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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Six
27 December 2009 10:09 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: July 2nd 2010
Cast: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Summary: A live-action film based on the Nickelodeon animated TV series. In a fantastic world where civilisation exists as four great empires, a reluctant young child sets out on a perilous journey to restore balance to a world torn apart by war.
Analysis: Its been quite the decade for M. Night Shyamalan who started it as a household name with labels of a moodern-day Hitchcock thanks to the likes of "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs". Today he's considered more of a one-trick pony and in some cases a punchline due to rampant stories of egomania run wild and a series of much derided onscreen flops like "Lady in the Water" and "The Happening".
Thus 'Airbender' marks a potential return to form for the helmer. An adaptation of the hit cartoon series »
- Garth Franklin
Whiteout Gets Frigid on DVD and Blu-ray on January 19, 2010
25 November 2009 9:20 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
You can bring home one chilling thriller (literally) on DVD and Blu-ray this January. Whiteout will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 19. 2010. The standard DVD will be priced at $28.98 Srp and the Blu-ray will be priced at $35.99 Srp. We don't have any cover art for these titles as of yet, but we'll update this story as soon as we have more information. The film stars Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt, Columbus Short and Alex O'Loughlin.
Carrie Stetko, the lone U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, is investigating the continent's first murder, which draws her into a shocking mystery. Now, with only three days until winter, Carrie must solve the crime before Antarctica is plunged into darkness and she is stranded with the killer.
Special Features:
- Additional Scenes
- The Coldest Thriller Ever Story - Kate Beckinsale and others brave disintegrating sets, gale-force winds and -65° lunch »
Stana Katic: The Hollywood Interview
4 November 2009 12:57 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Actress Stana Katic looking tailored as Detective Kate Beckett in Castle.
Storms The Walls Of Castle
By
Actress Stana Katic is on a roll. After scoring supporting roles in two of last year’s highest-profile films, Quantum of Solace and The Spirit, the statuesque Canadian stunner landed the female lead in ABC’s new police drama/romantic comedy Castle, playing Detective Kate Beckett, a tough-as-nails NYPD officer who finds herself with the regrettable assignment of allowing cocky, best-selling crime novelist Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) to shadow her for research on his next book. Not only does she find that Castle’s creative instincts for the criminal mind help her solve some of the city’s most challenging murders, she finds her tough exterior melting under Castle’s considerable charms. The show airs Monday nights on ABC.
Stana Katic sat down with us at a local »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
From the vault: Blu-ray review of The Spirit (Extended Cut)
8 October 2009 5:37 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Frank Miller is regarded as a genius in the comic book world.
As a writer and artist, his work on Daredevil and Batman has gained great acclaim. His limited series Batman: Year One was among the inspirations for Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins movie in 2005.
He went on to create the graphic novels Sin City (adapted into a film which Miller co-directed with Robert Rodriguez) and 300 (also turned into a film, produced by Miller and directed by Zack Snyder).
After the release of Sin City, Miller was approached about making a film of The Spirit using the same gritty, film-noir style. It was his first solo project as writer-director and was released on the big screen by Lionsgate in December 2008, and on DVD/Blu-ray in the UK at the end of May this year.
As part of From the Vault - The Geek Files' occasional look at titles that are »
- David Bentley
Gabriel Macht as Captain America?
20 September 2009 5:12 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
In the newly-released Antarctic thriller Whiteout, I'm sure I heard Kate Beckinsale's character Carrie Stetko jokingly refer to her investigative partner - played by Gabriel Macht - as Captain America.
Macht plays agent Robert Pryce in the Warner Bros film, based on an Oni Press comic book series. He previously starred in The Spirit, an adaptation of the classic comic strip about a masked vigilante.
It was the mention of Captain America that got my superhero antennae twitching and I've been contemplating whether Macht, 37, would be a good fit for the role. I'm now throwing the question open to you, the readers of The Geek Files.
I recently ran a casting call series looking at possible candidates for the role of the patriotic supersoldier, though it didn't include Macht.
