Maybe James Franco is a little more worried about co-hosting this year's Oscars than he originally led on. In a new video, the actor frantically (well, this is as frantic as anyone has ever seen James Franco) seeks hosting pointers from Pineapple Express scribe -- and Producers Guild Awards host -- Judd Apatow. Naturally, this advice covers the perennial appropriateness of cunnilingus jokes at black tie events. You're going to want to see this for yourself.
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The trailer for Sebastian Gutierrez's Girl Walks into a Bar features of a number of faces you may recognize, including Danny Devito, Josh Hartnett, Zachary Quinto, Rosario Dawson and Carla Gugino. They spend the entire trailer firing self-conscious dialogue at each other, waving around guns and sometimes doing sexy dances (not Devito, don't worry). But really all you're going to remember here is the room full of no-name actors playing ping-pong totally naked.
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Can we all agree that the Thor marketing materials thus far have been a little less than thrilling? Good. Because now we really have something to look forward to from the Kenneth Branagh-directed Marvel actioner -- an epic-scale tent pole set on two worlds with a sense of humor about itself, lots of swirling, hammer-smashing action, fantastical villains and creatures to ogle, and the acknowledged fetishizing of Chris Hemsworth's abs.
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The first teaser for Saw director James Wan's new haunted person movie Insidious relied heavily on the technique most horror movie trailers (As well as every film Saw series) overuse: Flash-cutting tons of imagery together with noises and music that practically scream: "Be scared right now!" But look! This new trailer actually contains some tension, build-up and slow reveals! And it's pretty scary!
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I know what you've been thinking for the last, oh, 70 years or so: "If only the Oscars would class up their game and maybe hit Papyrus on the way home and rustle up some more colorful, indelible stationery on which to deploy the winners' names." Holler! Your prayers are answered, and there's awesome paper-stock porn video to prove it after the jump.
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Now this is the way to get hooked into Kim Ji-woon's brutal cat-and-mouse serial killer thriller I Saw the Devil: By ratcheting up the tension, the dueling nemeses, the copious blood spatter, and the kind of insane, ultra-violent vengeance that Korean cinema has rained down upon the world in recent years. Because nothing says "I must avenge my dead beloved" like hunting down her killer and becoming a face-bashing, foot-stabbing serial killer-killer yourself.
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There was a time when it was thought that Roger Corman would actually direct Sharktopus, the SyFy channel shlocktastic midnight movie about a government engineered shark/octopus hybrid that debuted last fall. He didn't, of course -- but that doesn't mean the indie pioneer wasn't allowed to join in the fun. Corman appeared in the film as a "beach bum" who witnesses the terrifying(ly poor special effects of) sharktopus, and ahead you can watch him discuss how the amusing cameo came into being.
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There is something truly amazing yet unsettling about hearing James Gandolfini talk in his non-Tony Soprano voice. It has a dog-walking-on-hind-legs quality to it -- your ears do what amounts to a double take. Of course, the different voice choices are how you know when Gandolfini is "acting" and not merely doing a variation on his famed -- and brilliant -- portrayal of Tony Soprano on The Sopranos. Sometimes the accents fail (cough, Welcome to the Rileys), but they are always an interesting choice. To wit: His affectation as a sleazy reality television producer in 1970s California is perfect in the trailer for Cinema Verite. How about the rest of this movie-about-a-documentary telefilm?
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Ah, the audacity of screenwriters! Are we really supposed to believe that Sam Worthington is going to consider having an affair when he's happily married to Keira Knightley? And in turn, is Knightley really going to consider some other guy than Worthington? Okay, maybe. In any case, the trailer for this Toronto closing night film about very-attractive people considering cheating on their very attractive significant others has hit, and unlike many films in this vein that focus on the voyeuristic, mean-spirited thrill, it appears to examine the situation with a well-observed level of sincerity and gravity.
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This extended look at how Armie Hammer managed to play identical twins in The Social Network is more interesting than the average behind-the-scenes featurette for two reasons. First, we get to meet Josh Pence, who also acted out both parts for filming only to find out that his face would be replaced by Hammer. He seems to take the news like a real champ for the featurette, but still... Ouch. Second, take a look at this horrifying sci-fi geodesic dome contraption that Hammer enters so that lasers can copy his face! Welcome to the future! But, why couldn't they invent one that created better CGI breath?
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It's possible that 11-11-11, which the trailer proudly proclaims is from the director of Saw II, III and IV, will be one of the most terrifying movies ever made. That is, until about nine months from now when November 11, 2011 comes and goes with no major apocalyptic events taking place. Unless...some sort of terrifying gate to hell or a demon world is actually going to open before the end of the year? Before this trailer, I didn't even know it was a possibility! Surely we have at least a year and a half before we have to make peace with loved ones and deities, right? This calls for some numerology research.
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The glittersphere is a-buzz controversy, as Lady Gaga's hotly anticipated new single, "Born This Way," seems to bear more than a passing resemblance to Madonna's "Express Yourself." (Editrix and fashion conscience to the nation, Louis Virtel, has already called for a Chartreuse Alert Gay Summit Meeting over the dance-track contretemps). In times of troubles, I often turn to a higher power -- in this case, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's cover of "Express Yourself" which puts to shame any other versions by meat-encrusted Yonkers attention-getters. Check out JGL's rocking acoustic version below!
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Wake your sophomore year-self up and meet everyone in the dorm common room, because I have a got a treat for you. After being hastily cobbled together before the producers lost the rights, Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 has released its first trailer. And sweet, suffering Bolshevism, is it a doozy.
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Bill Murray, the king of random appearances, struck again on Friday morning when he stopped by for a chat with a few starstruck Squawk Box anchors who were reporting from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Seriously, every on-camera talent noted how speechless and close to tears he/she was while Murray -- who is playing in the tournament this week -- was sitting. right. there. If that wasn't weird enough, the Zombieland star then knocked the CNBC show to the anchors' faces, complained about the lack of donuts on set and broke out his Carl Spackler for the dozen or so viewers at home. You're going to want to watch this for yourself.
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As the trailer for Cracks started, I was poised for some kind of all-girls boarding school rebellion because you know, that's just what usually happens in movies about boarding schools. Either that or the headmasters turn out to be witches. But really, who would want to rebel against the gorgeous Eva Green? Not these students! They completely adore her! And she loves them right back! She loves them so, so much, and she especially loves this beautiful, rich Spanish girl...and yeah, that's when the trailer gets creepy.
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