Archive for October, 2007

The Running Tunnel
31
Oct
2007

The Running Tunnel

News Chat

In the spirit of Halloween, our friends over at Film Junk made a really fun short movie that they filmed in one day) called "The Running Tunnel". It's directed by Jay Cheel (editor of The Documentary...

Has George Clooney Enlisted with G.I.Joe?
30
Oct
2007

Has George Clooney Enlisted with G.I.Joe?

News Chat

Despite a lot of contraversy, I am actually looking forward to a G.I. Joe Movie. Not just because I watched the cartoon every day after school, but that it seems Hollywood is willing to toss big budg...

Akira Movie Gets a Director
30
Oct
2007

Akira Movie Gets a Director

News Chat

Likely just after the first Heavy Metal movie, I would have to say that Akira is likely the movie that was most inspirational to me in the area of animated film for the awesome visuals and intense sto...

Daniel Craig Enlists for 4 More James Bond Movies
30
Oct
2007

Daniel Craig Enlists for 4 More James Bond Movies

News Chat

It is no secret around here that despite the doubts on every Bond fan's lips, have have all grown to LOVE Daniel Craig as the younger, edgier, badass-er James Bond. Well it would appear that we are n...

The New Ambassador of Terror – Bambi
30
Oct
2007

The New Ambassador of Terror – Bambi

News Chat

Just in time for Halloween, Time Magazine's Top 25 Horror Films list comes out. And while I agree with most of it, I was surprised to see BAMBI on that list at #5. Bambi!! CinemaFusion says:Snow ...

He-Man Animatics
30
Oct
2007

He-Man Animatics

News Chat

One of the most potentially epic remakes of an 80s show would be He-Man: Master’s of the Universe. I was always a fringe He-Man fan when I was a kid. My friends all had the toys, but I was more o...

Movie Blog: Uncut – October 29th 2007
29
Oct
2007

Movie Blog: Uncut – October 29th 2007

Uncut Podcast

Hey there guys. We had a really fun time recording the podcast tonight. We cover a while bunch of different issues, including a short discussion at the end of the podcast about the future of The Mov...

10 Most Defining Moments In Movie Blog History
29
Oct
2007

10 Most Defining Moments In Movie Blog History

Features

Hey there folks. For those of you who have not been listening to the various "Uncut" shows around here, there is a MAJOR announcement coming in the upcoming days regarding The Movie Blog and its futu...

Around The Web – October 29th 2007
29
Oct
2007

Around The Web – October 29th 2007

News Chat

Here is all the key movie news going on today: Owen Wilson Speaks For First Time Publicly Since Suicide Attempt - Useless Wilson and Wes Anderson just talked about their new movie and didn't mention ...

Toronto After Dark Film Festival: The Rebel
28
Oct
2007

Toronto After Dark Film Festival: The Rebel

News Chat

Since I had been concentrating all my time on watching the horror films at the festival, I decided to switch it up a little and watch the martial arts film deemed to be the most expensive movie Vietna...

New Alien/Preditor Outed As Totally Gay
26
Oct
2007

New Alien/Preditor Outed As Totally Gay

Features

With the new Aliens Versus Predator 2 coming out soon (officially titled Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem), studio executives who have invested a gazillion dollars in the sequel, that no one asked for,...

Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans
26
Oct
2007

Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans

News Chat

The first Underworld movie was a project stuffed to the teeth with potential. I mean come on... at the time who didn't want to see a movie about a war between vampires and werewolves with a hot as nu...

Teresa Palmer Lands Wonder Woman Role in Justice League
26
Oct
2007

Teresa Palmer Lands Wonder Woman Role in Justice League

News Chat

It would appear that relative nobody Teresa Palmer has officially landed the coveted role of Wonder Woman in the new Teen Titans movie..... Oops! Justice League movie. Coming Soon reports:The Grud...

