Director/actor/producer Kelsey Grammer will host the 65th Annual DGA Awards on Feb. 2, 2013. in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. Grammer, who starred for two seasons on the critically acclaimed “Boss,” became a DGA member in 1996 and was himself nominated for a[...]
Archive for December, 2012
Review: This Is Not a Film
— by BEV QUESTAD — He eats jam and toast while sitting in his gorgeous Tehran apartment awaiting the results of his appeal. A camera is strategically stationed to record his life, including his phone calls, his latest movie idea and the huge but playful iguana that crawls up to his neck [...]
Warm Bodies: The First Four Minutes
— by CHERRY BELL — If you are still on the fence about whether to head to a movie theater Feb. 1 to see “Warm Bodies,” Summit Entertainment has released the first four minutes of the film to help you decide. There are many scenes and voice-overs that we’ve seen already from the ini[...]
Safe Haven: Trailer
— by CHERRY BELL — An affirming and suspenseful story about a young woman’s struggle to love again, “Safe Haven” is based on the novel of the same name from Nicholas Sparks, the best-selling author behind the hit films “The Notebook” and “Dear John.” The film’s director i[...]
World War Z: Official Trailer
— by CHERRY BELL — Based on the novel of the same name written by Max Brooks, “World War Z” is a post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Marc Forster. The film stars Brad Pitt as a United Nations worker named Gerry Lane who is charged with scouring the world for information that can[...]
Josh Hutcherson Headed for Paradise Lost
— by CHERRY BELL — The young stars of “The Hunger Games” are not having any trouble finding work these days it seems. Deadline is reporting that Josh Hutcherson is negotiating to star with Benicio del Toro in “Paradise Lost,” a drama about notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. Th[...]
Review: Django Unchained
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Slavery was one of America’s egregious sins. The topic of slavery — a wound which has yet to heal entirely — is a sensitive one. Subsequently, it came of little surprise when controversy swirled around Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti western “Dja[...]
Review: Les Misérables
— by BEV QUESTAD — During the first 90 minutes, I was embarrassed. I couldn’t figure out what was happening in France at the turn of the 19th century, I couldn’t understand all the British accents and I found the music a little boring (oh no!). I was also having trouble figuring out [...]
The Great Gatsby: Trailer No. 2
— by ADAM POYNTER — Next year will be filled with movies that already have major buzz, from comic book sequels in “Iron Man 3” and “Thor: The Dark World,” to a trip back to OZ and many original movies like M. Night Shyamalan’s “After Earth,” “Gangster Squad” and Guiller[...]
Review: Anna Karenina
— by BEV QUESTAD — Part dance-musical, part Monty Python farce, part Shakespearean rendition on the “All the world’s a stage” theme, part melodrama and then a dollop of realistic tragedy makes “Anna Karenina” one ambitious experiment in art. But would Leo Tolstoy like it? With [...]
Review: Jack Reacher
— by ADAM DALE — While Tom Cruise has been a staple in the action genre for years, the aging star recently seemed to be slowing down his involvement in high intensity physical roles. However, if last year’s hit “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” proved anything, it’s that the 5[...]
Q&A: Joss Whedon
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Tuesday night, Jeff Goldsmith of Backstory Magazine hosted a special screening of “The Avengers” with Joss Whedon at the DGA theater. During the Q&A session that followed the film, Whedon responded to questions about not only the hit superhero flick, but[...]
G.I. Joe: Retaliation: Third Trailer
— by ADAM POYNTER — Audiences were less than thrilled when “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” was pulled from its June 29 release date of this year and sent to March 29, 2013. The reason the studio gave was that they decided to convert the film into 3D to help in the overseas market, but indust[...]
First Hobbit Film Smashes Box Office Records
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” soared to the top of the global box office in a record-breaking opening, dominating the weekend with an estimated $84.775 million domestically and $138.2 million internationally, for a worldwide estimated total of $223 million, including a record-break[...]