Drama

The Last King of Scotland Co-Stars Interview Each Other

The last film (which has always stayed with me) I remember watching about Idi Amin, was 1981’s Amin: The Rise and Fall. It was a brutal portrait of Amin, containing rapes, mass murder and the utter degradation of his own people. Sharad Patel directed the film almost as a B movie horror, but with a better script. Some of the incidents ….

Home of the Brave Trailer

Jessica Biel even looks great in army fatigues. And Home of the Brave looks touching and very relevant. The film tells the story of an American Army unit nearing the end of their tours of duty in Iraq, but are sent on one final humanitarian mission to bring medical supplies to a remote village. The unit is ambushed ….

Angelina Jolie to be in Atlas Shrugged

According to Variety, Angelina Jolie is going to star in a film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s book Atlas Shrugged for Lionsgate films. The novel is a three part story, with the two sections following Dagny Taggart (to be played by Jolie), a no-nonsense railroad executive, and her attempt to keep her company alive despite repeated encroachment by a society falling toward collectivism, ….

A New Stranger Than Fction Trailer and Casino Royale in Another Format

Below are links to the NEW trailer for Stranger Than Fiction, Will Ferrell’s upcoming comedy about an IRS auditor (Ferrell) who suddenly finds himself the subject of narration that only he can hear. Narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work, to his love life. See the trailer for Stranger Than Fiction, at the links below. ….

Bobby Trailer

Check out the star-studded cast, including Lindsay Lohan, Joy Bryant, Demi Moore, Anthony Hopkins, Heather Graham, Laurence Fishburne, Harry Belafonte, Nick Cannon, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy and many, many more, in the trailer for Bobby, profiling the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, on June 6th, 1968, which centers around 22 people who were at the Ambassador Hotel where ….

Previews for Bobby, Shut Up and Sing, Breaking and Entering & Arthur

SHUT UP AND SING will be released limited October 20, 2006 by The Weinstein Company  SHUT UP AND SING travels with the Dixie Chicks, from the peak of their popularity as the national-anthem-singing darlings of country music and top-selling female recording artists of all time, through the now infamous anti-Bush comment made by the group’s lead singer Natalie Maines in 2003. ….

All The King’s Men Preview

Steven Zaillian directs Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Patricia Clarkson, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Hopkins, and Kathy Baker in All The King’s Men, based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren. Find out all about the film, view the trailer, read the synopsis and much more, in the Film Library. All The King’s Men will be in theaters on September 22, 2006. Find out ….

Half Nelson Preview and Trailer

In the upcoming film Half Nelson, Ryan Gosling plays a Brooklyn junior high school teacher named Dan Dunne, who inspires his students while simultaneously destructing his own persona. In the film, directed byAnna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Dunne finds innovative ways to inspire his 13 and 14-year-old students to think for themselves. However, at the same time, the “brilliant” teacher ….

The Last King Of Scotland Trailer

In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor (played by James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world’s most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (played by Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan’s brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his physician. Whitaker is getting ….

Babel Trailer and Updates

In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out – detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple’s frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a Japanese teen rebel whose father ….

More About Craig Brewer’s Black Snake Moan

Buzz for Craig Brewer’s next film, Black Snake Moan, started rising as soon as Hustle & Flow was released. The film is about a God-fearing bluesman (Samuel L. Jackson), who takes to a wild young woman named Rae (Christina Ricci) who was a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Here is a complete synopsis of Black Snake Moan: From the writer and director of the sleeper hit Hustle ….

Pursuit of Happyness Trailer

A struggling salesman (Will Smith) takes custody of his son (Will’s real-life son Jaden) as he’s poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor. The Pursuit of Happyness will be in theaters this holiday season on December 15, 2006. There is also a behind the scenes piece with Will Smith talking about working with his son, and about the actual journey of ….

Alfonso “Y tu mama tambien” Cuaron’s Children of Men Trailer

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which man can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her child’s birth may help scientists save the future of mankind. Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men could be the first big hit for the versatileClive Owen, who has ….

Trade Trailer

In Marco Kreuzpaintner’s (Summer Storm) Trade, Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) is a 13-year-old girl from Mexico City whose kidnapping by sex traffickers sets in motion a desperate mission by her 17-year-old brother, Jorge (Cesar Ramos), to save her. As he dodges immigration officers and incredible obstacles to track the girls’ abductors, he meets Ray (Kevin Kline), a Texas cop whose own family loss to ….

The Prestige Trailer

It looks like Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson will be in a second film together this year. That’s just fine with me, as I don’t really mind looking at either on screen. In addition to Woody Allen’s The Scoop, which hits theaters next week, on July 28th, they will both be seen in The Prestige. The Prestige is being directed by Christopher Nolan (Batman ….