Rest_Easy
10/13/09, 10:21 AM
I'm was happy to see the positive response to last week's roundup. You deserve another.
Enjoy the Roundup this week.
-Sir Ian Mckellen gives a brief Hobbit update (http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=26035). (script to be delivered soon, budgeted, cast and then shooting expected to start march or april)
-The Toy Story 1/2 3 (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59973)D event will be extended a little bit longer. Also, Kristen Schaal will voice a new unknown character and Blake Clark taking over the voice of Slinky for Jim Varney who passed away in 2000 for Toy Story 3.
-DJ Caruso is moving on to actor Chris Pine for his next film The Art of Making Money (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009855.html?categoryid=13&cs=1).
-Sam Raimi talks about how he will chose (http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/10/12/exclusive-sam-raimi-talks-spider-man-4-villains/#more-22849) (or has chosen) the villain for Spiderman 4. (no he doesn’t say who but I like the thought process he’s establishing.)
-In a recent interview Bryan Singer (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091011/ap_en_mo/as_mov_skorea_people_bryan_singer) says he has talked to Fox about maybe returning to the X-Men series. (which this poster believes died a horrible death several years ago)
-We liked John Favreau directing and Robert Downey Jr. starring right? Well writers Alex Kutzman and Roberto Orci (Star Trek and Transformers 2) are talking about adapting the graphic novel Cowboys and Aliens (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59910) with the aforementioned playing their respective roles.
-Gary Ross will write the script for Venom (http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/10/venom-gary-ross-writing-directing.html). (he’s also writing the script for Spiderman 4. Actually he’s fixing it based on notes Raimi had on his script.)
-Robert Rodat has written Saving Private Ryan (1 of several writers for that) and The Patriot. His next script? Warcraft (http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/10/12/exclusive-world-of-warcraft-film-lands-saving-private-ryan-writer-says-sam-raimi/).
-Roland Emmerich has been quoted as saying he has an idea for Independence Day 2 (http://www.latinoreview.com/news/exclusive-independence-day-sequel-stalled-by-fox-8233) but the studios are still in negotiations with Will Smith and now the movie is in a quazi limbo.
-Some more Mel Gibson with Jodie Foster on her Beaver (http://splashnewsonline.celebuzz.com/2009/10/mel-gibson-beaver-1.html) set.
- It’s looking like Eddie Murphey will not play Richard Pryor in the Bill Condon written (dreamgirls) Richard Pyror biopic. In fact advanced talks have taken place with actor/comedian Marlon Wayans.
Richard Pryor: Is it Something I Said? (http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/10/07/exclusive-marlon-wayans-in-talks-to-play-richard-pryor/)
-Adam Cooper and Bill Collage recently finished the script for Moby Dick. It was pitched as a 300-like reimagining of Herman Melville’s story with stunning visuals. Now they are working on writing Moses (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009804.html?categoryid=13&cs=1) with the same idea.
-Here are the official synopsis and cast listing for Resident Evil: Afterlife (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59892)
-Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment will co-produce The Vatican Tapes (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i03c5991d65201a60f1a25913ee18c19e ). Written by Chistopher Borrelli from a story by Borrelli and Chris Morgan will be a thriller in the vein of The Exorcist or Rosemary’s Baby.
-Rob Tapert talks Burst and 30 Days of Night sequel. (http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=12175)
-In case you were wondering there will be No Simpsons sequel. (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009622.html?categoryid=14&cs=1)
-David Dobkin (wedding crashers) will produce and direct the next National Lampoon’s Vacation (http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/10/vacation-sequel-from-new-line.html). The premise is to follow Rusty, now grown up, on a vacation with his family just as he had done when he was young.
-Predators will star Adrien Brody as the mercenary Royce, Danny Trejo and Walton Goggins (from the shield). Alice Braga (I am Legend), Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (the 4400) and Louiz Ozawa. Also Topher Grace is in negotiations to join Brody as Edwin, an accountant who is in fact a dangerous serial killer.
If you would like to know more about each character’s role visit here (http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/10/predators-stars-adrien-brody.html)
-Some set photos (http://splashnewsonline.celebuzz.com/2009/10/wall-street-2-michael-douglas.html) from Wall Street 2.
