It’s been a rough summer for Tom Cruise, what with “Rock of Ages” bombing, his marriage collapsing, and his wife attempting to win sole custody of their six-year-old daughter. However, maybe Cruise will be able to earn a little bit of goodwill back from audiences with the trailer for his upcoming “Jack Reacher” (embedded above), […]
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Andy Griffith, the actor most famous for playing a small-town sheriff on the appropriately titled “The Andy Griffith Show,” died Tuesday at his home on Roanoke Island, N.C. He was 86. “The Andy Griffth” show ran for eight years, from 1960-1968, and 249 episodes – an almost unthinkable amount by today’s standards. It was a ratings
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Ever wonder how Norman Bates’ mother ended up decaying in that rocking chair? Probably not, but thanks to A&E, the answer could soon be made clear. The cable network has ordered a season of “Bates Motel,” which will tell the story of the eponymous character from Alfred Hithcock’s seminal thriller “Psycho.” Created by Carlton Cuse
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“The Man With the Iron Fists,” an upcoming martial arts film with an irreverent tone, has a new red band trailer. The film stars Russell Crowe, RZA, Lucy Liu, and Byron Mann, all of whom are featured in this ultra-violent trailer. RZA plays a blacksmith who finds himself immersed in a war between rival Chinese
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“Ted” is the first attempt at live-action filmmaking from Seth MacFarlane, creator of the adult-oriented cartoons “Family Guy” and “American Dad,” and it proves that his efforts should remain relegated to the boob-tube and off the silver-screen. Like MacFarlane’s television shows, “Ted” excels at making irreverent cultural references and observations, which fly fast and furious
With $54.1 million in box office receipts, Seth MacFarlane’s R-rated teddy bear comedy, “Ted,” won the weekend by a wide margin. Clearly, far more than MacFarlane’s “Family Guy” following showed up, as the movie coasted to the biggest opening for an R-rated comedy ever. If “Ted” manages to have the legs of past summer comedies
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“Safety Not Guaranteed” is the latest entry into the burgeoning genre that I like to call “tangential sci-fi” — that is, a loose collective of films that incorporate certain science-fiction elements to enhance intimate human dramas. It is considerably lighter in tone than its predecessors, which range from the devastating dystopian work “Never Let Me
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Many agreed that the box office numbers for “Ted” and “Magic Mike” would be big, but nobody anticipated that they would be this big. Between those two movies, plus “Madea’s Witness Protection,” there were just as many sell-outs at megaplexes last night (if not more) than there will be when “The Amazing Spider-Man” opens on Tuesday.
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Despite never receiving proper recognition from the critical elite, Tyler Perry’s infamous character Madea, the boisterous old lady that the filmmaker himself plays in drag, has had her share of classic comedy moments. She took a chainsaw to a couch in “Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” coached her niece on how to throw hot
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“Magic Mike” is certain to disappoint a lot of people. Anyone familiar with Steven Soderbergh knew that his latest work certainly couldn’t be the sexy, slick male stripper fantasy that Warner Bros’ marketing campaign has made it out to be. Those expecting a semi-erotic, amusing romp likely won’t leave satisfied by the 10 minutes or
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