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REVIEW: The Last Exorcism

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

The Last ExorcismLooking for a scare? The Last Exorcism is certainly going to make you jump out of your seat or make you turn away from the screen. I got to see this movie at an advance screening at Comic-Con but had to go alone because I couldn’t convince anyone to see the scary movie with me! The trailer alone made me uncomfortable so honestly, I was hesitant in seeing this one in the theaters too. You really have no idea what to expect except that you’re going to see an exorcism and some crazy shit. The Last Exorcism delivers on both of these points and more.


This is another mockumentary shot in the first person point of view guised as a film crew making a documentary on Cotton Marcus and his exorcisms. By now, we’re all familiar with this shooting style. Sure, it’s cheaper for the film makers but also helps emphasize the storytelling for the audience so I think it’s a win win. Especially for scary movies, it adds to the movie going experience as it puts you in the shoes of the characters in the movie. You get to be scared the same way that they are since you see and hear everything going on as they would.

The Last Exorcism

Out you demon!


The Last Exorcism follows a fast-talking hot-shot exorcist (aka conman) who tricks believers into paying him to release the demons from their lives. He uses parlor tricks to put on a show and make it seem as if he’s actually using the power of Jesus and religion to expel the demons in an exorcism. One of my favorite parts of the movie was actually seeing the things that he would do to fool his customers. Since the movie is shot as a documentary, Cotton shows the audience exactly how he sets up the spooky atmosphere from the sounds of the demons to shocking the possessed. Too bad the demon he’s dealing with this time is real and he can’t use his regular tricks to stop it.


Ashley Bell plays Nell Sweetzer, the 16 year-old girl who has a demon inside of her. She is incredible and really made the movie believable for me. The scenes where she’s possessed by the demon are horribly shocking and grotesque. You want to turn away, but you can’t. If you believe in demons or not, the way Ashely Bell performs will make you think she was actually possessed during the filming of the movie. Cotton Marcus, played by Patrick Fabian and his film crew of Iris Bahr and Logan Craig Reid let the audience discover the situation they got themselves in along with them. They can’t fathom what’s going on as much as the audience can’t believe what’s happening to them. Iris in particular gives us a grounded “regular”-person point of view amongst these rural religious God-fearing people. You see, Nell’s father is very religious. Doctors couldn’t save his wife and he doesn’t believe that psychiatry is the way of God which is why he hired Cotton Marcus to expel the demons from this daughter. He believed that this was the only way and Cotton was the only one who could help them…
The Last Exorcism

Ashley Bell as Nell Sweetzer, the possessed 16 year-old


There are quite a few twists and turns in the film that will keep you engaged. While most scary movies and horror films these days are one-dimensional, this one has layers. Some people may leave the theater dazed and confused but confused or not, they were left scared. After my screening I heard one of the people who worked at the theater ask a couple girls what they thought. They replied, “I have no idea what happened but it was scary as hell!” Believe it or not, this is rated PG-13 so all of the youngsters can witness the exorcism too. I think that the rating speaks for the writing of the film…it doesn’t have to go into profanity, sexual content, or anything else that doesn’t have anything to do with the story. As Eli Roth (producer of The Last Exorcism) put it during a Q&A after the screening, they never had the PG-13 rating in mind while making the film but it just lent itself to that. So if you’re brave enough, get ready for your last exorcism. It’s called The Last Exorcism for a reason…


Check out The Last Exorcism Screenings List to see if you can catch an advance screening in your city!

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Universal’s Comic-Con Panel: Paul and Cowboys & Aliens

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Paul


From the creators of Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, comes a hilarious-looking comedy 7 years in the making. Basically, there was bad weather during the scene in Shawn of the Dead where they were outside throwing records at a zombie. They thought to themselves how cool would it be to do a road trip from California down to Wyoming in an RV so they started spit-firing some ideas of an alien movie in the desert. They teamed up with the director of Superbad, Greg Mottola.

Paul

The Paul Panel at Comic-Con


They showed an extended first-cut trailer for us and it looked great! Paul, who is voiced by Seth Rogen, is a bad-mouth bad-ass alien. Some of the lines he said were like, “Hey Fucknuts, it’s probing time!” and in response to, “How can I hear you? Are you using neural translation?” Paul says, “Actually, I’m speaking English you fucking retard.” So you can get a taste of the flavor of this creature from a galaxy far far away…farther than Comic-Con. It was great for the Comic-Con audience because the beginning of Paul is actually set AT Comic-Con. They tried to film at the official San Diego Comic-Con but in the words of the San Diego Fire Marshall: “No Fucking Way.”
Paul

The Paul Panel at Comic-Con (side view)


The cast is a collection of some of the greatest comedy actors today including Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), Kristen Wiig (Date Night), Bill Hader (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Jeffrey Tambor (The Hangover), Joe Lo Truglio (Role Models), Seth Rogen (The Green Hornet), and Sigourney Weaver (Baby Mama).




Cowboys & Aliens


Comic-Con should be renamed Favreau-Con because in the last few years, he has presented some of the best panels and knows how to hype up the crowd. No one knew what he was going to show or who he was going to bring because the film is shooting right now in New Mexico and has only been doing so for about a month. But Jon Favreau knew he had to bring something to Comic-Con to show the crowds so he went straight to the editing room and cut some exclusive scenes for us. The film won’t come out for another year and is to be launched right after the next Comic-Con!
Cowboys & Aliens

Jon Favreau presenting his next film: Cowboys & Aliens


Well I was amazed with how much they showed. We saw the stars of the movie, Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, and Harrison Ford in this old time western. It’s being shot in glorious 2D since Favreau didn’t want to shoot in stereo. Cowboys & Aliens is going to be a by the book western, they’re going to just play it straight but mix it with old sci-fi from before there was CG and then put in the CGI. The footage Favreau backed it up and we got to see the feel of the movie which is truly a western. But what’s that in the sky!? And what’s that on Craig’s wrist?? I can’t wait a year.

