Rebecca's Hollywood Movies Blog January 2007 Archive

Mandy Moore plays the youngest of three daughters who have to put up with an annoying, overbearing mom (Diane Keaton) in the comedy movie Because I Said So. Moore's the ... Read More

Helen Mirren had just found out she’d earned an Oscar nomination for her role in The Queen when the online press visited the set of Inkheart. In response to the ... Read More

Leonardo DiCaprio earned three nominations from his peers for the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards but went home without a single trophy. Meanwhile his fellow nominees in multiple categories ... Read More

Writer/director Joe Carnahan (Narc) loaded the cast of his dark comedy/action film Smokin' Aces with an interesting mix of big screen veterans (including Ray Liotta, Andy Garcia, Jeremy Piven, Peter ... Read More

Blood and Chocolate is set in modern day Bucharest and follows 19-year-old Vivian (Agnes Bruckner), a young woman with an interesting secret: she's a werewolf. Vivian's already complicated life becomes ... Read More

After taking a break from films to relax with her daughter, Violet, Jennifer Garner’s back in the public eye with Catch and Release. Although a fan of action movies, Garner ... Read More

I don't believe it would have been possible to cram one more actor into the cast of Smokin' Aces, a violent, twisted drama from writer/director Joe Carnahan. Carnahan's cast ... Read More

Salma Hayek joined Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis to read off the nominees for 79th Academy Awards and she couldn't contain herself when Penelope Cruz' ... Read More

In the action drama Seraphim Falls, America's Civil War has ended but that doesn't mean every man who fought in it is ready to put down his weapons and forgive ... Read More

Alicia Keys and Common transition from the world of music to acting in the dark action comedy, Smokin' Aces. Written and directed by Joe Carnahan (Narc), Smokin Aces features Alicia ... Read More

Sylvester Stallone is revisiting two characters who've played important roles in helping to build up his acting resume. Stallone recently stepped back into the ring for Rocky Balboa (which was ... Read More

Zachary Knighton is a big fan of the 1986 The Hitcher and of old school horror films in general. That said, Knighton doesn't view the 2007 The Hitcher as a ... Read More

Is it just me or was this year's Golden Globes ceremony one of the most boring award shows in recent years? An hour and a half into the broadcast I ... Read More

The cast of The Hitcher joined their director Dave Meyers and producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form for a press conference to discuss the remake of the 1986 horror film. ... Read More

Can you name one member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association or explain what the organization's about or why it exists? Are you familiar with the work of Ali Sar, ... Read More

On paper, 2007 looks to be one of the best years for movie fans who love big-budget, action-packed extravaganzas, or those who love sequels. 2007 includes more than its fair ... Read More

One Tree Hill star Sophia Bush spent her hiatus from the show working on The Hitcher, a remake of the 1986 horror film which starred Rutger Hauer. In this new ... Read More

The crowd lined up around the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood went bonkers when pop star-turned-actor Justin Timberlake showed up for the Hollywood Premiere of Alpha Dog. In the film, a ... Read More

Ben Foster is known for taking on challenging roles and playing characters with a bit of an edge to them. Foster's starring turn in Alpha Dog is especially representative of ... Read More

When just a few minutes worth of footage of 300 was shown at the 2006 San Diego Comic Con, the film quickly became one of the most talked about upcoming ... Read More

The field of potential Oscar nominees is narrowing down as both the Screen Actors Guild and the Producers Guild of America announced their lists of nominees representing the best of ... Read More

Jennifer Hudson smoothly transitioned from American Idol to Dreamgirls and Meryl Streep helped The Devil Wears Prada buck the trend and propel that adult comedy into box office gold. But ... Read More

If you’re one of those people who stops for hitchhikers on the side of the road, you might want to rethink that behavior after seeing The Hitcher. This remake of ... Read More

Nicollette Sheridan had to juggle her Desperate Housewives schedule with filming Code Name: The Cleaner, an action comedy starring Cedric the Entertainer and Lucy Liu. The Desperate Housewives star was ... Read More