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21 August 2008 1:18 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

DVD Links: Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed Not much at all to tell you about today. However, there is a pretty big deal going on right now for the first four seasons of HBO's "The Wire". You can buy them for the next couple of hours for just $95.49, which is $54.50 off the regular price. If you are interested click here, if not check out the small selection of new stuff coming out this week. South Park - The Complete Eleventh Season I finished watching this just a day ago and this article here may need to serve as my review since there isn't a ton to say. I think by now you either know you like "South Park" or you hate it. I am actually surprised, and happy, the show has stayed on the air this long and this eleventh season has some pretty good stuff in it,

Brad Brevet

21 August 2008 12:01 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

DVD Links: Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed Dexter - The Complete Second Season I already reviewed this second season of Showtime's "Dexter" and offered up quite a bit of praise, but as I say in my review, if you are interested in getting started with this show about a Miami blood splatter specialist doubling as a serial killer I recommend you first check out the first season because this is a show you don't want to jump into in the middle. If you have a Netflix Roku player you can check it out in the Instant Play as I did. Quick, easy and simple. I am not sure if this is a show you will want to buy however. As much as I enjoyed my time watching it, the second season character Lila played by Jaime Murray really hurts any chance of watching it over and over again.

Brad Brevet

20 August 2008 9:24 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Thomas Haden Church is currently filming Jake Goldberger's upcoming indie drama "Don McKay" for Animus Films, according to Variety. Elisabeth Sue, Melissa Leo, Keith David and M. Emmet Walsh are also on board.

Written by Goldberger, the film centers on a man who left his hometown after suffering from a tragedy. When he returns home 25 years later, he finds his long-lost love on the verge of death and is consequently thrust into a bunch of troubles.

"McKay" is produced on a modest budget and is currently shooting in the Boston area.

Church's acting credits include "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3." He most recently starred alongside Dennis Quaid and Ellen Page in "Smart People." Future projects of his include "Big Eyes," a drama in which he co-stars with Kate Hudson.

Goldberger recently penned the teen horror flick "Homecoming," which stars Mischa Barton and Jessica Stroup.

Franck Tabouring

19 August 2008 3:29 PM, PDT | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news

No, this isn't an indie sequel to Threesome. "SNL" Alum Jimmy Fallon and "Arrested Development's" Alia Shawkat want in on the roller derby flick, Whip It!. /Film is reporting that the former Weekly Update funnyman will be playing Hot Tub Johnny, a drunken announcer who heckles the roller derby racers. Sounds ...

Adam Sweeney

19 August 2008 1:34 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Back in July we reported that Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Wiig and Zoe Bell all joined Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut “Whip It!,” and according to SlashFilm, Jimmy Fallon is the latest to board the project.

Based on the novel by Shauna Cross, the film centers on Bliss Cavendar (played by Ellen Page), a Texas teenager who finds a way of dealing with her misery after she discovers a roller derby league in Austin.

Fallon is apparently replacing Justin Long in the role of “Hot Tub Johnny,” an eccentric announcer. Long quit the project after splitting with Barrymore in early July.

It would certainly not be the first time Fallon starred alongside Barrymore. The two played the lead characters in Bobby and Peter Farrelly’s 2005 comedy “Fever Pitch.”

Fallon most recently starred in “Factory Girl.” He is also gearing up for NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,

Franck Tabouring

19 August 2008 1:47 AM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

So far there's been some cool casting for Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It!, including Ellen Page, Kristin Wiig, Juliette Lewis and Zoe Bell. Now Jimmy Fallon has stepped in to star in the film, replacing Justin Long who left the project when he and then girlfriend Barrymore broke up. It's not surprising Fallon was able to fill in quickly as he's married to the film's producer, Nancy Juvonen. Slashfilm is reporting that Fallon will be playing "Hot Tub Johnny," the...

Mike Sampson

18 August 2008 8:34 PM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

I am going to go out on a ledge here, from which I may fall and hurt myself in bad ways, but with Alia Shawkat joining the cast of Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It!, I am going to declare this the best female ensemble in cinematic history. Shawkat of course, played Maeby Funke on Fox's dead-too-soon "Arrested Development" and if you didn't have a crush on her you probably like boys. She joins indie-it girl du jour Ellen Page, Barrymore, Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis,...

Daniel Barna

18 August 2008 1:13 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

A boatload of movies hit on a very few DVDs this Tuesday, August 19th, 2008. See what I mean below!

