Rebecca's Hollywood Movies Blog February 2006 Archive

Who should win the Best Actor and Best Actress honors for outstanding performances in 2005? I can't see into the future but gauging by the way this award season has ... Read More

Tyler Perry and Lionsgate have to be ecstatic. Perry's "Madea's Family Reunion" was released in 2,194 locations and brought in an incredible $30+ million during its opening weekend. "Reunion" ... Read More

"Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion" - The Story: The film is based on Perry's successful stage show and features Perry's Madea having to deal with a rebellious runaway and family ... Read More

"Running Scared" is an unapologetic in-your-face thriller that's sure to take those who are expecting a typical Paul Walker movie by surprise. Rated R with good reason, "Running Scared" is ... Read More

This year's Oscars lack the star appeal of the typical Academy Award telecasts, which were steadily losing viewers over the years anyway. With only one major film ("Munich") nominated ... Read More

The gritty, hyper-violent action drama "Running Scared" is writer/director Wayne Kramer's second feature film. His first, "The Cooler," garnered critical acclaim and earned Alec Baldwin a Best Supporting Actor Oscar ... Read More

If you think you've seen all Paul Walker has to offer, think again. Playing a low-level mobster in "Running Scared," Walker gives a performance unlike anything he's done before. Walker's ... Read More

"Date Movie" is one of those movies made with a 'damn-the-critics, full-speed-ahead' attitude – and that's fine. Not all movies are made to please the people who watch them for ... Read More

After months of speculation with every gorgeous actress in Hollywood rumored to be in the running, Columbia Pictures announced they've found the next Bond Girl. Eva Green will star as ... Read More

Comic book convention veteran Bryan Singer welcomed the star of "Superman Returns" onto the stage at the 2006 WonderCon in San Francisco where he was greeted with enthusiastic applause from ... Read More

I wanted to like "Mission Impossible 2" but couldn't. I thought the movie was just too silly with any semblance of a story sacrificed for out of this world stunts. ... Read More

Based on the novel by Richard Price, "Freedomland" is a gritty drama which stars Samuel L Jackson as a police detective assigned to help a frantic mother (played by Julianne ... Read More

Northern California's largest comic book convention - WonderCon - took place Feb 10-12th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Now in its 20th year, the event featured a wide ... Read More

"Firewall" tries a couple of new tricks and relies heavily on the use of modern technology to build up the suspense but ultimately this lackluster effort starring a very dour ... Read More

Beyonce Knowles stars as international pop star Xania in "The Pink Panther," a new story about bumbling detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau starring Steve Martin, Jean Reno, and Emily Mortimer. This ... Read More

Harrison Ford plays Jack Stanfield, a bank computer security specialist who is the central figure in a plot to steal millions in Warner Bros' "Firewall," a thriller co-starring Paul Bettany ... Read More

Steve Martin takes over the role made famous by the late Peter Sellers in "The Pink Panther," a new comedy about the antics of the world's worst detective. (Photo: © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ... Read More

H.A and Margret Rey's classic story of an adventurous monkey comes to life on the big screen in "Curious George," the animated family film from Universal Pictures and Imagine ... Read More

As hard as it is to believe, Curious George - the adorable monkey who loves to go on adventures - has been around for 65 years. Even more difficult to ... Read More

Exactly who are the members of the Academy that are always mentioned in Oscar® acceptance speeches and why do they get to decide which films are nominated and which actors ... Read More

The pitfalls and positive aspects of interracial relationships are addressed with style, wit and humor in "Something New," a romantic comedy from first time feature film director Sanaa Hamri and ... Read More