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		<title>So just who might direct GHOSTBUSTERS 3?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 13:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've talked about Ghostbusters 3 an awful lot over the last 12 months haven't I?

I just can't help it. I feel like it's one of my babies, the franchise is something that is so personal to me, it reminds me of when they first started talking about rebooting the Batman franchise. If they can just get some key elements right, they will have a massive hit on their hands which will bring the fun time back into cinema going. I like where American comedy has been heading over the last few years. I love what Judd Apatow, Kevin Smith, and the actors they routinely use have brought to the genre. And I love the subjects they have tackled (middle aged virgins, druggies, sociopath mall cops, broke roomates who fuck just to get by).



There's a deep seeded maturity about the comedy that we are seeing and long may it continue, with Ghostbusters 3 at the forefront of this. I'm going to go out a little on a lim here and predict that in two years time, the comic book craze that has hit the U.K. and hit fashion shops will be taken over by Ghostbusters.

Anyway, so I think I'm seeing a Blu-Ray presentation ...]]></description>
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		<title>Piracy And The Art Of Posturing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray DeRousse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I watched X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE a few days ago and posted my reactions to the rough cut of this upcoming film. Not only was I deluged with pompous, self-righteous comments from angelic beings of pure light, but our site was also targeted by FOX with demands to remove the sneak peek.



As I look over the decimation wrought this week by the internet leak of the WOLVERINE workprint, I find myself slightly nauseous at the posturing I've seen by many movie websites and the droning anonymous hordes that troll their message boards.

According to our dear reader "chuck", who runs a little movie blog (officially the 200th million such site, by the way),  I was immoral for watching the workprint. Nevermind that I never ripped the film, uploaded the film,  downloaded the film, copied the film, or distributed the film. All I did was merely click a button and watch the film, just as easily as one might watch talking heads videos on YouTube. If what I did was immoral, then it was only in the loosest sense (the best kind of immorality, if you ask me ... wink wink).

And that's really the rub about the internet and stealing. The fact ...]]></description>
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		<title>Just as he did for DARK CITY, Roger Ebert geeks out over KNOWING!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just over ten years ago, heads in the critics circle were turned when the great Roger Ebert proclaimed the so-so reviewed science fiction movie DARK CITY from director Alex Proyas as being the best film of 1998. 

He was pretty much the only critic in the universe who lauded the film with high grandeur, saying "it stirred my imagination like ``Metropolis'' and ``2001: A Space Odyssey.'' and "that it was a triumph of art direction, set design, cinematography, special effects--and imagination".



He would again review the film in 2005 as part of his "Great Movies" series and after so much time had past, he had the same reaction to the film which had pretty much by then fallen into geek obscurity.
I believe more than ever that "Dark City" is one of the great modern films. It preceded "The Matrix" by a year (both films used a few of the same sets in Australia), and on a smaller budget, with special effects that owe as much to imagination as to technology, did what "The Matrix" wanted to do, earlier and with more feeling.
Ebert would record not ONE but TWO audio commentaries for the film's dvd release (both are a delight to listen to, if nothing ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why Tom Fallows is NOT Watching the WATCHMEN</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Fallows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

There are perhaps several reasons of why not to see this month's release of Warner Bros' WATCHMEN. Firstly it's produced by a major studio, who's risk aversion, play-it-safe strategy goes completely at odds with the narrative’s view of sadomasochistic superheroes (although they have thrown in some slow-mo violence so that probably made it ok).
 

Secondly it's directed by the fella who missed the point of Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD and somehow managed to make Frank Miller's 300 even more fascistic (unbelievable I know). Add to that the fact that its been raped into a consumer cash cow (check out the Watchmen lunchboxes and Rorschach action figures!), been deemed unfilmible by genre heavy weight Terry Gilliam,  written by the guy who also penned THE SCORPION KING and, interestingly had Zach the director already tell us that the DVD will be better.
 
But, of course, none of this really matters. Any film, regardless of how auspicious the origins, has the potential to be worthwhile. After all, this is also a project based on the work of one of the greatest writers of the late 20th century. But then that's the problem, innit? Go and see the movie, and you won't find the name Alan Moore ...]]></description>
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		<title>What did you think of WATCHMEN?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, it's weird that WATCHMEN is this juggernaut of a film release.



Only four years ago, around the time of the BATMAN BEGINS release, barely anyone I spoke to knew of Alan Moore's great graphic novel and any attempt to try and get them to read it was quickly dismissed with a "comics are for girls". Well, box office receipts will show there are many girls who watch movies this weekend.

Just weird. And it's so right that so many people are intrigued by the yellow imagery and are seeing the movie this weekend but know absolutely nothing about what it is they will see.

Ah the time for talk is done. The movie is out NOW and I wanna hear your feedback. (and it's the hottest ticket in town, today's showings are all but sold out in multiple cinema's in my area).

If you see the movie, YOU HAVE TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK HERE (spoilers allowed). SERIOUSLY, COMMENT IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE, IT'S THE ONLY WAY THIS KIND OF POST WILL WORK.

Did Zack Snyder knock it out of the park. Is this the WATCHMEN we deserve after two decades of waiting?

Do let us know. ]]></description>
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		<title>BATMAN 3 should be called&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure it's obvious, especially in the post-BATMAN RETURNS, SUPERMAN RETURNS and THE MUMMY RETURNS universe and yes, it is a  complete rip-off from the title Frank Miller used in the 80's for the most important Batman graphic novel of all time, but, I still say this is the title to use.



