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The Wes Anderson Happy Meal.
Tue, Nov 3 2009 9:05 AM

It's expected that a blockbuster like "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen" get nonsensical tie-ins like Strawberry-Peanut Butter M&Ms -- junk movies spawn junk food. And we don't squawk in protest at "Twilight: New Moon" band-aids, if only because it takes a certain amount of wit (or, uh, greed) to propose using a vampire's... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Wes Anderson, Where the Wild Things Are, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Marketing, Fantastic Mr. Fox, McDonald's, Twilight: New Moon

Megan Fox is no Brigitte Bardot.
Wed, Sep 23 2009 1:45 PM

Brigitte Bardot, screen goddess, national icon and late-life bigot, is nearing her 75th birthday. As the Guardian notes in an audio slideshow tribute, Charles de Gaulle once compared her importance as a French export to that of Renault cars. Meanwhile, over at the Los Angeles Times, Chris Lee attempts to name her successor, a starlet on the path to becoming "a... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Diablo Cody, Zeitgeist, Megan Fox, Jennifer's Body, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Farrah Fawcett, Brigitte Bardot

China doesn't need your ticket.
Mon, Sep 14 2009 1:10 PM

On the heels of China's announcement that it's planning 50 films to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution, Newsweek's Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop reports on the rapidly changing face of the film industry there from the set of "Bodyguards and Assassins," a big-budget, star-studded action film about a group of bodyguards hired... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: China, Abroad, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Bodyguards and Assassins, Zhang Yimou, Jia Zhangke