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Comic-Con WB Panel: The Green Lantern, Harry Potter, and Sucker Punch

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

The Green Lantern PosterThe Green Lantern


With about 3 weeks of shooting left to go, the cast and crew of The Green Lantern came to present what they’ve been working on. In the DC Universe, this is the most anticipated movie on the slate and from the way Geoff Johns, Chief Creative Officer of DC, was talking, it sounds like the rest of the DC movies hang on the success or failure of the Green Lantern (like the possibility of a Justice League movie). Martin Campbell is the director of The Green Lantern and this is his first superhero movie. He said that the tone of the movie is real action mixed with some humor courtesy of Reynolds and Blake. It’s great fun but also a great adventure. There’s been a lot of debate of the costume which will be entirely CGI. It’s the tradition black and green but they lost the white gloves because they think its cooler and more interesting. There are 7 lines that haven’t been seen yet which evolve from the ring which are along the muscles. He said it’s still a work in progress.

The Green Lantern Panel

The Green Lantern Panel


Donald DeLine (producer) said that the opportunities in this movie is great because they’re able to take us to the center of the universe to Oa. We also are going to see about 3600 digitally made green lanterns including some of the favorites. Geoff said that 10 years ago an executive at a studio asked if they could do the movie without the ring (the whole crowd moaned from this comment). Then and there he thought the movie was never going to be made. It’s been misinterpreted as a comedy and a lot of people have been saying negative things but he says it’s going to be great. They didn’t show too much footage but they did show Reynolds using the ring early on (he obviously didn’t know its full power). We didn’t get to see the costume though.
Ryan Reynolds wearing Green Lantern's Ring

Ryan Reynolds wearing Green Lantern's Ring






Harry Potter PosterHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I


There wasn’t much of a panel for Harry Potter at this year’s Comic-Con which angered a lot of the die hard HP fans which camped out for hours. However, Tom Felton aka Draco Malfory did come out to Comic-Con for the first time ever and presented the never before seen trailer for the next film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I. If you don’t know, the last story of Harry Potter has been split up into two movies. There’s just so much going on that they felt they needed more like 4 hours instead of 2 (or they just wanted to make double the money for 3/4 the price). Part I comes out November 19, 2010 and Part II comes out next summer on July 15, 2011. Felton said that all of the cast and crew put everything into making this set of films because they knew it would be the last. There’s not much to say about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows except to expect the great quality we’ve all come to enjoy from the previous films. They knew they were making something special and hope that everyone likes it.
Tom Felton aka Draco Malfory

Tom Felton aka Draco Malfory from Harry Potter






Sucker Punch PosterSucker Punch


This was the movie panel I wanted to see most at Comic-Con and now this might be my most anticipated movie. Zach Snyder, director of Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen, and 300, has obviously been making film adaptations. This is the first time where he’s doing something original but to him, there’s not much different. The way he explained it is that once he wrote the story, it was just like all the other films he had made…there was the source material and now it was time to make it. He described the film as an amazing journey that he wanted to torture these girls with.


This film has EVERYTHING: dragons, mech warriors, samurais, ninjas, planes, big guns…and interpretive dancing. The premise of the story is still under wraps a bit but it looks like the main character, Baby Doll, is put into an insane asylum by her abusive father. She has to escape so she teams up with these other girls to do so. Snyder said that the story came from a transition concept from tv commercials. With commercials, you have to go through this process of condensing time. In his movie, you transition from the insane asylum to this other world in stressful moments. You can put a lot into these tiny moments of emotional outburst. He also wanted to create a satisfying ending from a twist within the story.


The almost all-girl cast in this film is amazing. It includes Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, Jena Malone, Abbie Cornish. All extremely beautiful and apparently deadly! Zach Snyder said that the girls did such an amazing job and if he had to cut all of the action scenes, the movie would still be good.
The Beautiful Ladies of Sucker Punch

The Beautiful Ladies of Sucker Punch


Here’s a list of the characters as described by the actresses:

  • Baby Doll (Emily Browning) – mother dies, abusive step father puts her into an insane asylum to be lobotomized and she meets these friends to escape.
  • Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens) – She shoots some of the biggest guns
  • Rocket (Jena Malone) – Sweet pea’s younger sister has to introduce Baby Doll and is the first on board with the idea of escaping. She rallies the troops.
  • Dr. ??? (Carla Gugino) – Polish psychologist/Dominatrix/Choreographer/Madam




YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS TRAILER:

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Comic-Con Scary Remakes: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and Let Me In

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Miramax Films: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
Producer and co-writer of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Guillermo del Toro, and director Troy Nixey came to present their re-imagining of the classic Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. Guillermo del Toro explained that the original was one of his favorite horror films back from the golden age of made for tv horror but could never find it or anyone who has even seen it. Watching Guillermo at the Comic-Con panel was hilarious…he curses like a sailor. He described Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark as a hard-hitting classical horror where the the ending hits you like a motherfucker. Right after he warned the crowd that if there are children in the audience, it’s too late, the word of the day is motherfucker, and he’s not elmo. Back around 1997 or 1998, Guillermo wrote the screenplay and waited to be able to do the movie right with a studio who won’t get in their way and a director who could do a great bringing it to the big screen. This is the feature directorial debut of Troy Nixey.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Producer and co-writer of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Guillermo del Toro, and director Troy Nixey


Guillermo said that they’re not fucking chickening out and the ending will be there! They didn’t add sexuality or profanity but still got an R for pervasive scariness. Guillermo said that this was like a seal of approval of how scary it is. They asked the MPAA if there was anything that could be done to get a PG-13 rating and the MPAA asked him why he would want to ruin a perfectly scary movie. Del Toro said the horror movies are like a pirate ship…the more Rs the better. The footage that they showed shocked the audience…the girl next to be was so scared that she had to hide under her sweater.


