• Watch Honda's 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' Ad/Remake, Starring Matthew Broderick

    Last week the internet went into a minor frenzy when a clip appeared featuring Matthew Broderick seemingly reprising his starring role from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Turns out the clip was an early herald for Honda ad directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Old School). The ad recreates and/or riffs on scenes from the '80s…

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  • Matthew Broderick Returns As Ferris Bueller... To Sell Cars For Honda?

    How's your '80s nostalgia level today? If it is feeling a little low, take a look at the ten-second preview clip for a Honda ad that will run during the Super Bowl. In the clip, Matthew Broderick teases a reprise of one of his most-loved roles: Ferris Bueller, complete with a bit of Yello's signature…

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  • 'Tower Heist' Trailer #2: Wacky Hijinks With Ben Stiller And Eddie Murphy

    The first trailer released for Brett Ratner's new film Tower Heist was very obviously a trailer for a Ratner film, complete with pumping music, flying shots of the tower in which the action takes place, and a jokey introduction to the story and cast. (Which features Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Téa Leoni, Gabourey…

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  • 'Margaret' Trailer: Kenneth Lonergan Returns, But With A Whimper

    It's been a very long road for You Can Count on Me director Kenneth Lonergan's movie Margaret, which stars Anna Paquin as a girl who becomes the center of a web of people impacted by a fatal traffic crash. The film was announced in 2003, shot in 2005 and has been in legal and editing…

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  • Kenneth Lonergan's Long-Delayed 'Margaret' Finally Gets A Release Date

    Way back when, we reported on a film called Margaret by You Can Count on Me director Kenneth Lonergan. At that point -- 2009 -- the film had already been delayed for years, and our post was an explanation of the various reasons why. Now, three years after that, the film is finally set to…

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  • 'Tower Heist' Trailer: Eddie Murphy Will Help You Take Revenge On Alan Alda

    Watch the trailer for Tower Heist, below, and see how long it takes to guess who made it. (Assuming you don't already know.) The film follows a group of people who work in a wealthy New York City high rise building. When the building's penthouse resident (Alan Alda, playing a Bernie Madoff-like scumbag) defrauds everyone…

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  • First Look: Brett Ratner's 'Tower Heist,' With Ben Stiller And Eddie Murphy

    Briefly: We just saw a behind the scenes photo from Brett Ratner's Tower Heist in Page 2 this morning, but here's a real still, scanned from Entertainment Weekly. You probably don't need the rundown on the lineup here, but from l-r that's Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick, Michael Pena, Casey Affleck and, yep, Eddie Murphy. They're…

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  • Matthew Broderick And Casey Affleck Cast In 'Tower Heist'

    The cast of Brett Ratner's Tower Heist continues to attract talent. Matthew Broderick has just signed on, and Casey Affleck and Judd Hirsch are joining as well.  Mr. Broderick will play Chase Fitzhugh, "a Wall Street guy who, like the building staff, had his finances cleaned out by the Bernie Madoff-like character played by Alan…

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  • This Week In Trailers: Defamaton, Wonderful World, Gutter King, Tomme Tonner, Police, Adjective

    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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  • The Tale Of Despereaux Movie Trailer #2

    Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for The Tale of Despereaux, the new computer animated family fantasy adventure from Sam Fell (Flushed Away) and Robert Stevenhagen (supervising animator of Space Jam and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West). This trailer makes the film look less like a copy of Ratatouille (a problem I had…

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  • /Film Readers Invited To Partake In "Project Bueller" NYC Parade

    On Halloween, two gals named Mina Karimi and Kara Suhey will attempt to recreate the legendary hijacked parade from Ferris Bueller's Day Off down to the '80s minutiae and extras like geriatric Miss Chicago contestants and bearded bankers. Cameron and his Red Wings jersey are already a lock. Under the Tumblr and moniker, Project Bueller,…

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