MTV has unveiled a promotional trailer for the crime drama The Son of No One [SONON] which premieres this week at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Collaborating with writer-director Dito Montiel for the third time, Channing Tatum [CTATU] plays a young cop assigned to a precinct in the neighborhood where he grew up. However, a dark secret from the past soon threatens to destroy his career and his family. The film boasts a star-studded cast that should attract prospective buyers.
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The official full theatrical trailer for the horror sequel Scream 4 [SCRM4] has been revealed on Apple. The meta-horror franchise where its characters are aware of other horror films and their cliche conventions is taking it one step further. The ghostface killer in the fourth film is now referencing the movie-within-the-movie Stab which itself was based on the events of the original Scream. Who knows, maybe Scream 4 will even become self-aware and break the fourth wall. At least it's...
Hot on the heels of winning a Golden Globe for her performance in the unconventional thriller Black Swan, Natalie Portman [NPORT] stars in the conventional romantic comedy No Strings Attached [NSATA] opposite Ashton Kutcher [AKUTC]. The R-rated film examines whether a man and a woman can have a sex-only relationship and still stay friends. Paramount opens the film ahead of Sony’s Friends with Benefits [FWBFT], which has a similar premise not to mention its original title. As the widest...
Warner Bros. has unleashed the second, full trailer for the fantasy romance Red Riding Hood [GWRRH] on Apple. The Brothers Grimm fairy tale has been reimagined with Amanda Seyfried [ASEYF] in the title role as a Twilight wannabe set in medieval times. If you're not a targeted tween girl, then the best thing about the film may be Gary Oldman [GOLDM] chewing up the scene as a famed werewolf hunter/priest.
MTV has debuted the official trailer for the 1980s-set teen drama Skateland [SKTLN]. Shiloh Fernandez [SFERN] and Ashley Greene [AGREE] star as friends faced with family problems and uncertain futures in a small town in Texas. Freestyle will release the indie film on March 25th.
Proving the detractors who had long doubted the film production wrong, The Green Hornet [GHRNT] topped the weekend box office with an estimated $40 million over the 4-day holiday weekend. Seth Rogen [SROGE] showed he could play a masked crime fighter and draw the moviegoing audience. Nearly 70% of its weekend haul came from 3D screens which includes IMAX.
The Dilemma [DILEM] finished far behind in second place at $21.1 million over the MLK Jr. holiday weekend. Comedy fans of Vince Vaughn...
What began in development as a prequel set before 1979's Alien has evolved into Prometheus [PROME], a spin-off film set in the same sci-fi universe. Fox has announced a release date of March 9, 2012 for the film directed by Ridley Scott [RSCOT]. Noomi Rapace [NRAPA] will star in the lead role of Elizabeth Shaw, one crew member of the spaceship, persumably called Prometheus, that will encounter a new monstrous creature. The new alien being is likely to be of the same race as the one who...
The long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend brings two new buddy movies to the multiplex. After a long torturous development and production process, The Green Hornet [GHRNT] finally arrives with Seth Rogen [SROGE] as the titled crime fighter and Jay Chou [JCHOU] as his partner Kato, who does most of the actual fighting. The PG-13 rated action comedy has overcome its initial bad buzz and has been tracking favorably with its target audience of males, young and old. Opening in 3584...
Sony Pictures has released the first official shot at Andrew Garfied [AGARF] in costume as the new Spider-Man [SPID4].
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Sony has uploaded the first teaser for the insiprational drama Soul Surfer [SOSRF] based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton, played by AnnaSophia Robb [AROBB], who lost an arm to a shark attack. Interestingly, the shark is nowhere to be seen or heard in the trailer which plays off more like a music video. It's a wise marketing strategy as moviegoers have been shown to be squeamish with the similar themed 127 Hours.
