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New Russian I Love You Phillip Morris Poster
29 December 2009 3:08 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
What.s the deal with I Love You Phillip Morris? I.m not talking about the fact that it features Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor in an awkwardly trite gay relationship, rather that little is being done to get anyone in the Us excited for its March release. It seems to be making more progress abroad. We snagged the film.s obnoxiously cliché international trailer back in July and, just the other day, Jim Carrey Online announced the film.s Japanese trailer website went live. Now, Imp Awards got a hold of the new Russian poster. It shows off Carrey as Steve Russell, family man turned con artist turned jailbird, and his prison sweetheart, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). I don.t know what.s worse, the outfits, the mini pinscher accessories or the fact that both actors are airbrushed to the extreme. Just as almost every Us distributor had no »
The Notable Films of 2010: Part Six
27 December 2009 10:09 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: July 2nd 2010
Cast: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Summary: A live-action film based on the Nickelodeon animated TV series. In a fantastic world where civilisation exists as four great empires, a reluctant young child sets out on a perilous journey to restore balance to a world torn apart by war.
Analysis: Its been quite the decade for M. Night Shyamalan who started it as a household name with labels of a moodern-day Hitchcock thanks to the likes of "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs". Today he's considered more of a one-trick pony and in some cases a punchline due to rampant stories of egomania run wild and a series of much derided onscreen flops like "Lady in the Water" and "The Happening".
Thus 'Airbender' marks a potential return to form for the helmer. An adaptation of the hit cartoon series »
- Garth Franklin
Owen Gleiberman's 10 Best Movies of the Decade
25 December 2009 10:48 AM, PST | EW.com - The Movie Critics | See recent EW.com - The Movie Critics news »
I confess, looking back, that I have no great generalizations to make about the movies that came along this decade. Except for this: There were more films of extraordinary and inspiring quality than I can count -- or include on this list. Without any trouble at all, I could easily have compiled a Top 100 list. Yet there's something about that magical arbitrary number 10 that focuses you, disciplines you, forces you to ask yourself what matters. Here, in order of preference, are the movies of the last 10 years that thrilled, moved, delighted, fascinated, and meant the most to this critic. They're »
- Owen Gleiberman
The Notable Films of 2010: Part Five
23 December 2009 10:10 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: 2010
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Max Minghella, Emma Booth, Lee Ingleby
Director: Beeban Kidron
Summary: Follows the love story of Oz editor Richard Neville and Louise Ferrier. Neville and his cohorts launch the London edition of Oz amidst the 1960s counterculture and are subsequently put on trial for distributing a sexually explicit issue.
Analysis: One of the most troubled productions in Working Title's history, 'Hippie' began development back in 1998 but failed to get beyond script stage both in 1999 and in 2002 when "Elizabeth" helmer Shekhar Kapur was attached to direct. Filming finally got underway late 2007 with director Beeban Kidron in charge and shooting seemed to proceed without issue aside from feminist author Germaine Greer being vehemently unhappy about being depicted on film.
Actually the film scored quite a bit of free press for a skinny dipping scene where full-frontal shots of actress Sienna Miller shooting the sequence »
- Garth Franklin
Viewers would prefer Ewan McGregor over Matt Smith as next Doctor Who
23 December 2009 3:47 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
When David Tennant hands over the keys to the Tardis on New Year's Day it will be the end of the most popular incarnation of Doctor Who of all time.
But there's bad news for new Doctor Matt Smith. In a poll of British TV viewers, more than 21 per cent of respondents put Ewan McGregor as their first choice to take over as the new Time Lord, with Matt Smith coming sixth.
Research commissioned by leading comparison site Gocompare.com reveals that of the 10 Doctors we've seen so far David Tennant is easily the most popular, with over 45 per cent naming him as their favourite.
