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Did You Hear About the Morgans? - Second trailer added!

31 October 2009 4:11 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Check out the second trailer for Sony Pictures' "Did You Hear About the Morgans," starring Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Kelly and Wilford Brimley. The comedy "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" follows a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant), whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure – their dissolving marriage. But the turmoil of their romantic lives is nothing compared to what they are about to experience: they witness a murder and become targets of a contract killer. The Feds, protecting their witnesses, whisk away the Morgans from their beloved... »

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Fans cast Stephenie Meyer's 'The Host' film

22 October 2009 12:18 PM, PDT | Twilight Examiner | See recent Twilight Examiner news »

Photo: Fanpop Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series books (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn) aren't her only best-sellers - as you well know. Her book, The Host, also claimed top marks on the charts (and for good reason). The Host follows the ninth life of "Wanderer," a "soul," who ma ... character Melanie are (and this is not an exhaustive list, of course) Sophia Bush, Megan Fox, Camilla Belle, Olivia Wilde, Summer Glau, Milla Jovovich, Natalie Portman, Amanda Peet, Evangeline Lilly, Rose Byrne, Eliza Dushku, and Jodi Gordon. A common trait .. that Jensen Ackles should play the part, but other suggestions also linger such as James McAvoy, Jesse Metcalf, Benjamin McKenzie, Jared Padalecki, Hugh Jackman, Chris Pine, Matt Damon, and Chris Evans (with a few Gerard Butler and Jeffrey Dean Morgan pluggers along ... Sam Elliott... Ian Somerhalder is a good match for the character, Chace Crawford, Christian Bale, Sean Faris, »

- thetwilightexaminer

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Free Flick of the Day: Frogs

20 October 2009 1:10 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Yesterday, we kicked off our first installment of Cinematical's Free Flick of the Day, where one of our writers will humbly suggest a good, bad, or truly ugly film you can watch for free over at AOL's /SlashControl. Since the content over there is constantly shifting, we'll try our very best to point you towards the good, the bad, and the ugliest films you can watch there for free.

Today's pick is an ugly little time-waster. Before Troll 2 rose to such "So bad it's good" acclaim, Frogs had the dubious honor of being called "The best bad movie I've ever seen in my life" by Fran Lebowitz, and was reportedly Andy Warhol's favorite horror movie. I first encountered it on a dollar DVD rack, and purchased it as a gift for a friend who adores bad movies. How can you resist a DVD cover like the one to »

- Elisabeth Rappe

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BFI Lff Review: Up In The Air

18 October 2009 2:32 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Jason Reitman’s feature follow up to the Oscar Winning Juno is many things. Up In The Air is an indictment of the economic misfortunes and the erosive nature of corporate culture, it is a road movie populated by dysfunctional family members (who are not related), it is a love story in reverse peppered with distant epiphanies and existential pondering, it is not Juno, and it is funny. Very funny.

Ryan Bingham (a nuanced performance from man of the festival, George Clooney) is a corporate downsizer for hire. He spends most of his life in airports, flying to industrial states in America, visiting workplaces and firing the staff. When we meet him he is on the receiving end of abuse, disbelief, emotional fallout from blue collar workers being let go of (firing is not a word he or his company use). He is a man of routine and control and »

- Jon Lyus

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Fantastic Mr Fox Opens the 53rd BFI London Film Festival

14 October 2009 2:19 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

The 14th of October is the start of the 53rd London Film Festival and HeyUGuys will be there relaying the biggest news from the best films playing this year.

Ultimately it’s a celebration of cinema and British cinematic culture, it’s the place to find exciting new talents whose stars are on the rise, and enjoy the latest from established and innovative directors.

Tonight the stars turned out as London felt the first chill of Autumn and Wes Anderson, resplendent in a Mr Fox suit, along with the stars of his festival opening film Fantastic Mr Fox. You can check out some of the films we’re looking forward to after the jump.

The Men who Stare at Goats.

Jon Ronson’s curious take on the Us military’s delving into the use of paranormal and psychological warfare, including training their best men to stare at goats. Until they die. »

- Jon Lyus

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Up In The Air | Trailer

8 October 2009 10:08 AM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »

Up in the Air is a film adaptation of the 2001 novel, Up in the Air, written by Walter Kirn. The screenplay was penned by Jason Reitman and Sheldon, with Reitman also sitting in the director's chair. Jason Reitman is best known for writing/directing Thank You for Smoking, as well as directing Diablo Cody's into to screen writing, Juno. The story follows career transition counselor Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) who travels around the country terminating corporate employees and delivering motivational speeches while remaining anonymous during his excursions. Living hub to hub and free of a personal/social life, Ryan desensitizes himself with promiscuous sex with women, drugs, and alcohol, but his company has now grounded him in Omaha, Nebraska at the corporate headquarters. Up in the Air also stars Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride, Melanie Lynskey, Amy Morton, Sam Elliott, J.K. Simmons, Zach Galifianakis, Tamala Jones, »

