Magnolia Pictures grabs rights to Neil Jordan’s Ondine

Magnolia Pictures announced that it has acquired U.S. rights to Ondine, the latest movie from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Neil Jordan, who wrote, directed and produced the project. Ondine stars Colin Farrell, Stephen Rea and features newcomer Alicja Bachleda in the title role. It will be released early this summer as part of Magnolia’s Ultra VOD ….

Iron Man 2 to be released in IMAX

IMAX, Marvel Entertainment and Paramount Pictures today announced that Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey, Jr., will be released to digital IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s worldwide release on May 7, 2010. The film’s limited IMAX release will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The ….

Jennifer’s Body Blu-ray review

Jennifer’s Body was so much more than advertised. In the poster and in trailer after trailer, the movie’s star Megan Fox is front and center, pushing the teen male hormone exploitation factor, which as a male, I didn’t have much of a problem with. However, I wasn’t very excited about the film beyond the obvious. ….

Magnet nabs rights to award-winning crime thriller Down Terrace

Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has nabbed distribution rights to Down Terrace, a genre bending portrait of a crime family slotted to play in Slamdance this month after being warmly received at Raindance, where it won the award for Best UK Feature, and Austin’s Fantastic Fest, where it ….