Eoin Colfer’s 12-year old criminal genius, Artemis Fowl is being developed as a movie. The Walt Disney Studios is developing the movie version – which would adapt the series’ first two books – with Harvey Weinstein. The temptation is to say that hell has just frozen over – Weinstein and Disney parted ways acrimoniously when, […]
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This Is The Wolverine Movie You’ve Been Looking For!
The Wolverine is nothing like the previous films that featured the clawed mutant with the healing factor. That is to its benefit.
The To Do List: Girls Can Be (Awkwardly) Raunchy, Too!
In essence, The To Do List is American Pie for girls – an R-rated comedy that follows a high school valedictorian’s quest to attain sexual experience before college. The R comes from subject matter, situations and language. It doesn’t contain nudity because it doesn’t really need it – and it’s just as funny as guy-orientated […]
The Japan Film Festival of San Francisco To Present U.S. Premiere of Naruto Sippenden The Movie: The Lost Tower!
There are a lot of famous film festivals out there: Cannes, TIFF, Sundance, etc. – but for anime fans there’s the Japan Film Festival of San Francisco. The first of its kind, the JFFSF is dedicated to Japanese live-action and anime film. This year’s fest, which runs from July 27th to August 4th, features the […]
Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks–First Poster!
Two-time Academy Award®–winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks topline Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks,” inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins” made it to the screen. The teaser poster features the two familiar stars and two equally familiar silhouettes. Saving Mr. Banks premieres on December 13, 2013. The […]
Four Posters for 47 Ronin!
Universal has released four posters for Keanu Reeves’ 47 Ronin (above and after the jump). The official synopsis reads, ‘From ancient Japan’s most enduring tale, the epic 3D fantasy-adventure 47 Ronin is born. Keanu Reeves leads the cast as Kai, an outcast who joins Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada), the leader of the 47 outcast samurai. Together […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Blast Off!
Fans of the tree, the raccoon and galaxy-hopping adventure rejoice! Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy has begun production. The epic movie, directed by James Gunn (Slither, Super) with a cast that includes Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Benicio del Toro and Michael Rooker, is scheduled for an August 1, 2014 release. And I notice that there […]
Toronto International Film Festival Unveils First round of Galas and Special Presentations!
The 38th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will feature films from renowned directors around the world. The first round of titles to premiere at this year’s festival includes forty world premieres by such names as Bill Condon, Atom Egoyan, Jason Reitman, Don McKellar, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Haggis and Matthew Weiner – to name but a […]
The Screen Actors Guild To Bestow Life Achievement Award Upon Rita Moreno!
Even if – unlikely as it might seem – the name isn’t familiar, her face will recognized by many generations. Rita Moreno has won a host major awards – an Oscar®, two Emmys®, a Tony® a Grammy®, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of the Arts. Now she is being […]
R.I.P.D. – The Supernatural Men In Black!
R.I.P.D., with its monstrous dead guys and unique weaponry – not to mention its old veteran/rookie dynamic and tightly wound boss (who had a thing with the veteran years ago) – might be based on a comic from Dark Horse, but it takes a lot of its cues from the Men In Black movie series. […]
Investigative Trailer: The Fifth Estate!
That movie about WikiLeaks, The Fifth Estate, has a trailer – a rather stimulating trailer! Check it – and the official synopsis – out after the jump. The Fifth Estate stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange and David Bruhl as Daniel Domscheit-Bergwill. It opens on October 18th, 2013.