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Mad Max's Weekend Movie Guide: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' & More
17 May 2013 7:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
"Spock, I do not know too much about these little Tribbles yet, but there is one thing that I have discovered. I like them … better than I like you." –Dr. McCoy, "Star Trek" (1967)
Greetings from the apocalypse! The trouble with Tribbles is not how cute they are but how much they multiply, or in the case of "Star Trek Into Darkness," the silly plot point for which they cameo. That's the only thing I'll spoil from that movie (besides that it stinks), but luckily there's some sweet alternatives this week that boldly go where no J.J. Abrams movie has gone before … coherence.
Friday, May 17
Pow! In Theaters
Oh boy. "Star Trek Into Dumbness" finally fulfills J.J. Abrams' five-year mission to run this franchise through a Cuisinart of stupidity. I would need a spoiler avalanche to make a proper case for how this sequel squanders classic characters and scenarios from »
- Max Evry
Buzz Titles For Sale at the Cannes Film Festival
13 May 2013 9:00 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Director: Rob Reiner
Producers: Alan Greisman, Rob Reiner, Mark Damon
Cast: Michael Douglas, Diane Keaton
An egocentric real estate agent’s life is turned upside down when he takes in a granddaughter he never knew, and unexpectedly falls in love with his neighbor.
Intl. sales: Foresight Unlimited
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Producers: Stephen Gaghan, Allison Shearmur
Key Cast: Omar Sy,
Criminal world thriller set in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.
Intl. sales: Good Universe
Director: Derick Martini
Producers: Oren Segal, Jason Dubin and Chiara Trento
Cast: Bella Heathcote, Lucas Till
For the past eight years, a Downers Grove high school senior has met a mysterious end right before graduation — coincidence or curse?
Intl. sales: Myriad
Director: Brad Anderson
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley
Thriller about a new doctor at a mental institution who falls in love with a patient. »
- Carole Horst and Dave McNary
Olive Kitteridge Gets HBO Miniseries Treatment with Lisa Cholodenko and Frances McDormand
6 May 2013 8:30 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Elizabeth Strout's Pulitizer winning novel, Olive Kitteridge, is set for a four-hour miniseries at HBO. Adapted by Jane Anderson, Olive Kitteridge tells the story of a small New England town that is fraught with crime, affairs and general tragedy. At its center is Olive (Frances McDormand) who hilariously and brutally relays the stories of the town. Richard Jenkins is signed on to play her husband, Henry. McDormand has been with the project for quite sometime. She read the book before it got its many accolades, bought the rights with her own money and got Anderson on board to adapt. Lisa Cholodenko is on board to direct.HBO & Playtone Set 'Olive Kitteridge' Miniseries With Lisa Cholodenko Helming Frances McDormand And Richard Jenkins (Deadline)
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- Kerensa Cadenas
10 Stories you might have missed: 'Tropic Thunder's' Robert Downey Jr. and Ben Stiller ready for 'Pinocchio'?
3 May 2013 9:20 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
In this week's installment of 10 Stories you might have missed: "Pinocchio" may reunite "Tropic Thunder's" Robert Downey Jr. and Ben Stiller. Also: Jamie Foxx in talks to join Will Smith and Jay-z's "Annie," Sarah Silverman lands her first HBO standup special, "Hannibal" is pulled by NBC's Salt Lake City affiliate, Tom Hanks will produce HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins, and more. Catch up here: »
- HitFix Staff
Lisa Cholodenko To Direct HBO Miniseries 'Olive Kitteridge' Starring Frances McDormand & Richard Jenkins
2 May 2013 10:37 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Well, once again, HBO proves that they are the masters at attracting top talent to come to their network. Just this year, their roster includes filmmakers such as David Mamet and Steven Soderbergh, the latter finally being able to make "Behind the Candelabra," his long-gestating Liberace film with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon (coming out later this month). They also have the Duplass Brothers, Cary Fukunaga, and Guillermo del Toro, to name a few, with projects on the horizion. And now you can add Lisa Cholodenko to the mix.Her project is “Olive Kitteridge,” based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Elizabeth Strout. Playwright Jane Anderson has adapted the collection of short stories into a four-hour mini-series and Lisa Cholodenko is attached to direct with Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins starring. “Olive Kitteridge” tells the story of “a seemingly placid New England town wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, »
- Ken Guidry
Promised Land Blu-Ray Review
1 May 2013 6:03 PM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
Acclaimed director Gus Van Sant returns to the big screen with a performance-driven drama that focuses on a small farming community as a big gas company sweeps the land with big buyout contracts. Matt Damon and John Krasinski lead this informative and engaging human drama that weighs in on the morals of doing what you think is right inside, even if it goes against everything that you’ve learned on the outside. Promised Land is a surprisingly well-made film that is worth the viewing.