TV
Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garrant (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ib26dae96f6367a44026a12b1153ec3e3 ) (Reno 911! Star/creators) are headlining a new comedy project for NBC. And that’s all I know.
ABC has picked up Flash Forward (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=59971) for an entire season
CBS will also give full seasons to (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=59840) NCIS: LA and The Good Wife.
Southland has been cancelled. (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009738.html?categoryid=14&cs=1) Oct. 23rd will be the last episode. (horrible horrible move by NBC. I love this show.)
ABC has picked up (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009732.html?categoryid=14&cs=1) Modern Family and Cougar…. (ughhh really?)
Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009660.html?categoryid=14&cs=1)) will air Alice (alice in wonderland) 4 hour miniseries Dec. 6th.
Trailers
Toy Story 3 Trailer (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59953)
Here’s a trailer for Me and Orson Welles (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809995402/video/15963591) starring Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Leo Bill, Imogen Poots and Aidan McArdle. (I’m going to add that McKay hits Orson Welles’ voice spot on and this actually looks damn good)
Here’s a Redband trailer (age 17 and up) for Transylmania. (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59814) (I have no idea what this is nor have I watched it since I’m at work and 17&up may mean not safe for work).
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809961111/video/15958459)
Movies out this Past Weekend (Oct 9th)
- An Education (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=42467) (limited) It's 1961 and attractive, bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is poised on the brink of womanhood, dreaming of a rarefied, Gauloise-scented existence as she sings along to Juliette Greco in her Twickenham bedroom. Stifled by the tedium of adolescent routine, Jenny can't wait for adult life to begin.
- Couples Retreat (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=49715) Four couples embark on a tropical island vacation, only to discover that participation in the resort's couples therapy is mandatory.
- The Damned United (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=56246) (NY, LA) An examination of what went wrong for the dynamic, outspoken young football manager Brian Clough when he took over at Leeds United, the reigning champions in 1974.
- Free Style (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=38455) (limited) A motocross racer dreams of winning the Amateur National Championships, but must juggle his passion for the sport while supporting his family.
- From Mexico with Love (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=56316) (limited) Hector Villa, physically tough, but emotionally self-destructive, is one of the millions of illegal migrant workers vying for a new life in the U.S., and will do everything he can to rise above picking fruit in the dirt. Hector dreams of being a boxer, like his father before him, but finds he has to fight just to survive the grim reality of living on a Texas Ranch.
- Good Hair (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=57662) (limited) When Chris Rock's daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?" the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl's head. Rock visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people.
- Peter and Vandy (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=56554) (limited) All couples are defined by their collective experiences together. But if they could go back in time and look at those experiences again, would they be the same as they remember? Set in Manhattan, the story shifts back and forth in time, juxtaposing Peter and Vandy's romantic beginnings with the slow deterioration that follows.
- St. Trinian's (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=56879) (limited) St Trinian's, the infamous school for 'young ladies' is once again facing dire financial crisis! The bank are threatening headmistress Camilla Fritton with closure. Her unorthadox doctrine of free expression and self empowerment is also under threat from new Education Minister Geoffrey Thwaits, an old flame of Camilla's who is determined to bring discipline and order to the anarchic school.
- Trucker (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=36358) (limited) Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan), a vivacious and successful independent truck driver, leads a carefree life of long-haul trucking, one night stands and all-night drinking with Runner (Nathan Fillion) until the evening her estranged 11-year-old son, Peter (Jimmy Bennett) is unexpectedly dropped at her door. Peter hasn't seen his mother since he was a baby and wants to live with Diane as little as she wants him, but they are stuck with each other - at least for now, while his father Len (Benjamin Bratt) is in the hospital.
Coming This Weekend (Oct. 16)
- Adventures of Power (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=58322) (NY; LA release: Oct. 16) Power is a worker at the mine whose love of drums and lack of musical skill has turned him into the ridiculed air drummer of his small town. But when a strike is called at the mine, Power discovers an underground subculture of air-drummers who just might hold the key to changing the world.