6 Films to Keep You Awake (2008)

Directed by Various

As the title implies, in this three-disc set are six brand-new short films from some of Spain’s most interesting directors like Paco (Romasanta, Rec) Plaza (“The Christmas Tale”), Alex (Day of the Beast) de la Iglesia (“The Baby’s Room”), and Jaume (Rec, The Nameless) Balaguero (“To Let”), just to name a few. Each film has its own “making of” documentary as well as other featurettes. Buy it here!

An American Crime (2007)

Directed by Tommy O’Haver

It’s strange to me that a movie with Ellen Page ... sorry, Academy Award nominee Ellen Page ... wouldn’t be able to get theatrical release, even if the subject of said film is about as taboo as you can get. American Crime is an adaptation

Johnny Butane

13 August 2008 4:18 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Here we have a film that could have been far better than it actually was. Average is the best way to describe it, but it is nice to see Dennis Quaid in a role once again not relying on him scowling at the camera like an angry Neanderthal. Quaid is actually a good actor when he isn't playing the tough guy and even though he plays a disgruntled widower in Smart People he manages to keep the sour puss stares in check and actually do a little acting. Smart People centers on the college English professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Quaid) a man who lost his wife three years prior and has become something of a pompous ass. He treats his students as morons and goes about his predictable day-to-day activities with hardly a care in the world as he tries to peddle his egotistical book on publishing houses. He lives at

Brad Brevet

4 August 2008 5:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The Jonas Brothers have emerged the big winners at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards, scooping a total of six prizes.

The pop trio was named Choice Breakout Group, Choice Male Hottie and Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon Male, while their track When You Look Me in the Eyes won them two awards - Choice Music Single and Choice Music Love Song. Another single, Burnin' Up, earned the siblings the Choice Summer Song gong.

Another major victor was the cast of TV show Gossip Girl - the programme also took home six awards at the ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

The show was announced as the winner of the Choice TV Show Drama category, while actress Blake Lively was named Choice TV Breakout Star Female and Choice TV Actress Drama.

Gossip Girl actors Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford joined in the celebrations after winning Choice TV Villain and Choice TV Breakout Star Male, respectively.

Other multiple winners at the annual prizegiving included Will Smith, Juno star Ellen Page, R+B singer Chris Brown, and the event's host, Miley Cyrus.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Choice Movie Action Adventure: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Choice Movie Drama: Step Up 2: The Streets

Choice Movie Chick Flick: 27 Dresses

Choice Movie Bromantic Comedy: What Happens in Vegas

Choice Movie Comedy: Juno

Choice Movie Horror/Thriller: I Am Legend

Choice Summer Movie Action Adventure: Hancock

Choice Summer Movie Comedy: Get Smart

Choice Movie Actor Drama: Channing Tatum, Stop-Loss

Choice Movie Actress Drama: Keira Knightley, Atonement

Choice Movie Actress Action Adventure: Rachel Bilson, Jumper

Choice Movie Actor Comedy: Ashton Kutcher, What Happens in Vegas

Choice Movie Actress Comedy: Ellen Page, Juno

Choice Movie Actor Horror/Thriller: Will Smith, I Am Legend

Choice Movie Actress Horror/Thriller: Jessica Alba, The Eye

Choice Movie Villain: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Choice Movie Breakout Female: Ellen Page, Juno

Choice Movie Breakout Male: Drake Bell, Superhero Movie

Choice TV Show Drama: Gossip Girl

Choice TV Show Action Adventure: Heroes

Choice TV Show Comedy: Hannah Montana

Choice TV Reality Dance: America's Best Dance Crew

Choice TV Reality Music Competition: American Idol

Choice TV Celebrity Reality: The Hills

Choice Summer TV Show: The Secret Life of the American Teenager

Choice TV Actor Drama: Chad Michael Murray, One Tree Hill

Choice TV Actress Drama: Blake Lively, Gossip Girl

Choice TV Actress Action Adventure: Hayden Panettiere, Heroes

Choice TV Actor Comedy: Steve Carrell, The Office

Choice TV Actress Comedy: Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana

