-- Rebecca De Mornay, who I'll always identify with the delightfully cheesy "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle," gets to roll out her sadistic mommy act again when she stars in the upcoming remake of the 1980 horror flick "Mother's Day." Latter-day "Saw" director Darren Lynn Bousman is directing, so expect plenty of greasy, grimy gore to keep you up at night when De Mornay and her band of twisted sociopaths terrorize a family living in their old home. (Variety)

-- Nicolas Cage has signed on to star in the revenge flick "Driving Angry," which will be a 3-D release. Cage will play a man who sets out on a quest for bloody murder after his daughter is killed and her child is kidnapped. Patrick Lussier will direct a script that he co-wrote with Todd Farmer. Lussier previously directed "My Bloody Valentine 3D," so he's got plenty of experience in looking at a scene with an eye towards multi-dimensional spectacle. (The Hollywood Reporter)

-- Mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer may not be confirmed for "Bad Boys 3", but he's just picked up the rights to "Shake," a short story written by Derek Haas. The story comes from a new website that Haas started, Popcornfiction.com, which serves as a showcase for short fiction from film and TV writers. (The Hollywood Reporter)

-- Director Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus," which is particularly notable as being Heath Ledger's final screen performance, will open this year on Christmas Day. (ComingSoon)

-- Jamie Chung shared some of her thoughts on Zack Snyder's "Sucker Punch," in which she stars. Referring to the movie as "'300' for girls," the actress proceeds to share some details about what we can expect from the story. Anyone who's interested in this upcoming Snyder effort will find this interview to be well worth checking out. (ComingSoon)

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I do these wrap posts for me (indexing!) but I hope you find them useful yourself, should your internet have failed you for a day or five each month. You're reading EVERY WORD TYPED, right? ...Hello? Here are some highlights from the month that was.


Top 10 Pregnancies Trudy Kockenlocker, Juno, (Citizen) Ruth and more...
Cooking with Nathaniel as Katey talks Julie & Julia.
Mad Men @ the Movies a new series with 60s flair: Gidget, Exodus, movie stars
John Hughes (RIP) The Breakfast Club and other treasures
"Bye Bye Birdie" on the brain and at my fingertips

Carey Mulligan sometimes one word describes a performance
Inglourious Basterds Review Tarantino's movies are so fun to write and talk about. But I wish I could have taken this one through a few drafts
My 25 Favorite Actors (subject to change)
Come Join the Party Madonna and Movies
Kate vs. Joan Winslet risks the wrath of Crawford's ghost for Mildred Pierce

Coming in September...
Who knows? How's that for an incentive to stick around. Born salesman right here.
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I've unfortunately not gotten to see it yet, but "The Baader Meinhof Complex" looks pretty great. Kurt Loder's endorsement is really all the prodding I need, and yet I've been assaulted on all sides by friends who have nothing but praise to shower on the movie. The based-on-truth story gives viewers a glimpse of the Red Army Faction (or RAF), a gang of student protestors/terrorists who operated during the 1970s.

From the look of things in the exclusive clip below, we're getting a look at the movement in its earliest stages. The RAF crew is looking for training and... well... they're not the friendliest bunch. See for yourself below, then check out the movie, in theaters now:

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NASCAR: The IMAX Experience and Animalopolis will be opening at Mobile’s Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center. Fox 10 TV reports:

The Gulf Coast Exploreum is pleased to announce the return of NASCAR: The IMAX Experience to the J.L. Bedsole IMAX Dome Theater this fall.

On Saturday, September 5th, guests can join stock car drivers from the Mobile International Speedway as they showcase their cars in the Exploreum’s courtyard, all in honor of NASCAR: The IMAX Experience’s opening. Joining the film this fall is Animalopolis, an IMAX that takes viewers into the magical world of animals.

“We have two great IMAX films this fall to complement the Bob the Builder™ – Project: Build It exhibit,” said Exploreum Assistant Director Caroline Etherton. “Guests have asked us to bring back the NASCAR IMAX for years, and it will now be joined by Animalopolis, a film that’s destined to be another big hit.”

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Due to the success of “The Final Destination” over the weekend, we can expect to see a lot more 3-D movies going into development over the next few months. Just this morning The Hollywood Reporter had news of a film in the works titled “Drive Angry,” which will feature Nicolas Cage popping out at you in three dimensions.

