Oct 06, 2009 -
- Mark Wahlberg is set to star in the thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam — Variety
- Kristen Bell shares her five favorite movies — Rotten Tomatoes
- Is Lauren Graham joining Parenthood? — Ausiello Files
- Daft Punk has a cameo in the upcoming Disney film Tron Legacy — MTV Movies Blog
- Get Gossip Girl decorating ideas from last night's episode — CasaSugar
- MTV announces its 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards Nominees — MTV
- Rivers Cuomo talks Raditude and his love for Lil Wayne — Pitchfork
- Kenny Rogers is going to sing on How I Met Your Mother — Show Tracker
- Photos from this weekend's Austin City Limits Music Festival — Stereogum
- Fantasy Island is getting the reality TV treatment — Hollywood Reporter
- A fun roller derby Halloween costume inspired by Whip It — Moviefone
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Aug 05, 2009 -
If you've read the book The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, you'll know that it's a heartwrenching, mysterious tale about family, death — and whatever comes after death. Peter Jackson's film adaptation has been a point of discussion ever since it was announced over two years ago, from the casting choices to the question of how to adapt a story like this, which regularly blurs the line between reality and the supernatural. Jackson's 1994 movie Heavenly Creatures does this very thing as well, which made him a good choice for this particular challenge.
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Jun 30, 2009 -
Now that the filmmakers have finally settled on the two male leads for The Fighter, a lady love has been cast. The endearing Amy Adams will join Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in the story about a famed Massachusetts boxer. Based on a true story, Wahlberg will play "Irish" Mickey Ward and Bale will play Ward's "trainer-brother" Dick Eklund, and the movie will follow "their early days on the rough streets of Lowell, Mass., through Eklund's battle with drugs and Ward's eventual world championship in London."
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Apr 21, 2009 -
Over two years ago, there was news that Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon would star together in The Fighter, a drama about "Boston fighter 'Irish' Mickey Ward [Wahlberg] and how he was helped to the world lightweight championship by half-brother Dicky Eklund" (Damon).
Then, about seven months later, Matt Damon dropped out of the project and Brad Pitt was in talks to take his place in the role of Dicky.
Now Pitt's out of the picture and Christian Bale is joining the cast as Dicky (and the movie will be directed by David O.
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Feb 27, 2009 -
How is it possible that of all the over-the-top characters Will Ferrell has played on the big screen, he's never been a policeman? That's about to change, though, as Sony has just picked up the rights to The B Team, a buddy comedy about a pair of cops.
The other cop?
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Jan 20, 2009 -
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue.
Henry Poole Is Here
What a difference a year makes!
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Oct 20, 2008 -
Mark Wahlberg had a good weekend. His movie Max Payne was No. 1 at the box office, with an estimated $18 million.
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Oct 17, 2008 -
In its own haunting way, Max Payne is beautiful to watch. I knew that director John Moore had utilized some new digital technology while filming, but I didn't quite expect the movie as a whole to be so visually mesmerizing. This world never strays from its grainy state, everything awash in a blue-gray sheen — except for striking spots of bright red, and sometimes twinkly orange sparks — and there is near-constant precipitation usually large snowflakes swirling through icy air.
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Oct 16, 2008 -
Time to weigh in on one of this weekend's new releases, the darkly stylized Max Payne. Based on a video game, the story follows our hero Max Payne as he tries to hunt down the people who killed his wife and child, but every step he takes towards solving their murders only brings up more questions and lead him into a sinister world.
Are you familiar with the video game?
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Jul 30, 2008 -
After a Summer with no original series, HBO sure seems to be stepping up its TV development these days. The latest news:
- HBO's alliance with Mark Wahlberg's production company has worked out well so far (Entourage, In Treatment), so why not try again? The latest is a comedy pilot called How to Make It in America.
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