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Movie Release Awareness for March '08
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Also known as the Not Old Movies Thread.
Movies for March 2008
February 29: (If it wasn't a leap year, this would rightfully be March 1st)
The Other Boleyn Girl (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, and Eric Bana? Sounds like a hell of a threesome.
Semi-Pro (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Will Ferrell pretends to be a 70s basketball player with big hair in this movie.
Chicago 10 [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Well now, this sounds possibly interesting. "Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the group of anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention."
Penelope [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Christina Ricci and Peter Dinklage are a couple of the people that show up here. Something bizarre about Ricci's character being born with a snout and wearing a scarf.
City of Men [limited] (imdb, apple trailer)
I'm not sure what to get out of this one. It's a spinoff of a TV show that came out of City of God.
Bonneville [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
March 7:
College Road Trip (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Martin Lawrence sure is getting a lot of work lately. Donny Osmond made a partial but entertaining ass out of himself the other night on Conan to promote this thing.
10,000 B.C. (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
From the person who brought you Stargate, Independence Day, Godzilla, Eight Legged Freaks, and The Day After Tomorrow comes a small, intimate feature focusing on one teenager's existential decision on whether or not to have an abortion one night.
I'm just kidding, big shit will somehow crash into other big shit.
The Bank Job (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Jason Statham attempts to rob a bank, or so I assume. Based on a real bank robbery from 1971.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Mmm, Amy Adams.
CJ7 [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
If you like Stephen Chow, you just might like this. It might help if you have children.
Snow Angels [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
The new David Gordon Green film. It stars Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell.
Married Life [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
This one has been sitting around for a year and a half.
Paranoid Park [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Hmm. I haven't quite formed an opinion on Gus Van Sant yet. I never saw Psycho (and don't plan on doing so), so I might just give him a chance on this one. I generally like who he casts (dead faced and emotionless youth), and the DP on this one is Christopher Doyle.
March 14:
Doomsday (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Man, England is just THE place to be sick in. The director is the fellow who did Dog Soldiers and The Descent.
Horton Hears a Who! (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Steve Carell, meet Jim Carrey. He was you about 10-14 years ago. Don't squander yourself like Jim has.
Funny Games U.S. (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
They seriously titled it that? Well, Haneke basically reshot his German film in English, shot-for-shot the same. So, assuming he got a good performance out of the actors, it'll be as good as the original. I wonder which band they'll use for the opening car ride.
May I borrow some eggs?
Sleepwalking [limited (imdb, wiki)
March 21:
Drillbit Taylor (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Kind of like a Judd Apatow movie meets middle school meets John Hughes meets Owen Wilson.
Meet the Browns (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Tyler Perry.
Movie titles need to stop telling me to meet people.
La misma luna (Under the Same Moon) [limited] (imdb, apple trailer)
March 28:
21 (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Oh yeah, I remember seeing an hour-long documentary on A&E about this event. That seemed kind of interesting. I bet they dramatized it to a ridiculous degree, though. Kevin Spacey stars as a smart person.
Run, Fatboy, Run (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Directed by David Schwimmer, written by Simon Pegg and Michael Ian Black, starring Simon Pegg. Interestingly enough, it was released on DVD in the UK less than 2 weeks ago. Ask the Britons what they thought of it.
Stop-Loss (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
I saw a trailer for this in theaters last year. They used 'Bodies' by Drowning Pool as the music. I thought that was horrible. If you hate Ryan Phillippe, he's in this. If you like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, he's in this.
Abandon all hope ye who click below
Flawless (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Michael Caine and Demi Moore steal diamonds.
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For more extensive releases from the US and other parts of the globe, feel free to dig through these links:
-Australia
-Canada
-Germany
-UK
-USA
---
Like the past couple of months, this list is based on the basic American movie release schedule found on IMDb. Extensive and international listings take a looooong time to link up. But if you have a movie from any part of the world that you'd like put up on here, just let me know and I just might do it.
I'll keep an eye open for Snow Angels and Paranoid Park. They're bound to play in a theater around here eventually. I'm debating on whether or not to pay money to see Funny Games since I already saw the original. I kind of want to, if only to encourage Haneke to keep living long enough to make a few more films. I'll have to wait until I hear from some of you how good or mediocre Run, Fatboy, Run turns out to be.
What say you, faceless internet collective?
Movies for March 2008
February 29: (If it wasn't a leap year, this would rightfully be March 1st)
The Other Boleyn Girl (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, and Eric Bana? Sounds like a hell of a threesome.
Semi-Pro (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Will Ferrell pretends to be a 70s basketball player with big hair in this movie.
