Movie Clerks

Filed under: Cannes, Festival Reports, Movie Marketing, Images, Cinematical Indie, Posters

James Rocchi and I got into Cannes this afternoon, checked into our flat, and then promptly headed out to the Croisette to get our press badges and take a slew of pics. Movie posters abound on the Croisette. They’re draped on luxury hotels and adorning the sidewalks; pretty much everywhere you look, it’s movie marketing central around here. I’ll have a Live from Cannes post up later with some other pics of the Cannes scene and the lovely Croisette, but in the meantime, here’s a bunch of movie poster pics for your viewing pleasure.
We’ll be up bright and early tomorrow to catch the opening film, Blindness, and we’ll be posting regularly throughout the fest, so keep checking back for more. Let us know what you’re most interested in hearing about from the fest, and we’ll do our best to […]

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Filed under: Drama, Casting, Deals, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand
As soon as this story hit, I had to check to make sure a) it wasn’t April 1st, and b) we all still lived on the planet Earth. Yes, I’m not kidding about this one — The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Werner Herzog is remaking Abel Ferrara’s gritty, NC-17-rated cult classic,Bad Lieutenant, and none other than Nicolas Cage is going to star. Nic Cage! Werner Herzog! Am I the only one who’s completely blown away by this bizarre news? (Though, to be fair, we did kinda see this coming …)
Cage will take on the role originally played by Harvey Keitel; he’ll slip into the part of a drug and sex-addicted corrupt cop, though there’s no word on how far they’ll take this version of the film. However, exec producer Avi Lerner did promise this new take will “deliver as much filth as […]

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Filed under: Action, Casting, RumorMonger, Fandom, Comic/Superhero/Geek

When Marvel officially announced the release date for Thor last week (June 4, 2010), news quickly followed that Matthew Vaughn was no longer directing, a script was being fine-tuned and Marvel was in search of an actor to fill Thor’s mighty shoes. Seeing as he’s blonde, a very popular actor and has starred in films like Troy, the first name to pop into the minds of fanboys (and girls) everywhere was Brad Pitt. And whaddya know: Latino Review is saying this week that Pitt is at the top of Marvel’s wishlist. Who woulda thunk it?
On paper, this does seem like a logical — and realistic — choice. Pitt is at a similar point in his career as Robert Downey Jr., Edward Norton and even Johnny Depp (who surprised fans by starring in three Pirates of the Caribbean films for Disney). If there ever was […]

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Filed under: Comedy, Paramount, Celebrities and Controversy, Distribution, Politics
Well, for a tempest in a teapot the controversy over Mike Myer’s comedy The Love Guru seems to be heating up by the day. CJ Report confirmed that the British Film Institute has responded to Hindu protests, and has issued a statement that the prestigious institution will “not be screening this title nor will be involved with a possible release of it.” Now this doesn’t mean the film will not be shown in the UK, but the BFI’s refusal to support the film must come as a blow to Myers, a committed anglophile.
Guru is the story of an American born guru who returns home to help coach a lovelorn hockey player with a struggling marriage. Sure, it looks silly, and a little stereotypical, but so did The Party and a lot of people seem to like that movie. According to CJ Report, […]

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Filed under: Comedy, Fandom, Home Entertainment, Trailers and Clips

Those crazy cats from The Onion are back with a news story that takes a look at a new tour which gives folks a chance to check out the archaic system that was renting movies. Yes, it’s a joke, and your local Blockbuster store is still around (and open!), but I could totally see something like this existing in, say, 10-20 years from now. Follow their news reporters inside an actual Blockbuster store, where they find actors playing Blockbuster employees, as well as actual renters. Real renters! I love the couple who say they can’t believe how people used to live like this. Then you get the tourists with cameras taking shots of two “historical performers” having a conversation about a video. Love it!
What do you think? How far are we away from something like this existing in real life? And […]

