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On the Red Carpet - What Happens in Vegas Ashton Kutcher, Dennis Farina and Michelle Krusiec worked the red carpet at the world premiere of 20th Century Fox's What Happens in Vegas and while they didn't spill any 'Vegas' secrets, they did talk about working on the romantic comedy. Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher's co-star in What Happens in Vegas, missed most of the press opportunities leading up to the film's release (and skipped the premiere's press line) because of a devastating event in her personal life. Diaz' father recently passed away and the actress, who's normally very accessible with the media, understandably chose to avoid doing interviews while dealing with her father's death.What Happens in Vegas Coverage (Photo © Richard Chavez) New and Expanded Photo Galleries Friday May 9, 2008 | permalink | comments (0) Speed Racer Movie Review Speed Racer has the dubious distinction of being the only movie I’ve ever sat through while wishing I’d been born colorblind. An hour into Speed Racer, the phrase “What were they thinking?” was pounding around in my head, begging me to open my mouth and scream it out loud. Two hours into Speed Racer and try as I might I couldn’t come up with one act I’d committed that was so despicable I deserved to be plunged into this cinematic, eyeball melting hell as punishment. Read On...More on Speed Racer (Photo © Warner Bros Pictures) New Trailers and Videos Thursday May 8, 2008 | permalink | comments (0) Christina Ricci Discusses the Action Movie Speed Racer Christina Ricci stars as Trixie, an outgoing young woman who’s equally unafraid of dressing girlie and kicking a little butt, in the big screen version of the classic anime series Speed Racer. Trixie’s wardrobe in the movie makes a wild fashion statement and Ricci says she had a great time getting all dressed up in her Speed Racer costumes. “I enjoyed it immensely - a lot of pink, pink and red which is kind of awesome. I liked her clips and her makeup. It was really fun. It's fun to play someone who's a little bit cartoonish. They dressed me up like a doll, but then they let me go and fight people and race cars and fly a helicopter so it was fun.” Read On...(Photo © Warner Bros Pictures) New on DVD: PS I Love You  Hilary Swank doesn't usually take on comedies and it's highly unusual for the two-time Oscar winner to play the lead in a romantic comedy, but that's what she does in P.S. I Love You directed by Richard LaGravenese. Joined by some attractive eye candy - Gerard Butler, Harry Connick Jr, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Swank tries her hand at lighter fare and, for the most part, she succeeds. PS I Love You DVD ReviewMore on PS I Love You (DVD Art © Warner Home Video) Thursday May 8, 2008 | permalink | comments (0) Matthew Fox is Racer X in Speed Racer Matthew Fox (Lost) is all but hidden in a tight leather outfit and sunglasses in the action-heavy family film Speed Racer from Warner Bros Pictures. The concealing outfit is necessary as Fox tackles the role of the mysterious Racer X in the Wachowski Brothers’ take on the classic anime series. Fans of the 1960s series know the history of the leather-clad Racer X, and Fox had only to turn to two of the biggest Speed Racer fans around in order to get into character. Read On...More on Speed Racer (Photo © Warner Bros Pictures) Hitting Theaters on May 9 Exclusively on About.com - Speed Racer Premiere Coverage  Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon, and Rain worked with the red carpet at the World Premiere of Warner Bros Pictures' Speed Racer. The stars of the film endured 100+ degree temperatures to talk about the film directed by the Wachowski Brothers (who don't do press) and based on the classic anime series. Check out what the large cast of the action film had to say about this unique take on Speed Racer:Wednesday May 7, 2008 | permalink | comments (0) Emile Hirsch Talks About Speed Racer Emile Hirsch didn’t have to take part in a driving school in order to handle the role of Speed in Speed Racer, the latest action-packed adventure film from the Wachowski Brothers. All of Hirsch’s driving was done on a set in front of a green screen and so the actor was able to get by without any professional race car driver's training. “I actually didn't even get into a car the whole time I was in Europe. No, I got into a car…I just was never behind the wheel,” joked Hirsch who confessed he’s normally a very safe – and slow – driver. Hirsch admits behind the wheel he’s the polar opposite of his Speed Racer character. “I'm a very, very conservative driver.” Read On...(Photo © Warner Bros Pictures) Just Added - New Movie Posters Tuesday May 6, 2008 | permalink | comments (0) Ashton Kutcher Spills the Beans on What Happens in Vegas Two actors who are no strangers to the romantic comedy genre – Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz – team up for the very first time in What Happens in Vegas, directed by Starter for 10’s Tom Vaughan. Kutcher and Diaz play a couple of strangers who are total opposites in most respects who meet, marry, and win $3 million in Vegas all over the course of one wild night. Read On...More on What Happens in Vegas (Photo © 20th Century Fox) Box Office Report - May 2-4  The summer movie season opened with a bang as Iron Man captured $100+ million and earned a spot as the 10th biggest opener of all time. Iron Man opened to mostly favorable reviews, and fans of the comic book series who'd been salivating over the feature film seemed equally as satisfied with director Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr's work. We should be hearing news of an Iron Man 2 shortly...Top 10 Films for the Weekend Ending 05/04/08 1) Iron Man - $102,118,668 2) Made of Honor - $14,756,850 3) Baby Mama - $10,065,010 4) Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - $6,114,373 5) Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $6,059,920 6) The Forbidden Kingdom - $4,187,897 7) Nim's Island - $2,677,543 8) Prom Night - $2,403,313 9) 21 - $2,002,471 10) 88 Minutes - $1,545,084 (Photo © Paramount Pictures) Monday May 5, 2008 | permalink | comments (0) Iron Man Movie Review Robert Downey Jr delivers an incredible performance as a billionaire playboy inventor who develops a conscience in the action adventure film Iron Man directed by Jon Favreau (Zathura, Elf). While it’s not exactly a case of art imitating life, Downey and his at times troubled past seem to fit snugly within the confines of the lead character in Iron Man – weapons manufacturer Tony Stark. Clearly the first in what will be a series of Iron Man movies, this origin story sets things up nicely, and should satisfy knowledgeable Iron Man fans and those, like myself, who’ve never even seen an issue of the comic book. Read On...
