2009
420 articles
Emir Kusturica Plans Pancho Villa Film
Palme d’Or winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica will tackle legendary Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa in his next film. He plans to shoot entirely in Spanish and on location in...
Mar 24, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongBruce Willis Weds Emma Heming
It has been confirmed: Bruce Willis has tied the knot for the second time marrying 30-year-old model/actress Emma Heming. Rogers & Cowan, the agency that supplies Willis his publicist, announced...
Mar 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMartin Short in Favor of “Three Amigos!” Sequel
“Are gringos falling from the sky?” Not exactly, but it sure seems like movies sequels are, and 1980s comedy classic “Three Amigos!” might meet a similar fate if star Martin Short has anything to say...
Mar 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongStreet Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) ★
“Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li,” directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak is not in the realm of movies so bad as to provoke anger. It has advanced far beyond that. It resides in a dimension of cosmic...
Mar 21, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTribune Sues Warren Beatty Over Rights to Dick Tracy
Bankrupt media company Tribune Media Services (a division of newspaper publisher Tribune Co) filed a lawsuit Thursday against Academy-award winning actor and director Warren Beatty in an attempt to...
Mar 21, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSAG Pickets Obama’s Leno Appearance
Close to 100 SAG (Screen Actors Guild) actors picketed outside Thursday during the taping of “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. President Barack Obama was the marquee guest. The protest was designed...
Mar 20, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTaken (2009) ★½
Above all else, “Taken” painfully hammers home the fact that nothing can make up for a bad script. Especially when the script is not just bad, but painfully bad. Astronomically bad. Attempting to...
Mar 20, 2009 / Scott ArmstrongNatasha Richardson Dies at 45
Tony Award-winning actress and wife of actor Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, died Wednesday at age 45 after suffering a head injury from a skiing accident. Liam Neeson’s publicist, Alan Nierob,...
Mar 19, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTransformers 3: Fanboys Must Wait
Don’t fret, Hollywood is still definitely up to its old tricks milking every franchise for every last cent they can squeeze out. “Transformers” is no different. The controversy, however, beyond the...
Mar 18, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongWatchmen (2009)
Alan Moore, the mind behind the beloved, seminal pop-art masterpiece “Watchmen” once famously said that his graphic novel would be impossible to film, and has distanced himself from any attempt to do...
Mar 18, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJohn Lennon’s Childhood Told by the Weinsteins
John Lennon, who once said he wasn’t one for autobiography, will be the subject of a new film. The rights to “Nowhere Boy,” a feature-length biopic of sorts based on the childhood of the seminal...
Mar 17, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong“MacGyver” Feature in the Works
Question: What is a stick of chewing gum, a paper clip and an A-list writer away from a global franchise? According New Line’s Richard Brener that would be the new “MacGyver” feature film which is in...
Mar 16, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMatt Damon to Reprise ‘Bourne’ Role in Fourth Film
Matt Damon recently confirmed that he and director Paul Greengrass are developing an original script for the “Bourne” series’ fourth installment. Based on Robert Ludlum’s best-selling novels “The...
Mar 15, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongIron Man 2 Nabs Rourke, Johansson
The folks behind the 2008 hit “Iron Man” have upped the star power ante landing Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke for the sequel, tentatively scheduled for release on May 7th 2010. According to...
Mar 13, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongCash Reward in Death of “Rocky” Inspiration
The city of Los Angeles announced Wednesday a $50,000 reward for any information that would be instrumental in solving the 32-year-old murder of famed boxing icon Howard Steindler. The character...
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