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Movie Review: The Road, a grim and harrowing trip

OtownRog — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:47:02 -0500

The end, when it comes, may look a lot like this – grey skies shrouding the ash-covered ruins of civilization. And silence. Not a single child laughing, no dogs barking, no birds or even traffic noise. Just the creaking of...

New Moon---that sucker made over $26 million last night alone!

OtownRog — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:12:43 -0500

Variety says that those sold-out midnight showings, from Orlando to Oshkosh, added up to over $26 million. That's some sort of record, or maybe several sorts of records. That's got to mean, what, a $100 million plus weekend? Amazing. Somewhere,...

Sin Nombre director is casting a Jane Eyre adaptation

OtownRog — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:05:44 -0500

You watch the searing, genre-busting cliche-shredding immigrant-odyssey drama Sin Nombre, by Cary Fukunaga, you don;'t think, "Gosh, when WILL he do a version of Jane Eyre for the big screen?" Not that Cary Fukunaga can't do it. It just seems...

Uma? Meet Edward -- Thurman, Pattinson co-star in Bel Ami

OtownRog — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:31:30 -0500

A Guy de Maupassant novel is the basis for Bel Ami, a film that will pair Uma Thurman with Twilighter Robert Pattinson. Kristin Scott Thomas is on board to further class up the proceedings. The story is about a young...

Brad Pitt risks raised eyebrows, bad puns with "Dark Void"

OtownRog — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:08:40 -0500

Brad Pitt continues to keep his dance card booked -- all those kids he's adopting, charity projects he and La. Jolie are supporting -- as he circles a thriller titled Dark Void. It's a survival tale built around an upcoming...

Movies by Mortimer-- a Wes Anderson interview

OtownRog — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:56:51 -0500

Something aobut stop-motion animation, Roald Dahl and Wes Anderson seems like a perfect collision in aesthetics, sensibilities and quirk. Everything that's grown to annoy me about Anderson's old money-Owen Wilson-Bill Murray movies (Darjeeling, Life Aquatic) fades into memory with his...

It's Thursday night--New Moon night--you DO know where your children are

OtownRog — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:44:22 -0500

All across America, and here in Orlando, the tribes are gathering in theater lobbies. Team Edward is sitting with Team Jacob, each figuring the other will be "flipped" after seeing The Twilight Saga: New Moon, at midnight. I was at...

A weekend for blockbusters--will New Moon do $85, or $102?

OtownRog — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:05:24 -0500

The Hollywood Reporter spitballed the figure $85 million for the opening weekend of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Nay nay, says The Box office Guru, who ventures a high figure of $102 million. It's different, better in some (guy friendly)...

Miley Cyrus sings an ode to Nicholas Sparks on the beach in The Last Song

OtownRog — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:19:21 -0500

Miley Cyrus takes a step out of the Disney hothouse with The Last Song, a Nicholas Sparks beach book/beach romance with Greg Kinnear, Kelly Preston, cute kids and distinct Southern (Savannah, Tybee Island) beach locations. Look for this one in...

Eddie Murphy, "overpaid" or not, lands a Fluffy R-rated comedy

OtownRog — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:05:42 -0500

He may do a fourth Beverly Hills Cop movie, even though his Action Jackson/funny young smart-aleck cop who does things his own way days are long past. And if that's not enough for his pals at Paramount, Eddie Murphy is...