Chicago 10 [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Well now, this sounds possibly interesting. "Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the group of anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention."
Penelope [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Christina Ricci and Peter Dinklage are a couple of the people that show up here. Something bizarre about Ricci's character being born with a snout and wearing a scarf.
City of Men [limited] (imdb, apple trailer)
I'm not sure what to get out of this one. It's a spinoff of a TV show that came out of City of God.
Bonneville [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
March 7:
College Road Trip (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Martin Lawrence sure is getting a lot of work lately. Donny Osmond made a partial but entertaining ass out of himself the other night on Conan to promote this thing.
10,000 B.C. (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
From the person who brought you Stargate, Independence Day, Godzilla, Eight Legged Freaks, and The Day After Tomorrow comes a small, intimate feature focusing on one teenager's existential decision on whether or not to have an abortion one night.
I'm just kidding, big shit will somehow crash into other big shit.
The Bank Job (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Jason Statham attempts to rob a bank, or so I assume. Based on a real bank robbery from 1971.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Mmm, Amy Adams.
CJ7 [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
If you like Stephen Chow, you just might like this. It might help if you have children.
Snow Angels [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
The new David Gordon Green film. It stars Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell.
Married Life [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
This one has been sitting around for a year and a half.
Paranoid Park [limited] (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Hmm. I haven't quite formed an opinion on Gus Van Sant yet. I never saw Psycho (and don't plan on doing so), so I might just give him a chance on this one. I generally like who he casts (dead faced and emotionless youth), and the DP on this one is Christopher Doyle.
March 14:
Doomsday (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Man, England is just THE place to be sick in. The director is the fellow who did Dog Soldiers and The Descent.
Horton Hears a Who! (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Steve Carell, meet Jim Carrey. He was you about 10-14 years ago. Don't squander yourself like Jim has.
Funny Games U.S. (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
They seriously titled it that? Well, Haneke basically reshot his German film in English, shot-for-shot the same. So, assuming he got a good performance out of the actors, it'll be as good as the original. I wonder which band they'll use for the opening car ride.
May I borrow some eggs?
Sleepwalking [limited (imdb, wiki)
March 21:
Drillbit Taylor (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Kind of like a Judd Apatow movie meets middle school meets John Hughes meets Owen Wilson.
Meet the Browns (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Tyler Perry.
Movie titles need to stop telling me to meet people.
La misma luna (Under the Same Moon) [limited] (imdb, apple trailer)
March 28:
21 (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Oh yeah, I remember seeing an hour-long documentary on A&E about this event. That seemed kind of interesting. I bet they dramatized it to a ridiculous degree, though. Kevin Spacey stars as a smart person.
Run, Fatboy, Run (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Directed by David Schwimmer, written by Simon Pegg and Michael Ian Black, starring Simon Pegg. Interestingly enough, it was released on DVD in the UK less than 2 weeks ago. Ask the Britons what they thought of it.
Stop-Loss (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
I saw a trailer for this in theaters last year. They used 'Bodies' by Drowning Pool as the music. I thought that was horrible. If you hate Ryan Phillippe, he's in this. If you like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, he's in this.
Abandon all hope ye who click below
Flawless (imdb, wiki, apple trailer)
Michael Caine and Demi Moore steal diamonds.
---
For more extensive releases from the US and other parts of the globe, feel free to dig through these links:
-Australia
-Canada
-Germany
-UK
-USA
---
Like the past couple of months, this list is based on the basic American movie release schedule found on IMDb. Extensive and international listings take a looooong time to link up. But if you have a movie from any part of the world that you'd like put up on here, just let me know and I just might do it.
I'll keep an eye open for Snow Angels and Paranoid Park. They're bound to play in a theater around here eventually. I'm debating on whether or not to pay money to see Funny Games since I already saw the original. I kind of want to, if only to encourage Haneke to keep living long enough to make a few more films. I'll have to wait until I hear from some of you how good or mediocre Run, Fatboy, Run turns out to be.
What say you, faceless internet collective?
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I don't really think those movies are great, but I don't think they're as bad as Epic Movie.
Edit: Beat by 2 minutes!
It's not like I have high hopes for Superhero Movie, but it's in a completely different league from abortions like Epic Movie or Meet the Spartans.
EDIT: Changed my mind, won't go see it.
From what I gather the file is about a real bank robbery, which was allegedly based around the government had assembled a file with which to blackmail the royal family should the need arise (affairs, gay cousins, dark secrets etc) and hidden it away in this bank. The royals decide that this is not a Good Thing and arrange to have the bank robbed - turns out there was a lot more than just scandel material in the secret file and the whole thing is now covered by the official secrets act...or at least this is the impression that I got from various interviews etc.
