This weekend couples will get a chance to renew their love in the tropical getaway called Couples Retreat [CPLRT]. The cast of Vince Vaughn [VVAUG], Malin Akerman [MAKER], Jason Bateman [JBATE], Kristen Bell [KBELL], Jean Reno [JRENO] and Kristin Davis [KDAVI] hope to make Couples Retreat one of Fall’s major comedies. As the only wide release the film doesn’t have much competition and is keen to take number one.
A different sort of romance is featured in An Education [EDUCT], a...
If we survey people for an actor who is least like Arnold Schwarzeenegger, Adrien Brody [ABROD] would surely be near the top of that list. Nevertheless, the Oscar-winning Best Actor for The Pianist has decided to play action hero in the franchise reboot Predators [PRED3]. Brody will star as the leader of a group of elite mercenaries who are being hunted by the alien hunters. Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Walt Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, and Louiz Ozawa...
Playing zombies for laughs rather than frights paid off handsomely as Zombieland [ZMBLN] topped the weekend box office with an estimated $25 million. Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone starred in the Sony release which put a character-driven comedic spin on the horror genre.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs [CWCMB] dropped $16.7 million to finish second after two weeks at number one. The Sony animated film let up just 33% despite losing some 3D screens to...
Apple has release the first trailer for The Crazies [CRAZI], yet another horror remake about zombies, infected people turned into rabid killers. The trailer started off well enough setting up a small rural town where Tim Olyphant [OLYPH] is the sheriff and Radha Mitchell [RMITC] is his wife. When the townsfolk start acting strangely violent, all hell breaks loose typical of the genre. But then the trailer takes a strange turn and cues up Gary Jules' "Mad World" as made famous by Donnie...
Comcast has uploaded a five minutes scene from the disaster film 2012 [2012S]. John Cusack [JOHNC] and family drive through the the worst day in Los Angeles ever.
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The orriginal Friday the 13th series took three films before it utilized the 3D gimmick, but the rebooted franchise will go 3D with its second film, Friday the 13th Part 2 [FRI12]. As The Final Destination demonstrated over Halloween II, 3D can make the difference in bringing fans back to a horror sequel. Warner Bros. has set the release date for Friday the 13th Part 2 on, what else, Friday the 13th of August, 2010.
1982's Friday the 13th Part III is often considered the best in the...
After dropping his moniker "The Rock", Dwayne Johnson [TROCK] has gone away from his start in action films towards making more family films. If you thought The Game Plan was bad, you don't even want to watch the trailer to Tooth Fairy [TOFRY]. A grown man like Johnson should not sport tights and fairy wings, ever. Kids might find it funny, but I just find it sad that he needs the paycheck that bad. I wantmy old "The Rock" back.
Zombie horror films get the comedy treatment with Zombieland [ZMBLN]. While Shaun of the Dead may have been first, Zombieland should appeal to a wider audience. Woody Harrelson [WHARR], Jesse Eisenberg [JEISE], Emma Stone [ESTON] and Abigail Breslin [ABRES] star as human survivors who go about exterminating zombies in various R-rated fashion. Sony has built up buzz with its trailers, which should translate into an opening about $21 million from 3036 locations.
Cloudy with a Chance of...
Many (including yours truly) have mocked schlubby comedian Seth Rogen [SROGE] for even thinking about playing a masked action hero in The Gree Hornet [GHRNT]. However, he began to surround himself with talent like director Michele Gondry [MGOND], Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou as Kato and and Inglourious Basterds scene-stealer Christoph Waltz as the villain. Can Rogen pull off the role and deliver a hit movie afterall?
Splash News has the first good look at the two leads in costume as well...
Emily Blunt [EBLUN] first made her mark as the frazzled assistant Emily in the contemporary fashion piece The Devil Wears Prada. The British actress now stars in another costume drama, one of an older era as The Young Victoria [YVICT]. Victoria became Queen of the United Kingdom at the age of 18 and went on to reign for 63 years and 7 months, the longest of any British monarch. The period biopic chronicles the court intrigue during her early years as well as her romance with Prince...
