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12 Action Movies Set During Christmas Season
24 December 2009 11:08 PM, PST
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Christmas is supposed to be a time of giving, peace and good will towards men. But in Hollywood, its also a time for death, destruction and nearly every form of mayhem. Throughout the 80's 90's and (soon to be history) 00's more and more action films seem to take place during “the most wonderful time of the year”. Whether it be a heist, monster invasion or assault by pirates, so much onscreen action occurs on this jolly day that it's a miracle ole Saint Nick isn't killed in the crossfire. Here are just a few action films where Christmas is actually the last thing on the minds of characters fighting for their lives.Batman Returns (1992) Set during the Christmas season where a tree lighting ceremony in Gotham City serves as a battleground for the struggle between Batman (Michael Keaton), The Penguin (Danny DeVito) and Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). The film opens
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Miller Talks '300' Follow Up
15 December 2009 5:30 PM, PST
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Frank Miller recently spoke up on just what he's got cooking for his return to the "300" world:
Miller is preparing a follow-up now titled “Xerxes,” which begins about 10 years before the events of “300,” and Snyder has expressed interest in it as a film property as well. “It’s the battle of Marathon through my lens,” Miller said Wednesday. “I’ve finished the plot and I’m getting started on the artwork.”
Well, the good news is that for right now it's only in graphic novel form. Hopefully it stays that way. I mean I enjoyed "300" but it doesn't need another chapter. Yes, I've said that about many seemingly stand-alone stories that have gotten sequels, but come on. It was a story about a last stand; all the heroes died at the end. Now we're gonna follow the villain around, ten years earlier? Will there be golden skies and CG blood
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Tommy Lee Jones and McConaughey in Talks for ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’
15 October 2009 2:16 PM, PDT
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Collider declared that Tommy Lee Jones is in talks to both direct and act in The Lincoln Lawyer, a film that already has McConaughey attached as the lead. I’m already seeing some nightmarish love-child of No Country for Old Men and Failure to Launch.
The Lincoln Lawyer is based on the eponymous 2005 bestselling novel by Michael Connelly and follows an attorney who runs his business out of his car (McConaughey) and through what’s sure to be a funny little twist of fate, ends up representing a well-known Hollywood playboy in a murder case that, for our lawyer, is the chance of a lifetime. Pardon my cynicism.
It just already sounds to me like we’re going to get one McConaughey playing one of three Hollywood cliches: the guy about to quit; the slacker who enjoys his professionally unimpressive life with a devil-may-care charm; or the guy who endearingly
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- Scott Miller
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Natural Born Gunslinger - Tommy Lee Jones' Trips to the Wild West
2 October 2009 10:01 PM, PDT
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While it took decades for John Wayne to make elegiac movies about reaching the end of the trail, Tommy Lee Jones' cowpokes are grizzled old dogs from the start. A Texas native, Jones is often cast as the type of maverick common to the Lone Star State -- whether it's in The Fugitive or Space Cowboys. Want more credentials? He owns his own ranch! A cowboy through and through.
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Natural Born Gunslinger - Tommy Lee Jones' Trips to the Wild West
2 October 2009 9:01 PM, PDT
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While it took decades for John Wayne to make elegiac movies about reaching the end of the trail, Tommy Lee Jones' cowpokes are grizzled old dogs from the start. A Texas native, Jones is often cast as the type of maverick common to the Lone Star State -- whether it's in The Fugitive or Space Cowboys. Want more credentials? He owns his own ranch! A cowboy through and through.
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September 11: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
12 September 2009 10:10 AM, PDT
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We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but it’s all this settling back down into pre-autumnal routine has got you exhausted. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you check out Whiteout this weekend?” you can reply, “No, I like my scares on the ice done up more science fiction-y.”
Instead Of: Whiteout, in which Kate Beckinsale’s U.S. marshal attempts to solve the first murder in Antarctica...
