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Sigourney Weaver suggests a fifth ‘Alien’ movie could “finish telling the story”

Sigourney Weaver, fully aware of how to get her fans frothing, has said she’d be interested in making a fifth Alien movie. Speaking at the annual Hero Complex Film Festival, she suggested that the humanity of her iconic, long-suffering character Ellen Ripley would have prevailed “had we done a fifth one,” adding, “I do feel like there is more story […]

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Gina Carano set for female Expendables

Former MMA fighter and Haywire actress Gina Carano is the first name to be attached to the forthcoming female incarnation of The Expendables, according to Variety. Carano signing on to the film was a no-brainer for producer Adi Shankar who has pitched the as-yet-untitled film as The Female Expendables. Speaking on Carano’s casting he said, […]

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Big city life – Cedar Rapids review

Cedar Rapids – Starring Ed Helms, John C. Reilly and Anne Heche. Directed by Miguel Arteta. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Although not quite as raunchy as The Hangover (or The Hangover Part 2, same diff) it’s interesting to note the similarities between that blockbuster franchise and the little seen indie Cedar Rapids (deemed ‘little seen’ […]

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Trailer Debut: Rampart

The trailer for Oren Moverman’s Rampart has debuted online and shows Woody Harrelson as “the most corrupt cop you’ve ever seen on screen”. Of course, these words appear within the trailer in case you couldn’t pick up on this fact after Harrelson’s character, Dave Brown, can be seen in montage style doing things only the […]

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Trailer Debut: Cedar Rapids

The trailer for Fox Searchlight’s new comedy Cedar Rapids has debuted online. It stars Ed Helms (The Hangover, The Office) as a small-town insurance agent from Wisconsin who heads to the big city (ahem, Cedar Rapids, Iowa) for a conference and enjoys a weekend of a lifetime. Cedar Rapids first landed on our radar last […]

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Teaser Debut: Paul

Back in May of 2009, we (rhetorically) asked if Greg Mottola‘s sci-fi flick Paul had “the comedy cast of the year”. Which year were we talking about? It’s hard to say. But our basic sentiment was that Paul featured a cavalcade of brilliant comic performers. We now have our first glimpse of them in action, […]

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Gemma Arterton to star in Alien prequels?

Ridley Scott is gearing up to direct a couple of 3-D prequels his 1979 classic Alien for 20th Century Fox. In a first for the franchise, the films will not feature Sigourney Weaver (no, we don’t consider AVP part of the series). Scott has another female actress in his sights: Gemma Arterton. Arterton reportedly told […]

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Would you like to see yourself as a Na’vi?

source: mcdonalds.ie It made Sam Worthington blue. It gave Sigourney Weaver dreadlocks. Now you can find out what YOU would look life if you had your own Na’vi Avatar. McDonald’s Ireland have a funky little app in which you can upload a photo of yourself onto the face of an Avatar. Click the image below […]

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Ivan Reitman to direct Ghostbusters 3

source: mtv.com Ghostbusters 1 and 2 helmer Ivan Reitman has confirmed he will return to the director’s chair for the third installment of the hit comedy franchise. In an interview with MTV, Reitman said he would be both producing and directing the upcoming film, currently slated for a 2011 release. It will be Reitman’s first […]

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