Mark Millar Denied Superman Returns Sequel
26
Oct
2007

Mark Millar Denied Superman Returns Sequel

News Chat

Mark Millar's work on the Ultimates has gained him the critical acclaim that most comic book writers DREAM of. So when we heard the news that he wanted to pitch a treatment for a Superman Returns seq...

First Look at PredAlien from Aliens Vs Predator 2
26
Oct
2007

First Look at PredAlien from Aliens Vs Predator 2

News Chat

Thanks to Joel who pointed us at this article this morning. USA Today reports:It will be money well spent if they can pull off the latest AVP, in which an alien that bursts from a predator's body, ...

Pre-Order Prince of Peace – God of War Now
25
Oct
2007

Pre-Order Prince of Peace – God of War Now

News Chat

(Just so you know, there are newer posts below, I'm just keeping this at the top of the page for the next couple of days) Hey there guys. Well, my little journey is almost finished. Way back last...

Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Simon Says
25
Oct
2007

Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Simon Says

News Chat

I have been hearing about ‘Simon Says’ for actually a couple of years now, and because of that I was very curious about checking this one out at the festival. The movie is about a group of five t...

Never Forget 1-31-07
25
Oct
2007

Never Forget 1-31-07

News Chat

This was too funny not to share. The Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie may have been a total failure (oh man, I can't even begin to tell you how disappointed I was with that movie... it wasn't even as goo...

Miller To Work On Mad Max 4 and Happy Feet 2 At The Same Time As Justice League.  Doomed.
25
Oct
2007

Miller To Work On Mad Max 4 and Happy Feet 2 At The Same Time As Justice League. Doomed.

News Chat

So have you been one of those optimistic few holding out some kind of naive hope that the Justice League movie they're working on might actually turn out to be any good? Despite the fact it's only be...

Noise
25
Oct
2007

Noise

News Chat

Now this is a fantastic idea for a movie. Who among us hasn't as some point wanted to take a shotgun and blast the hell out of one of those cars out on the street that has it's damn annoying alarm go...

Guy Ritchie Directing The Dirty Dozen
24
Oct
2007

Guy Ritchie Directing The Dirty Dozen

News Chat

There is just no getting around it... The Dirty Dozen is just one hell of a movie. A man's man movie. A film really reflective of a different era, but breathtaking nonetheless even today. I didn't ...

A New Lone Ranger Movie?
24
Oct
2007

A New Lone Ranger Movie?

News Chat

Remakes of classic movies/tv shows/cartoons/books are very tempting to a Hollywood studio for obvious reasons. There is name recognition for the general public, in many cases the source material is p...

Hitman International Poster
24
Oct
2007

Hitman International Poster

News Chat

You know, if it wasn't for the fact that the upcoming "Hitman" film was a video game based movie, I might actually be really looking forward to it. No, the trailers haven't exactly been inspiring... ...

Potential Giant Robot Movies
24
Oct
2007

Potential Giant Robot Movies

Features

With the outrageous success of Transformers (making approximately $700 million world wide, and apparently over 8 million DVDs in its first week) it is a clear cut and forgone conclusion that there wil...

Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Poultrygeist
24
Oct
2007

Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Poultrygeist

News Chat

On the third night of the festival, I had the “pleasure” to watch Lloyd Kaufman’s (of TROMA entertainment) horror-comedy, Poultrygeist: Night of The Chicken Dead. The film is about a chicken fas...

Serena Reviews ’30 Days of Night’
24
Oct
2007

Serena Reviews ’30 Days of Night’

News Chat, Reviews

(*Note: I had seen this film on the past weekend, but because I have been covering the 'Toronto After Dark Film Festival,' this was the only time I had to post the review. Sorry for the delay.) I had...

Spy Hunter Loses The Rock
24
Oct
2007

Spy Hunter Loses The Rock

News Chat

The idea of a "Spy Hunter" movie is a fun one once you consider that The Rock was going to be leading it. No, it never appeared to have a settled script. No, it never even got close to being in prod...

