So many photos from THE HAPPENING, you'd swear you were in a psychotic stalker's house

You know, for a director who's always had his work under wraps, THE HAPPENING sure is being put out there for everyone to ogle over (though I'm sure everyone is just trying to get extra glimpses of Zooey Deschanel, I know I am). A Spanish site, Cinema em Cena recently got a scoop of THE HAPPENING in the form of photographs from the set as well as from the picture. I'm talking about a whole gallery full of photographs and in high-definition, too. The curl of Zooey's smile never looked so good. Speaking of her smile, click on it below to view the gallery in its entirety. Apprécier.

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RIGHTEOUS KILL finally gets a good trailer, really good

If you saw the first trailer for RIGHTEOUS KILL, then you, like me, were most likely turned off by how bad it was. No joke, I thought it looked bad. A movie with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Bad.
Well, their marketing department put on their pretty shoes and put out a rather good trailer for the film and I really like it. The first trailer was playing the whole DEPARTED feel, making it seem like a Scorsese when it wasn't. That's all been fixed, it now looks like an original film, well as original as it can get. So, here it is then, RIGHTEOUS KILL in all its Albert Paniro glory. Get it? I just stuck both of their names together.

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THE HAPPENING marketing: People dying and the ones who choreograph it

SlashFilm had a video yesterday as part of their VideoOfTheDay feature and they posted a very cool improv clip done by some folks in Australia as part of a promotion for THE HAPPENING. Now, there has been a little bit of a bad vibe going around about the film after a recent clip was released on Yahoo by Shyamalan that shows a few minutes from the film. I don't want to spoil anything; you can just watch it and SPOIL it yourself. Click the post extender below and watch both clips, or just one, or none and just go buy some ice cream from the truck you just heard outside. GOTTA GO !!

And then click here to see the Yahoo Video of M. Night Shyamalan introducing a clip from THE HAPPENING

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go-getterGO-GETTER

Have you guys seen THUMBSUCKER, or CHUMSCRUBBER, or FIFTY PILLS? Well, you should because it stars someone who's definitely one to keep an eye on. His name is Lou Taylor Pucci and he's basically twin acting brother to the lovable Anton Yelchin. Anyway, He's starring in a new movie which should have been out a while back but never did, THE GO-GETTER. The film also stars the upcoming HAPPENING star Zooey Deschanel as well as teen angst veteran Jena Malone.
Taylor Pucci has several projects he's been working on and unfortunately has only a small part in the upcoming FANBOYS, a film about STAR WARS fanatics who travel to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch to steal a copy of STAR WARS: EPISODE I. Count me in for that obviously.
Without further interruption, the trailer for THE GO-GETTER.

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Russian WANTED trailer is...bloody great

I don't really want to say much except for, I really like Russian, and I really like films. Oh, and if you have seen the director's other work of NIGHTWATCH and DAYWATCH, then you'll notice a cameo in the trailer by Konstantin Khabensky who played Anton in both movies. Here's the International Russian red band trailer for WANTED. наслаждайтесь aka enjoy.

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THE STRANGERS: a lesson in film marketing piracy

So for some reason, several of my friends are getting their underoos in a delightful twist over the new Liv Tyler horror flick THE STRANGERS. I did like the trailer that came out a month or so ago but I'm just not getting the hype. Yes, I do like the masked house guest thing they have going but my problem with recent Hollywood horror movies have been that they all seem to be made for lowest common denominator. I've recently seen some great foreign horror films that have been super enjoyable including THE ORPHANAGE which I very much suggest. Among those I'd also count the awesome FUNNY GAMES (yes, I'd categorize both versions of the film into the horror genre because they're that frakin' good).
Well today I bring you the newest STRANGERS poster. It's rather nice I must admit but something is just a little too familiar about it. Take a look below right after the jump.
This is a great unconventional poster for a horror movie. Wait, you know, this exact concept would have been great as a poster for WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS, substituting Liv Tyler for Cameron Diaz of course. Anyhoo I'm getting off topic. Great poster right? I think so too, but it really does seem like a close duplicate of the poster for FUNNY GAMES with Naomi Watts. Here, take a look...
Why would they do that man? Well, one reason is that FUNNY GAMES had an extremely small US release and chances are that most people didn't watch that film. So there, it's not necessarily stealing the idea, hell that's what advertising is all about, "just built over solid foundations."

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the movie looks like a stinker, I'm just not as hyped about it because of similar recent American films. I do like that the trailer makes it seem like the film has more of the subtle frights rather than the magnanimous music leading up to a women opening her dresser drawer only to be scared shitless by the fact that someone has snuck into her room and arranged her thongs by brand, then fabric, then color. Chances are that THE STRANGERS will be exponentially better than last year's UNTRACEABLE, or was that this year? Point proven.

Is it just me or...and it probably is just me, but don't both posters make both of these gorgeous women look even hotter? There's only one correct answer. Yes.

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METAL GEAR Retrospective Part Two

Alright, last week we brought you Part One of the METAL GEAR Retrospective and this we're bringing you Part Dos. GameTrailers.com has done a great job putting together a history on not on the franchise but the creator Hideo Kojima.
Like last time though, before you watch the Retrospective Part Two, I want you all to watch the latest trailer released by the game's creators which is actually made as a mock movie trailer; it even has that movie announcer guy. Directly after that, you will find the well put-together Part Two.

Metal Gear Solid 4 Movie Trailer
Metal Gear Retrospective Part Two

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A TROPIC THUNDER red band as well. Bring on the crawfish !!

Yay. Before, it was mainly black-itized Robert Downey Jr. that was selling the film, but now, just seeing at the rated-R bits just makes me giddy. Yes, I get giddy from time to time. Well, Just click on the beautiful link below to get to the TROPIC THUNDER red band page. Enjoy.

You probably just skipped the whole reading portion of this post to get to this link to see the red band trailer for TROPIC THUNDER !!

I forgive you.

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THE HAPPENING Red Band trailer

Right off the bat, I want to warn all of you, this red band trailer does include SPOILERS. It's definitely fun and opens the film a little as to what we should expect though, I kind of wished I hadn't seen it. So, you have fair warning. So presented to us via JoBlo.com, here is the trailer.

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