Joe Johnston is directing The First Avenger: Captain America, due out on July 22, 2011. He will join the project in October »
- David Bentley
Film review: Whiteout (Rating 15, 1hr 46mins)
17 September 2009 2:33 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Countless comic books and graphic novels are now being adapted into the medium of film, many of them not in the classic costumed superhero genre.
Whiteout is the latest example. The award-winning Oni Press comic book series centres on a Us Marshal called Carrie Stetko who investigates the first-ever murder in Antarctica just as a blizzard-battered winter is about to close in and leave her stranded there for six months.
A Warner Bros big-screen adaptation starring Kate Beckinsale as Stetko is now on release and, in the absence of a press screening invitation, I went to see it tonight.
The original comic has a second female character, with whom Stetko forms an intimate friendship, but for the film this was changed into a male Un operative played by Gabriel Macht, an actor familiar to genre fans for his recent starring role in The Spirit.
So does Whiteout work on the screen? »
- David Bentley
Three more actors like 'Drugs'
14 September 2009 12:35 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Gabriel Macht, Hank Azaria and Oliver Platt have signed on to the romantic comedy "Love and Other Drugs" that Ed Zwick is directing for Fox 2000/New Regency. They join Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer and Josh Gad. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Charles Randolph ("The Interpreter") wrote the script, formerly titled "Pharma," which he adapted from Jamie Reidy's nonfiction book "Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman." Filming is scheduled to begin at the end of September. Macht plays a Prozac salesman who's romantically involved with Maggie (Hathaway), a free-spirited woman with Parkinson's disease who enters into a relationship with a Viagra salesman Jamie (Gyllenhaal). Azaria plays a shady doctor and client of Jamie's, and Platt plays »
- Adnan Tezer
Gabriel Macht Wants Anne Hathaway
14 September 2009 5:44 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
I honestly wonder if Gabriel Macht's career will ever recover from his having played The Spirit. He had nothing to do with creating the disaster that Frank Miller's film was, of course, but it was his face, hidden behind that domino mask, the moviegoers were forced to see in every scene as they observed the overall nonsense of that film. I don't endorse violence, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone punched him. But Macht is still acting, naturally, and maybe the role in Ed Zwick's Love And Other Drugs will do him more favors. According to THR Macht will play the hotshot guy who starts off the movie dating Anne Hathaway's character, but later get ousted by the affections of Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays a Viagra salesman. Oliver Platt has also signed on to play Gyllenhaal's boss, and Hank Azaria will play one of his clients. »
Gabriel Macht Wants Anne Hathaway, But Jake Gyllenhaal Gets Her
14 September 2009 5:44 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
I honestly wonder if Gabriel Macht's career will ever recover from his having played The Spirit. He had nothing to do with creating the disaster that Frank Miller's film was, of course, but it was his face, hidden behind that domino mask, the moviegoers were forced to see in every scene as they observed the overall nonsense of that film. I don't endorse violence, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone punched him. But Macht is still acting, naturally, and maybe the role in Ed Zwick's Love And Other Drugs will do him more favors. According to THR Macht will play the hotshot guy who starts off the movie dating Anne Hathaway's character, but later get ousted by the affections of Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays a Viagra salesman. Oliver Platt has also signed on to play Gyllenhaal's boss, and Hank Azaria will play one of his clients. »
Edward Zwick's Drug Hooks Three
14 September 2009 2:52 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Gabriel Macht, Hank Azaria and Oliver Platt have joined the cast of Love And Other Drugs, the rom-com that signals a swerve away from intensely worthy dramas for its director, Edward Zwick.Based on Charles Reidy’s non-fiction novel, Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman, Love And Other Drugs may be closer to satire than a conventional rom-com, but there’s no doubt that it’s taking Zwick in a different direction from his work on the likes of Defiance, The Last Samurai and Blood Diamond. And, the new additions aside, he’s attracted a heck of a cast, with Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal and Judy Greer already on board.Hathaway plays a woman with Parkinson’s disease who embarks on a relationship with Gyllenhaal’s Viagra salesman. And no, we’re not going to make any jokes about that because, frankly, we’re bored stiff with Viagra gags. »
Macht, Azaria, Platt join "Love and Other Drugs"
13 September 2009 11:14 PM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Gabriel Macht, Hank Azaria and Oliver Platt have have joined the "Drugs" romantic comedy for Fox 2000/New Regency. Edward Zwick is directing from the screenplay by "The Interpreter" writer Charles Randolph. They join Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer and Josh Gad. Formerly titled "Pharma," the script is adapted from Jamie Reidy's nonfiction book "Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman." Filming is set to begin some time at the end of September. Macht stars as a hotshot Prozac salesman who has a romantic relationship with a free spirited woman (Hathaway) who has Parkinson's and enters into a relationship with charming Viagra salesman Jamie (Gyllenhaal). »
Gabriel Macht, Hank Azaria and Oliver Platt Will Try Love and Other Drugs
13 September 2009 5:35 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, Gabriel Macht, Hank Azaria and Oliver Platt have joined Ed Zwick's Love and Other Drugs.
