Will Smith's troubled superhero movie Hancock pulled in 107 million domestically since its release last Wednesday. Here, the children of Darfur celebrate the film's success. Said one child, "I have dysentery."... CONTINUE READING THE CHILDREN OF DARFUR CELEBRATE HANCOCK'S $107 MILLION OPENING WEEKEND»
Posted on July 7, 2008 in Behind The Scenes
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Tags: Hancock | Starving Children | Will Smith
White Hancock passed by a homeless man sleeping on a park bench and super-pitied him. How these people managed to survive without shelter as an uncaring world passed them by, that was a strength he couldn't fathom. A ragged paper... CONTINUE READING YOU CAN MAKE IT UP: WHITE HANCOCK»
Posted on July 3, 2008 in You Can Make It Up
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Tags: Hancock | Racism
The best thing about Diddy vlogs is that he really sticks to the format, i.e. a long rambling monologue with little to no forethought about a subject that's primarily of interest to an audience of one. It's such a great... CONTINUE READING DIDDY PROVIDES THE FIRST POSITIVE REVIEW OF HANCOCK»
Posted on July 2, 2008 in Vlogging
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Tags: Diddy | Hancock | Will Smith
Last night's #1 segment on Countdown With Keith Olbermann was an interview with Jason Bateman that started out about how Hancock is making him "a star at last," but then took a turn for the not-boring exactly halfway through when... CONTINUE READING DAVID CROSS MAKES THIS WEEK'S 18 MILLIONTH JASON BATEMAN INTERVIEW INTERESTING»
Posted on June 25, 2008 in Interviews, Newsmagazines
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Tags: Arrested Development | David Cross | Hancock | Jason Bateman | Keith Olbermann
Citizen Marketing is where we catalog our favorite baby-Banksy agit-prop defacements of public advertising campaigns. Please send your own Citizen Marketing to tips@videogum.com. THE REVOLUTION WILL BE TUMBLR'D! (via Film Drunk) This is Citizen Marketing at its best. You just... CONTINUE READING CITIZEN MARKETING: HANCOCK»
Posted on June 25, 2008 in Citizen Marketing
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Tags: Hancock | Hitch | Will Smith
I would like to apologize to the movie Hancock. While I still think it is true that your viral marketing campaign is the new dumbness, I also saw your new trailer last night on the television, and it looks good.... CONTINUE READING HANCOCK IS COOL, GUYS, HE'S WITH TIM RIGGINS»
Posted on April 24, 2008 in Trailer
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Tags: Friday Night Lights | Hancock | Peter Berg | Will Smith
If you'll recall, when Steven Spielberg's A.I. was coming out in 2001 (never forget), there was an innovative piece of viral marketing* in the form of a sprawling online role playing game. Around the same time there was the legendary... CONTINUE READING HANCOCK WAS HERE, UNFORTUNATELY»
Posted on April 11, 2008 in Viral Marketing
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Tags: Hancock | Lazy | Superheroes | Will Smith
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
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If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
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I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
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