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Torture Porn Sequel Declared Too Gross for Britain
Jeff Neumann · 06/07/11 06:01AMThe director of schlocky torture porn film The Human Centipede, Tom Six, got a nice promotional boost for his follow up, The Human Centipede II, after the British Board of Film Classification refused to rate the film this week, effectively banning it in Britain. What happens in the sequel that offended the BBFC so much? It gets pretty meta, as the Guardian describes it — and it's gross:
Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Vampires Have Pillow-Biting Sex, Too
Matt Cherette · 06/05/11 11:54PMHere's a trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, which premiered during tonight's MTV Movie Awards (right before Robert Pattinson made out with Taylor Lautner). Now, I'm no Twilight expert, but it appears that things will go down thusly: Jacob receives an invitation to Edward and Bella's nuptials and becomes so angry that he rips off his shirt (because obviously). The vampire Wedding of the Century then takes place, followed by lots of pillow-biting vampire sex. Jacob is still mad/shirtless. And then OH MY GOD does Bella have a baby bump?!
Robert Pattinson Kisses Taylor Lautner, Drops the F-Bomb at MTV Movie Awards
Matt Cherette · 06/05/11 10:07PMIf you watched tonight's MTV Movie Awards, then you saw a whole lot of the Twilight cast. If you didn't tune in, then you probably don't know that—in a span of minutes—Robert Pattinson both ditched Kristen Stewart on stage to plant a big ol' kiss on Taylor Lautner in the audience, and said "But I did f*ck you" to Reese Witherspoon during a tribute award presentation (the F-bomb was missed by MTV censors). Above, watch both of the water cooler-worthy moments in one handy video.
I Don't Know How She Does It: Same Sex, Same City
Matt Cherette · 05/27/11 12:58AMHere's a trailer for I Don't Know How She Does It, which comes out this fall. The "she" is Sarah Jessica Parker, and the "it" is, well, to be a carbon copy of Sex and the City's Miranda. Except instead of a lawyer, Parker plays a banker, and instead of being married to a dopey guy named Steve, she's married to a dopey guy named Greg Kinnear. Kelsey Grammer also appears in the movie, along with Pierce Brosnan, who plays a prospective Mr. Big for Parker—if she was playing Carrie, that is, which she isn't, because she's playing Miranda. [via Vulture]
Judge Lets Hangover 2 Open Over Objections of Artist Who Owns Mike Tyson's Face
John Cook · 05/24/11 01:34PMA federal judge has denied tattoo artist S. Victor Whitmill's request for an injunction barring The Hangover 2 from opening because the studio didn't ask him for the rights to use Mike Tyson's face tattoo, which Whitmill designed and copyrighted. He still has a "strong likelihood of success" in eventually winning his case, though, according to the judge.
What's Opening in Theaters This Weekend
Richard Lawson · 05/20/11 05:45PMPrincess Diana Death Photo to Debut at Cannes
Maureen O'Connor · 05/10/11 02:58PMA documentary about the death of Princess Diana will debut next week at the Cannes Film Festival—and will feature a graphic paparazzi photo of the princess as she lay dying after a car crash in Paris.
Mickey Rourke Trashes Passion Play Again
Maureen O'Connor · 05/04/11 12:33PMWhat's Opening in Theaters This Weekend
Richard Lawson · 04/29/11 05:40PMA Guide to Megan Fox's Straight-to-DVD Bird Sex Movie
Maureen O'Connor · 04/29/11 05:39PM3-D Movies Are Cool Now
Adrian Chen · 04/29/11 11:15AMWeirdo German auteur Werner Herzog's new film, Cave of Forgotten Dreams is a 3-D documentary about ancient cave paintings in the south of France. It's easily the best 3-D documentary since Justin Bieber's Never Say Never 3-D. As a bonus, it's making 3-D safe for "serious" grown-ups.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Trailer: Total Eclipse of the Brain
Seth Abramovitch · 04/28/11 09:15PM"Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today." A Pink Floyd song once said that. But it's also the root of all sequels, so feast your eyes upon this gleaming pile of Hollywood excreta. It's the Transformers: Dark of the Moon trailer, everybody! The gang's back to answer all your unanswered questions from the last Transformers movie. It looks like Michael Bay has finally ironed the kinks out of this franchise and produced a motion picture that will deliver on every level. Move over, Inception — a new breed of thinking-man's blockbuster is in town, and it goes "BONNG! BONNG! BONNG!," too. You'll barely even miss what's-her-face. Also: Remember when Shia LaBeouf was a thing? He's totally going to be a thing again when this comes out! Mark my words. [YouTube]
Morgan Spurlock Is for Sale
Seth Abramovitch · 04/22/11 01:20PMIn POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, director Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?) exposes the shady practice of product placement... by documenting his efforts to make a movie funded entirely by product placement. Got that? It's a plate-spinning act that actually works, offering a sly and entertaining glimpse into the strange landscape of 21st Century advertising.
A Day in the Life of Planet Earth
Matt Cherette · 04/22/11 01:01AMWhat were you doing July 24, 2010? If you'd heeded the call by directors Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald, then whatever you were doing, you were filming it. Life in a Day, which debuted at Sundance in January and hits theaters in July, promises to show "the true story of a single day on Planet Earth." Here's the documentary's goose bump-inducing trailer. [via NYM]
A Fake Nicolas Cage Accosts the Real Jake Gyllenhaal on SNL
Matt Cherette · 04/03/11 12:07AMWhat's Opening in Theaters This Weekend
Richard Lawson · 03/11/11 07:15PMThis Trailer for The Smurfs Will Ruin Your Childhood
Matt Cherette · 03/10/11 10:32PMHere's the first official trailer for The Smurfs, the Niel Patrick Harris-starring live-action (and partially animated, too, duh) big screen version of the hugely popular '80s TV series. So, how's it look? Well... bad. In fact, very, very bad. Oy.
All the Best Kissing Scenes from the Movies
Leah Beckmann · 03/09/11 09:02PMA little late for Valentine's Day, GOOD Magazine presents this romantic compilation of some of the best kissing scenes caught on film. Plus, it comes with some interesting facts about the "science of kissing," which is called phlematology!