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No 3D for Monsters vs Aliens Blu-ray

8 July 2009 7:52 PM, PDT | From TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news

I had been preparing questions for Dreamworks and Paramount Home Entertainment pertaining to their plan for handling 3D on the upcoming Monsters vs Aliens Blu-ray Disc and DVD that stars the voices of Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, and Kiefer Sutherland. This morning all the questions were addressed with the same blanket answer: we're not ready. In a surprising move, Dreamworks will be releasing Monsters vs Aliens on Blu-ray Disc and DVD without 3D despite approximately 58% of box office ticket sales coming from 3D screenings. The reasons are purely technical. It cannot be done... yet. Speaking to Home Media Magazine, DreamWorks Animation chief Ann Daly explained the reasoning as follows: "The movie itself was developed with the notion of doing the RealD-Dolby experience in theaters, and those specs are not ideal for the anaglyph presentation for home viewing, which still relies on glasses with colored rather than polarized lenses," Daly said.

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/Filmcast Ep. 58 - Public Enemies (Guest: Dan Trachtenberg from the Totally Rad Show)

8 July 2009 9:14 AM, PDT | From /Film | See recent /Film news

In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley find out what this whole Mumblecore deal is all about, try to write the plot of the new Asteroids film, assess the career and etymology of Nimrod Antal, discuss the look of Public Enemies, and get excited about the trailers of Jennifer's Body and The Informant. Special guest Dan Trachtenberg joins us from the Totally Rad Show. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(At)gmail(Dot)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us next Monday at 9 Pm Est / 6 Pm Pst at Slashfilm's live page as we review Bruno. Download or Play Now in your Browser: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/slashfilmcast/Slashfilmcastep58.mp3] Subscribe to the /Filmcast: Shownotes Introduction (00:44) Dan Trachtenberg from the Totally Rad Show What Have We Watched David Chen (02:50): Humpday (a Mumblecore film), Kung Fu Panda Dan (13:34): Kingdom of Heaven Director's

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Monsters Vs. Aliens Gets Animated in 3-D on DVD and Blu-ray on September 29th

8 July 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

You can bring one popular 3-D animated adventure home on DVD and Blu-ray this September. Monsters Vs. Aliens will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 29. The film will be released in a single-disc edition, a Two-Disc Ginormous Edition, which comes with the bonus animated film, B.O.B.'s Big Break, and the Blu-ray edition. Each edition will also come with four pairs of 3-D glasses, although we don't have pricing details on each edition as of yet. The film stars the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen and Will Arnett.

When Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) is unexpectedly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall and is instantly labeled a "Monster" named Ginormica. The military jumps into action, and she is captured by General W.R. Monger (Kiefer Sutherland) and held in a secret government

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NYC Summer Screenings

7 July 2009 10:50 AM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Its expensive to see movies here in New York City, or pretty much anywhere these days. I did an about face a couple weeks ago when the price of admission to see Up in 3D was sixteen dollars.  I’m sorry, but I just don’t understand the reason behind 3D, and I don’t see why I need to be charged another 4 dollars to see a movie in 3D.

I come from a small town in upstate New York where going to the movies has been, for years, six dollars.  Since living in Manhattan, I’ve had to initiate something called “The 12 Dollar Rule,” as in is the movie actually worth 12 dollars? Sure, for movies like Star Trek, The Dark Knight and others, its worth that kind of money.  However, there is a solution! During the summer there are all kinds of outdoor screenings of classic movies for free around New York City.

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David Press

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Hey Hollywood, What About the Rest of My Childhood?

1 July 2009 12:08 PM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news

Right now, as I type this Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is nearing one kagillion dollars at the worldwide box office, a total so large it has gone into made up numbers.  At this point it’s fairly well documented that I wasn’t a fan of the sequel, so I won’t reiterate how there was no story and most of the critics got it right.

But Transformers got me thinking about how I used to take Soundwave in the tub with me and, while surrounded by bubbles, dive bomb the rubber ducky.  Then, after I finished reminiscing about last weekend, I reflected further back to my childhood.  Those were the good times before I had responsibilities and other things I procrastinate.  However, now that 80’s adaptations are successful in theaters, Hollywood will milk that cash cow dry until we’re all sick of hearing about the toys we

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Jeff Leins

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Review: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

1 July 2009 11:02 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Pixar and everything else - them's the breaks when it comes to judging computer-animated fare these days. Although Pixar has rightfully earned themselves the lead among studios, and by a significant margin, it's all too easy to then marginalize the performance of others.

DreamWorks has certainly raised their game beyond pure pop-culture recitation with the inventive and entertaining likes of Over the Hedge, Kung Fu Panda, and Monsters vs. Aliens (and Aardman or no, I'd even include the winning Flushed Away among their finer efforts). For every Open Season, Sony has given us a Monster House (okay, so that's just one-for-one at the moment). And every time that Fox bequeaths to unwilling audiences something like Space Chimps or Everyone's Hero, Blue Sky has nothing to do with it.

