Posted Oct 10th 2008 6:03PM by Elisabeth Rappe
Filed under: Comedy, Romance, Sony, Movie Marketing, Images, Posters
In the grand stick-figure tradition of
Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and via
FilmoFilia, comes the first one sheet for
The Ugly Truth, the upcoming romantic-comedy starring
Katherine Heigl and
Gerard Butler. Mr. Butler, if you were looking for a sign that you've hit the big-time, look no further than this! Your face is nowhere to be seen. They went on sheer name recognition, and cleverly alluded to your kilt-zone. (Then again, they
could be suggesting that all women remember of you in
300 is your moonlit ass. Let's hope not, though.)
Despite that it's playing on an old stereotype, I think this is a pretty cute poster. It's so much better than the Photoshopped sunshine-and-smiles posters romantic comedies usually go with -- and while we're bound to get one eventually, I like that they've started out on an original footing; it makes me think this might just be the Doris Day / Rock Hudson sex comedy they're selling it as.
[Thanks to Holly of the
Gerard Butler GALS for sending this my way. I heart you guys, but not with either of the zones featured in the poster. My actual heart.]
Posted Oct 9th 2008 2:40PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, Images
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Not too long ago we featured a group of Steampunk Star Wars figures created by
Sillof's Workshop. Well, yesterday
Cinematical reader Jeff pointed out that Sillof had
finished a Return of the Jedi line of figures, and, well, as you can see they're pretty damn cool. Above you'll find figures for Jabba the Hutt, slave Princess Leia, Salacious Crumb and Bib Fortuna. (Is it just me, or does this Jabba look straight out of a Guillermo del Toro flick?) Other characters in this set include an Ewok (who kinda looks like a smaller Wookiee -- which is funny since, originally, the forest full of Ewoks was supposed to be full of Wookiees), the Emperor, Imperial guards, Admiral Ackbar and a pimped-out Luke Skywalker. Check out a few images, along with other Steampunk Star Wars figures and drawings, in the gallery below.
Posted Oct 9th 2008 1:32PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Drama, Foreign Language, Movie Marketing, Images, Posters
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Click image above to enlargeCinematical has just received this exclusive poster for
A Christmas Tale, directed by Arnaud Desplechin. The emotional French drama centers on a family who, throughout the years, struggle to come to terms with a personal tragedy that changed their lives forever. Reviewing the film from this year's Cannes Film Festival, Kim called it a "tragically comic tale of love, death, and familial strife and forgiveness."
Starring Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Deneuve, Anne Consigny and Jean-Paul Rossillon, this French flick has received nothing but good buzz since debuting a few months back. Toward the end of her review, Kim adds "I hope the film will secure distribution in the United States as well, so that American audiences might also get to appreciate its humor, beauty and depth."
Well, good news is IFC picked up
A Christmas Tale and it will arrive in select theaters and On Demand on November 14, before expanding to other cities. Check it out.
Posted Oct 9th 2008 11:02AM by Elisabeth Rappe
Filed under: Drama, Horror, Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, DIY/Filmmaking, Images
Our friends over on
Quiet Earth snagged a bunch of behind-the-scenes photos from
The Road, the much- anticipated adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer-winning novel. They came courtesy of actor Jeremy Ambler, the nice looking fellow to
Viggo Mortensen's left. Everyone in the photographs may be smiling (I've never seen cannibal victims look so cheerful!), but I'll be darned if the photo of the Fanker Mansion doesn't send a chill down my spine. We've attached it and a photo of the cannibals in the gallery below -- pretty freaky looks for a very scary scene.
I can't decide if I'm excited for this movie or just plain dreading it. Every glimpse of it makes me go find a puppy and hug it, then watch some YouTube videos of baby pandas for good measure. Get Cute Overload and your Disney DVD's prepped on November 26th -- you're really going to need them.
Continue reading Go Behind the Scenes on 'The Road'
Posted Oct 8th 2008 2:45PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, Politics, Images
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The perfect Fan Made content for the day after our second presidential debate, above you will see the Barack Obama poster that's been around for awhile, but next to it you'll see a new Star Wars-inspired poster
created by David Friedman. "A long time ago, in a political campaign far, far away, this poster was hanging in campaign offices across the galaxy...," says Friedman. (But does Skywalker care about Joe Six Pack and those of us on Main Street?) If you'd like to own a piece of this Star Wars pie (I actually think it's a pretty cool dorm room poster), you can purchase this image on either
a poster or a
t-shirt, courtesy of Zazzle.
... I dig the Skywalker poster and all, but I'm waiting for these bumper stickers (also courtesy of Friedman) to hit my local online shop ...