So what’s Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark about? It’s a present day story about an ancient ash pit, or chimney, exists in an ancient house. A girl moves in with her family and opens this pit. All the things from below that live in the ash pit want to taker her down with them…into to the darkness of this fairy world. This mixes fairy tales with horror like for example, the tooth fairy wanting your teeth. Guillermo explained that this movie is as serious as an attack of gonorrhea. I think Guillermo should write a comedy…if he writes it the way he talks, it would be hilarious!




Let Me In PosterOverture: Let Me In
This was probably the most serious film that was presented at Comic-Con. Let Me In is a remake of the classic, “Let The Right One In.” It’s a different look on the story about vampires written and directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield). The movie is centered around two young kids played by some of the best child actors in the business right now: Kick Ass’s Chloe Moretz and Kodi Smit-McPhee from The Road. From the footage shown, it looks amazing and may become another great addition to this story (there is a novel and movie already). Matt Reeves said that he wanted to take the elements of the first movie and combine it with more details from the novel. He set the story in the 80s and in very regular American-style development similar to Edward Scissorhands. The performances from all of the actors involved are sure to be breathtaking.
Let Me In

Cutest lil Vampire Ever: Chloe Moretz


Pretty much, this a story about the difficulties of a young vampire (played by Chloe Moretz). She moves to a new city where her caretaker begins to do his duty of finding her blood to survive. She moves in next door to a bullied boy (played by Kodi Smit-McPhee). She ends up being his only friend even after telling him that they can’t hang out since she isn’t what she seems. Instead of glamorizing the life of a vampire, the story really shows how hard it is to live in a modern society and the obstacles that they have to go through. Check out the red band trailer below:


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REVIEW: The Virginity Hit

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Will Ferrell and Adam McKay*This is the first review of the movie anywhere which was screened for the first time at Comic-Con on Friday, July 16th*

At the end of The Other Guys panel at Comic-Con, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay announced a secret film that they produced called The Virginity Hit. They showed a trailer of the film and I couldn’t tell if it was a funny joke or actually a real movie. Well, it’s real and I got to see an advance screening of it that very same night! The movie is both written and directed by Andrew Gurland and Huck Botko who Will Ferrell and Adam McKay praised as the most innovative film makers of today.


The Virginity Hit is about a group of four high school friends who make a tradition of smoking from a bong (taking a hit) after each of them loses their virginity (the title makes a lot more sense now, right?). This special bong will only be used for this very special rite of passage. Each of the boys gets the dirty deed done except for Matt…and this is where the movie begins, following the steps and missteps of Matt to lose his virginity. Think American Pie mixed with Sex Drive and Superbad. So Think: Totally Awesome.


The movie is definitely unique in the way it’s shot. The camera is in the hands of a guy who just can’t put down the camera and films every little scene of life. He’s Matt’s best friend and brother from another mother, Zach. Combine this with a bunch of high school kids’ cameras and cell phones and you have the point of view which this film is shot and shown in. It’s really cool how they use a lot of pop culture references like YouTube to explain why there’s always a camera following them around. It makes the film feel more authentic and supplies you with an all access pass into the character’s lives.


I have to say, this was one of the coolest set of high schoolers I’ve ever seen in a film. For being a few average or even below average virgins, they hooked up with some beautiful girls and constantly had the hot girls hanging around them! They were smoking pot, drinking booze, and having a great time hanging out with each other. These are the type of friends who would do just about anything for one another and I mean anything. If you’ve seen the extra friendly bromance scene from the movie She’s Out Of My League, you know what I’m talking about.


The script is hilarious. The characters are hilarious. The way it’s filmed is hilarious. The movie is just genuinely funny. Most of the humor comes from the everyday antics of the high school kids; the stuff between the key plot points and twists. From their crazy parties to awkward relationships and family problems, it all feels real and hits home in one way or another. With all unknown actors, you can really believe that this could’ve happened to some poor unfortunate kid even with all the outrageous scenes. The feeling you get when you hang out with friends and laugh at yourselves is the kind of feeling I got from this movie.


I’m surprised at how well this movie was kept a secret. I had never even heard of the film until Will Ferrell and Adam McKay presented it at Comic-Con. Doing a Google search only turned up stories about the Comic-Con presentation. Even more amazing is the fact that it’s being set to release in just two months and it looks like it’ll be distributed nationwide through Columbia Pictures (Sony). I’m sure the producers, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, had a lot to do with that but wow, what a great opportunity for the little known film makers, Andrew Gurland and Huck Botko, and their cast of kids. The story is a nonstop comedic gem and keeps escalating to the next problematic situation for Matt which leads to the next crazy scenario until Matt has enough, just can’t take it anymore, and finally figures out a master plan for himself. But will he ever get that Virginity Hit? You’ll just have to check out this flick when it comes out September 10th…it’s definitely not one to miss.




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Comic-Con Preview: SUPER

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Little has been known about this film but now we finally have some ideas. James Gunn brought us the first trailer and clip ever shown to the public at Comic-Con. The one thing I already knew about this film was the great ensemble: Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, and even Kevin Bacon! From the footage, it looked like a low-budget Kick-Ass to me. The script was written before Kick-Ass was ever made and the film makers themselves referred to it as a low-budget Watchmen. However…there’s a lot more to it.

SUPER Comic-Con Panel

Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, and Nathan Fillion


SUPER follows Rainn Wilson who has been picked on and walked over by others and looses his wife to another man. So, like any logical man would do, he turns himself into a super hero to win his wife back. Not so fast, don’t think he has good intentions…this movie is a dark, gritty, gruesome film which looks hilarious and twisted at the same time. It does look like it has low production but it also looks like it’s going to surprise us with a few shocking scenes. Rainn holds nothing back…he even hits a girl.
SUPER Comic-Con Panel
James Gunn said that this is the first movie which he feels he made for himself. More tidbits of information we gathered was that Ellen Page plays Rainn’s kid sidekick and has her way with Rainn at some point of the film. Liv Tyler plays a drug addict and Nathan Fillion plays The Holy Avenger who has churisma…a mix of charisma and the church.


