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Another trailer has come out for this summer’s sequel to 2010′s “oh yeah that was a movie” RED. Bruce Willie, Helen Mirren, and John Malkovich are back as former spies who continue to kick ass in their old age. Because Hollywood is loath to ever remind us that we age and eventually can’t do certain things anymore.
They’re joined by, among others, Anthony Hopkins as a scientist who appears to specialize in wackiness and Catherine Zeta-Jones as an old flame of Bruce Willie’s. | Full Story
On the heels of announcing Adele’s musical performance in the James Bond tribute, the 85th Annual Academy Awards will also feature a tribute to musicals over the last ten years. Chicago, Dreamgirls, and, of course, Les Misérables will be featured in the segment.
“The musical as a motion picture genre has had a remarkable renaissance in the last decade,” said producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron as seen on Coming Soon. | Full Story
The new psychological thriller from Steven Soderbergh, Side Effects, stars Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The film follows Emily Taylor (Mara) as she copes with anxiety surrounding her husband’s (Tatum) release from prison. Her psychiatrist (Law) prescribes a new anti-depressant, only to discover it has horrifying and dangerous side effects. Based on the trailer it seems like something more disturbing is afoot than just a wonky new drug.
This is Rooney Mara‘s first big movie since she signed on to play Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trilogy. | Full Story
The entire over the hill Red cast is back and ready for action in Red 2, hopefully nobody broke a hip while filming!
I kid, I kidddd. Clearly these actors are more bad a$$ than most, even after pushing well beyond their 60′s. There’s nothing quite as cool as seeing Dame Helen Mirren wielding a machine gun. The Academy Award winning actress returns as a the British intelligence agent assigned to kill old friend and retired CIA agent, Frank Moses, played by Bruce Willis. | Full Story
Steven Soderbergh‘s upcoming film Side Effects released its first trailer today, promising audiences an all-too-familiar thriller involving pharmaceuticals, sex and scandal.
The famed director has been wowing audiences left and right for the past 15 years, gifting filmgoers with such titles as Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven, and Contagion. Sure, there have been the occasional mistakes (The Informant!), the quirky films made for elitists (The Good German), and the just plain bad (The Girlfriend Experience), but Soderbergh has always found a charming way to earn back the trust of his fans (Magic Mike). | Full Story
A new trailer for the upcoming romantic comedy Playing for Keeps has been released. Playing for Keeps is an upcoming film directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Judy Greer and Dennis Quaid.
A released synopsis describes the film as:
A romantic comedy about a charming, down-on-his luck former soccer star (Butler) who returns home to put his life back together. Looking for a way to rebuild his relationship with his son, he gets roped into coaching the boy’s soccer team. | Full Story
New Line has released a new trailer for Rock of Ages.
Rock of Ages is an upcoming movie adaptation of the 2006 Chris D’Arienzo comedy rock Broadway musical, which had the same name. The film takes place in the 80s where it follows waitress Sherrie Christian (Julianne Hough) and busboy Drew Boley (Diego Boneta). During this time, the two fall in love with the rock music era. Thereafter, the duo completely throw themselves into the rock world head first. | Full Story
“Rock of Ages” tells the coming of age story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock ‘n’ roll romance is told through the fist pumping hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and more. Directed by Adam Shankman.
Starring Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Ackerman, Mary J. | Full Story
Kyle Chandler joins the cast of Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Broken City’. Chandler who is freshly coming off a Emmy win for his role on Friday night lights will be joining Russel Crowe and Jefffrey Wright in this dramatic action thriller. Writer Brian Tucker follows Wahlberg as a New York City Detective Hired by a Powerful New York Politician (Crowe) to identify his wife’s lover, who is suddenly found dead.
Chandler will be at the center of Crowe’s character political team that does whatever it takes to get what Crowe character wants. | Full Story
Movies have enriched Dan Schindel's life so much that he decided
the best way to give back was to become a critic. In addition to Who Got the
Role?, he writes for ScreenPicks, We Are Movie Geeks, Off to
See the Elephant, and several other sites. He spent a year watching and
reviewing a documentary every day for his blog, Days of Docs, so now he
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