movie buzz

Oh. My. God. Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod! Have you seen the latest picture from the set of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that Warner Bros. has allowed to be released?! Ohmygod! It has, like Harry in it! And Hermione! And Ron! And they’re sitting around what looks like the Gryffindor common room! And Harry is … more…

My favorite movie of the moment! (Not.): Comedian Dany Boon — whom I assume is dubbing over Jim Carrey’s dialogue — is, like, huge in France. I guess that’s why the poster seems so excited about his involvement here. Posters for Disco are everywhere you turn in Paris. It’s a bit hard to tell in … more…

Scenes from movie marquees around la cité: I thought I might go see that animated dragon movie — looks pretty cool… at least, you know, it’s animated and it’s fantasy. The film is Chasseurs de Dragons (the official site is here, in French, of course), and it appears to be based on a cartoon TV … more…

21 Poor but brilliant MIT students fly to Vegas every weekend, count cards, and make a killing at blackjack — Kevin Spacey showed them how! And then things go wrong. Oh, come on, you knew they would. Watch for Jim Sturgess, who plays the poorest, most brilliant student, to become a big, big star. (my … more…

Hey, if you get HDNet Movies, you can see the new Demi Moore/Michael Caine diamond-heist flick Flawless tonight — for free! — at 9pm Eastern, with an encore at 11:30pm. It doesn’t debut in movie theaters till this Friday, March 28th. I give the film a yellow light — here’s my review — so if … more…

Not much on the movie slate for me this week: I’m getting ready to leave for Paris on Thursday… which doesn’t mean there won’t be new stuff here for you to be reading while I’m gone. There will be, including, I hope, some movie-ish related Parisian blogging. Before I go, though, I’ll see Before the … more…

Drillbit Taylor A bunch of school kids hire Owen Wilson to protect them from schoolyard bullies. Now, Wilson is a hoot and a half and all, but what’s he gonna do, reduce the bullies to wimpers with snarking takedowns? Actually, that might be pretty funny… (I skipped the screening cuz I was at the Sci … more…

Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! I was pretty psyched for this until someone explained that it wasn’t Horton Hears a Doctor Who but was, instead, Hollywood doing another injustice upon the memory of poor Ted Geisel. (my review) Doomsday It’s the end of the world as we know it — again — when disease … more…