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Director Spike Jonze has started the blog, “We Love You So,” to promote his upcoming movie “Where the Wild Things Are.” But, Jonze being Jonze, this site is so much more. It shows the immense research and work that Jonze did in preparing to shoot Maurice Sendack’s well known children’s book. Each post is interesting, …
Antonio Banderas who has last played the lead in a movie… um.. Maybe “Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down?” Anyway, Banderas has signed to star in “The Big Bang,” a neo-noir detective thriller. In the movie, Banderas will play an LA detective hired to find a missing stripper. His search leads him to the New …
When the casting of Larry David in the new Woody Allen movie was announced, fans, myself and several friends included, lost their GD minds. I’ve heard mixed reviews, with some praising the movie, “Whatever Works,” while some seemed to be not completely overwhelmed by the pairing at the Tribecca Film Festival, where it played opening …
Reports say Meryl Streep is doing one of the voices in Wes Anderson’s upcoming animated movie, “The Fantastic Mr. Fox.” Streep will reportedly be replacing Cate Blanchett. Streep joins a pretty great cast. Already cast in the movie are George Clooney, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson, Michael Gamobn, Adrien Brody and Wes Anderson himself. This should …
The first picture of one of the sets from the upcoming “Clash of the Titans” remake has been posted on-line. Las Horas Perdidas.com is posting the picture, which shows some sort of ancient temple kind of thing on a beach. This “Titans” remake stars Liam Neeson, Ralph Finnes and Danny Houston. It’s directed by Louis …
Actor Dom DeLuise has died, according to his son’s publicist. He was 75 years old. DeLuise was best known for his movies where he co-starred with Burt Reynolds, including “Cannonball Run,” “Smokey and the Bandit II,” and “The End.” He also appeared in 5 Mel Brooks movies. DeLuise appears in “Blazing Saddles,” in which he …
Francis Ford Coppola has released the trailer for his latest movie. “Tetro,” looks interesting. I can’t say I really know what the movie is about, but I’m intrigued. This is the first movie that Coppola has written since “The Conversation.” So, no pressure there. “Teatro,” will open Director’s Fortnight at Cannes and then open in …
With an opening weekend of $87 milion, one could assume that a “X Men Origins: Wolverine,” sequel was forthcoming. And, of course, it is. Variety is reporting that the sequel will take Wolverine to Japan, where the character was trained as a samurai. Fox says they are searching for a writer, but “Slumdog Millionaire,” writer …
In an interview with English newspaper The Independent, (and then repeated in a completely different interview wit another paper,) Daniel Craig says he’ll keep on playing James Bond “until my joints go.” “If people still want to see these movies I’ll keep doing them for as long as it takes, or until my knees go, …
A new teaser poster for Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds” has been released. It’s spare, simple and gets me excited even more excited to see the movie. “Inglorious Basterds” will play at the Cannes Film Festival, and then open nation-wide at the end of August.