Cinematical

• McConaughey Keeps His Shirt on for 'Surfer, Dude' Premiere in Austin
  

  Filed under: Comedy, New Releases, Images

  
  
  
  Where else would you expect to see the world premiere of a comedy in which Matthew McConaughey is shirtless for the entire film? It had to be Austin. Instead of the traditional red carpet, the stars of Surfer, Dude strolled down a green carpet in 90-plus-degree weather last night, as part of a benefit screening for Austin Film Society. McConaughey (who kept his shirt on the entire time, sadly) was joined by a half-dozen of his co-stars, including Woody Harrelson, as well as director/co-writer S.R. Bindler. Bindler's previous film, the documentary Hands on a Hardbody, played at the Dobie...
  



• EXCLUSIVE: Images from 'The Brothers Bloom'
  

  Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Fandom, Movie Marketing, Toronto International Film Festival, Images

  
  
  Cinematical is excited to bring you these brand new exclusive images from The Brothers Bloom (see gallery below), which will enjoy a premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival this month. The film, which marks writer-director Rian Johnson's follow-up to the much-beloved Brick, stars Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo as "the best con men in the world" who, for their one last job, decide to take a beautiful and eccentric heiress (Rachel Weisz) on a trip around the world. The delightful Rinko...
  



• The Light of the Green Lantern -- Conceptually, Anyway
  

  Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Warner Brothers, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Images

  
  

  
  The Green Lantern movie seems to be creeping very slowly to the pre-production line, but at least it isn't dead. You probably remember that we had a tiny update back in June that it was happily shaping up into a proper origin movie, rather than a slapstick version starring Jack Black. Now, courtesy of illustrator Brian Murray, comes concept art he created for scriptwriter (and potential director) Greg Berlanti. This art helped seal the deal, and win the franchise for Berlanti Television....
  



• Get a Load of Bulma in the New 'Dragonball' Poster
  

  Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, 20th Century Fox, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Images, Posters

  I might have been raised on the old maxim: If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all -- but even I can't keep my mouth shut on this one. A new poster and some stills from the live-action Dragonball have hit the net (along with some official pics from Fox), and it is not looking any better for the anime update. If you are one of the few Dragonball fans left out there with hope for this movie, I'm afraid once...
  



• The Banned 'Zack and Miri' Poster You'll Only See in Canada
  

  Filed under: Comedy, Celebrities and Controversy, Movie Marketing, Toronto International Film Festival, Images, Posters

  So if you aren't lucky enough to live in the wondrous nation known as Canada (can you guess where I live?), then look to your right, because this is going to be your one and only chance to see the first poster for Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Just when you thought Smith's troubles with the censors were over, the one-sheet for the 'adult' comedy has been given a thumbs down by the MPAA, and will not be displayed in the US. That's right, days before...
  



• Zac Efron and Claire Danes in 'Me and Orson Welles'
  

  Filed under: Drama, Images

  
  
  On the 21st, I shared pictures of Zac Efron, Christian McKay, and others on the set of Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles. Now we can get a peek at his older love interest, Claire Danes, in the picture above, courtesy of EW.
  
  In the film, Efron is an aspiring actor who gets a bit part in a Welles production, and then gets sexy with the older, perky production assistant (Danes). According to Richard Linklater: "He's falling for this older woman. She's taking him for a bit of a ride." With that smirk above? No!
  
  We already know that Danes...
  



• Jessica Biel is Retro and has 'Easy Virtue'
  

  Filed under: Comedy, Romance, Images

  
  
  While it stars some great names in the world of film, we haven't heard too much about Easy Virtue. But now, as it gears up for that spanky Canadian festival known as TIFF, CinEmpire has published a whole slew of pictures -- a retro Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, and more.
  
  The film focuses on an American divorcee (Biel) who has to meet the parents (but hopefully without the cat milking). But unlike Stiller's version, she's already tied the knot with a sexy young Englishman (Barnes), so Mom (Scott Thomas) and Dad (Firth)...
  



• EXCLUSIVE: New Photos from Spike Lee's 'Miracle at St. Anna'
  

  Filed under: Action, Drama, Disney, Images, War

  Spike Lee and Disney might sound like a pretty odd combination, but I don't really see it that way. (Lest we forget that the excellent 25th Hour was a Disney production.) Love the guy or not, Spike Lee has turned into quite the eclectic filmmaker over the last few decades -- and so when I heard that the guy was helming a $50 million WWII drama for Disney, I was intrigued but not surprised. Based on the book by James McBride -- and adapted for the screen by same -- Miracle at St. Anna tells the tale of four black soldiers who find themselves...
  



• Bryce Dallas Howard Looks Sultry in 'Loss of a Teardrop Diamond'
  

  Filed under: Drama, Images

  
  
  It's been almost two years since I first wrote about The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond. The forgotten Tennessee Williams screenplay started cooking up in November 2006, with a stellar cast of Ellen Burstyn, David Strathairn, Ann-Margret, Chris Evans, and ... Lindsay Lohan? This was, however, before her personal demons took center stage and made a complete mess of her career. Bryce Dallas Howard starting circling the project in 2007, and now, finally, you can get a peek of her in the film above (courtesy of Rope of Silicon).
  
  Can you imagine Lohan up there? Methinks her struggles will be a blessing for...
  



• Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor Get Close in 'I Love You Phillip Morris'
  

  Filed under: Comedy, Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Movie Marketing, Images

  
  
  Jim and Ewan sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N..well, you get the idea. Thanks to Jim Carrey Online, we now have our first official look at the happy couple in the black comedy, I Love You Phillip Morris. Elisabeth brought us a behind the scenes photo back in May, but in spite of the thrill of seeing Jim Carrey and Rodrigo Santoro dripping with sun-tan oil and Versace, I was a little disappointed that my favorite Scot was nowhere to be seen -- until now.
  
  Morris was written and...