The (500) Days of Summer Honest Trailer is here to remind you that you're not supposed to be on Tom's side as this troublesome romance plays out.
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Lets take a look at the best movies from the last 15 years of the festival as Park City became a launching pad for hundred million dollar award contenders.
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Every week in /Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. This week’s edition asks "Which comedy also makes you cry a whole bunch?"As always, we have submissions from the /Film writing crew and podcast team, along with some special guests. This week, we are joined by The Sick co-writer/star Kumail Nanjiani and co-writer Emily V. Gordon.…
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A new aspect ratio video essay takes a close look at how the size of an image in a film can be used to invoke certain feelings and thematic elements.
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This Valentine's Day, while everyone else is buying disposable greeting cards, why not buy something a little more lasting, like a limited edition print for (500) Days of Summer? Get A Room is the latest show at the Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn, NY and it opens February 15. It'll feature limited edition screenprints and original art, all created…
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What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 30 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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Mini-LOL: Is Disney trying to sell their latest animated film Tangled with subliminal sex messages? [brew] What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 40 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles…
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Fox Searchlight released their first film, The Brothers McMullen, in 1995. This year the minimajor is celebrating their 15th anniversary. Anyone who reads /Film knows that I tend to love the type of films that Searchlight picks up at Sundance, and more recently, the films Searchlight has been producing in house (Aronofsky's Black Swan, Boyle's…
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Maybe you watched (500) Days of Summer and were charmed by the film's take on being smitten to the point of delirium and distraction. Or, maybe you watched the film and, more than anything else, wanted Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character to man up, realize that Zooey Deschanel just wasn't into him and that it was time…
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The Fine Brothers love to spoil everything, In past years, we've featured their popular videos 100 Movie Spoilers in 4 minutes and Spoiling Every Best Picture Winner in Oscar History. After seeing all of the big movies of 2009, the brothers are back once again. Their latest video spoils 50 movies released last year (including…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. DISTRICT 9 (DVD available as single-disc and 2-Disc Edition) Socially conscious though it may be, District 9 is not the piercing, thought-provoking…
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500 Days of Summer director Marc Webb has already completed his third collaboration with stars Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon Levitt (the second has already graced these pages in full). Of course, they haven't had time to make another feature but instead, what they've cooked up is a music video for the She & Him…
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In this week's episode of the /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley assess their conflicting feelings on new trailers for A Serious Man and The Fantastic Mr. Fox, get excited for Spielberg's next film, praise the third season of Dexter, and wonder if there's any value to the works of Gregg Araki. Special…
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In this special episode of the /Filmcast, Director Marc Webb joins David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley for their review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. They also praise Paper Heart, Moon, In The Loop, and chat about Futurama's precious voice actors, as well as the wisdom of a potential Aquaman film. 500…
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If you read the site regularly, than you know that we fell in love with this film at Sundance called 500 Days of Summer. It's a wonderful indie comedy about falling in love and breaking up. It's a Fox Searchlight release, which means they are doing their patented platform roll-out, which means that it may…
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One of the many reasons I loved 500 Days of Summer is the clever screenwriting. And by clever writing I don't mean overwritten dialogue ala Diablo Cody, but fantastic story beats that take full advantage of the film medium. Fox Searchlight has released a new clip which perfectly illustrates what I'm talking about. As you…
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Orange UK has released an international trailer for 500 Days of Summer, which presents the movie as a much more traditional romantic comedy about a couple falling in love. And I'm not saying that the film isn't a love story, it is, but if anything it isn't traditional. The movie is told in flashbacks and…
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Fox Searchlight will be holding a bunch of advance word of mouth promo screenings for (500) Days of Summer. This is the film I really fell in love with this year at Sundance. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic, who is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer…
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Fox Searchlight has released a new clip from 500 Days of Summer. This is the film I really fell in love with this year at Sundance. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic, who is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer (Zooey Deschanel) dumps him, he shifts back…
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Steve from Collider is a good friend of mine. At least a few times a week we talk about upcoming movies, TV shows, what gossip each of us have heard, and anything else we might find exciting. Since a number of our conversations cover things you also might find interesting, we’ve decided to start recording…
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Our friends at Fox Searchlight are trying to figure out what the poster for (500) Days of Summer should look like. They have asked us to poll /Film readers to find out which poster you guys like better. So please head on over to FoxSearchlight.com to get a better look at the four choices and…
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Fox Searchlight has finally released a full length movie trailer for Marc Webb's indie post-modern romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer. The Sundance Film Festival sensation tells the story of a love story, in a way you've never seen it before. When a greeting card copywriter named Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is dumped by the love…
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During the credits of the 81st Academy Awards, video clips were shown for many of the films that will hit theaters in 2009. You might have turned off the television after Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture and missed everything. Or maybe you just want to see the awesome Terminator Salvation footage or the first look…
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This year, it’s all about tapping into the “clean girl” aesthetic and letting your natural skin shine through. Here’s how to get the sheer coverage look.
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At Sundance every year, there are at least a few films released with killer soundtracks. 500 Days of Summer is one of this year's musically talked about films. I have done the detective work and have the complete track listing for you after the jump. US Written and Performed by Regina Spektor Courtesy of Sire…
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500 Days of Summer seems to be the big buzz film of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Yesterday I got a chance to sit down with director Marc Webb (full interview will be posted later in the week), who slipped a bit of news regarding his possible follow-up. Marc revealed that his is developing a…
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Last week we posted two video clips from Mark Webb's 500 Days of Summer, which premieres later tonight at the Sundance Film Festival (check back for our take). Fox Searchlight has now released an official teaser trailer, which you can watch after the jump. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/500daysteaser.flv 470 200] The movie's tagline is "Boy meets girl. Boy…
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