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The new J.J. Abrams movie which is still listed as Untitled, but is unofficially being referred to as Cloverfield, was filming on the Lower East Side yesterday and last night. Did anyone catch it? The monster movie is due out January 18th, 2008 - and this past week Abrams spoke of the somewhat mysterious project at Comic-Con. more ›

- Nicolette Sheridan does not look over-Botoxed with fish lips! more ›

Gothamist needed a little humor and the Incredible Hulk's Diary filled the bill and more. The Hulk is eloquent on war, Lego vs. Duplo, cats, and his movie... god, our head hurts thinking about how genius it would have been to start Gothamist using the Hulk style vernacular. We'd have posts up here left and right. more ›

We hope you're out enjoying the beautiful weekend, but in case you're indoors and in front of the computer... more ›

For the Stupid Annals: Someone who worked at the ad agency that handles Universal Studios' advertising gave an early, pre-release copy of The Hulk to a friend. Who gave it to another friend. Who put it on the Internet. Kerry Gonzalez, the 25-year old NJ man who posted the film on the Internet, pled guilty, giving Universal this victory in piracy matters. This is what led to lots of fans complaining about the quality of special effects in the workprint (no matter critics were bitching about them in the final version anyway). Gonzalez faces up to 3 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, and is "tired and exhausted" according to his lawyer. The Financial Times says a "digital 'tag' inserted into the movie helped authorities to bring Mr Gonzalez to justice just three weeks after he committed the crime." more ›

Ang Lee's Hulk is something of a magnificent disaster, visually mesmerizing, intellectually ambitious, but ultimately unsatisfying. It was too much all around - too layered, too long, too unsure if it was a cartoon or a comedy of manners. And it left Gothamist pondering some unanswered questions: more ›

With all the excitement about The Hulk opening tomorrow, Movie City News brought up this old FlakMag interview with Hulk producer, co-writer, and frequent Ang Lee collaborator, James Schamus. The December 2000 interview was about the screenwriting process for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but at the very end, Schamus mentions he and Lee were talking to Stephen Merritt about turning 69 Love Songs into a musical. How hot would that be? And does anyone know the status of this? Lee has wanted to do a musical for a while, Gothamist thought it perhaps might be a remake of Flower Drum Song.
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Honestly, Gothamist wasn't thinking of the Hulk in this way, but because the Chicago Sun-Times brought it up, now we can't help but think. And think. And think. Apparently there was some talk about creating a nude Hulk, but as special effects artist Dennis Muren says, " Clearly, Dennis Muren has never been to Chelsea. more ›

The Post turns the summer movie season into a battle of the sexes, or at least a dilemma for couples, with counterprogramming of Terminator 3 and Legally Blonde 2 one weekend, The Hulk vs Alex and Emma another. A little of the article, which makes Gothamist a bit batty: more ›

It's easy to do a feature about this summer's eagerly anticipated movies (the summer actually began last weekend, with the opening of X2), but Patricia Vidal at Movie City News tackles how the summer movies may be appealing to women: more ›

A.O. Scott gives a glowing review to the movie, Holes. Or Holes, The Movie. He even called it the best movie this year. Honestly, I am SHOCKED. Mainly because the trailer for it was so crappy, I was annoyed I had to sit through it. Scott wrote a piece about movie trailer watching a month ago, speaking to the joy of the movie experience that expands from what's on the screen to your experience in the theater. Previews are a part of the foreplay, Scott contend, which I agree with. They just drive me crazy at the same time, since they can give too much away and make no sense and inevitably have all the best scenes in those few minutes. But the really good ones, like the teaser for The Hulk that debuted before Spiderman, that to me was better than the movie itself, can leave one thrilled at the possibilities. more ›