Kicking ‘The Bucket List’
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Warner Bros, Drama, Upcoming Releases,
In a season rich with holiday movies about family, friendship and fun, Rob Reiner is giving audiences cancer. Not literally, but the disease is the subject of Reiner’s latest film, The Bucket List. A-listers Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman star in the flick, reason enough to drive moviegoers to the theaters. The movie is about two cancer patients (Nicholson and Freeman) who make a list of 10 things they’d like to do before they die (kick the bucket, get it?). The movie is set to open January 11, well after the holiday movie rush, but will viewers be in a mood for post-holiday death melodrama?
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2008 Golden Globe Nominations (Film)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Adaptation, Animation, Drama, Family, Foreign, Foreign Language, Independent, Music, Musicals, Period, Political, Romance, Comedy, Thrillers, Awards, Lists,
Assuming the ongoing writers’ strike doesn’t put a wrench into everyone’s plans, the 65th Annual Golden Globes ceremony is scheduled to air on Sunday, Jan. 13th. (The NBC telecast will come just 9 days prior to the Academy Award nominations.)
Here are the most notable omissions/additions in this year’s list of film honorees:
- Atonement led the nominations with seven; Charlie Wilson’s War came in second with five.
- Musicals (Sweeney Todd, Across the Universe, Hairspray) dominated the Comedy/Musical category.
- Cate Blanchett received two acting nominations (Elizabeth: The Golden Age, I’m Not There).
- Philip Seymour Hoffman was also a double-nominee (The Savages, Charlie Wilson’s War)
- Hoffman’s Savages co-star, Laura Linney, was not nominated for her performance.
- The Kite Runner was nominated in the Foreign Film category.
- Javier Bardem was the only actor nominated from No Country for Old Men.
- Into the Wild was left out of all major categories.
(Click below for the full list of film nominees; click here for the TV nominations.)
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Britney Spears to Play the Virgin Mary?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Religious, Satire, Comedy, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,
US Magazine is reporting that Britney Spears may be taking on a very holy role in the near future. It seems a French producer has deemed the train wreck
pop star a perfect fit for his satirical take on the classic nativity story. In this modern-day version, Britney would play an unwed pregnant girl, named Mary, who gives birth on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, Maryland.
Although the film is hers for the taking, Spears is still supposedly mulling over the offer. A decision on the role is expected to be made within the next few days. Production on Sweet Baby Jesus is scheduled to begin in March.
US Magazine
Celebrity Double-Take: Amy Adams vs. Isla Fisher
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, Celebrity Gossip,
UPDATE: Isla Fisher acknowledges the Amy Adams comparisons here.
Here’s my random celebrity question of the day:
Is it just me—or does Enchanted’s Amy Adams (pictured on left) look very much like Wedding Crashers’ Isla Fisher (pictured on right)?
(Make sure to check out the other TV and Film Celebrity Double-Takes!)
In Theaters This Weekend (12/14)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Fox Searchlight, Magnolia, Warner Bros, Yari Film Group Releasing, Adaptation, Documentary, Drama, Family, Foreign, Musicals, Political, Religious, Romance, Comedy, Thrillers, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some possible suggestions for your upcoming weekend:
- Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG): starring Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardson (directed by Tim Hill)
- I Am Legend (PG-13): starring Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson-Whitfield (directed by Francis Lawrence)
- The Perfect Holiday (PG): starring Queen Latifah, Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut (directed by Lance Rivera)
- Goodbye Bafana* (NR): starring Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger (directed by Bille August)
- Juno* (PG-13): starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner (directed by Jason Reitman)
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People
I’m hoping this means we won’t be seeing her in any gratuitous bikini shots anytime soon…
People Magazine has learned that Jessica Alba, 26, and boyfriend, Cash Warren, are expecting their first baby together sometime next year. Although Alba, supposedly broke up with Warren, 28, at the end of July, they got back together a short time later. Since they are reportedly due “late spring, early summer”, I’m guessing they had a happy reunion?
Jessica and Cash have been dating since late 2004. They met when he was working on the set of The Fantastic Four.
People
‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ Gets CGI Treatment
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: 20th Century Fox, Adaptation, Animation, Family, Musicals, Upcoming Releases,
I still remember Saturday mornings watching Alvin and the Chipmunks, the cartoon, on TV. I even remember the special show the series did about the Berlin Wall – truly heady stuff for a show designed only for children. Every year around this time, you’ll hear their Christmas tune on the radio. Now, someone has taken the bold step to answer the question which plagues my generation: does Alvin still want a hula-hoop?
Okay, that’s not really the burning question. A better question would be, what madman thought a live-action version of the chipmunks would work? And WHY? But like it or not, the live-action version of Alvin and the Chipmunks is indeed coming to theaters, and as soon as December 14. What can fans expect from this barely-publicized flick?
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Yahoo! News
New York Film Critics Choose ‘No Country’
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Miramax, Animation, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Thrillers, Awards, Lists,
On Monday, the New York Film Critics Circle revealed their 2007 film award winners. This announcement comes shortly after the National Board of Review (NBR) and the Los Angeles Film Critics (LAFCA) revealed their honorees. Although the Golden Globe nominations are still two days away, certain trends have already started to emerge from just these three lists.
The 2007 NYFCC winners:
- Best Picture: No Country for Old Men*
- Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis**, There Will Be Blood
- Best Actress: Julie Christie*, Away from Her
- Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
- Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan***, Gone Baby Gone
- Best Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen*, No Country for Old Men
- Best Animated Film: Persepolis**
- Best Foreign Film: The Lives of Others
- Best Documentary: No End in Sight**
*also the NBR winner
**also the LAFCA winner
***both the NBR and LAFCA winner
New York Film Critics Circle
Box Office Breakdown: The Golden Compass Lacks Luster
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, MGM, New Line, Paramount, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Horror, Music, Romance, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists, New Releases,
A Narnia-esque adaptation partnered with a holiday release date and an A-list cast should have conjured box office magic for The Golden Compass. Surprisingly, this weekend’s release from New Line Cinema brought in barely enough money to cover the film’s catering budget.
Compass, based on Philip Pullman’s children’s series His Dark Materials, was Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig’s second disappointing collaboration this year (the first being The Invasion). While it was enough for a first place finish, the $25 million debut was hardly impressive given the film’s $180 million price tag.
In other news, holiday flick This Christmas remained in third place while the critically-panned Fred Claus bumped up two spaces from last week. Meanwhile, Juno and Atonement did well with their very limited releases.
Be looking for the highly-promoted I Am Legend (and Alvin and the Chipmunks) to enter next week’s charts.
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E! Online
‘I Am Legend’: I Am Unimpressed
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Upcoming Releases,
The thin plot. The ridiculously unbelievable scenario. The misconceptions of biological warfare. If I Am Legend has a single saving grace, it must be mega-movie star Will Smith. Everything this man gets involved in turns to gold, and that’s the only reason I Am Legend will survive at the box office.
Okay, here’s the plot. Scientists create a virus, and this germ accidentally kills every single living human on Earth. Not the animals, mind you – just the humans. All but for Robert Neville, a military virologist played by Smith who has managed to survive. How? Well, that’s not really important to the movie-makers. By the way, there are some human-like creatures who have had odd effects from the infection and turn zombie-like. Zombies. That’s right, everybody, billion-dollar movie star Will Smith is starring in what is essentially a zombie flick.
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