Making ‘Marley & Me' with director David Frankel
McClatchy Newspapers
12/1/2008, by Rene Rodriguez
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - When filmmaker David Frankel showed a rough cut of his film "The Devil Wears Prada" to his boss, Fox 2000 Pictures president Elizabeth Gabler, she was so pleased that she handed him a copy of another best-selling book to adapt into a movie: "Marley and Me: Life and Love ...
What Does a Slumdog Know? The Answer.
Catholic Media Review
12/1/2008, by Julie Davis
Dallas, TX (CMR) - In the case of Jamal Malik, the answer he knows is not necessarily the one that will win him millions of rupees on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The answers he knows are loyalty, love, perseverance, and truth. In a story largely told in flashbacks, the ...
Hugh Jackman brings epic sexiness to film epic ‘Australia'
McClatchy Newspapers
11/26/2008, by David Hiltbrand
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) - "Australia," the audacious epic from visionary director Baz Luhrmann, is being hailed as the Pacific "Gone With the Wind." The movie's scintillating star, Hugh Jackman, endorses that comparison, but he also sees a number of other intentional echoes in ...
‘The Dukes'
McClatchy Newspapers
11/19/2008, by Rafer Guzman
Newsday (MCT) - The directorial debut of Robert Davi, a veteran character actor, "The Dukes" tells the story of a small-time Los Angeles doo-wop group that takes an ill-advised turn to crime. None of the 50-something Dukes _ bandleader Danny (Davi) and backup singers George (Chazz Palminteri) and ...
‘Bolt'
McClatchy Newspapers
11/19/2008, by Robert W. Butler
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Disney's "Bolt" is the studio's best non-Pixar animated movie in ages. It's smart enough to keep adults on their toes and exciting enough to keep even an ADHD kid glued to his seat.
The film begins with an amazing action sequence in which the super-powered Bolt and ...
Hit or miss, ‘Twilight' is actress Kristen Stewart's big break
McClatchy Newspapers
11/19/2008, by John Anderson
Newsday (MCT) - The love-after-death movie "Twilight" is going to be so huge it would take a stake through the heart to stop it. And the reasons seem so obvious they make you say, "D'oh!": A heavily computer-generated, blood-flecked, teenage soap opera set in the hormonal chaos of high school. A ...
New Movie “Come What May,” Aims to Deter Obama’s Three Promises to Pro-Abortion Supporters
Advent Film Group
11/17/2008
On January 20, 2009, President-elect Obama may begin to fulfill the three promises he made to pro-abortion rights supporters during his campaign: 1) Appoint abortion-friendly Supreme Court justices. 2) Sign legislation or orders, which mandate federal taxpayer funding for abortions. 3) Strike down ...
‘Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'
McClatchy Newspapers
11/5/2008, by Robert W. Butler
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Common wisdom holds that sequels are inferior to the movies that spawned them. "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" is an exception.
Which is not to say it's a classic. But the proprietors of this franchise _ writer/directors Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell _ bring to this ...
International audiences Bond with ‘Quantum of Solace'
Zap2it.com
11/5/2008
Zap2it.com (MCT) - Although it won't open in the United States until Nov. 14, "Quantum of Solace" is already breaking international records. Daniel Craig's second tour of James Bond duty made an estimated $38.6 million overseas in the weekend ending Nov. 3, despite playing in only three ...
Holiday movie forecast: Gloomy, but with a chance for Oscar
McClatchy Newspapers
11/5/2008, by Joe Williams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT) - A racist neighbor. Teenage vampires. A secret agent bent on bloody vengeance. Happy holidays, from your friends in Hollywood.
Usually we rely on year-end movies to ennoble or entertain us. But in the midst of so many real-world worries, 2008 could be a year that ...
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