- All the Best (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=59127) (limited) - A wannabe car expert Prem Chopra (Ajay Devgn) with his beautiful wife Jhanvi (Bipasha Basu) running his ancestral gym, a claiming-to-be-married upcoming rock band singer Veer Kapoor (Fardeen Khan) who’s living on his brother's pocket money and Veer's ravishing girlfriend Vidya (Mugdha Godse). Just when everything is going great guns in their lives, enters the upcoming singer's millionaire step brother Dharam Kapoor (Sanjay Dutt) bringing with him stumbling madness and generating hilariously awkward situations in just everyone's life around.
- Black Dynamite (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=52190) (limited) - A gun-toting, nunchuck-wielding ladies man and soul brother is the one hero willing to fight back against "The Man." No jive.
- Bronson (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=51778) (NY; LA release: Oct. 16) In 1974, a hot headed 19-year-old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawed-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office.
- Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=58886) (NY) For the first time ever, our children are growing up less healthy than we are. As the rate of cancer, infertility and other illnesses linked to environmental factors climbs ever upward each year, we must ask ourselves: why is this happening?
- Law Abiding Citizen (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=42596) Gerard Butler stars as a criminal mastermind out for revenge, sending an entire city into chaos from the confines of his prison cell.
- The Little Traitor (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=59614) (NY; LA release: Nov. 13) In "The Little Traitor," Proffi Liebowitz (Port) is a militant yet sensitive boy who wants nothing more than for the occupying British to leave his land. He and his two friends spend most of their time plotting ways to terrorize and/or blow up the British until one evening, while he's out after curfew, Proffi is seized by Sergeant Dunlop (Molina). Instead of arresting him, the British officer deposits Proffi back home, and soon the foes become friends.
- The Maid (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=58885) (NY) After serving as a family's live-in maid for 23 years, a woman feels threatened when her employers decide to bring on extra help.
- The Ministers (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=55198) (limited) A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
- New York, I Love You (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=48174) (limited) A collective work of twelve short films about love, shot by renowned international directors in New York City's five boroughs.
- The Stepfather (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=37151) A young man grows suspicious of his mother's new boyfriend -- is he really the man of her dreams or could he be hiding a dark side?
- Where the Wild Things Are (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=13262) (conventional theaters and IMAX) A rambunctious boy named Max escapes to an island where he meets mysterious and strange creatures who crown him their king.
Coming to DVD today (Oct. 13th)
- Adoration (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=44751) (Drama)
- American Violet (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=50703) (Drama)
- An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002GYHIYE/comingsoon) (Drama, TV)
- Assassination of a High School President (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002KQD66C/comingsoon) (Comedy)
- Backyardigans: Robot Repairman (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002HK9IK4/comingsoon) (Animation, Family, TV)
- Drag Me to Hell (Unrated Director's Cut) (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=40361) (Horror)
- Fighter (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002IRYYCS/comingsoon) (Drama)
- Flashpoint: The First Season (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001QOGY5O/comingsoon) (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, TV)
- Futurama: The Complete Collection 1999 - 2009 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0029XFNBC/comingsoon) (Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, TV)
- Hardware (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002E2QH8Q/comingsoon) (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller)
- iMurders (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002GRMVIO/comingsoon) (Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller)
- Infestation (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002DLB17K/comingsoon) (Action, Comedy, Horror)
- Jada (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002FE5XR4/comingsoon) (Drama)
- The Killing Room (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002C6VMKW/comingsoon) (Thriller)
- Kong: Return to the Jungle (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002FUIIRA/comingsoon) (Animation)
- Legend of the Seeker: The Complete First Season (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002GY9F9K/comingsoon) (Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, TV)
- Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 7 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002JOUNHK/comingsoon) (Animation, Comedy, Family, TV)
- Marvel Animation: 6 Film Set (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002KPINH0/comingsoon) (Action, Animation)
- Monsoon Wedding (Criterion Collection) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002IVDLGO/comingsoon) (Comedy, Drama, Romance)
- Playmobil: The Secret of Pirate Island (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002JM2CMQ/comingsoon) (Animation, Family)
