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Movie locations on Google Street View

List of the Day has compiled several Google Street View images of real life iconic locations used in the movies.

Vertigo

Jimmy Stewart's apartment


Back To The Future

The McFly house



Pretty Woman

Balcony scene at the end



Se7en

"What's in the box?!"


Driving Miss Daisy

Miss Daisy's house


List of the Day has more, including TV locations like The Brady Bunch and Six Feet Under here.

'The September Issue' Trailer HD

The September Issue was the big Salt Lake City Gala event at Sundance. R. J. Cutler has made an amazing film. Even my husband liked it! Read my review from the Sundance premiere here.

Release date is August 28th!

Watchmen Blu-Ray Maximum Movie Mode

The Director's Cut version of Watchmen comes out on Blu-Ray on July 21st. It will add 25 extra minutes on to the theatrical version.

“There’s a couple Rorschach scenes; it’s a little bit more violent overall,” Snyder said of the “Maximum Movie Mode” Blu-Ray disc, which even has a mode where the director walks onto the screen and explains certain scenes’ significance. “It’s a little gorier, a teeny bit gorier; like, when Veidt’s being assassinated, the secretary puts her hand out and she gets shot in the hand - and her fingers fly off.”

As for the other goodies inserted into Snyder’s 25-minute-longer Director’s Cut, “After Hollis dies, we cut to Dan and Rorschach and they go to Happy Harry’s to get some info on who’s trying to assassinate Veidt…at the end of that scene, in the theatrical version, it cuts [after they get some information]. In the longer version, Dan notices on the TV that there’s a report that Hollis has been murdered. He sees that, and then he sees a Knot Top in the bar, and he attacks him and beats the sh-t out of him, just like in the graphic novel. Then Rorschach pulls him off and says ‘not in front of the civilians!’”

“[Dan Dreiberg] is getting emotional, he’s knocking the guy’s teeth out of his mouth; it’s pretty gory,” Snyder promised of the scene that had to be cut from the theatrical release for length. “It’s the kind of thing where you get to see Dan lose it — which helps set up the end of the movie a little bit.”

“Everybody gets a little bit extra character from all that stuff,” Snyder said of the new cut.

What I'm really excited about is this Maximum Movie Mode commentary by director Zack Snyder. Yowza this is going to be cool! Zack did similar commentary throughout 300, but this looks even more awesome! Leave it to Zack to truly embrace the new technology. Pick it up on pre-order from Amazon for only $23, and there are a couple more videos there as well.

Robert Downey Jr. - Real Life Hero

Robert Downey Jr. doesn't just play a superhero in Iron Man 2, but he actually saved an injured extra on the set last week! During a scene where a group of people were running away from a group of robotic villains, a stuntman in a robot costume accidentally knocked an extra to the ground. No one realized except Robert Downey Jr. that the man was actually injured.

"Robert charged into a live scene yelling, Cut! Cut! The extra was writhing on the ground in agony after a rampaging evil robot smashed him flat".

"Cameras kept cranking until Robert, who wasn’t in the scene, suddenly noticed one extra twisting in pain and moaning 'Help, I’ve broken something'".

Robert Downey Jr. called paramedics and stayed with the injured extra until they arrived. The man was taken to a nearby hospital where he was diagnosed with a broken hip.

I'd like to know more about those stampeding robots! Sounds cool!

Restricted clip from The Ugly Truth

The Ugly Truth (Restricted Clip)

The infamous "vibrator" scene from The Ugly Truth. Need I add, NSFW?

Away We Go - mini-review

I LOVED this movie. John Krasinski of The Office and Maya Rudolph from SNL play a couple about to have a baby. When Burt and Verona hear that Burt's parents are moving to Belgium a month before the baby is to be born, they decide they could live anywhere. They start a roadtrip visiting friends and relatives around the country to figure out where they might like to live. They're in their 30's but seem to still live like impoverished students with not enough heat. With a baby due in a few months, it's time to grow up.

The relatives and friends are all caricatures from Allison Janney's obnoxious alcoholic to Maggie Gyllenhaal's extreme feminist earth mother. I laughed so hard I wheezed in parts. The movie is also sweet, but not saccharin. I really enjoyed all the supporting actors like Jeff Daniels and Catherine O'Hara as Burt's selfish parents. I hope we see more of Maya Rudolph on the big screen. She was great. Away We Go was directed by Oscar winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty).

Highly recommend this film and give it three stars. If you want to laugh, and not see big explosions this weekend, this is the movie for you!

The Invention of Lying (2009) Trailer

"This is the greatest movie ever made.'

LOVE Ricky Gervais!!

The Invention of Lying, with Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Tine Fey, and Jonah Hill. Opening September 25, it involves “a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain.”

Paul - Hello World! (From Simon and Nick)

Paul has begun production in New Mexico. Yay!! Check out the new website for the film, with set videos and pics from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

PAUL is a comedy about two sci-fi geeks who embark upon a pilgrimage in a RV to the center of America's UFO heartland: Nevada's infamous Area 51. While in the middle of that desert, the two friends encounter a fugitive alien by the name of Paul. Somewhat reluctantly, they embark upon an adventure that will change not just their lives forever, but also the lives of the friends and enemies they encounter along the way.

BEAT IT YOU FANATICS!!! GET OUT OF MY LAND!

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