If Warner Bros. want to make another $1 billion, then what could be better to arose interest? After THE DARK KNIGHT and how incredible that movie was this year, who wouldn't be having wet dreams over a title like THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS?

Though at this point any other title is impossible to predict as whatever they choose it will have to relate to the theme of the film as mapped out by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan and David Goyer. And so it's a fruitless exercise really at this point as officially no third movie has even been announced yet.

Though BATMAN R.I.P. would have been a devilishly cool and fascinating title for the end of Nolan's trilogy. BATMAN FOREVER was always a cool title, shame that can't be used though I wouldn't mind seeing BATMAN return to the title. Hell, if they are struggling what about just BATMAN or THE ...]]></description>
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		<title>Who does Matt think should play CAPTAIN AMERICA?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Half of the battle with this year's mega successful IRON MAN was won in 2006, way before the film actually started shooting. The casting and the choice of the director, Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau were the absolute best men for the job and this May, it showed.

The movie earned over $570 million worldwide and should kick off the second wave of the Marvel franchise that should see them earn several billion dollars over the next 5 years.

The same can be said for BATMAN BEGINS, the battle was won back in 2003 and the huge results were seen this summer with one of the biggest movies of all time.



So for the sake of CAPTAIN AMERICA, for the sake of GREEN LANTERN, for the sake of THOR... that battle is being fought by Marvel and DC/WB right now... all three movies we expect to hit in the next few years but if they get the casting right now, much of the rest will speak for itself.

You only need to see this year's THE INCREDIBLE HULK to see what a mis-casting of director and actor can do for a superhero project.



Today we will look at the first superhero period film...
THE FIRST ...]]></description>
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		<title>Johnny Depp signs massive multi-deal Disney contract!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/johnny-depp-in-the-lone-ranger-alice-in-wonderland-potc-4.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnny Depp has already made $2.6 billion for Disney with his creation of the Jack Sparrow character for the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN trilogy and now the actor has signed another multi-deal contract with his new favourite studio which should see him make them at least a billion more.
JOHNNY DEPP IS "TONTO" IN THE LONE RANGER
First up, Variety have confirmed that Depp will re-team with Ted Elliott and Ted Rossio, the two writers who wrote the original POTC for their new franchise THE LONE RANGER, Disney's resurrection of the popular Western radio and t.v. character which was seen as their next big property for adaptation.

A little surprisingly, he won't be playing the famous lead character and will instead play the sidekick Tonto!



Depp is part Cherokee, but come on... Depp is too big a star to play the sidekick. Knowing Depp, he will make the sidekick part become bigger than the lead, and will once again take over a franchise, which isn't so bad for POTC but when the movie is titled THE LONE RANGER, it will become a problem.

Just what actor can you get who has a bigger presence than Depp, I'm not sure it's possible?

No director for this one ...]]></description>
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		<title>A movie you just can&#8217;t refuse. THE GODFATHER tops Empire&#8217;s biggest ever poll</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/the-godfather/a-movie-you-just-cant-refuse-the-godfather-tops-empires-biggest-ever-poll.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one of the most ambitious "movie list polls" ever conducted in the U.K, the world's favoured movie magazine Empire have named Francis Ford Coppola's 1970's masterpiece THE GODFATHER, the greatest movie of all time.



Similar to the results of a poll conducted by the Online Film Community (of which we were apart of), THE GODFATHER still sits high and mighty above everything else.

The Top Ten Looked Like This...
1. The Godfather (1972)

2. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)

3. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

4. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

5. Jaws (1975)

6. GoodFellas (1990)

7. Apocalypse Now (1979)

8. Singin' In The Rain (1952)

9. Pulp Fiction (1994)

10. Fight Club (1999)
Which compared with our Top 10 from last summer...
1. Godfather, The (Coppola, 1972)
2. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Kubrick, 1964)
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg, 1981)
5. Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
6. Blade Runner (R. Scott, 1982)
7. Jaws (Spielberg, 1975)
8. Godfather Part II, The (Coppola, 1974)
9. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Kershner, 1980)
10. Alien (R. Scott, 1979)
Other facts from the list..

There was little love for the Brits, only two movies classed as U.K. productions made the Top 100. Those being ...]]></description>
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		<title>DEBATE: SPIDER-MAN 4 villains should be?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The overblown SPIDER-MAN franchise needs a new direction entirely if you ask me and whether that means a new director, a new set of talent or a completely different tone to the narrative I don't know.

All I can say is that I really don't wanna sit through another crap-fest like SPIDER-MAN 3.


The status of the fourth movie in the series has come clear today. As expected Sam Raimi, Avi Arad and the new writer James Vanderbilt (ZODIAC, DARKNESS FALLS) have sat down and discussed where the story for the next movie should go. I'm guessing that meeting went well as Comics 2 Film report that Vanderbilt said this on BlogTalkRadio...
"It's sort of an odd process because you're sitting down with the people who made the first three and going, 'Well let me tell you what to do... But I was lucky enough that they were interested in me and I'm a huge fan of those movies, so we closed that up right before the strike. Once the strike's over I get to go to work."
So a direction has no doubt already been agreed upon, and a new villain chosen. Now Vanderbilt just has to write the script and Raimi needs ...]]></description>
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