December 27, 2012
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Action/Adventure, Cinema Convo, Comedy, Comic Book, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Movie Reviews, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller
Anne Hathaway, Bachelorette, Chris Hemsworth, John Carter, Kevin Hart, Marvel's The Avengers, Megan Good, People Like Us, Regina King, Rock of Ages, Romany Malco, Taraji P. Henson, Taylor Kitsch, The Cabin in the Woods, The Dark Knight Rises, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Think Like a Man, Total Recall, Wreck-It Ralph
I’ll get around to a Top 10 Best list in the next few days, but I got inspired on this and finished it first. So you get this now. Here’s a look at the highs and lows that were this 2012 movie season.
Courtesy Walt Disney Pictures
Thor (Chris Hemsworth) in “Marvel’s The Avengers.”
Best 12 months for a rising star – Chris Hemsworth. From “The Cabin in the Woods” to “Marvel’s The Avengers” to “Snow White and the Huntsman,” Hemsworth had a year that would be a career for some actors. Even when he’s involved in a turd like “Red Dawn,” he shrugs it off and gets to work on sequels for “Thor,” “The Avengers 2” and “Snow White and the Huntsman.” We should all have such stable career outlooks. More
December 5, 2012
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Cinema Convo
300, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chasing Mavericks, Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Judy Greer, Kill Bill, Playing for Keeps, Rock of Ages, soccer moms, Stealth, Uma Thurman
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Gerard Butler stars in “Playing for Keeps.”
I continue wondering what’s become of Gerard Butler’s career. He seemed ready to become the next great action star after his awesome 2006 breakout performance as King Leonidas in “300.” He was perfectly cast and came across as that larger than life superhero that some actors have and others don’t. And I’m baffled as to how some director hasn’t convinced him to sign on to their comic book movie. The guy can play the hero or the villain. Through a large fault of his own and curious film choices, Butler’s struggled to follow his once impressive post-”300″ buzz with anything to move him to the upper echelon of rising stars. He could have been the next Jason Statham, but instead, he’s become the next Hugh Grant. More
October 19, 2012
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Cinema Convo
Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, Rock of Ages, Safe Haven, valentine s day
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Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel star in Relativity Media’s “Safe Haven.”
Fresh off the disappointing summer musical “Rock of Ages,” Julianne Hough moves to a safer genre — romance.
She stars in “Safe Haven,” where she plays a woman with a secret (don’t they all?) who comes to South Carolina and quickly strikes a friendship with a young widower (Josh Duhamel, an actor I really like despite his appearances in all three “Transformers” movies) and is forced to deal with her mysterious past. More
October 8, 2012
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New on DVD/Blu-Ray
John Cusack, Malin Akerman, musical, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Rock of Ages, The Raven, Tom Cruise
Prometheus – Of all the summer movies, “Prometheus” easily had the best trailer. You couldn’t figure out what the heck was happening, but darn it if that haunting music with that alarm-like clanging and quick-cut images raised my interest in the movie to kinda intrigued to CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE PROMETHEUS!!!!.
A prequel of sorts to “Alien” where explorers are seeking mankind’s origin seemed like a can’t miss prospect and lock for one of the summer’s best. More
June 15, 2012
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Movie Reviews, Musical
Adam Shankman, alec baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diego Boneta, Julianne Hough, Justin Theroux, Mary J. Blige, Paul Giamatti, Rock of Ages, Russell Brand, Tom Cruise
If you’re a child of the 80s and fondly remember the era of poofy hair, eyeliner and a time when MTV actually played music videos, “Rock of Ages” will no doubt tug at your nostalgic chords as you watch some of Hollywood’s biggest stars singing along to Bon Jovi, Journey and Twisted Sister.
But for all the big names, expertly choreographed song and dance numbers and embarrassingly familiar fashion, there’s little more to “Rock of Ages” than a glorified karaoke night that hardly warrants putting your lighters up. More
May 17, 2012
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Musical
Rock of Ages, Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise is singing what?
Here’s a look at what 80s classics stars including Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin and Malin Akerman will be singing come in New Line Cinema’s “Rock of Ages,” which opens June 15.
