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A.O. Scott on Ryan Bingham vs. Jerry Maguire

AO Scott illuminates UP IN THE AIR with a nice compare/contrast to JERRY MAGUIRE

Trailer #3 TV Spot: Up in the Air

Another month, another trailer for Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air courtesy of Apple (Update: ok, factually this is a TV spot that ran during the season finale of Mad Men, but clocking in at 2 minutes it still feels like a trailer to me). I’ve liked each successive trailer for this thing less and [...]

AFI Fest: Fantastic and not-so-fantastic

AFI Fest reviews of FANTASTIC MR. FOX and EVERYONE ELSE

BS Watch: My Fair Lady – Pick a star, start a rumor

The real question is, who HASN’T been lined up to direct or star in the rumored My Fair Lady remake?

Trailer #2: The Men Who Stare at Goats

Yeah, sure. I could spend all day running down bootleg copies of the new Avatar trailer, but if you’re at all interested in that movie you’ll do yourself a favor and not watch it. It’s one of those deals filmed by some overeager shmuck on his iPhone in an actual movie theater and it looks [...]

Trailer #2: Up in the Air

A new trailer and a new release date for Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air starring George Clooney and Vera Farmiga

AFI Fest to open with ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’

Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox has been announced as the opening night film of AFI Fest 2009 which runs in Hollywood from October 30 to November 7.
The film featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson opens in limited release [...]

Character Posters: Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Courtesy of Empire, the obligatory character posters for Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox which opens November 13th. This one is facing a bit more flack lately than Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are (can we have a moratorium on the word “twee” now? Please?), but my enthusiasm is still running high.
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Poster: The Men Who Stare at Goats

This poster for The Men Who Stare at Goats made me chuckle more than the trailer. It still smells like Coen light though.

Venice ‘09: Cox, Akin and Clooney

A look at the recent Venice world premiere’s of Alex Cox’s Repo Chick, Fatih Akin’s Soul Kitchen and Grant Heslov’s George Clooney starring The Men Who Stare at Goats