Fox/Blue Sky, however, is the precise pairing that gives us the visually engaging and moderately amusing outings like Robots, Horton Hears a Who!

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William Goss

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134 New Names Invited to Join the Academy

1 July 2009 1:08 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Yesterday came the yearly announcement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as it extended 134 invitations to several artists and executives "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures" read the press release. Of course all of them can decline, but I wouldn't necessarily expect that to happen as all who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2009 to the Academy's roster of voting members. "These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," said Academy President Sid Ganis. "It's this kind of talent and creativity that make up the Academy, and I welcome each of them to our ranks." The list follows below and reading around the best analysis I saw of it came from Nathaniel Rogers at The Film Experience who, among other things, pointed out the addition of longtime Darren Aronofsky's

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Weekly Poll Results: Best Jack Black Movie

24 June 2009 12:26 PM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news

Jack Black has always been known for his musical side and rocker persona, so it's appropriate to see The School of Rock and High Fidelity voted up as his two strongest films to date. That said, I'm a bit surprised that Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny was ranked as high as it was, considering that it was pretty poorly received (I still haven't seen it). The remaining titles in the top 5, as voted by the readers of Film Junk, are Tropic Thunder and Be Kind Rewind. Does that sound right to you? By the way, I didn't realize Saving Silverman had quite so many fans. Would it have actually have made the top 5 if it had been included? I wonder... 1. The School of Rock -- 25.6% 2. High Fidelity -- 20.4% 3. Tropic Thunder -- 9.5% 4. Be Kind Rewind -- 8.8% 4. Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny -- 8.8% 6. Kung Fu Panda -- 8.3% 7. Nacho Libre

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Ten Things You Never Knew About Jack Black

23 June 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Whether it's providing the laughs in School Of Rock and High Fidelity, creating the riffs with his comedy musical double act Tenacious D, or voicing creatures in Kung Fu Panda and Shark Tale, Jack Black has a pretty good record at scoring hits with large audiences. His latest project, the Harold Ramis-directed Year One is released later this week, and in celebration, we've compiled 10 unusual facts about the rotund Californian funnyman. 1. Jack Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California to Judith and Thomas Black. His parents were both satellite engineers, with his mother working on the famous Hubble Space Telescope. 2. Black's first taste of fame came at the age of 13, when he was cast in the advert for Atari's Activision Pitfall! game. His second ad campaign was for the slightly less cool Smurfberry (more)

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Ten Things That You Never Knew About Jack Black

23 June 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Whether it's providing the laughs in School Of Rock and High Fidelity, creating the riffs with his comedy musical double act Tenacious D, or voicing creatures in Kung Fu Panda and Shark Tale, Jack Black has a pretty good record at scoring hits with large audiences. His latest project, the Harold Ramis-directed Year One is released later this week, and in celebration, we've compiled 10 unusual facts about the rotund Californian funnyman. 1. Jack Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California to Judith and Thomas Black. His parents were both satellite engineers, with his mother working on the famous Hubble Space Telescope. 2. Black's first taste of fame came at the age of 13, when he was cast in the advert for Atari's Activision Pitfall! game. His second ad campaign was for the slightly less cool Smurfberry (more)

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Year One Movie Poster

22 June 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Sony Pictures released this official movie poster from the upcoming comedy “The Year One” by director Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day, Analyze This) and starring Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda, Master of Space and Time), Michael Cera (Superbad, Juno) June Diane Raphael (Bride Wars), David Cross (Cat Tale, Arrested Development), Juno Temple (The Other Boleyn Girl) and Olivia Wilde (Tron 2.0). Synopsis: When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world. Stay tune to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “The Year One” starring Jack Black and Michael Cera.

Brian Corder

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The Year One Clip Zed and Oh meet Abraham

21 June 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Sony Pictures just released this funny new clip from the upcoming comedy “The Year One” by director Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day, Analyze This) and starring Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda, Master of Space and Time), Michael Cera (Superbad, Juno) June Diane Raphael (Bride Wars), David Cross (Cat Tale, Arrested Development), Juno Temple (The Other Boleyn Girl) and Olivia Wilde (Tron 2.0). Synopsis: When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world. Stay tune to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “The Year One”.

Brian Corder

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Kung Fu + Animation = Awesomeness

20 June 2009 11:16 AM, PDT | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news

Those who’s been around me or familiar with my previous post would know the two type of films I geek over the most is Kung Fu and animation.  Put the two together and I’ll become giddy like a kid on Christmas morning so you can imagine my joy when animator Mike Rodriguez who share my taste in films has given me the heads up of his CG short film/demo reel that contains exactly just that.  The project took him a little less than four months to complete himself, from concept to final product except for the music and the sound samples.  If any of the folks at Dreamworks Animation is reading this, you might wanna hire this guy for the Kung Fu Panda sequel.  As Po would say, its awesomeness.

