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The Pettiest Dictator On Earth, In New "Blindness" Trailer

Jose Saramago's novel Blindness is one of the most memorable examinations of humanity's dark side in literature. So the movie adaptation, directed by Fernando Meirelles, has a tough order to fill, even with a cast that includes Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo. The film's teaser trailer, which we posted in April, was intriguing, but the new full-length trailer gives a way better sense of how the whole quarantined-blind-people thing will work. And it's mostly really good news. Click through to watch a short scene from the film. More »

2:14 PM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
3,645 views, 8 comments

Latest by Final: I thought the title read THE PRETTIEST DICTATOR... I just though Charlie had a thing for Julianne Moore. more »

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Trapped In A City Of Dead Eyes

More proof that it's all in the execution: if someone told you a new movie's storyline was like Day Of The Triffids meets Doomsday, you might expect a crazy schlockfest of rubber monsters and kilt-flapping car chases. But then if you throw in that it stars Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo, is based on a novel by a Nobel Prize-winning author and is done in the style of Children Of Men, suddenly the picture changes a bit. Spoilers ahead! More »

11:20 AM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
3,243 views, 22 comments

Latest by n/a: This was produced by a friend of mine and filmed in São Paulo. I watched a lot of the exterior shots. I'm interested to see how the movie turns out. more »