MOVIE PREVIEW, TRAILER, NEW PHOTOS: Charlie Wilson’s War

After announcing an early release for Charlie Wilson’s War (moved from 12/25 to 12/21), the good folks at Universal have delivered a truckload of new photos promoting the movie. 37 of ‘em, to be exact.
We rummaged through and liked these:

Tom Hanks, Amy Adams and Julia Roberts.
 
The charming Hanks with the ubiquitous Philip Seymour Hoffman.
 
Master director Mike […]

Early “Golden Compass” Reviews: Bad News

After months of trailer exposure and a new “First Look” special on HBO, The Golden Compass is set to open Friday, starring Nicole Kidman. And the early word is not good.   
The Golden Compass is yet another attempt to fill that huge gap left by the Lord of the Rings trilogy. All the studios — especially New Line, distributor […]

MOVIE POSTER MONDAY: Be Kind Rewind

Back in August, we previewed Be Kind Rewind, the new Jack Black comedy from eclectic director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).

Now we’ve got the poster, this quirky, retro-style design with Black and co-star Mos Def.
If you’re not familiar with the movie, it’s more high-concept lunacy from Gondry: An inventory of video store […]

Could “Awake” Premise Be Real?

It’s been said the new thriller Awake could do for surgery what Jaws did for swimming. Good one! But could elements of Awake have a foot in reality? (No, not the conspiracy business, the medical stuff.)
Sure. Kind of. A forum site called GasForums (now, that’s hysterical) has a bunch of arguing anesthesiologists, but here’s what I’ve gathered:
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THE EYE: New Movie Preview, Trailer, Poster

Jessica Alba and Alessandro Nivola star in the remake of Chinese horror hit The Eye, and we’ve got some preview material from our friends at Lionsgate. Hey, if you’re gonna redo yet another Asian horror movie, you may as well cast attractive stars.
But The Eye teaser poster passes on the good-looking actors and goes for creepy. The image […]