Monty Python Comes to Itunes!

Monty Python fans rejoice! After years of protracted hand-wringing and much deliberation, iTunes has launched the Monty Python iTunes Store including five of the comedy troupe’s films (including Monty Python and the Holy Grail ) as well as all 45 episodes of their comedy sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus, available for purchase.

Direct Link: [link launches iTunes application]

Along with Holy Grail are other Python classics, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life and Monty Python’s Life of Brian, plus their 1982 live performance Monty Python: Live At The Hollywood Bowl and Terry Gilliam’s Jabberwocky, the medieval comedy. The Flying Circus television series is available in several variations.

Check out this nifty trailer to fill in any blanks:

Make Your Kids Watch Disney Live Action Movies!

We usually do not put news about movies on TV, however, when I saw this, I had to spread the word. Why? Because I was in Disneyland last month and the Swiss Family Robinson tree-house is now the TARZAN tree-house. I asked why - it's because kids don't know Swiss Family Robinson. Are you kidding me!? What about 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Now the Finding Nemo ride), the Herbie movies, The Apple Dumpling Gang or Bedknobs and Broomsticks? Make your kids watch!!!

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is set to conjure up some pure movie magic this December, when the network debuts TCM PRESENTS: THE FAMILY CLASSICS. The festivities will include Sunday movie showcases featuring more than 25 Disney live-action classics, plus an all-new original documentary entitled THE AGE OF BELIEVING: THE DISNEY LIVE-ACTION CLASSICS, to be narrated by Tony® winner and three-time Oscar® nominee Angela Lansbury. The showcases will begin ­each Sunday at noon and feature such films as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Freaky Friday (1976), The Parent Trap (1961), The Love Bug (1968), Treasure Island (1950), The Shaggy Dog (1959) and Swiss Family Robinson (1960), as well as Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), which stars Lansbury.

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Tina Fey Finds “Baby Mama”

I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to go through withdrawal knowing there will be no new episodes of 30 Rock, co-starring Tina Fey, anytime soon. If you’re a Tina Fey fan like I am, here is something to look forward to.

The former SNL writer and recent Golden Globe winner, Fey, will be co-starring with her past Weekend Update anchorwoman, Amy Poehler, in the upcoming comedy Baby Mama (April 2008). I can’t stop watching the trailer, so here it is for your enjoyment. April can’t get here soon enough.

PG Ignacio, TwoCents Staff Writer

New Indiana Jones Title!

It's been announced what movie stub we'll all be holding on to after next May!

"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" will be in theaters May 22, 2008.

This was announced by who? OUR BOY SHIA!!!

Yup, Shia LaBeouf who stars in the pic with Harrison Ford (ever hear of him?) announced it last night at the MTV VMAs.

I guess I found out something good that came from last night's show afterall!

I Did NOT See That Coming!!

Wow!!!

You've all said that in movies right?

Well, Premiere Magazine's website has posted their Top 20 Plot Twists!

If you haven't seen movies like Usual Suspects, Empire Strikes Back, Fight Club or The Sixth Sense.. a. what rock are you hiding under and b. don't read this article!

Spock is BACK!

Ok.

I'll admit it... I'm not a Trekkie at all. I've only seen one of the movies and that was Generations. But I still think this is cool.

Yesterday at ComicCon, J.J. Abrams (yes, that "LOST" J.J.) announced that Leonard Nemoy will put back on the ears and play Spock in the upcoming new Star Trek movie.

The plot is rumored to be about young Spock and Kirk meeting at Starfleet Academy.

The young Spock has been annouced as Zachary Quinto who plays Sylar on "Heroes"!

So, the new Trek will have a touch of Lost and Heroes - I may have to see this one!

What do you think?

Watts is Malfoy in Potter

Got that?

If not, check out PopCandy today!

She has a link to Dark Horizons which has a link to an Australian site that states that Naomi Watts has signed on to play Narcissa Malfoy (Draco's mum) in the next movie - "Half Blood Prince".

STOP REMAKING MY CHILDHOOD!

I just read this in the Hollywood Reporter:

"Andy Fickman is coming on board to direct "Witch Mountain," Walt Disney Pictures' modern reimagining of its 1975 adventure movie "Escape to Witch Mountain.'"

COME ON!! Do we really need that to happen? What are you TwoCents on this?

High School Musical 2 News

Buckle up kids - HSM2 is getting close!!

The highly-anticipated summer event for kids, tweens and families, the premiere weekend of "High School Musical 2," will feature a telecast hosted from a backyard barbeque with the movie's stars, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Olesya Rulin, Chris Warren, Jr., KayCee Stroh and Ryne Sanborn, and with acclaimed director/choreographer Kenny Ortega, on FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.

