Every time I read Amelia, in my mind I hear Will Farrell shouting “Amelia!” like in Night at the Roxbury.  Haha, good story, Vince.  Anyway, this is the first trailer for Amelia, starring Hillary Swank as the aviatress who captured America’s heart by promising she could fly around the globe, only to fail miserably and die in the ocean, never to be found.  Ever since, women have been banned from flying, and for that we thank her.

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I Love You, Phillip Morris, a movie in which Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor play gay lovers, is having a hard time finding a distributor and might end up going straight to DVD.  Some people say the reason is that the explicit gay scenes are scaring off buyers.  Britain’s Times Online says:

Film industry insiders said the movie, which features a graphic sex scene and frequent references to gay sex, had fallen foul of anti-gay prejudice in America. Britain is one of only a handful of European countries where a deal has been secured to show the movie, which is due for cinema release this summer. The film is currently being re-edited in a last ditch attempt to find an American distributor. If it fails to do so, it will go straight to DVD.

You have to take that with a grain of salt because (1) they quote a nameless source and (2) seem to be congratulating themselves on not being homophobic like us backwoods Americans.  CHUD says:

The film, which is very funny and surprisingly touching, does feature explicit gay sex. Really, really explicit gay sex. Involving Jim Carrey. Cumming in a guy’s ass. Yeah, that explicit. [Okay, settle down, I doubt they showed the actual semen]
[Saying the gay scenes are the reason it's not getting picked up] might be a little short-sighted; Phillip Morris has only played Sundance so far, where it got decent but not swooning reviews, and it’s not a cheap movie in indie terms. The film cost about 13 million, so I’m assuming the producers are asking for a [big] chunk of change.

I haven’t seen the movie so I don’t know whether it’s worth seeing, and I don’t think people should be scared off solely because of gay scenes.  But I resent the idea that not wanting to watch gay love scenes = homophobic.  I have no bias against gay people and I’m willing to sit through gay stuff if the movie’s good, but two dudes kissing is still uncomfortable to watch.  There, I said it.  Look, I love my grandma too – not wanting to watch her blow a dude on camera doesn’t mean I’m prejudiced against grandmas.

Jim Carrey plays a gay guy in I Love You Phillip Morris, and in case that wasn’t uncomfortable enough, they also made him do a really bad southern accent.  I still don’t know what the hell to make of this movie.  It seems like a nice departure from the usual crap, subject matter-wise, but the tone looks hokey Hollywood to the nth degree.  And I still can’t get over them naming a guy Phillip Morris if the movie has nothing to do with tobacco products.  Yeah, maybe it’s just a name, but would people take Casablanca as seriously if it were about a love triangle between RJR Nabisco, MacDonnel Douglas, and Lorna Doone?

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After the jump I’ve got the trailer for Incendiary, which ponders the question, can you name a movie an adjective?

Starring Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge) and Michelle Williams (Broke Back Mountain, Deception) and directed by Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones’s Diary) Incendiary is a brutal and tender story that ultimately offers hope for our troubled world.

Brutal yet tender.  So basically it will beat your ass, but only because it loves you so much.  Incendiary is pretty much the Ike Turner of crappy movies.  I bet you can tell I’m super excited for this.
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Jim Carrey released a new still from I Love You Phillip Morris, which is apparently some kind of prison rape comedy.

“I Love You Phillip Morris” tells the story of Steven Russell (Jim Carrey), a married conman who found himself in a Texan prison where he fell in love with Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). Steven Russell tried to escape from prison four times, coming up with more and more elaborate plans, including once faking his own death. Morris was eventually released but Russell landed over a hundred years behind bars because of his escape attempts.  The script was written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa from a book by Houston Chronicle crime reporter Steve McVicker.

So… this guy goes to jail and falls in love with someone whose name just happens to be the same as a tobacco conglomerate?  Seems like you’d want to rename him for the movie so people don’t confuse it for social commentary.  Like that documentary, Pound My Man-Butt, RJR Nabisco.  Least I think it was a documentary.  Either way, it was pretty hot.