<![CDATA[The Movie Press - News & Notes]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:40:50 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Changes and Transition]]>Tue, 04 May 2010 10:29:08 -0800http://www.themoviepress.com/4/post/2010/05/changes-and-transition.htmlGreg and I have become super swamped during our "real" jobs that we have severely slacked off on providing y'all with movie news and trailers on a regular basis. We're working on either transitioning this site into more of a strictly movie review site or coming up with other options. Please bear with us, and continue to check out our reviews.

You can also always follow us on Twitter @TheMoviePress, where we will provide nuggets of movie information and provide precious gems of review wisdom.

Thanks!

Darcie Duttweiler
]]><![CDATA[Get Spliced! Check out the new trailer]]>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:38:22 -0800http://www.themoviepress.com/4/post/2010/04/get-spliced-get-out-the-new-trailer.htmlWe just brought you Adrien Brody in Predators, now take a look at him messing with more weird shit in the trailer for Vincenzo Natali's Splice. 

In this film Elsa (Sarah Polley) and Clive (Adrien Brody), two young, rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. I am very intrigued by this film partially because it has Adrien Brody in it (hell yeah I'm that fangirl) and also because once you do an image search on the genetically spliced creature in the film, you're going to cry a little bit, feel very uncomfortable, and won't stop thinking about it. It haunts your brain and you'll have to go see the film--even if you do watch it with your hands clamped down over your eyes.

Splice releases wide June 4.  Watch the trailer below and look up more screen shots at your own risk.

--Jessica Hixson
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]]><![CDATA[Robert Rodriguez presents "Predators"]]>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:16:08 -0800http://www.themoviepress.com/4/post/2010/03/robert-rodriguez-presents-predators.htmlIs it just me or does this look like a great cast in a bad movie? Robert Rodriguez is producing the July 7th reboot that follows a group of elite warriors hunted by members of a merciless alien race known as Predators. Director Nimrod Antal has a solid resume of thrillers under his belt, but after watching this trailer it looks like maybe they should have left these killers alone after the lackluster sequel with Danny Glover. What do you guys think?
]]><![CDATA[It's here. Squeal. "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" trailer premieres]]>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:46:12 -0800http://www.themoviepress.com/4/post/2010/03/its-here-squeal-the-twilight-saga-eclipse-trailer-premieres.htmlI know you Movie Pressers love you some Twilight. Okay, so maybe like four of you do. So this is for you guys! The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has finally released its official trailer.

The primary plot in the third Twilight movie, Eclipse, revolves around whether Bella will have Edward turn her into a vampire, or stay human and happy with ab-tastic wolfman Jacob. Oh, and Victoria is back for revenge in the form of Bryce Dallas Howard this time. Dakota Fanning is thrown in there somewhere too...

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse premieres June 30th.

How excited are the four of you?!

--Darcie Duttweiler
]]><![CDATA[SXSW movie I'd like to see: "Get Low"]]>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:47:02 -0800http://www.themoviepress.com/4/post/2010/03/sxsw-movie-id-like-to-see-get-low.htmlGet Low is a magical and moving blend of folk tale, fable and real-life legend. Spun in the Southern storytelling tradition, it is about a mysterious 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive. This debut feature-length effort from director Aaron Schneider stars Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, and Lucas Black.

Reasons to see Get Low? Well, there's 3: Duvall, Murray, and Spacek. Schneider won an Academy Award for his 2003 short, Two Soldiers, so it's probably fair to say he's a semi-competent director--not that he'd need to be with this cast. The story sounds absolutely charming, and Get Low is sure to be, at the very least, a lesson in acting excellence. I cannot wait to see Murray and Duvall feed off each other in their roles as cynical funeral parlor owner and withdrawn eccentric, respectively. Trailers have been hard to come by but there is a short clip embedded for your viewing pleasure below.

Get Low screens at the Paramount theater on Wednesday, March 17th at 7:00pm.

--Jessica Hixson
]]><![CDATA[SXSW movie I'd like to see: "Four Lions"]]>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:42:11 -0800http://www.themoviepress.com/4/post/2010/03/sxsw-movie-id-like-to-see-four-lions.htmlLet me just say that I'd suicide bomb the shit out of a building if it meant I could have a guaranteed seat in the afterlife in the theater that is showing Chris Morris' Four Lions. Now that I've successfully placed myself on several Internet terrorist watch lists (yet again), I'd like to express how much I am looking forward to seeing this film, which is sure to be full of good terrorist jokes--unlike the one you just experienced. No, really! If anyone can make Jihad hilarious it's Chris Morris. His Channel 4 television show, Brass Eye will always will be one of the funniest things to grace a TV set, and to say that I am beside myself with anticipation waiting to see this film, is, if you will recall my opening sentence, an understatement. This film is sure to be an uproarious experience--but also one that will ask you to think differently about terrorism in contemporary times.

