Chick Sequel Update: MAMMA MIA!, SEX AND THE CITY

A sequel doesn’t look imminent for Mamma Mia!, one of the year’s monster women hits. Our Brit friends at Filmstalker report ABBA member / Mamma Mia! exec producer Benny Andersson as saying, “There is no talk of a sequel… ” although Universal would love it.

Of course they would. As we’ve reported before, Mamma Mia! is one of […]

QUANTUM Box Office Record, Lukewarm Reviews, Bond Notes

If you’re a James Bond fan, you’ve already heard the mediocre buzz surrounding Quantum of Solace. They say the movie lacks the Bond charm, it races from action sequence to action sequence, it’s on the short side (106 minutes is short?) Regardless, the British public couldn’t care less about the buzz. This past Friday, Quantum of Solace broke the […]

Review Roundup: HIGH SCHOOL 3, PRIDE AND GLORY, SAW V

Here’s a weekend that two distinct groups of moviegoers have anticipated for months. Tweens and other members of the Tiger Beat set are all over G-rated squeaky-clean High School Musical 3… and horror torture types continue their dedication to the annual Saw release by heading to Saw V. In between the mayhem is a tough-guy cop drama […]

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 Rules the World

Didn’t you hear? You can love all the intriguing, beguiling indie movies you desire, all the big-bomber Michael Bay-style Hollywood features you want… but it’s really High School Musical’s world. The rest of us are just paying rent. At least according to Disney.
The Mouse House has been giddily sending us photos from a whirlwind of […]

Orlando Bloom Officially World’s Luckiest Actor

With yesterday’s confirmation of Johnny Depp starring in a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Orlando Bloom continues to be the luckiest actor on the planet. Assuming Bloom will appear (in 2006, he sounded uninterested), he’ll continue with one of two cinema goldmines, the other being the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Bloom is blessed with genetic-lottery-winner looks but, in this opinion, moderate […]

Review Roundup: BURN AFTER READING, FAMILY THAT PREYS

Last weekend’s enormous lack of movie interest is behind us — lowest box office in seven years? — so here’s the real kickoff to the fall season. Along with new films from the Coen brothers and Tyler Perry, we round up the intimidatingly titled Righteous Kill and the very unintimidatingly titled The Women.
:: BURN AFTER READING
Rotten […]