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This Week on Stage: Cate Blanchett stars in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

12 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Stage fans, we find ourselves on a weekend where lots of the star-driven shows on the boards -- ranging from Oleanna and After Miss Julie to A Steady Rain and Hamlet -- are set to close. Single tear. But, never fear! A handful of great new shows have opened in the last week, too, so you're covered. Reviews of five new shows went up on EW.com this week: our critics' takes on the touring production of The 101 Dalmatians Musical (B-); and off-Broadway entries The Brother/Sister Plays (A), This (B+), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (C+), and A Streetcar Named Desire »

- Tanner Stransky

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Daybreakers Fear TV Spot

19 hours ago | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Lionsgate recently released this new tv spot for the upcoming film “Daybreakers” by The Spierig Brothers and starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman, Vince Colosimo, Isabel Lucas and Sam Neill. Synopsis: Two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Perez Embarrasses Dafoe Over Nude Scene

3 December 2009 8:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Willem Dafoe was left red faced in front of his Hollywood peers at the Gotham Independent Film Awards when actress Rosie Perez commented on the size of his manhood while presenting an award.

Dafoe's latest movie Antichrist wasn't nominated for any awards at the New York ceremony, but Perez made sure to mention the actor's full frontal scene when she stepped onstage to present the Best Director accolade on Monday night.

Perez singled out Dafoe in the audience and candidly asked if the size of his manhood in the movie "was the real thing", prompting the embarrassed star to nod - but the outspoken actress' attempt to draw laughs from the shocked crowd fell flat.

A guest tells the New York Daily News, "The audience was absolutely silent. She was completely inappropriate, and everyone looked really uncomfortable." »

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'Daybreakers' Gets in Action With International Trailer and New TV Spot

3 December 2009 12:30 AM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Lionsgate Films has once again shared some sneak peeks at drama thriller "Daybreakers" through an international trailer and a brand new TV spot. Though the two snippets featured different footage, both clips give a look at more action scenes that can been seen in the film while some of the characters are trying to save human population in Earth.

In 2019, a plague transforms the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, the vampires try to survive by farming the remaining humans or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a secret team of vampires uncovers a way that would rescue the human race. At the same time, a group of surviving humans wishes to repopulate the species and survive.

Coming from writer-director duo, Peter and Michael Spierig, the film has two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke playing researcher Edward Dalton. Also among the cast are Willem Dafoe as Elvis, »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Fantastic Mr. Fox Review

2 December 2009 4:35 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Short Version: Fantastic Mr. Fox is a pleasantly surprising film that is odd, witty, and probably more fun for adults than kids.

Screen Rant Reviews Fantastic Mr. Fox

I am not a Wes Anderson fan. Rushmore didn’t make me swoon; The Royal Tenenbaums made me groan; The Life Aquatic was no “masterpiece” far as I could tell and I didn’t even bother with The Darjeeling Limited. In fact, everything Anderson has done after Bottle Rocket has ultimately fallen on my cinematic bad side. Hearing his name brought up in classrooms and discussed as if he is the Shakespeare of cinema has only compounded that antagonism. If we were to play the word association game and you said “Wes Anderson” my immediate response would likely be “Pretentious and overrated.”

 

I went to see Fantastic Mr. Fox because, frankly, somebody on the site needed to review it. I wasn’t expecting much. »

- Kofi Outlaw

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Best of the Decade #20: Spider-Man 2 (2004)

2 December 2009 10:39 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Like it or not, comic book movies have sort of defined popular cinema throughout this decade. Marvel (and DC to some degree) have been pumping out multiple superhero films a year, taking advantage of the initial success of X-Men and Spider-Man, and completely dominating the summer box office. While the formula may have gotten stale and uninspired for the most part, there is the occasional comic book film that has managed to elevate the source material beyond a simple franchise cash cow, looking to secure a long line of sequels, prequels and reboots. One of those films, in my opinion, is Spider-Man 2. (Yes. A Sequel.) I'm not entirely sure what it is about this film that worked so well for me. Maybe its rewatchability has bumped it up a bit as merely the "super hero film I've watched the most", but I truly do feel that Sam Raimi's »

- Jay C.

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trailer break: ‘Daybreakers’

2 December 2009 8:37 AM, PST | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »

The January release date is not encouraging, but I like this trailer. I like the new take on the very old vampire tropes. I like that this is from brothers Michael and Peter Spierig, who made the surprisingly poignant Undead on the cheap a few years ago in Australia. Now, it they’ve got names (Willem Dafoe, Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill) and a budget. I’m excited to see what they can do with that. Daybreakers opens in the U.S. on January 8, 2010; no U.K. release date has been announced. »

- MaryAnn Johanson

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'Daybreakers' - New TV Spot!

