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Trailer For CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE Features Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling & Julianne Moore

Check out the trailer for Warner Bros. Pictures’ summer comedy CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE.

Synopsis:

At fortysomething, straight-laced Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is living the dream–good job, nice house, great kids and marriage to his high school sweetheart. But when Cal learns that his wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), has cheated on him and wants a divorce, his “perfect” life quickly unravels. Worse, in today’s single world, Cal, who hasn’t dated in decades, stands out as the epitome of un-smooth. Now spending his free evenings sulking alone at a local bar, the hapless Cal is taken on as wingman and protege to handsome, thirtysomething player Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). In an effort to help Cal get over his wife and start living his life, Jacob opens Cal’s eyes to the many options before him: flirty women, manly drinks and a sense of style that can’t be found at Supercuts or The Gap. Cal and Emily aren’t the only ones looking for love in what might be all the wrong places: Cal’s 13-year-old son, Robbie, is crazy about his 17-year-old babysitter, Jessica, who harbors a crush on Cal. And despite Cal’s makeover and his many new conquests, the one thing that can’t be made over is his heart, which seems to keep leading him back to where he began.

Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE will be in theaters July 29, 2011. Visit the film’s official site HERE, “Like” it on Facebook HERE.

This film has been rated PG-13 for coarse humor, sexual content and language

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Russian Language International Trailer

Check out even more of your favorite mutants in action in the Russian-language international trailer for Marvel’s X-MEN FIRST CLASS! Vodkas all around.

Synopsis:

X-MEN FIRST CLASS charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.

X-MEN FIRST CLASS is directed by Matthew Vaughn (KICK-ASS) and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon. The story begins on June 3, 2011.

Check out the X-Men Movies Facebook page by clicking HERE to see more. You can also get additional info on the film over at the film’s official site HERE and on Twitter HERE!

Photos: Murray Close. TM and ©2011 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Not For Sale or Duplication.

SUPER – Trailer, Posters, and Facebook App

After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into the Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, though he lacks for heroic skills. I mean, that’s what I would do!

St. Louis native James Gunn’s latest film, SUPER, opens in local (St. Louis) theaters on Friday, April 15th and for funzies, they have created a fun little app on Facebook where you can upload your photo into the poster artwork. How neat is that? You can access the facebook app HERE:


SYNOPSIS:

Frank (Rainn Wilson) loses his wife (Liv Tyler) to a drug dealer (Kevin Bacon). Armed with only a wrench, Frank becomes a superhero, the Crimson Bolt, and teams up with sidekick Libby (Ellen Page), a sociopathic teen, to win back his wife.

SUPER opens:
LA, NY, Boston and Washington D.C. APRIL 1
Chicago APRIL 8
Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, and St. Louis  APRIL 15

And additional cities throughout April/May



New X-MEN FIRST CLASS Posters & Photos

Here are the new posters of Professor X and Magneto that are going into theaters this weekend. Both debuted over on on the X-Men Movies Facebook page. Click HERE to see more. You can also get additional info on the film over at the film’s official site HERE on Twitter HERE! But wait, don’t stop reading yet…Look below to see some new photos from the film!

20th Century Fox just released this new still.

Emma Frost (January Jones) and Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) are powerful mutants scheming to trigger a nuclear war that will result in the demise of humanity – and the ascension of mutants.

Synopsis:

X-MEN FIRST CLASS charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.

X-MEN FIRST CLASS is directed by Matthew Vaughn (KICK-ASS) and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon. The story begins on June 3, 2011.

Photos: Murray Close – TM and ©2011 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

The Official X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Trailer Is Here!

Well, the wait is over. Here’s the first trailer for 20th Century Fox’s X-MEN: FIRST CLASS! Time to witness the beginning.

I’m sold!

Share the trailer with fellow fans on the X-Men Movies Facebook page HERE. The more the trailer is shared, the closer you get to unlocking the X-App – giving you the power to evolve your profile with special X-Men content. You can also get additional info on the film over at the film’s official site HERE on Twitter HERE!

Synopsis:

X-MEN FIRST CLASS charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.

X-MEN FIRST CLASS is directed by Matthew Vaughn (KICK-ASS) and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon. The story begins on June 3, 2011.

X-MEN FIRST CLASS Magneto Photo; Trailer Debuts On Facebook Thursday!

The trailer for 20th Century Fox’s X-MEN: FIRST CLASS will be released tomorrow! Big Woo! Until then, here a first look at Magneto via EW. Just where is he? Leave your guesses in our comments section below.

On Thursday X-MEN fans should visit X-Men Movies Facebook page HERE for the film’s trailer debut and share the video with friends to unlock special content – the X-App lets X-Men fans customize their profile pictures and their Facebook experience! You can also get additional info on the film over on Twitter HERE!

