This is a sneak peak at Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film The Borrower Arrietty (Karigurashi No Arrietty). It is based the first book in Mary Norton’s children’s book series called “The Borrowers” about tiny people who live in the homes of big people and “borrow” things to survive while keeping their existence unknown. The central characters of the novels are the borrower family of Pod and Homily Clock and their spirited teenage daughter, Arrietty.

This preview seems to be lacking in the current trend of Studio Ghilbi film’s other worldly locations and grossly fantastical creatures. Is this a return to the simpler times of Kiki’s Delivery Service? Japan will find out when the movie opens there July 17th.

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I loved the updated The Losers comic from Vertigo. It was the right combination of edgy, gritty and surprising. And, while I did occasionally have trouble telling the difference between the lead male characters early on, I thought the art style was dead on for the story.

So now we come to The Losers movie. When Jeffrey Dean Morgan was cast, that seemed like a move in the right direction. His gritty portrayal of the Comedian seemed like it would lend nicely to his version of Clay. Zoe Saldana has proven herself in many a geek movie by now and Chris Evans is never hard on the eyes. Seems promising.

Tonight, ET will be showing the first Trailer. This promo makes it look a little more colorful and campy than I had been envisioning it, but it still looks awfully fun. What do you think?

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I’m sure all my B-movie horror buds will correct me, but this is the first I’ve ever seen of this awesome take on coed murderfests!

In Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil (starring, your friend and mine, Alan Tudyk, the title characters are backwater hillbillies who are having some of the worst coincidences of their lives. A group of Coeds have showed up and and, from their perspective, are participating in some sort of suicide pact as one by one they gruesomely die. Of course, from the coeds perspective, this is all Tucker and Dale’s doing. If you can’t tell, hilarity ensues - can’t wait to see this in a beer theater!

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The official release is supposed to be later this month, we’ll get it back then!

Even watching this trailer with my own two eyes, I can’t believe there is an A-Team movie coming out. How is this not a College Humor parody? As someone who found a way to love GI Joe: Rise of Cobra, I’m not sure I can get on board with this.

I just stare at it dumbfounded. At least GI Joe gave us a CGI extravaganza where we got to see our childhood memories brought to life. This A-Team movie appears to bring nothing new to the table beside updated hairstyles and filming techniques (and a badly CG’ed air battle).

Are there people out there excited for this? Am I biased because I watched more Airwolf than A-Team? Did Baracus need a mohawk and Hannibal a cigar for us to know who they are?

Only time will tell…

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I want to see this movie SO badly. No joke. Also, I love that people with a lot of money give it to other people to make stuff like this. Makes me have hope for the world :)

*SWOON*

I haven’t seen Sherlock Holmes yet, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say that if all Robert Downey Jr. made for the rest of his life was sequels to Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes, the world would be better for it.

This looks like another incredibly charismatic and fun movie - everything I loved about Iron Man.

Now for some fretting: Seeing Don Cheadle in the War Machine armor was a little.. odd, but I’m willing to hold off judgment. I had hoped to see something from Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow that we hadn’t seen before, but I will have to wait for that too. I also have concerns that Olivia Munn will be playing Melina Vostokoff, aka The Iron Maiden, a Russian agent who was overshadowed by the Black Widow and thus wanted to kill her. God forbid Johansson and Munn have any scenes together - neither could act their way out of a box…

But I get ahead of myself.. for now.. I will just *SWOON*

Whatcha got in the bag for me, Sam Worthington? Is it Medusa’s head? Because if it is, that would be totally hot. By the way, that’s a pretty fancy background you have there for a pre-CGI shot. Also, your costumed friend below looks pretty rad. I’m glad your higher-ups decided he didn’t need to be created by a computer. Makes me think I might actually like this remake of Clash of the Titans.

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I don’t know where people like Pete Marin come up with the time or the money for projects like this, but I’m all for it. Made out of wood and foam, Bumblebee is 12ft tall and took two months to build. Optimus Prime took over 6 months to build and towers 17ft high. With dimensions like that, expenses had to include not only the materials, molds and tools, but cherry pickers or something! Absolutely bizarre and amazing…

He plans to followup with Decepticons Barrage and Megatron in 2010.

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I cannot wait to see 2012!
Do I think it’s going to be any good? No.
Do I want to see it because it is starring John Cusack? No.
Do I think it is going to be some epically amazing CGI that might make my brain explode if I see it in an IMAX theater? HELL YES. Sign me up!

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Yuck. Or should I say “Yuc”?

Back in the ’90s there was a superhero scare that Nic Cage might have gotten to live out his every dream by playing Superman under the direction of Tim Burton. Had that “crisis” not been retconned*, we might have been subjected to the horror show above. Recently released by timburton.jp, this is supposed to be one of Cage’s costume tests for Superman Lives.

Luckily, the movie was way over budget and eventually scrapped. Now the only Superhero related trauma Nic Cage can inflict is upon his poor son, Kal-el.

*LOL, I’m so funny!

Let’s pretend you are Bryan Singer. Once upon a time you rode the crest of the comic book movie wave by directing the first of the Bronze Age* of superhero movies - X-Men I & X2 (lest you forget, very exciting at the time).

Now imagine you decided to jump ship and make a mediocre movie called Superman Returns… and then you fell off the face of the earth. How might you want to make your comeback? Develop a fresh new movie franchise to put you mark on?

Nah, why not just rehash territory that’s already a proven cash cow: Battlestar Galactica?

Bryan Singer has signed on to make a Battlestar Galactia movie that will not be associated with the recent blockbuster television series, but instead will be yet another reimagining. Good choice Singer. I’m sure people will really give a shit to see your version.

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*Golden Age: Superman I-IV, Silver Age: Batman I-IV, Bronze Age: X-Men-current

Delicious footage of Iron Man 2 from SDCC. I hate to say it, but the two seconds of Scarlett Johansson kicking ass was convincing.

I am left wondering how everyone manages to steal Tony’s Arc Reactor though. Don’t just leave that shit sitting around, Stark! If Mickey Rouke can get his hands on it, it is not hidden well enough!