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Poll: Which movie has the best car chase scene?
17 hours ago
It’s all about feeling the need for speed and putting the pedal to the metal! With the sixth instalment of the Fast & Furious franchise speeding into theatres, we’re looking back at some of our all-time favourite chase sequences on film.
From the Steve McQueen classic Bullitt featuring some of the most heart-pounding chase scenes up and down the steep streets of San Francisco to the racing Mini Coopers in 1969’s The Italian Job, we’re big fans of old school racing. Of course, there’s room for some modern cars and tricked out rides in Gone in Sixty Seconds, Quantum of Solace, and the movie that started it all, 2001's The Fast and the Furious.
You’ve got a green light to cast your vote for the movie with the best chase scene(s) in our poll on the next page! »
- Rachel West
#Movie Social Scene: Bing pays tribute to Star Trek Into Darkness, James Bond in Lego and more!
17 May 2013 12:04 PM, PDT
Social media has become an added medium of coverage to all news genres, including sports, politics and entertainment. We’re bringing you a social media round-up of interesting and entertaining items making film headlines in the social sphere.
In honour of the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, Microsoft’s Bing has designed a few neat cosmic treats online for fans. According to Mashable, the search engine made it possible to translate English words into Klingon, a fictional language spoken in the Star Trek Universe, and vice versa.
Bing received help from a few experts, including linguistics Ph. D. Marc Okrand, who created the language for the original series. Bing also tweaked their search bar tricks, causing “beam me up” to transport users to a colorful interactive galaxy page when entered into the search bar field.
Check it out, plus more from the world of James Bond and TV's "The Office" farewell after the jump! »
- Jeremy Singer
'The Wire' co-star Jordan front and centre with Cannes hit Fruitvale
17 May 2013 8:31 AM, PDT
Before Fruitvale Station, Michael B. Jordan was glimpsed sporadically in supporting roles on TV shows like "The Wire" and "Friday Night Lights," and in films like Chronicle and Red Tails.
That changes emphatically with Fruitvale Station, a Sundance hit that premiered Thursday night at the Cannes Film Festival. In the film, he plays Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old victim of the infamous 2009 police shooting on the Oakland, California, transit system.
To humanize Grant, first-time filmmaker Ryan Coogler fashioned the movie around his last day: Jordan hardly leaves the frame. »
- Cineplex.com and contributors
Watch four Oscar winners have one wild trip in Last Vegas teaser
16 May 2013 2:40 PM, PDT
Yes, it’s The Hangover for old people. But what do these guys have that Bradley Cooper and co. don’t? Oscars. Make that multiple Oscars.
Robert De Niro (Raging Bull, The Godfather: Part II), Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby), Michael Douglas (Wall Street), and Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda) are out to prove that the fun doesn’t have to stop once you’re in your late 60s (and above) in the first teaser trailer for Last Vegas.
The senior crew heads to Vegas for that quintessential rite of passage: the bachelor party. They’re ready to party like it’s 1959 as they celebrate the last weekend of single freedom for Billy (Douglas). It’s a lot of white hair, laughing, dancing, and drinking. What happens in Vegas will probably stay in Vegas since these guys will likely just forget they were ever there.
Watch the party unfold »
- Rachel West
Full trailer for Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim debuts
16 May 2013 1:30 PM, PDT
Fanboy fave Guillermo del Toro embarks on his biggest project to date, the filmed-in-Toronto aliens and robots epic Pacific Rim that finds creatures from beyond visiting Earth not from the stars but from below, forcing humans to get creative to battle the intruders.
In del Toro's script, co-written by Travis Beacham (Clash of the Titans), that means massive robots piloted by humans are used as the first line of defence in the action film starring two Brits famous for their TV work, Idris Elba ("The Wire") and Charlie Hunnam ("Sons of Anarchy," "Freaks and Geeks") with Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi (Brothers Bloom) rounding out the cast.