- Dave Campbell

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Tiff Review: Up in the Air

20 September 2009 12:55 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Up in the Air Directed by: Jason Reitman Written by: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner (screenplay), Walter Kim (novel) Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman, Anna Kendrick, Danny McBride Being the son of Ivan Reitman may have its advantages, but let's be honest here: Jason Reitman has more than proven himself to be a gifted director in his own right with his first two critically-acclaimed films, Thank You for Smoking and Juno. He's following in his father's comedic footsteps, but choosing edgier material and smarter scripts, and is now well on his way to becoming one of those directors that A-list actors will basically drop everything to work with. Still, there are some people out there who believe that the success of his movies have been more due to the writing and the acting than his direction, and while I don't necessarily agree, I am pretty sure that his third film, »

- Sean

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Spike TV to Honor the Late Patrick Swayze

15 September 2009 8:09 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Spike TV will celebrate the work of the late Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze in one of his cult-classic roles in the film Road House this Saturday, September 19 (10:00 Pm - 12:30 Am, Et/Pt). This special movie telecast will also include a special tribute to the Golden Globe-nominated actor who died yesterday at age 57 due to pancreatic cancer.

The 1989 action film Road House stars Patrick Swayze as "Dalton," a bouncer with a philosophical side, who takes on the chore of cleaning up a rowdy Missouri honky-tonk and runs into trouble with a local corrupt businessman. The film also stars Ben Gazzara, Sam Elliott and Kelly Lynch.

Spike's telecast of Road House will include a short tribute to the actor. Spike.com will feature its own tribute where fans can post their own messages or favorite Swayze movie moments at Spike.com.

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First Clip from Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air Starring George Clooney

9 September 2009 6:25 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

The third feature film from Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking, Juno) premiered last weekend at the Telluride Film Festival [1] to rave reviews and, believe it or not, even a little bit of Oscar buzz [2]. Based on the book by Walter Kim, the movie stars George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a 35 year old divorced man who works as a consultant, flying around the country to fire people from other companies. His new goal in life: to get ten million frequent flyer miles before he loses his own job. Although a trailer is supposed to be out before the movie plays at the Toronto Film Festival next weekend, Paramount has released a short clip from the film online in order to keep the buzz rolling. My thoughts? Meh. It's pretty hard to gauge anything from this clip. I think I'll just wait until we see the damn thing on Sunday. The cast also includes Vera Farmiga, »

- Sean

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[DVD Review] The Waltons: Season 9

1 May 2009 5:21 AM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

If you’re like I was a week ago, you’re not at all familiar with the television show The Waltons. To give you some perspective on the show, George H.W. Bush once famously said, "we are going to keep on trying to strengthen the American family, to make American families a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons," which should give you a pretty good idea of the show’s target audience. In the 1970s and early 1980s it ran for nine seasons, of which this is the last.

The show follows the trials and tribulations of a rural family living outside Charlottesville, Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. They are led by patriarch John Walton, Sr, (Ralph Waite), who raises the children with a sage and steady hand (there was a mother, Olivia Walton, played by Michael Learned, but she »

- Anders Nelson

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Sam Elliott Rom-Coms With Hugh Grant

30 March 2009 1:39 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Sam Elliott and Mary Steenburgen are joining the cast of Did You Hear About The Morgans?, according to Production Weekly. The Sony project pairs up Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant in another one of those fish out of water romantic comedies. This particular one involves the mob. Parker and Grant play a New Yorker couple who witness a murder and must run off to small-town Wyoming as part of the witness protection. It sounds a little like Green Acres. No word on what parts Steenburgen and Elliott will play, but since it's set in Wyoming and it's Sam Elliott we're talking about here, gruff, folksy cowboy type is probably a safe bet. Sure he's typecast, but goddammit he's good at it. While we're talking Sam Elliott, can we talk about how it is that this guy never really blew up into the mega-star he deserves to be? I was »

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Nicolas Cage Aboard 'Ghost Rider 2'

29 January 2009 1:29 AM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

In the latest update to the "Ghost Rider" franchise, Bloody-Disgusting reported that "Ghost Rider 2" is indeed being developed by Columbia Pictures. Breaking out the news, the publication claimed that the studio have had "Ghost Rider" star Nicolas Cage attached to reprise his role as stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze, and begun their search for writers to pen the sequel's script.

Before Bloody-Disgusting came out with the news, Cage has hinted that the sequel to "Ghost Rider" was being planned. Earlier, he revealed the possible plots for the sequel, suggesting that his character may be having some connection with Catholic Church and may be seen "going on a motorcycle tour through Europe" in the new adventure.

Adapted from Gary Friedrich and Mike Ploog's comic book series, the 2007 "Ghost Rider" sees Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley and Sam Elliott in the cast ensemble. Blazing into the theaters on February 16, 2007, the superhero »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Ghost Rider Sequel Moving Forward

28 January 2009 11:12 PM, PST | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

There was discussion back in September about a sequel to 2007’s Ghost Rider, starring Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes, and now it looks like one is finally moving forward. The folks at Bloody Disgusting are reporting that Cage will return and Columbia Pictures is currently looking for writers. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, the ‘07 flick was directed by Mark Steven Johnson (Daredevil). Cage played Johnny Blaze who, in order to save his dying father sold his soul to the devil. Years later the Devil comes to collect and forces Blaze to become Ghost Rider, a bounty hunter of rogue demons. When Cage talked about the potential film in September he mentioned the character might head to Europe – “having him go on a motorcycle tour through Europe, and he’s connected with the church”. Who knows if that’s still the plan. Despite being panned by »

- James Cook

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