I’m really looking forward to this movies because I love indie films…but I don’t think this is going to have a wide appeal especially after the lower results than what was expected from Kick-Ass. But hey, with James Gunn and this cast, it’s sure to be loved by the fans.
SUPER Comic-Con Panel

James Gunn, Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Nathan Fillion, and Michael Rooker

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Comic-Con Preview: Skyline

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Skyline looks amazing! We got to see the first ever look of the trailer for the film. They only finished filming 9 weeks ago and the visual effects were started 3 weeks ago but they wanted to make sure they had something to show us at Comic-Con. This is a completely independent film that had no studio help and was literally shot in one of the director’s houses. The idea started around the time that Paranormal Activity was released and the Strause brothers (who direct the film) and their two creative partners discussed how hard it was to make a film these days so they decided if the guy who did Paranormal Activity could do it, so could they!

Skyline Comic-Con Panel

Directors and Brothers: Greg and Colin Strause


In less than 11 months, they were done. They had a crew of only about 120 people and only 5 people on set made decisions. If you know about film making, especially for big budget films, that is a huge difference an the cast and crew thought it was great. They tried to remove the horrific inefficiencies of film making and it looks like they succeeded. The trailer that they showed was massive and looked really entertaining. There’s over 800 shots in this film so don’t be fooled by it being an independent film, it sure doesn’t look like it had a small budget.
Skyline Comic-Con Panel

The Full Skyline Panel


Basically, this is an alien invasion on a global scale. You know how everybody looks at a car accident when they drive by? Well that’s the weakness the aliens in this movie use against humankind. Don’t look up or you’ll be sucked into one of their ships! They don’t use bullets or lasers, they just prey on all the humans while they’re distracted by the spectacle.
Skyline Comic-Con Panel

Side shot of the Skyline panel


Donald Faison, one of the stars of the movie said that it was difficult to shoot and and of the world movie but be quiet to not wake the neighbors. Again, they literally shot most of the film in Greg Strause’ house. Luckily the unit below him was under construction, so that was a lifesaver. It’s going to be interested to see what a group or regular people do to stay alive and not get abducted by aliens. Skyline comes out November 12th of this year so look out for it!

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Summit’s Drive Angry 3D

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

From the director who brought us My Bloody Valentine 3D, Patrick Lussier, comes Drive Angry 3D. He said that the difference between Bloody Valentine was that it was a suspense and he wanted to do an action film in 3D. Drive Angry is pure action. He’s one of the few directors who has already completed a 3D movie (real 3D, not conversion) so you’re going to see some of the best effects and storytelling through the new dimension.

Drive Angry 3D Comic-Con Panel

Patrick Lussier, Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, and William Fichtner


Nicolas Cage stars in the film along with Amber Heard and William Fichtner. Nic said that there’s no question that he prefers characters who raise more questions than answers. This role falls into those lines since it’s a mysterious character from Hell with some supernatural powers. His daughter was killed and they took her child so all he has left is this baby girl. That’s his drive but other than that you don’t know what’s behind him…he doesn’t do drugs but indulges in sugar every now and then.


On the director, Nic said that Patrick is a purist. This is the first time that he (Nicolas Cage) could play with 3D and he wanted to see what moves he could do and how he could change the format. With Patrick, he felt like he was in good hands and had a lot of conversations with him on the subject. There’s no secret that Nicolas Cage likes to drive and likes to drive fast so this was a great role for him. He had the same stunt guy as he did for Gone in 60 Seconds so he got to collaborate with him again.
Drive Angry 3D Comic-Con Panel

Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard


Drive Angry 3D is an anti-hero 70s action film in 3D. They started writing the film around groundhogs day and that’s where the title comes from…you know Bill Murray’s line where he says, “don’t drive angry.” That’s apparently for the opening scene which they thought of first and built the rest of the movie from that. Amber Heard said that the movie is “fast cars, big guns, and fist fights” which is what attracted her to the film but then noted, “but maybe that’s the Texas in me.” William wasn’t in muscle cars as much as his co-stars but he kept mentioning a hydrogen tanker so I’m really curios to see those scenes now. He made it a point to say that this film is wild and fast.


This film comes out February 11, 2011 which means it’s opening for Valentine’s Day! This is obviously for the ladies because the bumper sticker on the back of Nicolas Cage’s car read: “I Brake 4 Pussy.”

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REVIEW: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldSo I was at the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World panel at Comic-Con and Edgar Wright was moderating his own film with twelve members of the cast along with the creator of story, Bryan Lee O’Malley. The panel was hilarious and they gave out these little buttons to the crowd. At the end of the panel, Edgar Wright asked if we would like it if he screened the movie to fans tonight (after he asked us if we liked chocolate). Obviously, the crowd went crazy, but only people who got white buttons could see the screening tonight. I had a white button :) .


The movie was AMAZING. It’s a fresh and different feel of film for a unique and wacky story. If you like any alternative culture like comics, video games, or rock music…you’ll love this movie. It combines all three together to make a movie that you’ve been wanting to make with your childhood friends forever. The movie where you would say, “wouldn’t it be cool if when you punched something it would show the sounds in words like in a comic,” or “when people got into a fight it would like it was a Tekken match,” or even “when i played my bass, you could see the music waves.” Well this movie has all of that fun stuff and more!

