July 29, 2009
Charlize Theron Is Florence of Arabia
Charlize Theron will produce, and likely star in, an adaptation of "Florence of Arabia," Christopher Buckley's novel about "a State Dept. employee who, after watching her friend marry the prince of a Middle East country and subsequently get executed, fights for equal rights for the women of that country."
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September 16, 2008
Exclusive Clips: Charlize Theron in Battle in Seattle
Watch Charlize Theron in two exclusive clips from Battle in Seattle, a fictional retelling of the five tumultuous days in 1999 when thousands of protesters stormed the streets of Seattle to decry the World Trade Organization negotiations.
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August 18, 2008
Wechsler, Hillcoat Follow McCarthy's Road
The book's bleakness scared away a number of potential suitors, but Nick Wechsler, producer of The Road, never lost faith -- and his commitment is now just weeks from paying off on the big screen.
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July 3, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Smith to Rule Again With Hancock
Movie fans will get jiggy with their favorite Fourth of July superstar this weekend as Will Smith flies into multiplexes across the globe with his newest effects-filled action film Hancock from Sony. Meanwhile, Picturehouse expands its Abigail Breslin-starrer Kit Kittredge: An American Girl giving the frame's two new openers ample room to breathe.
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January 30, 2008
Young Wolverine Hits The Road
Kodi Smit-McPhee -- the 11-year-old Australian actor who will make American audiences' acquaintances as young Logan in X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- has joined the cast of The Road.
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January 16, 2008
Charlize Theron Joins The Road's Gang
The Coen brothers' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men has been a mainstay on critics' year-end best-of lists -- but that film's success was only part of an incredible 2007 for McCarthy.
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September 27, 2007
Critical Consensus: Game Plan Fumbles, Kingdom is Overthrown, Feast Is Semi-Appetizing, Elah Worth a Visit
This week at the movies we have parenting quarterbacks (The Game Plan, starring The Rock), FBI agents (The Kingdom, starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner), lonely citizens (Feast of Love, starring Greg Kinnear and Radha Mitchell), and one angry father (In the Valley of Elah, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron). What speaketh the critics?
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September 17, 2007
Toronto Film Fest: Joy Division, Battle in Seattle Purchased
ThinkFilm, who ponied up big money ($2 million) for Helen Hunt's Then She Found Me early on in the Toronto bidding wars, has closed the festival with the purchase of another actor-turned-director film, Stuart Townsend's Battle in Seattle, for $2 million.
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September 11, 2007
Supporting Characters Explain Hancock Plot
How could anyone not like Will Smith? He's going to have to convince people he can be a pain in next summer's action comedy Hancock. He plays a drunk superhero who needs a publicist to fix his image. Jason Bateman plays that publicist.
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December 1, 2006
Nicole Kidman Tops List of Richest Female Actors
There's just something about knowing who makes the most Hollywood money that's so darn interesting. And even though I don't really CARE how much cash Nicole Kidman makes per flick, that didn't stop me from reading through the whole list pretty quickly...
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March 6, 2006
The Day After The Oscars: A Recap
So, it's the day after the Oscars. You might be stinging from the upset wins of last night (Three 6 Mafia, Oscar-winners?? No acting honors for "Brokeback?"), or maybe you actually won the office pool by picking dark horse "Crash" for best pic. Either way, the 78th Annual Academy Awards show was a doozy.
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January 31, 2006
2005 Oscar Nominations Are In!
Like most pathetic movie geeks, I was up at the crack of dawn (ok, 8:30am eastern time) to see how my nomination prediction ballot would measure up. (I was perfect on all 20 acting nods and all 10 screenwriting nods, but I erroneously predicted that "Walk the Line" would get nominated over "Capote" for Best Picture, and I picked Croneberg for director over Benett Miller.) Anyhow, here are the nominations for us to rant and rave about for the next five weeks...
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January 12, 2006
Theron Gets Ready to Produce Some "Ice"
According to Variety, the lovely Ms. Charlize Theron is about to reunite with the producer behind "Monster" to deliver "The Ice at the Bottom of the World," a drama she'll produce and star in.
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January 6, 2006
DGA & SAG Chime in with Their Nominations
Yesterday we got the year-end nominations from the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild, so simple logic dictates that today should bring news from the directors (DGA) and the actors (SAG). As always we thank Movie City News for divulging every single nomination on the planet.
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December 20, 2005
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics 2005 Awards
December 19, 2005 -- DALLAS-FORT WORTH FILM CRITICS NAME ?BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN? BEST OF 2005. The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the frontier romance BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN as the best film of 2005, according to the results of its 12th annual critics? poll.
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December 12, 2005
BFCA Nominees Announced; "Brokeback" Leads Pack
The Broadcast Film Critics Association announced its Critics Choice Awards, and "Brokeback Mountain," Ang Lee's revisionist western, leads the pack with eight nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor (Heath Ledger), Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal), and Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams).
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December 5, 2005
Potter Pilfers Flux's Bucks
Harry Potter continues to reign supreme at the box office, handily overpowering the debut of Paramount's "Aeon Flux" to enjoy his third consecutive weekend at the box office.
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December 1, 2005
Critical Consensus: "Aeon Flux" Not Screened. Draw Your Own Conclusions
A cast that includes two Oscar winners (Charlize Theron and Frances McDormand) and some top-flight supporting players (Pete Postlethwaite and Jonny Lee Miller). A big-budget remake of a visionary, unique MTV cartoon. The sophomore film by a director (Karyn Kusama) whose debut ("Girlfight") won high praise (it's at 89 percent on the Tomatometer). So why wasn't "Aeon Flux," this week's only wide release, screened for critics? Uh, no points for guessing.
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November 29, 2005
Aeon Flux Not Screening for Critics
Following the assertion that Charlize Theron only took the lead in "Aeon Flux" for the money comes this bit of news: Paramount won't screen the flick for the press.
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November 28, 2005
WB Gives Thanks for Potter's Magical Holiday Weekend
Proving that not even a big handful of new releases can not keep a good wizard down, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" continued its impressive box office ways, handily dominating the holiday box office and remaining #1 for a second consecutive weekend.
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October 20, 2005
RT Critical Consensus: "Doom" Gloom, "Country" Sounds Sweet
This week at the movies brings stories of marines on Mars ("Doom"), iron miners fighting the man ("North Country"), little girls who love horses ("Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story"), and questions of human identity ("Stay"). Which of these films will score with critics?
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September 13, 2005
Filmjerk Report: Paris Hilton, Charlize Theron & The Rock
Filmjerk's weekly Early Report chimes in with a few new release date changes, MPAA ratings, and general movie minutiae, the funniest of which is the news that Paris Hilton's "Pledge This!" has been "indefinitely delayed." Try to stifle your chuckles, movie fans.
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September 2, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: North Country
Based on a true court case from 1989 comes Niki Caro's "North Country," which stars Charlize Theron as a woman who's forced to fight back against sexual harrassment. You can check out the all-new trailer right here.
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January 3, 2005
Charlize Theron Talks Aeon Flux
In her interview with Dark Horizons, Charlize Theron talks about why she chose to do a movie like "Aeon Flux" after winning the Best Actress Oscar. For her, the challenge of working in a genre she knows nothing about and a chance to work with Karyn Kusama, a director she admires, were the major factors in her decision.
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