Poster for The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

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Podcast #7 is here for your listening pleasure, as well as some new reviews (including an early review of Antichrist)!

Indeed, the Main Page has some new things for people to check out. First, Clayton and Myles break down the world in film post-Toronto with Podcast #7, which can be heard here. Be sure to listen and comment.
We also have some new reviews, starting with an early look at the controversial film Antichrist. There are also reviews of Julie & Julia, Paranormal Activity, Jennifer's Body, and Zombieland. These can all be found and read here.
-What do you think of the new Podcast and reviews?

Today's News: The 'Arrested Development' movie takes a step forward, Michael Mann gets a new project, and more...

In the news:

Fans of 'Arrested Development' can get a bit excited, as the movie's script is now being worked on, with the entire cast supposedly returning.

The next project for Michael Mann will likely be the story of a renowned war photographer by the name of Robert Capa.

Disney's upcoming movie about Secretariat has added some more cast members, with sometimes actor/sometimes politician Fred Thompson among them.

Finally, Liam Neeson has joined the cast of the next Paul Haggis movie, a thriller that will be released by Lionsgate.

-Thoughts?

Today's Trailers: Red Cliff and Saw VI

The first of two trailers today is for the release (finally) of John Woo's epic looking flick 'Red Cliff':

The second and last trailer today is a new look at the upcoming horror sequel 'Saw VI':

-Thoughts?

It's So Quiet...

It has been insanely quiet on the Oscar front for the past week and a half. Many films are being pushed back, some are coming to fruition, and other films are still a mystery.

The Lovely Bones, Nine, Avatar, and Invictus are the biggest question marks of the season, especially Clint Eastwood's film. We don't even have a poster for the Nelson Mandela biopic starring (supposed) Oscar front-runner for Best Actor Morgan Freeman.

As you may know, Peter Jackson's Oscar hopeful has been on the top of my prediction list all year. It may be a complete biased towards the book or it may be just the undying belief in Jackson himself. Until the first official review hits the web, I'll hold on to the notion of it as long as I can.

The next prediction update will include and omit many films and actors. The big question mark in my mind today is distributors on certain films. Toronto didn't produce all the things we hope for in a film festival. A lot of films not being picked up, other films being pushed back to 2010, it's becoming such a headache. If by October 14th, the day when I sit down to update my predictions, if a film is not slated yet for a release in 2009, I will leave it off. This rings most loudly for Edward Norton's praised performance in Leaves of Grass and Annette Bening's tour de force in Mother and Child. These are two actors anyone would love to see have a statue in their hands someday soon.

Other things is the lack of front-runner status that any film seemingly wants to take at this point. In the next Podcast with Staff Writer Myles Hughes and I, we touch a lot on this point. There are "default" front-runners that bloggers are taking onto but nothing that stands out. Could this be one of the weaker year in films? Could be. Maybe I'm just speaking for myself but there aren't too many films I have the jitters about like I did in past years.

What is there to look forward to in the next couple of weeks/months? This week we have the releases of An Education, Trucker, and The Damned United, all slated to have some of the strongest performances of the year. The former film is the only Best Picture hopeful in the lineup but it's great to see Michelle Monaghan getting buzz along with Michael Sheen, once again, getting raves, but of course Sheen will probably be absent as in previous times.

Staff Writer Joey Magidson has not been quiet about his excitement for Where the Wild Things Are based on the popular children's book. After looking at TV spots for the Spike Jonze picture, I share this excitement. Is it a contender? I'm leaning towards a probably not but in technical categories, it'll be a great addition. There have been some raves for lead child actor Max Records thus far which would be a pleasant surprise and addition to the already stacked Best Actor race.

This is all mumblings at this point since there isn't too much news out there.

In regards to The Awards Circuit, the writers and myself were on a conference call and started discussing Academy Idol and what film stands out as a front-runner on that subject. Some were throwing out Inglourious Basterds (a definite Best Picture contender if others fall by the wayside), The Hurt Locker (our very close to a 'lock' in that category), Avatar (for nothing else than it's a complete mystery), and Star Trek (the popular summer blockbuster).

Other question arose such as, do we have a Knocked Up on our hands this year? The answer is who the hell knows. When voting starts we'll see. A great finale would include perhaps District 9 and Avatar, or The Lovely Bones and Nine, and maybe even A Serious Man and Up in the Air. This is going to be a very head scratching season.