- The Proposal (Deluxe DVD Edition + Digital Copy) (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20672) (Comedy)
- The Proposal (Single-Disc Widescreen) (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20672) (Comedy)
- Where the Day Takes You (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002HGRI8W/comingsoon) (Drama)
- Wuthering Heights (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002GSXKRE/comingsoon) (Drama, TV)
Coming Next Week to DVD (Oct 20th)
- Blood: The Last Vampire (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=53630) (Action, Horror, Thriller)
- Cheri (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=41817) (Drama, Fantasy)
- The Crew (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002FUIJ5Q/comingsoon) (Crime)
- Fawlty Towers Remastered: Special Edition (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002LFPAUC/comingsoon) (Comedy, TV)
- Hawaii Five-O: The Seventh Season (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002JIOOAS/comingsoon) (Crime, Drama, TV)
- I Am Because We Are (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002GNOSFM/comingsoon) (Documentary)
- It's Garry Shandling's Show: The Complete Series (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002AMVGCW/comingsoon) (Comedy, TV)
- The L Word: Final Season (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001G0MFOM/comingsoon) (Drama, Romance, TV)
- Land of the Lost (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=38126) (Adventure, Comedy)
- Nothing Like the Holidays (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=39988) (Comedy, Drama)
- Numb3rs: The Fifth Season (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001G0MFME/comingsoon) (Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV)
- Peanuts 1970s Collection: Volume 1 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002LIZWS4/comingsoon) (Animation, Family)
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Those Aren't Pillows Edition) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002JIOOAI/comingsoon) (Comedy)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002NALPLS/comingsoon) (Comedy, TV)
- The Transformers: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Edition (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002KJ7ODU/comingsoon) (Animation, TV)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Single Disc Edition) (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=37679) (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi )
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Two-Disc Special Edition) (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=37679) (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi )
- Transformers: Two-Movie Mega Collection (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002MIK0US/comingsoon) (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi )
- Vega$: The First Season - Volume 1 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002JIOOBW/comingsoon) (Drama, TV)
- The William Castle Film Collection (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0024***3U/comingsoon) (Various)
- Wings of Desire (Criterion Collection) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002IVDLGY/comingsoon) (Drama, Fantasy, Romance)
- Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (Unrated) (Horror, Thriller)
Enjoy the Roundup this week.
-Sir Ian Mckellen gives a brief Hobbit update (http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=26035). (script to be delivered soon, budgeted, cast and then shooting expected to start march or april)
-The Toy Story 1/2 3 (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59973)D event will be extended a little bit longer. Also, Kristen Schaal will voice a new unknown character and Blake Clark taking over the voice of Slinky for Jim Varney who passed away in 2000 for Toy Story 3.
-DJ Caruso is moving on to actor Chris Pine for his next film The Art of Making Money (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009855.html?categoryid=13&cs=1).
-Sam Raimi talks about how he will chose (http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/10/12/exclusive-sam-raimi-talks-spider-man-4-villains/#more-22849) (or has chosen) the villain for Spiderman 4. (no he doesn’t say who but I like the thought process he’s establishing.)
-In a recent interview Bryan Singer (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091011/ap_en_mo/as_mov_skorea_people_bryan_singer) says he has talked to Fox about maybe returning to the X-Men series. (which this poster believes died a horrible death several years ago)
-We liked John Favreau directing and Robert Downey Jr. starring right? Well writers Alex Kutzman and Roberto Orci (Star Trek and Transformers 2) are talking about adapting the graphic novel Cowboys and Aliens (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59910) with the aforementioned playing their respective roles.
-Gary Ross will write the script for Venom (http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/10/venom-gary-ross-writing-directing.html). (he’s also writing the script for Spiderman 4. Actually he’s fixing it based on notes Raimi had on his script.)
-Robert Rodat has written Saving Private Ryan (1 of several writers for that) and The Patriot. His next script? Warcraft (http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/10/12/exclusive-world-of-warcraft-film-lands-saving-private-ryan-writer-says-sam-raimi/).
-Roland Emmerich has been quoted as saying he has an idea for Independence Day 2 (http://www.latinoreview.com/news/exclusive-independence-day-sequel-stalled-by-fox-8233) but the studios are still in negotiations with Will Smith and now the movie is in a quazi limbo.