Tom Baker, who played the Doctor from 1974 to 1981 in his trademark hat and long woolly scarf, was second with nearly 20 per cent of the votes, and Jon Pertwee's 'dandy' Doctor was third with just over 10 per cent. Tom Baker was the most popular Doctor among 36-to-40-year-olds. »
- David Bentley
Browse Summit Entertainment's 2010 Movie Preview
22 December 2009 4:22 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Summit Entertainment is the latest studio to unveil their picture preview for 2010 with six upcoming titles for the new year including a Robert Pattinson double-feature which includes The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Remember Me, the second of which also stars Pierce Brosnan who also gets a double-billing at Summit with Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer hitting theaters in the fall. There's also the family comedy Furry Vengeance starring Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields as well as the celebrity loaded end of year feature Red.
All the cast, director and synopsis information is listed over the course of the next few pages as well as all the release dates for 23 upcoming films. Gallery links have been added for all films and remember, the links open in a new browser window so just close the new window to return to this article and continue the preview.
Remember Me March 12 Photo: Summit Entertainment »
- Brad Brevet
Summit 2010 Preview: Synopses and Images from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Furry Vengeance, Remember Me, The Ghostwriter, and More
22 December 2009 3:48 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Summit Entertainment has released synopses and some first look images from their 2010 films and it’s all after the jump. They’re 2010 preview includes The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, directed by David Slade (Hard Candy) and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Bryce Dallas Howard; Furry Vengeance, directed by Roger Kumble (College Road Trip) and starring Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields; Letters to Juliet, directed by Gary Winick (Bride Wars) and starring Amanda Seyfried, Gael Garcia Bernal, and Vanessa Redgrave; Remember Me, directed by Allen Coulter (Hollywoodland) and starring Robert Pattinson, Emile de Ravin, Chris Cooper, and Pierce Brosnan; and The Ghostwriter, directed by Roman Polanski (Chinatown) and starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Wilkinson, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, and Eli Wallach.
Also, while they didn’t release any images, they did provide the first synopsis for Red, which is directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) and stars Bruce Willis, »
- Matt Goldberg
Polanski Completing Film Under House Arrest
21 December 2009 11:50 AM, PST | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
While under house arrest at his chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland, Roman Polanski is completing the editing of his latest movie The Ghost Writer, starring Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor, in time for it to be screened at the Berlin Film Festival, which opens on February 11, the French Sunday newspaper Le Matin Dimanche reported. The newspaper citing a friend, French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, reported that the movie will be entered into the competition. It also noted that Polanski had complimented Swiss prison authorities on his treatment, saying that they had treated him with kindness. »
The Notable Films of 2010: Part Four
19 December 2009 11:50 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: 2010
Cast: Val Kilmer, Andy Garcia, Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Johnathon Schaech
Director: Renny Harlin
Summary: An American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native get caught in the crossfire of the five-day Russia-Georgia conflict in August 2008, and then have to deal with their obligation to be impartial.
Analysis: A timely parable on war, or Hollywood propaganda filmmaking at its worst? Wherever it goes, especially in Europe and the former Soviet states, "Georgia" will cause a lot of talk and controversy as the incidents depicted are still so fresh in many's minds. Like all topics of the sort, it'll also have its strong supporters and detractors having opinions on the film long before a frame of footage is screened anywhere.
Shot on-location in Tbilisi, the project also marks a potential return to form for Finnish director Renny Harlin. Given the right material the skilled action director delivered three »
- Garth Franklin
Film 2009: The year in lists
18 December 2009 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Seven ridiculous film plots, five unlikely weapons and the five scariest children in film
Seven Ridiculous Film Plots
Physicists could have a quantum field day with the rebooted space opera's loose interpretations of black holes, supernovas, "red matter", etc – but relax, it's only sci-fi! Harder to swallow was the bit when Kirk was exiled to a barren, snowy planet, but luckily landed right outside the cave of Leonard Nimoy. Or the fact that Kirk and Spock could two-handedly overpower a 24th-century Romulan spaceship like it was a 60s Bond movie. Didn't those guys invent security cameras yet?
Ricky Gervais told us this was set in a world where nobody knew how to lie. He lied. In a lie-free world, there'd be no corrupt cops like Ed Norton's. There'd be no corruption. Or secrecy, bribery, exaggeration, artifice, or, in fact, crime. There'd be no cops at all, »
- Charlie Brooker, Pete Cashmore, Will Dean, Grace Dent, Priya Elan, Malik Meer, Steve Rose, Richard Vine
Top 7 Films of the Decade
17 December 2009 9:46 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10.
Only picking seven films kills me. There are many that will miss this list. But I’m not here to talk about the almosts, the close calls, the could’ve beens. No. Here, we shall only talk about the top seven films of the aughts.
