Anthony Hopkins Joins “Thor”
October 30, 2009
Anthony Hopkins has been cast in “Thor,” the Marvel Studios production that begins production in January.
Hopkins will play Odin, the king of Asgard and the father of Thor and Loki. Chris Hemsworth is playing Thor, and Tom Hiddelston plays his nemesis, Loki. The pic is directed by Kenneth Branagh. Read more
Charlize Theron to star in Mad Max
October 30, 2009
Charlize Theron is revving up for “Mad Max: Fury Road,” with producer-director George Miller set to start filming next August in Australia.
British actor Tom Hardy (“Black Hawk Down”) will also star opposite Theron.. Thesps are the first major castings announced in the fourth version of the futuristic “Mad Max” franchise, which has been dormant for 2½ decades. Read more
Movie Review: This Is It
October 30, 2009
The way he made us feel…
The smile you got when you heard that happy run down the keys that starts “I Want You Back.” The pull toward the dance floor that came with the chunky beat of “Billie Jean.” The grin that the blistering guitar break of “Beat It” always brought.
It’s been hard to remember that, lately. Read more
Movie Review: Saw VI
October 29, 2009
Squeezing another pint of blood from its torture-porn corpus, Lionsgate slays again with “Saw VI,” a film so frighteningly familiar it could well be called “Saw It Already.” At least the requisite moralism is more playful than pious in this edition, whose grotesque punishments extend even to a man guilty of cigarette smoking. Serial not only in terms of killing, the “Saw” franchise has essentially become a gory soap opera, its die-hard viewership addicted to following the entangled narrative viscera of Jill (Betsy Russell), Det. Lt. Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) and, of course, Jigsaw (Tobin Bell). Read more
“This Is It” first day box office tops $20 million
October 29, 2009
The Michael Jackson movie “This Is It” earned $20.1 million at worldwide box offices on its first day in theaters as fans around the globe turned out in strong numbers, a Columbia Pictures spokesman said on Thursday.
The ticket sales broke down to $7.4 million in the United States and Canada, and another $12.7 million internationally with United Kingdom box offices ringing up just under $2 million and French sales of about $1.4 million, said the movie studio. Read more
Movie Trailer: Disney’s A Christmas Carol
October 28, 2009
Disney’s A Christmas Carol
Release Date: November 6, 2009 (conventional theaters and IMAX)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter: Robert Zemeckis
Movie Website: Disney.com
Actors/Actresses: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes Read more
New Movies in Theaters October 23, 2009
October 23, 2009
Saw VI
Genre: Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Kevin Greutert
Screenwriter: Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Movie Website: Saw6film.com
Actors/Actresses: Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Peter Outerbridge Read more
New Movies in Theaters October 16, 2009
October 16, 2009
Where The Wild Things Are
Genre: Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Movie Website: WheretheWildThingsAre.com
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Spike Jonze
Screenwriter: Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers
Actors/Actresses: Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker Read more
Movie Trailer: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
October 14, 2009
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Release Date: December 25, 2009 (limited)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Terry Gilliam
Screenwriter: Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown
Movie Website: DoctorParnassus.com
Actors/Actresses: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law Read more
Justin Long is a Conspirator
October 14, 2009
Justin Long is joining James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn in The Conspirator, the historical drama that Robert Redford is directing, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The film tells the story of Confederate sympathizer Mary Surratt (Wright Penn), who was tried as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination, and Col. Frederick Aiken (McAvoy), who reluctantly agreed to defend her before a military tribunal. Read more