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim dealing with one of Ramona Flowers's exs


The story follows a 22 year-old guy living in Toronto with his gay roommate. This guy has a dream about a girl and then suddenly sees his dream girl in real life. There’s one problem however…well seven problems. In order to date her, he must fight her seven evil exs. What!? Yup, that’s the storyline…and it’s AWESOME. The movie moves so fast cutting from scene to scene that you kind of feel whiplashed and that you should be confused…but it does this so well and so funny that you’re going along with it and getting all the back-story you need to understand what’s going on in the movie in record speed. When other movies would bore you with the particulars and mundane scenes like calling a girl on the phone, Scott Pilgrim mixes in outrageous humor and non-stop scene shifting to move you through the story. It’s shot as if it were a video game itself, so as Scott progresses through the exs, we’re all progressing through the levels of the movie with him…it’s brilliant!
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

The Seven Evil Exs


I mentioned the comic book pizazz, video game fights, and banging music right? The way this movie is shot makes you feel like you’re in the graphic novel without being a cheesy gimmick like we’re used to seeing. It actually creates its own medium which just hasn’t been done like this before. The fight and action scenes are spot on with great visual effects and jaw-breaking stunts. You won’t believe your eyes when you see Michael Cera do some of the things he does. Each of the 7 exs have their own fighting styles as well so you’re not bored with the same repeated fighting style. It moves from mythical bollywood, to skateboarding, to music battles, weapons (like a big ass hammer and glowing swords), and straight hand to hand combat…a little bit of everything to please your violent side.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Michael Cera kicking ass and taking names with a special sword


The style of writing and lingo used in the script is spot on. Anyone from middle school age to late thirties is going to be cracking up and repeating the lines for months to come. You’ll hear things like “hasbian”, “earholes”, and phrases like “you kicked my heart’s ass”, and “I lesbian you”, and stuff. The writing is just half the credit. All the actors were great in each of their roles. They not only delivered their lines but delivered on their personas. The movie is very quirky and needed quirky actors to do it justice and do it right.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim with some of his friends


My favorite element of the film is the sound effects. They really set each scene with the music and/or sound effects that were used. You’ll hear sound effects from video games like Tekken, Sonic, and Final Fantasy as well as a segment with the Seinfeld theme and backtrack (you know when you hear the audience laughing and clapping). There are a few running gags thrown in to make you laugh even more as well as some great cameos! This movie really does have it all and I hope you go see it because more movies like this should be made and only you purchasing a ticket will get that done!


(We’ll have more advance screenings posted closer to the film’s release date which is August 13th…you can find the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World advance screening list here!)

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Summit’s RED and Lionsgate’s The Expendables

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

RED – Comes out October 15th


REDLionsgate presented their newest adaptation of a graphic novel called RED. RED stands for Retired Extremely Dangerous and it looks hilarious. It’s a group of great actors who look like they’re just having a fun time on camera. It stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Mary-Louise Parker, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, and Richard Dreyfuss. Isn’t that an amazing cast? Bruce Willis commented that, “I think 75 movie stars are in RED” so look out for a bunch of cameos. Warren Ellis, who wrote the original graphic novel story, said that the studio bought the rights to do an adaptation, not a translation so he told them to go have fun with it. His role was to stay out of the way and collect his check. Cully Hamner, who did the graphic novel’s illustrations, said that the movie was made broader for the audiences which makes sense for a movie. However, when he visited the set, he saw a bunch of the RED books laying around so for him that showed high respect.


One of the scenes from the new trailer shows Bruce Willis walking out of a speeding car straight up and shooting…it looked awesome! Totally unbelievable, but awesome! The tone of this film is just a fun time…they want you to laugh from beginning to end. Bruce Willis kept saying that it was like recess…just going out and playing with your friends. From the footage I’ve seen so far though, it looks like John Malkovich and Morgan Freeman steal the show. John Malkovich’s mannerisms and Morgan Freeman’s blue suit look laugh out loud funny (that’s lol in internet lingo). Along with the comedy comes a lot of action, it’s more modern mixed martial arts so it’s faster and looks cooler. You can check out this feature trailer for RED which came out today!






The Expendables – Comes out August 13th (advance screening list)


The ExpendablesThe Expendables is Sylvester Stallone’s idea of going out with a bang. He admitted that he messed up with Rocky V so he made Rocky Balboa to end it right. That worked, so he thought he’d end off Rambo too…and that worked. So now he’s just greedy and going for the big finale with The Expendables…and when I say big, I mean big! This movie stars almost all of the top action heroes you can think of: Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, David Zayas, Terry Crews, Mikey Rourke, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and Sylvester Stallone himself. As you can see, this is a man’s man movie full of manly men. Testosterone to the max…no estrogen allowed…at least for the panel at Comic-Con. Terry Crews said that it’s the “Manliest movie ever made.”


This is a classic action film the way it used to be done with very little special effects and cgi. These actors are really going at it with each other! During the film, they made a crude documentary for Sylvester Stallone to show how it was writing, directing, and acting in an action movie like this. You start seeing the constant visits that the stars took to the hospitals because of all the real stunts they were doing themselves. Many of the cast thanked Sly for inviting them to work on this project like Terry, Dolph, and Bruce. When Steve Austin heard about the movie while he was in Texas, he heard that all of the expendables were already cast. However, Steve and Sly had a meeting in LA and Stallone offered him the role of the bad guy in the film and Steve took it on the spot.


The Expendables was shot in Brazil and from the sounds of it, they got a lot with many things that they couldn’t do in the US. As Stallone put it, you can injure people and even kill them and the people of Brazil are like hey, take a monkey…lol. They had around 70 bodyguards for the cast and crew, 1/2 of them were heavy duty cops because it was pretty dangerous in Brazil. You would see carjackings and murders on the way to the set. But, they could also blow up huge amounts of real estate and the people there loved it!


Other actors were also thought about and talked to by Stallone like Steven Seagal and Chuck Norris but because of availability conflicts and other problems, they couldn’t be in it but I still think the cast that they assembled is quite amazing. Sly said that he loves directing more than acting and that he’s going to leave the action roles to the young bloods so this very well might be his finale…and it looks like it’s going to be a great one. Here’s a featurette for The Expendables which focuses on the stars:


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Sony Pictures’ Salt and Battle: Los Angeles Panels

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

SaltSalt

Opening tonight, Sony had a quick panel to promote the movie without saying much. For a movie about a secret agent who nobody knows…it’s very hard to have an interesting Comic-Con panel on it because every other sentence out of the panelists’ mouths were “I wish I could tell you about it” or “I don’t want to spoil it for any of you.” Either way, it was awesome to see Angelina Jolie and she’s quite an actress. She did all of her stunts and there was no CGI Angelina in the film.


