IRON MAN, Batman, Big Angry Green Man — to judge from the new popcorn season it seems as if Hollywood has realized that the best way to deal with its female troubles is to not have any, women, that is.
A special section featuring the return of Indiana Jones, “Sex and the City,” “Hancock,” breakthrough performances, upcoming releases, trailers and more.
Not that it hasn’t tried to make nice with the leading ladies, in films like “The Invasion” (with Nicole Kidman) and “The Brave One” (Jodie Foster). Yet, after those Warner Brothers titles fizzled, the online chatter was that the studio’s president for production, Jeff Robinov, had vowed it would no longer make movies with female leads. A studio representative denied he made the comments. And, frankly, it is hard to believe that anyone in a position of Hollywood power would be so stupid as to actually say what many in that town think: Women can’t direct. Women can’t open movies. Women are a niche.
Los Angeles (E! Online) - Indiana Jones has battled Nazis, escaped certain death and found the Holy Grail.
That apparently doesn’t impress J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of Catcher in the Rye. Hollywood Deadline alerted us to a Salinger letter auctioned on eBay, in which the author describes his reaction to seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark:
“I got hooked into seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark, which might be excused for its unwitty, unfunny awful socko-ness if it had been put together by Harvard Lampoon seniors.”
Ouch. We actually liked the socko-ness, but what do you expect from the guy who wrote in Catcher in the Rye? “If there’s one thing I hate, it’s the movies. Don’t even mention them to me.”
At least he didn’t call Indy a phony.
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Wow! Angelina is starring in the new thriller and my question is when she had the time to do it. She’s pregnant and in the movie she looks as thin as in Tomb Rider.
A mother, donator, actress, she’s a role model, and surely owns the hottest living guy Brad Pitt.
Here is the trailer to her new movie Wanted which is coming out on June, 27th
As Bender’s Big Score gets set to air in four installments on Comedy Central later this month, Fox Home Entertainment ahs announced that the next adventure in the series of Futurama DVD movies will be available at retail this summer. The Fate of human and robot-kind is at stake when Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs debuts at retail on June 24.
In what Fox is calling the most tentacle-packed Futurama epic, space itself rips open, revealing a gateway to another universe. What lies beyond is a mix of horror and love as the Planet Express crew encounters a repulsive, planet-sized monster with romantic intentions.
The second feature-length Futurama film will be followed by at least two more movies from series creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. The show’s entire voice cast and most of its main writers have returned to help revive the series, which FOX cancelled in 2003. Groening, who also created The Simpsons, has told us that Futurama is the animated show he’s most proud of. Those who haven’t picked up Bender’s Big Score on DVD yet can catch it on Comedy Central on March 23 at 8 p.m.
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The date’s been set and the producer secured: The 17th annual MTV Movie Awards will be airing live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California, on June 1.
MTV announced Tuesday (March 1 
that Mark Burnett — the Emmy
Award-winning executive producer of such hit shows as “Survivor,” “The Apprentice,” “Rock Star,” “The Contender” and “My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad” — will be returning for his second year as the awards’ executive producer.
Last year’s MTV Movie Awards generated huge ratings, pulling in over 20 million viewers on its premiere night. This year’s ceremony will once again premiere live on MTV, with the show’s iconic golden popcorn prize up for grabs in categories ranging from Best Kiss to Best Villain.
“I’m looking forward to incorporating the viewers more than ever before, because I consider the MTV Movie Awards to be the most relevant movie award show in America today,”
Release of the Month
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
On May 22, Indiana Jones is back in a new globe-trotting adventure, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”.
Set in 1957 and the Cold War the retiring college professor Jones becomes embroiled in a race against the Russians to find the Crystal Skull, which is believed to harness supernatural, possibly extra-terrestrial powers.
Jones also faces a blast from the past who is not too happy that he abandoned her twenty years ago.
Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford as Indy, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” features an outstanding cast, including Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Oscar winner Jim Broadbent and Shia LaBeouf.
Frank Marshall is the film’s producer. George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy are the executive producers. The screenplay is by David Koepp from a story by George Lucas.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is released 22nd May.
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Charlie Bartlett
Expelled from yet another private school for his blossoming though illegal, entrepreneurial activities, wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) finds himself at a regular High School.
His smart, geeky appearance gets him a first day beating from the school bully so his overly medicated mother (Hope Davis) calls in the family psychiatrist to help him out.
An opportunity not to be missed, Charlie sets himself up as the school agony aunt, channeling advice from his psychiatrist direct to his fellow students.
Of course the thing that Charlie wants more than anything else is to be popular, to be liked by everyone.
He thinks that what he is doing is the perfect way to achieve popularity and its not that he’s wrong, its’ just the way he goes about things that is.
His charm, charisma and access to medication soon starts to win him new friends as well as the attentions of the Principal’s daughter, much to the annoyance of the Principal (Robert Downey Jr.) a man battling his own demons.
Charlie’s one man battle against loneliness, angst and the hypocrisy of the modern world inspires everyone, until the day he goes too far.
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis
Speed Racer
Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless.
His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolised, the legendary Rex Racer, whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfil.
Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer (John Goodman), the designer of Speed’s thundering Mach 5.
When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company’s maniacal owner (Roger Allam) but uncovers a terrible secret, some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits.
If Speed won’t drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line.
The only way for Speed to save his family’s business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at its own game.
With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie (Christina Ricci), Speed teams with his one-time rival, the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox), to win the race that had taken his brother’s life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible.
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, Christina Ricci
Things seem to have just gone south after all those people were injured on the set of Valkyrie. And the film just hit another roadblock. Its release got pushed back until 2009.
Tom Cruise is on a roll here! His last movie Lions for Lambs grossed only $15 million. Long gone are the days of Tom being able to create a blockbuster. His best saving grace would be to put Suri in something.
