Defective pixels 1 (Or how Cuba and Night hit self-destruct...)
As a fan of the comic I was glad to hear that Whiteout was finally making it to the big screen – not with the originally intended Reece Witherspoon but Kate Beckinsale. My biggest worry is that it got greenlit due to 30 Days Of Night – or at least will be seen as a derivative. I had seen this poster before but I thought it was pretty cool – especially as its a take on the graphic novel cover.
Whatever happened to Cuba Gooding Jr.?
I think anyone that has seen a poster for Daddy Day Camp in their local cineplex had to ask themselves “Whatever happened to Cuba’s career?”. STV is asking the same exact question. This also ties in nicely with a post over at MSN Movies about the Curse of the Oscar. Although, is Adrien Brody’s career really in the toilet?
The real Golden Compass
To celebrate the release of The Golden Compass in Japan a real life Golden Compass has been created by Japanese jeweller Tanaka Kikinzoku. 8.3 centimetres in diameter and weighing 900 grammes, the compass is worth 30 million yen ($280,000/£145,000). Unfortunately the compass is not for sale.
Sci-fi movie clichés
The Times Online has a list of The Top 10 modern sci-fi movie clichés. It’s a crap list, I’ll warn you now, but I do like to bitch. Apart from unforgivably describing Doom and Ultraviolet as enjoyable, they explain why Doomsday has ten ideas similar to other movies – go figure.
Wickerman 2
Speaking of the Times Online, they also have news of a follow-up to the Wickerman (the original, not the awful and unintentionally funny remake – not sure if that makes things better or worse). Apparently both Britt Ekland and Christopher Lee are back on board and the film is based on the Wickerman-inspired book Cowboys for Christ, written by original Wickerman director Robin Hardy in 2006.
The Happening teaser trailer
Teaser trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening looks pretty good. Unfortunately having already read stuff about it I’m expecting it to be another catastrophe. But then I do like to watch a good train wreck.
[Unfortunately this trailer to has seeningly been removed from every corner of the web. Why would Fox not want people to see publicity material?]
Top movie soundtracks
Over at the Telegraph they have the 100 Best Movie soundtracks. It’s a pretty good list. I only have one grievance, and that the list only includes good films. I love the soundtrack to Lady in the Water, Shyamalan’s last train wreck. Can a score be taken seriously when a movie is so bad?
Top movie kisses list
Is anyone else getting tired of these lists? They’re everywhere these days. Anyway, Matchflick.com has post on the “Top 10 Kisses in Movie History”. I’d say he’s spent too long in film school. No Dirty Dancing? No Cruel Intentions? No monkey face from Planet of the Apes? Puh-lease.