The CoF Weekend Preview: This One’s For You PETA

January 27th, 2012 by Graham

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Welcome to The CoF Weekend Preview, here is a look at what’s opening this weekend for wide and limited releases.  Check back Monday for a new City Strip.  There are a lot of great movies coming out this year, so we all picked Our Top 5 Movies To See In 2012 and listed other notable releases for you.

The Grey – RT (76%) – Trailer

With the buzz and hype surrounding this movie, it has a great chance of making it to #1 this weekend.  Liam Neeson has become pretty popular over the last few years with people of all ages – and this movie looks like it will satisfy both parties.  Did I mention he’ has tapped glass on his knuckles so he can punch some wolves in the face?

Man on a Ledge – RT (22%) – Trailer

I’m not a fan of anyone in this movie, and it looks boring as hell on top of that.  Needs some wolves if you ask me.

One for the Money – RT (0%) – Trailer

Does anyone like Katherine Heigl?  She’s her own worst enemy and it’s that time again for her to take her bumps as another movie she stars in bombs.  Where did all the hate start?  Probably when she said her writers on Grey’s Anatomy sucked [source].  Next time star in a movie with angry wolves.

*In 2009 PETA euthanized 2,301 dogs and cats — 97 percent of those brought in — and adopted only eight, according to Virginia state figures [source].  On their own site, PETA advises euthanizing pets, even healthy ones, as opposed to finding them a new home [seriously].  PETA is very vocal and has a lot of people interested due to their naked celebrities on posters campaign.  The trouble is the celebrities that do these ads can’t read too well or think for themselves.  Now I’m going to go watch Liam Neeson beat up some computer-generated wolves.*

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More Trailers: I Am Not a Hipster, Iron Sky, Darling Companion, Break, Lockout

January 27th, 2012 by Graham

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Everyone loves movie trailers; we can’t get enough of them here in The City of Films. It’s an art form that stands alone from the film itself and has a remarkable power to move us. Trailers can give us chills, laughs, goose bumps and some even anger us. We can’t always post them all, so here’s where we play catch up; watch More Trailers:

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Matthew Broderick Teases The Ferris Bueller Super Bowl Commercial; 10 Seconds of Awesome

January 27th, 2012 by Graham

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One of my all-time favorite movies is Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, it’s as re-watchable for me as Groundhog Day or Goodfellas.  The idea of a sequel is somewhat absurd now, as John Hughes has left us and obviously recapturing that time in one’s life like leaving High School is a once in a lifetime feeling, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is one of a kind.  Well, Bueller may be making a return – in commercial form.

Super Bowl XLVI is set to take place on February 5th (on NBC), that is the date at the end of this somewhat mysterious video that hit the Internet.  Who knew a 10-second teaser could be this good?  The famous line, the music, it’s all here.  We will see the full commercial during the Super Bowl or if you’re skipping that check out CityofFilms the very next morning and see it here.

I hope the product that is being sold in the commercial will respect the legacy of the film, that for many has become a great anti-depressant for teens with the message of seizing the day and realizing self worth.  It might be too much to ask that this be less of a commercial for a product and more of a PSA to young people out there who are in the news more than ever these days dealing with bullying and suicide.  I’d hate to see Hughes’ work being used to sell Doritos is what I’m saying.

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THE WALKING DEAD Midseason Trailer

January 26th, 2012 by Graham

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Let’s hope this intense promo trailer is a sign of things to come for the final six episodes of the season; less walking and talking please is what I’m saying.

The final six episodes The Walking Dead star February 12th, watch the trailer below.  I enjoy the show, I do, but you can’t bore us for four hours then pull off something really cool to make up for it, it’s frustrating.  I enjoy a mixed bag of character arcs and zombies getting their heads blown away, this can be easy to pull off with a show such as this.

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THE GREY Opens This Friday, Here’s A Red-Band Trailer To Help Plan Your Weekend

January 26th, 2012 by Graham

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Joe Carnahan’s The Grey opens this weekend, and they have a new red-band trailer for one more promotional push.  If you ask me, the seats were full after the first trailer (see above image).  It’s going to be violent and awesome, it’s currently holding a 79% fresh and Ebert awarded it 3.5/4 stars.  What is this movie doing being released in January?

