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Don’t expect a “You sunk my battleship” in this end of the woods. A new trailer for “Battleship” is part “Transformers,” part “Armageddon,” part “Independence Day” and part “Halo,” making the Peter Berg-directed flick looks like a big budget end-of-the-world romp that we can sort of get behind. It definitely shows a new aspect of…
Fans who love Alexander Skarsgard for his role as Eric Northman in HBO’s hit series “True Blood” won’t see too much of their favorite fanged Viking in his recent roles. In “Straw Dogs” he plays a villain who ends up brutally raping his ex-girlfriend, in “Battleship” he’s a naval officer, and in the upcoming indie…
Director Lars von Trier doesn’t have the best reputation as an actor’s director (he also doesn’t have the best reputation as a public speaker, but that’s a conversation for another time). He supposedly fought with Nicole Kidman on the set of “Dogville” and the star definitely didn’t return for the film’s sequel, “Manderlay” (she was…
When George Clooney left Stephen Soderbergh’s big screen remake of “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” it didn’t bode well for the film’s overall H.Q. (Handsomeness Quotient, natch). Fortunately, Warner Bros. is looking to not only match the previously established handsomeness levels, but possibly exceed them, as the studio is considering a number of new names for…
Lars Von Trier is no stranger to controversy, directing difficult films that are magnets for misogyny accusations and even getting kicked out of Cannes for admitting he looked a little too kindly on the Nazis. But all that is just warm up for what is possibly the most shocking, horrifying act the auteur has ever…
Weddings are usually a reason for celebration, but what about when the world is ending? The new trailer for Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia” has arrived online, offering a glimpse at what happens when a couple’s big day just happens to coincide with a cataclysmic event that could bring an end to humanity. While Lars von…
The first trailer for “Battleship” has finally arrived online, and it’s chock full of all the explosive, CGI action that we’ve been led to believe the 2012 film will feature. Based on the Hasbro naval combat game of the same name, “Battleship” is directed by Peter Berg (“Hancock”) and stars a long list of young…
If, like us, you’ve been anxiously awaiting the return of HBO’s red hot vamp drama “True Blood,” then we have six minutes of heaven that will make the waiting, …er suck a little less. (Sorry.) No, you don’t get to spend six minutes locked in a closet with the show’s stars Alexander Skarsgard or Anna…
There are few actors as in demand these days as Stellan Skarsgård, who will be appearing in no less than three of the year’s most anticipated films — and strangely all with Scandinavian ties — in “Thor,” Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia” and David Fincher’s adaptation of the “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” Yet the…
What’s most baffling about this movie, “Battleship,” is not that someone decided to turn a Milton Bradley board game into a movie, or that the movie seems to have nothing to do with the board game (hello super lame brand recognition marketing scheme). Nor is it that they are taking until 2012 and $200 million…
“True Blood” star Alexander Skarsgård has gained American heartthrob status as the show’s thousand-year-old Viking vampire Alex, but even if the role is clearly make-believe, the Nordic charm is all his. Son of famed actor Stellan Skarsgård, the Stockholm-born thespian has a long and storied career in his homeland, from becoming a child actor to…
As if free breakfasts and concerts weren’t exciting enough, there will be even more to enjoy at this year’s SXSW with the last-minute additions of an exclusive first look at Robert Rodriguez’s “Predators” and the world premiere of the Mickey Rourke-Jason Statham thriller “13″ during the opening weekend of the film festival. Frankly, it wouldn’t…
If a picture is worth a thousand words, it’s worth at least that many screams when it’s from Fantastic Fest, the country’s most amazing film festival devoted to horror, sci-fi, fantasy, gore and strangeness that defies all categories. This year’s iteration of the Austin-based event kicked off with the premiere of “Gentlemen Broncos,” the new…
