Weekly Poll Results: Favourite Jim Carrey Movie

I think we all knew from the start what movie was going to win last week's poll, but still, I was kinda hoping for an upset. Don't get me wrong, I love Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but I didn't want people to count out Carrey's early comedies either. I thought the subtle wording of the poll question ("favourite", not "best") would help. Ah well. The good news is, Dumb & Dumber managed to place second, and both Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Mask broke the top 5. Man on the Moon wasn't as high as I expected though... I guess people have cooled off on that flick. Don't you miss the days when Ace Ventura quotes were cool? "Alllllrighty then!" 1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- 28.2% 2. Dumb & Dumber -- 22.6% 3. The Truman Show -- 14.4% 4. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective -- 12.5% 5. The Mask -- 6.4% 6. The Cable Guy -- 6.1% 7. Liar Liar -- 4% 8. Man on the Moon -- 3.5% 9. Bruce Almighty -- 2.1% 10. How The Grinch Stole Christmas -- 0.3%

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New Trailer, TV Spot & Still for A Christmas Carol

We’ve been talking about the new Disney 3D movie A Christmas Carol since the first poster came out during Cannes earlier this year. With Robert Zemeckis (Polar Express) directing and Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura) starring as Ebenezer Scrooge, the Charles Dickens’ classic tale is sure to be a hit with audiences. Today we bring you the [...]

First Look At The Ministers Trailer

The trailer for "The Ministers" is now available online. The film is written and directed by Franc. Reyes (Empire, Illegal Tender) and is inspired by true events. Shot on location in The Bronx, "The Ministers" is a gritty look at the unforeseen ramifications of race, religion, revenge and ethnic politics.John Leguizamo gives a tour-de-force performance as fanatical vigilante twins, hell-bent to exact revenge for the death of their parents and brother. But their plans become undone when one of the twins becomes involved with a beautiful police detective investigating a series of murders. "The Ministers" features Harvey Keitel, as senior detective Joe Bruno, who takes police detective Celeste Santana under his wing. Celeste (played with deep emotional range by Florencia Lozano) links the recent murders with the murder of her police detective father. Celestes investigation and the twins vigilante actions begin to converge. Detective Santana is restrained by her chief, Captain Diaz (Wanda De Jesus). But the will to solve these crimes and find the link to the death of her father is too great and leads to an inevitable confrontation with the twins."The Ministers" is due in theatres this October 2009.Watch the trailer below. Source: LatinoReview

The Ministers Trailer

The trailer for "The Ministers" is now available online. The film is written and directed by Franc. Reyes (Empire, Illegal Tender) and is inspired by true events. Shot on location in The Bronx, "The Ministers" is a gritty look at the unforeseen ramifications of race, religion, revenge and ethnic politics.John Leguizamo gives a tour-de-force performance as fanatical vigilante twins, hell-bent to exact revenge for the death of their parents and brother. But their plans become undone when one of the twins becomes involved with a beautiful police detective investigating a series of murders. "The Ministers" features Harvey Keitel, as senior detective Joe Bruno, who takes police detective Celeste Santana under his wing. Celeste (played with deep emotional range by Florencia Lozano) links the recent murders with the murder of her police detective father. Celestes investigation and the twins vigilante actions begin to converge. Detective Santana is restrained by her chief, Captain Diaz (Wanda De Jesus). But the will to solve these crimes and find the link to the death of her father is too great and leads to an inevitable confrontation with the twins."The Ministers" is due in theatres this October 2009.Watch the trailer below. Source: LatinoReview

Christoph Waltz on Inglourious Basterds

You might wonder why we’re doing a story on some unknown German actor, but after you see Inglourious Basterds you’ll want to know more about Christoph Waltz. He plays Col. Hans Landa, nicknamed “The Jew Hunter,” the real enemy of the film’s heroes, if not the direct target of the Basterds themselves.

Inglourious Basterds Hunt Christoph Waltz
“What I tried to learn is what makes a detective,” Waltz said. “Why would someone want to be a detective? You learn that kind of quickly, not the craft of being a detective. Like with any other craft you would probably need a few decades to become a master detective, unless you're a genius. But so I found old books from the beginning of the 20th century about criminology. It was really interesting how far advanced they were in psychology and sussing out motivations and reasoning 100 years ago. I found that interesting. Whether I learned something from it that was valuable or not from the part, I don't know. It's hard to tell.”

The film opens with Landa investigating a farm house suspected of sheltering Jewish refugees. It is an extended dialogue that lasts more than the entire first reel, showing how Landa uses politeness and humor to manipulate his goals.

Ray Bradbury to Yahoo: "To Hell With The Internet!"

"The Internet is a big distraction," said Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, while speaking out in defense of libraries in The New York Times. Bradbury was being interviewed prior to a public appearance benefiting Ventura County's H. P. Wright Library, which is in danger of shutting its doors because of budget cuts.

Hark to helm "Detective Dee" written by Chen Kuofo.

Tsui Hark will helm the period martial arts suspense film "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame."

The film will be shot in Hong Kong and China with filming starting in May via production company the Huayi Brothers.

Budgeted at $13 million, the script by Chen Kuofu is apparently an imagined case solved by a real Tang Dynasty detective.

A series of deaths of loyal subjects look to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu in 690 A.D. To find an end, the female leader decides to bring back Detective Dee (played by Andy Lau) from his exile which she was responsible for.

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Antonio Banderas Theorizes The Big Bang

Antonio Banderas is switching up his genre of expertise a bit by agreeing to star in The Big Bang, a neo-noir detective story.

Antonio Banderas for The Big Bang
To be directed by Tony Krantz off a script by Erik Jendersen, The Big Bang will have Banderas star as an L.A. private detective who's hired to find a missing stripper. The trail leads to the New Mexico desert, where the private eye finds a trail of bodies and contends with a brutal Russian boxer, three LAPD detectives and an aging billionaire looking to perfect the nuclear physics equivalent of the Big Bang.

As you can tell, there will be a lot going; a symptom of any confusing detective story.

New Sherlock Holmes Photos, Villain Revealed

Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey, Jr. as the world’s greatest detective and Jude Law as Dr. Watson, doesn’t open for a few more months, but we’ve got some great new photos and some new insight into the film for you today. It’s well known now that Ritchie wants not only a brilliant detective in his [...]

Sarkissian Remaking Mad Detective and Mission

"Rush Hour" producer Arthur Sarkissian has acquired rights to remake The Mad Detective and The Mission , two crime thrillers directed by Hong Kong helmer Johnnie To.