A group of oil-rig roughnecks are left stranded on the sub-arctic tundra after their plane experiences a complete mechanical failure and crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. The survivors, battling mortal injuries, biting cold and ravenous hunger, are relentlessly hunted and pursued by a vicious pack of rogue wolves.

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THE HANGOVER PART III Is Happening, This Time With Higher Paid Stars

January 25th, 2012 by Graham

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I’m not surprised of a sequel, no that was a given the first weekend The Hangover 2 unleashed its box office powers on us.  What I’m surprised to learn is just how little these guys got paid for sequel, $5M each.  That’s seems like a lot to us yes, but these are pretty Hollywood stars we are talking about here, they need some money to live on too.  All joking aside, for a sequel to the highest grossing R-rated comedy ever, it should allow for some cash to throw at these guys, as the sequel was for sure going to do well.

So now the stars are in talks for a big pay increase with The Hangover: Part III; the three leads are said to be demanding $15M each reports THR.  The three were paid less than $1M each for the original 2009 film, and as said before, $5M for the sequel.  The first film grossed $467M worldwide ($35M budget) and the second has pulled in $581M ($80M budget), so it’s not unreasonable to ask for some of that is it?

The studio hopes to start production this summer for a Memorial Day 2013 release.

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Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg are Working on THE WORLD’S END, Completing the “Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy”

January 25th, 2012 by Graham

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Edgar Wright posted a picture on Twitter today (see below) titled “Hard at work” referring to finally getting to work on The World’s End.  Next to him stands Simon Pegg, who is probably thinking how in the hell will this meet expectations?  Missing but not forgotten is Nick Frost; the team has worked together on Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz and are on their way now to complete the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy (also called the “Three Flavours Trilogy” as red strawberry is featured in Shaun of the Dead and a blue Classic flavor in Hot Fuzz. The World’s End is said to have green mint chocolate chip).

The busy schedules of all involved may be to blame for the lack of completion to the trilogy over the years (Dead was in 2004, Fuzz was in 2007), but who cares – they are working on it now for a rumored 2014 release.

FYI: The use of the three flavours/colours is a reference to Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours film trilogy.

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84th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (with BOLD predictions)

January 24th, 2012 by Graham

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Every year the Academy Awards Nominations are sure to piss people off, and this year is no exception.  Hugo dominated receiving 11 nods, including Best Picture and Best Director, for Martin Scorsese’s movie that I called the best movie of 2011. The Artist however is getting a lot of love too (10 nods) for all the right reasons so it will be a showdown of cinematic appreciation for sure.

So my questions this year are as follows:  Where is Drive? Why didn’t Michael Shannon get a nomination for Take Shelter? Why is Bridesmaids in any of these categories? Why isn’t Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part II?  Why didn’t David Fincher or Steven Spielberg get a best director nod?  Why didn’t The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo get a best picture nod?

That’s all I can think of for now, I will likely be live blogging the Oscars this year, Sunday February 26th, so this list will be re-posted, my bold predictions are not always my favorite choice, it’s what the Academy voters will likely choose.

Let’s take a look at the list of major nominations:

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Reel: Tribute Video For Steven Spielberg At PGA

January 23rd, 2012 by Graham

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A tribute video was created to honor Steven Spielberg when he received the 2012 David O. Selznick Achievement Award from the Producers Guild. The tribute highlights all the films that Spielberg served as Producer, Executive Producer and Director/Producer.  Spielberg is well deserved of all of his awards if you ask me, he’s help make some of the best films of our time and few people have made an impact in the industry the way he has.

Accepting the award, Steven Spielberg said about the people put this video together: “I think we should have them working for us”.

The great video was edited by Todd Sandler.  Watch it below:

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The City Strip #87 – Breaking News Feed

January 23rd, 2012 by Graham

citystripgangWelcome to another week here in the City of Films.  Issue #87 of the City Strip is over here for your viewing pleasure.  In case you still missed it, during Kevin’s break over the holidays he put together this great look at Easter eggs that could be seen in the City Strip.

It doesn’t cover every single one, but it’s a good cheat sheet if you want to see most of them without trying.  Go back and look at each comic anyways, Monday’s should be neglected.

 

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