A little known fact about this movie is that it was originally written for a male lead. They changed Salt’s gender and scripted it towards Angelina to have her star in the movie. The writers commented that changing Salt’s gender wasn’t too difficult…she’s transcends gender. The real difficulty was the snowball effect on all the other characters. From what they now brought to the table to how they interacted with Angelina in the movie.


Angelina was drawn to this strong character…she loved the way she had to interact in her real life being a secret agent and how she has all these special skills to do her bad ass job. In her own words, Angelina said, “there’s something a little off about her (Salt) and maybe there’s something off about me.”




Battle: Los Angeles
Sony showed some early footage from this bad-ass action war flick with a twist. To me, it looked a lot like District 9 in the way that it was shot with a moving camera. And then also had a huge Modern Warfare (video game) feel. There are crazy alien rockets and gunfights and the aliens (even though we didn’t get to see much of them) look pretty cool already.


Battle: Los Angeles is a myopic view which follows one Marine Platoon during an alien invasion. As Aaron Eckhert, one of the stars of the film, put it, “We made a war movie with aliens”…what more can you want? It’s an alien invasion in a modern setting with urban combat. You watch as soldiers go through residential neighborhoods and places you see in your every day life while battling alien lifeforms, trying to save others, and trying to save their own life. There’s a lot of realism….you really get to see what the people who protect us would do.


Aaron Eckhert, Michelle Rodriguez, and the other actors went through a boot-camp to ready themselves for the intense scenes they had to shoot. Michelle, however, didn’t have to sleep in the tents with the other guys, she noted that there were quite a few benefits to being a girl. She likes playing the physical roles for now though. This movie doesn’t come out until next year so look out for updates!

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From the TRON: LEGACY Press Conference

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Comic-Tron Panel

Full Comic-Tron Panel

In attendance: Jeff Bridges (“Kevin Flynn”), Garrett Hedlund (“Sam Flynn”), Olivia Wilde (“Quorra”), Michael Sheen (“Castor”), Bruce Boxleitner (“Alan Bradley”), Joe Kosinski (Director), Sean Bailey (Producer), Jeff Silver (Producer), Justin Springer (Producer), Steven Lisberger (producer and original director of TRON), Adam Horowitz (Writer), Eddy Kitsis (Writer), Eric Barba (Digital Domain)


“Comic-Tron” Press Conference


Olivia Wilde wasn’t even born when the original film came out but she knew about it through the video game and phenomena. Garret Hedlund who pays Sam Flynn didn’t even see the film until about 2003 when a friend overseas was amazed he had never seen it and made him watch.

The filmmakers pointed out that their movie is a father/son story which is why they concentrated on Flynn and didn’t bring back some of the other characters from the original.

Jeff Bridges heard about a Tron sequel for quite a while but gave up at it at first. He finally got a copy of the script that Disney had but Disney wasn’t satisfied with the script so they waited. Jeff is glad they did because the final product now is so much better. Then they got Joe to be at the helm of this film which he thinks was a great decision because he comes from an architect background and knew about all of the fancy technologies that they were going to use. This is a true 3D film that was completely filmed with two cameras and the effects have been finished for both eyes.
The Stars

Michael Sheen, Olivia Wilde, Garret Hedlund, and Jeff Bridges


The difference between the first film and this film is that in the first film all they had to do was dream. This was before Virtual and Internet were common day vocabulary. It sounds like now, they are just matching the technology that is already out there…they’re not creating a new world…they making it more realistic.


There has been no date set for the blu-ray of the original Tron but they feel like they’re going to do something special. For the Tron: Legacy, they want to do the dvd and blu-ray in 3D so they’re hoping for greater penetration of 3D tvs in homes.


Jeff loves that people are so excited to see Tron again. Comic-Con wasn’t around during the first film but now it’s great to see all the fans get hyped up for the movie. Two years ago showing the effects test to Comic-Con was one of the reasons why the film got off the ground in the first place. Last year, when they showed the trailer, they got a huge response.


Daft PunkFor the Tron virals on the internet, the crew went back to the original movie and made a timeline from then til now and tried to figure out how that would play out. Expect a lot more ads and virals coming your way up until the release of the movie in December.


Joe Kosinkski met up with Daft Punk really early in the process even before the effects test. They talked about how passionate they were towards Tron and got started on the music very early. They started making music over 2 years ago before they even started filming. They’re in the studio right now, as we speak, putting the finishing touches on the score. Olivia Wilde said that to get the feel of a scene, they would listen to a Daft track to get into the mood and she said that really helped.

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Comic-Con: Preview Night

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Comic-Con 2010 Convention Floor

Comic-Con 2010 Convention Floor

Welcome to the first advancescreenings.com post from Comic-Con 2010. Wednesday is preview night and I had no idea what that meant. This is my first Comic-Con so I’m really excited to see what everything is about. As I entered the convention floor, I was overwhelmed. This thing is massive! Basically, Comic-Con is an international convention of all things comics…from the history of comic books to the new media that the industry is seeking into including movies, television, and video games.


Preview night is for those eager beavers who show up a day early to check out the booths across the convention floor. It’s supposedly a smaller crowd and there are a couple of exclusives that people line up for. I’m amazed at the lines here at Comic-Con…they’re endless. They wrap around booths so you have no idea where they begin or end and in most cases, have no idea what people are even in line for. Amazingly, the people are quite civilized and there isn’t much pushing and shoving which you would expect. People don’t cut, find the end of the line, and if it’s capped…it’s capped and that’s it. I was impressed with that.

Toy Story 3...in legos!


But let’s remember what I’m actually here for…the movie news! This was just preview night, the press conferences and panels start tomorrow. We’re beginning with the movie I’m most excited about this year now that Inception has been released: Disney’s TRON: Legacy. I’ll keep you all posted and remember you can follow me on twitter @matthewfong for the latest updates!

