Steven Soderbergh has been ready to discuss his new film Che before he even began production on the highly controversial story. The maverick director knows that people have their knives out to see what is and isn’t included in the biography of revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Questions of his motives or any kind of political agenda have been haunting Soderbergh since the film’s Cannes debut but he seems confident in letting the film speak for itself. Best known for his Hollywood blockbusters like the...
Read moreThanks to the surprisingly high level of success that the likes of Gran Torino, Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Taken were able to reach, January turned out to be an incredibly strong month at the box office. The total box office haul from January 1 to January 31 (apparently we didn't get the memo that February 1 is now part of January) reached $1.014 billion. That's a particularly impressive haul considering that 2008 was able to gross approximately $835 million during the same period of time.
Read moreThe Super Bowl is a prime opportunity to launch a strong marketing blitz for some of this year's most anticipated films. Here's a list of which new movies received some exposure during the biggest sporting event of the year. . Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Distributor: DreamWorks SKG Release Date: June 26 A solid little teaser. It'll get the word out for sure. So far it's the film with the latest release date to have placed an ad. Race to Witch Mountain Distributor: Disney
Read moreThe gross that Taken is on pace to reach this weekend will place the action flick on the higher end of recent Super Bowl weekend grosses. In 2008, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour represented the perfect bit of counterprogramming considering it brought in a whopping $31 million. Looking back to 2007, The Messengers, a horror flick that starred Twilight 's Kristen Stewart and Dylan McDermott, was able to claim the top spot with $14.7 million. Because I Said So, a romantic comedy with Mandy Moore and Diane Keaton, finished in a close second with $13.1 million.
Read moreYou play an evil alien -- what does it take to be truly evil? Megalomania helps. How do you express that in a character’s voice? I think these characters love to hear the sound of their own voice – that’s a starting point. How did you put that into action as Gallaxhar? I don’t know, I just played around. When I started the process, the voice was goofier and more comic. And then we realized over the sessions and as they were putting the character together that he needed to be a really evil villain – he really needed to be a worthy adversary and be kind of actually scary.
Read moreOkay, I promise this is the last time. But speaking, as we were yesterday and the day before, of semi-ridiculous phallic movie single entendres: Constant reader Kurt B , in comments, noted an odd similarity between the plot point in Wednesday's movie in question, the 1947 Columbia cliffhanger Brick Bradford, and a certain defense program beloved of a certain former president with a Hollywood background. "Hmm. [In the serial], Dr. Tymak's Interceptor Ray sounds suspiciously similar to Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative plan (a/k/a Star Wars). Was Reagan at Columbia in 1947?" Uh no, Kurt, but therein lies a tale.
Read moreWhen the Oscar nominations were announced last Thursday morning they instantly set off a chain reaction across not only Hollywood, but the entire country. Suddenly, a group of films and specific artistic accomplishments went from having a lot of buzz to being a part of history. Agents began to drool when thinking about how much the asking prices for their nominated clients would increase. Housewives in Indiana suddenly felt the desire to see a film about fate that stars no recognizable Hollywood actors. The result, in the end, is more money in the bank.
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