A “Kick-Ass” marketing campaign?: What’s looking to be almost certainly the most controversial comic book movie of 2010 is starting to take it’s marketing campaign into high gear with the release of posters for “Kick-Ass.” For those of you not in the know, it’s Mathew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.’s comic book about a teen [Continued at Premium Hollywood. Comments?]

Xmas ghosts, a dead popster, goat starers, aliens, a box, and some demons: Yes, it’s a real mishmash this weekend at the box office and I’ve got less time than usual — but let’s just see how it goes. Anyhow, the clear winner over the next few days will almost certainly be yet another version of Charles Dicken’s constantly remade and revisited holiday perennial, this time from Disney, “A [Continued at Premium Hollywood. Comments?]

How many Schickels is an Altman worth?: Probably for the same reason that you don’t often see movie stars diss other movie stars for their acting, or directors critique helmers they think are less imaginative, film critics and writers tend to avoid making negative public comments about each other’s work. There are exceptions, however. Armond White of the New York Press has [Continued at Premium Hollywood. Comments?]

Tales of cinema survival: * Flicks are a tough business which frequently requires great sacrifice. Still, I can’t think of a single creative or suit whose had to saw off a limb to stay alive. However, that’s exactly what mountaineer Aron Ralston had to do and now director Danny Boyle plans to film Ralston’s story, perhaps or perhaps not [Continued at Premium Hollywood. Comments?]

Movies for sale: I’m thoroughly fried this evening having done my Southern California thing and driven 180 miles basically to run family errands, but there is some more stuff going on that’s worth a mention. * The American Film Market opens tomorrow. In case you haven’t heard of AFM, it is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: an [Continued at Premium Hollywood. Comments?]