1. Link Blowout #75

    LOST Season Finale Call Sheet Spills All - Caution: Contains major spoilers within, supposedly. I didn’t look at it, so I can’t personally vouch. Because I don’t want to ruin SIX SEASONS OF ANTICIPATION.

    Colin Farrell To Star In Fright Night Remake - Inspired casting? We’ll see.

    BTS Photo’s From Red Tails - The George Lucas produced period-flick based on the Tuskegee Airmen leaks a few production pics. Surprise! They included green-screen.

    Thor: Everything We Know - Er, everything TotalFilm knows, that is. Comparisons to 300, lots of British actors, no Nick Fury, and more.

    Trailer: Machete, Super 8 (official in HQ, not the bootleg)

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    [E.T.Rex via newsoftheunreal]

    • Link Blowout #73

      Stephen Hawking Warns of Hostile Alien Races - And when Stephen Hawking speaks, the world listens.

      Nightmare On Elm Street Director Refuses 3D Conversion - First the fanboy backlash, then the industry, then the general public? We can only hope.

      David Lynch’s Favorite Films & Directors - I love this man. I don’t understand him, but I love him.

      Trailers: Twilight Eclipse, The Last Airbender, Trek Nation

      Happy Happy Birthday: Jet Li, Jordanna Brewster, Tom Welling

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      [Peter Mayhew pic via gunaxin’s Tribute to Chewbacca]

    • Link Blowout #72

      I’ve Seen the Future of Car Insurance - Local auto insurance company Vern Fonk parodies Back to the Future. Awfully.

      Trailer: Iron Man 2 (Chinese Edition) - With a small handful of new footage. May 7th can’t come soon enough.

      If Oscars Were Given For Movie Websites - That’s *official* movie websites, not fanboy news/blogs, unfortunately. Still, a pretty interesting read. I can’t tell you the last time I visited an movie’s official website for anything other than a trailer watch.

      Mining For Gold in Stanley Kubrick’s Archives - An interesting piece on Lunatic at Large, a film about carnies based on a concept found Kubrick’s archive in 1999 by his son-in-law, which has already scored interest from ScarJo and Sam “Moon was robbed” Rockwell.

      How Do Movie Theaters Choose Which Trailers To Play? - Slate unravels the sticky politics behind the mini sneak-peek.

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      [Caddyshack Busters via juliasegal]

    • Link Blowout #71

      Heavy Metal Parking Lot - The 17 minute classic documentary short is now available on Hulu. If you haven’t seen it, what are you waiting for?

      Trailer: The Other Guys - Will Ferrell and Marky Mark do the buddy-cop comedy thing. Could be good. Also, SamJack alert!

      Featurette: Topher Grace in Predators - Eric Foreman takes his first stab at R-rated action playing the smart-guy role in Nimród Antal’s Predators reboot.

      Robert Pattinson to Play Kurt Cobain - Um, he looks the part more than ScarJo, but no.

      Trash Talk: Dead Heat - TotalFilm attempts to convince you to care about 1988’s Dead Heat, a buddy-cop flick in which one of the cops… is a zombie.

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      [Lil Waynejuice via juliasegal via hewhocannotbenamed]

    • Link Blowout #70

      Tron 3 Already In Motion - This is news? Disney hasn’t had an original-property live-action film with this much buzz since the first Tron in 1982.

      “Real 3D” vs. “Fake 3D”: Should Studios Advertise the Distinction? - In short: Yes, of course. But they won’t.

      Anton Yelchin Lands Lead Role in Fright Night Remake - In other news: OMG They Are Remaking Fright Night?!

      Microsoft Says Halo Movie Will Happen “When the Time is Right” - You mean, like, when the game was hot, and Peter Jackson and Neil Blomkamp were involved, and you know, people gave a shite? The time wasn’t right then?

      Trailer: Dinner for Schmucks - I’m about this close to being officially “over” both Carell and Rudd, but this looks better than Date Night, so there’s that.

      HitFix.com Launches New “Motion/Captured” Podcast - Drew “Moriarty” McWeeny of long-time AICN fame hosts his first podcast. Sadly, no “back-in-the-day” stories within, yet - but the show is young. If he could just get Harry in front of a mic with him it would be like a wet dream-cast for late-90’s/early 00’s online film-nerds.

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      [Francis Ford Coppola by JillianTamaki, via brandontoliver]

    • Link Blowout #69

      Quentin Tarantino, Spellchecked - Is this why QT can’t play Brainy Smurf? NYMag spell checks his aptly named Inglourious Basterds script, finds many errors, acts like anyone should care.

      Star Wars Sound Effects Quiz - I scored 70%, can you beat me?

      Trailer: Cemetery Junction - Written and directed by both Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and without the distracting high-concept that dragged The Invention of Lying into the dirt, this is one to watch for.

      Tremorz - A Flash game based on the movie Tremors. Still unplayable on the iPhone and iPad.

      Tina Fey And Steve Carell Interview Each Other - Probably more entertaining than Date Night, the movie they are promoting.

      Researchers Say Twitter Algorithm Can Predict Movie Profits - They claim 97.3% accuracy, kicking the pants off of traditional survey-based “tracking” reports. File this one under: No Shite, Sherlock.