"Black Beauty"...The Green Hornet car

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Comic Con 2010 Preview!

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

advancescreenings.com is heading to San Diego for the 2010 Comic-Con! The movie schedule this year looks intense so we should have tons of stories and previews for you in the next couple of weeks. You can find the full Comic-Con schedule here. Let us know if there’s something you want us to cover in particular on Facebook or comment below! Here’s a list of panels we plan on attending:




Thursday
11:15-12:45 Walt Disney Pictures: TRON: Legacy— Returning for an unprecedented third year to the fans and convention that started it all, Walt Disney Pictures is pleased to present a special insider look at the upcoming TRON: Legacy. Panelists include filmmakers and talent from the film: director Joe Kosinski, producers Sean Bailey and Steven Lisberger, and cast members Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen, and Bruce Boxleitner. The discussion, moderated by Patton Oswalt, is set to include exclusive glimpses of the film, as well as a Q&A involving all panel participants, along with special surprise guests.


1:00-2:00 Sony Pictures Entertainment: Battle: Los Angeles and Salt— Two great new films from Sony Pictures Entertainment are showcased in this Hall H presentation!

Battle: Los Angeles — When unknown forces suddenly and mercilessly attack the City of Angels out of nowhere, it’s up to a local Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and a new platoon of unseasoned soldiers to meet the threat. As the invasion hits the streets of LA, these Marines become our first and last line of defense in an intense battle against an enemy unlike any they’ve ever encountered before. Appearing in person are Michelle Rodriguez, Aaron Eckhart, Neal Moritz, and director Jonathan Liebesman.


SaltSalt — Opening in theaters everywhere tomorrow, Columbia Pictures brings an exclusive and surprising look at Salt to Comic-Con today, featuring some very special guests. As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, but her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: “Who is Salt?”



2:15-3:15 Summit Entertainment: RED— Summit Entertainment presents a sneak peek of exclusive footage from RED. They used to be the CIA’s top agents — but the secrets they know just made them the Agency’s top targets. Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren star in RED, an explosive action-comedy based on the cult DC Comics graphic novel by Warren Ellis. Join him, director Robert Schwentke, and the film’s stars as they share footage from the film and debut the final trailer before it’s ever in theaters.


The Expendables4:45-5:45 Lionsgate: The Expendables— Prepare to have your ass kicked by The Expendables, the biggest action movie this summer! Lionsgate presents exclusive scenes and the inside scoop on every punch, kick, and bloodied lip from the most iconic cast of heroes and villains ever assembled, including the director, writer, and star Sylvester Stallone (Rambo), along with Dolph Lundgren (Universal Soldier), Steve Austin (The Condemned), Randy Couture (Scorpion King: Rise of the Warrior), and Terry Crews (Gamer).


Scott Pilgrim vs. the World6:00-7:00 Universal: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World— Genre-bending filmmaker Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz), graphic novel author Bryan Lee O’Malley, and the cast of Universal Pictures’ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World provide a sneak peek of summer 2010′s epic of epic epicness. Joining Wright will be our hero, Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera of Superbad); Scott’s two current girlfriends, Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead of The Thing) and Knives Chau (Ellen Wong of Unnatural History); his band, SEX BOB-OMB: Kim Pine (Alison Pill of Milk) and Stephen Stills (Mark Webber of Broken Flowers); SEX BOB-OMB super-fan Young Neil (Johnny Simmons of Jennifer’s Body); Scott’s awesome roommate, Wallace Wells (Kieran Culkin of Igby Goes Down); and four of Ramona’s seven evil exes: Matthew Patel (Satya Bhabha of Fair Game), Todd Ingram (Brandon Routh of Superman Returns), Gideon Graves (Jason Schwartzman of Funny People) and Roxy Richter (Mae Whitman of Parenthood); plus Scott’s younger sister, Stacey Pilgrim (Anna Kendrick of Up in the Air), and the obnoxious Julie Powers (Aubrey Plaza of Parks and Recreation). Q&A to follow.




Friday
11:15-11:45 Summit Entertainment: Drive Angry 3D— A vengeful father hunts down the people who brutally killed his daughter and kidnapped her baby in the newest film shot in 3D from the writer and director of My Bloody Valentine 3D, starring Nicolas Cage, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, and Amber Heard. Join the cast and filmmakers as they showcase never-before-seen footage of this high-octane, blood-spattered road trip through hell!


12:00-1:00 Skyline— Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, and Rogue Pictures present an exclusive look at the sci-fi thriller Skyline, directed and produced by the Brothers Strause (Alien vs. Predator: Requiem), whose company Hydraulx has provided visual effects for Avatar, Iron Man 2, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and 300. In Skyline, strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame, where an extraterrestrial force proceeds to swallow the entire human population off the face of the earth. Colin and Greg Strause unveil an exclusive Comic-Con trailer and scenes from Skyline, along with stars Donald Faison (Scrubs), Eric Balfour (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 24), David Zayas (The Expendables, Dexter), Scottie Thompson (Star Trek), and Brittany Daniel (Club Dread). HitFix’s Drew McWeeny moderates.


1:00-2:00 Super— Writer/director James Gunn (Slither), stars Rainn Wilson (The Office), Liv Tyler (Lord of the Rings), Nathan Fillion (Firefly), and Michael Rooker (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer), and producers Ted Hope (Adventureland) and Miranda Bailey (The Squid and the Whale) reveal footage from their latest feature production Super, including the first peek at Rainn and Ellen Page’s costume design. Super is a hyper-real and shockingly funny look at the extremely violent antics of a down-on-his-luck man as he attempts to win his wife back from a glamorous drug dealer by teaming up with a psychopathic teen to become costumed crimefighters.


2:15-3:45 Miramax Films: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark— Producer/co-writer Guillermo del Toro and director Troy Nixey present a first look at their new film Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, a hair-raising, spine-chilling tale of horror about a little girl (Bailee Madison) who is sent to live with her father (Guy Pearce) and his girlfriend (Katie Holmes) in the old mansion they are renovating, only to unwittingly unleash malevolent creatures bent on destroying all of them.


