How would you like to be in the next Judd Apatow comedy? Funny People, due out Fall of 2009, stars Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, and Eric Bana (which one of these is not like the others?). Head on over to the official MySpace page for your chance to win!
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We haven’t done one of these for awhile, so here’s something from this past week which stood out. In the conclusion of “New Rules” Bill Maher, ecstatic over Obama’s win, let loose this apt description of the United States…
A celebrity canine (John Travolta) who believes he is the real-life hero of the popular TV show gets lost on the streets of New York City in this new animated film from Disney 3-D. Other voices tapped for the project include Miley Cyrus, Malcolm McDowell, Greg Germann, James Lipton, Susie Essman, and Mark Walton. Check out the official site. We’ve seen it and we’ll have the review when Bolt races into theaters in both regular and 3-D versions on Friday.
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Based on the teen novels aimed for girls (and their mothers) the film follows the relationship of a misfit teen (Kristen Stewart) and a vampire (Robert Pattinson). Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, and Anna Kendrick also star. Check out the official site, and for more check out G4’s behind the scene interviews from Comic-Con. The film opens in theaters everywhere on Friday.
One word summarizes the latest Bond film – disappointment. If Casino Royale was a step in the right direction in rebooting the franchise Quantum of Solace takes at least three steps back. In the hands of a director who had never helmed an action picture, with a script not based on a Fleming story, and with few (almost none) of the Bond trademarks, Quantum of Solace fails to impress. And the real tragedy is they should have known better…
The film picks up immeadiately after the events of Casino Royale (read that review). After the worst car chase montage ever shown in a Bond film, more on that later, 007 (Daniel Craig) delivers Mr. White (Jesper Christensen) to M (Judi Dench) for interrogation.
Before escaping, with relative ease (and a confusing moment where no one, including the director or the four screenwriters it seems, are sure if M is shot), White informs MI:6 that they are hopelessly outmatched by his secret origination with its hands in intelligence organizations worldwide.
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