"And like a tunnel under peaceful fire..."

Jon Bovi SNL

I can't be the only one who loves Jon Bovi right?

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Who needs therapy when you have the great outdoors?

Antichrist Trailer

Chances are today you've seen Willem Dafoe's ass. Why? Because today's the day Lars von Trier's Antichrist trailer premiered. The cast consists of Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg and an ark full of animals. And to be honest, watching it made me crawl under my covers and never come out. I don't know how I'll make it through the movie... Everybody's favorite adjective to describe it seems to be creepy, but I'm going to with sinister and shuddersome because they sound better.

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Come back, come back!

In most cases, especially one such as this, Ausiello's word is as good as gold. This isn't the first time I wished he was wrong, but we all know in guts that's he right. Sarah Connor Chronicles. Time of Death, 4:07pm. Official Time of Death, May 18th 2009.

Peace be with you. And also with you.

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Tuesday DVD Release Rundown

• The Reader
  
• The Spirit
  
• Dark Matter
  
• My Best Friend's a Vampire
  
• Lost in Austen
  
• Skins Vol. 2

(For full list go here)

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Jonny come lately

Efronious is set to take on 11 year old Jonny Quest (who'll they'll be skewing older obviously)... Sure it makes sense, but is it exciting? I swear between all the slated cartoon comic remakes and franchises set to release and on the books, it feels like Hollywood is just drawing one big blank.

But with that said Efron is likely better suited to this role than most. So if it has to get made, casting's got my approval.

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Isn't this a conflict of interest?

If you play a werewolf in one vampire franchise, isn't unethical to play a blood sucker in another? Seriously Michael Sheen, how do we know you won't suddenly turn and sympathize with the wolfy ones?

But for real word on the street is that Sheen will be playing head Vampire, Aros, in Twilight's New Moon. The man is addicted to playing the same parts over and over and over. but I'm not one to complain.

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Pebble in your shoe

DEAD MAN'S BONES - "NAME IN STONE" from biz3 publicity on Vimeo.

A Huge thanks to one of my new fav blogs, The Playlist, for alerting me to Ryan Gosling's enormously enjoyable 2 man band. Especially this video, "Name in Stone." Now not only can I enjoy one of the best actors onscreen, but I can also listen to his soothing voice as he serenades me to sleep. It's like falling in love all over again.

Anyways be sure to check out The Playlist. They're great.

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Double Feature!

Ever had a rainy day where you thought, man, I wish I had a convenient way of searching to see what 2 movies were playing successively in my local theaters to make the perfect double feature? Well problem solved. You can thank me later. 

On a totally separate note, SpoutBlog rattles off "10 Likable Tax Agents." Where can I find me a Harold Crick? (Yeah, I'm one of the people that secretly loved Stranger than Fiction.)

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Seasonal Wake-Up

"Please make this into a movie! Please make this into a movie! I'll be good every day for a month. I'll clean my room, make my bed, walk the imaginary dog!"

(/film Twitter bird whispers in my ear)

"Oh really? It's taken care of? Awesome."

Ok, it's not exactly taken care of, but it's on the books.

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Thank Goodness for Twitch

Just watch the trailers and feel happy inside!

Cencoroll Trailers

Old News

So as you are all aware, I was out of commission for a little while, and believe me, it hurt me more than it hurt you. I missed out on posting a lot of big news, that can now be classified as you snooze you lose news... but who cares, I'll recap a bit anyways.

Wolverine got out of his cage...

The biggest story has to be the freakin X-Men Origins leak. It seems no one can escape the horrible travesty that is this unplanned early release. And silly me, here I was thinking the earthquake in Italy was big news. But seriously, for all the hard work, time, and money that goes into making a big budget film, I feel their pain. It must really blow to have a thousands of people see an unfinished product, most of whom will likely now opt not to go out and spend $10.75 to watch the slightly altered version on the big screen. Also, no I have not seen the leak, and it's not because I don't want to. Mostly I just can't find it! And I also would feel a little guilty. In any event it leaked. That's the news. 