Choice TV Breakout Show: Gossip Girl

Choice TV Breakout Star Female: Blake Lively, Gossip Girl

Choice TV Breakout Star Male: Chace Crawford, Gossip Girl

Choice TV Male Reality/Variety Star: David Cook, American Idol

Choice TV Female Reality/Variety Star: Lauren Conrad, The Hills

Choice TV Villain: Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl

Choice Music Single: Jonas Brothers, When You Look Me in the Eyes

Choice Hook-Up: Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown, No Air

Choice Music Male Artist: Chris Brown

Choice Music Female Artist: Miley Cyrus

Choice Music R+B Artist: Chris Brown

Choice Breakout Group: Jonas Brothers

Choice Music Love Song: Jonas Brothers, When You Look Me in the Eyes

Choice Music R+B Track: Chris Brown, Forever

Choice Summer Song: Jonas Brothers, Burnin' Up

Choice Male Hottie: Jonas Brothers

Choice Female Hottie: Vanessa Hudgens

Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon Female: Carrie Underwood

Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon Male: Jonas Brothers

Choice Comedian: Adam Sandler

Choice Male Athlete: David Beckham

Choice Female Athlete: Shawn Johnson

Choice Action Sports Male: Ryan Sheckler

Do Something Award: Chad Bullock

Choice Most Fanatic Fans: David Archuleta

Choice MySpacer: Ryan Sheckler

Choice Music Rap/Hip-Hop Track: Lil Mama featuring T-Pain and Chris Brown, Shawty Get Loose.

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15 July 2008 4:59 PM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

This week finds the U.S. Army bringing war games to a whole other level, a '60s sex icon getting an exposé, Ron Perlman returning as the defender of small fluffy kittens everywhere and Eddie Murphy taking cinema egotism to new heights.

"August"

After the warm reception his first feature "Xx/Xy" received at Sundance in 2002, director Austin Chick returned to the snowy slopes of Park City to debut his sophomore effort, which seemed to impress our own Matt Singer when he saw it in January. Assembling an noteworthy ensemble that includes the likes of Robin Tunney, Naomie Harris, Rip Torn and David Bowie, Chick follows Tom and Josh Sterling (Josh Hartnett and Adam Scott, respectively), two brothers desperately trying to right the sinking ship of their failing dot-com company in the weeks leading up to the devastating September 11th attacks.

Opens in New York.

"Days

Neil Pedley

10 July 2008 10:27 PM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

Despite a terrific lead performance by Ellen Burstyn, Kari Skogland's epic "The Stone Angel" is a lesson in the perils of trying to cram a hefty Canadian novel that spans decades into a movie running just under two hours.

Burstyn plays a 90-year-old Manitoba widow who flees to her former farm when her long-suffering son (an excellent Dylan Baker) is forced to put her in a nursing home. A long series of flashbacks details her unhappy marriage to his father, a drunken

By LOU LUMENICK

8 July 2008 9:01 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

Bruce McDonald's adaptation of Maureen Medved's stream-of-consciousness teen novel The Tracey Fragments turns the screen into an ever-shifting mosaic, with anywhere from two to 20 separate images appearing at the same time. Some show different angles on the same action, and some show what's going through the mind of the title character, played by a pre-Juno Ellen Page. Dubbed "the titless wonder" by her peers, Page is a miserable high-school student with a grumpy father and a distant mother. When her younger brother disappears on her watch, Page begins a cold journey through the Toronto night, winding up naked, wrapped in a shower curtain, and riding the city bus. As Page reflects on how she ended up this way, McDonald uses her anxiety as the foundation for an audacious formal experiment, intended to depict the inherent schizophrenia of the adolescent mind. McDonald isn't the first to play with multi-screens,

Noel Murray

1 July 2008 9:17 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

The cast of Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut “Whip It!” is growing, and the latest to join Barrymore and Ellen Page are Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Wiig and Zoe Bell.

Based on the novel by Shauna Cross, the film centers on Bliss Cavendar (Page), a Texas teenager who finds a way of dealing with her misery after she discovers a roller derby league in Austin. Barrymore stars as her teammate.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Harden plays Bliss’ mother, a former beauty queen who would prefer to see her daughter compete in pageants. Wiig is set to play Bliss’ mentor, while Lewis appears as the star of Austin’s top team. Bell plays a derby star known as Bloody Holly.

Barrymore is directing a script by Cross. Shooting for “Whip It” will kick off later this summer.

Franck Tabouring

26 June 2008 12:07 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Sarah Jessica Parker is deeply in love with New York City. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the “Sex and the City” star is in talks to topline “The Ivy Chronicles,” another comedy set in the Big Apple.

Based on the novel by Karen Quinn, the film centers on Ivy Ames, a wealthy Upper East Side mother who relocates into a cheapo downtown apartment after losing her dream job and getting a divorce.

In a quest for money to feed her children, Ivy opens a business to help upper-middle-class mothers get their kids into New York’s best kindergartens.

