Movie Review: Crazy, Stupid, Love.

For an actor who tends to wrap his lines in tightly clipped irony, and who from certain angles resembles Rowan Atkinson’s handsome brother, Steve Carell has an unexpectedly sincere gift for playing men who have just had the hope pulled right out from under them. In the opening scene of Crazy, Stupid, Love, Cal Weaver (Carell), a fairly typical nice-guy suburbanite, dressed in rumpled Dockers and worn sneakers, learns that his wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), has been having an affair and plans to divorce him. Read more

Movie Review: The Smurfs

The Smurfs may be blue, but their movie is decidedly green, recycling discarded bits from other celluloid Happy Meals like Alvin and the Chipmunks, Garfield, and Hop into something half animated, half live action, and all careful studio calculation. Read more

Movie Review: Cowboys & Aliens

When you go into a high-powered summer sci-fi action thriller called Cowboys & Aliens, it’s a fairly safe bet that you’re going to spend two hours watching cowboys and aliens. But what you hope to see is a film that fuses those two familiar pop-movie elements into something with a tasty, original flavor — a genre mash-up that’s greater than the sum of its clichés. Read more

New Movies in Theaters July 29, 2011

Cowboys & Aliens

Release Date: July 29, 2011

Genre: Action, Thriller

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Studio: Universal Pictures

Director: Jon Favreau

Screenwriter: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby

Trailer

Movie Website: CowboysandAliensmovie.com

Actors/Actresses: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach, Paul Dano, Noah Ringer, Keith Carradine, Clancy Brown, Ana de la Reguera, Abigail Spencer Read more

Crazy, Stupid, Love Trailer

Crazy, Stupid, Love

Release Date: July 29, 2011

Genre: Comedy

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

Screenwriter: Dan Fogelman

Movie Website: CrazyStupidLovemovie.com

Actors/Actresses: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon, John Carroll Lynch, Jonah Bobo, Analeigh Tipton, Josh Groban, Liza Lapira, Joey King Read more

Cowboys & Aliens Trailer

Cowboys & Aliens

Release Date: July 29, 2011

Genre: Action, Thriller

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Studio: Universal Pictures

Director: Jon Favreau

Screenwriter: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby

Movie Website: CowboysandAliensmovie.com

Actors/Actresses: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach, Paul Dano, Noah Ringer, Keith Carradine, Clancy Brown, Ana de la Reguera, Abigail Spencer Read more

The Smurfs Trailer

The Smurfs

Release Date: July 29, 2011 (3D/2D theaters)

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family

MPAA Rating: PG

Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)

Director: Raja Gosnell

Screenwriter: J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, Jay Scherick, David Ronn

Movie Website: SmurfHappens.com

Actors/Actresses: Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara, Hank Azaria, Anton Yelchin, Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, Alan Cumming, Fred Armisen, George Lopez, Paul Reubens, John Oliver, Kenan Thompson, B.J. Novak, Jeff Foxworthy, Wolfgang Puck, Gary Basaraba, Tim Gunn Read more

Jason Bateman Cast In Stoner Comedy

Jason Bateman is on a roll.

The former Arrested Development star scored a big hit with his ensemble murder-comedy, “Horrible Bosses,” and next weekend opens what should be another big one in the Ryan Reynolds co-starring “The Change-Up.” Having covered Entertainment Weekly this summer, studios are clearly hot on the funnyman, and so it’s no surprise that he’s just landed a major leading man role. Read more

First Look: Snow White And The Huntsman Pictures

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the most unconventionally dressed Snow White of them all?

“Snow White and the Huntsman” got its time to shine at Comic-Con on Saturday, bringing its all-star cast to pitch its dark reimagining of the classic fairytale. Kristen Stewart stars as the famed princess in the film, which was likened to “Lord of the Rings” during the panel discussion. Joining her, both int he film and at the press conference, were Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen, Prince Charmant Samuel Claflin and the titular Huntsman, Chris Hemsworth. Read more

Friends With Benefits Trailer

Friends With Benefits

Release Date: July 22, 2011

Genre: Comedy, Romance

MPAA Rating: R

Studio: Screen Gems (Sony)

Director: Will Gluck

Screenwriter: Harley Peyton, Keith Merryman, David A. Newman, Will Gluck

Movie Website: fwb-movie.com

Actors/Actresses: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman, Bryan Greenberg, Richard Jenkins, Woody Harrelson Read more

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