Tag: Movie Posters (11-20 of 59)

May 17 2011 11:06 AM ET

Jason Segel's Muppet movie might have legs

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Ohhhhhh-hhhhhh, Doc Hopper would foam at the mouth if he saw the newest poster for Jason Segel’s upcoming Muppets movie. The fiendish fast-food magnate (played by Charles Durning) spent the entire 1979 film chasing Kermit as a pitchman for his frogleg dishes, and now look at his little green friend: Kermit has legs! Long legs!

Of course, Kermit and company had legs back then, too, but scenes with Kermit riding a bicycle or Kermit and Fozzie dancing in a saloon were the clunkiest sequences, barely passing the credibility test of a generation ago. “Technology has changed,” Segel told the USA Today. “We’re able to show [the Muppets] doing stuff they hadn’t been able to do before. We’re pretty proud of that.”

The Muppets opens Nov. 23, which might explain the otherwise tepid tagline: “They’re Closer Than You Think.” Or has Segel changed his mind about filming in 3-D?

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Mar 17 2011 02:41 PM ET

'Pirates of the Caribbean': I just spent way too much time staring at Penelope Cruz's bosom

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The new Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides poster featuring Penélope Cruz is surprisingly tame, don’t you think? Go ahead. Study it. We’re practically forcing you to. Yes, the crossing of the swords draws your attention to her bosom, but there’s zero heaving. Normally, especially as a woman, I would applaud this lack of objectification. But this is Penélope Cruz, who director Pedro Almodóvar once said had one of the most spectacular cleavages in world cinema. Even I want a peek. I’m confident the film itself, which found a way to work in zombies and mermaids, will correct this oversight. In the meantime, let’s relive that 2006 conversation between Volver director Almodóvar, Cruz, and EW’s Missy Schwartz. Shall we…  READ FULL STORY »

Feb 4 2011 07:19 PM ET

'Water for Elephants' poster convincing me it's actually 'Moulin Rouge'

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In my mind, Water for Elephants is really just a sequel to Moulin Rouge. But only because I’m looking at their very similar posters side-by-side. (See an even more similar-looking poster here.) Bright lights! Female Oscar winners! Getting cozy with accented romantics! Also: Water for Elephant‘s poster features (fittingly, of course) an elephant. (“Elephant Love Medley,” guys!) And the tagline: “Life is the most spectacular show on Earth.” (“Spectacular, spectacular,” guys!) All that’s missing is a Narcoleptic Argentinian. Hey, I only speak the truth.

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‘Water for Elephants’ trailer: Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon under the Big Top

Jan 25 2011 03:15 PM ET

Justin Bieber movie poster reaction shows adults just how bitter they are

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never-say-neverThe new poster for the 3-D Justin Bieber concert film Never Say Never comes with the tagline “Find out what’s possible if you never give up.” If you’re thinking that sentiment coming from a 16-YEAR-OLD MILLIONAIRE is grating, you are not alone. But, you are also a little bitter. It’s a good message for tweens/teens who are at the age when they’re just starting to realize that not all dreams come true and have to decide whether or not to follow theirs. So, let’s breathe and let Bieber have this one. And try not to say something inappropriate about the position of the sun.

Dec 23 2010 12:54 PM ET

New 'Smurfs' photo extremely Smurfy

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Hey, a new shot from The Smurfs. It’s not uncanny-valley nightmarish at all! Just kidding; it is a little bit. They just look a little too … I don’t know, biological? It’s like I can feel the sad pallor of their freaky skin, and it’s making me sad. From left to right, I think that’s Clumsy Smurf (voiced by Anton Yelchin), Grouchy Smurf (George Lopez), Papa Smurf (Jonathan Winters), Smurfette (Katy Perry), Gutsy Smurf (Alan Cumming), and Brainy Smurf (Fred Armisen). Smurfy! Smurfs smurfs smurfs. READ FULL STORY »

Nov 15 2010 05:23 PM ET

'Cowboys and Aliens' poster: John Wayne never wore pants like that

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The first poster from next year’s Cowboys & Aliens has been posted over at Yahoo, and the stark image shows Daniel Craig in full frontier regalia, with a rifle in one hand and a glowy alien thingamabob (wrist laser? Dick Tracy-style communicator?) on his opposite arm. Also, maybe it’s just the chaps, but Craig’s cowboy pants seem to be…well, riding a little tall in the saddle, if you get my meaning? Wedgies aside, the poster has a sumptuously sepia-toned look, and it’s getting me pretty stoked about the film. (Then again, I was a total fiend for science-fiction movies and western movies when I was a kid, so I may be just a teensy bit biased.)

