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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

The list only goes up to 2003 but here are 1,001 movies you must see before you die. I haven't seen a great number of movies before the 1980s so I'd better start catching up.

Video: Stuntman Trashes James Bond's Aston Martin

A Russian news channel has broadcast footage of the aftermath of one of James Bond's Aston Martin that was trashed while filming the opening scene of Quantum of Solace.

The driver lost control of 007 Daniel Craig's £130,000 DBS beside Lake Garda in Northern Italy -where the opening action scenes for new Bond movie Quantum Of Solance are being filmed - early yesterday.

He swam ashore and was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The crumpled car was later pulled out of the water by a crane.

Judging by the footage at the end of the clip, Bond has still got more Aston Martins to play with (five to be exact). [via]

Update: The Telegraph has an article that includes an interview with the stunt driver and photos.

The 300 Movies You Must See Before You Die

300 movies that you should see before you die sorted into genres and some include clips from the movies. [via]

The Art Of The Title Sequence

The Art of the Title Sequence is a blog dedicated to movie and TV title sequences and in particular good movie and TV title sequences. [via]

Movie Screenplays

556 HTML and 389 PDF movie screenplays. The site hasn't been updated since October 2006 so you won't find any new movies. [via]

The World's Best Cinema?

/Film has posted a large review of what may be the world's best cinema - The Alamo Draft House in Texas. What makes it the best? 23 draught and 30 bottled beers that's what. They also have a ton of other great features and facilities too. Head over to /Film for the review and photos.

40 Movie References From The Simpsons

Some of these were new to me. Link

Photos Of Hollywood Celebrities In Scenes From Hitchcock Films

Photos of current Hollywood celebrities photographed in scenes from Hitchcock films. [via]

Posters Of 80 Years Of Oscar Best Picture Winners

Movie posters from every Oscar Best Picture winner. [via]

The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 - 2007

The NYTimes has an extremely detailed interactive map showing how well movies have done at the box office between 1986 and the start of 2008.

Movie Spoiler T-Shirt

I missed this cool movie spoiler t-shirt when it was released by Threadless last year.

Video: Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Skull Trailer

I'm hoping that it's as good as the first three. HD version available here. [via]

Hollywood Physics

Take a look at a few of cinema's most mind-boggling moments of scientific inaccuracy—plus a few rare films that manage to get things (mostly) right.

Video: I Drink Your Blood and I Eat Your Skin

Worst movie trailer ever?

The 555-LIST

A "mind-numbingly comprehensive" list of 555 numbers used in movies, television and radio. [via]

Rambo Death Chart

A pretty detailed analysis of deaths in all four Rambo movies. In the fourth installment, John Rambo has opted to keep his shirt on whilst killing people. Age? [via]

Video: Three Guys Recreate The Opening Scene To Saving Private Ryan

3 Guys Recreate the Opening Saving Private Ryan Scene

Very impressive!

Movies with the Most Instances of the F-Word

/Film list the movies with the most instances of the word fuck. Coming out on top is F**K with 824 instances followed by Nil by Mouth with 428 and Casino with 398.

Cloverfield Links

With Cloverfield just around the corner (at least in the US - here in the UK we have to wait until Feb 1st), here are some new links.

New Cloverfield TV Ad Shows New Clip of the Monster
Interview with director Matt Reeves
25 Production Photos
Production Notes

Freddy Returning for a New Nightmare?

A source inside New Line has revealed that plans for Freddy vs. Jason 2 are off, as is the A Nightmare on Elm Street prequel. The source says that Freddy is gearing up to return in a new Nightmare on Elm Street installment but doesn't reveal any more than that. I loved the Nightmare on Elm Street series (well most of them) and would love to see another installment or a remake. [via]

Video: Oilrig Disappears Into Atlantic Ocean

Mysterious Cloverfield monsters are to blame. Personally I think the CGI is quite poor.

Video: New Cloverfield Trailer

Can't wait! [via]

New Indiana Jones 4 Behind the Scenes Photos and Interviews

Vanity Fair has a new feature article on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which includes a few new behind the scenes photos. Slashfilm has them along with the article.

Video: 1500 Cinematic Explosions

Elizabeth McAlpine has compiled the whitest frame from 1500 cinematic explosions into a one minute film.

"McAlpine's movie LIGHT READING 1500 cinematic explosions offers the viewer an endless climax. Splicing together hundreds of detonations from action movies the viewer is confronted by a continuous wave of white light occasionally punctuated by a blaze of yellow and an iconic building. Suggestive of a nuclear flash or the celestial vision of a born again Christian, the flickering screen could also be interpreted as a portal to another dimension."

It uses the sound from the scenes too which makes the final film almost hypnotising. [via]

Video: The Dark Knight Trailer

A full-length trailer for the next Batman movie, The Dark Knight, and it looks good. head on over to First Showing to view it.

30 Years of LucasFilm Christmas Cards

Slashfilm has posted images of some Christmas cards sent out by LucasFilm including this years card (above) which features three rows of pop-up Stormtroopers.

