127 HOURS movie review
127 Hours (2010)–***1/2 I remember when Cast Away was released, wondering if Tom Hanks could keep an audience enthralled–with no costars–for two hours. The answer, of course, was yes and he did it with nothing more than his personality. Hanks can pull off such a feat for no other reason than he is Tom Hanks, a movie star in the most classical sense. His charisma and natural whimsy, whether in a TV interview or as a FedEx exec trapped on a deserted island, invite you to sit back and enjoy the show. Like Cast Away, much of the screen time in 127 Hours belongs to one man: James Franco. Franco plays the media-hyped hiker Aron Ralston, who notably cut off his own arm after it was pinned between a boulder and a rock wall. While Franco is many things,...
Read MoreTFC Morning Report – Thursday, March 4, 2009 – Tyler Perry and Lionsgate announce two more pictures
Top Story: Tyler Perry will release two more pictures with Lionsgate. The deal comes after Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail scored Lionsgate’s biggest weekend opening in the distributor’s 12-year history. Another Madea project, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, will be released later this year and Why Did I Get Married Too will hit screens in 2010. (erc BoxOffice) In Other News: Steve Carell’s Carousel Productions will be behind the upcoming testosterone comedy High-T, with Carell as the film’s likely star. (HR) Slumdog Millionaire has answered the $200 million question, worldwide that is. (Variety) Dakota Fanning is in talks to play Cheri Currie with Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett in The Runaways. (Variety) The 28th Amendment may finally have a director. Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck, whose The Lives of Others won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film...
Read MoreTFC Morning Report – Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 – Slumdog takes Best Picture
Top Story: Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars at the 81st annual Acadamy Awards last night, including Best Picture and Best Director. Sean Penn won his second Best Actor Oscar for Milk, while Kate Winslet finally took home the Best Actress trophy for her role in The Reader. Supporting Oscars went to Heath Ledger and Penelope Cruz. (HP) In Other News: Mike Myers’ The Love Guru won (lost?) Worst Picture, Screenplay, and Actor at this year’s Golden Raspberry awards, a.k.a. the Razzies. Paris Hilton won another Razzie for her supporting role in Repo: The Genetic Opera, while Uwe Boll took home Worst Director. (Variety) Word on the blog is that Ghostbuster 3 may finally go into production later this year. (AICN) Tyler Perry continued his role as Lionsgate cash cow over the weekend with his Madea Goes to Jail taking...
Read MoreTFC Morning Report – Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2008 – Ang Lee takes on Life of Pi
Top Story: Ang Lee will direct and adaptation of award-winning novel Life of Pi for Fox 2000. (Variety) In Other News: Aston Kutcher is in negotiations to star in the football film Traded. (Variety) Slumdog wins one more. The costume designers guild gave out its awards last night, honoring The Duchess for period film and Slumdog Millionaire for contemporary film. The fantasy award went to The Dark Knight. (HR) And finally, Arnold Schwarzenegger will play himself in all his Governator-ness in Sylvestor Stallone’s upcoming film The Expendables. (AICN)...
Read MoreTFC Morning Report – Monday, Feb. 16, 2009 – Slumdog looks to sweep after ASC and ACE wins
Top Story: Slumdog Millionaire took home the editing (ACE) and cinematography (ASC) awards this weekend underscoring its frontrunner status ahead of next Sunday’s Oscars, Variety’s Awards Central reports. It now looks like Slumdog has a chance to win in all nine categories for which it is nominated after locking in so much pre-Oscar support. The film has 10 nominations, including two for Best Song. In Other News: Nikke at DHD reports that the wretched Friday the 13th remake brought in $42.3 million this weekend domestically helping make this the best President’s Day weekend for the box office in history. It should come close to hitting the $50 million. Overseas, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button took in another $31 million bringing its foreign total to $118 million. (Variety)...
Read MoreTFC Morning Report – Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 – ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
Top Story: Benderspink has tapped Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain to adapt the Red 5 comic ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction, according to HR. The comic follows a group of elite soldiers sent to the Middle East to clean up after the undead weapons that have gone out of control. In Other News:Slumdog Millionaire picked up seven awards at the BAFTAs yesterday, including Best Picture and Best Director. Winslet took home the Best Actress Orange for The Reader, while Mickey Rourke nabbed another Best Actor trophy for his work in The Wrestler. Complete list of BAFTA winners. Europa and Taken producer Luc Besson will team for an English-language remake of the hit French thriller Tell No One, reports Variety. He’s Just Not That Into You topped the weekend box office with $27.5 million. Coraline, the 3-D stop-motion animation, opened...
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