Here it is finally, the Cold Souls trailer. It's reminds me a lot of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It has a limited US release date of August 7th. Probably not close to here.

I've just heard about this particular film very recently, and it seems very interesting. Very interesting indeed. What I gather from the trailer is that the movie takes a look into how cinema can, and does, have a very profound effect on our lives. Perhaps unknown effects? I don't know. I'll have to watch and see, I guess. The film has a website where you can buy the dvd. Enjoy!

A pretty funny trailer was shown in New York earlier this month for Michael Moore's new untitled film. It's brief and doesn't give any insight into the film other than the fact that it's about the economic crisis in some way.

You may be familiar with augmented reality. It's the technology used to digitally paint those yellow first down markers on the field during a NFL telecast. It's a pretty interesting technology. The fact that you can digitally superimpose anything into a real world setting immediately makes me think of all the videogame application possibilities. Imagine using physical objects to change the trajectory of your Lemmings, throwing balls at a ghost, or walking through a creepy dungeon. Or, my favorite, what if you could put goggles on that would make you feel as if you were in a haunted house? It would project ghost and monsters, kind of like that shark in Back to the Future II only with goggles and better graphics.
Right now developers are designing for cell phones, which is particularly exciting to me because the possible integration of GPS technology. Imagine going to a specific place and holding your camera phone up and seeing something amazing, like a ghost or a UFO. This is all probably really hard to understand from my descriptions, and probably far down the pipeline, but it still beats the pants off of Natal, check out this cool NVIDIA tegra developer demo and the Roku's Reward demo afterward.


The future is going to be awesome.

Paul Giamatti's new psychological comedy Cold Souls has a new poster. Directed by Sophie Barthes, the movie is said to be the exploration of a man in search of his soul. The official synopsis from sundance is as follows:

In response to shiny, bigger, better American consumerism comes Cold Souls, a metaphysical tragicomedy in which souls can be extracted and traded as commodities. Balancing on a tightrope between deadpan humor and pathos, and between reality and fantasy, the film presents Paul Giamatti as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of Uncle Vanya. Paralyzed with anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by deep-freezing souls. Giamatti enlists their services, intending to reinstate his soul once he survives the performance. But complications ensue when a mysterious, soul-trafficking “mule,” transporting product to and from Russia, “borrows” Giamatti's stored soul for an ambitious, but unfortunately talentless, soap-opera actress. Rendered soulless, he is left with no choice but to follow the trail back to bleak St. Petersburg. He comes to value that happiness isn’t merely the absence of pain, but the integration of the full range of emotion into life.Sophie Barthes’s debut feature is strikingly original, not only for its haunting concept but for its poetic execution. Inspired production design and lyrical cinematography create a melancholic, heightened world. Perfectly cast, Giamatti and a gifted ensemble maneuver seamlessly through shifting ontological landscapes without ever betraying the surrealism. With this dazzling accomplishment, Barthes establishes herself as an auteur to reckon with.

You'll never going to believe it, but apparently the latest cinematic offering from Stephen Sommers (Van Helsing) isn't a good movie.

It's been reported that G.I. Joe has scored lower with test audiences than any other film in Paramount decade-spanning history.

nymag.com has the scoop...

Something tells me that G.I. Joe is a shoe in for a Golden Raspberry Award.

Disney's new movie the Princess and the Frog features the first African American princess in three quarters of a century. In her article about the controversy surrounding the new, yet traditionally animated, feature, Michelle Miller points out that we've already had a Native American Pocahontas, an Arab Jasmine and a Chinese Mulan. The controversy surrounds the lack of an African American male lead and some of the back story of the main character, as well as her name itself, Tiana. The film, originally titled The Frog princess, has been under deep scrutiny for a while now. Things like the original title or the Tiana's original name, Maddy, which has a tendency to sound a bit too much like mammy, have spurred controversy and debate on forums net-wide. Some people maintain that others are just overreacting, but I think that the current outcry, if we can call it that, about this movie is less about being pc than a symbol of people hoping for the best for this Disney first. I think people really just want to see Disney succeed on this one. More to come, I'm sure.



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Are you tired of tan too much and as a result looking like crispy bacon? Try Will Ferrell's new sunscreen! Or, I should say funscreen. Nope this is not a joke this is 100% real. Apparently it's for a charity called cancer for college. These 6oz. bottles will cost you 12 bucks a pop, but remember it's for a good cause. I can only hope for celebrity themed products like a Conan Obrien strength hair gel or a Clint Eastwood walker.