Complete Coverage of Top 7 Films of the Decade
Top 7 Films of the Decade by Jeff Bayer
Top 7 Movies of the Decade by Nick Allen
He Said – He Said … Top 7 Films of the Decade
7. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Recap: A group of Jewish-American soldiers known as the “Inglourious Basterds” are making their way through Nazi occupied France, killing the Germans. But a German Colonel (Christoph Waltz) is out to get them, before they get him.
Reason: It’s really tough to pick a film from 2009 for this list. Have I given it the proper amount of time? Will I feel the same way? »
- Jeff Bayer
Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer to Premiere at Berlin 2010
16 December 2009 1:20 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
According to The Guardian, Roman Polanski’s latest effort, The Ghost Writer, will have its premiere in competition at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, which takes place February 11-21. Based on the International Thriller Writers’ Award-winning novel The Ghost by Robert Harris (who also penned the screenplay), The Ghost Writer was shot at Studio Babelsberg outside Berlin and was finished by Polanski while in prison in Switzerland. The film stars Ewan McGregor as a professional ghostwriter hired to put on paper the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister (Pierce Brosnan) living on an island off the Eastern seaboard of the United States. Not long after starting work, the writer is drawn into a series [...] »
- Edwige Andersson
Polanski's Ghost Writer to premiere in Berlin
16 December 2009 9:00 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The latest film from the Oscar-winning director, currently under house arrest in Switzerland, will be unveiled alongside Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island
The big star of next year's Berlin international film festival may yet prove to be noticeable by his absence – the new picture by Roman Polanski has been selected to premiere at the event, but the director remains in detention in Switzerland.
Polanski's drama, now called The Ghost Writer, is based on a novel by Robert Harris. It tells the tale of a writer recruited to help a disgraced British prime minister produce his memoirs against the backdrop of a possible indictment at the international criminal court. The film stars Pierce Brosnan as the statesman and Ewan McGregor as his hired author. Kim Cattrall and Olivia Williams take supporting roles.
Polanski, the director of Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown and The Pianist, is currently under house arrest at his Swiss home »
- Ben Child
"Ghost Writer" Premieres At Berlinale
16 December 2009 2:06 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" will premiere in competition at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in mid-February reports the trades.
Ewan McGregor plays an author hired to ghostwrite the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister (Pierce Brosnan) who discovers a dark secret that puts his life in danger.
Shot in Studio Babelsberg last year, the $35 million film was well into post-production until the director's arrest in Switzerland. Aside from some visual effects, Polanski finished and locked the film whilst incarcerated.
Polanski was released from prison earlier this month but remains under house arrest in Switzerland as he fights extradition to the United States.
Summit Entertainment picked up North American rights to the film last week and plans to release the film in the first half of 2010.
Martin Scorsese’s "Shutter Island" will also premiere in competition at Berlinale following on from its Buttnumbathon premiere in Austin the other day. »
- Garth Franklin
Roman Polanski`s movie to premiere at Berlin
16 December 2009 1:35 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Roman Polanski's latest movie, The Ghost, will premiere at the Berlin film festival in February 2010. The fugitive film director is under house arrest in Switzerland pending the decision of Swiss authorities on whether to extradite him to the Us, where he is wanted on 30-year-old charges. California prosecutors last week called for Polanski to face court in the Us to argue his case for having the charges of unlawful sex with a minor dropped. Polanski, 76, took flight from the Us in 1978 after admitting he had unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl at the house of actor Jack Nicholson, who was away at the time. The Ghost stars Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan »
- Philippa Bourke
Scorsese's 'Shutter Island' and Polanski's 'Ghost Writer' will debut at Berlin in February
15 December 2009 10:09 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Roman Polanski's latest movie, "The Ghost Writer," will have its world premiere at the Berlin film festival in February, organizers said Tuesday. Polanski's movie was among a first batch of entries in the festival's main program that was announced Tuesday — among them a premiere of Martin Scorsese's thriller "Shutter Island." The event is the first of the year's major European film festivals and runs from Feb. 11-21. "The Ghost Writer" stars Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister who is writing his memoirs with the help of a ghostwriter, played by Ewan McGregor. It is Polanski's »
- AP Staff
Berlinale announces first titles
15 December 2009 10:33 AM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Berlinale has unleashed the first few titles from its 2010 line-up. The recently announced titles aren’t anything to write home about but I’m sure we’ll be seeing a few more announcements (including some titles we can get excited about) over the next few weeks.
