Film News & Trailers

The much maligned, delayed, and constantly pushed back Ghost Rider finally has a home site up and running (though the film’s release has once again been pushed back, this time to February 2007).  The film tells the story of Johnny Blaze (played by Nicholas Cage) who makes a deal with the devil in order to protect someone he loves and ends up becoming possessed with a spirit of vengeance now known as Ghost Rider.  Deals with the devil can be tricky buggers; I guess he didn’t read Faust, huh?  Also starring are Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley and Peter Fonda as Mephisto.  Just click on the pic to go to the official site.

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Apple’s trailer site now has the full length spot for the upcoming Ron Howard film “The Da Vinci Code”, available in both regular and high definition Quicktime.  Based off Dan Brown’s runaway best seller, the film tackles the motherlode of conspiracy theories: the bloodline of Jesus.  Tom Hanks, Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany, Alfred Molina, Jean Reno, and Audrey Tautou (the best reason to love the French) star along side a host of other recognizable faces.

The Vatican has already publicly derided the film, but hey..they don’t like anything so that’s no good indication.  I thought the book was a standard issue pot-boiler for all it’s attempts at stirring up controversy.  It’s an interesting subject (and one of much debate), but I can’t imagine Ron Howard will be firing a shot across the bow of Christianity in this climate.  Guess we’ll just have to wait until May to find out, huh?

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Well, well, well….judging from the trailer, Brett Ratner may not have completely derailed the X-Men franchise.  The beast looks a little odd, though… Check it!

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Well folks it’s finally official, Thomas Hayden Church, best known for his work as the dumb mechanic Lowell from Wings and as Jack from last year’s surprisingly great Sideways, will be playing Flint Marko AKA the Sandman in the next Spidey flick.  Take a look at the pic and compare it to the comic, eerily perfect creepy casting if you ask me. 

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Still no positive word from Sony or Sam Raimi acknowledging who the other villain will be (rumors from every Spidey villain from Venom to Electro to the Chameleon).  As for the Sandman though, looks like the casting director got this one right!

No big budget biopic here, just an in depth look at the man who may be the best songwriter the US has ever produced: Townes Van Zandt.  Never heard of ‘em?  Well, you’ve most likely heard one of his songs seeing as nearly every musician of note has tackled his moody folk/blues/country/rock catalog at one point or another.  In addition to interview and performance footage of Townes (who died in 1997), director Margaret Brown interviews music luminaries like Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and Guy Clark to paint a portrait of a troublemaker rich kid who threw everything away to pursue his talent, and the catalog of genius he left behind.

Be Here To Love Me is getting limited release in the states starting in December, so keep an eye out.  With a little luck, we’ll have a review of it before too long.  In the meantime, check out the official site, or dig on trailer goodness.

Be Here To Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
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No big budget biopic here, just an in depth look at the man who may be the best songwriter the US has ever produced: Townes Van Zandt.  Never heard of ‘em?  Well, you’ve most likely heard one of his songs seeing as nearly every musician of note has tackled his moody folk/blues/country/rock catalog at one point or another.  In addition to interview and performance footage of Townes (who died in 1997), director Margaret Brown interviews music luminaries like Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and Guy Clark to paint a portrait of a troublemaker rich kid who threw everything away to pursue his talent, and the catalog of genius he left behind.

Be Here To Love Me is getting limited release in the states starting in December, so keep an eye out.  With a little luck, we’ll have a review of it before too long.  In the meantime, check out the official site, or dig on trailer goodness.