Continuing its record-breaking run, Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” has surpassed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, becoming the first in the series — and just the ninth film in cinema history — to reach that benchmark. The announceme[...]
Archive for August, 2011
Five All-New Clips from ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Planet of the Apes has been around for a while, starting with the 1963 French novel “La Planète des singes.” After the success of the “Planet of the Apes” film in 1968, it was apparent that 20th Century Fox had a potential franchise in the making. After four [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Red State’
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Kevin Smith wrote “Red State” around the same time he penned “Zack & Miri Make a Porno.” Let that ruminate for a second. The two films couldn’t be any more different than each other. “Zack & Miri” was a feel-good film about two friends wh[...]
Photos, Videos Show Bane in The Dark Knight Rises
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — The production of next year’s biggest and most-anticipated movie, “The Dark Knight Rises” has begun production in Pittsburgh and, of course, as usual there are people that are able to capture photos and footage of the shooting. The pictures show[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Red Tails’
— by CHERRY BELL DAMASCO-FARRINGTON — The world is in turmoil — on land, on sea and in the air. Soldiers are fighting for their lives and for their families back home. And some are fighting for their rights, not only as individuals but as soldiers who have signed up to prove that t[...]
‘Scarface’ Returning to Theaters for One Night Only
Blasting onto the silver screen with the intensity of its original release nearly 30 years ago, the pop culture phenomenon “Scarface,” starring Al Pacino and directed by Brian De Palma, will return to movie theaters in a one-night event Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m. local time. Presented by NCM F[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Drive’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Another film to get some attention at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego was Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Drive,” which stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks and more. “Drive” is the story of a Holly[...]