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Turnabout is fair play--Bruno punked Down Under

OtownRog — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:17:26 -0400

A chap with a fast food chain behind him has done unto Bruno what Sacha Baron Cohen has been doing to others for years -- punking him at the Aussie premiere. Funny. And ironic.

Jennifer's Body trailer elicits Megan lust, Heathers comparison

OtownRog — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:02:26 -0400

Various places are posting the red band Jennifer's Body trailer. Since this one doesn't have an ad for somebody's website on it, I'll link it. The actual trailer is below the break. Red Band, racy. The Guardian thinks it smells...

NPR takes hits for defending the "victims" of Food, Inc.

OtownRog — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:42:05 -0400

When I chatted with Robert Kenner, director of Food, Inc., he owned up to not having been able to get much from "the other side" in his lopsided documentary about the American way of growing food. NPR, in setting out...

Indiana Jones 5? Noooooooooo

OtownRog — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:27:41 -0400

Harrison Ford is on board and a possible Indiana Jones 5 may be in the works with a planned release in 2011. That's what CBS online is reporting (Thanks to /film for the tip). While it was nice to see...

T.J. Hooker coming to the big screen, but why?

OtownRog — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:21:41 -0400

William Shatner had his shot at two pretty good roles on the small screen -- James T. Kirk of Star Trek and Denny Crane of Boston Legal. Now, the lame 1980s cop show that came between those two iconic roles...

Dead heat--Ice Age, Transformers

OtownRog — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:22:43 -0400

We won't know until late Monday what REALLY transpired Sunday at the box office. But for now, both Fox and Dreamworks are saying that their respective films, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen...

Ron Weasely's got the Swine Flu?

OtownRog — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:15:23 -0400

Rupert Grint of the Harry Potter movies is on the mend after suffering a bout with the swine flu. Grint, 20, who plays Ron Weasley in the films, missed a few days of shooting on Harry Potter and the Deathly...

Ice Age, Transformers in dead heat for weekend BO

OtownRog — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:11:15 -0400

Might Ice Age achieve a tie with Transformers in July 4 weekend ticket sales? The 3D ticket prices may make this possible,. Nikki Finke has a projection pointing to $43 million apiece for the films, based on Friday and Saturday...

Kristen and Dakota are Runaways

OtownRog — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:58:18 -0400

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning are starring in Art Linson's production of The Runaways, filming in LA. Stewart is Joan Jett, Fanning is Cherrie Curry of the seminal, ground-breaking girl-punk band. Kudos to Justjared, which got the photos. The leading...

Transformers, already the year's biggest hit, may win this weekend, too

OtownRog — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:42:19 -0400

It lost the BO race on Wed., to Ice Age 3. It won and Friday in a dead heat. And even though it's lost half its business from a huge opening weekend, Transformers: ROTF should end up taking this weekend,...