Video: Watch the First Five Minutes of Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

If you don't mind spoiling a new movie, click the image above to watch the first 5 minutes of the upcoming movie Alien vs Predator: Requiem. [via]

Elephant's Dream

Elephants Dream is the world’s first open movie, made entirely with open source graphics software such as Blender, and with all production files freely available to use however you please, under a Creative Commons license.

You can download the movie in a wide variety of formats here.

Alien Vs Predator: Requiem

Fox have released some scenes from the upcoming Alien vs Predator: Requiem movie due for release at the end of the year. The shots feature a predator and a 'predalien'. Hopefully this movie will be better than the first which if I remember correctly wasn't too great.

Top Ten Classic Horror Films

Cityzine presents the top 10 classic horror films. Anyone agree with their choices as I haven't seen a single one of them.

Video: Funniest Movie Death Scenes

The last clip is hilarious!

Rambo Poster

It's had working titles of John Rambo, Rambo IV: End of Peace, Rambo IV: In the Serpent's Eye, Rambo IV: Pearl of the Cobra and Rambo: To Hell and Back but the final title of the fourth Rambo film will simply be called Rambo.

Embarrassing Movie Posters

A collection of some strange movie posters.

Video: Same Scream Used In Various Movies

A montage of movies and animations that use the 'Wilhelm' scream. I've never heard of the scream before but I recognise it. The IMDB lists over 100 movies that have used it and there are two more montages here and here.

How Much of a Movie Freak Are You?

Take the test and find out. I'm definitely not a movie freak.

Update: Here's another quiz.

The Invasion: The First 10 Minutes

For those living in the UK, tomorrow night at 10pm the Sci-Fi Channel is broadcasting the first 10 minutes of the new sci-fi thriller The Invasion starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. The movie has already been released in the US but is not due to be released over here until the 12th October.

I was invited to a press screening of the movie tonight but as it was in London I couldn't go. It's a pity as I bet it would be shown in that awesome digital cinema that I saw Ratatouille in.

I think showing the first 10 minutes of a movie is a great way of enticing people to take a trip to the cinema to watch the movie but I think I'll wait until this weekend and watch it in the cinema.

Note: Apparently the poster above is an unreleased version - the movie poster that is seen everywhere is red.

Jamie Oliver To Star In Ratatouille

It seems like an age since I saw Ratatouille in London but it's finally due to be released in the UK (12th Oct). It seems that the version I saw was the US version as one of the character's voices has been replaced with TV chef Jamie Oliver. He will provide the voice for a morose restaurant inspector.

The Sun has an video interview with Jamie Oliver that shows him in the studio with writer and director Brad Bird.

The World's First Digital Film Fesitval

Starting tomorrow (26th September) until October 7th, 6 features and a selection of short films from The Raindance Film Festival are going to be broadcast on the Internet at the same time as they are shown at the festival.

This will be the world's first digital film festival and you can view it for free here. The original press release which includes details of the features and shorts can be found here.

Simpsons Scenes and their Reference Movies

66 stills from various episodes of The Simpsons, each one beside the still from the movie scene to which they refer. Very cool! Link

The 10 Best Movie Gun Scenes Of All Time

Gunslot, the leading online source for Gun and Gun Accessories information, lists the 10 best movie gun scenes of all time.

Does Mr Skin Have The Best Job In The World?

Reuters has a short article on Mr Skin (recently featured in the movie Knocked Up) who has what he describes as "the greatest job in the world". He spends all day looking for nudity in movies and TV shows. One weird aspect of the job though is that his mother is one of his employees.

Movie Toolbox

Mashable has a list of 85+ tools and resources for movie fans.

Top 20 Movie Hitmen

Shiznit's list of the top 20 movie hitmen. [via]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones 4 star Shia LeBeouf may have revealed the official name of the movie.

“So I’ve been sworn to secrecy by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas not to tell you the title of the next Indiana Jones movie. What the hell, I’m 21 and we’re in Vegas, baby, so here it goes. The official title to the next Indiana Jones installment: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”

I prefered City of Gods.

Video: Indiana Jones 4 Teaser Trailer

Seeing as filming only started on June 18th, it's not surprising that there isn't much revealed in this teaser trailer for Indiana Jones 4.

Video: Aliens vs Predator: Requiem Trailer

It looks like the sequel to Alien vs Predator is going to be a lot more violent and gruesome than the first movie. View the trailer here.

13 Of The Worst Fake Accents In Film

Deputy Dog list 13 of the worst fake accents in film. You can add Ryan Phillippe's awful Dutch accent in Five Fingers to the list. I watched the movie this week and in parts I think he forgot he was supposed to be Dutch and went back to talking in his American accent. Not a bad film though.

Video: Harold & Kumar Go To Amsterdam Teaser Trailer

I loved the first movie. The second movie, currently called Harold & Kumar Go To Amsterdam, is due out sometime next year.

The 10 Most Awesome Movies Hollywood Ever Killed

Ten movies that were tragically cut down before their time.

Top 5 Trailers That Ruin The Movie They’re Trying To Promote

Deputy Dog lists 5 movie trailers that ruin the movie they are trying to promote. I'd add Evan Almighty to that list. I watched the movie without seeing the trailer and all throughout the movie wondered if the flood would come but the trailer features the flood and actually shows the finalé.