Adorable! New trailer for 'Chimpanzee'

Disney Nature is following up this year's "African Cats" with "Chimpanzee," a new feature documentary that focuses on Oscar, an adorable young chimp abandoned by its family. A new trailer has just recently debuted online, and you can check it out after the jump.

Like all of Disney Nature's films, "Chimpanzee" looks visually stunning, inviting audiences deep into Ugandan rain forests. It also promises a ton of cuteness combined with heartwarming moments, as evidenced in the footage below. Your kids will love it.

This new trailer is not entirely different than the previously released teaser, but it includes a small pitch at the end begging you to go see the movie so Disney can use some of the box office earnings to support unfortunate chimps. See it in theaters April 20, 2012.

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Sarah Palin doc 'The Undefeated' trailer hits the web

Regardless of how you feel about the former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin, she is certainly a force to be reckoned with. While that force wasn't strong enough to propel her into the White House, it is certainly powerful enough to inspire a loyal following.

Here is a trailer for director Stephen Bannon's impassioned documentary about the politician. And when I say impassioned, boy, do I mean impassioned. In this trailer, not only are there images of buildings ablaze, but also roads collapsing and money being flushed down the toilet.

While this trailer indicates that this may not the most fair and balanced representation of Palin, it seems to promise one hell of an amusing film. Hey, isn't everything she is somehow involved in just darn amusing in a certain way?

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Quick Movie Review: "Catfish"

Seen on: September 21, 2010

The players: Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, Cast: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, Nev Schulman

Facts of interest: None.

The plot: Nev Schulman is a photographer who stumbles across a mystery when he connects with someone on Facebook.

Our thoughts: “Catfish” is a brilliant real-life documentary. Focusing on a bunch of guys who make a random discovery that will eventually lead them to a secret they never expected, the movie does a fabulous job at fully capturing your attention and leaving you guessing until the very end. In other words, it’s a fascinating cinematic experiment.

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Oh no! Ridley Scott makes a YouTube movie?

We won't be seeing a fiction piece about how YouTube came to being anytime soon, but Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald are teaming up to create a YouTube documentary about people posting videos.

The movie, titled "Life in a Day," will include clips and videos people load to YouTube July 24, 2010. This could obviously be a cool project and all, but it depends on what footage makes it into the flick.

To tell you the truth though, I have some faith in Macdonald. I just hope he won't fall for most of the YouTube crap and pick those monotonous clips of cats sitting on toilets and kids biting each other.

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Movie Review: "Babies" (Bébés)

Seen on: April 27, 2010

The players: Director: Thomas Balmes, Cast: Bayar, Hattie, Mari, Ponijao

Facts of interest: "Babies" is actually a French production.

The plot: The movie follows four babies from around the world as they spend their first year among the living.

Our thoughts: Thomas Balmes’ “Babies” doesn’t really qualify as a real documentary, but more like a cinematic experiment focusing on one year in the life of four babies from different parts of the world. Watching newborns do their thing for 79 minutes may not exactly sound like a compelling viewing experience, but much to my surprise, the film kept me engaged from start to finish.

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Cool first trailer for Disney's 'African Cats' debuts

Disneynature's "Oceans" just opened in theaters yesterday, but the studio is already working on its' next nature project: "African Cats: Kingdom of Courage." The film's teaser trailer is now online, and you can check it out below. If you enjoyed "Earth" and "Oceans," I am sure you'll love this; it's got great footage.

"African Cats" is a nature documentary centered on two cat families and how they teach their cubs the ways of the wild. As you can see below, the shots are stunning, and I'm sure the film will find its audience when it opens Earth Day 2011. Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey directed the film. Roaaaaaar!

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Say what? Johnny Depp will direct documentary

The man who can do everything will return to directing! Johnny Depp will indeed develop an upcoming documentary on Rolling Stones musician Keith Richards, and work on the project will begin next week.

Variety confirmed a story that recently popped up in a Serbian magazine. Depp and Richards have been buddies for a while, and Richards was also an inspiration for Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean."

Richards also appeared in 2007's "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." As for Depp, he also directed 1997's "The Brave" (based on the novel by Gregory McDonald), which starred Depp and Marlon Brando.

Depp will next be seen in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland." He starred in "Public Enemies" last year, and his future projects also include "The Rum Diary," "Rango" and "The Lone Ranger." He's a busy guy, for sure.

The 'Babies' are coming in new trailer!

They are coming! They are coming! The babies are invading the big screen! A first trailer for Thomas Balmes' upcoming documentary "Babies" (formerly "Baby(ies)") has hit the Web, and you can see it below.

The Focus Features release simultaneously follows four babies around the world – from birth to first steps: Ponijao from Namibia, Bayarjargal from Mongolia, Mari from Tokyo and Hattie from San Francisco.

Based on an original idea by Alain Chabat, the film joyfully captures on film the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique and universal to us all. At least that's what Focus says about it.

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Disney's new 'Oceans' trailer is glorious

Back in April, we got a first look at Disney Nature's upcoming nature flick "Oceans," and I remember the footage I saw really blew me away. Now a feature trailer has hit the Web, and it looks awesome!

"Oceans" is Disney's 2010 Earth Day film release, which means you will get to take a dive on the big screen April 22, 2010. Also, as the title already sugests, the movie focuses on the world's vast oceans.

Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud directed "Oceans," and it looks like they've created a visually stunning portrait of all the creatures that call Earth's oceans home. The footage looks truly spectacular.

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'This Is It' rules Friday box office with $7M

Sony's Michael Jackson documentary "This Is It" held on to the No. 1 spot at the North American box office Friday with an estimated $7.8 million in ticket sales. The film's domestic total stands at $19 million.

"This Is It" opened in conventional theaters and IMAX Wednesday, generating a daily gross of $7.4 million, which included $2.2 million from shows Tuesday night. The film bagged $3.7 million Thursday.

Most of the film's footage was shot in June 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. It includes scenes drawn from hours of rehearsal and behind-the-scenes footage.

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