9 - New Animated Flick

I had never heard of this movie until tonight and I think it looks really interesting. Apparently, in Focus Features' 9, a scientist brings life to nine rag dolls in a post-apocalyptic world, who must battle for their survival. Interesting premise and a great cast featuring the likes of Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, and Jennifer Connelly. 9 is directed by the relatively unknown Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton. I think it looks pretty good, as an animated movie with adult themes and plenty of action. Watch the trailer below and look for 9 on, fittingly, September 9, 2009.

Video Games - E3 2009 - Attack of the Show

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Sherlock Holmes First Trailer!

The first trailer for Sherlock Holmes has hit the web! It is...not what I expected actually. Very action heavy and lots of tongue-in-cheek humor from Robert Downey, Jr. For some reason, I was thinking it would be a serious film focusing on the drama involved, with much less explosions (and Holmes in a shirtless fist-fight?...hmm). Still, I think it has promise, even if it is not what I anticipated. Downey's Holmes has a very Bruce Campbell feel to him, which is a good thing in my book. Director Guy Ritchie hasn't had much success since his phenomenal Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, so this flick could bring him his first hit in almost a decade. Rachel McAdams in lingerie will probably sell more tickets than anything, with good reason. Sherlock Holmes hits theaters on Christmas Day, 2009.

The Road: Trailer Revealed

One of the most hotly anticipated movies of the year has released its first trailer and, I have to say, it's a good one. Directed by John Hillcoat and starring Viggo Mortensen, The Road tells the story of a father and son struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic United States. Picture Road Warrior with more humanity and less Australian accents. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Cormac McCarthy (who also penned No Country for Old Men), this trailer will have a lot of people buzzing. It looks bleak and epic at the same time. Viggo Mortensen brings an amazing intensity to the father and, even from the few short minutes of the trailer, he seems to embody the role as relayed in McCarthy's novel. It seems they've built up the part of the mother, played by Charlize Theron, but I suppose that is to be expected. I'm a little concerned that the film may play up a lot of the action elements that were missing in the book. The trailer definitely seems to suggest this. I hope that they don't add too much action to the detriment of the haunting and touching tale of a father and son struggling to survive.

The Road hits theaters on October 16. I will be there, front and center. Check out the trailer below:



Source: FirstShowing.net