With this week’s big release of Hot Tub Time Machine I felt it only fitting to sit down and think about my favorite Time Travel films.  I’m guessing the theme this week is self-explanatory so let’s get on with it. Read the full story

Warner Brothers | USA | 115 min.

I am still living in the enjoyable world of Donnie Darko when it comes to writer/director Richard Kelly. But after seeing his latest film, The Box, the film adaptation to Richard Matheson’s short story Button, Button, which Kelly adapted himself, I am beginning to fear that he’s never going to be able to achieve that level of filmmaking again. While The Box does deliver on the classic confusion aspect that the young director is so well known for, and does look pretty good doing it, much of the film is left unanswered and becomes intolerable.

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Warner Brothers has just officially released the first trailer for Richard Kelly’s The Box. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella, and James Mardsen. The story revolves around a struggling couple, played by Cameron Diaz and James Mardsen, in need of money who’s problems may be solved when a mysterious box is left on their door step. After being visited one day by a mysterious stranger, Frank Langella, he offers them a dangerous opportunity. If one of them pushes the button on the box an unknown stranger will die while they will receive a million dollars. The Box is set to open up on October 31st, 2009.

While I am still very excited to see this and I think this trailer features some fantastic imagery, I do have some problems with it. Cameron Diaz’s accent sounds really odd and annoying, so that will probably take some time to get used to. The trailer also seems to be cut exactly like the trailer for Valkyrie, it features the same song towards the end and also uses the same dramatic cutting style. This still is a good trailer for what looks to be like Kelly’s come back, which hopefully is the case.

What do you think of this trailer? Are you still excited for The Box?

Director Richard Kelly (Southland Tales, Donnie Darko) has just debuted a new poster for his upcoming thriller The Box over at his Myspace page. The Box opens up on October 30th, 2009.

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Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko, Southland Tales) has posted a new update on his blog, and gave a bunch of updates on his new film The Box:

* WB is releasing the film on October 30, 2009. The release date has been shuffling around a bit, but this is common with studios, and everyone feels like this is the best date for the film
* The film is completely finished. Principal photography was completed in March 2008, and it was officially delivered to WB right before Christmas 2008. A March 2009 release was briefly considered, but a Fall 2009 release was always a better fit.
* We shot in Massachusetts and Virginia. The film takes place predominantly in Virginia, 1976.
* The running time is 1 hour 55 minutes long including end credits.
* The film was digitally photographed using the Panavision Genesis camera. In my audio commentary on Tony Scott’s Domino, I mentioned that I would never shoot a 1970s period piece using a digital camera. My position on this changed when I saw David Fincher’s extraordinary Zodiac. It can be done.
* There is more than 300 visual effects shots, which required eight months of post-production. The digital work-flow of the Genesis was essential to completing these visual effects properly.
* Win Butler, Regine Chassagne (of Arcade Fire) and Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy, frequent collaborator with Arcade Fire) recorded more than 80 minutes of score for the film.
* Here is a list of artists whose songs appear in the film: GRATEFUL DEAD, DEREK & THE DOMINOS, WILSON PICKETT, THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, SCOTT WALKER
* The official website for the film is www.thebox-movie.com – it will unveil sometime this summer.
* This is my most personal film to date, and I’m very proud of how it turned out.

[via /Film]

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The Box, the next film from director Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko, Southland Tales), has moved up from a Thanksgiving release date to a Halloween release. The thriller starring James Marsden (Sex Drive, Enchanted), Cameron Diaz (What Happens In Vegas), and Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) is now scheduled to open on October 30th opposite Saw VI.

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UPDATE: The list below was written in January of 2009. I suggest checking out our new list, 65 Must See Movies of 2010. Click the image below to see:

So 2008 is over, come on, it’s time to move on. Here are 50 great reasons to go to the theater this year:

January

My Bloody Valentine 3-D (Jan 16^th)

Synopsis: After surviving a fatal accident that claimed the lives of five of men in a mine shaft, Harry Warden performed a horrific killing spree on Valentines night in the town of Harmony, killing 22 people before he was shot to death.

Why You Should See It: Early screening reports have said there is more sex, limbs, and buckets of blood than one can handle. The 3-D gimmick is the only reason this is on my list. If implemented right it should be a great time at the movies.

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