Four Lions tells the compelling story of a bunch of British Jihads who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, they stumble from misapprehension to cock-up in a dangerous, hilarious but emotionally engaging and entirely plausible farce.  Get excited with the clip below!

Four Lions screens on Saturday, March 20th at 7:00pm at the Paramount Theater.

--Jessica Hixson
]]><![CDATA[SXSW movie I'd like to see: "Cyrus"]]>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:13:10 -0800http://www.themoviepress.com/4/post/2010/03/sxsw-movie-id-like-to-see-cyrus.htmlYes, the Duplass brothers are South by Southwest darlings. Everyone seems to love the mumblecore duo--everyone except this little lady here. I tend to hate mumblecore, pretentious shit. No thank you. However... I <3 John C. Reilly, and Jonah Hill can make me laugh sometimes. So, I'm willing to put my loathing of the Duplass brothers aside and check out their latest flick, Cyrus. Actually, the buzz from Sundance is that this film is a slight departure for them--mainly because it features real stars and has a major studio behind it. Whatever. It's supposed to be good, and, from the plot synopsis, it sounds pretty funny.

John (Reilly) is a depressed, recently single dude who is pretty much a loser. At a party, he hooks up with the hot Molly (Marisa Tomei) who has an adult son, Cyrus. Cyrus (Hill) and his mom have a weird relationship that creeps John out a little. But Molly seems otherwise perfect, so what’s John to do? Deal with Cyrus. (I'm willing to overlook the fact that there is NO way Marisa Tomei could have ever given birth to Jonah Hill.)

Cyrus premieres at the Paramount Saturday, March 13 at 9:30pm.

--Darcie Duttweiler
]]><![CDATA[SXSW movie I'd like to see: "Dance with the One"]]>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:05:39 -0800http://www.themoviepress.com/4/post/2010/03/sxsw-movie-id-like-to-see-dance-with-the-one.htmlAs a small-time pot salesman, Nate is following in the foot steps of  his father, a legendary drug lord who is nearing his inevitable demise. Dealing with a plethora of problems, including a little brother who won't stay still, a girlfriend he's loved since he was a child, and the memory of the tragic death of his mother, Nate is desperately looking for a way to escape. Opportunity presents itself in the form of a big time drug deal that could set him free--or leave him trapped in a life he doesn't want to live.

I've got a soft spot for movies shot in Austin and Dance With the One is the first movie made by the University of Texas Film Institute, a nonprofit arm of the college of communications that aims to give students the opportunity to be a part of a project with the aim of creating a feature film. Most of the people who helped on the 22-day shoot were UT students, and the script is co-written by a Michener Center for Writing grad who was in school when he wrote it.

You could say director Mike Dolan is like the Colt McCoy of UT filmmaking.

The world premiere is March 15 at 7:30 at the Alamo Ritz. The film can also be seen March 16 at 2:30 at Alamo South Lamar and again March 20 at 2:30 p.m. at The Paramount.

--Mark Collins
]]><![CDATA[SXSW movie I'd like to see: "Dirty Pictures"]]>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:57:19 -0800http://www.themoviepress.com/4/post/2010/03/sxsw-movie-id-like-to-see-dirty-pictures.htmlDirty Pictures is Etienne Sauret's documentary about Dr. Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin, the rogue chemist who discovered the effects of MDMA (Ecstasy) and more than 200 other mind-altering drugs. Shulgin's alchemy has earned him the title 'The Godfather of Psychedelics' and a reputation as one of the great chemists of the 20th century.

The trailer makes it look like the documentary will avoid focusing on the shitty techno music and kandi kids of the drug culture legacy leftover from Shulgin's work and instead concentrate on the doctor's intense studies in neuroscience and the human psyche--all while tripping balls with his friends and family as test subjects. Here's hoping the doc lives up to its thoughtful and almost innocent depiction of him and his fascinating experiments. If the nerdy chemistry stuff doesn't float your boat, remember that this doc is all about drugs! Even if you've never tried them, you're at least curious about 'em, and it's high time you admit it.

Dirty Pictures premieres at the Hitachi G-Tech Theater on Saturday, March 13th at 9:30pm.

--Jessica Hixson
]]><![CDATA[Trailer Park: Iron Man 2 & Tron Legacy]]>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:53:56 -0800http://www.themoviepress.com/4/post/2010/03/trailer-park-iron-man-2-tron-legacy.html
The world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark is the armored Super Hero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor because he fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. Supporting cast is top notch, Favreau seems to have not lost a step and the trailer is action packed! What do you guys think? Iron Man hits screens May 7th of this year.

If that wasn't enough for you we have HD trailer for Tron Legacy HERE. Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years.The film will be released Dec. 17th.

--Greg MacLennan
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