Although general manager Billy Beane used statistical analysis to build a baseball team that was a perennial playoffs contender, his Oakland Athletics never actually won a World Series. Does the movie adaptation of the best-selling book Moneyball [MONYB] have what it takes to finish in first place? Brad Pitt [BPITT] flexes his starpower as Beane, while Jonah Hill [JHILL] plays the stat geek and Philip Seymour Hoffman [PSHOF] plays the manager of the A’s. Baseball movies have not generally...
Universal has unveiled the first trailer for the inspired by a true story drama Big Miracle [BMRCL]. When three gray whales get trapped by freezing ice in the Arctic far from the ocean, a news reporter played by John Krasinski [JKRAS] and a Greenpeace volunteer who happens to be his ex-girlfriend played by Drew Barrymore [DBARR] lead an extraordinary effort to save the whales by bringing together rival superpowers the Americans and the Soviets during the Cold War. The film was previously...
Summit has unleashed the first trailer for the thriller Man on a Ledge [MNLDG]. Sam Worthington [SWORT] stars as an ex-con who steps outside a high-rise building in New York City in order to distract the Police Department from a heist his accomplices are performing that would prove his innocence. The cast also features Elizabeth Banks [EBANK], Jamie Bell [JBELL], Kyra Sedgwick [KSEDG] and Ed Harris [EHARR].
Sony has released an extended trailer for English adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [TGRLW] starring Daniel Craig [DCFRAI] and Rooney Mara [RMARA]. At nearly four minutes, the trailer provides a better impression of the film directed by David Fincher [DFINC].
Open Road Films has revealed the teaser trailer for the thriller The Grey [TGREY], set to be their second release after Killer Elite. Liam Neeson [LNEES] leads a group of men who survived a plane crash in the remote wilderness of Alaska. Stranded in snow-covered country, they not only have to battle against the harsh and cold elements, but they must also fight off a pack of ravenous wolves. Survival tip number one, miniature liquor bottles can be turned into handy weapons.
Warner Bros. has debuted the first trailer for the biographical drama J. Edgar [HOOVR] on Apple. Directed by Clint Eastwood [CEAST], the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio [LDCAP] as the man who founded the Federal Bureau of Investigation and remained as its director until his death in 1972. By taking down the country's most infamous criminals and keeping dirty secrets on any United States citizen including Presidents, Hoover was larger than life and became arguable the most powerful man in the...
Returning to theaters after first ruling the summer of 1994, the re-release of The Liong King 3D [TLK3D] tallied an estimated $29.3 million to retake the box office crown. Families comprised two-thirds of the audience. The animated classic is likely to extend its advertised two-weeks only engagement.
Last week's champ Contagion [CONTG] stepped down to second place with $14.5 million. The viral thriller diminished a respectable 35%.
Drive [DRIVE] finished third with a $11.0 million...
Sony has unleashed the first trailer for the action thrillerPremium Rush [PRUSH]. Joseph Gordon-Levitt [JGORD] stars as a New York City bike messenger who picks up an envelope for a routine delivery that becomes a life or death chase through the streets of Manhattan. Dania Ramirez, Jamie Chung [JCHUN] and Michael Shannon [MISHA] co-star in the slick-looking film. Does Gordon-Levitt have what it takes to be the next action hero? Premium Rush arrives in January 2012.
18 years after it became the biggest traditional animated film of all times, The Lion King 3D [TLK3D] gets a re-release with an extra dimension added. Advance tickets have been brisk which indicate many parents are eager to bring their kids to experience one of their favorite movies on the big screen. A lack of competing family films should also benefit Simba and friends. The 3D re-release of Toy Story/Toy Story 2 as a double featured tallied $12.5 million in 2009. Showing in 2330...
Fox Searchlight has revealed the trailer for the comedy The Best Exotice Marigold Hotel [TBEMH] on Apple. Judi Dench [JDENC], Maggie Smith [SMTH], Tom Wilkinson [TWILK] and Bill Nighy [BNIGH] lead "a group of British retirees who decide to "outsource" their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though...