Watch: Either 1951’s The Thing From Another World or John Carpenter’s 1982 remake ,The Thing, about terror at the South Pole of a more extraterrestrial sort. If U.S. marshals are your thing, check out 1993’s The Fugitive for Tommy Lee Jones’s Oscar-winning performance as a highly entertaining and doggedly determined federal lawman. For
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- MaryAnn Johanson
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The Surprising Movie Roles the Stars Turned Down: Revealed!
25 August 2009 1:36 PM, PDT
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Movie fans all remember Tom Cruise dancing in his underwear in 'Risky Business,' so he would be a shoe-in for the lead role in 'Footloose' -- but surprisingly he turned that role down and the role ended up going to Kevin Bacon. A new NewYorkDailyNews.com feature is stacking up the list of roles that celebs later may have had regrets about turning down! Some of the surprising roles turned down include: John Travolta turned down the lead role in 'Forrest Gump,' which later earned Tom Hanks an Oscar. According to the New York Daily News, he later said, "What you turn down can be a gift to someone else." Jodie Foster was once considered for the part of Princess Leia in 'Star Wars,' according to the New York Daily News. Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in 'The Matrix,
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Exclusive First Look At ‘Compulsions’ Teaser
20 August 2009 12:06 PM, PDT
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We got an early teaser (above) of new thriller web series Compulsions, which is still in post-production. This one piqued our interest early, with a few notable web series names in the mix. Stars Craig Frank (The Crew, Private High Musical) and Annemarie Pazmino (Sorority Forever) are recognizable to web fans. And as of now, the only other announced cast member is Janna Bossier. A few other recognizable faces make an appearance but are being kept under wraps.
The basic setup is that even completely normal people have hidden and often dark desires, or compulsions, that are kept inside and never acted upon. Of course it would be a lot more interesting to find out what would happen if they did act upon them. And that's where this series picks up. Three leads, three different compulsions. One of them is sadism.
Writer-creator Bernie Su said they are "trying to push
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- Marc Hustvedt
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Sr Pick: Our Favorite Guilty Pleasure Movies
11 August 2009 7:28 AM, PDT
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After my Cult Movies article got people talking and listing their favorite cult picks, I decided it was time for us at Screen Rant to confess to our favorite (and likely embarrassing) “Guilty Pleasure” movies. Before I get to the list, I wanted to first talk about what a “Guilty Pleasure Movie” is.
A Guilty Pleasure, according to Wikipedia, “is something one considers pleasurable despite feeling guilt for enjoying it. Often, the “guilt” involved is simply fear of others discovering one’s lowbrow or otherwise embarrassing tastes, rather than actual moral guilt. Fashion, music, and food can be examples of guilty pleasures.”
Those are easy-to-list guilty pleasures, along with TV shows (any reality show on VH1, really). However, I’m looking for the Movies we all hate to admit we love. To give you an example, Titanic was listed number one by Sr owner and editor-in-chief Vic Holtreman. Why is it a guilty pleasure movie?
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- Heath McKnight
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Review: ‘A Perfect Getaway’
7 August 2009 5:03 AM, PDT
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When a film has a title like A Perfect Getaway, one should be able to have that very expectation going in. Unfortunately, the only perfect element of this cinematic getaway is the scenery, as the movie was shot almost entirely in Hawaii. The landscapes in the film are often simply breathtaking. Unfortunately, the only other breathtaking that occurs in this movie are the sighs of disbelief over the terrible writing. Well, that and some laughter.
