You know the old saying: A news story isn't a news story until the animation wizards at Taiwanese news service NMA work their magic. With that in mind, how did Ricky Gervais spend that lost hour at the Golden Globes on Sunday night? Probably sipping a bottle of water and talking to celebrities, but it's fun to imagine a world where he got beaten with a dildo by Hugh Hefner. And sliced open by Tim Allen on the set of Home Improvement. Apologies to Warner Wolf, but let's go to the video tape.
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In the wake of all those crazy-making I Melt With You teasers, what we really need from our Sundance previews right now is a vessel for some good old-fashioned character and story. The trailer for Perfect Sense, a festival premiere starring Ewan McGregor and Eva Green and directed by David Mackenzie, is not that vessel.
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You didn't wake up this morning thinking, "Man, if only I could see a trailer for a movie about a tire that kills people by exploding their heads," but sometimes life works in mysterious ways. As such, let's watch the first full-length trailer for Rubber, Quentin Dupieux's grindhouse horror film about the aforementioned sinister tire, and his many victims. Hide the Michelin baby!
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Because Nicolas Cage's Drive Angry 3-D didn't sound quite insane enough already, here's a sneak peek at the scene everyone will be talking about. And by everyone, I mean folks who watch anything the kookiest Coppola touches hoping to glimpse another batsh*t performance. Behold, Nic Cage shooting bad guys with one hand while holding a bottle of booze in one hand, a cigar in his teeth, and a naked ladyfriend on his... well, just watch.
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Why, hello again, I Melt With You! Mark Pellington's white male middle-aged angst-athon premieres at Sundance next week, and the marketing is in full swing. That means random 15-second clips, like a weathered Rob Lowe talking about mind and body disconnects, or this new one of Jeremy Piven trying in vain to rip his own face off. Either that or he has a wicked case of brain freeze. Tongue to the roof of your mouth, J-Pivs! Ahem. Click ahead to watch.
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Darren Bousman's home invasion horror pic Mother's Day hasn't had the easiest time while struggling to see the light of day. Shot back in 2009, it's taken a long road to securing distribution, and earned mixed-to-mildly enthusiastic reviews among the fanboy elite at last September's Fantastic Fest -- not exactly the place to bow to "meh" reactions if you're trying to generate genre buzz. But, hey; this newly unearthed foreign sales promo could be just the ticket to reversing that tide of bad luck!
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The buzz on I Melt With You -- director Mark Pellingon's bleak thriller exploring "the pain of the modern male psyche" -- is building ahead of its Sundance premiere next week. Or rather, it was building; now it's a deafening boom of anticipation fueled by the most random Rob Lowe clip in the history of Rob Lowe clips. Click through and have a look.
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It's never a good thing when a high-profile screenwriter gets the axe and a series creator tweets his discontent in the middle of production, but hey, how about a few dozen meta jokes? Revel in the fast-paced, action-packed, self-referential Scream-iness of the new Scream 4 trailer that just hit the web and forget about all the dramarama behind the scenes. Ghostface is back, and he's got a 4G wireless broadband connection!
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Except for the part where she was turned away from a Golden Globes afterparty for being too wasted, feebly protests "I can do it" to her oppressors and handlers alike, is ushered away in front of a dozen paparazzi and fans, takes a tumble and tears her gown, and signs an autograph with half her boob hanging out, I totally relate to Paz de la Huerta's drunken awards-night meltdown. Nothing three Aleve can't fix! And maybe a cease-and-desist letter. [TMZ]
Gregg Araki directed the excruciatingly great Mysterious Skin with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the surprisingly funny Smiley Face with Anna Faris. And now the trailer for his latest flick, Kaboom, seems to bridging the gap between the goofs of the latter with the dread of the former.
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On the one hand, I'm reluctant to even go here because of the inevitable cascade of "Is this foot-fetish joke video Jacki Weaver's Norbit?" controversy. On the other, it's Friday and all I want is to hit the eject button on this hellish week. And anyway, what kind of comprehensive Team Jacki repository/campaign headquarters would this be without this interlude cataloged among the voluminous archives? Watch and learn.
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It's nice that romantic comedies are finally getting the message that sometimes women have other goals than just meeting "the one" and getting married so that they can settle down. But after watching the trailer for the Kate Hudson/Gael García Bernal cancer love story A Little Bit of Heaven, I have one more modest request for the genre. Could we please get a movie that's actually good? Or even a little bit good?
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While I'm on record as being at least curious about how Jim Henson Productions' in-development puppet film noir The Happytime Murders will play out, I'll readily admit that it could definitely go either way. Now, here's an early glimpse at the feature directorial debut from Todd Berger, who wrote the Happytime screenplay, and while it's not necessarily a home run, it doesn't sink all hope for a fun hard-boiled puppet murder movie either.
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Last week, Oprah Winfrey was criticized for spending 18 minutes preaching about the power of hopes and dreams. To prove that she is not just a motivational speaker sent from God (as she herself insinuated within that lengthy sermon), Oprah sat down with Piers Morgan for his first CNN show determined to prove that she is indeed human. Exhibit A: Back in 1998, Oprah succumbed to Bride of Chucky-related depression and binge-ate 30 pounds worth of macaroni and cheese.
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You should never really judge a film by its trailer, if only because, like books and their covers, the trailer only tells the part of the story marketing wants you to know. So, let's all give the new trailer for Josh Radnor's well-received 2010 Sundance Audience Award winner a pass...because, hoo boy, is this one horrible.
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