Blade Reboot?
24
Oct
2007

Blade Reboot?

News Chat

Rebooting seems to be all the craze of late. Nolan rebooting Batman. Battlestar Galactica rebooting on TV, The Hulk is doing it and Star Trek is even getting the treatment. Now there is a odd rumor...

New I Am Legend Trailer
24
Oct
2007

New I Am Legend Trailer

News Chat

I didn't see it working at first really. Will Smith in I Am Legend looked like a bit of a lame idea to me... but I'm actually one of those people who think Smith gets too much of a bad rap and that h...

Glen And Garry And Glen And Ross
24
Oct
2007

Glen And Garry And Glen And Ross

News Chat

A touching story about 4 men stricken with tourette's who have become lost, until one man comes to give them hope. (thanks to Dan for the heads up) ...

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Website is Live
23
Oct
2007

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Website is Live

News Chat

Hellboy is one of my favourite comics to film efforts made to date. Of course Hellboy was a much lesser known comic so a LOT of people didn't even realize it was a comic book movie. Still I enjoyed ...

Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Automaton Transfusion
23
Oct
2007

Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Automaton Transfusion

News Chat

Automaton Transfusion was one of the most highly anticipated films at the festival due to the fact it was screened right after Toronto's famous ZOMBIE WALK. I was surrounded by overly excited zombies ...

Transformers Sells 8.3Million Copies in One Week
23
Oct
2007

Transformers Sells 8.3Million Copies in One Week

News Chat

I rewatched my copy of Transformers on DVD last night after owning it for nearly an entire week. I forgot JUST how much I enjoyed that movie. I opted for the standard single disc edition despite the...

Wall-E Stuff I Didn’t Hear About
23
Oct
2007

Wall-E Stuff I Didn’t Hear About

News Chat

I can't say that I am that excited about Pixar's next movie WALL•E but then there really hasn't been much buzz around it anymore than showing a cute robot with a distorted digital voice looking into...

8 Life Lessons From Star Wars All Kids Should Learn
23
Oct
2007

8 Life Lessons From Star Wars All Kids Should Learn

Features

It was the very first movie my mom ever took me to see as a kid, and to this day, Star Wars is my all time favorite movie. Hands down, no questions asked, no ifs ands or buts. I have known Star Wars...

Films The Deserved Better – Glengarry Glen Ross
23
Oct
2007

Films The Deserved Better – Glengarry Glen Ross

Features

FILMS THAT DESERVED BETTER is an ongoing feature here on The Movie Blog of movies that failed to attract an audience at the theaters and failed to perform well at the boxoffice, yet were exceptional f...

Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Mulberry Street
23
Oct
2007

Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Mulberry Street

News Chat

The Toronto After Dark Film Festival started with a bang this year as it opened the festival with the highly talked about (amongst horror fans) horror indie, Mulberry Street. The film’s premise is ...

Bong Hits 4 Jesus Movie
23
Oct
2007

Bong Hits 4 Jesus Movie

News Chat

One of the great things about movies is that they give a platform sometimes to telling great and important real life stories dealing with real life issues that deserve to be brought to our attention. ...

Aliens Vs. Predator – Requiem Premieres At LA Sci Fi Convention
23
Oct
2007

Aliens Vs. Predator – Requiem Premieres At LA Sci Fi Convention

News Chat

From the folks over at MovieWeb: The Los Angeles Comic Book and Sci Fi Convention will be the forum upon which Colin and Greg Strause present their film Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem to an audience f...

Nick Cassavetes To Direct Captain America?  Bad Idea.
23
Oct
2007

Nick Cassavetes To Direct Captain America? Bad Idea.

News Chat

One thing you can't accuse the new Marvel Studios of being is lazy. These folks have been going full steam ahead ever since their inception and with what looks like pretty good results so far. The n...

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