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The latest arctic mammal to go CG, IGN reports that The Weinstein Co. and Exodus film group are following the CG revolution, bringing Navy Seals with em. This family adventure comedy, according to IGN, features an elite group of Navy Dolphins that are captured, and our seals are their only hope for rescue. [...]

A dark, blatant, and in-depth look into the underworld of the Russian Mafia, David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises is vastly superior to his previous feature, A History of Violence, in almost every aspect of filmmaking. The first scene is a bloody one that sets the tone for the rest of the picture.

A few years back, I was short on cash and had to make due with only a couple bucks to eat over the weekend. I went to the store to get some food, and the best cheap meat I could think of was Spam. However, when I went to the canned lunchmeat section, I found a less expensive generic store brand. I soon found myself pondering whether the generic stuff would live up to the quality of real Spam.

This week we explore the phenomenon that causes extremely hot actresses to make extremely bad movies. Need examples? How about two of this week’s releases, with Jessica Alba in Good Luck Chuck and Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: Extinction. Could we also add Amanda Bynes in Sydney White or Evan Rachel Wood in Across the Universe to that list? The only way to find out is to stop what you are doing and listed to the show.

Hollywood is full of hot actresses. Unfortunately, these hotties don’t always land in the best films. Some of them seem to make an art form out of choosing crappy movies. That inspired us to give a nod to these hot actresses who never seem to land in enough good films, but we like looking at them anyway.

One of the season’s first Oscar buzz films, In The Valley of Elah does a good job at drawing an audience into its murder mystery plot. Then without warning, the director has one of those ‘ah hah’ moments, like you have just been tricked. This whole time, you may have not even known it, you have been watching a public service announcement.

The third installation of the Resident Evil series has hit the books! I was lucky enough to see it Thursday night, and for fans of the previous two movies, it did not disappoint. Alice and the Umbrella Corporation, as well as a few thousand of our favorite T-virus infected undead have returned! With plenty of blood and gore to go around, as well as a decent story line, Resident Evil: Extinction definitely provides some entertainment.

Hollywood hands us yet another regurgitation of the whole ‘guy can’t commit until he meets the girl of his dreams, but loses her because he over-commits and has to win her back with true unconditional love’ plot, with Good Luck Chuck. The film is predictable, cliche and downright adolescent in its humor. Did I mention yet that I liked it?

This weekend there should be some relief in sight with the fun romcom Good Luck Chuck — and the not as fun, scary Resident Evil: Extinction. You would think these two movies would do decent business.

Judging from the trailer for Southland Tales, the concept of tomorrow is a pretty hot topic. The film is set in a futuristic Los Angeles in which Stiffler is a cop, The Rock is a rogue filmmaker and Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a porn star. Sound like fun? Of course it does.

The Hollywood Reporter states that Seagal is going to star in A Higher Form of Learning. This direct to DVD release, which Seagal wrote himself, is being directed by Jeff King. Insight studios and Cinetel are collaborating on the project. Camera are set to start rolling this week in Vancouver.

If you think that F should be a P, you’re wrong. You might be proven right further down the line, but for now you’re wrong, and I’m hurt that you doubted my typing skills. In what will spawn a slew of misleading headlines meant only to titillate fanboys, JoBlo.com is reporting that Anna Faris plans on playing Linda Lovelace in a forthcoming biopic about the infamous porn star who went from actor to activist.

So how would you like to be stuck riding public transportation, only to find your bus being smashed by an overgrown, experimentally engineered, angry scientist having a hissy fit? Most people would be finding themselves in one of the most terrifying situations of their life. Being a fanboy, I’d want nothing else but to be put into a life and death situation by one of my comic heroes. Me, I’d call it totally awesome.

How could anyone think this is a bad idea? Kevin Smith all made up to look like some crazy Kung Fu commando? I love it. From the guy who brought us into the lives of Clerks and gave us a Biblical Poop monster combined with the guy who created Donnie Darko, comes the character of Simon Thiery in the upcoming flick Southland Tales.

Not too long ago, I realized that my girlfriend, some years my junior, had never seen the film Fright Night. I had fond memories of the 80’s Hitchcockian vampire flick, so I rented it, and we watched. Whoa. There’s a movie that didn’t age well. Still, for its time, it was a very fun B-movie with an eager cast, featuring the last good role Roddy McDowell would ever play before his death.

