Two actors, two faces and a two sided story. I smell an Oscar nod for Gosling…I see audience rejection of the film.
It’s October. A time when Ghoulies, Ghosties and Long-Legged Beasties roam the earth. But if you start seeing the ghost of a World War II Japanese kamikaze fighter pilot, you’re probably Enoch Brae, the central character of Restless. And that’s not a bad place to be. Enoch is an odd kid. If your name is Enoch [...]
“Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots” get their day on the big screen in Real Steel, a movie that transcends the one-joke premise and is instead a heartwarming, fist-pumping mechanized fairy tale of a father and son coming together amid some of the baddest technology you’ll ever wish was really available. Not to bad for a [...]
The Hangover is easily the biggest surprise hit of 2009. The R-rated comedy, with a 35-million-dollar budget, was loved by audiences and, all-told, raked in almost $500 million at the box office, as well as over $150 million on home video. The film also won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy. After [...]
It really was only a matter of time before a film was put into production that directly emulates The Hangover in style and content. Universal has their hands on what’s potentially the first of these knock-offs: a spec script from Ellen Rapoport entitled Desperados. The film will be produced my Mark Gordon and Jason Blum, [...]
As we reported earlier this week, Todd Philips will begin work on a follow-up to the sleeper hit of 2009, The Hangover. But before Philips begins work on the sequel, he’ll be busy shooting the road-trip comedy Due Date. Hangover star, Zach Galifianakis, is set to play an oddball who travels with an expectant father [...]