The Morning Watch: 'Watchmen' Easter Eggs And References, 25 Years Of Fox Searchlight & More
In this edition, run through over 80 Watchmen Easter eggs from the premiere episode, remember 25 years of Fox Searchlight movies, and more.
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Top 25 Best Coming Of Age Movies Of The Past 25 Years
In honor of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Dope, we're counting down the 25 Best Coming of Age Movies of the Past 25 Years. Did your favorite make it?
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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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VOTD: 15 Years Of Fox Searchlight
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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An Evening With Jason Reitman, Director Of Juno And Up In The Air (The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 79)
Last night, Jason Reitman, director of Juno and Up in the Air, joined us for a special live Q&A with /Film readers. Those who tuned in live know that it was an epic night of director-fan interaction. In this special episode of the /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley chatted with Jason about…
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Interview: Diablo Cody And Jason Reitman On Jennifer's Body
Last week I had the opportunity to interview screenwriter Diablo Cody and producer Jason Reitman about the new teen horror comedy Jennifer's Body. During the interview we talked about the 1980's horror influences of the film, the magic of old horror movie cover art, Diablo's cameo and the full burn that never happened, the prospects…
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Juno, WALL-E And The Dark Knight Take Home Grammy Awards
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards are in progress, and the movie awards were front loaded. The soundtrack for Fox Searchlight's Juno won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack, beating out American Gangster, August Rush, Mamma Mia and Sweeney Todd. James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer took home a trophy for Best Score for The Dark…
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Geek Deal: Juno Soundtrack On Sale For $3.99
The Amazon MP3 Daily Deal is literally one of the first sites I stop at everyday. Amazon has been completely destroying iTunes when it comes to value recently. Their mp3s are encoded at a higher quality than iTunes' and come without restrictive DRM technology, meaning you can play them on any type of device. And…
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VOTD: Padme
Padme The Pitch: I know we've seen enough Juno parodies, but Padme won the best fan-created Star Wars short film of 2008, an award selected by George lucas himself. "A timeless space drama and a snarky indie comedy have sex in a chair and give this video up for adoption." Watch the video after the…
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Step Up 2: The Streets Wins Best Dramatic Film Of The Year!?
Not that anyone really cares, but the Teen Choice Awards apparently took place tonight. I mean how can you take any award show seriously that has a category like "Choice Bromantic Comedy" and where Step Up 2: The Streets can win Best Dramatic Film of the year?! The show will air on Monday at 8:00pm…
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Cool Stuff: Juno Tic Tac DVD/CD Box Set
/Film reader Daniel C sends along this photo of the upcoming Juno limited edition DVD/CD set which is being released in Australia. Not only does that DVD come in Limited Edition Tic Tac Box Packaging, but it comes with a Free Big Box of Orange Tic Tacs. Also included is a bonus Juno's Mix CD…
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Page 2
Here is a round up of stories that just didn't make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! Orlando United has photos of the exterior and queue area of Disney's new Toy Story Mania. I love the mini-replica of Pixar Studios. David Chase, creator of "The Sopranos," has signed on…
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VOTD: Juno 2 Movie Trailer
Juno II Movie Trailer created by Mad TV The Pitch: "From the irritatingly quirky mind of Oscar Award winning Diablo Cody comes the sequel that half the country has been violently waiting for. Juno kills a homeless man and has conversations full of inane pop-cultured nonsense." Video of the Day is a daily feature of…
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Page 2 For April 24th 2008
Here is a round up of stories that just didn't make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! Collider has the first photos of Xzibit from X-Files: I Want to Believe. Film School Rejects has obtained footage of the Ninja from Ask a Ninja talking about Fanboys. Shock has a…
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Juno Spawns Soundtrack Sequel
Just when you though the Juno news posts on /Film had finally come to an end, we bring you news of a sequel... kinda. The soundtrack to Juno was almost as big as the indie film sensation itself, hitting number one on the Billboard charts and becoming the best-selling album on the United States iTunes…
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Juno Deleted Scene: Cafe Triste
