Jon Hamm, Melissa McCarthy To Star In Judd Apatow, Paul Feig Comedy?
June 16, 2011
Nearly immediately after the smash hit success of the Kristen Wiig-tastic comedy, “Bridesmaids,” director Paul Feig and producer Judd Apatow got the green light from Universal to go and make another film. Talk has been squarely aimed at a “Bridesmaids” sequel, and that may happen, but word is that there’s another film, starring scene-stealing “Bridesmaids” supporting actors, that is in the works, too. Read more
Sacha Baron Cohen As ‘The Dictator’
June 10, 2011
Via The Huffington Post, here is the first image of Sacha Baron Cohen in his Saddam Hussein-inspired costume for his new film, “The Dictator.” About a Hussein-like dictator who gets secretly replaced by a lookalike goat herder and now must find new meaning in a life in New York City, the film is inspired by “Zabibah and the King,” a book about a benevolent dictator that was revealed to be written by Hussein himself. Read more
Movie Review: Super 8
June 10, 2011
Loving, Playful, and spectacularly well made, Super 8 is easily the best summer movie of the year — of many years. And I make that declaration with full knowledge that the season has just begun. It’s been eons since a movie has conjured up such intense, specific feelings, images, memories, and nostalgic fantasies about American summertime youth — everyone’s American summertime youth, regardless of current age, nationality, sex, or climate. It’s been ages since adolescent innocence, fatherly authority, and everyday awe were in movie vogue. Read more
New Movies in Theaters June 10, 2011
June 10, 2011
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Genre: Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Studio: Relativity Media
Director: John Schultz
Screenwriter: Kathy Waugh, Megan McDonald
Movie Website: JudyMoodymovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham, Parris Mosteller Read more
Reese Witherspoon To Crash Bachelor Party In ‘Who Invited Her?’
June 8, 2011
Between the success of Bridesmaids and the even bigger box office success of The Hangover Part II, it’s obvious that movie executives everywhere are scrambling to come up with something, anything, wedding-themed to turn into a new comedy. Now producer Reese Witherspoon (yes, producer) may have gotten the jump on everybody. According to Variety, Witherspoon will produce and possibly star in Who Invited Her?, a comedy about a woman who insists on tagging along on a bachelor party. Read more
X-Men: First Class tops weekend box office
June 6, 2011
“X-Men: First Class,” a prequel that drops the franchise’s mutants into the Cuban Missile Crisis, deputed atop the North American box office with $56 million.
The well-received fifth installment, starring James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, shines light on the beginning of the X-Men saga and a “secret history” of the Cold War. Read more
Mr. Popper’s Penguins Trailer
June 1, 2011
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Genre: Comedy, Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Mark Waters
Screenwriter: Sean Anders, John Morris
Movie Website: PoppersPenguins.com
Actors/Actresses: Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Ophelia Lovibond, Philip Baker Hall, Andrew Stewart-Jones, James Tupper, Clark Gregg, David Krumholtz, Angela Lansbury Read more
Green Lantern Trailer
June 1, 2011
Green Lantern
Release Date: June 17, 2011 (3D/2D theaters)
Genre: Action, Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Martin Campbell
Screenwriter: Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim, Michael Goldenberg
Movie Website: GreenLantern.com
Actors/Actresses: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett, Tim Robbins, Temuera Morrison, Jay O. Sanders, Taika Waititi, Jon Tenney, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Clarke Duncan Read more
