characters, no matter how obscure. While »

- Splash Page Team

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Last Minute Christmas Present Recommendations!

16 December 2009 8:16 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Ho Ho Ho! It’s that time of the year for giving and receiving and if your having trouble finding the perfect gift for your loved one then i will hopefully mention something that will help fill that stocking in time for 25th December.

I’m going to run down my top Blu-Ray films, Top DVD’s, Top TV Boxsets and Top anything else that I think are must haves this year.

We’ve added links to Zavvi.com who are currently offering free delivering on everything so make sure you check them out.

Blu-ray and DVD Films

I’ll start with Blu-Ray/DVD films. Blu-Rays have reduced in price incredibly in the run up to Christmas and if you shop around then you will find all sort of deals like 2-4-1’s or 2 for a nice low price, and it’s still not to late to get them in time for Christmas. »

- Gary Phillips

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Story for 300 Prequel ‘Xerxes’ is Done

16 December 2009 4:47 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

After the success of Zack Snyder’s epic rated-r action flick, 300, the question became “When can they do a follow-up and how can they make a story to build off of the success of the first?”

As we know, our Spartan heroes all meet their doom at the end with the exception of the narrator Dilios played by David Wenham. This would mean that in order to bring back Gerard Butler’s King of bad-ass and internet parodies, Leonidas, it would either have to be a prequel or include flashbacks to earlier battles with him involved. The first movie was about Dilios telling the story of Leonidas and his 300 men, so perhaps the next installment could do the same.

Since Butler is the poster-boy of the 300, he’d have to come back and fortunately for us fans, Butler is interested in the 300 prequel as is writer/artist Frank Miller, producer »

- Rob Keyes

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Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch to Feature Song and Dance Numbers?

14 December 2009 9:30 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

I'm wildly curious to see what's going on in Sucker Punch. Zack Snyder's follow-up to Watchmen features a wild cast (Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone and Abbie Cornish, with Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn and Oscar Isaac) with the first five names as a group of girls locked in an unsavory mental institution, from which they escape through fantasy. It is said to be violent and weird and full of monsters. And now Abbie Cornish says there is...singing and dancing? Rad, count me in.  Anyone who says you can't just throw a dance number in a genre film needs to re-familiarize themselves with The Happiness of the Katakuris (Takashi Miike) and/or Zatoichi (Takeshi Kitano) or just go back to (500) Days of Summer, though the latter obviously isn't a genre flick. But it's not as easy as just dropping in a number here and there. »

- Russ Fischer

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First Run Grabs Docu Filled with Nightmares: Tales From the Script

14 December 2009 7:03 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

If you ever wanted to find an irritable bunch of people working in Hollywood, you wouldn't have to go much further than the names in the screenwriter's directory. First Run Features have picked up the rights to Peter Hanson’s talking heads docu about the horror stories of those of who lived to tell the tale: contemporary screenwriters who got stung in their careers as scribes and consider themselves lucky, managed to see one of their works turn into a final product and retain some shards of its former self. - If you ever wanted to find an irritable bunch of people working in Hollywood, you wouldn't have to go much further than the names in the screenwriter's directory. First Run Features have picked up the rights to Peter Hanson’s talking heads docu about the horror stories of those of who lived to tell the tale: contemporary screenwriters »

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Tarantino & Pearl Jam Top WENN Polls

14 December 2009 5:31 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Quentin Tarantino and rockers Pearl Jam have another reason to celebrate this Christmas - they've topped the WENN end-of-year movie and album polls.

Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds narrowly beat comedy The Hangover and indie hit (500) Days of Summer to land the Best Film prize, while Pearl Jam's Backspacer was the clear winner on the album countdown, ahead of Jay-z's The Blueprint 3 and Them Crooked Vultures' eponymous debut.

Also making the two top 10s were Woody Allen's Whatever Works, Watchmen, Up and Public Enemies and Robbie Williams' Reality Killed The Radio Star, Florence & The Machine's Lungs and Year in the Kingdom by Fleet Foxes drummer J. Tillman.

