Poster Post: 2010 Edition

Is this the year we make contact?

Poster Post: Carrie Nation

"Hello, lover ..."

The first teaser poster for the eagerly awaited Sex and the City 2, opening nationwide May 28, 2010.

Poster Post: Next Stop, Wonderland

Tim Burton's latest flight of fancy Alice in Wonderland, starring his muse Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Alan Rickman as The Caterpillar ...


Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Michael Sheen as The White Rabbit ...


Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen, Stephen Fry as The Cheshire Cat and Matt Lucas as both Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

The very important (opening) date for this 3-D Disney fantasia is March 5, 2010.

MD News Desk: Halloween Edition

Today we present a special edition of the MD News Desk, a goody bag filled with various tricks and treats from Movie Dearest:

And the List Goes On:
- This collection of 20 Movie Villain Pumpkin Carvings gets extra cool points for including ... Large Marge!

Women We Love:
- It's Jamie Lee Curtis’ Follicle Funhouse! How many can you name?

On Location:
- O.T.I.S. pays a special visit to the real Elm Street.
- Zombies invade the Monroeville Mall ... again.


Videodrone:
- A retro Halloween treat from Disney. (By the by, note Donald's nephew on the right — in drag as a witch!)
- Anne Ramsey's head explodes while watching The Bad Seed.
- Scream, Brenda Vacarro, scream!
- "Wocka Wocka Wocka": The Bear Wit Project.
- The one, the only: Sorority Girls from Hell!!!
- Forget Paranormal Activity, it's sexy time.
- Hey kids! It's Shaun (the Sheep) of the Dead!
- Trailer Trash: Beware the One-Eyed Monster (NSFW).

Ride the Movies:
- Now playing at Universal Studios Hollywood: Creature from the Black Lagoon: The Musical! Lots of pics and videos here.

Movie Music:
- Scary bunnies: Watership Down to the tune of "Ave Satani".
- "The Love Theme from The Shining".

Poster Post:
- From the frightfully funny comic geniuses at Kindertrauma: Kramer vs. Krueger, Get Out of Africa and On Crystal Lake.


Out in Film:
- Varla Jean Merman hawks the Occult Snuggie and stars in Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte!
- Alan Ball spills his guts on True Blood's third season.
- The Big Gay Sketch Show's Julie Goldman has a mop problem.
- Really scary: Anne Heche gets work.


Hands Off the Merchandise:
- Blasts from All Hallows' Eves past courtesy of The Haunted Closet.
- "So soft and cuddly": Dark Shadows Horror Heads!

"I Am the Night", oil on canvas by Brandon Bird
Film Art:
- Just what every trick or treater wants: a Philip Seymour Hoffman in Magnolia costume. (Hey, at least it's not a Philip Seymour Hoffman in Happiness costume.)

Tune in to Movie Dearest later today for more Halloween fun, including the results of our "Ultimate Vamp Champ" MD Poll and a very "Bewitching" edition of The Actor Factor!

Poster Post: Body by Jake

Jake Gyllenhaal goes all gladiator in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, due in theaters May 28, 2010.

Poster Post: Cruz Control

Here's the poster premiere of Broken Embraces, the latest from Pedro Almodóvar starring his muse Penélope Cruz.

The Hitchockian thriller will open in New York on November 20 and in Los Angeles on December 11; watch the trailer here.

Poster Post: Moonin'

There's plenty to swoon over in the first poster images from the next chapter of the Twilight saga, New Moon. In addition to stars Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart above, we have the whole wolf pack below.


The Twilight Saga: New Moon, directed by Chris Weitz and based on the bestseller by Stephenie Meyer, opens in theaters November 20.

UPDATE: The eagerly awaited first trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon will premiere during the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday May 31.

Poster Post: Blast from the Past

Dig this psychedelic throwback design (complete with faux folds) for Ang Lee's upcoming Taking Woodstock, in theaters August 14. I'm pretty sure it glows underneath a black light.