Warner Bros. will develop and distribute the project, which does indeed sound like a crossing between “The Devil Wears Prada” and “The Nanny Diaries.”

Besides the big-screen adaptations of “Sex and the City,” Parker recently starred alongside Dennis Quaid and Ellen Page in “Smart People.”  

Franck Tabouring

25 June 2008 5:10 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Juno star Jason Bateman has defended the Oscar-winning movie against claims it has encouraged teenage girls to get pregnant.

The film, which stars Canadian actress Ellen Page, focuses on the story of a 16-year-old girl who, after discovering she is pregnant, decides to give the child up for adoption.

But the movie, which won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, has come under fire from officials in Massachusetts - with schools blaming the picture for the recent rise in teen pregnancies, labelling the trend "The Juno Effect".

Bateman has now hit back at the criticism, insisting Hollywood should not be blamed for social problems in America.

He tells Access Hollywood, "I don't know the specifics, but I can speak about what sort of responsibility entertainment should hold for social behaviour.

"Unfortunately, we've had these instances where guys kill people because of what they hear in rock 'n roll lyrics or some garbage like that. Look, if you're going to blame a movie or song for your actions, whether they be good or bad, I think you're looking at the wrong things to influence your life.

"What we're doing is providing entertainment in different flavours for your consumption. I think people should look to other areas of their life for lessons and guidance, mainly parents, or teachers, or friends, or whomever. That should probably be where you should point your eyes and ears."

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16 June 2008 11:35 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

First Look Studios has announced today the DVD release of An American Crime, which stars Catherine Keener, Ellen Page, and James Franco. DVD Acitve reports that this drama that has been collecting dust on the shelves for years now will be available to own on August 19, and should retail at around $24.98. The film itself will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. The only extra material will be preview trailers. Based on a true story that gripped the nation in 1965, An American Crime recounts one of the most shocking crimes ever committed against a single victim.

10 June 2008 2:00 AM, PDT | From buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news

The annual MTV Movie Awards is an event to look forward to not only for the recognition it gives to those flicks that have taken the box office by storm, but also for giving out awards for the more unusual things such as Best Kissing Scene.  This year, the award went to Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman for their smooch-session in the movie Step Up 2: The Streets. However, before all the festivities for the highly-anticipated awards show began, MTV sat down with the queen of MySpace to talk about the intimacies of lip-locking.

Known for her bisexual love life as featured on A Shot at Love, Tila Tequila may be the best option to consult when it comes to making out.  She says, “A great kiss, which I've had on my show, consists of a lot of exploding passion and just that tension that's been building up...It's like

BuddyTV

3 June 2008 4:09 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Principal photography is underway in Toronto for Pontypool, a new film from director Bruce McDonald (Highway 61, Roadkill and recently, The Tracey Fragments, with Ellen Page). "It is set in a radio station in Pontypool and our morning team took reports in of extreme and bloody incidents of violence. The reason for this violence is that the English language has become infected with a virus," McDonald tells 680 News in an interview. From a script by Tony Burgess, the film stars Stephen McHattie, Daniel Fathers, Georgina Reilly and Beatriz Yuste. The great news is that Pontypool should be ready in time to debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, hopefully we'll catch it if it screens.

2 June 2008 12:08 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Johnny Depp stole the show at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night (1Jun08) picking up two prizes and sending Hollywood's female contingent into a frenzy.

Shy Depp was a surprise guest at the bash, shocking even A-listers in the audience when he appeared onstage to collect his awards for Best Comedic Performance, for the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie and Best Villain for Sweeney Todd. Lindsay Lohan jumped to her feet; while Juno Oscar winner DIablo Cody swooned when the cameras fixed on her.

Depp expressed his surprise to win a comedy award, telling the crowd, "I'm not really sure how this happened. You can ask anyone, I'm not a very funny person."

Elsewhere, Adam Sandler picked up a Generation award from Tom Cruise and treated the audience at Universal City, California's Gibson Amphitheatre to an impressive rendition of Carly Simon's Nobody Does it Better.

There were also awards for Will Smith, Zac Efron, Iron Man and Transformers.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Best Female Performance - Ellen Page in Juno

Best Male Performance - Will Smith in I Am Legend

Best Movie - Transformers

Best Summer Movie So Far - Iron Man

Breakthrough Performance - Zac Efron in Hairspray

Best Fight - Sean Faris and Cam Gigandet in Never Back Down

Best Comedic Performance - Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean:

Best Villain - Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd

Best Kiss - Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman in Step Up 2 the Streets.

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