2 December 2009 4:13 AM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Check out a new TV spot from Lionsgate's horror "Daybreakers." The film stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Michael Dorman, Claudia Karvan, Sam Neill, Isabel Lucas, Vince Colosimo, Paul Sonkkila, Christopher Kirby, Mungo McKay and Emma Randall. See it in theatres on January 8th. The year is 2019. A mysterious plague has swept over the earth, transforming the majority of the world's population into vampires. Humans are now an endangered, second-class species – forced into hiding as they are hunted and farmed for vampire consumption to the brink of extinction. It’s all up to Edward Dalton, a vampire researcher who refuses to feed on human blood, to perfect a blood substitute that might sustain vampires and spare the few remaining humans. But time and hope are running out – until Ed meets Audrey, a human survivor who leads him to a startling medical breakthrough. Armed with knowledge that both humans and vampires will kill for, »

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New trailer for Daybreakers arrives

2 December 2009 1:38 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Lionsgate just sent over a copy of the 2nd full-length trailer for the vampire flick Daybreakers, which was previously a Yahoo! exclusive. Check out the new trailer, along with full details on the film below the jump, and be sure to click here for a preview of our exclusive Daybreakers coverage from Fangoria #289 (shipping now). Daybreakers arrives in theatres on January 8, 2010.

The year is 2019. A mysterious plague has swept over the earth, transforming the majority of the world's population into vampires. Humans are now an endangered, second-class species forced into hiding as they are hunted and farmed for vampire consumption to the brink of extinction.

Its all up to Edward Dalton, a vampire researcher who refuses to feed on human blood, to perfect a blood substitute that might sustain vampires and spare the few remaining humans. But time and hope are running out until Ed meets Audrey, a human survivor »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Daybreakers Movie Trailer from Lionsgate

1 December 2009 11:42 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Lionsgate just sent us this very cool new official movie trailer for the upcoming film “Daybreakers” by The Spierig Brothers and starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman, Vince Colosimo, Isabel Lucas and Sam Neill. Synopsis: Two-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race. Stay [...] »

- Brian Corder

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'Daybreakers' - New trailer embedded. Comment in the video - Good, or not?

1 December 2009 10:43 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

"We're the folks with the crossbows" - Willem Dafoe in "Daybreakers." The latest trailer for Lionsgate's "Daybreakers" has been embedded. I think the first one was better, that's just my opinion. Still, if you want to voice yours, do it directly in the video player by clicking on the bubble, joining the group and posting your comment. All opinions welcome but please keep it clean. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Michael Dorman, Claudia Karvan, Sam Neill, Isabel Lucas, Vince Colosimo, Paul Sonkkila, Christopher Kirby, Mungo McKay and Emma Randall. See it in theatres on January 8th. »

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New "Daybreakers" Trailer Hits

1 December 2009 3:02 PM, PST | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »

A new trailer for Lionsgate's "Daybreakers" has come online and can be watched using the player below. Directed by the Spierig brothers, the film stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman, Vince Colosimo, Isabel Lucas and Sam Neill. In the January 8 release, Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race. ... »

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The Naughts: The Buddy Pair of the '00s

1 December 2009 1:04 PM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

Nobody in the film business has had as good a decade as the folks at Pixar Animation Studios. They released seven films in ten years, all of them box office hits, all of them critical successes. Four of them won Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature (and the past summer's "Up" stands a good chance to make it five).

Because of the studio's incredible run of creativity, Pixar filmmakers are often asked to explain the secret of the company's success. In an interview with Movie City News' David Poland, "Finding Nemo" and "Wall-e" director Andrew Stanton cited a meeting the company's brain trust held shortly after the release of "Toy Story" to assess exactly what went right that time so that they could be sure to repeat that formula in the future. As Stanton explained it, "We felt that it was a weird, perfect symbiotic combination of there [being] one visionary »

- Matt Singer

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Gotham Indie Awards Crown 'Hurt Locker,' 'The Maid'

1 December 2009 12:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

In case you missed the live-Tweeting and live-blogging from last night's Gotham Independent Awards at NYC's Cipriani, we're here to help. Indie favorite The Hurt Locker took home the two big awards, Best Feature and Best Ensemble Performance, although The Maid's Catalina Saavedra snagged the award for Best Breakthrough Actor, beating out The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner, Ben Foster (The Messenger), Patton Oswalt (Big Fan), and Souleymane Sy Savane (Goodbye Solo). Robert Siegel, who also wrote The Wrestler and wrote and directed Big Fan, snatched the Breakthrough Director award from The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow and the Coens.