4:00-6:00 Sony Pictures Entertainment: The Other Guys, The Green Hornet, and Priest— Two more sneak peeks at upcoming films from Sony Pictures Entertainment!

The Other GuysThe Other Guys–NYPD Detectives Christopher Danson and P.K. Highsmith (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. Two desks over and one back, sit Detectives Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg). You’ve seen them in the background of photos of Danson and Highsmith, out of focus and eyes closed. They’re not heroes — they’re “the Other Guys.” But every cop has his day and soon Gamble and Hoitz stumble into a seemingly innocuous case no other detective wants to touch that could turn into New York City’s biggest crime. It’s the opportunity of their lives, but do these guys have the right stuff? Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, and co-writer/director Adam McKay will be appearing in person.


The Green Hornet–Director Michel Gondry, who makes movies with a special, personal signature, is taking on The Green Hornet — and he’s doing it in 3D. Comic-Con audiences, prepare yourselves. In The Green Hornet, Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is the son of L.A.’s most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence on the party scene — until his father (Tom Wilkinson) mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire. Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father’s more industrious and inventive employees, Kato (Jay Chou), they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime. To get close to the criminals, they come up with the perfect cover: they’ll pose as criminals themselves. Protecting the law by breaking it, Britt becomes the vigilante The Green Hornet as he and Kato hit the streets. Confirmed to appear in person to unveil this early look at The Green Hornet in 3D are the Hornet himself, Seth Rogen, director Michel Gondry, writer Evan Goldberg, producer Neal Moritz, and actor Christoph Waltz.


Priest (3D) — A western-infused post-apocalyptic thriller, set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest (Paul Bettany) from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities. When his niece (Lily Collins) is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on an obsessive quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend (Cam Gigandet), a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess (Maggie Q) who possesses otherworldly fighting skills. Stars Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Maggie Q, Cam Gigandet, Stephen Moyer, and director Scott Stewart will be onstage to unveil the first 3D look at Priest.





Saturday
11:45-1:15 Warner Bros.: Green Lantern, Sucker Punch, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows— Warner Bros. showcases three eagerly awaited upcoming new films in this Hall H presentation!

Green Lantern– Get a first look at the upcoming sci-fi action adventure Green Lantern, directed by Martin Campbell. Green Lantern is an epic adventure that crosses galaxies to bring to life the legendary Silver Age superhero Hal Jordan, who is chosen by the ring itself to become the first human member of the Green Lantern Corps and take on the vast and powerful Parallax as it threatens to destroy the world. The film stars Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, Blake Lively as Carol Ferris, Peter Sarsgaard as Dr. Hector Hammond, and Mark Strong as Sinestro.


Sucker Punch — Fasten your seatbelt for a sneak peek at the dark action fantasy Sucker Punch, from director Zack Snyder, who previewed his films 300 and Watchmen at past Comic-Cons. A group of young girls escape the dark reality of their lives through their vivid imagination, which takes them to various fantasy locations in different realms. The ensemble cast features Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Carla Gugino, Jena Malone, Jamie Chung, and Jon Hamm.


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Every saga has a final chapter. Kick off the year of Harry Potter with a first look at the coming screen adaptation of J. K. Rowling’s final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, with a program created just for Comic-Con fans. One way. One hero. One destiny. Don’t miss it!



1:30-2:30 Overture: Let Me In— The cast and filmmakers of Let Me In, a haunting and provocative thriller written and directed by filmmaker Matt Reeves (Cloverfield), give the Hall H audience a sneak peek at this highly anticipated film. Let Me In is an astonishing coming-of-age story involving a young girl (Kick Ass’s Chloe Moretz) and an alienated boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee from The Road) unlike any you have seen. Based on the bestselling Swedish novel Lat den Ratte Komma (Let The Right One In) by John Ajvide Lindqvist and the highly acclaimed film of the same name, Let Me In takes audiences straight to the troubled heart of adolescent longing and loneliness. Academy Award-nominee Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) also stars in this exhilarating reboot of the beloved original.


4:00-4:45 Screen Gems: Resident Evil: Afterlife— In a world ravaged by a virus infection that turns its victims into the Undead, Alice (Milla Jovovich) continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap. The fourth installment of the hugely successful Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil: Afterlife is again based on the wildly popular video game series and this time will be shot in 3D using the same state-of-the-art cameras created for Avatar. Writer/director Paul W. S. Anderson, along with the film’s stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, and Wentworth Miller, will be on hand to show you some stunning 3D sequences and answer your questions.


4:45-5:45 Universal: Paul and Cowboys & Aliens— Universal presents two upcoming films in this exclusive Hall H presentation.

Paul — Scheduled to appear for Universal Pictures’ sci-fi comedy-adventure Paul are a who’s who of film comedy. Director Greg Mottola (Superbad) will be joined by cast members Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz), Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead), Kristen Wiig (Date Night), Bill Hader (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Jeffrey Tambor (The Hangover), Joe Lo Truglio (Role Models), Seth Rogen (The Green Hornet), and Sigourney Weaver (Baby Mama) as they discuss the movie about two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage to Comic-Con ultimately takes them to America’s UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who takes them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. Q&A session to follow.


Cowboys & Aliens — Director Jon Favreau (Iron Man series) discusses what’s happening behind the scenes of Universal Pictures and DreamWorks’ action-thriller Cowboys & Aliens, based on Platinum Studios’ graphic novel. Currently shooting in New Mexico, Cowboys & Aliens stars Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford and takes audiences into the Old West, where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. Q&A session to follow.



6:00-7:00 Marvel Studios: Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger— Producer Kevin Feige and special guests give you an inside look at the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe.




As you can see, that’s a lot of panels! I’m sure there will be tons of exclusive news and announcements so make sure to visit advancescreenings.com throughout next weekend and you can also follow me on twitter for real-time updates!

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