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The Box: An Inadequate Package to Unwrap
I so wanted The Box to be a worthy successor to Donnie Darko, director Richard Kelly's first film and much-appreciated cult fave. Unfortunately, I didn't exactly get my wish.
The Box is a highly stylized, good-looking thriller, from the retro 1976 Virginia setting to the Barbie and Ken looks of leads Cameron Diaz and James Marsden.
Movie Preview: The Box
I've been watching out for director Richard Kelly's (Donnie Darko) movie The Box for a long time now, and I'm excited to say that while the premise sounds odd/silly, I think this could turn out to be a great film. Cameron Diaz and James Marsden play married couple Norma and Arthur Lewis who have a pretty storybook life but eventually run into money troubles. Cue very creepy music and Frank Langella showing up on their doorstep with a box.
Movie Preview: Sex Drive
I heard about Sex Drive a while ago and then read a review that gave the movie a so-so rating, but now that I've seen the trailer, I'm kinda interested to see it. In some ways it resembles a way weaker version of Superbad, but also more bizarre and — it seems — a little less gross. The plot goes like this: "A horny teenager brings his friends along on a road trip from Chicago to Knoxville to lose his virginity with a girl he met online."
Box Office: Cloverfield's Monster Weekend Breaks Records
January usually isn't the month to expect big things at the box office, but Cloverfield just changed all of that. JJ Abrams' monster flick was No. 1 at the box office this weekend, earning an estimated $41 million and setting an all-time January record, Variety reports.
27 Dresses: Formulaic but Enjoyable
If you have just the right mindset before viewing 27 Dresses, you just might — dare I say it?— love this movie. It's not deep, it won't win any awards, but it's the perfect complement to a big buttery bucket of popcorn. And really, isn't that what going to movies like this is all about?
Buzz News Roundup, 11/2
- Variety writes that Fox has set a release date for the second X-Files movie: July 25, 2008.
- All My Children star Justin Bruening will be the new Knight Rider, reports Zap2it.
- ComingSoon reports that Natalie Portman is starting a production company and will make her directorial debut with A Tale of Love and Darkness.
- According to Hollywood Reporter, FX has ordered a fifth season of Rescue Me.
- Variety reports that Forest Whitaker will produce a Showtime series called Mr. Untouchable about a "flashy Harlem heroin dealer."
- James Marsden will join Cameron Diaz for the thriller The Box, writes Zap2It.
- A YouTube series called We Need Girlfriends could become a CBS comedy produced by Sex and the City's Darren Star, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
- According to Billboard, Jewel is going country with her brand-new Nashville-based label.
- Variety has news about a sequel to Dances With Wolves, titled The Holy Road and directed by Simon Wincer.
- Dennis Miller has signed on to host the NBC game show Amnesia; details are at The Futon Critic.
Movie Preview: 27 Dresses
The movie doesn't open until January 11, 2008 but we already have a trailer for Katherine Heigl's next romantic "comedy," 27 Dresses. She plays a woman who has been a bridesmaid 27 times and, surprise surprise, never a bride. It appears that her tendency to be kind of a doormat has something to do with her getting stepped on a lot.
Link Time! 7/5
- The Film Experience's hottie of the week is James Marsden (of Hairspray, among other things) whom I think is underused and highly attractive.
- MTV's Movie Blog has a chat with John Travolta and Robin Williams about a movie they're doing together called Old Dogs.
- Cinematical reports on the rumor that Jim Carrey and director Robert Zemeckis teaming up to make A Christmas Carol utilizing the same animation used in The Polar Express and the upcoming Beowulf.
- The TV Addict has video of the "Battlestar Galactica" panel at Sci Fi's digital press tour.
- I missed the anti-drug commercial that features a talking dog, so I'm glad BestWeekEver posted it.
- Speaking of commercials, You Ain't No Picasso finds video of a couple of ads featuring songs by Feist and Architecture in Helsinki.
- TV Squad tells us how to get a sneak peek of the new Ken Burns documentary, The War.
- BellaSugar looks at Joan Jett's beauty with attitude.
- Idolator wants to know what the soundtrack was for your local fireworks display.
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