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By Jessica Barnes I have to admit, I'm a geek for all things Joss Whedon, so you can pretty much guarantee my interest in anything -- even if it is a tired horror cliché. Case in point: Whedon and Drew Goddard's (Cloverfield) horror-suspense, The Cabin in the Woods. The 'mystery-shrouded' project with MGM and...

By Elisabeth Rappe There is a delicious irony in the penny-pinching that surrounds Iron Man 2. We're talking about Tony Stark, a Marvel character who is wealthier than God, and whose sequel will bring in millions at the box office. Yet the studio reportedly didn't want to bring Jon Favreau back because they we...

By Eugene Novikov 3 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount) - $18.40 ($9.036) - $79.01 4 - Valkyrie (MGM/UA) - $14.04 ($5,055) - $60.69 5 - Yes Man (Warner Bros.) - $13.85 ($4,033) - $79.41 6 - Seven Pounds (Sony) - $10.00 ($3,626) - $60.04 Numbers courtesy of Box Office Mojo

By James Rocchi Best known as the writer of The Usual Suspects, Christopher McQuarrie has an impressive number of films on his resume (including his criminally overlooked directorial debut, The Way of the Gun), but Valkyrie -- opening nationwide this week -- saw him also serve as a producer alongside d...

By James Rocchi What does Daniel Craig get right in his new outing as James Bond? What does Quantum of Solace get wrong? Can Marc Forster really direct action? Is Olga Kurylenko really the "hottest Bond girl ever?" Which directors could and should take on Bond's 23rd outing? And above and beyond all these...

By James Rocchi At this point, the most dangerous threat James Bond faces does not shoot from the barrel of a gun or glimmer from the lens of a laser but instead springs from the tightly-coiled engine of the audience's expectations. Any new Bond film has to not only compete with the films that have come befor...

By Jeffrey M. Anderson Simon Pegg stars as Sidney Young, an anarchic British journalist who runs his own tiny, gutsy rag, the Post Modern Review. He measures himself against the kinds of celebrities he can get close to, but also despises them and loves to poke holes in their images. When he runs a nasty story on a pow...

By Eric D. Snider Filed under: Comedy, New Releases, MGM, Theatrical Reviews

By Jette Kernion Last year I saw Gracie, a movie about a teenage girl who wants to play high-school soccer in the late 1970s, when the game was considered a males-only sport in America, and faces a lot of opposition from her school. I finished my review with the line, "If it were football, would we be agreeing m...

By Eugene Novikov MGM seems to be trying to reverse the effects of the doomsaying that circulated about Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer's Hitler-assassination-attempt thriller Valkyrie in the spring, culminating in the announcement that the movie was moving from December 2008 to President's Day 2009. Tha...

By Jessica Barnes Filed under: Comedy, Music & Musicals, Romance, Deals, MGM, Remakes and SequelsSometimes it really does seem like Hollywood is out to ruin everything I have ever held dear. I know that's a bit of an overstatement, but every time a piece of news like this crosses my path, I can't help but...

By Peter Martin The film had its World Premiere at the London Film Festival on Monday night. Cruise and Redford walked the red carpet and posed for the press. According to The Times of London, "thousands of fans ... pressed up to the barriers." Reportedly, Cruise "insisted on building two hours into the schedul...

By Christopher Campbell Filed under: Drama, Foreign Language, Independent, Deals, MGM, Sony, Cinematical IndieThere are about 43 million Hispanics in the United States, and more than half of them speak Spanish frequently. Of course, there are nearly 300 million people total in the country, so for Hollywood,...