There was actually a little bit of news here, but as I began to write the title of this article I forgot what it was. Of course, it may have something to do with the fact that writing anything about Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers, The Lookout) gives me an excuse to peruse the interwebs for gratuitously sexy pictures of her.

This week began with a personal email invitation from Tom Hanks to join the American Film Institute (as if I weren’t already a member) and listing the benefits of membership. That’s a nice way to start the week. Last time I got an email from a movie star was, um, er, like never. Besides, I figure if I join (yet again), I might get dumped from Film School Rejects because I’ll actually be part of a film school. I cannot let that happen.

Here is a trailer that is sure to get my mother all up in arms. Why, you ask? Because she is an avid fan of actor Gerard Butler, who stars alongside Hilary Swank in P.S. I Love You, a romantic dramedy about a young widow (Swank) who receives letters from her late husband (Butler) with specific tasks for how she should live out the rest of her life.

It should come as no surprise that people are already all over the production of the upcoming Sex and the City flick, even on day 1. Since 1998 the HBO series has grown from the meager musings of a real NYC sex columnist to a cultural phenomenon. Don’t expect me to understand it, but I will watch. Mostly because of Kristin Davis, but that is another story entirely.

That’s right, folks. Another trailer for Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf means another gratuitous dose of a 3D animated Angelina Jolie in the buff. And if that isn’t enough to satisfy your taste for computer generated goodness, there is also a significantly increased amount of bloodshed and mayhem included in the second trailer for the film.

Straight from the woman’s mouth (I would normally say horse’s but Lexi Alexander is much too cute for that) we get some new casting news for Punisher 2 via her website LexiAlexander.com. The newest people tossing a wrench into Frank Castle’s deux a machina are Dash Mihok as Detective Soap, Colin Salmon as Agent Paul Budiansky, and Doug Hutchinson as Loony Bin Jim.

That sounds like an awesome match up, doesn’t it? The only thing I could imagine more badass would be Spider-Man, Batman, and Wolverine. But there’s some off-putting details to accompany the news that these three powerhouses will star in a movie together, as reported by Variety.

Over the past week or so we have been hearing about all of the films that have garnered all of the buzz coming out of the Toronto Film Festival. And one particular that seems to be standing out is George Clooney’s latest project, Michael Clayton. In the film Clooney plays a “fixer” for one of New York’s largest corporate law firms.

I discovered The Agony Booth a number of months ago. The name of the website refers to an old Star Trek episode that features a chamber which exists for the sole purpose of inflicting unspeakable pain upon anyone unlucky enough to be locked in it. (It gives William Shatner an excuse to engage in some classic high thespian staggered screaming and convulsing when his Captain Kirk character is victimized by the contraption.)

It’s obviously no secret that a large amount of films these days are flooded with computer-generated imagery which aid in certain aspects of the film; whether it’s creating specific looks, certain events to occur, or just making our favorite superheroes buzz through the sky. It is however, surprising to find out after watching such a realistic film like Zodiac that a large amount of what you just witnessed was played out in front of a blue-screen.

Jim Broadbent will play Horace Slughorn in the next Harry Potter film, according to an interview he gave to Garth Franklin over at Dark Horizons. He also discussed some minor details regarding his role in the upcoming Indiana Jones flick.

Just like my “Officially Cool” column that has been growing in popularity, I am committed to bringing you all of the hottest media from the Hollywood marketing machine. Today we do our first weekly (translation: semi-weekly) “Poster Frenzy”, bringing you the hottest new posters for movies that will not be out for a long time.

Writers in Hollywood are mad, fightin’ mad. They don’t think it’s right that they’re kept out of big bucks profit participation (given without an argument, well, not much of one anyway), to other above-the-liners. It’s pre-strike time, way past the point where the powers that be try to keep their fingers on the pulse of the writers.

Todd McCarthy at Variety has some words about films depicting the Iraq War and how they didn’t fare so well recently at the Toronto Film Festival. He then proceeds with a short but challenging rant describing how these films fall into two basic categories, and they are both (according to him) essentially predictable and dull.

Despite a probably very strict non-disclosure agreement, one of the bit player’s on Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has come forward to proudly spill some beans to his local newspaper. Thanks for the tip, kid. Good luck with the rest of your career…