— by RON WILKINSON — Jessica Chastain has never looked better than playing high stakes poker mastermind Molly Bloom. Raised by a psychotically demanding father (Kevin Costner), Molly fails as a world class downhill skier but succeeds in organizing one of the highest-stakes poker rings in[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Kevin Costner’
Review: Hidden Figures
— by RON WILKINSON — Emerging director Theodore Melfi’s “Hidden Figures” tells a wonderful story about three unknown women who supplied powerful parts of the NASA space race puzzle. In a screenplay co-written with Allison Schroeder and based on the New York Times bestse[...]
Kevin Costner’s Big Return
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — Kevin Costner is making a fantastic comeback. He has been doing movies and small projects here and there, but he hasn’t been in the spotlight for quite some time. I personally have been a fan of his for decades, and yet, I think the last movie of his[...]
Man of Steel: Teaser (Both Versions)
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — There is no movie I am more anxiously awaiting than “Man of Steel.” I’ve said that even before watching the official teaser trailer that was just released and attached to “The Dark Knight Rises” (and embedded below for your viewing pleasure), or[...]
Superman Reboot Gets Official Title and Villain
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — After months of speculating and discussion, it’s official — the title for the upcoming Superman reboot is “Man of Steel.” And not only was the title announced, but the villain Superman will face also was confirmed. Remember all those interviews when Z[...]
Is This the Plot for the Next Superman Movie?
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — So far, the upcoming Superman reboot has a cast of four actors, but one thing we haven’t heard is what the movie’s plot will be. We know that David S. Goyer is writing the screenplay for the movie, and thanks to Movienewz, we may now know what that plot[...]
Amy Adams Cast as Lois Lane
— by SEAN GERSKI — More than a few people this weekend have asked me how “Sucker Punch” will affect Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman movie. Well, this is the first way: It was announced today that Amy Adams will play Lois Lane. “Sucker Punch” is doing poorly [...]
Kevin Costner Reaches Deal for ‘The Man of Steel’
— by SEAN GERSKI — Just the other day, I was watching “Wyatt Earp” with someone and we got to talking about Kevin Costner’s career. It’s obviously been a few years now, but there was a point where it seemed like everything he did was worth watching. From roughly[...]
Diane Lane is Martha Kent
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — As if taking a queue from “Smallville,” Diane Lane, an actress only in her mid-40s, has been cast as Martha Kent, Superman’s Earth mother. I can dig it! Lane is a wonderful actress and she is definitely admired. The only negative thing I foresee is[...]
Are Viggo Mortensen and Kevin Costner Joining Superman?
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — There hasn’t been any concrete casting news since Henry Cavill was named Superman, but it looks like the actors for two additional roles may have been revealed. THR is reporting that Viggo Mortensen (“The Lord of the Rings” movies) is the[...]
Under Review: ‘The Company Men’
— by ADAM POYNTER — The current economic state is a hot topic in the world today. I think that I can safely say that almost everyone has felt its presence either financially or mentally. Just as 2009’s “Up in the Air” showed a company’s downsizing from the corporation’s per[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The New Daughter’
— by AMANDA KOEHLER — This new Kevin Costner flick is going straight to DVD. Watch the trailer, and you’ll know why. The spouse-less John James (Costner), a writer, relocates his young kids Louisa and Sam to a new house in a small South Carolina town. Their house is surrounded by woods[...]