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Fox and Hallmark’s Greeting Card Empire: A Defamer Sneak Peek
9:25AM STV | Variety reports today that 20th Century Fox and Hallmark have reached a landmark licensing agreement granting the greeting card giant exclusive use of the studio’s library. While Hallmark has already issued cards for properties like Napoleon Dynamite and has its eye on major titles including Futurama and The Sound of Music, Defamer wrangled a hold of mockups for Hallmark’s “Turbulence at Fox ‘08″ line — a selection celebrating the beauty and joy of life through Fox’s bumpy year at the box-office. Follow the jump for a glimpse at warm greetings to come by way of Manoj Night Shyamalan, Eddie Murphy, The X-Files and others, and feel free to suggest your own heartfelt pairings as well. More »
The Critics Speak: ‘Postal’ May Actually Be Better than ‘Sex and the City’
4:30AM Defamer Hollywood | We’ve been following the bouncing Uwe Boll for what seems like months now, but once the consummate self-promoter and sworn enemy of 279,452 filmgoers (and counting) wound up playing the victim in the Sunday New York Times, the shark was considered jumped. But an eagle-eyed tipster points out one of the more fascinating signs yet of the loathed filmmaker’s resurgence: On a week when his new film Postal has reportedly been banned from multiplexes, it’s also pulling a better Rotten Tomatoes score (33%) than “mainstream” offerings Made of Honor (12%), What Happens in Vegas (28%) and John Cusack’s bomb-to-be War, Inc. (23%). It’s also neck-and-neck with Sex and the City and a mere percentage point behind the tentpole Speed Racer, which is still stalled at the gate with 34% positive reviews. More »
‘Prince Caspian’ Rides Into Multiplex to Vanquish Everything In Sight
2:25AM Defamer Hollywood | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your guide to what’s new, noteworthy and potentially toxic in weekend moviegoing. Today we survey the victims of Prince Caspian’s box-office menace (including a particular race-car driver still convalescing from last week’s pile-up), pick our first-ever foreign-language Underdog and browse the DVD shelves for potential Sunday-morning-hangover alternatives. As always, our opinions are our own but they are also 100% accurate, so plan accordingly! More »
‘Iron’ Wins
2:21AM Seth | Chase away the Monday morning May-gloom blues with a glimpse at the box office numbers: More »
Adjective Challenged ‘Time’ Critic Adapts Nicely to the Lowbrow in ‘Vegas’ Review
8:45AM Defamer Hollywood | Just when we thought we had seen the best headline of the week over at BBC — “Great Tits Cope Well With Warming” (get your mind out of the gutter! It’s about birds) — and the best-possible What Happens in Vegas dismissal (courtesy of a caustic Manohla Dargis), along comes Time Magazine to combine the two distinctions in one revelatory piece of film criticism entitled “What Happens in Vegas Stays Sucky“: More »
‘Racer’ Vs. ‘Vegas’: Which Would You More Rather Skip To See ‘Iron Man?’
3:45AM Seth | We’ve already made our case for why the Wachowskis’ overstuffed Gran Turismo-on-Salvia fever dream and Kutcher and Diaz’s feature-length sexual-health instructional film will likely limp their way across the box office finish line this Monday. But that still leaves filmgoers with a taxing dilemma: Which of the two movies would they rather see less? Clocking in nearly neck-and-neck in their bottom-of-the-class Tomatometer scores, it’s anyone’s race. Perhaps mainstream film critics—and the pun-loving headline writers who really sell the bile—can help you decide: More »
‘Speed Racer’ Sputters Behind ‘Iron Man’ in Summer’s First Tentpole Battle
2:25AM Defamer Hollywood | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your weekly source of tips, hints and handicapping for the latest in moviegoing. Today we catch up with projections for the not-so-mystifyingly buzz-less Speed Racer, gauge Iron Man’s potential for a second straight week at No. 1, survey the landscape for our favourite underdog on the scene (hint: She shoots a mean game of pool), and browse the DVD stacks for noteworthy new titles. As always, our opinions are our own, but they’re also right — Wachowskis be damned. More »