Steve (Matt Damon) works for a large gas company that is currently sweeping through small towns and offering up the locals giant contracts in exchange for their land. His partner Sue (Frances McDormand) likes to take the laid back and easy approach, while Steve instead focuses on helping the people out as much as possible by offering them impressive amounts of money.
Steve isn’t like most people in his business, »
- Jeremy Lebens
Lisa Cholodenko to Direct Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins in HBO Miniseries Adaptation of Olive Kitteridge
1 May 2013 4:28 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Actress Frances McDormand has been trying to get an adaptation of author Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Olive Kitteridge off the ground for years, and it looks like things are now finally moving forward. Deadline reports that The Kids Are All Right director Lisa Cholodenko will helm a miniseries adaptation of the novel for HBO in which McDormand and Richard Jenkins will star. The story focuses on a retired schoolteacher and the characters that surround her, as the various tales of affairs, suicide, and emotional problems in her small Maine town are told through her eyes. McDormand will star as the schoolteacher, Olive Kitteridge, while Jenkins will play her husband. Cholodenko had previously been attached to direct an adaptation of the childrens book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, but she recently dropped out. Jane Anderson wrote the screenplay for the four-hour miniseries. Hit the »
- Adam Chitwood
HBO & Playtone Set ‘Olive Kitteridge’ Miniseries With Lisa Cholodenko Helming Frances McDormand And Richard Jenkins
1 May 2013 3:59 PM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: HBO has set The Kids Are All Right helmer Lisa Cholodenko to direct and Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins to star in a miniseries adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Elizabeth Strout novel Olive Kitteridge. Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will be executive producers along with McDormand and her As Is banner and Jane Anderson. Anderson adapted the book into the four-hour mini. David Coatsworth is producing. Olive Kitteridge tells the alternately poignantly sweet, acerbically funny, and devastatingly tragic story of a seemingly placid New England town wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and a staunch moral center. McDormand plays the title character and Jenkins plays her husband, Henry. Getting this cast, director and a four-hour commitment from HBO is a real testament for McDormand. I’ve been following this one for years, »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
HBO & Playtone Set ‘Olive Kitteridge’ Miniseries With Lisa Cholodenko Helming Frances McDormand And Richard Jenkins
1 May 2013 3:59 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Exclusive: HBO has set The Kids Are All Right helmer Lisa Cholodenko to direct and Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins to star in a miniseries adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Elizabeth Strout novel Olive Kitteridge. Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will be executive producers along with McDormand and her As Is banner and Jane Anderson. Anderson adapted the book into the four-hour mini. David Coatsworth is producing. Olive Kitteridge tells the alternately poignantly sweet, acerbically funny, and devastatingly tragic story of a seemingly placid New England town wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and a staunch moral center. McDormand plays the title character and Jenkins plays her husband, Henry. Getting this cast, director and a four-hour commitment from HBO is a real testament for McDormand. I’ve been following this one for years, »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
Blu-ray Review: ‘Promised Land’ Leaves Potential of Premise Unrealized
29 April 2013 11:09 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – When a film promises to tackle a timely topic like fracking, it has raised the bar of expectations considerably. Sure, the filmmakers don’t need to take a stand on the issues they raise, but they have an obligation to explore them with some level of depth or insight. Otherwise, they risk getting charged with committing a “bait and switch,” and that’s precisely what Gus Van Sant’s “Promised Land” does.