First titles after the break.
Bal (Honey) Turkey / Germany
by Semih Kaplanoglu (Süt/Milk, Yumurta/Egg, Melegin Düsüsü/Angel’s Fall)
with Bora Altas, Erdal Besikcioglu, Tülin Özen, Alev Ucarer, Ayse Altay
World premiere
Der Räuber (The Robber) Austria / Germany
by Benjamin Heisenberg (Sleeper, Max-Ophuels-Preis 2006)
with Andreas Lust, Franziska Weisz
World premiere
My Name Is Khan India
by Karan Johar
with Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol
Out of competition
Na Putu (On the Path) Bosnia and Herzegovina / Austria / Germany / Croatia
by Jasmila Zbanic (Grbavica, Golden Bear 2006)
with Zrinka Cvitesic (Shooting Star 2010), Leon Lucev, Ermin Bravo, Mirjana Karanovic
World premiere
Shekarchi (The Hunter) Germany / Iran
by »
Anthony Daniels says co-star Ewan McGregor was starstruck with C-3Po
15 December 2009 2:56 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Star Wars actor Anthony Daniels has admitted that his movie co-star Ewan McGregor was starstruck with his robot character C-3Po. The 63-year-old played the role in all six of the hit sci-fi movies and McGregor was starstruck when he joined the series for the prequel movies. Daniels said: 'I was on the set for the first time, and Ewan came up and said he couldn't believe he was working next to C-3Po. 'It had been a childhood experience for him watching the movies. I wasn't aware that he was such a fan. Then of course, I'm thinking: 'I can't believe I'm working with Ewan McGregor.' 'There was a bit of mutual admiration. It was the same »
- Sophie Eager
'Twilight' studio Summit Entertainment grabs Roman Polanski's 'Ghost Writer'
14 December 2009 7:39 AM, PST | Zap2It - The Dish Rag | See recent Zap2It - The Dish Rag news »
What will Summit's big post-"Twilight" film be?
We just heard that the studio bought the rights to controversial director Roman Polanski's new movie, "The Ghost Writer." It's doubtful Mr. P will be making any press trips stateside to promote the film in the Us. He's still under house arrest in France.
Summit will reportedly release the film, an adaptation of "The Ghost" by Robert Harris, stateside in the early 2010.
"The Ghost Writer" is the story of a former British Prime Minister (played by Pierce Brosnan) who is writing his memoirs on a remote island off the eastern coast of the U.S.
When Brosnan's assistant dies, a professional ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) arrives to help him finish the book.
Wonder if Ewan will have to take his shirt off -- like Taylor Lautner -- in this Summit film?
How do you feel about Summit, the studio that releases "The Twilight Saga" aimed at tweens, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Summit Entertainment Will Distribute Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer
14 December 2009 6:59 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
As Roman Polanski has bided his time in Switzerland, awaiting either extradition to the United States or an all-clear call, there's been a big question looming over his latest film, a drama about a British Prime Minister that had not yet been completed in the editing room when Polanski was put under house arrest. Now, at least, we know we'll see the film, even if Polanski hasn't finished it yet. Summit Entertainment has announced that they've picked up the rights to the film now titled The Ghost Writer, with plans to release it in the first half of next year. Pierce Brosnan stars as the Prime Minister who calls in a professional ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) to help him finish his memoirs. McGregor's character soon gets caught up in several scandals involving the Prime Minister, from a war crimes trial to sexual dalliances. Rounding out the cast are Olivia Williams, Kim »
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