• Watch A Brief History Of Movie Title Designs

    As part of the screening put together in relation to the SXSW Title Design Competition, Ian Albinson from the website The Art of the Title Sequence put together a nice two and a half minute compendium of excellent film titles. (That features an occasional piece of television, too.) For any long-time film lover, this little…

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  • 2010 MTV Movie Awards Winners

    Lets face it, the MTV Movie Awards is not a real award show. It's more a piece of badly choreographed television "entertainment" than anything else. I mean, at what other Award show does Twilight: New Moon take home five awards, and the movie Obsessed win... well, anything -- EVER? For those of you who are…

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  • Up In The Air Deleted Scene: Ryan Bingham Goes To Space

    During the filming of Jason Reitman's Up in the Air, I saw a set photo where George Clooney was dressed in a full-on NASA space suit, walking in an airport. That scene didn't make the final film, and I've always wondered what it was about, and where it fit. Up in the Air hits DVD…

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  • VOTD: 50 Movie Spoilers Of 2009 In 4 Minutes

    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…

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  • Cool Stuff: Tavis Coburn's BAFTA "Best Film" Retro Poster Series

    The BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards happened over the weekend, and Brendon filed his report on the site. To promote the award show, the BAFTA commissioned illustrator Tavis Coburn of Dutch Uncle to create a series of posters, one for each of the five Best Film nominees of the year…

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  • LOL: Worth 1000's "Mate A Movie 15" Movie Poster Mash-Ups

    Worth 1000 is famous for their photoshop contests. Their latest, Mate a Movie 15, asks graphic artists to take two or more movies, and combine them to make one much funnier movie. I've included some of my favorites after the jump, most of which have some play on Avatar. [gallery order="DESC" columns="2" orderby="ID"] See all…

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  • 82nd Annual Academy Award Nominations Announced

    The nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been released, and there are a few small and pleasant surprises in the list. The list of ten films nominated for Best Picture is causing some sensation, as District 9 is among the group. Lest that make you too hopeful, The Blind Side also got a…

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  • VOTD: Lost In The Air: The Jason Reitman Press Tour Simulator

    I've always found the process of interviewing filmmakers on press tours to be a bit strange. It usually happens at some big fancy hotel, in one of the suites, on an entire floor taken over by a press junket for the film release. You often enter a room as the last journalist is finishing up…

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  • Jason Reitman Responds To Rumors Of An Up In The Air Cancer Subplot

    Okay, first of all, let me warn you: If you haven't yet seen Jason Reitman's Up in the Air: 1. Why haven't you? It's in theaters everywhere... go now! 2. You might not want to read the following story as it contains some spoilers for the film. (the headline is not a spoiler, trust me)…

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  • /Filmcast Ep. 82 - Sherlock Holmes & Up In The Air

    This week, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss the pleasures of A Perfect Getaway, praise the beauty of A Single Man, and do a double review of Sherlock Holmes and Up in the Air. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us in two…

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  • Quentin Tarantino's Top 8 Movies Of 2009

    The Hollywood Reporter had a chance to ask Quentin Tarantino about his favorite films of 2009, and the filmmaker responded with the following eight movies... 1. JJ Abrams' Star Trek 2. Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell 3. Judd Apatow's Funny People 4. Jason Reitman's Up in the Air 5. Prachya Pinkaew's Chocolate 6. Jody…

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  • AFI's Top 10 Movies And TV Series Of 2009

    The American Film Institute have announced the official selections for the 2009 AFI Awards, nominations which include the "10 Most Outstanding Motion Pictures and TV Programs of the Year". You can find out the top tv in both tv and movies after the jump, included in the official press release. AFI AWARDS 2009 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS…

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  • National Board Of Review Names Up In The Air Best Picture Of 2009

    The first big award every year that is often interpreted as a bellwether of Oscar gold is the National Board of Review's award for Best Film. The board named its entire award slate today, and Jason Reitman's Up in the Air took Best Film. That's not a lock for the film as a guaranteed Best…

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  • Funny Interviews: Jason Reitman Answers Questions NOT On His Pie Chart And Jason Schwartzman As Wes Anderson In Stop-Motion

    A couple of unusual interviews have hit the web today. The is first from our friends at FilmSchoolRejects, who talked to director Jason Reitman, not about his new movie Up in the Air, but instead quizzed the filmmaker on the pie chart he keeps of all the questions asked while on his press tour. Rejects Managing Editor Dr. Cole…

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  • New Up In The Air Clip: "We Don't Really Have That Kind Of Relationship"

    Paramount Pictures has released a new clip from Jason Reitman's Up in the Air. The clip features the lovely Anna Kendrick as Natalie, a young college graduate questioning George Clooney's character Ryan Bingham, who she is stuck on the road with, about why he chooses to have more casual relationships than relationships of substance. There…

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  • Up In The Air's Mad Men TV Trailer

    I have a hard time calling this sort of thing a television spot, even though that's technically what it is. But when you go over a minute and and half in length, I call it a trailer. Maybe we should term this new kind of commercial a "TV Trailer". Anyway, this new TV Trailer for…

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  • Movie Music Update: Up In The Air Song Might Not Qualify For Oscar, Smith Wants Beverly Hills Cop Composer For Couple Of Dicks, And James Horner's Avatar Score Is EPIC

    Over the past few days, the internet has been flooded with interesting tidbits about the movie soundtracks and scores for some major upcoming releases. After the jump, hear about what's going on with the title song for Up in the Air, who might score Kevin Smith's Couple of Dicks, and exactly how epic James Horner's…

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  • Up In The Air Full Theatrical Trailer

    I have not seen Jason Reitman's new film Up in the Air. I know it is getting raves left and right; it went over like gangbusters at Telluride (Peter's review) and Toronto. Each bit of footage we've been given has shaped my understanding of the film, and each clip makes me a bit more interested…

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  • TIFF Video Blog: My Two Favorites - A Serious Man And Up In The Air

    Steve (from Collider) and I usually record our video blogs in separate locations through the magic of the internet, but since we’re both attending this year’s Toronto Film Festival, we've decided to record some video blogs talking about some of the movies we’ve seen at the festival. We've tried to keep the video blogs short…

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  • Must Watch Interview: Up In The Air's Jason Reitman On The Telluride Gondola

    While at the Telluride Film Festival, I had the chance to talk to Academy Award-nominated director Jason Reitman about his new, and much buzzed about film, Up in the Air. I conducted the interview in conjunction with my friend Alex from FirstShowing, filmed "up in the air," (get it?) in a gondola traveling up and…

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