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My 50 Favorite Movies Of All Time

by @ Wednesday, April 16th, 2008. Filed under Movies

John Hawkins at Right Wing News lists his 50 favorite movies of all time, and since I find the list so lacking, I’ve got to list my own.

The Godfather
The Godfather, Part II
Schindler’s List
Saving Private Ryan
Star Wars, Episode IV
Rear Window
Vertigo
Psycho
2001: A Space Odyssey
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Titanic
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
GoodFellas
Dr. Strangelove
Heat
Gladiator
Patton
The Longest Day
The Manchurian Candidate (Original Version)
The Passion Of [...]

X Files 2 Trailer

by @ Thursday, March 27th, 2008. Filed under Movies

From Merrick @ Aint It Cool News:
Last night at Paleyfest, Chris Carter showed attendees a new trailer for the forthcoming X-FILES movie.
Evidently, someone was ready for it…
Here it is:

Thirty Six Years Ago Today

by @ Monday, March 24th, 2008. Filed under Godfather Saga, Movies

One of the greatest films of all-time was released

Indy IV Teaser Trailer

by @ Friday, February 15th, 2008. Filed under Movies

Man, now I can’t wait till May 22nd:

Next Trek Movie Delayed Until May 2009

by @ Thursday, February 14th, 2008. Filed under Movies, Star Trek

Well, this sort of sucks:
Paramount is pushing back the release of J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” from Dec. 25 to May 8, 2009, saying the pic’s gross potential is greater as a summer tentpole.
Damn.

Star Trek XI Trailer

by @ Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008. Filed under Movies, Star Trek

The first real trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek prequel hit theaters over the weekend.
Here is it is high quality format:

Not much in the way of detail, but some cool shots of the Enterprise under construction.

X-Files 2 To Start Shooting In December

by @ Tuesday, October 30th, 2007. Filed under Movies

Apparently, there will be a sequel to The X-Files movie after all:
After years of David Duchovny talking about the sequel, and almost 10 years after the first feature, 20th Century is finally ready to start production on The X Files 2 with the actor in place to reprise his role of Special Agent Fox Mulder. [...]

No Shatner In Next Star Trek Movie

by @ Saturday, October 27th, 2007. Filed under Movies, Star Trek

Apparently, William Shatner won’t be reprising his role as James Kirk in the next Star Trek movie:
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — The original Capt. Kirk is disheartened he won’t get to boldly go anywhere with his old pal Spock in the new “Star Trek” movie.
While Leonard Nimoy is reprising his role as the pointy-eared Vulcan [...]

Atlas Shrugged Movie Update

by @ Friday, October 12th, 2007. Filed under Ayn Rand, Movies

Robert Bidnotto, editor of The New Individualist, has a post up chock full of details about the still-possible project to bring Atlas Shrugged to the big screen.
First, Bidnotto describes how the latest incarnation of the project came into being after the idea of doing a Lord Of The Rings style trilogy was dismissed as both [...]

Another Life For An Atlas Shrugged Movie ?

by @ Wednesday, September 5th, 2007. Filed under Ayn Rand, Movies

Back in June, it seemed as though the efforts to bring Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged to the big screen were on the shelf.
Now, Variety is reporting that a new director has been named and the project seems to be moving forward:
Lionsgate has brought on Vadim Perelman to rewrite “Atlas Shrugged” and direct Angelina Jolie [...]

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