Meanwhile, the stomach-churningly fascinating Food Inc. won best doc for its close look at how what's on our plates really got there, and how big biz helped (or harmed, as the case may be). And the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You award went to You Wont Miss Me, »

- Jenni Miller

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Natalie, Alec and Ryan Lead the Way at Gotham's Indie Awards

1 December 2009 5:00 AM, PST | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »

It was a celebration of movies and acting in NYC last night at the Gotham Independent Film Awards. Ryan Reynolds hit the red carpet solo looking dapper in his vest while Brooke Shields stood close to Rosie Perez and Alec Baldwin posed with Richard Kind. Alec recently said he would be retiring from acting in a couple of years, but first he's out to promote It's Complicated out this month. He also has a big award show to host this season when he and Steve Martin take on the Oscars together. Natalie Portman showed some skin before being honored during the show just days before her new film, Brothers, hits theaters. The night's big winner was The Hurt Locker while Stanley Tucci was also one of the night's honorees along with Portman. Chris Rock came out to support his documentary Good Hair, though the prize went to Food, Inc. The »

- Molly

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Second TV Spot for Daybreakers Doesn't Bite

1 December 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Here's a new look at Daybreakers , the Spierig brothers long-awaited take on the vampire genre. The story, set in the future, finds the world overrun by bloodsuckers, but they're faced with a problem: they're running out of blood. Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe and Claudia Karvan. Check out our exclusive interview with the directors here ! Click on the title link above for more videos and photos... »

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Gotham Awards 2009 Winners

30 November 2009 7:35 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

Catalina Saavedra in The Maid (top); Stella Schnabel in You Won’t Miss Me (middle); The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow (bottom) "Kudos to you, great performance," Rosie Perez told Willem Dafoe, after saying that Lars von Trier’s Antichrist, a dark, sex-filled drama in which Dafoe co-stars with Charlotte Gainsbourg, was a "sick-ass movie." That was followed by: "Was that your … Oooohhhh. It was?" And so went the 2009 edition of the Gotham Awards, in which performers cracked jokes that would be unacceptable on network TV. Unfortunately, that didn’t necessarily make the jokes any funnier or the show any better than, say, the Oscars or the Golden Globes, but on the bright side some of the Gotham choices were [...] »

- Andre Soares

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Daybreakers Extended TV Trailer

29 November 2009 11:10 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

We haven't talked much about Daybreakers, the upcoming vampire film by writer/director siblings Michael and Peter Spierig, but the release of the film's extended TV trailer seems reason enough to shed some light on it. The film stars Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe in a world where vampires rule, and humans are a minority hunted for blood. In the trailers it's revealed that the vampires blood supply is dwindling, and that they're searching for a synthetic blood substitute. There's also talk of a "cure"---apparently the worldwide vampirism was caused by a plague of some sort. I like the film's reversal by making vampires the dominant group, and overall it looks like a perfectly stylish blend of sci-fi and horror. Quite honestly, I was hoping we'd eventually see a film with this premise in the Blade universe, but we can thank David Goyer for running that into the ground with Blade: Trinity. »

- Devindra Hardawar

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Movie Review: The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

29 November 2009 3:13 PM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »

Like its predecessor, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day is a rocking, firework popping action extravaganza that doesn’t add anything deep to the series but what it does is bring us the continuation of a cult classic that after 10 years hasn’t missed a beat.

It would be a disservice to harp on Troy Duffy’s issues getting this film made and the hoops it probably took for him to finally get it off the ground, but like its creator this film is messy, vulgar, violent and completely senseless but in way that’s lovable just like the its cult classic predecessor.

All Saints Day, brings us back together with fraternal twins Murphy (Norman Reedus) and Connor (Sean Patrick Flanery), who managed to escape back home to the hills of Ireland after their justice driven vigilante kill spree throughout Boston. A decade has passed but the drive to »

- Kevin Coll

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Fantastic Mr. Fox Review

29 November 2009 12:34 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Fantastic Mr. Fox Directed by: Wes Anderson Written by: Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (screenplay), Roald Dahl (book) Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe At the beginning of the decade, Wes Anderson was being praised as one of the most unique and talented emerging filmmakers in America. The Royal Tenenbaums was seen by many as his ultimate masterpiece, earning his only Academy Award nomination to date. However, since then, he has arguably become a victim of his own success. Surrounded by copycats and increasingly cynical audiences, he has struggled to break from the mold that he created for himself. Although I enjoyed both The Life Aquatic and The Darjeeling Limited a great deal, I can't deny that Wes Anderson's style was starting to feel more like a predictable checklist and less like the mark of an auteur. He was stuck in a rut, »

- Sean

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