Zwick is directing this project for for Fox 2000/New Regency. Current members of the cast include Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer and Josh Gad.
The script was written by Charles Randolph (The Interpreter). It was adapted from Jamie Reidy's nonfiction book Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman.
Macht plays a Prozac salesman who is involved romantically with Maggie (Hathaway). She is a fun loving woman with Parkinson's disease. She soon finds herself in a relationship with a Viagra salesman named Jamie (Gyllenhaal).
Azaria will play a shady doctor and client of Jamie's. Platt will be his boss, a pharmaceutical rep desperate to boost Jamie's sales.
This film will start shooting in September.
»
Whiteout Review
12 September 2009 1:28 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Short version: While far from perfect, Whiteout does manage to keep you guessing until the end and ultimately doesn’t leave you feeling ripped off.
Screen Rant’s Paul Young reviews Whiteout
A while back, Kate Beckinsale was asked about her involvement with the next Underworld movie and she explained that she was done wearing tight leather outfits. I thought she might be serious, but man, she didn’t have to go overboard on the next film by walking around 95% of the time wearing a parka! But I’ve got to give credit to whoever wrote the opening scene for Whiteout, Oscar-worthy material my friend - in a scene that was obviously written to appeal to the young male audience, Beckinsale walks through the snow into her room and promptly removes most (read: not enough) of her clothing in order to take a shower.
The scene does nothing to move along, »
- Paul Young
Movie Review: “Whiteout”
11 September 2009 2:49 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Seen on: September 11, 2009
The players: Director: Dominic Sena, Writers: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Chad Hayes, Carey Hayes, Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt, Columbus Short, Alex O'Loughlin
Facts of interest: Sena also directed "Swordfish."
The plot: Kate Beckinsale plays a U.S. Marshal sent to investigate a brutal murder in the middle of Antarctica.
Our quick thoughts: After an eight-year absence from the big screen, Dominic Sena returns with “Whiteout,” an action thriller that makes me wish he would have stayed away for a couple of more years. Dump, predictable and incredibly monotonous, this film is one to avoid like a plague. In other words, it’s a cinematic catastrophe. »
- Franck Tabouring
Kate Beckinsale’s ‘Whiteout’ About as Thrilling as a Blank Screen
11 September 2009 1:26 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Producing more derisive snickers than gasps and more snores than thrills, Dominic Sena’s “Whiteout” is a massive waste of time, a predictable, dull, and hysterically cliched slice of junk that should be run out of theaters before month’s end.
Rating: 1.0/5.0 Based on a graphic novel, “Whiteout” has been sitting on the shelf for long enough that the most confounding thing about this mystery is why anyone at Warner Brothers decided to waste their time with a theatrical run instead of just shuffling this mess off to DVD. Only a relatively interesting performance by Kate Beckinsale saves “Whiteout” from being an unmitigated disaster. And just barely.
Read Brian Tallerico’s full review of “Whiteout” in our reviews section. The film opens in 1957 with a shoot-out on a Russian cargo plane over Antarctica. Whatever the Russians were carrying, it goes down into the frozen tundra at the edge of the world. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Kate Beckinsale Reflects On The Sexuality, Controversy And Injury Of 'Whiteout'
11 September 2009 1:09 PM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
"Whiteout" hits theaters today, and the long-awaited adaptation of Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber's graphic novel features Kate Beckinsale as Carrie Stetko, the U.S. Marshal who finds herself racing against time to discover the identity of a murderer in one of the most remote locations in the world: Antarctica.
