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Review: “Christmas On Mars”: Better Than “Red Planet”… But Barely

September 25, 2008 7:13 pm

When the Flaming Lips revealed in 2001 that they were working on a science fiction film, fans acqainted with their loud, spectacle-driven live show jumped for joy. The Lips has just created two space rock class...

Short Cuts: ‘Donnie Darko 2’ Gets Method Actor, ‘The Great Buck Howard’ Limps Onto Screens; Flaming Lips Movie Finally Unveiled, Fred Durst; More…

Rodrigo Perez

May 30, 2008 7:55 pm

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Elizabeth Berkely the Stanislavski-esque thespian of "Showgirls" has signed on for the "Donnie Darko" sequel, creatively tiled, "S. Darko." The trailer to Fred Durst's feel-good sports film, "The Longshots" has...

Modest Mouse’s Issac Brock & Adam Goldberg Star In Flaming Lips ‘Xmas On Mars’ Outtake

Rodrigo Perez

May 2, 2008 8:33 pm

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We admit, we like all the parties involved here (even that Issac Brock character, who's kind of a trip in interviews), but this scene from the Flaming Lips' long-overdue "Christmas On Mars," is dull as fuck an...

Flaming Lips Miss Self-Imposed SXSW Deadline For ‘Xmas On Mars’ Move Date To Sasquatch Festival; Everyone Shrugs

Rodrigo Perez

February 26, 2008 9:57 pm

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Does anyone even give a rat's ass about "Christmas on Mars" anymore? The painfully long-overdue Flaming Lips Xmas film is sort of like the Lochness Monster, Chinese Democracy and Big Foot rolled into one.In Oct...

Flaming Lips Now Officially House Band For Terribly Enchanting Movies

Rodrigo Perez

October 25, 2007 2:00 pm

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Ah, the Flaming Lips. These soundtrack whores madcap musicians stopped recording albums now you know and instead have changed their focus to record songs for compelling, masterwork feature films like "Good Luck...

Christmas In March For The Flaming Lips?

Rodrigo Perez

October 1, 2007 7:14 pm

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The Flaming Lips xmas movie, "Christmas on Mars," is pretty much the music films equivalent of Chinese Democracy.The film has been in the works since at least 2002, filming was allegedly completed in 2005 and f...

Comedy Abomination “Good Luck Chuck,” Features Marginally Better Soundtrack: Plus New Flaming Lips and Dandy Warhols Tracks

Rodrigo Perez

September 19, 2007 2:49 pm

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Do you think when Jessica Alba signed on for "Good Luck Chuck" she begged her agent to renege the contract when she learned she'd be starring next to jock "comedian" Dane Cook?For instance: Cook's observational...

Flaming Lips & David Bowie Sweeten “Heartbreak Kid” Soundtrack

Rodrigo Perez

August 27, 2007 7:44 pm

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The Farrelly Brothers: Apparently they have good soundtracks. We don't really watch their movies cause we're fucking huge snobs, but sure (we're sort of kidding, we've seen their films, but honestly never paid ...

T.I. Still Trying To Grasp This ‘Acting Thing’; Flaming Lips Get With Stiller

Rodrigo Perez

August 20, 2007 10:18 pm

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"It's one of the most prolific black gangster pictures ever to hit the screen." - Films can't actually be prolific, but try telling that to T.I. who stars alongside Common and RZA in Ridley Scott's forthcoming,...

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