Archive for November, 2004
Quick Takes: 11/24/04
Bewitched Two teaser materials have popped up from Sony for this Nicole Kidman/Will Ferrell remake: A website and poster, both utilizing the same image. Fantastic Four SuperHeroHype has gotten a copy of the first picture of Dr. Doom in armor. This looks every bit as corny as I expect superhero movies to be and, so, I love [...]
Movie Marketing Madness: Alexander
“Sandals and swords epic”. That’s the catch-phrase adopted by hundreds of entertainment writers across the spectrum. Somebody used it when describing Gladiator (overdone, overacted, underdeveloped), someone else read that, cribbed its usage, then two people cribbed it from that writer, and then two.. you get the point. It’s a lazy [...]
Movie Marketing Madness: Christmas with the Kranks
In 2001 John Grisham took a break from the legal potboilers he had become famous for - first with the novel “A Painted House” and then with what could probably be called a novella in “Skipping Christmas”. “Skipping” was the story of a man who decides to opt out of the shiny and glossy trappings of the holiday season, much to the dismay [...]
Weekly Wrap-up 11/19/04
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Yahoo! Movies has posted the teaser trailer. Am I the only one worried by the distinct lack of tongue-in-cheekness to this? Batman Begins EA Games has announced they will be producing a tie-in video game for the upcoming movie. There will reportedly be a new trailer attached to Ocean's [...]
Revenge of the Sith teaser poster
I'll kick this off with the latest (and reportedly last) entry into my favorite film cycle of all time, Star Wars. To date two materials have been released to the general public for Episode III - Revenge of the Sith: the teaser poster and a trailer. The poster works for me, but not as a movie poster. Honestly, this looks like the cover to the [...]
