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!
:)

Edge of Darkness is yet an other thriller movie about a father who’s looking for answers and revenge, following the murder of his daughter. The film is directed by Martin Campbell and is starring Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts, Bojana Novakovic, Frank Grillo, Gbenga Akinnagbe. It will be released on January 29, 2010. Here’s the official movie trailer of Edge of Darkness

EDGE OF DARKNESS
Plot:
“Edge of Darkness centers on a veteran cop (Mel Gibson) whose only grown-up child (Bojana Novakovic) is murdered on the steps of his home. The cop unearths his daughter’s secret life and discovers a world of corporate cover-ups and government collusion. Huston takes on the role of a shady businessman while Roberts will play the role of the daughter’s distraught boyfriend.”

Less action than in Taken or in Law Abiding Citizen, but they put more emphasis on the plot in Edge of Darkness. I’d say that Edge of Darkness looks like a solid thriller even if it’s not an exceptional movie…
:-p

Dear John
Genre: Drama/Romance/War
Directed by: Lasse Hallstrom
Starring: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Henry Thomas, Scott Porter, Richard Jenkins
Release Date: February 5, 2010

More Information at: Dear John Trailer

Here’s one last clip of Law Abiding Citizen, the thriller action movie directed by F Gary Gray:

Law Abiding Citizen – Arrest
Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) comes to take Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) into custody.

They thought they could ignore Clyde Shelton… Well, they were wrong, and to put him jail won’t hinder him from getting his revenge!
:)

Take a look to the latest poster of Daybreakers, the upcoming that combines vampire plague to science fiction:

Daybreakers Trailer

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Most people have been transformed into vampires following an outbreak of vampire virus… And, the remaining humans are harvested and stored in facilities like depicted on this poster of Daybreakers to supply with fresh blood…
:/