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trailer break: ‘Antichrist’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Speaking of Lars von Trier’s latest… You’d think people would know by now not to go to remote cabins in the woods. Nothing good ever happens in remote cabins in the woods. And goodness, you certainly don’t go with Willem Dafoe: that’s just a recipe for horror. … more…

North American box office: ‘G.I. Joe’ no!

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Joe’s ohs are lots of zeroes at the end of its weekend tally: 1. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: $54.7 million (NEW) 2. Julie & Julia: $20 million (NEW) 3. G-Force: $9.9 million (3rd week; drops 44%) 4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $8.9 million (4th week; drops 50%) 5. Funny People: $8 … more…

trailer break: ‘Bandslam’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… So this one time, at Bandslam… I’m confused by this trailer: Which one of them is the moody, brooding vampire? Which one of them is the not-just-high-school-evil bitch who rips apart the bad boys with her bare teeth? Which one is planning a massacre in the cafeteria? … more…

my week at the movies: ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ ‘District 9’ (again), ‘9,’ ‘Shorts,’ ‘Bandslam,’ ‘Fifty Dead Men Walking,’ ‘The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard,’ ‘Ponyo,’ ‘Paper Heart’ (maybe)

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Oh my, that’s a nasty poster, ain’t it? Inglourious Basterds (opens in the U.K. on August 19, and in the U.S. on August 21) is gonna be even more brutal than the trailer makes it look, I think. The question is whether Quentin Tarantino gets the balance of gore and humor right… I’m gonna attend … more…

trailer break: ‘Shorts’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… If it’s Robert Rodriguez, it’s sure to feature tons of wacky greenscreen stuff: kids bouncing off pillows the size of planets to escape Day-glo monsters or somesuch. If Rodriguez can whip it on his Mac, he can slap a goofy kid into it and call it a … more…

trailer break: ‘Inglourious Basterds’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Will “We in da killin’ Nat-see bidness, and bidness is boomin’” be this year’s “I drink your milkshake, I drink it up”? I hope so. Nazis: the last people it’s safe to hate on. Is it too much of a spoiler to say that I’m guessing they … more…

dream cast: not-so-hypothetical ‘Alien’ prequel

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It’s Thursday, so it’s time for another installment in the semiregular Dream Cast, in which we take a classic movie, TV show, or book, perferrably something with Xer appeal that we can either trash or have fun with, and cast a production or recast a hypothetical (or sometimes not so hypothetical) remake with actors working … more…

trailer break: ‘Post Grad’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Wonderful! Girl makes up bullshit in her job interview and gets called on it… and that’s tragic! Boy has been hanging around girl for years, desperately in love, hoping against hope that girl will change her mind about him… and that’s tragic! Please, deliver us from Nice … more…