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Alice Braga and Rodrigo Santoro Talk Redbelt  Alice Braga (I Am Legend) and Rodrigo Santoro (300) play brother and sister in David Mamet’s latest drama, Redbelt. Braga plays Sondra, a struggling fashion designer and wife of Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor), the owner of - and lead instructor at - a Jiu-Jitsu academy. Santoro tackles the part of a real bad dude named Bruno Silva. Bruno owns a night club but his really money comes from his unscrupulous deals as a fight promoter. Bruno’s business partners force Mike’s hands and make the highly skilled Jiu-Jitsu trainer do something he vowed never to do – step into the ring and fight for money. Read On...(Photo © Sony Pictures Classics) Thursday May 1, 2008 | permalink | comments (0) Behind the Scenes of Made of Honor Patrick Dempsey (aka ‘McDreamy’ of Grey’s Anatomy) stars as a real ladies man who avoids commitments like the plague and Michelle Monaghan play his gorgeous best friend in the romantic comedy Made of Honor. Tom (Dempsey) loves women and, of course, women love him, but he's comfortable with just being friends with Hannah (Monaghan). However when she takes off on a business trip to Scotland, Tom realizes that he really misses her. His romantic feelings for the woman he always considered just a friend start to surface but, as often happens in romantic comedies, his timing's not great. Hannah met someone special in Scotland (played by Rome star Kevin McKidd) and is ready to marry him and move overseas. Further complicating matters, she asks Tom to be her maid of honor… Read On...
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- Peter Jackson Passes the Torch (or Ring) to del Toro - Eloise Has Been Found in Australia - Lee Reunites with Longtime Collaborator James Schamus Chiwetel Ejiofor Gets Into the Action in Redbelt  Chiwetel Ejiofor (American Gangster, Kinky Boots) admits he never imagined he’d be learning the ins and outs of Jiu-Jitsu for a movie, but the prospect of being immersed in the sport was one of the main reasons he wanted to play the role of Mike Terry in David Mamet’s Redbelt. Apart from being able to work with Mamet, the idea of taking on the part of a guy who not only runs an academy but also teaches Jiu-Jitsu caught Ejiofor’s attention. Read On...(Photo © Sony Pictures Classics)
Wednesday April 30, 2008 | permalink | comments (0) Jon Favreau Interview - Iron Man Director Jon Favreau turns into a total fanboy whenever he talks about directing the summer's first big release - Iron Man. In addition to making sure the film satisfied true Iron Man fans, Favreau had to make it simple enough for even those who've never picked up an Iron Man comic to follow. He also had to watch the rating, as the studio wasn't eager for an R-rated Iron Man."You want to be entertaining for everybody," explained Favreau. "You want it to be appropriate for kids but not geared towards kids, and I think PG-13 is that good balance where you can have violence, you can have real life and death stakes, but yet it’s something I’d be comfortable bringing a 13 year old kid to. It’s tough. These type of movies you want to be good for the whole audience, for everybody, and if you skew too young you sometimes disappoint adults. And if you make it too dark and too violent or too much explicit language or sexuality to it, there are a lot of kids out there who want see this. I have a six year old who’s dying to see the movie. I don’t want anything in there that’s going to make me – as a responsible parent I’m comfortable that he’s going to be seeing something that’s not going to freak him out too much.” Read On...
(Photo © Paramount) Box Office Report - April 25-27  Universal Pictures took a big chance by opening two comedies on back-to-back weekends, but competing with Forgetting Sarah Marshall didn't hurt Baby Mama one bit. The Tina Fey-Amy Poehler comedy topped the box office charts and, according to Variety, handed Universal Pictures its first top place finish of the year. However there's no way Baby Mama will hang on to first place for more than one weekend. Iron Man kicks off the start of the summer movie season on May 2nd, with Speed Racer and What Happens in Vegas hitting theaters the following weekend.Top 10 Films for the Weekend Ending 04/27/08 1) Baby Mama - $17,407,110 2) Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - $14,908,404 3) The Forbidden Kingdom - $11,212,364 4) Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $11,028,060 5) Nim's Island - $4,548,792 6) Prom Night - $4,508,122 7) 21 - $4,018,064 8) 88 Minutes - $3,593,890 9) Horton Hears a Who! - $2,486,903 10) Deception - $2,312,146 (Photo © Universal Pictures) Tuesday April 29, 2008 | permalink | comments (0) Preview of 12 Big Summer Movies The summer of 2007 was loaded with sequels, but this year's batch of action and comedy movies - with just a few exceptions - aren't following in the paths of established franchises. The fourth Indiana Jones film is finally hitting theaters, Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale are reuniting for their second Batman movie, and the third movie in The Mummy franchise is back with a new mommy in place of Rachel Weisz. And while Get Smart isn't a sequel, it is based on a classic - and beloved - TV series, so that sort of counts as being a part of an existing franchise. But the rest of this summer's big releases are fresh scripts based on original concepts or are adaptations of bestselling comics or books. The summer of 2008 looks like a fantastic season for fans of popcorn flicks who love to escape the heat by taking refuge in a cool theater. Read On...(Photo from The Dark Knight © Warner Bros Pictures) Monday April 28, 2008 | permalink | comments (0) Display Latest Headlines | powered by WordPress |
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