Based on the true story of Elliot Tiber (played by Demetri Martin), Taking Woodstock takes a comedic look at how the famed counter culture rock fest came to be. The film also stars Emile Hirsch, Eugene Levy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Liev Schreiber and Imelda Staunton.

Click here to watch the trailer.

Poster Post: Remember, Remember, Remember ...

As you can see in the brand new teaser trailer, this year's Fame will pay homage to the original with new versions of its Academy Award winning title song and the Oscar nominated "Out Here on My Own".

Fame '09 hits theaters September 25.

Poster Post: Walk on the Wild Side

The classic children's story Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak comes to life on the big screen (courtesy of director Spike Jonze) this fall ... and it will apparently star Sweetums.

Poster Post: Punch Hunk

Channing Tatum is set to mess up that beautiful face of his in Fighting, in theaters April 24.

Poster Post: Claws for Affect

Hugh Jackman may be all clean and pretty for Sunday night's Oscars, but he'll have his trademark muttonchops and adamantium claws blazing for the debut of X-Men Origins: Wolverine on May 1. Watch the trailer here.

Poster Post: Almost Time to Watch

After years of speculation and months of legal woes, it's almost a little hard to believe that it is now a little less than a month away: Watchmen lands in theaters and IMAX March 6.

Poster Post: Nerd Vader

In a journey fraught with almost as much peril as the beloved sci-fi series its heroes idolize (including some well-publicized skirmishes with the evil Emperor Weinstein), Fanboys is finally opening in theaters this week. Watch the trailer here.

Poster Post: Slash Art

Paul Morrison's Little Ashes, which tells the (slightly) fictionalized love story between famed artist Salvador Dalí and poet Federico García Lorca, is shaping up to be the gay art house event of 2009. Stars Robert Pattinson (hot off of Twilight) and newcomer Javier Beltran are, naturally, featured in the latest poster art, as well as a fresh new trailer.

Poster Post: Election Day Edition

It's finally time for all Americans to cast their ballot in what has seemed to be an endless election year. And what better way for we here at Movie Dearest to recognize the occasion then with a little bit of movie-related fun, inspired by the original poster for A View to a Kill.

As for who the Movie Dearest gang is voting for, it is safe to say that "that one" on the left will never appear on this blog again as long as we can help it.

Poster Post: Monsters with Babes Edition

With Halloween fast approaching, here's a collection of old school B-movie posters featuring the best of the classic "Monsters with Babes" motif. First up, you don't get any more B-grade then Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster, starring "the screen's master of the weird", the one and only Bela Lugosi.


Then there's Attack of the Crab Monsters ... damn, I hate it when that happens ...


Who could forget The Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes? And who knew it only had seven eyes?


And of course, a true icon in every sense of the word: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, which cleverly provided eager audiences with a monster who was a babe.

For more "Monsters with Babes" posters, check out the gallery over at Retrocrush.

Poster Post: Listen to Your Heart

This graphically to the point teaser poster is for the upcoming romantic comedy The Ugly Truth (in theaters April 3). Here's the plot (via Imdb):

"A romantically challenged morning show producer (Katherine Heigl) is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent (Gerard Butler) to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result."

Gee, I wonder what that could be ...

Poster Post: Hitchcock Goes to Poland Edition

Here's some enigmatic, unusual and just plain creepy Polish movie posters for a trio of Alfred Hitchcock classics. Above, Strangers on a Train ...


... followed by The Birds (yikes!) ...


... and finally, the master of suspense's final film, Family Plot.

Poster Posts: Love and Marriage

The subject of the documentary Saving Marriage -- the hot button issue of gay marriage -- couldn't be more timely as it opens this weekend in limited release. In fact, Regent Releasing has pushed up the release date in an effort to defeat Proposition 8 in California and take advantage of the upcoming elections.

For more information on Saving Marriage and to watch the trailer, visit the film's official website.