The Facebook page also revealed the X-MEN: FIRST CLASS logo and it’s a lot like the teaser poster.

Synopsis:

X-MEN FIRST CLASS charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.

Directed by Matthew Vaughn (KICK-ASS) and starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon, X-MEN FIRST CLASS will be in theaters June 3, 2011.

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Cast Photo Revealed

IGN has this first look at James McAvoy, January Jones and the rest of the X-Men prequel cast from 20th Century Fox’s X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. So what’s everyone think about the pictures? I can’t wait for the first trailer!

Synopsis:

X-Men First Class charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.

Directed by Matthew Vaughn, the film stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, Jones, Kevin Bacon, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, Caleb Landry Jones, Lucas Till, Edi Gathegi, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Platt, Morgan Lily, Zoe Kravitz and Bill Bilner. X-MEN: FIRST CLASS will be in theaters on June 3, 2011.

Source: IGN

Bacon & Lawrence Join X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Cast

THR’s Heat Vision is reporting that Jennifer Lawrence, the actress who’s been getting rave reviews for her work in WINTER’S BONE, has been cast as Mystique in Fox’s X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. They go on to say that 20th Century Fox  and director Matthew Vaughn have been furiously casting the movie, which focuses on Marvel’s superpowered team X-Men in a younger incarnation than the previous trilogy.

The role is a big jump in terms of exposure for Lawrence, who is generating awards buzz for WINTER’S BONE, and also marks her first studio feature. The actress is about to topline thriller THE HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET, which begins production in Ottawa in August, and will then segue to England for X-MEN.

Kevin Bacon is playing the villain, but as of now his identity is a tightly guarded secret. Ahhh Damn. This keeps Bacon from the next TREMORS movie that I was SOOO counting on, TREMORS: THE THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER.

Before Charles Xavier ( James McAvoy) and Erik Lensherr (Michael Fassbender) took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-MEN.

Nicholas Hoult, Alive Eve, Caleb Landry Jones and Aaron Johnson also star. Conceived by Bryan Singer, written by Jane Goldman, and directed by Matthew Vaughn (KICK-ASS), X-MEN: FIRST CLASS begins shooting in London later this summer and will be in theaters on June 3, 2011.

Source: Heat Vision/The Hollywood Reporter

Throwback Thursday: ‘Tremors’

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When it comes to fun movies that never get old and stand up to repeat viewings, it’s hard to beat the original ‘Tremors’ (1990). I never did see this movie in the theater, but I can only imagine how much fun this would have been to experience for the first time in a crowd full of moviegoers seeing ‘Tremors’ on opening night. ‘Tremors’ grossed $16,667,084 domestically, not including VHS/DVD sales.

‘Tremors’ wastes no time throwing us into the heart of what makes it great… monsters. The movie is this odd but wonderful melding of the two biggest genres of the 1950’s bringing the monster flick and the western together to create uniquely entertaining and nostalgic movie fare. We are introduced to our first “victim” at precisely 13 minutes into the movie, but this doesn’t really count because it’s sort of a self-inflicted death, brought upon by fear. What drives a man to climb up an electrical tower and sit there for 3-4 days and die of thirst?

Our first “real” victim makes his debut at 15 minutes into the movie, meeting his demise exactly 30 seconds later. What has begun now is a chain reaction of events that lead Earl (Fred Ward) and Valentine (Kevin Bacon) on a mad dash to flee the tiny town of Perfection, believing a crazy killer is on the loose. They would be correct, except for the crazy part.

Oh, I almost forgot the love interest. There always has to be a love interest and it’s Rhonda (Finn Carter) in ‘Tremors’ causing a rift of sexual tension between Earl and Valentine… all over a nerdy hot seismologist chick. Of course, she proves useful in surviving and defeating the mysterious killers.

Oh, what the Hell! I’m not giving anything away here. The killers are giant subterranean worm-like creatures of unknown origins, but theories abound with the most popular being mutants caused by radiation, government weapons created to attack the Russkies, dormant prehistoric creatures, or alien beings from outer space. You pick! What they most certainly are is determined by opportunistic entrepreneurial general goods store owner Walter Chang, played with great caricaturistic finesse by Victor Wong. What are they… they ARE Graboids! Hell yeah!