Anyways, comment. Start a discussion. Talk amongst yourselves.

Check out our Awards Profile on 'Up in the Air' and an article on actors and actresses who don't get their due!

Indeed, there are some updates on the Main Page today, highlighted by our Awards Profile of Jason Reitman's 'Up in the Air'. To check out how it might do come nomination time, go here.
We also have an article detailing a half dozen actors/actresses who are better than their recent reputation suggests. Go here to see the list and see if you agree or disagree.
-What do you think the chances of 'Up in the Air' are, as well as the selections for underrated actors and actresses?

Even if 'Nine' is a disappointment, it'll still look quite sexy it seems...

How can you not like this image?

Today's Posters: The Little Traitor and A Beautiful Life

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"Shutter Island" Gets A New Trailer

As if to rub it in our faces that we now have to wait until February for this one, here's a new look at Scorsese's latest:

-FYC next year, perhaps?

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Today's Trailers: The Young Victoria, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, The Crazies, and Tooth Fairy

First up is the period piece/Oscar hopeful 'The Young Victoria':

Next we have the next bad sequel idea, this one 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel':

We follow that with the remake of the George A. Romero flick 'The Crazies':

Finally, we watch one of the worst trailers in a long time, a film by the name of 'Tooth Fairy':

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Today's News: The remake of Let the Right One In gets a promising cast, Transformers 3 coming in 2011, and more...

In the news:

'Let Me In', the American remake of 'Let the Right One In' gets some cast members, including Richard Jenkins, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Chloe Moretz.

Take cover, because Michael Bay has a third Transformers film coming in 2011, further murdering intelligent thought in film.

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the buzzed about flick 'The Last Station' for release, potentially this year for awards consideration.

Fans of the video game 'Spore' can now look forward to it becoming a movie, one that will be directed by the guy behind 'Ice Age'.

-Thoughts?

Today's Posters: Planet 51 and a foreign poster for The Hurt Locker

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"Up in the Air" Gets A New Trailer! It Still Looks Really Good.

-What do you guys think? Is this the contender to beat? Give us your thoughts.

Kill Bill to become a trilogy?

Entertainment Weekly has this small tidbit to share:

Speaking on an Italian talk show Parla Con Me, Quentin Tarantino confirms his plans to make a Kill Bill 3. The writer/director — whose last film Inglourious Basterds has generated over $245 million in worldwide box office — says that he will make another installment of his successful Kill Bill series, but that he wants there to be a 10-year break between the second and third film. That would put Kill Bill 3 with a 2014 release date and his star Uma Thurman at 44, just the right age to kick more ass.

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Today's News: 'Up in the Air' changes its release date, Nolan's 'Inception' to play on Imax screens, and more...

In the news:

Look for 'Up in the Air' to now be released in a limited run on December 4th, with the film expanding over the rest of the month.

Christopher Nolan's next film 'Inception' will be on Imax screens as well as traditional ones when the movie hits in 2010.

The movie that Sean Penn dropped out of for personal reasons (Cartel) now has Josh Brolin in the lead role for the project.

The next directorial project for Emilio Estevez gets some new cast members to go along with his father, who was already cast.

Hugh Jackman will be boxing robots in his next flick, a futuristic 'Rocky'-like film to be directed by Shawn Levy.

Roger Avary has been sentenced to a year in jail for his role in a fatal car crash, after he plead guilty on Tuesday.

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Kathryn Bigelow to be honored at the Hollywood Film Festival

Here's the story in Variety:

Helmer Kathryn Bigelow will be feted with the Hollywood Director Award at the 13th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood awards Oct. 26 in Beverly Hills.

Along with Bigelow, Nora Ephron will be honored with the Hollywood Screenwriter Award while Disney's "Up" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" will be presented with the Hollywood Animation Award and the Hollywood Visual Effect Award.

Bigelow's latest pic "The Hurt Locker" bowed this past June to critical acclaim Ephron's latest laffer "Julie and Julia" has brought in more than $90 million at the B.O.

"Transformers" recently surpassed the $400 million mark at the domestic B.O. while "Up" has become the second highest-grossing Pixar film with more than $290 million in box office grosses.

-Congrats to her!