http://cinemaocity.com Movies,Reviews,Gossip Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:02:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Avatar won the Best Cinematography Oscar, which brings up an interesting question. As one of my movie friends so aptly put it: "C'mon, that is not cinematography. That is 3D visual effects." The movie is probably about one-third live action footage and about two-thirds computer generated imagery, so which ... http://cinemaocity.com/what-should-an-oscar-winner-look-like/ Universal Pictures has set Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman to star in The Change Up, the David Dobkin-directed body switching comedy. Here is the original post: Reynolds, Bateman Make U Turn http://cinemaocity.com/reynolds-bateman-make-u-turn/ EXCLUSIVE: How many directors does it take to make a comedy? Try 17. Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media has signed on to co-finance an untitled comedy. Each of those directors are shooting segments for a film styled in the vein of `70s sketch comedies Kentucky Fried Movie and Groove Tube. Like ... http://cinemaocity.com/17-directors-walk-into-a-bar/ Did that sleek-as-hell Tron: Legacy trailer leave you with the aching desire to leave this world behind and journey through a dangerous cyber universe with Jeff Bridges? Well, Disney's giving you your chance ... kind of. As part of their marketing push for the upcoming 3D film extravaganza, Disney's ... http://cinemaocity.com/disney-monorails-head-to-tron/ Is it wrong I think this is kind of a great idea? [Warner Bros.] has picked up a treatment titled "Leonardo da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever" from producer Adrian Askarieh, who is teaming with Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison. The project re-imagines Da Vinci as a ... http://cinemaocity.com/leonardo-da-vinci-adventurer-hero/ Delivering big entertainment value has become a hallmark of the collaboration between Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass . The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum were intelligent, high-flying thrillers that were grounded in reality. That reality came about, in part, thanks to Greengrass' docu-drama touches, notably the jittery, nervous, ... http://cinemaocity.com/green-zone-and-shaky-cam-get-over-it/ In what may be a match made in comedy Heaven, Jason Segel and Ed Helms will lead 'Jeff Who Lives at Home.' Mark and Jay Duplass will write and direct the stoner comedy, about two brothers, one of whom lives at home. According to the report, Judy ... Read ... http://cinemaocity.com/movie-casting-jason-segel-ed-helms-to-star-in-jeff-who-lives-at-home/ Good news if you're one of the up to four dozen people who enjoyed the Queen Latifah/LL Cool J remake of Last Holiday : there's a new "Queen is surprised a hunky hip-hop artist falls in love with her" comedy on the way! This time: would you ever believe ... http://cinemaocity.com/just-wright-trailer-americas-queen-has-a-new-unlikely-boyfriend/ The pot-heavy world of the stoner comedy seems to be making a slow comeback. We've seen Anna Faris go on a stoned money quest. We've seen Seth Rogen and James Franco get mixed up in business between drug lords and cops. And now Jason Segel is getting in on ... http://cinemaocity.com/jason-segel-becomes-a-stoner/ Is anyone else troubled by reports that Cantor Fitzgerald is about to launch Cantor Futures Exchange, and begin taking bets on box office film grosses? In a system that could have come right from Las Vegas, contracts will trade at $1 for each $1 million of box office business, for  ... http://cinemaocity.com/is-betting-on-bo-good-for-films/