December 28, 2011
Total Recall: Meryl Streep's Best Movies
She's earned seven Golden Globes, a pair of Oscars, two Emmys, and a Tony nomination -- almost a real-life EGOT! -- but Meryl Streep has somehow never gotten the Total Recall treatment. We're rectifying that this week, in honor of Meryl's star turn as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, Phyllida Lloyd's biopic about the former British Prime Minister that seems primed for a busy awards season run. From comedies to dramas, Meryl's done it all -- and tried on countless accents along the way. Let's take a look at the best-reviewed films from her illustrious career, Total Recall style!
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February 9, 2011
Great Hope Springs for Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep will reunite with "The Devil Wears Prada" director David Frankel for "Great Hope Springs," a comedy about "a couple that hits the rocks after 30 years of marriage."
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October 21, 2009
Wes Anderson Talks Fantastic Mr. Fox - RT Interview
Wes Anderson, arguably the godfather of the quirky American indie thanks to the likes of Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, takes his first steps into the world of stop-motion animation this week with the release of Fantastic Mr. Fox. Based on Roald Dahl's classic children's book, it's the tale of a wily fox and his adventures thieving food from three of the meanest farmers around; Boggis, Bunce and Bean. With a stellar voice cast including George Clooney, Bill Murray and Meryl Streep, the film received its world premiere last week at the London Film Festival. On the eve of its global rollout, RT sat down with Anderson to learn more about his passion for Dahl and making the switch to stop-motion.
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October 7, 2009
Emma Stone talks Zombieland - RT Interview
After kicking off her movie career in Superbad as the high-school hottie throwing the cool party, Emma Stone is rapidly carving a niche for herself as a young actress with good comic chops. Her latest outing is the fright-com Zombieland, in which she plays one of four human survivors (with Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and Abigail Breslin) blowing away zombies in America. Armed with Eisenberg's character's rules for surviving Zombieland, they're on a quest to find a mythical town free of the infestation. Rotten Tomatoes meets up with an actress who was instructed to move to LA by a voice in her head...
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August 6, 2009
Box Office Guru Preview: Go, Joe!
Some real American heroes look to storm the box office this weekend as Paramount unleashes its latest toy franchise film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Sony counters with the culinary experience of Julie & Julia while Universal goes after some chills and thrills with A Perfect Getaway. The top 10 films should see a reasonable gain from last year. Some real American heroes look to storm the box office this weekend as Paramount unleashes its latest toy franchise film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Sony counters with the culinary experience of Julie & Julia while Universal goes after some chills and thrills with A Perfect Getaway.
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March 9, 2009
Rita Wilson Joins Nancy Meyers' Latest
It still doesn't have a title, but Nancy Meyers' upcoming rom-com does have an excellent, ever-expanding cast -- Rita Wilson has signed on to join Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, and Alec Baldwin in the picture.
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December 11, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Keanu Invasion Begins at Box Office
Keanu Reeves invades multiplexes across North America with his new sci-fi actioner The Day the Earth Stood Still which opens five years to the day after the actor's last stint in the number one spot. Also debuting are the family drama Nothing Like the Holidays and the animated adventure Delgo.
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November 13, 2008
Streep Adopts a Library Cat
Meryl Streep has agreed to star in an adaptation of Vicki Myron's book "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World."
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March 20, 2008
Trailer Bulletin: Mamma Mia!
It has sold more than 270 million albums and put over 30 million rear ends in theatre seats since 1973 -- and now, the music of ABBA is coming to the big screen.
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November 10, 2007
Robert Redford Insists On Asking Questions in Lions For Lambs
With documentaries on the war in Iraq satisfying a need for "on the spot" journalism, Hollywood's recent stabs at war movies have been long on crowd pleasing and short on message. Actor/director Robert Redford's war drama Lions for Lambs puts its money where its mouth is. Maybe that's why people are having such a hard time with it.