Wildcat Chat, an interactive element where viewers get their questions answered by the stars of "High School Musical 2," will be featured during the telecast of the movie on Saturday, August 18 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT). A recap of the results of the "HSM 2 Play Your Way" poll – which amassed 44 million votes worldwide and determined certain elements of the movie – will be presented.

A Sing-Along telecast, with lyrics to each song visible on screen and available for printing exclusively at DisneyChannel.com, will be showcased Sunday, August 19 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT).

In the contemporary musical sequel "High School Musical 2," the Wildcats are back. This time, school's out and East High School hoops star Troy Bolton, A-student Gabriella Montez and the rest of the Wildcats are getting ready for a fun summer vacation. But that all changes when scheming drama queen Sharpay Evans uses her dad's connections to get Troy a job at their ritzy country club – and a chance at a college basketball scholarship. The catch? He'll have to turn his back on his friends and pair up with Sharpay in a musical extravaganza for the club's annual talent show. But when Gabriella and the Wildcats start making plans without Troy, he must decide where his loyalties truly lie.

The Sequel is Out There!

The X-Files sequel that is!

According to a piece in the Hollywood Reporter, "Co-star David Duchovny indicated Saturday during the Television Critics Association press tour that the film, which has been the subject of speculation for the past few years, is one step closer to becoming a reality.

"I'm supposed to see a script next week," Duchovny said at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, adding that creator Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz wrote the screenplay and that Carter is set to direct."

It's been nearly 10 years since the first X-Files movie came out!

Agent Michael Scarn IS Maxwell Smart!

Steve Carell stars in a movie next summer which is yet another TV show brought to the big screen.

Carell is the lead in Get Smart which comes out in 2008. I loved watching this show when I was little. The shoe phone never got old for me. The best part looking back? The shoe phone was rotary!

Anne Hathaway stars as Agent 99, The Rock is Agent 23, Alan Arkin is The Chief, Masi Oka (Hiro from "Heroes") is in there and Terence Stamp plays the evil villain.

Here's the TRAILER which Yahoo just posted. In the scene where the beads fall - is that or is that NOT Michael Scarn!?

Everybody Cut, Everybody Cut Footloose..... AGAIN

From Variety:

"Paramount is plotting a musical remake of the 1984 film "Footloose" and will develop it for "High School Musical" star Zac Efron and director Kenny Ortega. Dylan Sellers will produce.
Ortega is in negotiations to helm and choreograph, and Efron is in talks to play Ren McCormack, the rebellious newcomer (originally played by Kevin Bacon) in a town where dancing has been banned.

Original was directed by Herb Ross and scripted by Dean Pitchford.

Plan is to turn the project into a full-blown musical. "Footloose" was already turned into a Broadway tuner.

The 19-year-old Efron made his breakthrough with the Ortega-directed Disney Channel teletuner "High School Musical" and just completed an Ortega-directed sequel with the original cast; a third installment is in the planning stages.

Efron makes his feature debut in "Hairspray," which New Line releases Friday."

Again we pose the question - is this a good thing?

MGM & FOX Sell DVDs To Help Fight Cancer

Breast Cancer to be exact.

According to a piece in the Hollywood Reporter; "20th Century Fox and MGM are teaming up on a giant DVD sale to raise money for the fight against breast cancer.

On Sept. 18, the studios will rerelease a dozen DVD titles that appeal to women, from "Thelma & Louise" to "Never Been Kissed," in distinct pink packaging. Fifty cents from each DVD sold (the list price is $14.98) will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a leading research organization in the fight against the disease."

Other titles announced are: "An Affair to Remember," "A Walk in the Clouds," "Entrapment," "Ever After," "In Her Shoes," "Legally Blonde," "Mermaids," "Moulin Rouge," "Say Anything" and "There's Something About Mary."

It's a great idea for a great cause.

CURSES!!

Or charms, or spells, whatever you want to call them.

People.com has a fun little quiz to see if you can remember what spells they used in the movies of...

HARRY POTTER!

Did I mention that it will be coming out in BOOK and MOVIE in the next few weeks?

Want to be my correspondant about this?

Are you going to stand in line to buy the book or see the new movie? I want your story!

By the way, in case you were curious about my score on the quiz?

YOUR RESULTS:
6 out of 6 answered correctly

TRIWIZARD CHAMP
You might as well be enrolled at Hogwarts yourself!

Going To The Museum? Yippee Ki Yay Mo....

John McClane has entered the Smithsonian!

Or rather, Bruce Willis has, and he brought some cool stuff with him!

