Movie Review: Red
October 27, 2010
RED is essentially a 111-minute excuse to give Helen Mirren a machine gun. In that, it succeeds, but any other success comes purely from the game cast of veterans, all of whom play winking, quotation-mark versions of characters they’ve played — this time, armed to the teeth. Read more
Movie Review: Paranormal Activity 2
October 27, 2010
In the shivery-skillful, highly worthy fear-factor sequel Paranormal Activity 2, we’re inside a tasteful and spacious suburban home in Carlsbad, Calif., where a patchwork quilt of a family — husband, second wife, toddler, teenage daughter from first marriage — finds itself menaced by what looks, at first, to be a robbery. (There’s a break-in and the house got trashed, but…nothing was stolen.) To protect themselves, the family sets up a hidden-camera video-surveillance system, and this allows the film to cut back and forth among half a dozen fixed-angle views of the house, each one coming at you in granular streaming video. Read more
Kristen Stewart Still Searching For Bella’s ‘Twilight’ Wedding Gown
October 27, 2010
Kristen Stewart is still hoping to find the perfect wedding dress…for “The Twilight Saga’s” Bella.
“I haven’t put the one on yet,” the actress said when asked about the upcoming pivotal scene from “Breaking Dawn.”
In fact, the final decision will not be up to the actress. Read more
Movie Trailer: Megamind
October 25, 2010
Megamind
Release Date: November 5, 2010 (3D/2D theaters and IMAX 3D)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Studio: DreamWorks Animation
Director: Tom McGrath
Screenwriter: Alan Schoolcraft, Brent Simons
Movie Website: Megamindmovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill Read more
Movie Trailer: 127 Hours
October 25, 2010
127 Hours
Release Date: November 5, 2010 (Limited)
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Danny Boyle
Screenwriter: Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
Movie Website: FoxSearchlight.com/127Hours
Actors/Actresses: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Clemence Poesy, Kate Burton, Lizzy Caplan Read more
Movie Trailer: Fair Game
October 25, 2010
Fair Game
Release Date: November 5, 2010 (limited; expands: Nov. 12)
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Director: Doug Liman
Screenwriter: Jez Butterworth
Movie Website: fairgame-movie.com
Actors/Actresses: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Noah Emmerich, Liraz Charchi, Nicholas Sadler Read more
“Paranormal Activity 2″ scares up $63.5 million and No. 1 spot at the box office
October 25, 2010
Moviegoers around the world got into the Halloween spirit early during the weekend, snapping up an estimated $63.5 million worth of tickets for the haunted-house sequel “Paranormal Activity 2,” distributor Paramount Pictures said on Sunday.
The film opened at No. 1 in the United States and Canada with a better-than-expected $41.5 million during its first three days, and was also the top choice in Britain, Australia, Mexico and Russia, the Viacom Inc-owned studio said. In all, it earned $22 million from 21 foreign markets. Read more
New Movies in Theaters October 22, 2010
October 22, 2010
Hereafter
Release Date: October 22, 2010
Genre: Supernatural Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenwriter: Peter Morgan
Movie Website: Hereafter-themovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Matt Damon, Cecile de France, Frankie McLaren, George McLaren, Jay Mohr, Bryce Dallas Howard Read more
Robert Downey Jr. brings “Emergency” to screen
October 21, 2010
Columbia Pictures has optioned the rights to “Emergency!: This Book Will Save Your Life,” a non-fiction book from best-selling author Neil Strauss.
Robert Downey Jr. will serve as one of the producers on the film and possibly star. Read more
M. Night Shyamalan developing sci-fi film for Jaden Smith
October 21, 2010
M. Night Shyamalan is in Hollywood this week putting together his next directorial effort which will see him working with Will Smith.
But it won’t be the secret untitled project he shopped around in June. That script, which came with Bruce Willis, Bradley Cooper and Gwyneth Paltrow loosely attached, never found a buyer and was quietly shelved. Read more
