Monthly Archives: July 2009

As The Hurt Locker roll-out expands from a handful of theaters to several major cities across the country this weekend, two new one-sheets arrive to help it enter the mainstream. No, they’re nowhere near as graphically dynamic as the first teaser posters earlier this year. (after the cut) And yes, I hate to see a film this unique become standardized with cookie-cutter...

Heads up for any Br√ºno fans on the West Coast. Sacha Baron Cohen just delivered a really entertaining guest segment on The Late Show with David Letterman. Appearing as himself — not in character — his intelligence and sophistication were really refreshing. I’ll post clips as soon as they come online. [UPDATE 1: CBS gives us this 4-minute clip in...

Is The Wrestler scribe Robert D. Siegel the heir to Paddy Chayefsky’s loser/hero legacy? Comedian Patton Oswalt the next Ernest Borgnine? Big Fan a modern-day Marty? This trailer stopped being what I thought it was going to be after about 15 seconds. Thanks to Jon Pace and George for bringing it to our attention. Poster after the cut. ...

Alright, I surrender. Despite a few polite requests for the Jennifer’s Body trailer, I wasn’t planning to give it any play here — because it’s not going to win any awards except Razzies. But if Indie maven Andrew O’Hehir is going to try to churn up page hits with a shot of Megan Fox in a blood-soaked prom dress, who am I to question what...

Vapors curl in a murky veil to shroud the face of Scrooge in this ghoulish German poster. The Chinese version after the cut diffuses the wispy effect, but it gives us hope that the ethereal theme will be carried across the campaign worldwide. ...

The Hurt Locker opened in 4 theaters on June 26th, and expanded to 9 screens nationwide on July 3rd. If that rollout is a liittle too suspenseful for you — if you live someplace where “limited release” means “you’ll be seeing this on DVD” — then here’s a chance for you to see what all the excitement is about. If you’re...

These have been around for a couple of days, but they represent some of the most striking work from the Inglourious Basterds saturation campaign so we’d be remiss not to feature them. For me the individual banners are more effective than the cluttered human pyramid arrangement of the Italian poster we saw a couple of weeks ago. Two more after the cut. ...

The kind of publicity money can’t buy, and a more prestigious showcase for one’s movie than any filmmaker could hope for. Disarming Bombs To Save Lives More than 5,000 American servicemen and women have been killed in the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. The toll would be much higher were it not for a special group of volunteers. Byron Pitts reports. [This embed...

The Guardian UK has the “exclusive” world premiere of the ravishing new trailer for Broken Embraces. You’ll need to click through to The Guardian — until somebody youtubes the video, in an hour or so. [UPDATE: Thanks to glimmer, and courtesy of dailymotion, we can import the trailer here now.] ...

Not much change in the relative positions of the top 15 titles from where they stood after only a couple of hours of voting on Wednesday. Three days and 8500 votes later, Up holds on to the number one spot — possibly benefiting from the fact that it’s the only one of these movies most of us have seen (and possibly because it’s just that good.) The question...