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      [Real-life Russell via fyeahpixarmovies]

    • Link Blowout #67

      Anna Faris is Private Benjamin - Finally, a remake casting I can get behind.

      Eastern Promises 2 Moving Forward - The unlikely sequel starts shooting in June with David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortenson returning. I can’t wait. [via filmjunk]

      Video: TronoRail - More video of Walt Disney World’s Tron themed monorail trains than one could ever want.

      Trailer: The Expendables - Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a shite-ton of gunplay and explosions. This can’t possibly go wrong.

      E*Trade Babies Coming To The Big-Screen - Um, no. Unless Lindsay Lohan voices one of the chatty little tikes. Then, yes.

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      [Predobear via juliasegal]

    • Link Blowout #66

      Most Minimalist Casablanca Poster Ever - A trend taken too far? … Or not far enough?

      Parannoying Activity - I’ll give you 10 to 1 odds that this spoof will be more clever than the currently planned future D2DVD Lions Gate sequel.

      Plastic Bag - An 18min short-film featuring Werner Herzog as the voice of a plastic bag. I’m pretty sure there’s a message in here somewhere, but it’s so darned subtle, I think I missed it.

      Chinese Sprite Commercial - Directed by David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, etc). They can’t all be Nike, I guess.

      Iron Man 2: Pre-Effects - So stupidly fun I had to link it somewhere. Consider this my apology in advance.

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      [Quentin Tarantino & Christoph Waltz, by Annie Leibovitz via pauvrelolita]

    • Link Blowout #65

      The Blind Side -vs- Ninja Assassin - Videogum side-by-sides the two seemingly polar-opposite films. Similarly predictably and pandering, now *that* I could agree with.

      James Cameron on Why Avatar Lost to Hurt Locker - My interpretation of Cameron’s carefully worded statements = it’s all Hollywood politics. Also, he kind of takes credit for KBigs getting the job.

      Avatar: Advertisement For Paganism - Or… Religious Over-Reaction of the Day!

      Eddie Grant’s “Romancing the Stone” - From the film Romancing the Stone. Vintage music video awesomeness.

      Beyond the Mat, 10 Years Later - A retrospective look at the best pro-wrestling documentary of all-time.

      Jeff Goldblum is Dating “Alex” From Lost - Chaos Theory at its best.

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      [Avacake via cakelove]

    • Link Blowout #62

      The World’s Most Action Packed Action Movie - Everything is Terrible takes on 1987’s truly terrible Deadly Prey. (see above)

      Katherine Bigelow Offered Spider-Man Reboot? - Oh gawd no.

      Complain About Cell-Phone Theater Talkers, Get Stabbed - The movie = Shutter Island. The weapon = a meat thermometer. Yes, a meat thermometer.

      Lady Gaga Borrows The P*ssy Wagon - The iconic yellow truck from Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol. 1 makes a strong guest appearance in LG’s latest music video “Telephone”.

      Corey on Corey - Feldman’s thoughts on Haim.

      Luke Wilson Pulls a K-Fed - I don’t normally traffic in these kind of rumors, but holy wow… Somehow I doubt this gain is for an upcoming movie role.

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    • Link Blowout #59

      53 Ways 2009’s Oscar Contendors Could Be Imporved With Sci-Fi Tech - Gizmodo hosts a contest; brilliant movie mashups ensue. [via agentmlovestacos]

      Zack Snyder’s Legend of the Guardians Trailer - That owl movie gets a wtf trailer. And this is Snyder’s Watchmen follow-up?

      Free Movies: Alice in Wonderland - Experience the original 1903 cut, streaming online, for free.

      CHUD Reviews Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland - Harsh.

      Madonna… or Depp? - You decide.

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      • Link Blowout #58

        Roger Ebert’s New Old Voice - The man is an inspiration, even if he was totally off-base with his The Lovely Bones review.

        A Muppet Wicker Man - A 32 page photo-comic retelling of the 1973 classic. I don’t know why this exists, but it does.

        Clash of the Titans: Old -vs- New - A monster comparison, and a reminder that I need to rewatch the classic.

        Avatar -vs- Pocahontas - A mashup video containing the audio of Avatar and the visuals of the Disney animated version of Pocahontas. Fits pretty well, methinks.

        District 9 For Best Picture - Making the case for sci-fi in 2010, even though we all know it won’t happen (not this year anyway). For the record: I agree.

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          [Tom Whalen art at top via forgreatjustice]

        • Link Blowout #58

          Mexican Stormtrooper

          Cop Out Review - This might just be the fanboy in me talking, but I tend to believe reviews like this over the “critics” when it comes to Kevin Smith movies.

          Nolan Bro’s Directing Justice League and Superman Reboot for DC - Doubt it. Still, stranger things have happened.

          Robert Pattinson Almost Ruined There Will Be Blood - Thank g-d for Twilight.

          The Hottest Princess Leia Stuff - Statues, figures, Lego mini-figs, stamps… wait what? Lego mini-figs? So hot!

          This Kid is Awesome - Nuff said.

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            [Mexican Stormtrooper via sarahptor]