The Cove

Looks unmissable;

The Cove begins in Taiji, Japan, where former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption. In the 1960s, it was O’Barry who captured and trained the 5 dolphins who played the title character in the international television sensation “Flipper.”

But his close relationship with those dolphins – the very dolphins who sparked a global fascination with trained sea mammals that continues to this day -- led O’Barry to a radical change of heart. One fateful day, a heartbroken Barry came to realize that these deeply sensitive, highly intelligent and self-aware creatures so beautifully adapted to life in the open ocean must never be subjected to human captivity again.This mission has brought him to Taiji, a town that appears to be devoted to the wonders and mysteries of the sleek, playful dolphins and whales that swim off their coast.

But in a remote, glistening cove, surrounded by barbed wire and “Keep Out” signs, lies a dark reality. It is here, under cover of night, that the fishermen of Taiji, driven by a multi-billion dollar dolphin entertainment industry and an underhanded market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat, engage in an unseen hunt. The nature of what they do is so chilling -- and the consequences are so dangerous to human health -- they will go to great lengths to halt anyone from seeing it.

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The Hunt For Gollum

This looks like a very high quality fan produced film; Can't wait!

Trailer 2 - The Hunt For Gollum at SCI-FI-LONDON
by HuntForGollum

Bruno

I though Borat was halarious, Bruno looks just as good;

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I posted the original short a while back, not for the upcoming movie's trailer - looks great!



link from themovieblog

File this under "Oh NO!"

They're planning on making a movie out of one of the best SciFi novels from the 1990's.

Not withstanding the success of The Lord Of The Rings, this news sent a shiver down my spine.

I'll just keep whispering to myself "the book still exists, the book still exists ..."

Short Animation

Fantastic short animation that they are going to turn into a movie - can't wait.

9 Nine Shane Acker Short Animation
by FrFKmeron

thanks to TheMovieBlog for the link

Blindness

I'm actually reading this book at the moment, I didn't realise they where making a move.

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Blindness trailer
by caro8049

link from themovieblog

Movie Blog Wall-E review

the Movie blog have posted their video review of the new Pixar film Wall-E, it's looking good ..

http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/wall-e-review

Global Metal

Via themovieblog comes this trailer for an uncoming documentary that I'll definitely have to watch.

Movie News

themovieblog has a new Hellboy 2 trailer up that looks great and they also report the Dan Simmons Hyperion is going to be made into a movie. Hyperion was a brilliant book, it will be tricky to make a good movie out of it.

Wall-E Full Trailer

This could be the best looking Pixar film yet and after Ratatouille that's saying something.

Wall E Full Trailer
by Incredible-Hulk

Black Gold

I watched the documentary 'Black Gold' on More 4 last night and it was a real eye opener. I knew the mega corporations wouldn't be paying a fair price to the third world farmers for their coffee but the penitence they actually get was pathetic - a couple of cent per kilo at best!

I'm buying Illy coffee at the moment, at least they came out of the documentary a bit better than most (thank god!).

Once wins at the Oscars

The movie "Once" won and Oscar last night for Best Original Music, I really liked the film and was very pleased that they won.

The song.



The acceptance speeches.

How Many Virgins

The first few minutes of "Postal", haven't seen it but I might after this.

Hellboy 2

Via themovieblog this here is the trailer for Hellboy 2, I really liked the first Hellboy and judging from the trailer this one will be even better

Wall-E

Via TheMovieBlog here's the trailer for the upcoming Pixar movie Wall-E. The only Pixar film I didn't really like was "a Bugs Life" which isn't that bad a film, so I'm really looking forward to this.

Two Hobbit Movies to be Made

Some excellent and slightly worrying news today - the excellent news is that there is going to be a Hobbit movie made by Peter Jackson. The worrying news is they are also going to do a Hobbit sequel.

First off I'm delighted Jackson is going to be involved, I was one of those who felt he was the only man for the job (not that that would have stopped me from seeing the movie). Its a huge sigh of relief as I think he will respect and maintain the spirit of Tolkien for The Hobbit as well as he did for The Lord of the Rings.

The worrying bit is the "sequel" business. I'm not aware of any hobbit stories set between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings so I'm concerned as to what story they'll come up with. Time will tell I suppose.

from sfcrowsnest.com

The two Hobbit films – The Hobbit and its sequel – are scheduled to be shot simultaneously, with pre-production beginning as soon as possible. Principal photography is tentatively set for a 2009 start, with the intention of The Hobbit release slated for 2010 and its sequel the following year, in 2011. Jackson and Fran Walsh will serve as Executive Producers of two films based on The Hobbit. New Line will manage the production of the films, which will be shot simultaneously.

Once

I'm not a big fan of Irish film (I find that generally it relies on accents and cursing to get laughs) so it was with bated breath that I rented Once over the weekend and I have to say I really enjoyed it. The film is about two lonely people in Dublin who come together through a shared love of music but it manages to avoid the thousands of cliches that normally surround romantic films. I think thats why I liked it so much, had this been a Hollywood or British film it would have been formulaic and dull. Likewise, unlike other Irish films, the scumbag druggey makes and early and singular appearance (I thought "here we go") before disappearing permanently and allowing the story to develop. In fact I can't understand the need for the scene at all, there must be some contractual commitment whereby all Irish films must have at least one scumbag and use the word "fuck" ten times in order to get funding from the Irish Film Bord.

Surprisingly the film is also a musical but the music is so neatly and realistically intertwined into the story it almost passes you by. But, at the risk of contradicting myself, it's also a third character and if I was a better writer and a big more creative I could probably wax on about how it symbolises something or other but I'm not, so I won't. And the music is very good, I'm fairly ambivalent about The Frames but this movie may have won me over, I'm not ambivalent about Irish film, but this one is worth seeing.

Sicko

I went to see Michael Moore's new film "Sicko" last night and I really enjoyed it. As with his other films its a roller coaster of emotion as he moves from funny/heartwarming scenes one minute to sad/heartbreaking scenes the next. The film leaves you in no doubt that for profit health care is a very bad idea, for example, when one of these insurance companies has to make a payment its termed a "Medical Loss". In this environment the profit motive sweeps all before it and its the people who suffer. There were a lot of hard cases featured in the movie but my greatest sympathy was reserved for the couple who went bankrupt at age 60+ and had to move in with their daughter who seemed slightly resentful at the prospect: the small room she put them in hadn't even been cleared out (it contained a PC desk, display case and chest of drawers, but no bed) and bunk beds where mentioned for the parents to sleep in - nightmare!

The worrying thing from an Irish perspective is that Harney et al seem intent on bringing the US model here and the way to do that is to throughly undermine and destroy public confidence in the health service while at the same time touting the benefits on competition and private health insurance. I'm sad to say I imagine they will be successful, not only where the current bunch of crooks and liars returned to office but the Greens have totally sold out and the opposition are a bunch spineless centrists who will continue to do the bidding of whomever's got the money. We're screwed!