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November 8, 2007
Critical Consensus: Fred Claus Fails to Spread Cheer; Lions Is Tame, P2 is Average Genre Fare
This week at the movies, we've got Santa's not-so-little helper (Fred Claus, starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti), geopolitics (Lions for Lambs, starring Robert Redford, Tom Cruise, and Meryl Streep), and one scary parking garage (P2, starring Wes Bentley). What do the critics have to say?
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November 8, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Fred Claus is Coming to Town
Vince Vaughn and Tom Cruise go head to head at the North American box office this weekend with their latest releases. The dodgeball champ goes for holiday laughs with Fred Claus while the top gun offers up a serious political tale in Lions For Lambs.
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October 18, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: 30 Days of Night Gets Halloween Started Early
Competition, or a lack of it, will be the deciding factor at the North American box office this weekend for the half-dozen new releases that studios are packing into already overcrowded multiplexes. With far too many films aiming for the same finite audience segment, some are sure to eat into the potential of others.
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October 1, 2007
Exclusive: New Images From Robert Redford's Lions for Lambs
After a seven year hiatus from the director's chair, Robert Redford will be acting, producing and directing the political drama Lions for Lambs, co-starring Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise. Click on for five exclusive photos from the film, which opens everywhere November 2!
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July 20, 2007
Wolverine Has a Director!
Fox has (finally) signed a director for their upcoming "Wolverine" spin-off, and the lucky helmer is ... Gavin Hood, whom you might know from the South African film "Tsotsi."
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June 28, 2007
Critical Consensus: "Ratatouille" is Tasty, "Die Hard" is Solid, "Sicko" is Socko, "Evening" Falls
This week at the movies we have hungry, hungry rats ("Ratatouille," starring Patton Oswalt and Brad Garrett), a world-weary hero (Bruce Willis in "Live Free or Die Hard"), a provocateur extraordinaire ("Sicko," the new doc from Michael Moore), and a rare midsummer tearjerker ("Evening," starring Meryl Streep and Claire Danes). What do the critics have to say?
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February 22, 2007
Oscar Night Approaches; Who Will Win? Our Predictions Inside!
There's two ways to predict the Oscars: (1) dissect the awards buzz, attempting to get a feel for the fickle machinations of the Academy voter. Or (2) use your powers of geek math to crunch box office numbers and awards statistics for some cold, hard facts. With both methods in full swing, here?s a rundown of the Internet's major Oscar predictions.
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December 20, 2006
"The Departed," "Dreamgirls" Take Top Honors in Satellite Awards
"Dreamgirls," the feature adaptation of the Broadway musical, took top honors in four categories including Best Musical or Comedy and Best Director (Bill Condon), Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson), and Best Sound in the 11th Annual Satellite Awards held Sunday, December 17.
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November 16, 2006
Tom Cruise, Robert Redford & Meryl Streep On the "Lamb"
One surefire way to make people forget you got jilted by a studio is to, oh I dunno, BUY an old movie studio AND sign on to work opposite Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. That Tom Cruise is a pretty busy guy. (And ok, he didn't BUY United Artists, but it looks like he'll be running the show.)
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November 8, 2006
RTIndie: An Art-House Catfight for the Oscars?
Helen Mirren's astoundingly successful biopic "The Queen" is getting some serious competition from Pedro Almodovar's latest, as "Volver" has emerged a frontrunner for the box-office returns (and Awards Season affections) of the artsy crowd.
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October 26, 2006
Box Office Guru Preview: Saw III Brings The Pain
Blood will flow and screams will be deafening at North American multiplexes this weekend when the horror sequel "Saw III" buzzes its way into theaters. While there will be no fight for the number one spot, the rest of the top ten will see new films and holdovers scrambling for high positions.
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July 27, 2006
Box Office Preview: Miami Vice Turns Up B.O. Heat
With cops, drug dealers, and lots of bullets flying, the action film Miami Vice hits theaters across North America this weekend with its aim squarely on the number one spot. Young kids, meanwhile, will be offered another animated film in the form of The Ant Bully while teens get a new high school comedy in John Tucker Must Die. The overall box office should continue to be much healthier than last year as the Jack Sparrow-dominated month of July comes to a close.