It sets up a juicy conflict between an energy company salesman, Steve (Matt Damon), and an environmental activist, Dustin (John Krasinski), only to paint their personalities in the broadest of strokes before obliterating their credibility with a series of hackneyed twists. Damon still manages to deliver a fine performance, but he’s ultimately let down by the script he co-wrote with Krasinski. It lacks both the wit and intelligence that made Damon and Van Sant’s previous collaboration, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
The Ten Best Performances in Michael Bay Movies
28 April 2013 6:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Michael Bay has a certain reputation. He makes big movies about digital robots and robotlike humans; he flips cars and explodes cars, and sometimes he flips a car and explodes it in mid-air. You might think Bay doesn’t really care about his actors — that he’s too busy focusing on the special effects to care about the talking meatbags who occasionally drive the cars that explode. Nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, Bay might care a little too much about his actors. While filming his first movie, Bad Boys, Bay gave stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence »
- Darren Franich
‘Fargo’ is a laughable, darkly comic tale with an emphasis on the dark
24 April 2013 12:06 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by Joel Coen
Written by Joel and Ethan Coen
1996, USA
The Coen brothers are a breed of their own, seamlessly melding quiet, unrelenting humor with often brutal violence. Their films present wild irony, eccentricity, and post-modern takes on classic genre films. I have always been a huge fan, from Raising Arizona to No Country for Old Men. For years, nearly the only Coen bros. film I had not seen was Fargo, which is a pity because Fargo brought them their first awards for writing and directing. Ahead of their Cannes debut of Inside Llewyn Davis, I finally sat down to witness the dry wit saturating the story of police chief Marge Gunderson.
Minnesota in winter. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) has financial troubles and makes the completely logical decision to have his wife kidnapped and ransomed for her father’s money. The hired men are the “funny looking »
- Katherine Springer
New on DVD and Blu-ray: 'The Impossible' and More
22 April 2013 12:00 PM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
This week: Director J.A. Bayona's gut-wrenching "The Impossible" starring Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts in her Oscar-nominated role tells the true story of one family's struggle for survival after the 2004 tsunami that devastated Thailand and much of the surrounding region.
Also new this week is the troubled "Gangster Squad" with Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling; Gus Van Sant's "Promised Land" with Matt Damon and John Krasinski; and the Blu-ray 3D debut of the original "Jurassic Park."
Box Office: $19 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 81% Fresh
Storyline: Based on the true story of what befell one family during the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, "The Impossible" follows a married couple, Henry and Maria (Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts), and their three young sons who are staying at a Thai resort over the Christmas holidays. When the deadly wave abruptly hits their hotel complex, Maria and son Lucas (Tom Holland »
- Robert DeSalvo
AFI Docs Announces Opening Night and Centerpiece Premieres
22 April 2013 11:11 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Now in its eleventh year in Washington DC, AFI Docs presented by Audi (formerly Silverdocs) kicks off of on June 19th and runs until the 23rd. The documentary festival has just announced that their opening gala on the 19th will be a presentation of Bill Couturie's "Letters to Jackie" at the Newseum. The film, presented by TLC and co-produced by Amblin TV and The Couturie Co., features letters from American citizens written to Jackie Kennedy after the assassination of her husband. The titular letters are read by an impressive array of voice talent including Jessica Chastain, Chris Cooper, Frances McDormand, Melissa Leo, and Mark Ruffalo. TLC will premiere the film on television in November. Also having its premiere at the festival is "Documented," the feature doc by Pulitzer winner Jose Antonio Vargas and and Ann Lupo. The film is a personal story of immigration in America, a topic will »
- Mark Lukenbill
5 Biggest Best Picture Oscar Upsets Of The Past 20 Years
21 April 2013 10:43 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Usually the movie that wins Best Director also wins Best Picture, but it’s not always the case. “Argo” didn’t win Best Director mostly because Ben Affleck wasn’t even nominated. The last time a movie won only one of the two while being nominated for both was “Crash” winning Best Picture while Ang Lee won Best Director for “Brokeback Mountain.”
It’s easier to call out an upset immediately or shortly after the winners are announced. But after time, people will have an epiphany and either downgrade the severity of the upset or determine that it wasn’t an upset to begin with. When a movie only wins one, an upset could be accredited to one, both, or neither of the categories. These upsets will only be accredited to the Best Picture category.
This list will have upsets that won either both or just Best Picture…
5. The English Patient »
- Matthew Curry
Movie Review - Promised Land (2012)
21 April 2013 8:21 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Promised Land, 2012.
Directed by Gus Van Sant.
Starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt, Scoot McNairy, Titus Welliver, Terry Kinney and Halbrook.
Synopsis:
A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.
