Check out this powerful trailer for Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood's latest movie about a stubborn war veteran who's at a changing point in his life when new Asian neighbors force him to explore his prejudices and stand for what is right.

His Gran Torino character is Walt Kowalski, a racist Korean War veteran whose prized possession is a classic car that catches the eye of local gangs in his Detroit neighborhood. One of the troubled kids who covets the vehicle is from a family of Hmong immigrant neighbors, whom Kowalski has long resented.

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Newcomer Bee Vang, a 17-year-old Hmong American originally from the Minneapolis area, was cast as the neighbor boy who strikes up a mutually reluctant relationship with Walt.

"The young kid, as part of a gang initiation, tries to steal it, and the old guy gets him at the end of the M-1, which becomes kind of a big deal," Eastwood says. "The kid has to do penance because of the pride of the Asian group. They make him do penance. He has to come over, and the old guy doesn't want anything to do with him, doesn't want him anywhere around."

The movie gives a big stage for the portrayal of the Asian world of gangs and violence and pride, and hopefully educates people way that Better Luck Tomorrow brought insight into the Asian culture. Read the full interview with Clint by Anthony Breznican over at USAToday.com.

Releases December 17 via Warner Bros. 

Watch the High-Definition trailer at Apple.com

Target presents this years star-studded lineup of the top actors in the movie industry for AFI Night at the Movies at ArcLight October 1st (last year it was directors). Tickets go onsale at AFI.com or at the box office this Wednesday and are $25 each.

From Yahoo!:

Sit beside Steve Martin for a screening of "The Jerk," share a theater with Mike Myers for a showing of "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" or squirm in your seat alongside Jodie Foster during "The Silence of the Lambs."
 
These stars — along with Dustin Hoffman, Cameron Diaz, Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Jim Carrey, Shirley MacLaine, Rita Moreno and Keanu Reeves — will share some of their most famous films with their fans next month at "Target Presents AFI Night at the Movies."

The one-night-only event is set to take over the ArcLight theater in Hollywood on Oct. 1, the American Film Institute announced Wednesday. The idea is to bring filmmakers and fans together to celebrate American movies, said AFI chief Bob Gazzale.

For a complete listing of all 12 movies, visit the official site. Now the hard part is figuring out which movie to choose.

Ever feel like the music industry has gone down the crapper? Performances. Writing. The Music. It just ain't the same?

Even though this came out in 2006, check out this music documentary Before The Music Dies on where the industry was headed (and still heading).

It's been called "the most important film a music fan will ever see." See for yourself.

Features musicians like Dave Matthews, Erykah Badu, QuestLove, and tons of other musicians give their take on the industry that helped them become who they were.

Reviews:

“the most important film a music fan will ever see” (XM Radio)
“a balanced overview of the state of the rock scene of America” (The Wall Street Journal)
“passion to the eternal debate about the industry” (The New York Times)
“A great film… completely mind-blowing” (PureMusic.com)

Official Site: http://www.beforethemusicdies.com

This movie is for all you LA singles who whole-heartedly believe that LA is the worst place to meet people. In Search of A Midnight Kiss is about a 29-year old apsiring writer who is talked into searching for a New Years Eve date through online personals, and then finally meets his match and proceeds to have a wild adventure through the streets of Los Angeles. 

Quote from the Apple.com Trailer site:

A truly original love letter to Los Angeles, IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS captures a lost downtown rarely seen on screen along with the hearts of critics and audiences alike.

Some memorable quotes from the trailer:
"Welcome to LA... embrace the pain."

"- What are you looking for?
- For the love of my life...
- On Craigslist?"

Watch the HD Trailer
Official Website

As if you didn't spend enough time surfing the internet, we decided to start featuring trailers of cool upcoming movies on our blog.

Brad Pitt plays Benjamin Button in this movie about a man who is born 80 years old but instead of getting older, he grows young. Pitt is reunited with the director of Se7en and Fight Club and the movie features Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton. The movie is loosely based on the novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

In the early 20th century, 80 year old Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt), is born aging backwards (he was an old man as a baby and vice versa), causing complications when he falls in love with a 30 year old woman (Cate Blanchett).^[2] Director David Fincher said "It's dark, it's romantic, and it also deals with mortality in a pretty unflattering way. Button is born in 1919 - with the film itself beginning in World War I, traveling around the world and carrying on all the way through to the year 2000."

Release Date: December 19, 2008

Check out the high-quality version over at the official site: http://www.benjaminbutton.com

Last year was a huge year for great movies and great performances. Didn't get a chance to see many movies, especially any of the Best Picture nominees? Well here's your chance - All five of the Best Picture movies all in one day.

AMC is hosting a Best Picture Showcase on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at selected theaters. Starting at 11AM and lasting all day for about 12 hours, you can watch all those movies for $30. The movies nominated are:

- Michael Clayton - 11AM
- There Will Be Blood - 1:20PM
- Atonement - 4:20PM
- Juno - 7PM
- No Country for Old Men - 9PM

Also, you'll get a free large popcorn included with unlimited refills all day. And you'll get a collectible pass too.

Check out the theaters here: http://www.amctheatres.com/promos/showcase

We have an event down at V2O on the 23rd so you can catch the movies over at the Rolling Hills theater in the South Bay and then head over to the club afterwards! Nothing like clubbing after 12 hours of movies.

This is what you would probably get if God were a DJ and life were viewed through a pair of turntables. The short movie is titled 'Spin' and is kinda like 'Crash' remixed. This short won 35 film festival awards worldwide. The official studio website is at http://www.doubleedgefilms.com.

For those who aren't already planning on watching 300 you might want to check out the Korean foreign-film "The Host" being brought to States by Magnolia Pictures. Already the #1 top grossing movie out in Korea, it's a pretty scary movie on the same lines as Jaws. Movies like this you'd expect it to be ultra cheesy, but the Korean style of merging a drama Asian-style with black comedy and a monster flick is very impressive. I felt there were tons of underlying political statements regarding the United States but that's up to you to intepret. Comes out this Friday in limited release and the reviews so far have been nothing but great. Quoting Elizabeth Kerr from The Hollywood Reporter:

This is one of the strongest widespread panic segments ever witnessed in a horror film. The terror of the day-trippers by the river and the ensuing pandemonium is set to Lee Byeong-Wu's excellent pounding score. And there's no skimping on the monster: Bong doesn't try to create an air of mystery -- or explain its existence beyond the aforementioned lab scene. He just gets to it.