According to an AP story, "Bruce Willis gave the Smithsonian Institution the sleeveless shirt, a promotional poster, an ID badge and the original script from the latest film, "Live Free or Die Hard," which was released Wednesday. The script arrived only Wednesday morning, Museum of American History Director Brent D. Glass said."

I love this museum, however, the Museum of American History is closed for renovations till next year. But the exhibit is hanging out, temporarily, over at the Air and Space Museum. You can see the ONLINE version here!

Shia Alert!

Get used to this, with Transformers and Indiana Jones 4 hitting us from all angles!

TwoCents favorite, Shia LaBeouf, heads a new EW list!

EW is Spotlighting 100 things they love about movies and Shia is the first face we see on their "Ultimate Must Have List".

Other names include some more TwoCents favorites: Parker Posey, Alan Rickman and Steve Zahn.

Vote for Richard Gonzales!

Friend of TheTwoCents, Richard Gonzales (read his TwoCents about working on "The Office"), has had his short film continue on in the Fame Cast competition!

HE NOW COMPETES FOR THE TOP 10 and $10,000!!
Please register & VOTE
HE NEEDS OUR HELP MORE THAN EVER!!

VOTE HERE

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We Need YOUR Review!!

"Evan Almighty" with Steve Carell opened this weekend!

We want YOUR review!

If you went to see it, send us a quick review (including a letter grade) and we'll post it!

Indy is Back!

Ok, so, I didn't get called to be an extra on Indiana Jones 4. Oh well, these things happen!

HOWEVER! On the Indiana Jones official page they just posted this picture with the following blurb. Take notice to who they give the photo credit to!

The Man With The Hat is Back
June 21, 2007

For the first time since 1989, Harrison Ford dons the familiar costume on Thursday, June 21, 2007, as the upcoming Indiana Jones adventure begins production under the direction of Steven Spielberg. The new Indiana Jones movie is set in the 1950s and stars Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt, Ray Winstone and Jim Broadbent. The Lucasfilm Ltd. production will be released by Paramount Pictures worldwide on May 22, 2008.
Photo by Steven Spielberg.

AFI Still in Love With Citizen Kane!

Last night CBS aired the new installment of AFI's top 100 movies of the last 100 years.

Lots of changes have happened in the decade since the last list. The Associated Press has a great article and here are some highlights:

In the CBS special "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies — 10th Anniversary Edition," "Citizen Kane" held the same No. 1 billing it earned in the institute's first top-100 ranking in 1998.

There were notable changes elsewhere, though, with Martin Scorsese's 1980 masterpiece "Raging Bull" bounding upward from No. 24 in 1998 to No. 4 on the new list and Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller "Vertigo" hurtling from No. 61 to No. 9 this time.

Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 epic "The Godfather" ranked No. 2, up one notch from 1998, switching places with Michael Curtiz's 1942 favorite "Casablanca," which dipped from second-place to third.

Both 1967's "The Graduate" and 1954's "On the Waterfront," which ranked Nos. 7 and 8 respectively in 1998, fell out of the top 10, "The Graduate" coming in at No. 17 and "On the Waterfront" finishing at No. 19.

The other five films in the new top 10 also were among the original 10 best, though they shuffled positions: 1952's "Singin' in the Rain (No. 5 now, No. 10 in 1998), 1939's "Gone With the Wind" (No. 6 now, No. 4 in 1998), 1962's "Lawrence of Arabia" (No. 7 now, No. 5 in 1998), 1993's "Schindler's List" (No. 8 now, No. 9 in 1998) and 1939's "The Wizard of Oz" (No. 10 now, No. 6 in 1998).

Of those newer films, only four made the top-100: 2001's "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (No. 50), 1998's "Saving Private Ryan" (No. 71), 1997's "Titanic" (No. 83) and 1999's "The Sixth Sense" (No. 89).

Older films that did not make the cut on the 1998 list broke into the top-100 this time, led by Buster Keaton's 1927 silent comedy "The General" at No. 18. Others included 1916's "Intolerance" (No. 49), 1975's "Nashville" (No. 59), 1960's "Spartacus" (No. 81), 1989's "Do the Right Thing" (No. 96) and 1995's "Toy Story" (No. 99).

[TwoCents Note: Shawshank Redemption made the list this time too!]

Films that dropped out of the top-100 this time included 1965's "Doctor Zhivago," which had been No. 39 on the 1998 list; 1984's "Amadeus," which had been No. 53; 1977's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," which had been No. 64; 1990's "Dances With Wolves," which had been No. 75; and 1927's "The Jazz Singer," which had been No. 90.