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Filed under: Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Foreign Language, Independent, Magnolia, ThinkFilm, Box Office, Cinematical Indie, Roadside Attractions
Apologies for the one-day delay, but, as it happens, the indie weekend charts changed in the interim. Early on Sunday, estimates compiled by Box Office Mojo indicated that Tarsem Singh’s The Fall (Roadside Attractions) won the weekend, but when the figures were tabulated, Lloyd Kaufman’s Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (Troma) sneaked into the top position with a take of $10,624 at one theater in Manhattan. Ed Gonzalez of The Village Voice says the film “chronicles what happens when a fried-chicken shack goes up on a Native American burial ground” and called it “a predictably hit-and-miss yukfest.”
Doug Pray’s Surfwise (Magnolia) surged near the top, grossing $10,304 at another theater in Manhattan. The doc follows a doctor who abandoned his practice to become a surfer and live in a camper, packing along his wife and […]

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Filed under: Documentary, Deals, Distribution, The Weinstein Co., Politics, Michael Moore, Paramount Vantage
Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 was pretty good as far as anti-Bush jeremiads go, but it ended with a cliffhanger. Would George W. Bush be reelected in 2004 despite all the reasons Moore laid out for his dismissal? Or would he overcome the odds, focus the campaign on silly non-issues, and get lucky by having a weak, boring opponent?
We know what wound up happening, and now Variety reports that Moore is making a sequel, as yet untitled but scheduled for release around this time next year. (There’s a chance it’ll premiere at Cannes, like Fahrenheit and Sicko did.) Moore is working with Paramount Vantage and Overture Films this time around, splitting from the Weinstein Company, which distributed his last two films. We’re guessing he wasn’t happy with the way Sicko underperformed and has struck out for new territory. […]

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Filed under: Comedy, Home Entertainment, Politics, Trailers and Clips, Stars in Rewind

There’s been a lot of buzz as Oliver Stone’s W goes Speedy Gonzalez towards its impending October release. I’d say that it’s mainly due to the kickass cast — maybe not for being the perfect representations of today’s political heads, but for being a collection of really great actors.
But still, the project makes me think back to other Dubyas in the entertainment ether. Brolin is certainly not the first. This might not be as old as some Stars in Rewind posts, but I couldn’t resist adding a little Will Ferrell presidential fare to this sunny Tuesday. You know, sun and “so-called global warmings” go together. This happens to be one of my favorite blips by Ferrell, and I hope you enjoy it!
Really, who cares about a place where penguins can have an orgy? Nature needs to listen to us!

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Filed under: Comedy, New Line, Celebrities and Controversy, Movie Marketing
Why would you hold the splashy world premiere of a movie that celebrates Manhattan on a different freakin’ continent? A few weeks ago, Eric Kohn reported on the rumor that Sex and the City would premiere in London; as he wrote, SatC is “automatically a quintessential New York film … Considering all that Sex and the City owes to New York — its entire legacy, really — the idea of fleeing to Europe first sounds a little confused.”
The rumor was true; the premiere was held in London last night, and now Sarah Jessica Parker finds herself defending a decision she did not make. The Telegraph describes her as being “diplomatic,” stating simply: “This is where New Line Cinema decided to do it, so we started here. We are thrilled to be in London and we will be thrilled to take […]

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Filed under: Drama, Casting, Politics
Bit by bit, we get closer to the soon-to-be-sped-through biopic on George W. Bush, W – remember, although it hasn’t been completely cast, and is just one day into production, it will hit theaters this October. We’ve got Josh Brolin as Dubya, Elizabeth Banks as Laura, Rob Corddry as Ari Fleischer, James Cromwell as George Sr., Ellen Burstyn as Barbara, Thandie Newton as Condoleeza, Ioan Gruffudd as Tony Blair, and Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell.
And now, Empire reports that Scott Glenn is going to play former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. It’s a fair likeness, and not half as surprising as Brolin being Bush. It’s also a fair casting move considering Glenn’s previous work, from his CIA director in The Bourne Ultimatum, to his Jack Crawford in Silence of the Lambs, to his Lieutenant Richard M. Colby in Apocalypse Now.
But really, even with potential script issues […]

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