'Norm Of The North' Trailer: Are You Ready For XL Adventure?
Watch the Norm of the North trailer and see why the Liongate Films' upcoming animated adventure comedy film looks a bit like a low rent Madagascar copy.
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'Free Birds' Trailer: Owen Wilson And Woody Harrelson Are Time-Traveling Turkeys
In the States, Thanksgiving is practically synonymous with turkey. Any mention of the holiday automatically conjures images of a big, juicy, oven-roasted bird, and vice versa. Even vegetarians aren't immune to the association -- plenty of them nod to tradition with products like Tofurkey. But as pleasant as it is for us humans to gorge…
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'Whole Lotta Sole' Trailer - A Light, Brendan Fraser-Starring Comedy From The Director Of 'Hotel Rwanda'
Don't worry -- though the groan-inducing title and involvement of Brendan Fraser suggest the worst, Whole Lotta Sole is not a stupider sequel to 2010's Furry Vengeance. Instead, it's an uncharacteristically lighthearted dramedy from Terry George, the writer/director behind such serious-minded works as Hotel Rwanda and Reservation Road. Martin McCann (The Pacific) stars as Jimbo,…
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'Bel Ami' Trailer: It's A Seriously Rough Life For Robert Pattinson
In the past year there have been more than a few trailers for Bel Ami, the story set in late 1800s Paris in which Robert Pattinson plays a guy who sleeps and seduces his way into wealth. The film has played some festivals to middling reviews, but now that the first official US trailer has…
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'Bel Ami' Trailer – Robert Pattinson Sleeps His Way Through 19th Century Paris
It took Robert Pattinson three and a half movies to getting around to bedding his lady love as Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga (oh, um, spoilers), but as the lead of Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod's Bel Ami, Pattinson more than makes up for lost time. Based on a novel by Guy de Maupassant,…
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TV Bits: 'Memphis Beat' And 'Charlie's Angels' Axed, Olivia Wilde Leaves 'House', 'Transporter' Star Injured, Fred Durst Makes CBS Deal, 'Hell On Wheels' Trailer, AMC Developing New Dramas
Our last couple editions of TV Bits have been filled with mostly good news, but today's is more of a downer, what with shows getting axed, a guy getting hurt, and, well, do you consider a Fred Durst sitcom bad news? At least AMC has some nice things to offer, including a new trailer for…
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Casting Notes: Zooey Deschanel Plays Famed Groupie Pamela Des Barres; New Films For Christina Ricci And Danny Glover
Though the territory was already covered to some extent in Almost Famous, Zooey Deschanel will star in a half-hour dramedy pilot for HBO based on I'm With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, the memoir by famous band-aide Pamela Des Barres. Famous for sleeping her way through a succession of rock and screen stars in…
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This Week In Trailers: Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces), The Damned United, White Lightnin' And Smash Cut
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…
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