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‘Righteous Kill’ Curse Spreads To England With Cries Of Tagline Insensitivity
7:30AM Seth | While we’ve already long forgotten Righteous Kill—and the onerous sins of its one-sheet—England is only now becoming acquainted with its Pacino/DeNiro double-bed-shitting pleasures. It can’t even seem to get an in-your-face tagline right. More »
America Feels the ‘Burn’
2:40AM STV | It’s a special day for moviegoers — the first time in three weeks those studio jokers didn’t leave the equivalent of a flaming bag of crap on our doorstep Friday morning. Thanks, Hollywood! Their reward? One of the best non-Labor Day September weekends in years, as illustrated by our regular browse through the Monday Morning Box Office:
‘Appearing on Letterman’ Strangely Left Off Al Pacino and Robert De Niro’s Acting-Perk Top 10
4:40AM STV | Clearly exhausted from their earlier morning-show rendezvous with Brian Williams, Righteous Kill co-stars Robert De Niro and Al Pacino last night indulged David Letterman with one final on-camera tryst before returning to the anonymity of their respective solo careers. And what a fitting send-off, with the pair teaming up on the “Top 10 Reasons I Like Being an Actor” — a droll bit of thanksgiving that still won’t make us forget Heat, but may yet be proven our lone cultural reward for tolerating the existence of Righteous Kill at all. See what kind of magic is possible when less than 12 producers are involved? Next time, guys, next time. [CBS] More »
Coens, Cops and Tyler Perry Take on ‘The Women’ in Fall’s First Battle Royale
2:15AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your weekly guide to peaks, valleys and pratfalls among the latest new movies in theatres. And finally, after consecutive weekends when we thought God had up and abandoned us with the feral makers of College and Disaster Movie, we have some real films to write about. So read on for our typically expert preview of what’s what at the box office, including Coen surprises, Alan Ball atrocities, potential ladyfights, timely new DVD’s and one melodrama to rule them all. As always, our opinions are our own; you simply can’t fake this kind of refinement, taste and acuity. More »
DeNiro And Pacino Reduced To Catchphrase Cliches On History-Making ‘Today Show’ Interview
8:40AM Seth | The Today Show broadcast the first interview in the history of the world to feature both increasingly indiscriminate American acting legends Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino. It was the sole promotional stop on the Righteous Kill “Yes, It’s a Turd, But It’s DeNiro and Pacino, So Cut Us Some Slack, Jack™” media tour. Talking to a seemingly terrified Brian Williams (”Don’t give me that face, because now I think I’m going to be killed,”) it was Pacino who defused the tension by offering his best half-assed Travis Bickle. As clichéd as it was, however, just hearing the familiar line come out of Pacino’s lips still managed to shoot a faint chill up our spine—though DeNiro is to be commended in showing admirable restraint, and not leaning over to “HOO-ah!” back in his co-star’s face. [Today Show] More »
Robert De Niro Woos ‘Righteous Kill’ Viewers With Delicious ‘Endangered Tuna Value Meal’
5:30AM STV | The marketing squad behind Robert De Niro’s latest film may not have an especially well-developed touch with movie posters, but you can’t say it isn’t getting its money’s worth with the brilliant new cross-promotion, “Righteous Kill Tuna — Only at Nobu!” While the summer’s blockbuster superhero crop nickel-and-dimed their way through Happy Meals and Whoppers, De Niro and restaurant’s London outposts ventured waaay outside the box recently with high-priced helpings of the rare Atlantic bluefin tuna — a species that activists contend has been overfished to the point of near-extinction and which Nobu should apparently know better than to serve: More »
Five Reasons Why the ‘Righteous Kill’ Poster Makes Us Want to See Anything But ‘Righteous Kill’
6:00AM STV | Our visit to the multiplex last weekend went well enough for the most part; we liked The House Bunny just fine, and the Babylon A.D. trailer looked suitably career-ending for our tastes. It wasn’t until we exited the theatre that our nerves deadened and our hearts sank: There, in a lobby dotted with orphaned popcorn kernels and bereft souls, we had a closer look at a poster for the upcoming Al Pacino/Robert De Niro cop flick Righteous Kill. And while it might seem too easy to write the film off as a gimmicky genre exercise at first blush, it would hardly be fair to do so without seeing it. That said, we noticed five things off the bat that not only implied an alarming sloppiness, but seemed to actively discourage our viewership. After the jump, our essential wake-up call for studios, poster designers and casual fans alike. More »
