Kick-Ass Kids: Matthew Vaughn helms comic-book tale of young superheroes
A lifelong comic-book fan and a veteran of the British gangster genre, English filmmaker Matthew Vaughn gets a chance to combine both passions with his new movie, Kick-Ass. More »
Back up on the big screen: Jennifer Lopez returns In Alan Poul's pregnancy comedy
After a literally pregnant pause in her career—having not released a movie or studio album since 2007 in order to have twins Max and Emme with her singer husband Marc Anthony—Jennifer Lopez returns to the screen April 23 in CBS Films’ The Back-up Plan, playing a pregnant-by-choice single woman who's given pause when, just after a fateful visit to a fertility clinic, she meets Mr. Right. More »
3Dragons: Producer Bonnie Arnold tames DreamWorks' latest CGI creatures
In the dog-eat-dog world of Hollywood, producers often have to fight hard to attach themselves to the hottest projects. But for Bonnie Arnold...all it took was a casual weekend conversation with DreamWorks Animation head honcho Jeffrey Katzenberg to land one of the studio's most coveted in-development titles, How to Train Your Dragon. More »
Reviews
Film Review: Greenberg
Noah Baumbach again investigates psychologically screwed-up people, although this time with much less comedic impact. More »
Film Review: The Runaways
A quicksilver, impressionistic account of the swift rise and long, steep fall of rock's first all-girl band. More »
Film Review: Green Zone
Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon translate their shock-and-awe Bourne stylistics to a stiff, uneven Iraq War actioner that's more anti-invasion wish fulfillment than ideas-driven drama. More »
Film Review: Our Family Wedding
The culture clash is muy muted in this alternately sweet and dumb comedy. More »
Film Review: She's Out of My League
Remarkably good performances by the supporting cast give this beauty-and-the-beast romantic comedy some laughs and warmth, but finding chemistry between the leads proves out of its league. More »
Blogs
Reel News
'Glee's' Jayma Mays cast in 'Smurfs'
Jayma Mays, one of the stars of "Glee," will star as the female human lead in "The Smurfs," Sony's live-action/animated hybrid being directed by Raja Gosnell. More »
Granat, Reel FX form Bedrock Studios
Cary Granat's Granat Entertainment is teaming with Reel FX, the company run by former ILM exec Ed Jones, to form Bedrock Studios, with the aim of developing and producing franchise films in the range of $35 million and under. More »
Summit picks up 'Puzzle Palace'
While it may seem that Summit is all about vampires and witches, the upstart company is going into teen thriller mode, picking up "Puzzle Palace" from newbie writer David Guggenheim. Temple Hill, the production shingle behind "Twilight," is attached to produce. More »
»Spotlight
90 years young: Gerry Lopez leads a growing AMC toward digital future
AMC Entertainment Inc. is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year—and experiencing a growth spurt. More »
Georgia on his mind: ShoWester Bill Stembler creates family feeling at leading regional circuit
“We don’t change much,” muses William Jenkins Stembler, chairman and chief executive officer of Georgia Theatre Company (GTC) and 2010 ShoWester honoree. And indeed, in terms of numbers, his circuit of 272 screens at 27 locations in Florida, South Carolina, Virginia and, of course, Georgia, doesn’t seem much different from the last time Film Journal International checked in with him. More »
Filmmakers
Ain't love grand...larceny: Requa & Ficarra capture true story of wild con artist
No, I Love You Phillip Morris is not an aggressively pro-nicotine sequel to Thank You for Smoking. More »
DiCaprio on Scorsese: Star and director team for fourth time on mystery-thriller 'Shutter Island'
It’s been 19 years since Leonardo DiCaprio made his film debut in the instantly forgotten B-movie that was Critters 3, but since then the actor has grown in stature to become one of Hollywood’s hottest properties. More »
Wolfman in London: Joe Johnston resurrects a Universal horror legend
Werewolf? No, whenwolf…as in, when is director Joe Johnston's remake of the 1941 Universal classic The Wolf Man being released? More »
Extraordinary challenge: Tom Vaughan directs Ford and Fraser in inspiring true drama
Based on a Wall Street Journal article and subsequent book The Cure by Geeta Anand, Extraordinary Measures describes a race against time to develop a treatment for Pompe disease, a form of muscular dystrophy. More »
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