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Rebecca's Hollywood Movies Blog February 2008 Archive

By Rebecca Murray, About.com Guide to Hollywood Movies since 2001

Penelope Movie Review

Friday February 29, 2008
Ready for a different sort of fairy tale? Looking for something a little off the beaten path? If so, Penelope’s just what you’ve been waiting for. Written by Leslie Caveny ... Read More

One on One with Iron Man Director Jon Favreau

Thursday February 28, 2008
Iron Man director Jon Favreau showed off a never-before-screened batch of clips from Iron Man to the 2008 Wonder Con crowd and, of course, they went absolutely crazy. The film ... Read More

Interviews with the X-Files Cast, Director and Writer

Wednesday February 27, 2008
The plot's still being kept a secret - as is the title - but that didn't stop X-Files stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as well as writer Frank Spotnitz ... Read More

Will Ferrell Suits Up for Semi-Pro

Tuesday February 26, 2008
Will Ferrell hits the hardcourt as Jackie Moon, owner of the ABA team the Flint Michigan Tropics, in the New Line Cinema comedy Semi-Pro. Ferrell’s no stranger to stripping down ... Read More

No Country Wins Big at the Oscars

Monday February 25, 2008
Jon Stewart hosted the 80th Annual Academy Awards (his second year in a row) and started off the night mixing jokes about the writers strike, politics, and, of course, the ... Read More

Juno Feels the Love at the Independent Spirit Awards

Saturday February 23, 2008
Juno was the big winner at the 2008 Film Independent's Spirit Awards held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. The annual Spirit Awards ceremony isn't your typical ... Read More

Vantage Point Movie Review

Friday February 22, 2008
Vantage Point could quite possibly turn out to be one of the most disappointing films of 2008. Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox and Oscar-winners Forest Whitaker and William Hurt…that’s a strong ... Read More

Behind the Scenes of Charlie Bartlett

Thursday February 21, 2008
Anton Yelchin (who’ll next be seen as Pavel Chekov in J.J Abram’s Star Trek), first-time director Jon Poll, and producer Jay Roach proved to be a formidable tag team at ... Read More

Dennis Quaid Gets Into the Action in Vantage Point

Wednesday February 20, 2008
The cast of Vantage Point worked with Ron Blecker, a decorated US Army veteran who now devotes his time to helping actors and filmmakers, in order to prepare to play ... Read More

Matthew Fox Talks About Vantage Point

Tuesday February 19, 2008
Lost star Matthew Fox plays Secret Service Agent Kent Taylor in the action drama Vantage Point co-starring Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, and William Hurt. Unfortunately, Secret Service agents are ... Read More

Jack Black Remakes Movie History in Be Kind Rewind

Monday February 18, 2008
Jack Black stars as Jerry, an accident prone mechanic who gets caught in an electromagnetic field, in the New Line Cinema comedy Be Kind Rewind. Wandering the aisles of the ... Read More

Rachel Weisz Gets Funny in Definitely, Maybe

Friday February 15, 2008
Oscar-winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) plays an ambitious journalist in Universal Pictures’ romantic comedy Definitely, Maybe, a date movie that hit theaters – appropriately enough – on Valentine’s Day. ... Read More

Jumper Movie Review

Thursday February 14, 2008
America’s litigious society has now made it so that you can’t get coffee from a fast food chain without drinking it out of a cup warning you its contents may ... Read More

Step Up Sequel Features a New Batch of Dancers

Wednesday February 13, 2008
Step Up 2 the Streets star Briana Evigan has basically been preparing for her role as 'Andie' in this movie for the last 10 years. Evigan began her dance training ... Read More

La Vie en Rose Wins Big at the BAFTA Awards

Tuesday February 12, 2008
Atonement went into the 2008 BAFTA Awards with the most nominations (the period drama earned 14) but it was La Vie en Rose that wound up winning over the British ... Read More

Ryan Reynolds and Isla Fisher Definitely Talk About Definitely, Maybe

Monday February 11, 2008
Off screen, Ryan Reynolds (Smokin' Aces) and Isla Fisher (The Wedding Crashers) are the perfect tag team when it comes to answering questions about their romantic comedy, Definitely, Maybe. ... Read More

Colin Farrell Travels to In Bruges

Friday February 8, 2008
Colin Farrell says the script for In Bruges was the best he’d ever read. That’s high praise coming from a man who worked his way onto the A-list over the ... Read More

Heath Ledger's Death Ruled an Accidental Overdose

Thursday February 7, 2008
Heath Ledger's death was the result of an accidental overdose according to the New York City medical examiner. Heath Ledger was discovered dead in a Manhattan apartment on January 22, ... Read More

Matthew McConaughey Goes Treasure Hunting in Fool's Gold

Wednesday February 6, 2008
Matthew McConaughey's definitely not a stranger to romantic comedies. The genre has earned him millions of fans over the past 15 years and now McConaughey returns to the warm and ... Read More

Martin Lawrence Stars in Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Tuesday February 5, 2008
Martin Lawrence stars as RJ Stevens, a popular TV talk show host who lives by a philosophy he’s dubbed ‘Team of Me’ in the Universal Pictures comedy Welcome Home Roscoe ... Read More

Behind the Scenes of Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show

Monday February 4, 2008
Vince Vaughn, four comedians, a handful of Vaughn’s actor buddies (including Justin Long and Jon Favreau), and a batch of producers and behind-the-scenes personnel traveled across the country performing 30 ... Read More

Over Her Dead Body Movie Review

Sunday February 3, 2008
A bride killed by an angel made of ice on her wedding day returns to haunt the psychic interested in her would-be hubby in Over Her Dead Body starring Eva ... Read More

Brendan Fraser on The Air I Breathe

Friday February 1, 2008
Brendan Fraser may be most recognizable to moviegoers for his starring roles in big-budget films including The Mummy franchise. But for every Mummy, there’s a Crash. For every Looney Tunes, ... Read More

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