A Perfect Getaway was written and directed by David Twohy. What’s amazing is how Twohy, who wrote The Fugitive (1993) and wrote/directed Pitch Black (2000), could have fallen to writing such a generally unimpressive movie as A Perfect Getaway. As far as the action/suspense serial killer genre goes, movie fails. The plot devices used to generate the mystery, intended to keep the viewer guessing are misleading, culminating in a twist at the end that
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- Travis
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The Movie Watcher’s Guide to August 2009
6 August 2009 10:00 PM, PDT
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The summer's almost over, and so far it's been an incredibly mixed bag movie-wise. Star Trek, The Hangover, and Harry Potter are some of the few deserving wins on the box-office side while most of the supposed summer blockbusters including X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Terminator: Salvation, Bruno, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen all failed to make a financial mark (yeah, that last one was just wishful thinking because the movie sucked so much ass). Quality-wise, many of the summer's best films have actually been of the decidedly smaller variety including 500 Days of Summer, The Hurt Locker, Moon, and Away We Go.
Which brings us to the final month of summer 2009...
August 7th
GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
What is it? Hasbro's most popular toy line for boys comes to life with an advance military team of real American heroes fighting against an evil organization with cool gadgets, deadly weapons, and
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- Rob Hunter
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Film: Review:a Perfect Getaway
6 August 2009 12:04 PM, PDT
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David Twohy is a veteran of Hollywood genre fare, having tried his hand as screenwriter or writer-director on thrillers of all stripes—on land (The Fugitive, G.I. Jane), by sea (Below, Waterworld), and from outer space (Pitch Black, The Chronicles Of Riddick, The Arrival). He rarely does more than deliver on expectations, but he knows the conventions of genre material enough to exploit them to clever effect. Twohy’s latest effort, A Perfect Getaway, is akin to a magician doing a trick with all the cards face up, asking the audience to trust what they see while he pulls
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A Perfect Getaway (review)
5 August 2009 11:22 PM, PDT
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David Twohy hopes you’re not as smart as he is. In fact, he’s counting on you being kinda dim. It’s the only way you can work your way through his new thriller A Perfect Getaway and come out at the end with any semblance of having been entertained. Because he dangles before the viewer “clues” that aren’t clues but screamingly obvious indications to the solution of the “clever” game he’s playing with you, indications that only completely virgin moviegoers -- or completely stupid ones -- could misconstrue.
Or else Twohy doesn’t care if you guess where he’s going. But I’m not sure if it’s any better that if he merely holds his audience in contempt.
Twohy has written some good B-movies -- Below The Fugitive -- and some bad ones: The Arrival, Pitch Black. (And he directed some of those, too,
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- MaryAnn Johanson
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Int: David Twohy
5 August 2009 11:31 AM, PDT
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After
having had the pleasure of meeting writer-director David Twohy last
weekend, I can honestly say that he is one of the coolest, most
sincere and imaginative people in Hollywood! His impressive writing
credits include action flicks such as The Fugitive, GI Jane and the
underrated The Arrival. However, he.s most memorable for writing
and directing the sci-fi cult classics Pitch Black and Chronicles Of
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- Jenny Karakaya
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The Rockford Files Getting Remake Treatment
30 July 2009 10:38 PM, PDT
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NBC, Universal Media Studios and Steve Carell's Carousel Television have signed House creator-executive producer David Shore to shepherd a remake of the classic 1974-80 crime drama The Rockford Files.
Rockford, which earned the Emmy for drama series in 1978, starred James Garner as the title character, an ex-con private eye who lived in a trailer in Malibu. The series proved to be a training ground for a number of future TV heavyweights, including scribes David Chase (The Sopranos) and Chas. Floyd Johnson (Magnum P.I.) and actor Tom Selleck.
Shore's just starting to think about an approach to bring The Rockford Files into the present day, but he intends to stick with the basic foundation of a private eye in L.A. just trying to make a living.
The idea for a Rockford revival came from Carousel, which inquired about the rights to the Universal TV property after Carousel cut
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No Need To Take The ‘Pelham 1 2 3′ For These Classic Subway Scenes
12 June 2009 10:00 AM, PDT
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by John Constantine
As a subway commuter myself, I have to admit that the idea of getting hijacked by criminals looking to ransom off New York City resident and torture Denzel Washington is pretty terrifying. Then again, if it was John Travolta doing the hijacking, it would probably be hilarious and make for an entertaining day.
