Bullet Run, The Cage, High Stakes and more Asia-U.S. action thrillers moving forward
Producer David Lee’s Xinhua Media Entertainment shingle, which is a China-U.S. co-production unit set up in Los Angeles and Beijing, announced a five film production slate, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Previously, Lee was the head of the Weinstein Company’s Asian Film Fund. The roster includes such Hollywood producers as Jon Shestack (Air Force One) ….
Win one of five sets of Limited Edition Marilyn Monroe all occasion greeting cards
The Color Bindery has released it’s entire set of greeting cards for the holiday season. So far, the Marilyn Monroe Note Card Set, is one of the most popular product pre-orders. Norma Jean is more popular now than ever it seems. As promised, I am giving away five boxed sets of this highly collectible and ….
Attack of the celebrity superheroes
Diverse Media Group is purchasing a stake in Celebrities In Action, in order to create a joint venture to develop superhero character franchises based on real-life Hollywood celebrities. The new characters will be developed in cooperation with film, music and television and sports stars and original storylines will span multimedia and multiplatform projects. Plans include ….
Old school Vegas con artist film Yonkers Joe trailer online
Yonkers Joe is described as an exciting, high-stakes con film and moving family drama written and directed by Robert Celestino, and starring Academy Award-nominee Chazz Palminteri, Academy Award-winner Christine Lahti, Tom Guiry, Golden Globe-nominee Linus Roache, and Academy Award-nominee Michael Lerner. An ode to old time gamblers, now outdated in an age of powerful upscale ….
Wayne Kramer’s Crossing Over trailer online
Wayne Kramer directed the hard-boiled thriller Running Scared back in 2006. I was surprised the movie didn’t have a better run in U.S. theaters. It was extremely well-crafted, and the contrasty cinematography, reminded me of Mel Gibson’s revenge action flick Payback. There’s a great animatic at the end of the film, composed wholly of Kramer’s ….
Cinematic Greetings and Cult Flavor Note Cards have arrived
I will be running another giveaway for the newest Color Bindery card design, the Limited Edition Marilyn Monroe Note Card Pack, starting tomorrow. So check back to the website early. Meanwhile, I hope those of you who have received the greeting card prize packs, enjoy them. I have just released the entire line of Cinematic ….
Tropic Thunder Blu-ray disc review
Riotously funny comedy Tropic Thunder just arrived on DVD and Blu-ray disc this week. If you weren’t one of our lucky contest winners, this is a must have film anyway. I watched Tropic Thunder in theaters twice. The first time was at a special advanced screening at San Diego Comic-Con in July, at a midnight ….
Twilight film rakes in bank for Summit Entertainment
Twilight is apparently breaking records at the box office already. According to Variety, the teen vampire film could see an opening day cume of $30 million, after already grossing more than $7 million in Thursday midnight shows alone. If these totals hold, Twilight could land a spot on the top 20 best opening day grosses ….
Two new Star Trek posters take flight
Paramount released two additional character posters from J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek origins film, due to kick off next year’s summer box office, when it gets to theaters on May 8th 2009. The two posters are of the Romulan Nero, played by Eric Bana, and the amazingly beautiful Nyota Uhura, played by Zoe Saldana. I ….
Trailer for Mickey Rourke film The Wrestler
There’s been so much buzz surrounding Darren Aronofsky’s new film The Wrestler, ever since it premiered at the Venice Film Festival back in September, where is won the Golden Lion. The Wrestler follows the story of a retired professional wrestler named Randy “The Ram” Robinson (Mickey Rourke), as he makes his way through the independent ….
Timothy Olyphant to redo George Romero horror The Crazies
Timothy Olyphant (Go, Live Free or Die Hard) is attached to star in Overture Film’s remake of The Crazies, the 1973 George A. Romero horror film that Breck Eisner (Sahara) is directing. The low-budget cult classic The Crazies originally starred Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones, Lloyd Hollar, Lynn Lowry, Richard Liberty, Richard France, ….
Arrested Development film approaching green light
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Arrested Development film is inching closer to becoming a reality. Apparently, Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard have closed deals for the long-in-development project. The possible adaptation of the short-lived Fox show has been a hot topic among fans for the last year. Speculation was initially fueled by cast members, ….
Astro Boy teaser trailer goes live
David Bowers, who helmed Flushed Away, is directing the upcoming Summit Pictures’ film Astro Boy. The Studio has just released the first teaser trailer for the movie, which is due in theaters on October 23rd 2009. Based on the classic anime series by Osamu Tezuka, with a script by Timothy Harris (Twins, My Stepmother Is ….
Terminator Salvation the Game coming with the film
Warner Bros. Interactive, Equity Games and Halcyon Games announced Terminator Salvation – The Videogame, a third-person shooter to be released in conjunction with the Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures film, which opens nationwide on May 22, 2009. Based on the upcoming Terminator Salvation film, the game offers players the chance to assume the role of ….
Sunset Boulevard Centennial Collection DVD review
Billy Wilder’s noir-classic about death and decay in Hollywood holds up so well, with its power to provoke thought, laughter and shock, all at once. It was a special enjoyment that I watched this film again after so many years, and it blew me away all over again. Many stars of the time make cameo ….