So besides explosions, this love letter to kaiju films like Godzilla features futuristic monsters fighting man-made ones where the connection between humans and machines becomes ever closer as this new technology soon becomes the best hope at saving humanity. Or as Elba puts it, »
- Andrea Miller
Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes
16 May 2013 10:05 AM, PDT
Hollywood has invaded France - no, not like that - and with A-listers making their way to La Croisette for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, there's been plenty of gossip and glamour, with Leo's The Great Gatsby providing the requisite glitter and Sofia Coppola's Emma Watson-led The Bling Ring shining bright like a diamond.
Many celebs are still commenting on the news of Angelina Jolie's preventative double mastectomy and Zach Braff's somewhat ill-received Kickstarter movie funding campaign with breakout stars and ones to watch starting to make themselves known as the fest gets underway.
Here now is a compilation of what's been Seen & Heard so far at the Cannes Film Festival. »
- Cineplex.com and contributors
Scarlett Johansson to make directorial debut with Capote adaptation
16 May 2013 8:19 AM, PDT
The story behind how Truman Capote's unpublished novel "Summer Crossing" saw the light of day is in and of itself the stuff of movie scripts but actress Scarlett Johansson is interested in Capote's prose and the adaptation of his work will mark her directorial debut.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Johansson will be making a feature-length film from the story that follows a 17-year-old Protestant debutante who opts out of a Parisian sojourn with her parents to pursue a romance with a Jewish parking attendance in a heat wave during the summer of 1945.
Though Capote would never see the final product, he died in 1984, "Summer Crossing" was published in 2005 and struck a chord with the Avengers star. »
- Andrea Miller
Star Trek actress brushes off criticism over Nina Simone biopic
15 May 2013 12:40 PM, PDT
Zoe Saldana has played an alien and a future space traveler - but taking on the role of an actual famous person proved even harder.
The 34-year-old star of Avatar and Star Trek plays pianist, singer and activist Nina Simone in the forthcoming biopic Nina.
Her casting drew criticism from some, who argued that Saldana bears little resemblance to the singer, who died in 2003 aged 70.
Musician India.Arie said "they should have chosen someone who looks like Nina Simone," and an online petition for a boycott of the film attracted more than 10,000 signatures. »
- Cineplex.com and contributors
Meet the magically-inclined tricksters in these Now You See Me clips
15 May 2013 9:00 AM, PDT
Meet the magically-inclined thieves in these video clips from the upcoming heist flick Now You See Me.
In the movie, opening May 31st, a group of stage magicians give their best Robin Hood impression by robbing from the rich right on stage and raining money down on their audiences to great applause. This merry band of thieves, who dub themselves The Four Horsemen, includes the fast-talking Michael Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), diva extrordinaire Henley (Isla Fisher), trickster Jack (Dave Franco), and con artist Merritt (Woody Harrelson). Not to mention the FBI agent played by Mark Ruffalo, who is out to bring them down.
Meet these characters, plus ageing advisor Morgan Freeman and a swindled Michael Caine in seven video clips after the jump! »
- Rachel West
Hold onto your beards: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Pine to play singing princes
15 May 2013 8:38 AM, PDT
While it's clear that Meryl Streep (Mamma Mia!) and Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd) have the pipes to carry a movie musical and writer-director Rob Marshall knows his way around the whole song-and-dance world (Nine, Chicago), Chris Pine and Jake Gyllenhaal, though gifted in the looks department, have yet to prove they can carry a tune.
That looks to change with the news that the two are eyeing roles in Marshall's upcoming Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods, where they'd play a pair of pompous princes looking to woo Cinderella and Rapunzel. So, yes this is another fairy tale movie where Streep will play the Witch (juicy!) and Depp the Wolf (yawn) while Tony-winning Brit James Corden has the lead role of Baker. »
- Andrea Miller
Ryder and Liotta on The Iceman and co-star Michael Shannon
15 May 2013 8:06 AM, PDT
It's the true story of mafia hit-man Richard Kuklinski.
