Javier Bardem Offered ‘Bond 23′ Villain Role
January 31, 2011
Javier Bardem has been offered several great movie roles in the last couple of weeks. Life has been good for the A-list actor recently. Bardem was offered the lead role in the huge franchise The Dark Tower with Ron Howard directing the first installment of the series, nominated for (another) Academy Award for Biutiful and had a baby son with Penelope Cruz. To top it all off he was also offered the second male lead in the next James Bond film, which traditionally is the villain role. In the 23rd installment of the series Daniel Craig is returning as Bond with Sam Mendes directing. Read more
‘The Rite’ Possesses No. 1 Spot at Weekend Box Office With $15 Million
January 31, 2011
New Line/Warner Bros.’ Anthony Hopkins exorcism pic The Rite opened on the lower end of expectations, but still won the weekend box-office race with an estimated gross of $15 million from 2,985 locations. Read more
Movie Review: The Mechanic
January 28, 2011
Jason Statham is the B-movie bruiser of the moment. He appears in the occasional Guy Ritchie gangster head game, but his genre of choice is the revved-up testosterone action film. The key to his charisma is that he’s so much more cutthroat smart and elegant, and so much more coolly British, than an actor from the crash-cars-and-ask-questions-later school needs to be. With his shaved skull and handsome you-talkin’-to-me stare, he’s like a Bruce Willis mad-dog avenger crossed with a more sociopathic James Bond. Read more
Movie Review: The Rite
January 28, 2011
When Anthony Hopkins signs on to play a sinister old exorcist in a generic satanic rehash like The Rite, does he hate himself for getting hired, yet again, to trot out Hannibal Lecter’s ravenous snarl and hypnotist’s gleam? Does he stalk around between takes muttering things like ”I should be doing Lear”? Or is he only too happy to milk that Lecter leer? The Rite is set in Rome, and it presents the Vatican as having officially embraced the rituals of exorcism as a de facto enhancement of its brand. (If the devil is at large, then the church must still be relevant.) Read more
New Movies in Theaters January 28, 2011
January 28, 2011
The Rite
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Genre: Psychological Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.)
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Screenwriter: Michael Petroni
Movie Website: TheRitemovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds, Rutger Hauer Read more
2011 Academy Awards Nominees
January 25, 2011
It’s arguably the biggest awards show of the year, and this morning the 2011 Academy Awards nominations were announced. Read more
DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for January 25, 2011
January 25, 2011
Here are the movies being released on DVD and Blu-Ray for January 25, 2011. Read more
$20.3 Mil ‘No Strings Attached’ Debuts Atop Weekend Box Office
January 24, 2011
Paramount’s Natalie Portman/Ashton Kutcher R-rated romantic comedy No Strings Attached topped the weekend box office with a solid $20.3 million start from 3,018 theaters, while The King’s Speech neared a dazzling domestic cume of $60 million for a victorious Weinstein Co. Read more
Movie Review: No Strings Attached
January 21, 2011
Can men an women be sex buddies without romantic attachment getting in the way? Of course not — this is America! Or so, at least, teaches No Strings Attached, a hedging, conservative romantic comedy directed with generational bafflement by Ghostbusters’ Ivan Reitman. The movie continues the long tradition of Hollywood rom-coms, from When Harry Met Sally… to Knocked Up, that bait with amusing, naughty sex and then switch to reassuring romantic commitment. Read more
New Movies in Theaters January 21, 2011
January 21, 2011
No Strings Attached
Release Date: January 21, 2011
Genre: Comedy, Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Ivan Reitman
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Meriwether
Movie Website: NoStringsAttachedmovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Cary Elwes, Kevin Kline, Greta Gerwig, Ophelia Lovibond, Ben Lawson, Chris Bridges, Olivia Thirlby, Jake M. Johnson, Lake Bell, Guy Branum Read more
