— by ALEXA MILAN — Zac Efron has worked steadily since his days starring in a certain mega-successful Disney franchise. But despite gravitating toward more serious roles in movies like “Me and Orson Welles” and “Charlie St. Cloud,” he’s still best known as t[...]
Posts Tagged ‘John Cusack’
Nine Clips from The Raven
— by ADAM POYNTER — In the new gritty thriller “The Raven,” director James McTeigue (“V for Vendetta”) brings Edgar Allan Poe to life in a way never seen before. Relativity Media has released nine clips –over nine minutes of footage total — from the fi[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Raven’
— by KATHLEEN COLLINS — If you have ever read any of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, you know being part of one of his stories would not be a fun experience. In “The Raven,” a serial killer in Baltimore is using Poe’s works as the basis for a string of brutal murders. To [&he[...]
The Top 5 most dateable male movie characters
— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — It’s not hard to be perfect in a movie. Characters don’t have to snore, chew to loudly, be a neat freak, be so unorganized it’s dysfunctional, etc. If a movie calls for a romantic male lead then gosh darnit there had better be nothing unattractive about [...]
How It Should Have Ended: 2012
The comedic savants at HISHE (How It Should Have Ended) have set their sights on the John Cusack disaster movie “2012” and come up with a hilarious take on how the movie … well … should have ended.[...]
Five Clips from ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’
— by ALEXA MILAN — What do you get after a night of heavy drinking in a hot tub? In the world of “Hot Tub Time Machine,” it’s a trip back to 1986. In this comedy from “Accepted” director Steve Pink, four friends are tired of dealing with their underwhelming lives[...]
Under Review: ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’
— by RACHEL COYNE — I was lucky to be able to attend an advanced screening of “Hot Tub Time Machine,” and a studio rep informed us that the movie we were about to see was not the final cut, so it’s a bit unfair for me to review it already. Anyway, here’s my review[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’
— by SEAN GERSKI — Not unlike many people of my generation, John Cusack has always been one of my favorite actors, but it has been quite some time since he has done a movie that I can truly be excited about. Now, with next year’s “Hot Tub Time Machine,” Cusack is[...]
Under Review: 2012
— by JOEL CRARY — Movies like “2012” make me miss Charlton Heston. That’s what this movie needs: a square-jawed, histrionic, tough son of a bitch with crazy mannerisms to lead everyone to safety. Instead, we get John Cusack playing a kind of wimpy divorcee and[...]
2012 VFX: Vegas in Ruins & L.A. Earthquake
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — Disaster movies never left. Let’s think about it. From natural disasters to man-made disasters, they have been around in some way, shape, or form since as early as the 1920s. Either as a TV movie or in movie theaters, they have been attempting to capture[...]
Harrelson Explains 2012 Prophecy in Clip
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Ronald Emmerich new film, “2012,” is another installment in his series of apocalyptic films. In this clip, Woody Harrelson, who also starred in the successful “Zombieland” earlier this year, is a theorist who explains to John Cusack’s character about[...]
An Exciting Clip from 2012
— by KATHLEEN COLLINS — “2012” is described by the studio as “an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.” Based on this clip, the movie looks like something I want to see. There is [...]
2012 Ad Block Going Up Everywhere
The marketers of “2012” are going all out to advertise the upcoming movie, as shown in this press release from Columbia Pictures: The countdown to “2012,” the highly-anticipated film from director Roland Emmerich, begins Oct. 1 with the largest broadcast, cable, online and[...]