Earlier this year, we talked to Rucka about the film based on his ice-cold murder mystery, and now we have some thoughts from the star herself about the source material, the controversial changes made to the original story, and her character's famous (to fans of the book, at least) injury—and ambiguous sexuality.
We also get the skinny on the possibility that we'll see the rest of Rucka and Lieber's three-book series brought to the screen.
According to Beckinsale, she didn't get a look at the Oni Press story (originally published in 1998) until well after she agreed to do the film. »
- Rick Marshall
Whiteout Review
11 September 2009 11:23 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
“Whiteout” has a good premise and a likeable lead, but it goes rapidly downhill and is ultimately disappointing, thanks to confusing direction, an anti-climactic finale and an ‘Is that it?’ plot that makes less sense the more you think about it.
Directed by Dominic Sena (from a script credited to two different sets of brothers – never a good sign), Whiteout stars Kate Beckinsale as Us Marshal Carrie Stetko, who’s taken a post at a remote research station in Antarctica in order to escape a traumatic incident in her past. As her posting nears an end, she’s considering turning in her badge, but her departure plans are put on hold by the discovery of a mysterious body on the ice… read more [ViewLondon.co.uk]
It’s all fine, as far as it goes, but that’s not very far. Beckinsale is a trim and athletic actress, but she’s not a very compelling presence, »
- Allan Ford
Whiteout (Pat's Film Review)
11 September 2009 9:53 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Warner Bros./Dark Castle's Whiteout starts out with a bang--a flashback to a Russian plane hijacking and it's crash into the antarctic with a mysterious cargo. Currently, Us Marshall Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) is transferred to an American arctic base. A body is found and how this discovery ties in with the Russian plane and the killer running around the base are the crux of the story.
With a mysterious masked killer inside and the weather a freezing killer outside, Stetko realizes she must find the killer before the base is shuttered to avoid the giant storm rolling in. Whiteout is based on Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber's superb graphic novel of the same name and some of the best scenes look like Lieber's panels brought to life.(The killer's costume is exactly what Lieber drew!)
Early on, Whiteout strives to get that wonderful trapped, claustrophobic feeling of John Carpenter »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)
Reject Report: Tyler Perry Does Box Office All By Himself
11 September 2009 7:23 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Welcome to the Reject Report and to what is looking to be another fairly soft weekend at the box office. And all I gotta say is thank you very much Tyler Perry for making I Can Do Bad All By Myself. You have made my decision about who finishes first at the box office a whole lot easier. Can we just cut the suspense and name that movie the weekend winner already? It doesn't matter what movie Tyler Perry comes up with or what the plot is, all that matters is there is a consistent audience for it. Seems to me that these Tyler Perry movies always open to a bare minimum of $20 million. This latest flick is inspired by another one of Perry's old plays, and stars Taraji P. Henson as an aunt stuck looking after three delinquent kids. Perry is back as Madea, and you all know how much loot Madea Goes to Jail made »
- John Cairns
'Whiteout': Polar Disorder, By Kurt Loder
11 September 2009 5:47 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
Kate Beckinsale on ice.
Kate Beckinsale in "Whiteout"
Photo: Warner Bros.
It's probably not director Dominic Sena's fault that his new snowbound thriller, "Whiteout," suggests so many tantalizing genre directions in which the movie itself, unfortunately, doesn't go. The picture's general thrill deficit, however — well, that would seem to be Sena's purview.
Early on there's a scene in which U.S. Marshall Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) enters her quarters at the Antarctic research station where she's the lone law-enforcer and strips to her underwear, allowing the camera to ogle her behind as she bends over. Then she steps into a shower, affording us one of those shot-through-frosted-glass views of Beckinsale's (or somebody's) vaguely nude body luxuriating in the steamy spray. Naturally, we think: Okay, this is gonna be a movie with some R-rated skin. But no. The Antarctic, being a place where temperatures can plunge to 100 degrees below zero, »
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