The turd-filled post summer lull seems to be giving way to the pre-awards season fun times this weekend, as a couple films open that might actually be good.

Appaloosa (See above)
Ed Harris directs a western starring himself and Viggo Mortensen. Consensus seems to be that it’s nothing new, but a solid movie nonetheless. Personally, if I want to see cowboys I’ll look in the mirror. *cocks finger*

Ghost Town
Ricky Gervais stars in a comedy that seems to have stolen a plot from Over Her Dead Body. And yet every critic seems to love it. Anyone find it strange that none of the ghosts are old people? See grandma, even in the afterlife no one wants your smelly ass around.

Igor
Animated. Not Pixar. Pass.

Lakeview Terrace
Samuel Jackson stars as a cop trying to run his white neighbor out of town. Directed by the guy who did Wicker Man. No Nic Cage in a bear suit? Pass.

My Best Friend’s Girl
Zany Dane Cook stars alongside Lazy Kate Hudson in movie that’s like one or five you’ve already seen, except way worse. I smell Oscar! He’s the homeless guy who eats pigeon shit and sleeps under my window.

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Spyglass Entertainment, the studio behind Ghost Town (opening today) has announced that they’ll be making a “vampire buddy comedy” with Owen Wilson toplining.

Entitled Blood Brothers, the film is set to star Owen Wilson in a buddy comedy involving a man and a vampire. Wilson will produce the pic, which sounds like it can go either way (although I wouldn’t put my chips on Wilson anymore). [BloodyDisgusting]

Reached for comment, 1982 said, “Just the other day I called Spyglass Entertainment and told them I wanted my movie back, and now this.”

Spike Lee added, “Blood Brothers.  Starring a white guy.  Be honest, now you guys are just trying to piss me off, right?”

Paramount just released the poster for Ghost Town, starring Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear. He sees dead people, they annoy him – doesn’t get much more straightforward than that. Is it just me, or does this movie feel like it should’ve come out in the 40s?

Opening August 19th, Ghost Town stars Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Tea Leoni and some other a-holes, and it’s like a comedic take on Ghost or the Sixth Sense. Ricky Gervais plays an a-hole who dies for seven minutes during a colonoscopy, and when he comes back, he gains the ability to see dead people, all of whom want something from him.

As expected, the trailer is full of witty remarks and tongue-in-cheek wordplay. Oh you Brits with your wry smirks and your dry humor based on life’s trivialities. I’ll take guys getting hit in the crotch and making fun of the retarded, thank-you-very-much. Go sell your drollery to people who read books (fags).

Thanks to RoboPanda for the tip.

The folks at Film1 have the latest poster for Ghost Town from the Cinema Expo in Amsterdam.  Why you’d attend that when there’s legal pot and prostitutes on every corner is anyone’s guess.

A misanthropic dentist gains the ability to see ghosts after a near-death experience in which he dies for seven minutes during a colonoscopy and is then miraculously revived. All of these ghosts now want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy who wants him to break up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen, putting him in the middle of a supernatural love triangle.

Ahh, a colonoscopy, that would explain why he’s so happy to be putting on those latex gloves.  Dentists don’t usually get that excited, unless they’re putting you under.  That’s exciting because you can put silly hats on people and then take pictures.  And yeah, I guess you can grope them too.  Sicko. - [Source]