The trailer for Ray Bradbury’s A Sound of Thunder, starring Ed Burns and Ben Kingsley, shows up online, and I’m getting the sense the Treehouse of Horror V version might just be more entertaining. And what’s up with Kingsley’s flat-top? With this, Thunderbirds, and Suspect Zero, he must be making a huge down payment on a house or something.
Invisible Touch.
As The Fantastic Four begins shooting, USA Today posts this shot of Jessica “Honey Daniels” Alba as the Invisible Woman, and SuperHeroHype has kindly scanned in the rest of the cast. I must admit, Alba looks more like the character than I originally suspected — indeed, she may be the closest fit of these four: Ioan Gruffudd’s Mr. Fantastic looks too young, Chris Evans’s The Human Torch looks nothing like Johnny Storm, and Michael Chiklis’s Thing…well, I’m thinking Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein at the moment. Update: High-quality versions of all four are now up.
Please, Sir, I Want Some More.
Also online today is our first look at Roman Polanski’s Oliver Twist. Hard to tell much from these few shots, but the kid — Barney Clark — looks just about perfect.
Joey and the Bat / Gary vs. the Empire.
In the fanboy bin, Bruce Wayne’s girl-of-the-moment Katie Holmes talks a little about Batman Begins, and Gary Oldman opts out of Revenge of the Sith due to its being a non-SAG production.
Can We Get a Witness?
With CBS giving up on the Killian memos, both the NY Times and Salon try to refocus the story on the facts of Dubya’s disappearance. Still an excellent question…
Third Time’s the Charm.
Although the agreement has not yet been finalized, word is Bush and Kerry will in fact debate thrice. Given that the “Bush campaign denied there was any deal,” it seems this was a leak intended to prevent the Bushies from squirming out of debate #2. If so, nice job.
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
“While President Bush campaigns with an upbeat message that a second Bush administration will keep Americans safer, Cheney speaks like Darth Vader, as the ticket’s voice of fear.” On the day after our criminally inept Speaker of the House suggests yet again that a vote for Kerry is a vote for Bin Laden, the Post probes Dick Cheney’s frequent fear-mongering.
Not-So-Fantastic Four.
Move over, Reed and Sue…there’s a new dysfunctional superhero family on screen in this full trailer for The Incredibles. Someday, Pixar’s hot streak will end, but it doesn’t look to happen here.
Something in the Air.
June ain’t got nothing on September…Congrats and best wishes go out to my college roommate Ray and his lovely wife Susan, who were married on Saturday here in the city, to my HVL stroke Ted and his bride Colby, who married the same day in nearby Cooperstown, and to Webgoddess and her Snook, who announced their engagement over the weekend. May you all have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and a road downhill all the way to home!
Imposing Firepower.
So much for local control. GOP gun-nuts — led by Senator Larry Craig of Idaho — try to force the District of Columbia to rescind its gun ban and “roll back registration requirements.” Republicans, argues DC Mayor Anthony Williams, are ‘using our District as a pawn. It’s an incredible assault on home rule.’”