Also in the past few days were reports of a possible 3-D “Swamp Thing” remake and confirmation that The Weinstein Co. is moving ahead on a third “Halloween” movie that will be made in 3-D and released next summer.

The “Halloween 3-D” news is interesting because the sequel must have been put into gear before the weekend’s box office figures came in with “Halloween II” under-performing in third place. But the fact that it was beaten by a 3-D horror film only goes to show that a similarly enhanced sequel is a good move for the Weinsteins.

Another good move would be to release the thing in October rather than in August, as they did with “Halloween II.” Many people believe the new sequel’s disappointing box office take was partly due to its untimely release date.

Of course, a third installment in the rebooted “Halloween” franchise will not involve Rob Zombie, who directed the first two films. Zombie told MTV News recently that there is nothing more for him to do with the series and that the latest installment wraps up the story.

Could that mean a 3-D remake of “Halloween III: Season of the Witch” is in order? There are actually a few of us who would be interested in that. But only a few.

With all the excitement for 3-D films, including at international film festivals like Venice and with dramatic, non-genre films, it was surprising to hear that Guillermo del Toro will not be filming the “Hobbit” movies in 3-D. This despite the rumors and despite del Toro’s endorsement of both the format and the biggest 3-D movie of the year, “Avatar.”

“I’ve seen 'Avatar' and I was absolutely blow away by it!!” del Toro wrote in the forum of “Lord of the Rings” fansite TheOneRing.net. “I myself expect to explore 3D soon enough- it is the future, just not my immediate future.”

Maybe del Toro will do “Hellboy 3-D,” although he has a lot of other projects in his pipeline following “The Hobbit” to choose from that probably have precedence. Meanwhile, in the next few days it will be more shocking to see movies announced that aren’t planned for a 3-D release.

This morning’s news that “Bad Boys” is getting a third installment had some of us wishing for the sequel to be titled “Bad Boys 3-D.” And certainly a 3-D “Rambo” sequel would be more interesting than just another plain old 2-D installment. Right?

Would you see another “Halloween” movie if it were in 3-D? Are there any other upcoming sequels you’d like to see in the 3-D format?

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Let's play a little word association. New York Stock Exchange... ...Troma's "Toxic Avenger."

Wait, what?! I crap you not. These two things, which previously did not go together like peanut butter & jelly, are now inextricably (and inexplicably) joined... the way a toxic mutation might join, say, a pigeon and a rat. The cast of "Toxic Avenger" (the musical) headed down to Wall St. last week to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Why, you ask? Because it's freaking AWESOME! Click the pic below to check out our image gallery from the event.

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Dave from Victim of the Time here, wondering why Eric Bana isn't a legitimate movie-star yet. I don't like to be an undue influence, but if I were in charge of Nat's Film Bitch awards for this year, Eric would be the current front-runner for the 'Body of Work' award. You'll all remember Star Trek, of course, where Bana played the main villain, the Romulan Nero, and put a lot of energy and zest into a role that wasn't given as much attention as it probably should have been. Since then, he's recently had two more roles that amply show off both his acting chops - in strikingly different ways - and his almost limitless charisma. (He also starred in the Australian film Romulus, My Father, but who knows when that'll reach my eyes...) In a coincidental move that surely inspired this post, I happened to see both of these Bana-starring films within the last week.

The Time Traveler's Wife is a disappointing adaptation of Audrey Hiffenegger's immersive, emotional novel, but you can't blame the cast (or indeed the casting director). Rachel McAdams is tender and sympathetic as Clare, perhaps missing a bit of the fierce passion and independent spirit of the book's Clare, but then the script goes for the romantic heartbreak rather than the book's mixture of romance and intellectualism. There's only so much you can fit into two hours, I suppose. But Bana is really the star here. Working within the script's slimmed down plotlines, he effortlessly conveys the bizarre difficulties and odd pleasures of the time travelling concept, instantly makes you comprehend why he loves Clare, while maintaining the book's unspoken edge that part of his love for her might be the simple need to have a purpose. Bana provides the movie with an emotional weight it would otherwise lack; the movie provides him with a chance to prove he is the romantic leading man the industry seems to be without at the moment. (Feel free to challenge me on this, but I can't think of anyone.)