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Don't Judge

Extract Trailer

Not counting Idiocracy, Extract is the first movie directed by Mike Judge since Office Space in '99. Now the question is, do people still care about Mike Judge? Was he just a one hit wonder? Extract appears to follow Office Space like constraints, placing the lead character played by Jason Bateman in an office of sorts, coming to terms with life's dead ends, and falling in "like" with an attractive inferior, played by Mila Kunis. Most importantly Kristen "shes in everything" Wiig and Ben "I'm not a leading man anymore" Affleck, are in it. Super.

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Tuesday DVD Rundown

• Doubt
  
• The Tale of Despereaux
  
• Bedtime Stories
  
• Yes Man
  
• Britney: For the Record
  
• Donkey Punch
  

(for Full listing go here)

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Short Pants

Shorts Trailer

I have to say, I do not understand Robert Rodriguez. He does From Dusk Till Dawn and The Faculty, then Spy Kids. He does Sin City and Planet Terror, then this, Shorts. I'm thinking the next order will be Sin City 2, another movie about Rose McGowan as a hooker, and then the film adaptation of adapatation of "Everyone Poops." oh wait... looks like Spike Jonze beat him to it.

Everyone Poops Trailer (thanks /film)

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Michael Cera fights with his Heart

No this isn't about Paper Heart. This is just to show you how excited I am for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Edgar Wright, we could be happy together. You me and the dogs, Simon and Nick.

Check out the cast... I mean seriously, amazing!

	Anna Kendrick	...	Stacey Pilgrim
	Michael Cera	...	Scott Pilgrim
	Chris Evans	...	Lucas Lee
	Brandon Routh	...	Todd Ingram
	Mary Elizabeth Winstead	...	Ramona V. Flowers
	Jason Schwartzman	...	Gideon Gordon Graves (rumored)
	Mae Whitman	...	Roxy Richter
	Kieran Culkin	...	Wallace Wells
	Alison Pill	...	Kim Pine (rumored)

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Linkin' on up to the East Side

J.D. over at Valley Dreamin posted some fabulous screen shots of Control a few days back. If you remember I mentioned Control and it's lead Sam Riley not that long ago as my first Break Out of the week! Nice to know there are others out there. 

Also shout out to the Cinefille who openly admitted she watches The Hills, cause... so do I. If you stop reading now I wouldn't blame you.

Another good find by Super Punch. If the Joker could ever be adorable, this is it.  

And check out Blake's Review of Sunshine Cleaning, cause it's bitchin' and I can't seem to get my act together to write mine. 

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It was only a matter of time...

Winter of Frozen Dreams Trailer

Oh Thora... First Dungeons and Dragons and now this? For shame.

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Tricky Basterds

Did anyone else look at the Inglorious Basterds portrait quickly and think, "I didn't know Evan Rachel Wood was in this?!"

She's not.

(for the rest of the shots head here)

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Michael Caine, a Man among Boys

So I got to hear British pearls of wisdom drip forth from the man himself live and in color this past Sunday. He's been in well over 100 films, but as he said "only the last 50 or so were memorable." He spoke about how he's on a tour to collect as many Lifetime Achievement awards a possible, and he gets away with it by continuing to make movies. He even said (when prompted) working with Steven Segal in 1994 was quite a mistake. He mentioned that he uses the Stanislavsky (sp?) method of acting, using sense memory. He talked about how they keep seeming to write parts for older men (certainly that doesn't go for both sexes). He was so "Michael Cainish" it was almost too good to be true. 

Damn I love that man.

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A Podcast?

I hadn't thought about it before, but I suppose it could be a logical next step? So sometime soon my Friend Andrew and I are going to take a stab at the first ever Do You Have a Flag? podcast, thanks to all your comments and tweets supporting the idea! I hope you'll all tune in and give honest, even brutal feedback. In the meantime tell me what you would like to hear. I may not talk about it, but we'll see.

And be assured this will in no way replace or take over the blog. It's just an experiment. And Andrew's pretty funny, I think you'll find him entertaining.