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…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD is a new column on /Film compiling all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT (Available as single-disc and 2-Disc Special Editions) What The Animatrix did for The Matrix, Gotham Knight does for Nolan’s…
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Directed and co-written by Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry, The Last Good Breath), Stop Loss dramatizes the U.S. military's "stop-loss" policy that allows the military to postpone the honorable discharge of U.S. soldiers and send them back to Iraq and Afghanistan for another tour of duty (usually a year to eighteen months). Alas, Stop Loss…
Read MoreEleven days ago, the character of Duke in Stephen Sommers's much hated-on G.I. Joe was said to be down to three actors: Lost's Matthew Fox, Fantastic 4's Chris Evans and Channing Tatum from the upcoming MTV-does-Iraq-War flick Stop-Loss. AICN now says that Tatum is definitely Duke. Tatum is 27, he was born in Alabama and…
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MTV's Movie Blog has posted the official one sheet for their satellite film branch's Iraq War drama Stop-Loss. Starring Ryan Phillipe, Timothy Olyphant and Abbie Cornish, the film is also notable for lead roles played by Brick's Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Channing Tatum. One wonders if the movie will end up being remembered more for starring…
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MTV has the trailer premiere for Kimberly Peirce's Stop-Loss. Ryan Phillippe returns to Texas after a tour in Iraq, but when he is ordered to return for another tour of duty, he refuses. The film co-stars Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Timothy Olyphant and Abbie Cornish. While the America seems to be getting sick of the…
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A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to sit down with The Lookout stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew Goode and writer/director Scott Frank to discuss the new film. I apologize for the unusually low quality recording, we had to make due as my professional digital recorder broke during the interview. [audio:http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/interviews/lookout.mp3] Miramax's deceptive marketing The…
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