But he saved the best for last. Or, for you Americans, he served up a rather lovely sandwich (choose your own filling for this metaphor), for Funny People, despite what the poster might pretend, is Bana's film. He steals it from under the noses of more seasoned film comedians (admittedly not particularly good ones) and jolts the film out of the odd, pitiable funk it's descended into. It's well-worn trivia that Bana was a stand-up comedian before he was spotted for his break-through performance in Chopper, but, despite Funny People's premise, Bana's character Clarke asks a different kind of comedic poise from Bana. Clarke is a stereotypical Australian dominant male figure with a rabid business sense and an aggression in both his humour and his temper. Bana displays impeccable comic timing in his interactions with Adam Sandler, Leslie Mann and Seth Rogen (as well as his on-screen children - their Chinese conversation provides the film's biggest laugh) as well as fine balance in keeping Clarke out of the realm of caricature. It's not a stretch to say his work here is a film-saving turn.

Bana's filmography since Chopper is a selective bunch of films, and it has to be said he's not always saved it for the best roles - Troy was a disaster (Bana emerged as the best thing in it), as were Lucky You (again, not his fault) and The Other Boleyn Girl (I don't who to blame for this), and, despite my opinion being that it wasn't half-bad, Hulk was hardly the vehicle to stardom anyone would have wanted. Maybe this terrific year will propel Bana to better things. He has the charisma, the talent, and the looks. Now he just needs to be allowed to use them more often.Nessun tag per questo post.

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-- In the pantheon of classic action movies, there is "Aliens" and there is "Die Hard." They're not the only ones of course, and I'm not entirely sure why those two live together -- maybe because both deal with trapped protagonists? -- but which one is better? It's the sort of question that movie nerds like me can debate into the wee hours of the morning. And that's exactly what George "El Guapo" Roush does in this feature for Latino Review. (Latino Review)

-- Did you know that four of this summer's many movie offerings featured a miscarriage or stillbirth? And that 12 featured vomiting, or a direct reference to the same? How about that two ended with Flo Rida's "Right Round" and two others ended with the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow"? Find out which ones and more fun summer movie facts in William Goss's feature on Cinematical. (Cinematical)

-- This isn't a single blog post per se, but rather an entire site. ThreeFrames.net is devoted to posting images from movies. Not just stills though. Three frames from a single scene, strung together in a loop and playing over and over again. See for yourself (give the image time to load; the loop is supposed to play fast):

It's beautifully weird, and I recommend that you all give it a peek, see how many movies you can name (let's start with the one in that pic up there). Keep your headache meds handy though. It's mesmerizing, isn't it? Big ups to UGO's VP of Editorial Chris Radtke for pointing me to this one. (Three Frames)

-- Writing for Examiner.com, Amanda Bell constructs a well-thought-out argument defending the "rights" of Twilighters to act like super-fans. As many of you well know -- we're certainly aware of it here at MTV -- the easy, fun thing to do these days is pick on "Twilight" fans. It's pretty ridiculous really, since many of the same people who do that are in fact nerded out fans of other franchises themselves. It's easy to jump on the hate train, and I applaud Ms. Bell for pointing out just that. We should all be so clear-minded. (Examiner.com)

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IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) announced today that it closed the sale of an additional 882,353 of its common shares at the public offering price of $8.50 per share pursuant to the over-allotment option exercised in full by the underwriter of its recently completed public offering. The exercise of the over-allotment option brings the total number of common shares sold by IMAX in the offering to 6,764,706. Including proceeds from the exercise of the over-allotment option, gross proceeds for the offering were approximately $57.5 million.

IMAX intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for the repayment of debt, including a portion of its 9 5/8% Senior Notes due December 2010. IMAX intends to refinance the remainder of its existing indebtedness through cash flow from operations and future debt financings.

Roth Capital Partners, LLC acted as the underwriter for the offering.

The common stock was offered pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Offers and sales of the common stock will be made only by the related prospectus and prospectus supplement. Copies of the prospectus and prospectus supplement relating to this offering may be obtained from Roth Capital Partners by e-mail to rothecm@roth.com, by fax to (949) 720-7227 or by mail to 24 Corporate Plaza Drive, Newport Beach, CA, 92660, Attention: Equity Capital Markets.

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UPDATE: Further reports around the web:

Associated Press: Imax sells shares through overallotment option

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