Promised Land is a classic morality tale of greed verses the greater good, focusing on the current political climate and controversy of drilling for natural gas. As a film it is both entertaining and thought provoking, which we can assume is the balance the film makers were attempting to strike.
Set in small town mid-America, the film tells the story of Steven Butler (Matt Damon) and his colleague Sue Thomason (Frances McDormand) who, representing a $9 billion fracking company, arrive from ‘the big city’ to convince the local townsfolk to sign over their land to be drilled on in return for financial gain. »
- Flickering Myth
Promised Land – review
20 April 2013 4:08 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Gus Van Sant's tale of humble folk resisting the temptation to sell the fracking rights on their land is sentimental fare
Adapted by John Krasinski and Matt Damon from a story by the prolific novelist, journalist and editor Dave Eggers, Promised Land is a soft-centred drama starring Damon as Steve Butler, a smooth-talking salesman out to cheat country folk of the same stock as himself. He's employed by an oil company to persuade a small midwestern town to sell the drilling rights to their land. The dirt-poor, rust-belt town is in terminal decline, but the windfall will involve fracking for shale oil that could result in the destruction of the land and contamination of the water.
There are some good scenes early on, and the conflict at the centre is real. But it's sentimental, Capraesque fare, predictable both in the way a retired scientist (Hal Holbrook) turned high-school teacher rallies the town, »
- Philip French
This week's new films
19 April 2013 10:00 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Rebellion | Promised Land | Evil Dead | Olympus Has Fallen | Love Is All You Need | Me And You | F*ck For Forest | Bait | The Words
Rebellion (15)
(Mathieu Kassovitz, 2011, Fra) Mathieu Kassovitz, Iabe Lapacas, Malik Zidi. 135 mins
Working with a real-life 1980s incident in New Caledonia (not dissimilar to a French Falklands), Kassovitz crafts a thoughtful thriller with no heroes, only good intentions compromised by colonialist mistrust and distant politics. His negotiator is set between a hair-triggered French military and separatist rebels, but with an election back home, not everyone wants a peaceful outcome.
Promised Land (15)
(Gus Van Sant, 2012, Us/UAE) Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand. 107 mins
With fracking as the central concern, this finds it hard to avoid being an "issue movie", but there's some human drama to it. Damon's gas agent comes to an archetypal small town with a buyout in mind, but the locals and their country ways get to him. »
- Steve Rose
Jason Sudeikis and Rose Byrne Join Tumbledown
19 April 2013 4:40 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Tumbledown, a romantic comedy starring Jason Sudeikis and Rose Byrne, will go before the cameras this October in Vancouver, B.C, it was announced by producers Kristin Hahn of Indigo Films and Aaron L. Gilbert and Margot Hand of Bron Studios. Olivia Munn, Joe Manganiello, Blythe Danner, Michael McKean and Beau Bridges will also star. Tumbledown is directed by Sean Mewshaw from an original screenplay by Desiree Van Til.
In Tumbledown, a young widow (Byrne) falls for a brash New York writer (Sudeikis) who barrels into her rural Maine town to investigate the death of her husband, a folk-music hero.
Mewshaw and Van Til are making their feature directing and screenwriting debuts. Their previous collaboration, the short film Last Night based on a James Salter story, starred Frances McDormand and premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Van Til is currently writing a comedy script for Warner Bros. entitled Married Off based on an original pitch. »
- MovieWeb
Jason Sudeikis, Rose Byrne to Star in ‘Tumbledown’
19 April 2013 12:53 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Jason Sudeikis and Rose Byrne have come on board to topline Sean Mewshaw’s indie romantic comedy “Tumbledown.”
Producers are Kristin Hahn of Indigo Films and Aaron L. Gilbert and Margot Hand of Bron Studios. Production will start in October in Vancouver.
Olivia Munn, Joe Manganiello, Blythe Danner, Michael McKean and Beau Bridges will also star. Mewshaw is directing from Desi Van Til’s script.
Byrne will play a young widow who falls for a brash New York writer (Sudeikis) who comes into her rural Maine town to investigate the death of her husband, a folk-music hero.
Mewshaw and Van Til are making their feature directing and screenwriting debuts. They collaborated on the short “Last Night,” which starred Frances McDormand and premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
Van Til is writing the comedy “Married Off” for Warner Bros., based on an original pitch.
Sudeikis will be seen next in New »
- Dave McNary
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