This looks awesome! (Though I should warn you about my affinity for outlandish European cinema...Run Lola Run is my favorite movie after all!) Called Kontroll, this Hungarian film is a "comedy-action-thriller" centered around subway fare inspectors (outlandish, huh?). Scheduled for release in New York and Los Angeles next month, hopefully it will make it's way to my neck of the woods shortly thereafter! If not, there is always Netflix! To read an interview with the director click here.

Some cool links today...

The fully-functional website for The Hitchhiker's Guide movie is finally online! It has a new trailer (the best yet), and a lot of interactive features. I had forgotten until today that Alan Rickman was voicing Marvin. Excellent casting choice!

And this, I must say, is quite amusing.

I don't know how I feel about this. Apple computer corporation is sueing to get the names of Bloggers who have leaked confidential company information. Obviously, I think Apple has the right to privacy, but, to quote the above article, "Apple suing its most enthusiastic fans is like the Grateful Dead suing its concert bootleg tape makers." *sigh*

The new trailer for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith may not be available online yet (well, it is, but you have to pay to join, and I refuse to give more money to George Lucas), but the trailer for Star Wars Episode III: A Lost Hope is. I think I would rather see the latter!

Long-time fans of the television show Felicity (like myself) were probably frustrated by what appeared to be a snafu during the concluding episodes of the series' four-year run. Tangi Miller's character Elena was killed off (in a car accident, if I remember correctly) approximately three-fourths of the way through the season, only to reappear during a time travel/flashback storyline brought on by a surprisingly affective spell performed by gothic Meghan. This arc of episodes gave Felicity (and the audience) the opportunity to get closure on some long-term issues, and, despite how ludicrous it may sound, was surprisingly well done. Since this spell sent Felicity back in time three years, Elena was, obviously, still alive. However, the problem came when Felicity returned to the present time, where Elena should have been dead, but still managed to appear in the final episode with the rest of the gang. Obviously, the writers chose to ignore the generally accepted constraints of the space/time continuum in order to have an emotionally satisfying (but mentally frustrating) final bow for the cast. Now, with yesterday's release of the fourth season on DVD, fans will get to see never before footage, promoted on Amazon.com as the "The Lost Elena Scenes," which promise to answer our questions concerning Elena's post-mortem activities. This is definitely going in my Netlfix queue!

The cover for the next installment of J.K. Rowling's best-selling Harry Potter series has finally been unveiled! As usual, Mary GrandPre has worked her variety of magic to create an awesome cover! I am anxiously anticipating the release of this book on July 16th! If you interested in seeing what the cover art for some foreign editions will look like, click here and scroll down. I have to say I prefer the American version.

It looks like the rumors may be true after all...Quentin Tarantino is credited as a "special guest director" on the most recent poster for Sin City. Though IMDb still doesn't credit him as a director, I doubt the studio would use his name on the poster if he wasn't involved on some level. (However, if you look closely at the fine print credits at the bottom of the poster, only Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller are listed as the directors.) In case you are unfamiliar with why this is significant, I shall explain. The Director's Guild of America prohibits more than one director per movie. Robert Rodriguez wanted different directors, including Tarantino, for different segments of Sin City, but the DGA wouldn't comply. So he dropped out of the director's union. Suppossedly, this is not the first time something like this has happened, and I have heard that getting back into the union is little more than an formal apology...especially if the film is successful. SO...did Tarantino also drop out of the DGA, or did they find a way to get around the red tape. What does "special guest director" mean?? I have never seen that term used before. This being his first film, Frank Miller, the creator of the comic books, is exempt from all of this since he is not a member of the DGA. I'm curious about all the details...and looking forward to this being released!