[via
Super Punch]
Posted Oct 8th 2008 11:20AM by Elisabeth Rappe
Filed under: Action, Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Lionsgate Films, Warner Brothers, Fandom, 20th Century Fox, Newsstand, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, Images, Trailers and Clips, Posters
There's actually a lot of noteworthy geek news today -- but alas, none of it is amazing enough to really warrant an entire post. Believe me, it makes me a sad panda not getting to devote an entire post to Wolverine. So, let's just get right down to it:
- Producer Lauren Shuler Donner talked up X-Men Origins: Wolverine over on Superhero Hype: "It's closer to the first X-Men in tone because it's a little darker, but there's a lot of action. It's his origin story. It's really good. I've been in the editing room the last couple of weeks and I think that it's good and that audiences are going to like it. But it's a little darker ... You haven't seen this side of him. It's darker and sadder and it's kick-ass. There's a ton of action. It's really kick-ass." She also suggested the film borrows from Wolverine's Victorian youth in one of my least favorite series, Wolverine: Origins.
- The troubled Punisher: War Zone has launched its official site, and it's got all kinds of things to click on. The multiplayer game jammed up my computer so I don't know what that's all about. And IGN has the new poster, which will arrive in your local theaters framed in "real" guns. I must say, that is a pretty impressive piece of marketing.
- David S. Goyer, scribe of The Dark Knight, tried his best to end all these Batman 3 rumors. "It's all B.S.," he told MTV News. "ALL of it. Chris and I haven't even talked about it. He quite understandably is taking a long, long vacation and wants to purge himself." This will dampen the "Guess who's playing Catwoman" rumors for approximately 3.5 days.
- Superhero Hype has 5 videos of Kick-Ass filming in Toronto. Mostly people standing around, and cars being driven on platform trucks. And /film has photos up of Dave "Kick Ass" Lizewski's costume, filled out nicely by his stunt double.
Posted Oct 7th 2008 5:15PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Documentary, Fandom, Movie Marketing, Images, Posters
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Click image above to enlargeCinematical is very stoked to bring you this exclusive poster for
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, which is a documentary we here at
Cinematical have been championing ever since the flick blew us away back at the Slamdance Film Festival earlier this year. Never have I experienced so many different emotions while watching a film, and when I left that tiny theater in Utah following the premiere, I vowed to spread this inspired piece of filmmaking as far and wide as I could. We praise and champion a lot of small films here at
Cinematical (and hopefully turn you folks on to some great finds), but if I had to throw myself out there for one film this year, it would have to be
Dear Zachary.
Since it's better to know as little as possible going into this particular doc, I've posted the synopsis after the jump (for those who want more details).
Dear Zachary arrives in theaters on October 31st in New York and on November 7th in Los Angeles and Chicago, before expanding to other cities. Additionally, you'll be able to catch the entire doc when it airs on MSNBC this December 7th.
p.s. How cool is that poster?
Continue reading Exclusive: 'Dear Zachary' Poster Premiere
Posted Oct 4th 2008 3:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Action, Comedy, Drama, Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fandom, Newsstand, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, Lists, Images, Trailers and Clips
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Posted Oct 3rd 2008 12:32PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fandom, Images
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We've brought you some very cool Steampunk
Star Wars action figures in the past, and now comes these equally-as-cool fan made drawings of Star Wars characters over at
Gorilla Artfare. Also done up all Steampunk-y, artist Björn Hurri has created a number of images for characters like Chewbacca (pictured above), Yoda (pictured below in gallery), Luke Skywalker (who looks like a cross between a steel worker and a meth addict), Han Solo (if he was 63 and still going strong) and a badass Storm Trooper (who's working a little Predator action into his Steampunk suit). We've included a couple of the images for you to check out below, then head over
here to see the rest.
In addition to the Steampunk images, scope out this print of Reservoir Troopers (via
Scrawl Collective) -- which is obviously a play off that famous scene from Quentin Tarantino's
Reservoir Dogs. Awesome. Must have one. (Unfortunately, they're currently out of stock.)
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Coming on Monday: A very tasty Star Wars treat ...[via
Super Punch]
Posted Oct 2nd 2008 8:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Action, Fandom, James Bond, Remakes and Sequels, Images, Daniel Craig
Click Erik Davis' beautiful face above to head straight to our Aston Martin hi-res gallery"Now this is a fun one -- when you get to 100mph, just slowly take your hands off the wheel and watch what the car does ..." -- Aston Martin Instructor #1
You may remember how last month
Cinematical was invited to travel to London for something called "The James Bond Experience." Part of this "experience" included a chat with Bond himself,
Daniel Craig, and
Quantum of Solace director
Marc Forster. (You can
read all about that over here.) Now, however, we're finally allowed to tell you about some of the activities that took place during our four days across the pond -- and how do I not start with the awesomeness that was driving an Aston Martin -- a car, mind you, that's worth more than my life -- at well over 100mph. But let me back up.
Never sit at the back of a bus for more than an hour and a half. By the time our small group of online writers arrived at the Millbrook test track, I felt like I was ready to puke. Millbrook is literally in the middle of the English countryside -- an hour or so out of London, in Bedfordshire, England -- and it's the sort of place that calls for an escort to be with you at all times. See, Millbrook is where they test all sorts of cars and military vehicles before they're called into action. Thus, cameras are everywhere, the public is not allowed in and security is tighter than a seat belt around Santa.