As totally awesome (and smelly) as the Graboids are, the heart of the movie is made of it’s characters. Offbeat, stereotypical and often naive, the townsfolk of Perfection perfect what is great about ‘Tremors’. The most memorable characters are Burt (Michael Gross) and Heather (Reba McEntire), a married couple who live in a fortified house bunker and make Charlton Heston and the NRA look tame when it comes to an obsession with guns. Michael Gross would ultimately end up making something of a career out of the ‘Tremors’ franchise, starring in all four movies and the Sci-Fi channel TV series which ran for 13 episodes. It’s tough to say if Michael gross is better known as Burt Gummer in ‘Tremors’ or as Mr. Keaton in ‘Family Ties’.

‘Tremors’ is one of the last great bastions of stop-motion animation, combined with animatronics, used for special effects in big movies. In this sense, the Graboids were real, not computer-generated, making them that much more enjoyable. The effects are both fun and convincing enough so that we don’t sit through the entire movie huffing and puffing like we do when effects are ridiculously bad.

‘Tremors’ could also make a great, if not brutal, drinking game if played based on how many times Earl and Valentine say Hell, Damn, Son of a Bitch or some variation thereof. Oh, and you’ve never heard anyone utter the words “mother humper” the way Kevin Bacon does in ‘Tremors’. Hey, what do you expect? It’s a PG-13 movie from 1990. ‘Tremors’ was originally set for an R-rating until the studio cut a deal with the MPAA by removing all but one F-word from the finished film.

The ‘Tremors’ Collector’s Edition DVD released in 1998 with special features including a Making of Documentary, a video showing the creation of the Graboids, Outtakes, the original unused ending and production photos. If you’re truly into the franchise as a whole, all four films can be purchased in one two-disc set for $14.99 on Amazon.com or at Best Buy.

Let’s check the counts on this modern classic of comedy horror…

  • Body Count: Eight Humans, One Horse and several sheep.
  • Burt & Heather’s Gun Collection: 36 Rifles, Shotguns, Semi-Autos and Pistols (that I could count); One Elephant Gun; One Flare Gun; a Cannon (sight unseen) and a slew of Pipe Bombs (aka “a few household chemicals in the proper proportions”).
  • Times Melvin Pisses Earl Off: Four.
  • Times Earl Says Pardon My French: Twice. (Rhonda says it once as well.)
  • Make-Shift Pole Vaulting Scenes: One.
  • Bulldozers: One.
  • Reba McEntire Songs: One.

Review: ‘The Air I Breathe’ on DVD

First-timer Jieho Lee co-wrote and directed this multi-layered drama, starring Forest Whitaker, Brendan Frasier, Kevin Bacon, Andy Garcia, Julie Delpy, Emile Hirsch and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

The Air I Breathe tells the story of four different people whose lives are connected in ways they do not know. The concept behind the film is based on an ancient Chinese proverb that divides life into four emotional elements: Happiness, Pleasure, Sorrow and Love. The proverb suggests that these four elements combine to create the complete human experience. None of these four characters names are ever revealed in the movie.

The story is told in a fragmented fashion, pulling the separate stories together in time by acts of relative coincidence. The gangster character Fingers (Andy Garcia) is used as the thread that mends the four stories together into one complete movie, which in its essence is a great story, but in its execution is not very original and at times too convenient. Fortunately, the performances stand as a crutch for film with a structure weakened by a slight pretentiousness.

Happiness (Whitaker) is a man with a good job, a nice home and a modest future. However, he realizes that this is a formula that will lead him nowhere except in an endless circle of always wanting more. In an attempt to break free from the circle, he risks everything on a bet he naively believes is his ticket out. When things go horribly wrong, Happiness finds himself desperately trying to get back to where he started.

Pleasure (Frasier) is a gifted man who works as Fingers’ collector, but struggles with his gift as it has its limitations. He truly wants to do right by people, but feels that people are trapped within their fates and he can do nothing to change these fates. Its not until he happens upon a special person unlike any other that he realizes he does have the power to change the future of those he sees.

Sorrow (Gellar) is a talented young pop star whose fame is on the rise until her manager hands over her contract to Fingers as payment on a debt. Penniless and trapped by Fingers who plans to use her to make millions, she finds hope in a man who promises to save her. Sorrow eventually finds herself the catalyst for affecting and being affected by multiple twists of fate.

Love (Bacon) is a doctor who longs for his true love that he cannot have. When tragedy strikes, he finds himself acting out of love to save this person. Even though he knows he will never be with her, he fights to ensure her survival, finding friendship and renewal in the process. Love’s story is the final chapter before the pieces of this emotional puzzle are finally aligned, which makes for a thoughtful film, but unfortunately suffers from having borrowed from previous cinematic styles and concepts too much.

[rating:3.5/5]

DVD Features:

  • Audio Commentary with the Director, Writer(s), DP and Editor.
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Outtakes
  • Theatrical Trailer