-Some more Mel Gibson with Jodie Foster on her Beaver (http://splashnewsonline.celebuzz.com/2009/10/mel-gibson-beaver-1.html) set.
- It’s looking like Eddie Murphey will not play Richard Pryor in the Bill Condon written (dreamgirls) Richard Pyror biopic. In fact advanced talks have taken place with actor/comedian Marlon Wayans.
Richard Pryor: Is it Something I Said? (http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/10/07/exclusive-marlon-wayans-in-talks-to-play-richard-pryor/)
-Adam Cooper and Bill Collage recently finished the script for Moby Dick. It was pitched as a 300-like reimagining of Herman Melville’s story with stunning visuals. Now they are working on writing Moses (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009804.html?categoryid=13&cs=1) with the same idea.
-Here are the official synopsis and cast listing for Resident Evil: Afterlife (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59892)
-Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment will co-produce The Vatican Tapes (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i03c5991d65201a60f1a25913ee18c19e ). Written by Chistopher Borrelli from a story by Borrelli and Chris Morgan will be a thriller in the vein of The Exorcist or Rosemary’s Baby.
-Rob Tapert talks Burst and 30 Days of Night sequel. (http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=12175)
-In case you were wondering there will be No Simpsons sequel. (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009622.html?categoryid=14&cs=1)
-David Dobkin (wedding crashers) will produce and direct the next National Lampoon’s Vacation (http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/10/vacation-sequel-from-new-line.html). The premise is to follow Rusty, now grown up, on a vacation with his family just as he had done when he was young.
-Predators will star Adrien Brody as the mercenary Royce, Danny Trejo and Walton Goggins (from the shield). Alice Braga (I am Legend), Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (the 4400) and Louiz Ozawa. Also Topher Grace is in negotiations to join Brody as Edwin, an accountant who is in fact a dangerous serial killer.
If you would like to know more about each character’s role visit here (http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/10/predators-stars-adrien-brody.html)
-Some set photos (http://splashnewsonline.celebuzz.com/2009/10/wall-street-2-michael-douglas.html) from Wall Street 2.
TV
Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garrant (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ib26dae96f6367a44026a12b1153ec3e3 ) (Reno 911! Star/creators) are headlining a new comedy project for NBC. And that’s all I know.
ABC has picked up Flash Forward (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=59971) for an entire season
CBS will also give full seasons to (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=59840) NCIS: LA and The Good Wife.
Southland has been cancelled. (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009738.html?categoryid=14&cs=1) Oct. 23rd will be the last episode. (horrible horrible move by NBC. I love this show.)
ABC has picked up (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009732.html?categoryid=14&cs=1) Modern Family and Cougar…. (ughhh really?)
Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009660.html?categoryid=14&cs=1)) will air Alice (alice in wonderland) 4 hour miniseries Dec. 6th.
Trailers
Toy Story 3 Trailer (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59953)
Here’s a trailer for Me and Orson Welles (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809995402/video/15963591) starring Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Leo Bill, Imogen Poots and Aidan McArdle. (I’m going to add that McKay hits Orson Welles’ voice spot on and this actually looks damn good)
Here’s a Redband trailer (age 17 and up) for Transylmania. (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59814) (I have no idea what this is nor have I watched it since I’m at work and 17&up may mean not safe for work).
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809961111/video/15958459)
Movies out this Past Weekend (Oct 9th)
- An Education (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=42467) (limited) It's 1961 and attractive, bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is poised on the brink of womanhood, dreaming of a rarefied, Gauloise-scented existence as she sings along to Juliette Greco in her Twickenham bedroom. Stifled by the tedium of adolescent routine, Jenny can't wait for adult life to begin.
- Couples Retreat (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=49715) Four couples embark on a tropical island vacation, only to discover that participation in the resort's couples therapy is mandatory.
- The Damned United (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=56246) (NY, LA) An examination of what went wrong for the dynamic, outspoken young football manager Brian Clough when he took over at Leeds United, the reigning champions in 1974.
- Free Style (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=38455) (limited) A motocross racer dreams of winning the Amateur National Championships, but must juggle his passion for the sport while supporting his family.