The Iceman, as he was nicknamed - partly from his stone-cold demeanour and partly because he used to store bodies on ice, was interesting because he was also a devoted family man. He loved his wife and kids, and in the movie, claimed he didn't kill women or children. Quite a trait/code for a contract killer, wouldn't you say?
Michael Shannon portrays Kuklinski in an eerily intimidating, appropriately cold-as-ice way. His co-stars include a barely recognizable Chris Evans, David Schwimmer, James Franco, Stephen Dorff, Ray Liotta as mob-boss Roy Demeo and Winona Ryder as Kuklinski's wife Deborah.
We had a chance to sit down with Liotta and Ryder in September during the Toronto International Film Festival to talk about their movie. »
- Melissa Sheasgreen
Cannes festival chief talks sex and Spielberg
14 May 2013 1:33 PM, PDT
It's the big Cannes question - what will catch Steven Spielberg's eye?
The king of Hollywood heads the jury that will decide who wins the Palme d'Or and other prizes at the French Riviera film fest, and artistic director Thierry Fremaux can't wait to find out what takes his fancy.
"We know (Spielberg) the director, but we don't know who he will be as a spectator," Fremaux said Tuesday.
"Take the two Japanese films" in competition. Will the director of Jaws, E.T. and Saving Private Ryan root for Takashi Miike's action-packed crime drama Shield of Straw or for Kore-Eda Hirokazu's intimate family story Like Father, Like Son. »
- Cineplex.com and contributors
Interview: John Cho steps up in the summer's big sequel
14 May 2013 11:40 AM, PDT
Whether you know him best as Harold, BFFs with fellow pot enthusiast Kumar for three movies, or he served as your introduction to the term Milf, with his upcoming return to the final frontier, John Cho again gets to play dependable helmsman Hikaru Sulu and this time he even gets to sit in the captain's chair. But don't worry; it still very much belongs to Chris Pine's Captain Kirk.
The boyish-looking Cho, 41, recently stopped in Toronto to chat about J.J. Abrams' sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, watching Benedict Cumberbatch turn into a villain and what it was like sitting in the iconic captain's chair. Apparently it could use more cushioning.
Watch the interview after the jump before Star Trek Into Darkness beam into theatres May 16. »
- Andrea Miller
Movies at home: Week of May 14
14 May 2013 11:39 AM, PDT
The Cineplex store boasts over 25,000 titles, from the newest hits to award-winning classics, indie fare and even your favourite TV shows. Come back here every Tuesday to find out what new movies you can Buy or Rent on DVD, Blu-ray or as a Digital Download and how many Scene points you can earn with each purchase. We make it easy to catch up on all the movies you may have missed or finally start the first season of that series everyone is talking about.
So what are you waiting for?
Get your fill of Hollywood at home or on the go with this week's list of the hottest releases. »
- Andrea Miller
Angelina Jolie reveals she's had a double mastectomy
14 May 2013 11:04 AM, PDT
Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.
The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she authored for Tuesday's New York Times under the headline, "My Medical Choice." She writes that between early February and late April she completed three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts.
Jolie, 37, writes that she made the choice with thoughts of her six children after watching her own mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, die too young from cancer.
"My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56," Jolie writes. "She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was. »
- Cineplex.com and contributors
Featurette: Behind-the-scenes with the stars of This is the End
14 May 2013 9:54 AM, PDT
It’s an all-star party-palooza at the end of the world! The stars of This is the End let us know what it’s like playing themselves in this video featurette about the apocalyptic party comedy.
There are dozens, yes dozens, of funny people in the upcoming comedy who all play exaggerated versions of themselves at the party to end all parties at James Franco’s house. A buddy film at heart, the end of the world antics begin when Canadian BFFs Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen get together for celebrity-filled a weekend in L.A. with Rogen’s famous pals. Everyone from Jonah Hill, Michael Cera and Craig Robinson to Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, and Emma Watson show up to party with James Franco, plus many, many, many more.