This week’s remake of “The Tacking of Pelham 1 2 3” is more than entertainment, though. It is a reminder of public transportation’s, especially the subway’s, vital role in creating kickass cinematic drama and action. Here, for your pleasure, are my five most gripping subway scenes in film history.
Men in Black 2 (2002)
There is a significant difference between riding the New York City subway system as a visitor and riding it as a resident of the city. A visitor never gets to ride these giant, finicky, subterranean monsters as a novelty. Residents are immune
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- Adam Rosenberg
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Messengers 2: The Scarecrow On DVD July 21st!
9 June 2009 9:34 PM, PDT
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From Ghost House Pictures, the Makers of Boogeyman and 30 Days of Night Comes the Suspenseful Prequel to the Box Office Hit The Messengers, Messengers 2: The Scarecrow On DVD July 21st
Culver City, Calif. (May 11, 2009) – The frightening prequel to the $55 million worldwide box office hit The Messengers, Messengers 2: The Scarecrow debuts on DVD July 21 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The mysterious thriller stars Norman Reedus (American Gangster, The Boondock Saints) and Richard Riehle (Office Space, Glory, The Fugitive), and includes commentary with director Martin Barnewitz (Room 205) and writer Todd Farmer (My Bloody Valentine). Messengers 2: The Scarecrow will be available for $24.96 Slp.
The prequel to the box office hit The Messengers goes back to the farm to finally learn the story of John Rollins -- the simple North Dakota farmer, struggling to save his farm and hold his family together. When he places a mysterious scarecrow in his field
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'The Messengers' Return -- with a 'Scarecrow'
5 June 2009 9:00 AM, PDT
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Though it won't star the original's Kristen Stewart (who, we hear, has moved onto another franchise), the prequel to the 2007 sleeper horror hit he Messengers will soon hit DVD. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has just told us that they'll release Messengers 2: The Scarecrow on July 21. The film stars Norman Reedus (American Gangster, The Boondock Saints) and Richard Riehle (Office Space, Glory, The Fugitive), and features commentary with director Martin Barnewitz (Room 205) and writer Todd Farmer (My Bloody Valentine). Messengers 2: The Scarecrow will be available for $24.96 Slp.
According to Sony's press release, the prequel "goes back to the farm to finally learn the story of John
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Messengers 2 DVD Artwork and Details
5 June 2009 12:00 AM, PDT
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Check out the official DVD artwork for the frightening prequel to the $55 million worldwide box office hit The Messengers. “Messengers 2: The Scarecrow” directed by Martin Barnewitz from a screenplay by Todd Farmer and starring Norman Reedus (American Gangster, The Boondock Saints) and Richard Riehle (Office Space, Glory, The Fugitive) debuts on DVD July 21st.
Synopsis: The prequel to the box office hit The Messengers goes back to the farm to finally learn the story of John Rollins — the simple North Dakota farmer, struggling to save his farm and hold his family together. When he places a mysterious scarecrow in his field his luck changes for the better…but [...]
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- Brian Corder
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Hemsworth, Zahn & Jovovich Want A Perfect Getaway
31 May 2009 7:37 PM, PDT
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I always look forward to the end of the summer movie season. You can be sure to find at least one or two decent movies to watch in August that will entertain without suffering from all the hype leading up to their release. GI Joe, while I’m really excited to watch it, opens in August and if Screen Rant chatter is any indication, will most likely suffer from the hype and be judged very harshly.
If you want to find a movie worth watching you sometimes have to go off the beaten path; in this case, Hawaii. I think David Twohy’s A Perfect Getaway, which he wrote and directed, may be the sleeper hit of the summer and, if the film is as entertaining as the trailer, should be a great way to end the big movie season as well.
A Perfect Getaway appears to have everything I
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- Paul Young
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