- From Mexico with Love (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=56316) (limited) Hector Villa, physically tough, but emotionally self-destructive, is one of the millions of illegal migrant workers vying for a new life in the U.S., and will do everything he can to rise above picking fruit in the dirt. Hector dreams of being a boxer, like his father before him, but finds he has to fight just to survive the grim reality of living on a Texas Ranch.
- Good Hair (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=57662) (limited) When Chris Rock's daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?" the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl's head. Rock visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people.
- Peter and Vandy (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=56554) (limited) All couples are defined by their collective experiences together. But if they could go back in time and look at those experiences again, would they be the same as they remember? Set in Manhattan, the story shifts back and forth in time, juxtaposing Peter and Vandy's romantic beginnings with the slow deterioration that follows.
- St. Trinian's (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=56879) (limited) St Trinian's, the infamous school for 'young ladies' is once again facing dire financial crisis! The bank are threatening headmistress Camilla Fritton with closure. Her unorthadox doctrine of free expression and self empowerment is also under threat from new Education Minister Geoffrey Thwaits, an old flame of Camilla's who is determined to bring discipline and order to the anarchic school.
- Trucker (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=36358) (limited) Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan), a vivacious and successful independent truck driver, leads a carefree life of long-haul trucking, one night stands and all-night drinking with Runner (Nathan Fillion) until the evening her estranged 11-year-old son, Peter (Jimmy Bennett) is unexpectedly dropped at her door. Peter hasn't seen his mother since he was a baby and wants to live with Diane as little as she wants him, but they are stuck with each other - at least for now, while his father Len (Benjamin Bratt) is in the hospital.
Coming This Weekend (Oct. 16)
- Adventures of Power (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=58322) (NY; LA release: Oct. 16) Power is a worker at the mine whose love of drums and lack of musical skill has turned him into the ridiculed air drummer of his small town. But when a strike is called at the mine, Power discovers an underground subculture of air-drummers who just might hold the key to changing the world.
- All the Best (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=59127) (limited) - A wannabe car expert Prem Chopra (Ajay Devgn) with his beautiful wife Jhanvi (Bipasha Basu) running his ancestral gym, a claiming-to-be-married upcoming rock band singer Veer Kapoor (Fardeen Khan) who’s living on his brother's pocket money and Veer's ravishing girlfriend Vidya (Mugdha Godse). Just when everything is going great guns in their lives, enters the upcoming singer's millionaire step brother Dharam Kapoor (Sanjay Dutt) bringing with him stumbling madness and generating hilariously awkward situations in just everyone's life around.
- Black Dynamite (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=52190) (limited) - A gun-toting, nunchuck-wielding ladies man and soul brother is the one hero willing to fight back against "The Man." No jive.
- Bronson (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=51778) (NY; LA release: Oct. 16) In 1974, a hot headed 19-year-old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawed-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office.
- Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=58886) (NY) For the first time ever, our children are growing up less healthy than we are. As the rate of cancer, infertility and other illnesses linked to environmental factors climbs ever upward each year, we must ask ourselves: why is this happening?
- Law Abiding Citizen (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=42596) Gerard Butler stars as a criminal mastermind out for revenge, sending an entire city into chaos from the confines of his prison cell.
- The Little Traitor (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=59614) (NY; LA release: Nov. 13) In "The Little Traitor," Proffi Liebowitz (Port) is a militant yet sensitive boy who wants nothing more than for the occupying British to leave his land. He and his two friends spend most of their time plotting ways to terrorize and/or blow up the British until one evening, while he's out after curfew, Proffi is seized by Sergeant Dunlop (Molina). Instead of arresting him, the British officer deposits Proffi back home, and soon the foes become friends.
- The Maid (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=58885) (NY) After serving as a family's live-in maid for 23 years, a woman feels threatened when her employers decide to bring on extra help.
- The Ministers (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=55198) (limited) A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
- New York, I Love You (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=48174) (limited) A collective work of twelve short films about love, shot by renowned international directors in New York City's five boroughs.
- The Stepfather (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=37151) A young man grows suspicious of his mother's new boyfriend -- is he really the man of her dreams or could he be hiding a dark side?