PopWatchers, do you like what you see?

Nov 4 2010 12:34 PM ET

'The Beaver' poster: Pay no attention to that man behind the beaver!

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beaver-posterHi Beaver,

I have some good news and some bad news. There is a poster for your movie! Yup, that’s really you, front and center. You’ve made it. You are a star. Congratulations! That’s the good news. The not-so-good news is the guy behind you. (I know, you didn’t even notice him there, right?) You remember him from making the movie … Exactly, Mel Gibson. Friendly guy, funny, soft and sensitive hands. Well, he’s in the midst of another PR hiccup … Yes, yes, I know director Jodie Foster assured you those issues were behind him, but something else came out and there are these ugly voice recordings and — Look, it doesn’t even really matter. In fact, this is good thing for you — a huge opportunity. You are now the face of this movie. We’re going to have you run the media gauntlet: Leno, Matt Lauer, Kimmel, Elmo, everyone … When? Well, when the film’s released, of course … Actually, um, that hasn’t been determined yet … Well, we were hoping to get a boost from The Hangover 2, but, uh, that’s not happening now … Yes, we have every intention of releasing the movie … eventually … Hey, hey, there’s no reason to use that language! … Oh, sorry. Yes, of course: go back to your dam house and we’ll keep you posted.

PopWatchers, when do you honestly expect to see The Beaver in theaters?

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Oct 15 2010 02:50 PM ET

'Black Swan' international posters are as crazy awesome as the movie

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BLACK-SWAN-POSTERSIt thrills me to see a film like Darren Aronofsky’s genius Black Swan get the gorgeous poster treatment. The U.S. poster is already stunning in its own right (left) but Empire Online has debuted the international posters for the Natalie Portman flick and I pretty much want ALL of them. The film is a throwback of sorts to the horror films of the 1960s and 1970s; think Rosemary’s Baby or Don’t Look Now. So, the retro-vibe of these posters just feels perfect in my mind.

I can’t stress enough how much I looooooved Black Swan, PopWatchers. The film, which hits theaters on Dec. 3, is a complete tour de force in terms of directing, photography, and acting—it’s a stunner. Natalie Portman is phenomenal as is Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, and Winona Ryder. The final 30 minutes of the movie are almost unbearably intense, but fly by like a fever dream. This is a movie people will be talking about. The less you know about its surprises the better. Check out the trailer below… READ FULL STORY »

Oct 13 2010 02:00 PM ET

'I Love You Phillip Morris' movie poster: See it here! (Exclusive)

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I-Love-You-Phillip-Morris-posterWell, if I were to base my perception of prison on this exclusive poster for Dec. 3′s I Love You Phillip Morris — and not on National Geographic Channel’s Lockdown — I’d say the penitentiary is hardly a place where you have to craft homemade shivs MacGyver-style out of soap, a bed sheet, and a poster of Rita Hayworth when you’re not fearing for your life. Instead, this ad for the movie — about two cellmates who fall in love — makes prison look like a heavenly jaunt in the electrically fenced-in park where you can spend your days gleefully teaching geometry lessons with your body. (And loaf around in loafers all day!) Don’t you just want to use Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor for a cookie mold?

And who else, for whatever reason, is humming Rusted Root’s “Send Me On My Way” while looking at this poster?

Read more:
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Jim Carrey gay sex scene from ‘I Love You Phillip Morris’ hits the Web

Oct 12 2010 12:28 PM ET

New 'Harry Potter' posters: Okay, who wanted Harry and Hermione together?

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hermione-harryAnother day, another new set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I posters. This crop continues the unsettling tone with shots of Bellatrix Lestrange and Lucius Malfoy, and Scabior and Fenrir Greyback staring us down. View them below, along with a slightly Twilight-esque photo of Hermione and Ron (though Edward would never wear that shirt). But first, check out this surprisingly sexy image of Hermione and Harry and remember all the times you wanted those two to couple. (Not just me, I assume.)

I know their friendship is one of the books’ most beautiful relationships — that deep of a bond between teens without hormones raging is truly special. I did/will enjoy watching them fall in love with Ron and Ginny, and I fully appreciate how the Weasleys complement them. (Two of my favorite scenes in the movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince were Ginny running to Harry’s side in the field and her cradling him over Dumbledore’s body. Harry needs a partner as fearless as he is, body and soul, and she’s that strong.) But the ease with which Harry and Hermione communicate, the way he held her when she was crying over Ron and Lavender and she saw through his feelings for Ginny — that’s the kind of comfort and understanding you yearn for as an adult.

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