Steven Spielberg Gets ‘39 Clues’
June 25, 2008
Steven Spielberg has just added another project to his busy plate: 39 Clues, a multiplatform adventure series that will launch September 9th and run for two years. It spans a series of ten books, collectible cards, and an online game. The game will actually be designed around a contest, where young participants will try to solve the mystery scattered throughout the books, with a chance to win $10,000. Read more
DVD Releases: June 24, 2008
June 24, 2008
10,000 BC
Genre: Adventure
Rating: PG-13
Actors/Actresses: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Omar Sharif, Tim Barlow, Marco Khan, Reece Ritchie, Mo Zinal, Mona Hammond, Joel Virgel Vierset, Suri van Sornsen, Joel Fry, Nathanael Baring, Joe Vaz
Synopsis: From director Roland Emmerich (”Independence Day,” “The Day After Tomorrow”) comes a sweeping odyssey into a mythical age of prophesies and gods, when spirits rule the land and mighty mammoths shake the earth. Read more
“Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” Trailer
June 24, 2008
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Release Date: July 2, 2008
Genre: Kids/Family and Adaptation
Rating: G
Actors/Actresses: Abigail Breslin, Stanley Tucci, Glenne Headly, Jane Krakowski, Julia Ormond
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Movie Review: Wanted
June 24, 2008
“Wanted” devilishly ups the ante to a new level in adapting violent graphic comics to the bigscreen. By confidently grafting nastily creative, high-tech new ways to kill people onto traditional dramatic themes involving professional assassins and family revenge, Kazakhstan-born Timur Bekmambetov assures himself the distinction of becoming the first modern director to emerge from Russia to carve a high profile in Hollywood. Relentless, in-your-face action and a classy cast led by a beefed-up James McAvoy and a heavily tatted Angelina Jolie combine to promise powerful box office prospects worldwide for Universal. Read more
Audiences “Get Smart” Over The Weekend
June 23, 2008
Audiences still get Maxwell Smart. Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway’s “Get Smart,” the Warner Bros. big screen update of the 1960s spy sitcom, raked in $39.2 million and debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie. Read more
“Hancock” Trailer
June 23, 2008
Hancock
Release Date: July 2, 2008
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama and Romance
Rating: PG-13
Actors/Actresses: Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Eddie Marsan and Charlize Theron Read more
Movie Review: Get Smart
June 18, 2008
It seemed like a natural: Redo “Get Smart,” the landmark ’60s TV spy spoof, with Steve Carell. Who better to update Maxwell Smart — the idiot-savantish secret agent originated by Don Adams — than “The Office’s” master of disassociative, self-effacing humor? But in the end, a bigscreen version of television’s “Get Smart” had issues to address — the hero was too one-dimensional, the female lead too adoring, the Cold War too over. Read more
“Wanted” Trailer
June 16, 2008
Wanted
Release Date: June 27, 2008
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller, Crime/Gangster and Adaptation
Rating: R
Actors/Actresses: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Common, Kristen Hager
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Movie Review: The Incredible Hulk
June 16, 2008
What seemed, in theory, the least-necessary revival of a bigscreen superhero emerges as perfectly solid summer action fare in “The Incredible Hulk.” Revisiting the character Ang Lee and James Schamus put under a psychological microscope in 2003 to mixed results, Marvel, Universal and several of the same producers have repackaged one of their better-known stable stars in a straightforward actioner that delivers the goods with no unnecessary frills or digressions. Read more
“WALL-E” Trailer
June 16, 2008
WALL-E
Release Date: June 27, 2008
Genre: Kids
Rating: G
Actors/Actresses: Jeff Garlin, Benjamin Burtt, Kim Kopf, Fred Willard, Sigourney Weaver
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