The Playlist has pointed out a new poster (pictured above) and trailer for writer/director Luca Guadagnino‘s I Am Love. The film most notably stars Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) as a woman caught between love affairs. Swinton‘s career has been on the rise of late, giving notable performances in Burn After Reading, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Julia, and several reviews suggest that she’s in terrific form once again with this Italian drama. Be sure to check out early reviews from The Hollywood Reporter, Cinema Blend, and InContention.

Watch the embedded trailer of I Am Love below, which IMDb describes as “a tragic love story set at the turn of the century in Milan.”

/Film is reporting that David Fincher will be adapting the Max Ehrlich novel The Reincarnation of Peter Proud. Production for this movie would start once Fincher completes his latest work based off the creation of Facebook, The Social Network. The script for ‘Peter Proud’ has been written by previous Fincher collaborator, Andrew Kevin Walker, who worked with him on Se7en. The novel was previously adapted in 1975 written by Ehrlich himself. Read the full story

The video shows the transformation of visual effects in the past century. I came across this on Firstshowing via YouTube user bengraphics. It’s truly remarkable how far filmmaking has advanced and with films like James Cameron‘s Avatar coming it will be interesting to see where technology heads in the next few years.

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Warning: This review does contain spoilers.

The Time Traveler’s Wife is a love story that actually isn’t cringe inducing — despite the ads suggesting otherwise. While the film is heavily flawed, it still remains engaging and entertaining. This is oddly similar to last year’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Button is the superior film, but they are reminiscent in tone. Both films are standard dramas, but have an out-of-this-world character as the lead. Benjamin Button is a fantastical character and Henry DeTamble belongs to the science fiction realm, and yet both films do not belong to those genres. This is a drama that uses a science fiction element to drive the relationship.

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Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life has been kept very under wraps so far and there hasn’t been a release date announced yet, but it may  be coming to theaters in 2009. Screen Daily (via Hollywood Elsewhere) is reporting that the film has picked up distribution at Cannes and that it may be released this year. The film wrapped over a year ago and Malick is still apparently cutting the film. The film stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn as brothers.

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By Jack Giroux

2008 was a great summer for the movies. Good entertainment was had, and not just dumb popcorn movies for once. We got The Dark Knight, Wall-E, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, Tropic Thunder, and Pineapple Express. This summer is even going to be better. Although the start was a bit shaky with Wolverine, Star Trek kicks it off right this weekend. Here are the top 15 stand out films this summer:

15- Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen

Release Date- June 24th

Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen will inevitably offer no more then a lot of explosions and CGI, but with robots. While the first film wasn’t a landmark of any kind, and mostly dumb, it was fun none-the-less. The 147 minute running time for the new one is a bit bothersome, but long running times are fine when the story calls for it. My only question is do we really need to see robots fighting for that long? Its a Michael Bay movie, there will only be good action, nothing more. Even the length of the first movie was a problem, the last thirty minutes turned into nothing but repetitive action. Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen will without a doubt be a fun action movie, even if it extends its welcome.

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The latest sci-fi flick by director Alex Proyas is an impressive and surprisingly ambitious film. Proyas is the genius behind Dark City and The Crow, and yes he also did I, Robot,but it is easy to give him a pass for that mindless action spectacle since he didn’t have creative control. Where does Knowing stand compared to those movies?  Its by no means on level of with Dark City and The Crow, but it does manage to excel beyond I, Robot.

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Last night Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire cleaned up (as predicted) with 8 Oscars. I gathered as many acceptance videos I could find. Check them out below, kicking off with one of the best Oscar introductions to date and ending withe Judd Apatow’s hilarious comedy montage.

Hugh Jackman Opening Performance

Best Picture

Slumdog Millionaire, Christian Colson (producer)

Best Actor

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The Academy Awards start tonight at 8pm EST. Here are our predictions. Check out the full list of nominees here.

Best Picture

Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire

Should Win: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor

Will Win: Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler

Should Win: Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler

Best Actress

Will Win: Kate Winslet in The Reader

Should Win: Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married

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According to Variety,  Steven Soderbergh (Che, Ocean’s Thirteen) is in early talks to direct Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Babel) in Moneyball, a Columbia Pictures adaptation of the Michael Lewis book Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game. The film is being adapted by Steven Zaillian (American Gangster, Gangs of New York).

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