Trailer: No Strings Attached (starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman)

No Strings Attached: A guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it’s not long before they learn that they want something more.

Director: Ivan Reitman

Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Natalie Portman

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Trailer: The Farrelly Brothers ‘Hall Pass’ (starring Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis)

Hall Pass: Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis) are best friends who have a lot in common, including the fact that they have each been married for many years. But when the two men begin to show signs of restlessness at home, their wives (Jenna Fischer, Christina Applegate) take a bold approach to revitalizing their individual marriages: granting them a “hall pass,” one week of freedom to do whatever they want…no questions asked. from trailers.apple.com

Director: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly

Cast: Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, Richard Jenkins, Christina Applegate, Alexandra Daddario, Stephen Merchant, Nicky Whelan, Larry Joe Campbell, Tyler Hoechlin, Derek Waters, Alyssa Milano, Vanessa Angel, Kristin Carey

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Movie Review: 127 Hours

127 Hours

Director: Danny Boyle

Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Clemence Poesy, Kate Burton, Lizzy Caplan

Writers: Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

I love the outdoors. Skiing, hiking and being near the water are some of my favorite things to do but I don’t love it enough to get up as at 4am like Aron Ralston (James Franco) does at the beginning of 127 Hours.

He hits the alarm, quickly gets out of bed and hops in his truck because he loves being outdoors. Even when he’s hauling but on his bike and wipes out, he does so with a smile.

He meets two hikers (Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara) and helps show them a fantastic couple of hours on the mountain – places that the average hiker would never know existed; letting you know that this guy knows his way around nature.

He leaves them and treks off by himself and you know it’s only a matter of time before the accident happens.

And it does.

And this is where James Franco takes over the film. He’s excellent in the role. He’s on-screen by himself (save for a few hallucinations) and never once do you wish the film moved faster. He is perfect.

During the time he’s trapped in the gorge, he basically act’s as the films narrator by filming his thoughts on the video camera he brought with him (something that Ralston did in real life). He soon begins to realize all the things he’s taken for granted in his life (his family, ex-girlfriends) and addresses them into the camera.

He does everything he can to survive, including drinking his urine because of his lack of water. This is the point I’m sure I would die.

He finally decides to do the inevitable – cut off his arm. That sequence is one of the most horrific things I’ve ever seen on-screen (I’ve even heard about people passing out in screenings) because I knew it actually happened.

Directed by Danny Boyle, the film looks beautiful. You can tell why Ralston loves this place so much. Everything is gorgeous. At one point, as Ralston is stuck in the gorge and ray of sunlight pops in and Franco savors the light. Boyle makes it like it’s the most beautiful thing in the world. And it is.

Yup, this movie pretty much rocks.

Movie Review: Due Date

Due Date

Director: Todd Phillips

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Juliette Lewis, Jamie Foxx

Writers: Todd Phillips, Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Adam Sztykiel

I was so looking forward to this movie.

I love Todd Phillips movies and while I wanted it to be great it only ended up being…good. That’s not a bad thing but with the talent involved I guess I expected more.

Don’t get me wrong though – there are a bunch of laughs in Due Date.

Robert Downey, Jr is Peter Highman, an architect stranded in Atlanta desperate to get back to his pregnant wife (Michelle Monaghan) in LA. He catches a ride with the also stranded Ethan (Zach Galifianakis) and the road trip from hell begins.

Why are they stranded in Atlanta? Both Peter and Ethan have landed on the No-Fly list. The set-up is a little convoluted but it gets the story moving.

Throughout the film, the 2 guys bond and unbond, bond and unbond and bon and unbond again. And I’m not quite sure why Galifianakis’ character keeps coming back to the friendship because Downey’s Highman is just a jackass. Seriously, Downey is a self-admitted pig and a-hole.  And he’s basically playing straight man to Galifianakis which seems to hamper the film because Downey is massively funny.

One of the highlights for me (and you I’m going to assume) is Galifianakis and all his wannabee actor glory. He wears capezios. He’s got black and white headshots (one has him posing with a gun) and a set of comp shots. And then he gives his reason for wanting to be on ‘the tv.” because of 2 1/2 Men…especially Season 2.

Along the way, Jamie Foxx shows up for no real reason except to have Jamie Foxx in the film. And Michelle Monaghan has the thankless part of saying, “You’re what? or “Peter, Where are you?” most of the film.

Like I said, there are incredibly funny parts (Sunny, the masturbating dog is still making me giggle) and its got a really nice, heart-warming ending so, I’d recommend it.

Blair Underwood: “I hope I never lose that sense of being hungry”

Blair Underwood, currently starring in NBC‘s The Event,  has wanted to be an actor since he was a kid, he tells the AP.

“I’d watch the kids on TV and think how cool that must be. I wanted to know, ‘How do I get in that box like those other kids?,’” he said.

On why he’s never completely satisfied with his career:
“Most of us in life, especially in my industry, just want a shot, and when I got that opportunity, I wanted to make the most of it. I still carry that with me. I hope I never lose that sense of being hungry – a sense of being happily discontent.”

On how he doesnt’ let race be an issue:
“Race comes into play in every aspect of life, whether we acknowledge it or not. But the conscious effort I make as an actor is, ‘Just let this man be a person. I think because of the choices I’ve made, it’s opened up doors where I’m not perceived as just one type of actor.”

Don Draper says, ‘What?”

I have no other reason of posting this except to say that I find it funny.

Here’s a compilation of Don Draper (Jon Hamm) saying, “What?” from Mad Men‘s first four seasons.

How do people find time to do this?

NBA Star Blows Off ‘The Good Wife’ Shoot, Blames Producers For Twisting The Story

Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose who had agreed to shoot a scene on the CBS show, The Good Wife, didn’t bother to show up on the set yesterday.

When a driver came to pick Rose up for his flight to New York, he opened the door and said he wasn’t going. He didn’t provide any other explanation.

Until this morning when ESPN caught up with him.

“I overslept,” he said “It’s nothing big or anything like that that I thought of. You can ask anybody that I worked with: Was I a problem on set or did I have a problem showing up? I always showed up early. I’m sorry I missed it. That’s not my character where I ‘big time’ that type of show.”

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Real Gun Found On The Set Of ‘Law & Order: Los Angeles’

Que the trademark ‘Dum Dum’ music.

A working semiautomatic handgun was found on the set of Law & Order: Los Angeles during a location shoot in Culver City.

During filming of a scene where stars Skeet Ulrich and Corey Stoll arrest a man for murder a  cameraman spotted the weapon on a rock.

Screenplay: ‘RED’

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Writers: Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber

Director: Robert Schwentke

Cast: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, Mary-Louise Parker

Trailer: Zack Snyder’s ‘Sucker Punch’

Sucker Punch: An epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary.  from trailers.apple.com

Director: Zack Snyder

Cast: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn, Oscar Isaac

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