The Buzz Bin: This week's top movie talk by Mike Standish

A first look at James Cameron's Avatar, and Michael Bay's next hack job

Jun. 30, 2009

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    AVATAR

    James Cameron Take This With a Huge Grain of CGI Salt According to reports from a top-secret screening of footage in Amsterdam, James Cameron’s new one is “literally jaw-dropping.” Not sure if I want a movie to cause my jaw to literally drop, but still, sounds pretty awesome. And it’s another reason to head to San Diego for Comic-Con, the site of the first American screening of footage.
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    I AM NUMBER FOUR

    Michael Bay It Could Be Number 4 but It’ll Probably Be Number 2 In the hands of the right director, a story about a group of alien teenagers who get stranded on Earth after their planet is destroyed could be so awesome. Sounds like an alien version of Superbad. Too bad Michael Bay is doing it.
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    THE UGLY TRUTH

    Katherine Heigl It’s Like The Fake Orgasm Scene in When Harry Met Sally … only with Katherine Heigl and a remote control vibrator controlled by a kid. Classy!
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    THE INVENTION OF LYING

    Ricky Gervais Like Liar, Liar in Reverse Which is to say it’s about lying, and might actually be totally hilarious because of the presence of Ricky Gervais and absence of Jim Carrey.
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    AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON REMAKE

    An American Werewolf in London Think There’ll Be a Warren Zevon Cover on the Soundtrack? I can’t actually believe that this idiotic remake idea will ever come to pass. Can they at least change nationalities and cities and make it a comedy, like an Australian Werewolf in Cleveland or something?