Release dates picked for arthouse favorites Ang Lee, Coen Brothers, Sam Mendes, Jim Jarmusch and more 2009 features
Focus Features has set release dates for movies by some big names in pop-arthouse cinema, including The Coen Brothers, Ang Lee and Jim Jarmusch, along with a Tim Burton-produced animated fantasy simply titled 9, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Below are details I put together on Focus’ crop of features that will be gracing arthouse ….
Last Samurai star to topline aviation disaster story
Variety reports that Last Samurai star Ken Watanabe will star in the Japanese production Shizumanu taiyo, a.k.a. The Sun That Doesn’t Set, a film to be based on the story of a 1985 plane crash that caused 520 deaths, the most in Japanese airline history. Watanabe is attached to play the head of an airline ….
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly rappin’ ’bout boats ‘n hoes?
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, stars of the new movie Step Brothers, have a classic hip hop thing going on over at Playboy.com. Check out the link below, and see them in an exclusive music video for a rap song they made called Boats ‘n Hoes. CLICK HERE to check out the hilarious video. ….
Wind Chill trailer
In director Gregory Jacobs upcoming “chiller” Wind Chill, two college students sharing a ride home for the holidays, break down on a deserted stretch of road, and are preyed upon by ghosts of the dead. Wind Chill hits theaters on April 27, 2007. Check out the trailer at the links below. Windows Media Large Windows ….
Talladega Nights: Car Auction for a Cause
Beginning today, racing aficionados and movie buffs will have an opportunity to bid on and buy four of the “prop” race cars driven by Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Sacha Baron Cohen in the filming of the hit Columbia Pictures’ comedy Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby. Sony Pictures has begun selling the ….
A Prairie Home Companion
I have just added some stills from Robert Altman’s A Prairie Home Companion in the photo gallery area RIGHT HERE And take a look at the trailer for the film RIGHT HERE Director Robert Altman and writer Garrison Keillor join forces with an all-star cast to create a comic backstage fable, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, about a fictitious radio variety show that has managed to ….
Talladega Nights Trailer
Below are trailer links for TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY. The film will be released on August 4, 2006. TALLADEGA NIGHTS tells the story of NASCAR stock car racing sensation Ricky Bobby (played by Will Ferrell), who is considered a national hero. He and his loyal racing partner and childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr. (John C. Reilly), are a ….