Rebound Preview Online

Originally Published: June 9, 2005 I have posted new photos from the upcoming Martin Lawrence comedy, Rebound. Old school meets middle school in this feel-good family comedy starring Martin Lawrence (Big Momma’s House) as the ultimate fish out of water. Lawrence plays a high-strung college basketball coach who must redeem himself following a public meltdown, ….

Rent Film Begins Production

Originally Published: March 15, 2005 Based on the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award Winning Musical by Jonathan Larson, the film will be shot in New York and San Francisco with many members of the original Broadway cast. Filming has begun in New York and San Francisco on Revolution Studios’ Rent, an adaptation of the acclaimed ….

Andy Lau’s Focus Films to Produce Hong Kong Hits

Originally Published: March 24, 2005 According to the The Hollywood Reporter, Focus Films, the Hong Kong film production and distribution company, is creating a joint venture with News Corp.’s Asian satellite broadcaster STAR to produce and distribute a package of six films by up-and-coming directors from across Hong Kong. It’s the first time such an ….

Battle for the Kingdom of Heaven

Originally Published: April 18, 2005 Fox has sent us some amazing new photos from Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a blacksmith who has lost his family and nearly lost his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that ….

Gus Van Sant’s Last Days

Originally Published: April 18, 2005 Last Days is Loosely based on the last days of rocker Kurt Cobain. The dark drama reminds me of My Own Private Idaho, which Gus Van Sant also directed. Last Days follows Blake (played by Michael Pitt) through a handful of hours he spends in and near his wooded home, ….

Empire Salutes Tarantino

Originally Published: March 15, 2005 The director of the Kill Bill films, Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino, was named film icon of the decade at the Empire Awards gala event. Over 12,000 readers of of the London-based magazine cast votes for the awards. “The fact that England has embraced me as one of ….

Rent Film Begins Production

Originally Published: March 15, 2005 Based on the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award Winning Musical by Jonathan Larson, the film will be shot in New York and San Francisco with many members of the original Broadway cast. Filming has begun in New York and San Francisco on Revolution Studios’ Rent, an adaptation of the acclaimed ….

Guess Who Film Clips

Originally Published: March 19, 2005 Sony has posted some new clips from Guess Who, starring Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher. Bernie Mac stars as a sarcastic father has plenty to say about his daughter wanting to marry a white boy (played by Aston Kutcher). You can view the clips, as well as some new photos ….

IMAX 3D Technology at ShowWest and all 6 Star Wars Films in 3–D?

Originally Published: March 15, 2005 Monday, at the annual pilgrimage of film exhibitors known as ShoWest 2005 in Las Vegas, Imax Corp. planned to announce its new 3-D live action technology at the convention. The technology makes it possible to convert any two dimensional 35mm film into Imax’s large-screen 3-D environment, The Hollywood Reporter states. ….

2005 Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival Accepting Entries

Originally Published: March 16, 0000 TVIFMF is ready to roll again this Fall, running from September 14-18, 2005, Temecula, California. The festival features emerging styles from North America and 20+ countries around the world. The festival is announcing its traditional call for Entries for both film and music as officially open. TVIFMF is open to ….

Sex and the Married Woman

Originally Published: July 25, 2005 Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan comes to life in A Good Woman. Set in the 1930s on the beautiful Italian Riviera, the film focuses on a young married couple, whose marriage is in jeopardy because of high-society gossip of a blossoming affair. A Good Woman stars Helen Hunt as Mrs. ….

Catching the Red Eye

Originally Published: July 25, 2005 What would you do if a fellow airplane passenger told you he was an assassin looking to knock off a wealthy businessman, and you are the key to his success? Oh, and if you didn’t help him carry out his plan, your father would be murdered with one phone call. ….