Additionally, its been done very much in a 1970s style - to the point that the film looks like it was originalled filmed in the '70s as well both in terms of the film quality and the script. Whether this is a good thing depends on whether or not you like 70's heist movies, don't think I've seen one (or indeed this one) but there you go.
Run Fatboy, run isn't particularly good. Its certainly no Shaun of the Dead or Hotfuzz (since neither Simon Pegg or Nick Frost wrote the thing, nor did Edgar Wright direct) so don't go thinking its that sort of thing. If you do, like me you'll probably get bored and find something else to do - go in expecting some barely tolerable rom-com and you might be mildly entertained however.
Is he famous for something? Have I missed out?
I just saw Death at a Funeral, and it was extremely terrible.
I once made love to Peter Dinklage and the incident was reported in several newspapers.
Ahh.
I just thought I lived in some bizzaro world where everyone's favorite movie is Death at a Funeral because it was directed by yoda and had wash in it. I bought the movie based on strong reviews, word of mouth, and the two previously mentioned items, and it was complete shit. I have not seen Dinklage in anything else, and it knocked Wash and Yoda down a few respect points in my book.
Doomsday - Newage Mad Max? Oh hell yeah.
Funny Games - Disturbing movie with a disturbing title. Totally.
Horton Hears a Who - This looks like a good Seuss movie. Crazy, I know.
The Bank Job - If only because Statham gets to flex his acting skills over his muscles.
I would like to point out that 1,000 B.C. is going to be a horrible movie. Like, when I say horrible, I mean really bad.
Don't see it.
Can't say I didn't warn ya.
Variable, the movie seems like it will have some big stretches of bad plot. I can get through a stupid action movie happily, but this isn't one of those.
What is this about? This man. He is almost as awesome as Michael Showalter. Why is his name being mentioned? I must know.
Also, Kevin Spacey always stars as a smart person. And I always like it.
From the trailer, Superhero Movie actually looks kinda funny. I'm not goign to waste movie theatre money on it, but it doesn't look like a pile of garbage like the other recent " - Movie" things that came out. I agree about the title though, should have just called it "Superhero" or something.
I suspect I may have bad taste in movies.
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Are you referring to the animated version or the Jim Carrey version?
well there's also "Run, Fatboy, Run". Aside for those two there's not much else in theaters that I will want to see.
As far as I'm concerned, there has never been a theatrical Dr. Seuss movie. The TV version of "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" is all I choose to remember.
Any theoretical person or persons who would Jim Carrey-ize or Mike Myers-ify a Dr. Seuss story would be History's Greatest Monster.
Also, if the suits fuck up Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are, some sonofabitch is going to pay. He's one of the only guys whose vision I'd trust to make a Sendak movie.
This.
Team Fortress 2 Backpack: Someone you love
No teaser from what I saw.
I was very excited to hear about Bringing Down the House being made into a movie. I am a fan of blackjack and the complicated math behind games, and I will be definitely picking up this book this summer. And yeah the A&E docudrama was pretty cool.
But I am sorely disappointed to learn the main characters, whom are real people, are being played by popular Caucasian actors instead of Asian actors. The real people are Asian, and I can't fathom a reasonable reason not to have them portrayed by Asian actors. Apparently the author of ...House is not happy about this, and I don't blame him. this is some weird and stupid Hollywood racism here. Not necessarily discrimination persay but perpetuating the "white hero" cliche. (I'm sure white heroes "test" better than Asian heroes or something like that.)
Personally I really don't want to go see a movie with such an obvious, glaring and possibly racist flaw. What do y'all think? Am I over-reacting? Or is this some legitimate BS?
The names I am getting don't sound too Asian:
-Jason Fisher aka Mike Aponte?
-Mickey Rosa?
-Andre Martinez?
I mean, sure the lead is Asian, but the bottom line is that I can't think of a young Asian star to carry this movie. They would be hurting themselves if they cast an unknown in the role, so they chose the kid from "Across the Universe" instead.
Stars = $
You're not alone. Hollywood is only really good for action movies at this point.
Which might be why all the promo material and trailers for this film make it look more like a crazy spy movie than a movie about some kids screwing over blackjack dealers using math.
Because the studio has spent a ton of money making the movie and they want to get people in the seats. They're not exactly over-extending themselves: a group of smart kids from MIT learn to count cards and work as a group to make a ton of money, naturally things get to be too much and everything goes to hell. That's what the trailer tells us.