Movie News: Tuesday, November 14

Sharon reviews Little Children
   Little children is a slice of suburban life. It follows two parents, Brad and Sarah who meet on a playground and fall for each other. It also shows the life of a released sex offender who has moved into the heavily child populated neighborhood. It stars Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Noah Emmerich and Jackie Earle Haley. It's directed by Todd Field and adapted by Fields and...

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Review: `Casino Royale' has winning hand (AP)
   

AP - It would have been enough just inserting a fresh face, Daniel Craig, as 007 in "Casino Royale" to give a whole new look and feel to the James Bond franchise.

Borat Backlash Begins--High Five? (E! Online)
   

E! Online - Whether you were paid to be in Borat or simply paid to see it, chances are you found it to be, in one way or another, offensive.

Sharon reviews Happy Feet
   Happy Feet tells the tale of a penguin world where singing is the most important thing in life because that?s how you find your soulmate. The story follow a little penguin named Mumble (played by Elijah Wood) who can?t sing. But the kid can dance up a storm, tap dance to be exact. It stars Robin Williams, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Elijha Wood, Brittany Murphy and the late Steve Erwin. The...

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Capsule reviews of this week's new films (AP)
   AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

O'Hara at center of new Guest film (AP)
   AP - Toward the end of "For Your Consideration," Catherine O'Hara's face so realistically looks like the results of bad plastic surgery that it makes you wonder: Is it a computer-generated special effect? Or — horrors! — a genuine botch job?

Hubbub over certain movies so overblown (AP)
   AP - "Home for Purim" is getting big-time buzz.

Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny - Trailer 2
   Actors/musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring their infamous rock duo Tenacious D to the big screen in the comedy Tenacious D in: The Pick Of Destiny. The film tells the story of how “The D” became the self-proclaimed greatest band on earth.

Romanians not amused by `Borat' (AP)
   AP - The name of this remote Romanian village means "mud," and that's exactly what angry locals are throwing back at comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

Review: 'Fast Food Nation' meanders (AP)
   AP - Richard Linklater is channeling Robert Altman — or at least it seems he's trying to channel Altman — with his meandering, intertwined plot lines about the horrors of the fast food industry in "Fast Food Nation."

Venus - Trailer 2
   Venus tells the story of Maurice and Ian, a pair of veteran actors, whose comfortable daily routine is disrupted by the arrival of Ian’s grand-niece, Jessie. Maurice takes the teenager under his wing, but is surprised to discover how very little he actually knows now as his own life is drawing to a close.

Arthur And The Invisibles - Trailer 1
   From the creative mind of talented filmmaker Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, The Fifth Element), comes a larger-than-life, family adventure about a boy who, after his grandfather disappears, sets out to save his family home from emerging real estate developers.

Smokin’ Aces - Trailer
   In these interlocking tales of high stakes and low lifes, Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy “Aces” Israel (Piven) - a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state’s evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody.

Stand-in village for Borat's hometown furious (Reuters)
   

Reuters - Romania may not be a stop on Borat's fictional road trip, but Romanian villagers are furious their roles in this month's top-grossing U.S. film by a British comedian earned them a few laughs but little cash.

Now Romanians say 'Borat' misled them (AP)
   

AP - The name of this remote Romanian village means "mud," and that's exactly what angry locals are throwing at comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

James Bond is back, it's a new spin on an old spy (Reuters)
   

Reuters - James Bond is back.

"Borat" and Bond set for overseas battle (Reuters)
   

Reuters - "Borat" dominated international screens for a second weekend, according to final data issued Monday, but the Kazakh newsman will be outgunned by James Bond in a few days.

Eight make Jon Stewart's "Three Strikes" team (Reuters)
   Reuters - Eight actors have stepped up to the plate for Comedy Central's baseball-set pilot "Three Strikes," from Jon Stewart's production company.

Media gather in Italy for TomKat wedding (AP)
   

AP - The 15th-century Odescalchi Castle near Lake Bracciano — the likely venue for the weekend wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes — has attracted other celebrities, including CNN foreign correspondent Christiane Amanpour and Italian pop star Eros Ramazzotti.

Arquette's "Tripper" set for early '07 release (Reuters)
   Reuters - David Arquette's feature directorial debut, the satirical horror movie "The Tripper," will get a limited release in early 2007.

James Bond Trailer. ... All of them
   Have you seen EVERY James Bond Movie? I havent. Ive been a casual observer of the James Bond franchise over the years, and I admit I have not viewed EVERY James Bond movie. This is a category that most people can put themselves into. So from Dr.No to next week's Casino Royale, there is a lot of history aspiring Bond fans might want to know. Fortunately, Cinematical found:If you haven't seen...