- Where the Wild Things Are (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=13262) (conventional theaters and IMAX) A rambunctious boy named Max escapes to an island where he meets mysterious and strange creatures who crown him their king.
Coming to DVD today (Oct. 13th)
- Adoration (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=44751) (Drama)
- American Violet (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=50703) (Drama)
- An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002GYHIYE/comingsoon) (Drama, TV)
- Assassination of a High School President (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002KQD66C/comingsoon) (Comedy)
- Backyardigans: Robot Repairman (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002HK9IK4/comingsoon) (Animation, Family, TV)
- Drag Me to Hell (Unrated Director's Cut) (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=40361) (Horror)
- Fighter (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002IRYYCS/comingsoon) (Drama)
- Flashpoint: The First Season (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001QOGY5O/comingsoon) (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, TV)
- Futurama: The Complete Collection 1999 - 2009 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0029XFNBC/comingsoon) (Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, TV)
- Hardware (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002E2QH8Q/comingsoon) (Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller)
- iMurders (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002GRMVIO/comingsoon) (Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller)
- Infestation (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002DLB17K/comingsoon) (Action, Comedy, Horror)
- Jada (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002FE5XR4/comingsoon) (Drama)
- The Killing Room (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002C6VMKW/comingsoon) (Thriller)
- Kong: Return to the Jungle (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002FUIIRA/comingsoon) (Animation)
- Legend of the Seeker: The Complete First Season (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002GY9F9K/comingsoon) (Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, TV)
- Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 7 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002JOUNHK/comingsoon) (Animation, Comedy, Family, TV)
- Marvel Animation: 6 Film Set (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002KPINH0/comingsoon) (Action, Animation)
- Monsoon Wedding (Criterion Collection) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002IVDLGO/comingsoon) (Comedy, Drama, Romance)
- Playmobil: The Secret of Pirate Island (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002JM2CMQ/comingsoon) (Animation, Family)
- The Proposal (Deluxe DVD Edition + Digital Copy) (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20672) (Comedy)
- The Proposal (Single-Disc Widescreen) (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20672) (Comedy)
- Where the Day Takes You (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002HGRI8W/comingsoon) (Drama)
- Wuthering Heights (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002GSXKRE/comingsoon) (Drama, TV)
Coming Next Week to DVD (Oct 20th)
- Blood: The Last Vampire (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=53630) (Action, Horror, Thriller)
- Cheri (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=41817) (Drama, Fantasy)
- The Crew (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002FUIJ5Q/comingsoon) (Crime)
- Fawlty Towers Remastered: Special Edition (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002LFPAUC/comingsoon) (Comedy, TV)
- Hawaii Five-O: The Seventh Season (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002JIOOAS/comingsoon) (Crime, Drama, TV)
- I Am Because We Are (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002GNOSFM/comingsoon) (Documentary)
- It's Garry Shandling's Show: The Complete Series (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002AMVGCW/comingsoon) (Comedy, TV)
- The L Word: Final Season (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001G0MFOM/comingsoon) (Drama, Romance, TV)
- Land of the Lost (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=38126) (Adventure, Comedy)
- Nothing Like the Holidays (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=39988) (Comedy, Drama)
- Numb3rs: The Fifth Season (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001G0MFME/comingsoon) (Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV)
- Peanuts 1970s Collection: Volume 1 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002LIZWS4/comingsoon) (Animation, Family)
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Those Aren't Pillows Edition) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002JIOOAI/comingsoon) (Comedy)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002NALPLS/comingsoon) (Comedy, TV)
- The Transformers: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Edition (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002KJ7ODU/comingsoon) (Animation, TV)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Single Disc Edition) (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=37679) (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi )
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Two-Disc Special Edition) (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=37679) (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi )
- Transformers: Two-Movie Mega Collection (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002MIK0US/comingsoon) (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi )
- Vega$: The First Season - Volume 1 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002JIOOBW/comingsoon) (Drama, TV)
- The William Castle Film Collection (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0024***3U/comingsoon) (Various)
- Wings of Desire (Criterion Collection) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002IVDLGY/comingsoon) (Drama, Fantasy, Romance)
- Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (Unrated) (Horror, Thriller)