Take a look to the first official poster of Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief, the upcoming fantasy movie based on Rick Riordan’s novels:

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PERCY JACKSON
THE LIGHTNING THIEF

Some heroes are made and some are born of the Gods.

Plot:
“A young boy named Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) discovers that he is the half-human son of the Greek god, Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), and embarks on a journey across modern-day America to save his mother (Catherine Keener), return Zeus’ (Sean Bean) stolen lightning bolt, and prevent a war between the gods.”

I don’t disdain this movie but I’d rather watch a movie adaptation of Dan Simmons’ Illium/Olympos (–>learn more about Simmon’s book)!

Percy Jackson that’s for Kids. Illium/Olympos that’s for everybody!
;-)

We got our hands on a series of pictures of Splice,, the upcoming sci-fi movie produced by Guillermo del Toro, directed by Vincenzo Natali and starring Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley:

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Plot:
“Elsa and Clive are two young rebellious scientists who defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named Dren, the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators – only to have that bond turn deadly.”

I wonder what animal DNA is used to create that chimera… Because of the tail and the shape of her feet I’d say the DNA is coming from a reptile. Any guess?
:)

An official movie trailer of Serious Moonlight has been released by Magnolia Pictures. Serious Moonlight is a love/hate comedy directed by Cheryl Hines and starring Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, and Justin Long.

Serious Moonlight
Plot:
“A dark comedy about a high-powered attorney who discovers that her husband is leaving her for another younger woman and duct tapes him to the toilet to talk right before their home is invaded by burglars.”

Time isn’t nice to Meg Ryan… She’s really getting old. I can’t blame Timothy Hutton for looking for a younger partner! Even the electric Kristen Bell is better!

Anyway, the movie Serious Moonlight will be released on December 4, 2009
;-P

A few more posters of Law Abiding Citizen, the action thriller movie opposing Gerard Butler to Jamie Foxx:

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Who is your favorite actor between those two? Jamie Foxx or Gerard Butler?
:)

Geroge Clooney is so handsome that even Goats can’t resist him in the upcoming movie Men Who Stare At Goats. Here’s a new TV spot:

Men Who Stare At Goats TV Spot

Plot:
“A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army’s First Earth Battalion, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.”

I’ve been staring at my neighbor’s dog since a while, but that damned mutt is still barking and alive!
:)

I think Dreamworks go a real blockbuster with the 3D animated movie How to Train your Dragon. The film looks to be close to an ideal mix of 3D animation, voice acting, plot and humor. Just check for yourself with this amazing bootleg clip of How to Train Your Dragon that was shown at IDF 2009 and just leaked online:

Plot:
“From the studio that brought you Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda comes How to Train Your Dragon—a comedy adventure set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, based on the book by Cressida Cowell. The story centers around a scrawny Viking teenager named Hiccup (Jay Baruchel), who lives on the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. The teen’s smarts and offbeat sense of humor don’t sit too well with his tribe or its chief…who just happens to be Hiccup’s father. However, when Hiccup is included in Dragon Training with the other Viking teens, he sees his chance to prove he has what it takes to be a fighter. But when he encounters (and ultimately befriends) an injured dragon, his world is flipped upside down, and what started out as Hiccup’s one shot to prove himself turns into an opportunity to set a new course for the future of the entire tribe.”

To create such vivid characters in 3D is no easy task. Dreamworks work hard for the dream to come true. And Lincoln Wallen, head of research and development at Dreamworks, confirms that it requires a lot of computer power:

“Our teams (Dreamwork’s and Intel’s) have been working together for about a year. It’s been a pretty intense collaboration. We talk about Shrek’s Law, a way of communicating that with each iteration of the Shrek franchise, the power required to meet our creative appetite doubles. There was a dragon in Shrek 1, but in our next movie, dragons are some of the main story characters. Some scenes have more than 1,000 dragons performing at the same time. Our creatives want them to be central characters, able to emote and bond with other characters. The complexity of animation is astounding. We need four times the animation controls.”

Lincoln Wallen,
Head of research and development at Dreamworks

A thousand dragons on screen at the same time, and the whole thing in 3D: sign me up for the movie How To Train Your Dragon!
:)

Spy Next Door
Genre: Action/Comedy
Directed by: Brian Levant
Starring: Jackie Chan, Billy Ray Cyrus, George Lopez, Magnus Scheving, Lucas Till, Amber Valletta
Release Date: January 15, 2010

More Information at: Spy Next Door Trailer

A creepy Japanese poster of The Descent 2 has been unveiled:

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Still don’t understand why that girl is going back down in that hell!
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Walt Disney has brand new glossy poster of The Princess and The Frog:

The Princess and the Frog Trailer

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I prefer CGI animation to hand-drawn animation, but a hand-drawn animated movie once I a while isn’t a bad thing… Well, as long as the story revolves around a cute girl!
;-P

Two more preview clips of the Stepfather have been released:

Stepfather – Basement
Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) finds something in the basement.

Stepfather – Who Am I Here
David Harris (Dylan Walsh) says something he shouldn’t have.
Family life looks like hell sometimes…
:/

Here’s the first poster for the British movie Harry Brown, an upcoming movie directed by Daniel Barber and starring Michael Caine (you may remember him as Batman’s butler):

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HARRY BROWN

Plot:
“Harry Brown (Michael Caine) is an elderly widower and ex-marine who has lived to see his neighborhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime. When his best friend Leonard (David Bradley) is brutally murdered and the gang leader responsible walks free, Harry finds himself snapping. Soon, his desire for revenge leads to the unlikely vigilante facing up to the young thugs, with terrifying results.”

Harry Brown is a kind of Gran Torino movie: there is an old guy and he is going to make a statement, but in the movie Harry Brown, the old man is hellbent on getting revenge and won’t hesitate to use his gun!
:)

Preview clips of Bad Lieutenant, the new dark comedy drama movie directed by Werner Herzog and starring Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes, have shown up online:

Bad Lieutenant – Swiss Cotton Underpants
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) leaps in to save a criminal.

Bad Lieutenant – Greater Good
Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) talks about real estate with Big Fate (Xzibit).

Plot:
“Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage), a homicide detective with the New Orleans Police Department, is promoted to Lieutenant after he saves a prisoner from drowning in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. However, during his heroic act, he severely injures his back and is put on prescription pain medication. A year later, Terence – struggling with his addictions to sex, Vicodin and cocaine – finds himself in the battle to bring down drug dealer Big Fate, who is suspected of massacring an entire family of African immigrants.”

More preview clips of Bad Lieutenant below: Continue reading »

Take a look to the first movie poster of Me And Orson Welles, the upcoming period movie starring Zac Efron:

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ME AND ORSON WELLES

If you want to discover life… learn from the master

Instead of watching a movie talking about a theater play, I should maybe go watch one myself…
;-P

Dear John is the latest movie directed Lasse Hallstrom, it’s a romantic drama/war movie based on the book of the same name written by Nicholas Sparks. The film is starring Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Henry Thomas, Scott Porter, and Richard Jenkins. It will be released on February 6, 2010.

Here below the first official movie trailer of Dear John:

DEAR JOHN
Plot:
“A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he’s home on leave.”

Love is no battlefield, but it can still tear apart your heart worse than any bullet… The movie Dear John is gonna make me cry…
:(

Here a few new international posters of Twilight New Moon:

New Moon Movie Trailer

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Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga is a worldwide phenomenon!
:)