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Consider it a Christmas miracle: I was resigned to putting up the trailer for Dragonball: Evolution, until I finally came across a Terminator Salvation trailer that I could embed in this post. (And no, I won’t even link to the Dragonball trailer. If you want to burn your retinas, search for it yourself.)

Los Angeles Film Critics have Wall-E and Dark Knight at 1 and 2 for Best Picture of the year. Read the rest of their picks here.

Brad Pitt to star in Lost City of Z, about British explorer Percy Fawcett, who was one of the inspirations for Indiana Jones.

Keanu Reeves goes samurai in 47 Ronin

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First things first: It’s that time of year when movie critics issue their best-ofs, and here’s three of them. Time magazine has published its Top 10 films of 2008, and it’s a doozy. Over at the nation’s capital, D.C. Area Film Critics announce their best of 2008. And, not to be outdone, Roger Ebert has his top 20 of 2008.

New on DVD/Blu-ray today: Horton Hears a Who, Man on Wire, and the film we’ve all been waiting for: The Dark Knight, whose Blu-Ray edition will feature, live, interactive commentary from director Christopher Nolan.

Back to the Waters edge: John Waters has written a treatment for Hairspray 2.

More sucking: Tween vampire flick Twilight sequel will have a new director for New Moon.

Boll-ed over: Director (and I use that term very liberally) Uwe Boll, whose films consistently get awful reviews, lands Luke Perry and Lauren Holly for his latest piece of garbage.

Ripley, believe it or not: Sigourney Weaver and Ridley Scott have been talking about another Alien film. But without the Alien.

Dead as the dinosaurs: Jurassic Park 4 is a no-go.

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And the winners are: National Board of Review announced this year’s best in film. Slumdog Millionaire — Best Pic, David Fincher — Best Director (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Clint Eastwood — Best Actor (Gran Torino), Anne Hathaway — Best Actress (Rachel Getting Married). Read the rest of the winners here.

Frank Miller says Sin City 2 is written and may start filming in April.

Big Man Japan: It’s kinda like Hancock. But Japanese. And way weirder.

Speaking of Hancock: Will Smith there’s going to be a sequel. His mission: Make a film that doesn’t suck as bad as the first one.

Welcome to hell. Remake hell. First, Russell Brand in Arthur.

And Romancing the Stone:

And John Carpenter’s They Live:

Warner Bros. to re-release Dark Knight in late January.

Man from Atlantis: Len Wiseman (Underworld, Live Free or Die Hard) to direct Atlantis Rising: So when it turns out to be a shitty film, you’ll know why.

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Two guys with mutton chops in a staring contest (and other pics) from X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Steven Soderbergh + Catherine Zeta Jones + Guided by Voices = a Cleopatra musical.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’s Director: Is David Fincher an asshole? Paramount apparently thinks so.

Over at Slashfilm, Peter Sciretta lists the movies he’s looking forward to at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, while Variety has the complete list of contenders.

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Monday’s choice tidbits are few and far between, but duty, as they say, calls. And my post-Thanksgiving gift to you: No Star Trek or Watchmen updates.

Black Friday, indeed: Steve Guttenberg says sequels to Police Academy and Three Men and a Baby are in the works. Ha, ha, good one, Steve. Seriously, stop kidding around. No, really. Shut the fuck up.

Joss Whedon ready to bring Buffy the Vampire Slayer back to the big screen.

Hold on to your hormones, ladies: Johnny Depp and Christian Bale are respective adversaries John Dillinger and Melvin Purvis in Michael Mann’s Public Enemies, a Cream Team pairing sure to keep theater ushers everywhere on “moist-seat alert.” Have your canisters of talcum powder ready, boys!

Tom Tykwer’s The International is set to open next year’s 59th Annual Berlin Film Festival. Normally I wouldn’t post this kind of Eurocentric fare, but Tykwer’s Run Lola Run is one of my favorite films, and with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts starring, I can’t wait to get a look at this. (Unless, of course, the buzz is really bad, in which case I’ll slam the film sight unseen.)

And finally, some strong Oscar buzz is swirling around Clint Eastwood’s performance in the upcoming Gran Torino.

See, I told you there’d be no Star Trek or Watchmen. Have a great Monday.

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First things first: A review of the 2-disc Blu-ray edition of The Dark Knight.

New on DVD or Blu-ray today: Hancock, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All, Fred Claus

Variety reviews The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt and directed by David Fincher. Spoiler: They like it.

William Shatner gives his two cents on the design of the new USS Enterprise. Spoiler: He likes it.

Sarah Jessica Parker reveals that Sex and the City 2 has a story and may be released in 2010. Oh joy, another reason for girls loopy on Cosmos to tell male movie critics to eat shit.

Tim Blake Nelson talks about becoming villain The Leader in an Incredible Hulk sequel. Which doesn’t even have a script yet.

Twilight of Bond: Tween vampire flick overtakes Quantum of Solace at the box office. Hit movies based on young adult novels about girls infatuated with pretty boys who drink blood must surely be a sign of the apocalypse.

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