The Twilight Saga: New Moon, like last year’s Twilight, is critic-proof.  We film critics don’t get it, this film isn’t for us, and the fans will love it.  However, none of that means New Moon isn’t worthy of humorous derision or concerned analysis of the disturbing subtext.  New Moon is a bad movie which fails on nearly every level, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fascinating.  The series is one of the most popular young adult stories of the last decade yet the movie, which wouldn’t dare make radical changes to the book, lacks so much: a strong female protagonist, subtlety, joy, a positive message to young women, and above all, shirts.  The men of New Moon need shirts.

With Twilight a worldwide phenomenon, Summit Entertainment sent some of the stars of their mega successful franchise around the world to help promote the movie.  One of the places they went was Brazil.  As most of you know, when you watch any video on Collider, you see two logos.  One is ours and the other is for our Brazilian partners Omelete.

So when Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner were in Sao Paulo, Brazil last week, our partners at Omelete got to interview the two of them on camera.  They talked about going to Brazil, would they want to film part of Breaking Dawn there, and what’s been the changes from the first movie to the second.  While you may get to watch tons of interviews with the stars of Twilight here in America, how many of you have seen one that was filmed in Brazil!  Check it out after the jump:

As I said yesterday, while I never post studio provided interviews, when you’re dealing with a property like “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”, you make exceptions. Also, I know some of you “Twilight” fans and you want to see everything.

Here’s what you need to know: when actors are on set and filming a movie, at some point they do generic interviews for the eventual EPK (electronic press kit). Meaning some studio intern or production assistant asks the most basic questions and the actor answers them. They’re not exactly hard hitting interviews. But, like I said, you “Twilight” fans want to see everything and I aim to please. So after the jump you can watch on set video interviews with Stephenie Meyer, Michael Sheen, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene and Director Chris Weitz.

When you attend a press junket, you never know where and when you’re going to land a scoop.  Sometimes you get a great story during a roundtable interview, and other times you’re sharing an elevator ride with the director of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” and you ask him about the DVD.  Which is what happened to me today.

On my way to do an interview with producer Wyck Godfrey, I happened to run into director Chris Weitz.  Since I didn’t have a chance to ask a question during the press conference, I used my shared elevator ride to find out what extras would be on the DVD and how many minutes of deleted scenes “Twilight” fans could expect.  While he confirmed the usual stuff like a commentary with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, the big news is he told me there would be around ten minutes of deleted scenes.  More after the jump:

While I never post studio provided interviews, when you’re dealing with a property like “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”, you make exceptions.  Also, I know some of you “Twilight” fans and you want to see EVERYTHING.

Here’s what you need to know: when actors are on set and filming a movie, at some point they do generic interviews for the eventual EPK (electronic press kit).  Meaning some studio intern or production assistant asks the most basic questions and the actor answers them.  They’re not exactly hard hitting interviews. But, like I said, you “Twilight” fans want to see everything and I aim to please.  So after the jump you can watch the studio provided on set interviews with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.

With “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” getting ready to hit theaters on November 20th, Summit Entertainment has released an EPK for the media to use.  If you’re not familiar with the term EPK, it stands for Electronic Press Kit.  An EPK is where the studio puts movie clips, trailers, and behind the scenes footage from whatever movie they’re promoting.

Anyway, I’ve taken the movie clips Summit released, as well as all the behind the scenes footage, and posted two videos after the jump.  While the three clips have already been released over the past two weeks, the ten minutes of behind the scenes footage is all new.  So if you’ve been waiting for “Twilight: New Moon”, you’ll really enjoy the footage of Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner on set.  Take a look after the jump:

Earlier today, the massive Los Angeles press junket for Summit Entertainment’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” began.  All weekend the cast is going to be doing tons of interviews and I’d imagine you’re going to be reading the coverage on every website you follow.  So rather than wait till the week of release, I’m going to be jumping in head first and posting what was said as fast as I can get it done.  And up first… Kristen Stewart.

While at last year’s press junket for the first “Twilight” film, I got the sense that the massive worldwide interest was a bit much for this talented young actress.  But, on stage today, she not only handled the media like a pro, she seemed a lot more comfortable being closely associated with Bella Swan.  In fact, she seemed really happy to be talking about the movie.  So if you’d like to read or listen to what Kristen Stewart had to say about “New Moon”, hit the jump and take a look:

With the popularity of “Twilight”, I pay attention to what’s going on in the vampire world.  After all, passionate fans are the kind of people that read Collider, and I want to make sure we’re covering what interests them.  Saying that, I have not heard fandom clamoring for the first “Twilight” to return to movie theaters, but according to Summit Entertainment’s press release they’re “listening to the fans and bringing back Twilight for one night only to select theaters on November 19^th at a reduced admission price”. So to the few people that emailed Summit asking for this…you got your wish.  If you’d like to read thje press release, it’s after the jump:

I thought everybody involved in last year’s fiasco learned their lesson. I thought wrong.