Find out why there ain’t no party like a James Franco party in the behind-the-scenes featurette beyond the cut! »
- Rachel West
Romance and time travel come together in About Time trailer
14 May 2013 9:21 AM, PDT
Rachel McAdams must really love time travel. The star of The Time Traveler’s Wife is once again falling in love with a time-travelling man in the upcoming romantic comedy About Time.
In the rom-com from Love, Actually directorRichard Curtis, McAdams romantic affections are at the fate of a time travelling man named Tim. Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) has inherited the gift of time travel from his dad, played by Bill Nighy, who offers a few words of advice on how manipulating time has both its pros and cons. And of course, like any young, single man, he wants to use it to not only find a girlfriend, but continue to woo her without a single misstep until she falls madly in love with him.
We’re getting our first look at Gleeson, McAdams and Nighy in the movie which gets released in the UK a few months before it lands »
- Rachel West
Robert Redford's The Great Gatsby gets Baz Luhrmann treatment in re-cut trailer
13 May 2013 2:43 PM, PDT
Sometimes the internet brings us wonderful things. With Baz Luhrmann’s amped up version of The Great Gatsby now playing in theatres, there has been a lot of attention placed on the somewhat-forgotten 1974 version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel.
The 1974 film The Great Gatsby, directed by Jack Clayton (The Innocents) and adapted for the screen by none other than Francis Ford Coppola who came on board after Truman Capote was fired from the film. In this version of the film, a dashing Robert Redford plays Jay Gatsby, a young Mia Farrow is his Daisy Buchanan, Bruce Dern stars as Daisy’s husband Tom, and Sam Waterston ("Law & Order") as the quiet mid-westerner Nick Carraway.
You know what was missing from that Gatsby? Jay-z songs. Luckily for us, the Clayton version of The Great Gatsbyhas been Baz Luhrmann-ized and re-cut to resemble the second theatrical trailer for 2013’s The Great Gatsby. »
- Rachel West
13 May 2013 2:43 PM, PDT
Sometimes the internet brings us wonderful things. With Baz Luhrmann’s amped up version of The Great Gatsby now playing in theatres, there has been a lot of attention placed on the somewhat-forgotten 1974 version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel.
The 1974 film The Great Gatsby, directed by Jack Clayton (The Innocents) and adapted for the screen by none other than Francis Ford Coppola who came on board after Truman Capote was fired from the film. In this version of the film, a dashing Robert Redford plays Jay Gatsby, a young Mia Farrow is his Daisy Buchanan, Bruce Dern stars as Daisy’s husband Tom, and Sam Waterston ("Law & Order") as the quiet mid-westerner Nick Carraway.
You know what was missing from that Gatsby? Jay-z songs. Luckily for us, the Clayton version of The Great Gatsbyhas been Baz Luhrmann-ized and re-cut to resemble the second theatrical trailer for 2013’s The Great Gatsby. »
Beam us up, Scotty!
13 May 2013 9:24 AM, PDT
Self-confessed sci-fi geek Simon Pegg returns to screens this month in Star Trek Into Darkness, the sequel to 2009’s Star Trek, director J.J. Abrams' hit reimagining of the seemingly immortal franchise.
With an all-new look (lots of lens flares, of course) and cast, the 2009 film was a special-effects blockbuster with heart that managed to tick all the right boxes for both Trekkies and casual fans.
Now, four years later, the crew of the Enterprise takes on a cold, calculating terrorist from within Starfleet (Benedict Cumberbatch) who threatens the entire world but develops a particular hate-on for Captain Kirk (Chris Pine), who'll need Spock (Zachary Quinto), Bones (Karl Urban), Uhura (Zoe Saldana) and Scotty (Simon Pegg) to help him save the day.
We sat down with Pegg at London's Soho Hotel to talk about the new film and his role as chief engineer Montgomery Scott. »
- Mark Pilkington, Cineplex Magazine
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