Seeing double? Ed Norton plays identical twins in Leaves of Grass

One of the Special Presentations announced at TIFF is the new Edward Norton comedy Leaves of Grass where he plays an identical twins (one a Philosophy professor, the other a small-town pot grower). If anybody can pull this off, it'd be Norton. The film is produced and directed by Tim Blake Nelson, last seen in …

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Nifty flix teaser poster: From Paris with Love

Luc Besson's new spy thriller's got a super cool looking teaser poster! It's so clever in its simplicity, yet so beautiful and elegant I can't take my eyes off it! The Eiffel tower icon is sort of cliche in a way but I don't mind it at all here, it's a bit James Bond-y. Could be …

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Ledger had wanted out as Joker?

Well according to the Vanity Fair tribute to the late actor, that's exactly what he wanted. That comes as a surprise to me as his performance was so masterful that you'd think an actor of his caliber would've welcomed the opportunity to play such an outrageous character. But his friend/agent Steven Alexander told Vanity Fair's …

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Superman franchise – dead once again?

It's been three years since the Man of Steel reboot and the word is, Bryan Singer is no longer interested to direct. Now with the time lapse, Brandon Routh's contract has also expired. According to this article, Routh admitted in a Portugese interview that he didn't know what Warner Bros plans with the franchise. He …

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Conspicuous Trailer of the Week – The Informant!

For some it's watching Sex & the City or Entourage reruns, but for moi, one of my guilty pleasures is watching trailers. My are they fun, most are certainly better than the flix themselves. After watching the pointless and rather insipid Spread (ok so Ashton is hot, what else is new), I was ready for …

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Oscars broadens Best Picture list to 10

Perhaps in attempt to get the early buzz out for next year's Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just announced they're adding an extra FIVE flix to the Best Picture list. Or perhaps an attempt to make amends to excluding the immensely popular (and critically-lauded) The Dark Knight from a list of …

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Flixchatter’s Must-See Flix for the rest of ’09

The Must-See list in the order of release date: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Who could resist that pathetic squirrel still on the hunt for his beloved acorn? I couldn't stop laughing from the moment that thing came on the screen. There's possible romance for this little guy as well – hilarious mayhem can't …

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