In an effort to raise awareness for the upcoming “Twilight” sequel “New Moon”, Summit Entertainment is planning another mall tour with select members of the cast. While it’s not yet known who is going to be at each location, the tour is hitting 15 cities and the locations and dates are after the jump.

And if you’re thinking this sounds familiar…that’s because last year they did the same thing and it caused chaos and pandemonium in every mall they stopped at. Then again, the publicity from all the craziness got them tons of extra media coverage. Look for the same thing to happen again this year. If you’re interested in learning more, hit the jump for the official press release.

If you thought the last few months have been quiet regarding the “Twilight” phenomenon, get ready for a media explosion. That’s because the second chapter, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”, will be hitting theaters in exactly a month. This means magazine covers, tons of interviews, and a lot of coverage on every website. Because while some might not get the rabid fandom regarding this franchise, the fans are passionate and deeply committed, which means they follow what’s going on. As I’ve said repeatedly, I’m cool with loving “Twilight”, because I did the exact same thing with “Star Wars”. If I said anything negative, I’d be a hypocrite.

Anyway, Summit has released a new clip from the movie called “Jacob’s Transformation” and a few new images. Check them out after the jump. Also, a movie typically releases six to nine clips before the release so this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Three new movie posters have been released for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” and they feature the Cullens, the Volturi, and the Wolf Pack. Since I haven’t read the books, I can’t say if the actors portraying the characters look the part, but I did recently see the trailer for “New Moon” and have to say…it looked a hell of a lot better than the first film. Who knows, maybe director Chris Weitz actually made the “Twilight” film the fans have been dreaming about. We will all know soon enough as “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” hits theaters November 20^th. Take a look at the new posters after the jump.

The first full trailer for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” is frustrating.  It’s frustrating because if you didn’t pay attention to any of the narrative stuff and just turned the sound off, you’d have a visually impressive film.  Director Chris Weitz and cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe (who also shot John Hillcoat’s “The Road” which hits theatres five days later so as far as DP work goes, that’s a fun juxtaposition) have made a film that completely blows away Catherine Hardwicke’s all-blue-filter, all-the-time style of the first “Twilight” film.

But then there’s the story and you have a girl who has become so dependent on a boy that instead of just having normal teenage sadness about a break-up, she makes attempts at suicide through reckless behavior.  What’s worse is that as the trailer continues the messages appears to be, “Don’t be a strong, independent woman,” as much as it’s, “My boyfriend needs me and I have to save him or else I’ll be lonely and weak again!”  But I’m sure that the “Twilight” fans have ignored all my commentary and skipped straight to the trailer after the jump.  “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” opens and feminism suffers on November 20^th.

Adventureland is definitely a case of a film not being what I expected.  Not surprisingly, those expectations evolved out of how the movie was marketed-the advertisements were very, very misleading as to the nature of the picture.  Watching the trailer one would have thought the film to be a very broad coming-of-age comedy.  Considering that the writer-director was Greg Mottola, whose previous release was the extremely broad coming-of-age movie Superbad, it would seem to be a reasonable expectation.  Wrong, as it turned out, but reasonable. That doesn’t mean the movie isn’t good. More after the jump:

Now before all the fangirls get too excited, I should clarify: the already existing teen social networking site Habbo has made a deal with Summit Entertainment to create “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” related content to go along with the film’s release. As it stands, Habbo is a virtual world in which over 142 million avatars from 31 countries meet to interact. Find out exactly what Summit plans to add to the mix after the jump.

Just one week after advance tickets (really advance) for James Cameron’s “Avatar” went on sale online, Fandango has announced that tickets for another highly anticipated cinematic event - first day screenings of Summit Entertainment’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” - are available to early-bird buyers.  This is great news if you are a fan of Bella and Edward but were afraid that you might get shut out of those November 19^th midnight screenings.  But, before you get too excited, “New Moon” tickets are only being offered in a few select theatres nationwide.  Find out where after the jump.

It’s a fairly standard narrative. A filmmaker surrogate falls in love for the first time. Recently it was done in The Wackness. The main character (generally nerdy) meets a girl with some experience who trains him in the ways of love. She may or may not stick around, and the context is often a location that is familiar to the author. It’s fair to say that both the best and worst advice to give an aspiring writer is to write what they know. And yet, as familiar as this material can be, Greg Mottola’s Adventureland is nuanced, and it gets its characters. My review after the jump.