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This Is It (2009)

By admin | July 1, 2010

Movie: This Is It (2009)

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Tagline: Like You've Never Seen Him Before See »

Trivia: Guitarist Orianthi Panagaris states in an interview that she received an invite to audition for a spot on the tour via MySpace. When she showed up to audition, Jackson and other producers asked her to play the solo from the song “Beat It.” After playing the piece, Jackson approached Panagaris, took her arm, and asked if she could play the solo walking across the stage at a specific speed. When she responded she could handle the assignment, Jackson hired her on the spot.
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Predators (2010)

By admin | July 1, 2010

Movie: Predators (2010)

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Tagline: Fear is Reborn See »

Trivia: Neil Marshall, Michael J. Bassett, Bill Duke, Marcus Nispel, Peter Berg and Darren Lynn Bousman were considered to direct the film. In the end, ‘Nimrod Antal’ was hired because Robert Rodriguez enjoyed Antal’s earlier films Kontroll (2003) and Vacancy (2007).
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Remember Me (2010)

By admin | July 1, 2010

Movie: Remember Me (2010)

“A romantic drama set in New York City during the summer of 2001, where Tyler, a rebellious young man, meets Ally through a twist of fate. Her spirit helps him heal after a family tragedy, though soon the circumstances that brought them together threaten to tear them apart.”

Tagline: Live in the moments.

Trivia: Fran Kranz auditioned for the role of Aidan.
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Goofs: Continuity: During the dinner scene with Ally, Tyler and Charles one minute Tyler has his wine glass in his hand, and the next shot the glass is on the table then back in his hand again. Then the last shot for that scened he takes a drink of the wine.
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The Expendables (2010)

By admin | July 1, 2010

Movie: The Expendables (2010)

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Tagline: Choose your weapon. See »

Trivia: Ben Kingsley was considered for the role of Monroe.
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Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010) (V)

By admin | June 30, 2010

Movie: Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010) (V)

“Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath and a deadly master of disguise. Written by Universal Home Video”

Tagline: Prepare for Murder, Mayhem & Madness. See »

Trivia: Lester Tremor says that he looks “like that dude, the one in Platoon (1986), he’s in Sniper (1993)”. That “dude” is Tom Berenger, who plays Walter Weed in this film.
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Goofs: Factual errors: When Tom Berenger’s character is explaining the number significance of playing cards he states that there are: 4 suits for the seasons, 52 cards for the weeks in a year, and 365 “pips” for the days in the year. Actually, in the deck he is playing with (pips in two corners) only has 348 pips, and other decks (pips in 4 corners) have as many as 452.
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Halloween II (2009)

By admin | June 30, 2010

Movie: Halloween II (2009)

“Michael Myers is still at large and no less dangerous than ever. After a failed reunion to reach his baby sister at their old home, Laurie Strode is immediately taken to a hospital to be treated by the wounds that had been afflicted by her brother a few hours ago. However, Michael isn’t too far off and will continue his murdering ‘Halloween’ rampage until he gets his sister all to himself. Written by Anonymous”

Tagline: Family Is Forever See »

Trivia: Tyler Mane is only the second person to portray Michael Myers twice. George P. Wilbur previously portrayed Michael in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995).
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Goofs: Continuity: When Loomis is doing the book signing before the guy comes at him with the gun he signs the book with a black pen, this changes to red in the next camera shot.
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The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)

By admin | June 30, 2010

Movie: The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)

“For the last 8 years the brothers have been living with their father on a sheep farm deep in isolated Ireland. One day their uncle tells them that they have been framed for the murder of a Bostonian Catholic priest. The boys must return to Boston to not only clear their names but find the men who framed them. Written by "Kilt Boy" Sterling Morrison”

Trivia: Judd Nelson plays Concezio Yakavetta, the son of Giuseppe Yakavetta, played by Carlo Rota in the first film. In real life, Nelson is 1 and a half year older than Rota.
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Goofs: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Gorgeous George goes into the hotel room at the Prudential, one of the mobsters says, “Jimmy the Gofer, la cortina” (the curtain). “La cortina” is Spanish. They’re Italian.
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The Age of Stupid (2009)

By admin | June 30, 2010

Movie: The Age of Stupid (2009)

“This ambitious documentary/drama/animation hybrid stars Pete Postlethwaite as an archivist in the devastated world of the future, asking the question: “Why didn’t we stop climate change when we still had the chance?” He looks back on footage of real people around the world in the years leading up to 2015 before runaway climate change took place. Written by Adela Pickles”

Tagline: Why didn't we save ourselves when we had the chance?

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: At the end of a timeline depicting the disasters Earth has to endure thanks to man’s effect on global warming, an image of Earth is shown. Despite all talk of melting ice caps and rising sea levels, Earth’s land mass looks exactly as it does when the film was made.
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Ghostbusters III (2011)

By admin | June 30, 2010

Movie: Ghostbusters III (2011)

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Trivia: During the 1990s, Dan Aykroyd concept for Ghostbusters III, under various working titles, revolved around Ghostbusters in Hell
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Crazy Heart (2009)

By admin | June 30, 2010

Movie: Crazy Heart (2009)

“Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. Written by Fox Searclight Pictures”

Tagline: The harder the life, the sweeter the song.

Trivia: Ryan Bingham, who plays Tony (the musician Bad talks to at the bowling alley) is a real-life rising country-rock star. Bingham co-wrote “The Weary Kind” with T-Bone Burnett and Bingham’s recording of “The Weary Kind” won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Original Song. So, the real Ryan Bingham won an Oscar while a fictional Ryan Bingham, played by George Clooney in Up in the Air (2009/I), who was nominated the same year, did not.
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Goofs: Revealing mistakes: When Tommy and Bad walk out of a restaurant supposedly in Phoenix, cars are shown with Arizona licence plates on their front bumpers. Arizona does not provide licence plates for front bumpers.
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