Drama

Michael Moore’s Sicko trailer

Following on the heels of his Palm d’Or winning Fahrenheit 9/11 and his Oscar–winning Bowling for Columbine, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore’s new documentary sets out to investigate the American healthcare system. Sticking to his tried-and-true one-man approach, Moore sheds light on the complicated medical affairs of individuals and local communities. How do you pre-approve an ….

The first trailer from Natalie Portman’s controversial Goya’s Ghosts

In Natalie Portman’s new period piece Goya’s Ghosts, the Spanish painter Goya (Stellan Skarsgård) becomes distraught and gets entangled with the Spanish Inquisition when his muse Ines (Portman), is arrested by the church for being a heretic who practices Jewish rituals. The painter must make a decision whether to use his connection with a powerful ….

Star-studded film Winged Creatures gets release partner

Peace Arch Entertainment Group and Sony Pictures Worldwide announced that Sony has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the feature film Winged Creatures from Peace Arch. Winged Creatures stars six of today’s most celebrated actors, 2007 Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland, Platoon), 2007 Academy Award-winner Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and 2007 Academy Award-nominee ….

Piandaryan films debuts indie film The Parallel

Writer-director Jack Piandaryan today announced the release of Piandaryan Films first feature film, The Parallel, which has its exclusive Los Angeles engagement May 11 at Laemmle’s Town Center 5 in Encino, California. Starring Taylor Gerard Hart and Margaret Scarborough, the movie is a drama about a cocksure teenager who, full of himself and great expectations, ….

Film release dates for 2007 and 2008: Star Trek XI, 10,000 B.C., Iron Man and more

Here is a list of release dates for a bunch of film coming out the rest of 2007, and some additional ones coming oout in 2008. Of course, these dates are subject to change. April 13 (Friday) Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres Disturbia Pathfinder Perfect Stranger Slow Burn Year of the ….

Unscripted with the stars of Black Snake Moan

Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci get even closer than in the film, during an ‘Unscripted’ interview with each other. Black Snake Moan hits theaters today. It revolves around a God-fearing bluesman (Jackson), who takes to a wild young woman (Ricci) who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks for love, but never finds it. See the video ….

Bono’s Across the Universe trailer online

Sony has posted the trailer for the upcoming exotic musical Across the Universe, which stars Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Eddie Izzard and musician Bono. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution Studios’ Across the Universe is an original movie musical springing from the imagination of renowned director Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus, and the ….

Release dates/synopses for Hotel Transylvania, Tonight He Comes, Bond 22 and more

Sony has sent along an updated release schedule, starting from this Friday, right up through 2009. Some familiar titles and some new material, including the animated Hotel Transylvania, about a group of classic monsters including Frankenstein, the Mummy, Dracula and the Werewolf, who are hiding out in a hotel on the outskirts of Transylvania now ….

Beyond the Gates Trailer

Beyond the Gates focuses on two outsiders that become witnesses to a bloody genocide in Rwanda in this fact-based drama from director Michael Caton-Jones (The Jackal). Beyond the Gates stars John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz, Louis Mahoney, Nicola Walker, Steve Toussaint, David Gyasi, and Susan Nalwoga. It begins a limited city release on March ….