Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of May 15
Two really well received movies - Chronicle and The Grey - are joined by two of the worst reviewed in recent memory with One for the Money and The Devil Inside for this week's set of releases on Blu-ray and DVD. •Chronicle (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives ...
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Anchorman 2 Teaser Playing With The Dictator
A fun surprise for Anchorman fans will be attached to screens of The Dictator which opens on Wednesday. There will be a short teaser trailer for the sequel to the 2004 film even though it was just announced at the end of March and hasn't been written yet. The principle characters however got together to shoot the teaser specifically and it features the "Channel 4 news team" - Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and David Koechner. Christina Applegate is not included and her status for the...
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Trailer for The Campaign
The first trailer for the comedy The Campaign has arrived. The film stars Will Ferrell,Ă‚Â Zach Galifianakis, and Jason Sudeikis with the story centered on two political rivals with presidential aspirations as they compete for a Congressional seat in North Carolina. The Campaign is slated to release on August 10. When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and ga...
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Trailer for Gangster Squad
The first trailer for the period crime drama Gangster Squad has arrived. Directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) the film stars Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, and Emma Stone with the story centered on LAPD's fight to keep the East Coast Mafia out of the city in the 40's and 50's. Gangster Squad does not yet have a release date but is expected out later this year. Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-...
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Trailer for Argo
The first trailer for the 70's political drama Argo has arrived. Directed by and starring Ben Affleck the film is based on the true story of a CIA agent who concocts a daring plan to rescue six Americans in Iran. Argo is slated to release on October 12. Based on true events, “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis–the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On N...
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Trailer for Killer Joe
A trailer for the upcoming film Killer Joe, which received the rare NC-17 rating, has arrived. Starring Matthew McConaughey and Emile Hirsch it centers on a man in debt who puts out a hit on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance. Killer Joe is slated to release on July 27. When 22-year-old Chris (Emile Hirsch) finds himself in debt to a drug lord, he hires a hit man to dispatch his mother, whose $50,000 life insurance policy benefits his sister Dottie (Juno Temple). Chris finds ...
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Review: The Avengers
Years of build-up in creating the "Marvel Universe" through five individual films finally culminates with The Avengers which brings together a number of popular superheroes to battle Loki and an army under his command. At times Marvel received criticism for shoehorning in elements of S.H.I.E.L.D - the organization defending the planet - or other story threads in those earlier movies that wouldn't get their payoff until later. I always enjoyed those moments however and it was definitely wo...
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Opening Weekend Box Office Record Shattered by The Avengers
Most expected The Avengers to challenge the $169 million opening weekend box office record held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 but few thought it even possible for a film to reach the number that it has - $200.3 million. Even with rising ticket prices padded by 3D and IMAX surcharges the $200 million mark seemed impossible to reach based on the finite number of screens and showings and the rarity of an event that could draw crowds of such a magnitude. It was the perfect s...
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