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Star Wars vs Battlestar Galactica
   Two of my favorite obsessions. In this short video that Andrew was hyper kind enough to send me, we catch a glimpse of the Empire going head to head with a Colonial fleet of Battlestars. Clearly not professional, but enough to make me geek out a little.

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Why Did No One See Flags Of Our Fathers?
   Flags of our Fathers has just completed its fourth week in theaters. The film cost $90 million to make... and up to this point, a film that a LOT of people were talking and buzzing about has only pulled in $30 million. This movie is positioned to be about a HUGE financial loss for Paramount. So here we are again. A movie with a solid and multi Oscar winning director (Eastwood), a named cast,...

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The Simpsons Trailer - Huge Let Down
   The Simpsons movie is in my top 5 of films I'm looking forward to. Many people say the show has lost a step, but I totally disagree. Yes, like any show, it has some years that are stronger than others... but I've found this season to be amazing... and as I've always said... when you give all those writers a YEAR to come up with one 90 movie (the same time frame they have to come up with about...

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Bryan Singer To Direct Wolverine? Don't Count On It
   There has been a lot of buzz floating around (for good reason) that Bryan Singer is the director of choice for the new Wolverine movie. To most X-Men fans this is like Jenna Jameson showing up on your door step proclaiming that she's tired of all those rich sexy guys and now wants a man with more "substance" (which is a nice way of saying loser) like you. You get the picture. No one would...

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Beyonce and Longoria in talks to play lesbian lovers
   It's always nice to get some good news on a Monday, like today, lovely news that there are confirmed talks of Eva Longoria and Beyonce Knowles playing lovers in the new Sophia Coppola film Tipping the Velvet. Yes things started looking just a little bit better around the movieblog when the people over at digitalspy.com gave us this: Eva Longoria and Beyonce Knowles are in talks to play lovers in...

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Bubba Nosferatu and the Curse of the She-Vampires
   I just loved Bubba Ho-Tep. To this day it is totally beyond me how an excellent film like Bubba Ho-Tep could NOT get a distributor to give it a wide release, and yet a crap fest like "Supercross" could. No intelligent life on this planet... let's move on. Fortunately, the world of DVD gives films a second chance at life, and Bubba got a big cult following that way (Man, the bonus feature on...

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Keira Knightley is finished with Pirates of the Caribbean
   Keira Knightely is walking the plank willingly as she swims away from Pirates of the Caribbean, the new installment At world's End will be her last pirate movie. The folks over at cinematical.com give us this: The very talented and exquisite Keira Knightley was interviewed this week by the UK's The Daily Mail while on the set of her latest film Atonement. Among other things discussed during...

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Schwarzenegger to play cyborg in James Cameron's Battle Angel after he finishes politics?
   New rumors about Arnold Schwarzenegger playing the lead role in James Cameron's long suffering project Battle Angel have started to circulate on the internet. There is a new theory of why the movie hasn't happened yet, and it involves Arnold's political career. The good folks over at cinemablend.com give us this: By now everyone knows that James Cameron has decided to make Avatar his next film,...

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Study finds Hollywood can be filthy (AP)
   AP - Special effects explosions, idling vehicles, teams of workers building monumental sets — all of it contributes to Hollywood's newly discovered role as an air polluter, a university study has found.

Audio Edition - November 13th 2006
   Oh yes!!! It is the 2 year anniversary of The Audio Edition! Thanks so much for hanging in there with us for the last two years and making us the longest running (and very best) movie related podcast in the world. We're honored you take the time to listen in! On todays' show: 1) John, Darren, Doug and Bruxy talk about their favorite Audio Edition moments over the last 2 years 2) We...

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Lassie
    ( Released: 11/14/2006   Rated: PG (MPAA)   Avg. Score: 5/5     | Trailers | Photos | Reviews  ) — Same dog, new tricks. This modern version of that old K9 classic follows the adventures of Lassie after she's sold by her too-broke-to-care-for-their-collie family. Wow, way to lighten up a franchise!

Producer conspires to resurrect mobster (Reuters)
   Reuters - Sam Giancana, a mobster popular among conspiracy theorists for his connections to notables such as John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, will soon be shooting up the big screen.

Comedy filmmaker scores "Smooth" job (Reuters)
   Reuters - Writer/director Paul Feig, the filmmaker behind the upcoming comedy "Unaccompanied Minors," has been hired to take the helm of the action comedy "Smooth Operator."

Darwin evolves in movie theaters (Reuters)
   Reuters - Screenwriter Chase Palmer, who is developing considerable heat for a fictional mystery thriller about Alfred Hitchcock, is set to bring a project involving Charles Darwin to the big screen.

Bond is back for London world premiere (AP)
   

AP - Daniel Craig has a date with double-O destiny.