You’ll find the minute long short film embedded below after the break.  Also check out his

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Year One Review – Philip’s Take

19 June 2009 4:50 AM, PDT | From Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news

Year One wants it’s audience to believe it’s Agent Sands at the end of Once Upon A Time In Mexico. The film blindly fires it’s comedy at us, hoping things will hit us and evoke mountains of laughter. Why shouldn’t it? It’s directed by Harold “Egon” Ramis who’s done some decent comedy directing and is responsible for Ghostbusters and Caddyshack. The movie’s headlined by timid nerd Michael Cera, whom everyone adores, and Jack Black, who can be great when he wants to be. The talent is certainly there to make a fun, if useless, summer comedy. Yet like the aforementioned Sands, Year One misses just about every shot of comedy it unleashes.

Year One is terribly constructed together to the point where Ramis should feel ashamed he took part in it. Scenes start, climax, and then cut to the next scene without finishing

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Philip Barrett

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Plus1’s “Year One” Review

19 June 2009 4:49 AM, PDT | From Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news

The Category is Summer Movies

Answer: “Year One”

The Question: Name the movie that is written and directed by Harold Ramis (of “Ghostbusters” and “Stripes” fame), co-produced by Judd Apatow (of “40 Year-old Virgin” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” fame), and stars Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David Cross, and Hank Azaria.

With talent such as the names I listed above you’d expect “Year One” to be a very funny comedy with non-stop laughs and gut splitting moments. The sad truth is you get a movie that has zero potential, characters we’ve seen before in other movies, and one long running flat joke that never gets any life. I don’t care what other say, I’m going on record as saying that “Year One” is a very lose and poor remake of Mel Brooks 1981 movie entitled “History of the World: Part I”.  Where Mel Brooks was able to

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Boo on DreamWorks

19 June 2009 1:49 AM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

While the ratio of DreamWorks to Pixar movies that I have loved is certainly skewed a little more towards the latter, I'm not some rabid Pixar fanboy who hates on DreamWorks. While I was disappointed by Monsters Vs. Aliens, Kung Fu Panda was fantastic. But this latest DreamWorks film in development sounds like a blatant ripoff of another animated film. The studio is prepping Boo U., a film about ghosts who go to school to learn to scare humans. When one of the ghosts begin to question his...

Mike Sampson

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Top 10 Most Creative People in Movies and Television

18 June 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | From Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news

1. Rich Ross, President, Disney Channels Worldwide A lifelong TV addict, Ross has expanded Disney's channels beyond the box into film, radio, mobile, and online. But he'll be remembered most for unleashing Hannah Montana and High School Musical on the world.

2. James Schamus, Chief executive officer, Focus Features In addition to being a CEO, he's a veteran screenwriter, Columbia University film professor, producer, marketer, distributor, and sometime composer. Schamus, 49, cofounded Focus in 2002, which has produced Oscar winners Milk and Lost in Translation. Coming soon: Taking Woodstock, Schamus's latest screenplay for director Ang Lee.

3. Jj Abrams, Founder, Bad Robot Productions Star Trek is winning the summer box office race, thanks to Abrams' ability to warp time at will. Past, present, and future coexist as a kind of fluid that cannot be contained in his movies and TV shows. The camera jumps back and forth in time. Characters age and grow younger again.

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The Year One New TV Spot

18 June 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Sony Pictures recently released this brand new movie trailer from the upcoming comedy “The Year One” by director Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day, Analyze This) and starring Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda, Master of Space and Time), Michael Cera (Superbad, Juno) June Diane Raphael (Bride Wars), David Cross (Cat Tale, Arrested Development), Juno Temple (The Other Boleyn Girl) and Olivia Wilde (Tron 2.0). Synopsis: When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world. Stay tune to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “The Year One”.

Brian Corder

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Geek Daily: Quotes From 'Green Lantern', 'Priest', 'We3' and 'Thor'

17 June 2009 7:02 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

The news on anything from the world of comics has been painfully slow, and while I hate reporting non-news, it's such a slow day that I've dug up my old Geek Daily graphic and compiled a bunch of quotes from the pre-production world. Hopefully, there's something to get you talking about in here, even if all you want to do is complain that you still don't know who will play the Emerald Knight, or that you haven't seen a photo of Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow.

First, let's talk The Green Lantern -- or rather, read what Marc Guggenheim told Sci Fi Wire about it. He assures fans that the film is moving forward, and that he's written yet another draft of its screenplay. "You know I really can't [say anything]. I've sworn a blood oath of secrecy in relation to the project. But, you know, the thing I can tell

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Elisabeth Rappe

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More Info On We3 Film Adaptation

17 June 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Producer Don Murphy recently talked to Sci Fi Wire about the long-rumored and highly-anticipated adaptation of the Grant Morrison comic “We3″, which he is attached to. According to Murphy, “We3″ already has both a script and a director, and just needs a studio home. John Stevenson (”Kung Fu Panda”) is attached to direct the live-action/CGI adaptation of “We3″, which focused on three domestic animals, a dog, cat, and rabbit, that have been transformed with implants and robotic suits top become high-tech soldiers. The three then go on the run to avoid being destroyed by their creators after having been deemed unsuitable, and start looking for somewhere to [...]

Costa Koutsoutis

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