Here are the lists:

Best Album of 2009

1. Backspacer - Pearl Jam

2. The Blueprint 3 - Jay-z

3. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

4. Lungs - Florence & The Machine

5. Together Through Life - Bob Dylan

6. It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

7. Reality Killed the Video Star - Robbie Williams

8. 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day

9. Year In The Kingdom - J. Tillman

10. Humanoid - Tokio Hotel

Best Movie of 2009

1. Inglourious Basterds

2. The Hangover

3. (500) Days of Summer

4. Whatever Works

5. Watchmen

6= Public Enemies

6= Up

8. The Hurt Locker

9= Star Trek

9= An Education. »

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MTV Readers Choose Their Favorite Comic Book Movie Of 2009!

14 December 2009 2:16 PM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

Last week, we asked MTV readers to vote on their favorite comic book movie of 2009, and now the votes are in!

With more than 50 percent of the total votes, "Watchmen" was the top choice among fans — and by a wide margin, too. When all the votes were tallied, Zack Snyder's live-action adaptation of the classic Alan Moore graphic novel was the clear-cut winner over "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which received half as many votes to nab the second-place spot.

However, while many predicted a victory by Rorschach, Nite Owl and the rest of "Watchmen" cast, there were some surprises in the final vote — namely among the animated features.

Here's how the numbers settled out:

Poll Results

Watchmen: 54%

X-Men Origins: Wolverine: 28%

Green Lantern: First Flight: 4%

Wonder Woman: 4%

Hulk Vs.: 3%

Surrogates: 2%

Dragonball Evolution: 1%

Astro Boy: 1%

Whiteout: 0%

Other: 3%

Among the films receiving votes in the "Other »

- Rick Marshall

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Best Supporting Actors of 2009 - Christoph Waltz Places 1st

13 December 2009 1:00 AM, PST | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »

There were so many outstanding performances by actors in supporting roles in 2009, I could have slipped in half a dozen more names and it wouldn't have felt like I was reaching. As I manipulated the rankings, there was only one actor who never budged from his place in the top 5. Christoph Waltz has been my choice for the best supporting actor of the year since August. He locked down that spot with his breakthrough performance in Quentin Tarantino's WWII epic.

Honorable Mentions: Jeff Bridges in The Men Who Stare at Goats, Alfred Molina in An Education, Jake Gyllenhaal in Brothers, and Paul Schneider in Bright Star.

And the top 5 best supporting actors are:

Best Supporting Actors of 2009 Also of Interest:

Christoph Waltz Analyzes His Inglourious Basterds Character

Jackie Earle Haley on Watchmen and Rorschach

Stanley Tucci Discusses The Lovely Bones (Photo &copy The Weinstein Company)

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A Single Man's Lovely Bones

12 December 2009 10:00 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Is it a Gay Heresy to admit that you didn't love A Single Man, gay icon and fashionista Tom Ford's directorial debut? A Single Man, based on the Christopher Isherwood novel, follows George (Colin Firth) a grieving middle aged professor through a typical day as he eyes attractive students, ponders suicide, resents his neighbors and makes plans with his best friend (a sozzled Julianne Moore). He's still grieving his dead lover Jim. Jim is played by the fantastically attractive Matthew Goode in flashbacks (his second time playing a perfect human specimen this year, see also Watchmen, such flattering typecasting!)

There's a lot to recommend in George's journey through grief: Colin Firth and his leaking eyeballs are so stupendous and moving that he's surely Oscar-nomination bound (it's enough to forgive his previous nonsensical gayness in Mamma Mia!), Julianne Moore is funny and bracing even if the role is nothing much, and »

- NATHANIEL R

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Mr. Skin's Best Nude Scenes of 2009

12 December 2009 11:56 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

It is, of course, end-of-the-year list time, and while we're anxiously waiting to see what critics groups crown the best films of the year, Mr. Skin has something else in mind. As he does every year, the industry leader in flesh, has ranked the best nude scenes of the year, combining both films and cable TV.

I think we all kind of expected Jessica Biel to win this year, with her ballyhooed first nude scene in Powder Blue. Had it been a surprise and had it not leaked to the internet and had the film actually made it to theaters, I think it probably would have won. She was upended, however, by Eva Amurri and her revealing stint on Californication. The other TV entrant is Anna Paquin from True Blood; last year, the show's Lizzy Caplan made the list, when Mr. Skin split it into TV and film categories.

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- Colin Boyd

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