Night at the Museum was an unexpected hit in 2006; so naturally, they decided to make a sequel – Battle at the Smithsonian. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the sequel is better than the original. As with the original, Battle at the Smithsonian exists, primarily, to set up a string of […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: Night at the Museum Wins the Battle to be a Good Family Movie
A few years following Larry Daley’s (Ben Stiller) first adventure as night watchman in New York City’s Museum of Natural History, Daley discovers that his friends, the exhibits which come to life, are now being shipped to the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C. Upon arrival however, Daley’s old compatriots now find themselves battling against […]
MOVIES: Cute little Bit for The Proposal
Here’s a fun little clip for the new Ryan Reynolds/Sandra Bullock movie The Proposal. Is Ryan a star because we were one of the first outlets to interview him years ago? Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds: Behind the Scenes of The Proposal from Betty White
MOVIE REVIEW: Terminator Salvation Keeps Hope in the Franchise Alive
By the year 2018, the war between man and machines will be full throttle (no McG pun intended). As the humans band together and form the resistance, one of their foremost leaders is John Connor, a man who has been fighting in this war since before he was born. This is where Terminator Salvation, the […]
MOVIE NEWS: Another Gossip Girl Gets a Movie, Chace Crawford to Star in Footloose!
Ok, the headline is a little missleading, it’s not a Gossip Girl, it’s Gossip Guy; Chase “Bangs” Crawford who plays the whiny Nathan on Gossip Girl just landed the starring role in Paramount’s Footloose. I don’t like the idea of them remaking this movie At All, but I’ll say this is decent casting assuming he […]
MOVIE NEWS: Robert Pattison Confirms Breaking Dawn is a Go!
While in Cannes on Tuesday, Robert Pattinson confirmed that there will be a fourth “Twilight” film based on the Stephenie Meyer novel, “Breaking Dawn,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.Pattinson said he is committed to starring in the final outing to date, but doesn’t know when backers Summit Entertainment will begin production because of the actor’s […]
MOVIE NEWS: Twilight: New Moon Poster Officially Released!
The Official Twilight: New Moon Poster is out.
EM EXCLUSIVE: The World Premiere of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Hollywood on the Potomac
In 2006, moviegoers around the world followed a newly recruited night security guard as he experience the American Museum of Natural History in NYC for just one night. He discovers an ancient curse that causes the museum’s exhibits to come to life and giving the guard a night he’ll never forget. Based on a 1993 […]
EM BOOK REVIEW: Being Hal Ashby, Life of a Hollywood Rebel by Scott Essman
In BEING HAL ASHBY, LIFE OF A HOLLYWOOD REBEL by Nick Dawson (Screen Classics, University Press of Kentucky; 2009), one of the classic American filmmakers is given his due both as an editor and director, in additional to being somewhat of a womanizer, dreamer, addict, and iconoclast. Dawson gives ample space in the book’s 440 […]
MOVIE NEWS: Meet the Cast of Night at the Musem: Battle of the Smithsonian, Hollywood Comes to DC!
Hollywood has come to Washington D.C., as Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, the sequel to the 2006 family hit movie debuts in the museum’s backyard. Since most of the action takes place in and around the famed exhibits surrounding the National Mall, the cast and crew decided to come promote the film […]
TRAILER PARK: Five Hot Trailers to discuss this week. Week of 5.17.09
Before I start this, let me just say Movie Studios attitudes towards the Internet is just dumb. I’m getting all of these clips from YouTube but the morons ban embedding the clips, even though right below the official trailer there’s always 20 other copies of it. How dumb is that? Here are 5 hot movie […]