Juno hits DVD on April 15th 2008, and the special edition DVD features 11 deleted scenes. Fox Searchlight has released an advance look at one of those scenes. "Cafe Triste" features Juno (Ellen Page) performing a one man show at a little cafe with best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby) and always-awkward former semi-boyfriend Paulie Bleeker…
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Jewno
/Film reader Sheryl Z pointed us towards this trailer for a very well done Juno parody titled Jewno. The title tells you everything. Written by Daily Show scribe Rob Kutner & Sheryl Zohn, and directed by Stephen J Levinson for The Shushan Channel, Jewno tackles almost every possible Jewish joke (and then some) in the…
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Juno's Blu-Ray Cover Is “Totally Bossâ€; Sequel For Sale On eBay
A couple weeks ago we posted details on the DVD release of Jason Reitman's Juno, complete with cover art. One of my friends just sent me the super-cool artwork from the cover of the Blu-ray disc special edition version (seen above). It's definitely much cooler than the standard dvd release artwork. It kind of reminds…
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Rainn Wilson's Audition Tapes: Juno, Paranoid Park, I’m Not There, Diving Bell And A Mighty Heart
If you didn't catch last Saturday's Film Independent Spirit Awards, then you missed Rainn Wilson's hilarious audition videos for the Best Feature nominees. Don't worry, /Film has your back. Check them out below. Juno: [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/Rainn_Juno2.flv 360 240] Paranoid Park: [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/Rainn_Skate2.flv 360 240] I'm Not There: [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/Rainn_ImNotThere2.flv 360 240] The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/Rainn_DivingBellButterfly2.flv…
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I Drink Your Milkshake On SNL
Saturday Night Live ran a parody of There Will Be Blood last night. Daniel Plainview hosts a Food TV program called "I Drink Your Milkshake". It looks like Milkshake has now gone mainstream. Anton from No Country for Old Men and our favorite pregnant 15-year old make appearances. Thanks to Derek for bringing us to…
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Honest To Blog: Juno Is The Most Successful Indie Film In Six Years; DVD Details
Fox Searchlight's Juno has now grossed over $143.1 million worldwide ($125M domestic), making the film the most successful independent movie since 2002's My Big Fat Greek Wedding (which grossed $241.4M domestically). Playing on 1,865 screens, the film continues to make over $6 million weekly. Variety also reports that "Juno also has the distinction of being…
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Ellen Page To Star In Peacock Opposite Cillian Murphy
"Yeah, like, why do so many of Slash Film's readers wanna collect my bones and stuff?" Comparable to blurting out a hat trick of her favorite indie bands outside a Cat Power concert, Ellen Page (Juno :) just booked her third film in a month's time, following Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell and Drew…
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Jason Reitman Says No Juno Sequel
The Hollywood rumor-mill is starting to spin the idea of a Juno sequel. You might be scratching you head wondering: Why would they even consider making a Juno sequel anyway? Juno has taken in over $136 million at the box office. By the end of its theatrical run, Juno will likely have grossed more (domestically)…
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Ripping Off Juno: ABC's New Pregnant Teen Dramedy
ABC Family has hired 7th Heaven creator Brenda Hampton to create what appears at first glance to be a rip-off of the popular indie dramedy Juno. TV Guide offers a detailed synopsis for this yet-to-be-titled upcoming series about a "Fifteen-year-old" who gets pregnant and "struggles to deal with her feelings for Ricky", the "father". The…
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Juno: The Video Game?
During the opening session at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, former Eidos Interactive president and current intellectual-property migration specialist Keith Boesky said, "People are making games based on Juno just to cater to the [casual] market." The world of video game blogs went crazy, reporting that Eidos Interactive was making a video game based…
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Must Watch: Middle School Kids Interview Jason Reitman
A bunch of middle school kids interview Juno director Jason Reitman at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. One of the brats asks Reitman where he finds time to call his father (Ivan Reitman) when he needs to know where to put the camera. Another one of the kids follows up with a question asking…
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Juno Crosses $100 Million Dollar Mark
The little film that could has now crossed the $100 million dollar mark, and is now the sixth biggest platform release of all time. Congratulations to Fox Searchlight, Diablo, Jason, Ellen, Olivia, and all the rest of the people who made this film. Check out the full press release after the jump. FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES…
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