Chris Thilk got me the hook up on some awesome movie posters for the upcoming Miami Vice flick that hits theatres next weekend.

Chris had been doing some digging about the marketing of the film, and had spoken with Universal earlier in the week about it. From working with me at AdJab and MWW Group, he had already heard of my adoration for this fascinatingly pastel and yet filled with cocaine television show from the 80s, so he asked if I wanted to ask anything when he was speaking with the rep from the studio. Of course, I asked for a couple of posters, because theatres aren't breaking any rules and giving them away.

After telling his contact about my predilection for posting like, everything I can on Flickr and the various blogs I'm a part of, it was locked in. Three days later, I've got a few posters here, suitable for framing in my office, and that'll come soon enough. The point here is that for a few bucks and a short phone conversation, you can help extend your marketing efforts a little bit. Does that mean you should take every interview and send everyone in the world movie posters? Well, probably not, but pick your spots just like you would when attempting to do interviews and other such things, and see where the value for your business lies. At the end of the day, most bloggers - including bloggers who have budgets and more resources than the person who is only doing it on his or her lunch hour - like having access. Even a tease of access is a good thing, and most of the time the repayment works out well for you.

At HollywoodReport.com, Stephen Galloway writes about about entertainment studio DreamWorks SKG's 10th birthday, which they celebrated by having a "mind-boggling" initial public offering last week.

Now I haven't seen "Saw" yet, so I'm trying to be careful reading other people's reviews so I don't learn too much about the film. Just read Cobb's, and I definitely want to check out this flick now. He explains what the real "horror" of the movie is:

The problem with Saw is that there is very little disbelief one has to suspend in order to watch it. It makes it all the more horrifying that this could indeed happen - of course it could, if a screenwriter can imagine it.

An interesting way of doing things - putting the viewer in a situation that is closer to being feasible because one wouldn't be able to keep themselves out of the situation - whereas many horror or spy or action movies have the main characters being a different breed than the average filmgoer. Not to say that this hasn't been done before - I'm sure I've seen 50 films with that being done - but it's all about context, now isn't it.

Cinema Libre Studio, the same group who recently distributed "Outfoxed," the film that was critical of FOX News, has announced it is releasing Danny Schechter's "WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception," to theatres later this year. "WMD" covers the media's coverage of the war in Iraq, and how it presented Americans with misconceptions about what was "really" going on in order to get big ratings. The film has taken home multiple awards this year, including "Best Documentary Feature" at the Austin Film Festival, "First Place Documentary" in August at the Detroit Motor City International Film Festival, and the "Jury Award for Best Documentary" at this year's Film Fest New Haven.

Matt Sheffield of RatherBiased points out that Michael Moore and Harvey Weinstein are aiming high for "Fahrenheit 9/11," putting it up for "Best Picture" at the Academy Awards.

More here.

Also: the Barista writes in to say that Michael Moore's blog has left something to be desired, having a whopping two posts. Total.

indieWIRE Insider points out that Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" DVD sold over four million copies on its first day in stores. No details yet on the pre-orders that were done via the Internet.

Hollywood Reporter covers the announcement by Moviefone about MovieTickets.com taking over the ticket sales portion of its business.

Last May, Twentieth Century Fox announced that bulk orders of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" would be available over the summer. On Thursday, USA Today's Mike Snider reported that not only are the bulk packages selling - they're more than 20% ahead of expected sales levels.

Earlier this week, the Village Voice's J. Hoberman wrote a piece about movies that have come out prior to an election with the hope "to swing the vote."

I think I just made a Dennis Miller-eque reference, but that's okay... Jeff Jarvis gives Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" a 2,252-word spanking over at Buzz Machine that should create some good conversation for a Thursday.

[ed: if you're interested, more on Kelvin here]

Okay, so the title is a little lacking, but it's the content that counts, right?

This morning, I received an invitation from a contact of mine to go to the MoveOn.org website and pledge to go see Michael Moore's new film, "Fahrenheit 9/11" this Friday. A few emails later, I received an email from a friend with a link to this article by Christopher Hitchens over at Slate that gives Moore's film everything but the silent treatment. Talk about opposites attracting.

The Hollywood Reporter covers an announcement from Regent Entertainment that a new documentary about the presidency, entitled "The Hunting of the President," will be held back for one week until June 18th out of respect for the Reagan family.

BusinessWire had a press release last night from Twentieth Century Fox regarding the upcoming release of Mel Gibson's super-hit film "The Passion of The Christ" on DVD and VHS as early as this August. According to the announcement, information will be available on the website thepassionofthechrist.com on June 1st about how to order copies and other materials to go with the film. Specifically, bulk orders will be made available at that time. I have not seen pre-orders at any websites just yet for the viewing public.

I'm a big branding person, and even when things are *slightly* different i can notice simliarities. But I can't be the only one to notice the color scheme for the logo of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's new flick "New York Minute" being more or less the same as the scheme that Time Out NY uses, right? I know, the font is different and all, but things like that *do* get associated with one another by consumers. I'm really not grasping at straws here, really!

Just a thought for the morning.

Bill McCabe foists upon us a meme that I just couldn't ignore. "What movies did you like when you saw them but have no particular desire to ever watch again?"

Where do I start?

I really liked Along Came A Spider but it's like the Grisham movies - you see it so you can say "the book was better". There's a ton of these.

Spawn, because I thought it would have some cool effects and whatnot, which it did - but there's no reason to see it again.

I could go on, but why? I'll let you do that.

According to a report coming out of Los Angeles, the Original Film company is set to produce a film version of the 80's "teen" cop hit, "21 Jump Street". Neal Moritz, who has worked on such titles as "The Fast and the Furious" and "S.W.A.T.", is heading up the project. No details on the stars of the show just yet.