Continue reading Cinematical's James Bond Adventure: Driving the Aston Martin
Posted Oct 2nd 2008 2:02PM by Monika Bartyzel
Filed under: Fandom, Images
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Click image above to head straight to our freaky Alba hi-res galleryI get what the Declare Yourself people are trying to do, and I admire it and support it. Voting is important, and way too many people are indifferent to the process. But don't these guys realize that special Jessica Alba photoshoots are old news? I mean, she already took on a bunch of iconic
movie scenes, and
Charlie Chaplin, and a
previous Declare Yourself ad. The girl is addicted! I'm just waiting for the day that I get to share pics of her recreating scenes from '80s action heroes. She's done Chaplin, so why not Arnie, Jean-Claude, Steven, and the others?
But back to the picture -- now she's in a new ad which brings to mind a sexier Hannibal Lecter. In the wake of the others, this simply seems like more of the same, rather than a shocking image plastered up to make a statement and urge kids to vote. "Hey look, now she's doing Hannibal Lecter!"
Eh, I think they just got the idea from Erik (who compared her last, duck-taped stint with
Silence of the Lambs). Good work, Davis!
[via
Just Jared]
Posted Oct 2nd 2008 11:02AM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Documentary, Movie Marketing, Images, Posters
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Click image above to enlargeCinematical has just received this exclusive poster for
Pray the Devil Back to Hell, which took home the Best Documentary award at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Gini Reticker, the buzz-worthy doc tells of a courageous group of Liberian woman who came together and stood up to those holding their country hostage in an attempt to bring peace back to the land.
The synopsis adds, "Thousands of women - ordinary mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters, both Christian and Muslim - came together to pray for peace and then staged a silent protest outside of the Presidential Palace. Armed only with white T-shirts and the courage of their convictions, they took on the warlords and nonviolently forced a resolution during the stalled peace talks. A story of sacrifice, unity and transcendence, Pray the Devil Back to Hell honors the strength and perseverance of the women of Liberia. Inspiring, uplifting, and most of all motivating, it is a compelling testimony of how grassroots activism can alter the history of nations."
Pray the Devil Back to Hell opens in theaters (in NYC) on November 7.
Posted Oct 2nd 2008 10:02AM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Animation, Fandom, Images
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I wanted to call this a Fan Made post, and I suppose you can technically say artist Lou Romano is a "fan" of the designs he produces, but it's a weird line and so we're not attaching any labels. Romano, of course, is a member of the art department over at Pixar Studios, and over on his
blog he's just thrown up a slew of early concept images for
The Incredibles,
Jack-Jack Attack and
Mr. Incredible and Friends. Romano introduces the enormous set by saying they're "some other samples of Incredibles work I did between 2000-2004. Development/color styling/and dvd bonus materials." The image above (one of my personal favorites), he calls "more of a gag drawing."
The Incredibles happens to be right up there with my favorites of Pixar -- and with the popularity of superhero movies and the popularity of
The Incredibles, I'm real surprised Pixar isn't looking to make a sequel -- and, instead, is churning out a
Cars 2 and a
Toy Story 3. Bogus, I say! Check out a few of Romano's images in the gallery below, then head over
to his page to see a ton more. Would you be down for an
Incredibles sequel? Or are you happy with more
Cars and
Toy Story?
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Super Punch]
Posted Oct 1st 2008 2:40PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Animation, Comedy, Disney, Fandom, Family Films, Movie Marketing, Images, Posters
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Click image above to enlargeCinematical has just received this exclusive poster for Disney's
Bolt, which boasts a voice cast that includes
John Travolta and some girl named
Miley Cyrus (maybe you've heard of her; looks a little like that other girl Hannah Montana ...). The flick, which will be presented in fully awesome Disney Digital 3D, tells of a heroic dog (Travolta) on a hit TV show who really believes he has superpowers. A nice reality check comes when he's accidentally shipped from Hollywood to New York City (aka the real world) and has to somehow make his way back home with help from an old cat and an overweight hamster.
Written by Dan Fogelman (
Cars, Fred Claus),
Bolt looks to continue Disney's successful run in the Digital 3D business, joining other films like
Meet the Robinsons and the
Hannah Montana Concert Tour. It's fun, charming ... and who doesn't love a few solid one-liners from an overweight hamster?
Bolt zooms into theaters on November 21.
Posted Oct 1st 2008 1:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Animation, Fandom, Images
Need something to stare at for the next few minutes? Come waste time with us, and space out on the following fantastic movie-related Simpsons images:
1. Though I
still haven't watched it yet [pokes brain with crayon], the season premiere of
The Simpsons included a very awesome opening sequence where Boba Fett freezes the entire Simpson family in carbonite (check out image above). And for those who, like me, need to catch up on the lives of our friends from Springfield, you can scope out the entire season premiere
over on Hulu.com. [via
Star Wars blog]
2. From the episode
Husbands and Knives, the hilarious image above comes from the scene in which Milhouse asks Alan Moore to sign a copy of the DVD Watchmen Babies in
V for Vacation. And then Moore smiled, signed a dozen copies and called it his most favorite movie in the entire world. Or not. (Am I nuts for wanting to watch at least one episode of a Watchmen Babies cartoon?)
Continue reading Countdown: Four Fantastic Movie-Related Simpsons Images
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