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July 24, 2006
Box Office Wrapup: "Pirates" Passes $300M; "Lady" Stumbles
Johnny Depp made this weekend's four new releases walk the plank as his megablockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest became the first film of the year to spend three consecutive frames at number one and zoomed past the $300M mark in record time.
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July 17, 2006
Box Office Wrapup: Audiences Still Love Their Pirates
The Johnny Depp juggernaut Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest remained the most popular film in North America for a second weekend easily defending its box office crown against two new comedies that fought bitterly for the runnerup spot.
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June 29, 2006
Box Office Preview: Son of Krypton Returns to Theaters
One of the summer's most anticipated films flies into theaters everywhere ready to kick off the second half of the blockbuster season. Superman Returns brings life back to one of cinema's favorite franchises after nearly two decades of silence.
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June 11, 2006
Box Office Wrapup: "Cars" Parks Itself at #1
The Disney/Pixar animated film Cars raced past the competition to finish in first place at the North American box office. Though it did not open as strong as some of its predecessors, the toon easily outdistanced everything else in the current marketplace outselling the second place film by a three-to-one margin.
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June 8, 2006
Box Office Preview: "Cars" Battles "Omen" at Theaters
Racing into theaters across North America, the computer animated film Cars aims to take over pole position this weekend targeting family audiences. Those looking for a good scare can instead choose The Omen which already launched on Tuesday with some frightening results. The frame's final new wide release is the Robert Altman comedy A Prairie Home Companion giving the weekend a wide assortment of titles for all audiences.
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February 10, 2006
Streep, Kilmer & Ye Get "Dark"
The Hollywood Reporter indicates that Val Kilmer, Meryl Streep, and Liu Ye will star in a dark drama about a Chinese exchange student who reacts dangerously after being screwed out of the chance to win a Nobel Prize.
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February 6, 2006
SXSW Promises Vendettas, Betties, Dreamz & Slithers
In addition to a ton of low-budget, independent, documentary, and dramatic films, this year's South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival promises a rather flashy infusement of high-end studio fare, too! So while it's always important to shed some attention on the little guys (which we'll be doing soon enough), it's also fun to note that SXSW will be offering high-end "gimme" titles like "V for Vendetta," "The Notorious Bettie Page," "American Dreamz," and the geekily-anticipated "Slither."
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November 11, 2005
Sean Connery Earns AFI's Highest Honor
Thanks to ComingSoon.net for sharing a press release from the American Film Institute: Sir Sean Connery has been selected by the American Film Institute's (AFI) Board of Trustees to receive the 34th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film, it was announced today by Sir Howard Stringer, chair of the AFI Board of Trustees.
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October 27, 2005
Critical Consensus: "Zorro" Off The Mark, "Saw II" A Little Rusty
This week's wide releases contain tales of existential, angst-ridden meteorologists ("The Weather Man"), psychopaths in sequels ("Saw II"), swashbuckling spouses ("The Legend of Zorro"), and the trials and tribulations of love ("Prime"). Which of these films will get good marks from the critics?
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August 8, 2005
Meryl Streep Is Up for Some "Dirty Tricks"
Variety reports that "Nip/Tuck" creator Ryan Murphy will write and direct an adaptation of John Jeter's play "Dirty Tricks," with Meryl Streep starring as Martha Mitchell, the whistle-blowing wife of Nixon chief of staff John Mitchell. And it certainly seems like Mr. Murphy is building himself quite the ensemble for this project.
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June 16, 2005
De Niro and Streep Sign Up for "First Man"
Variety indicates that Robert De Niro ("Hide and Seek") and Meryl Streep ("Adaptation") will co-star in Disney's "First Man." Screenwriter Diane English will make her directorial debut on this project, which tells the story of "a Ted Turner-like mogul who puts his career on hold to run a presidential campaign for his wife. When she becomes the first woman to occupy the White House, he's suddenly faced with a significant role reversal."
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May 2, 2005
Meryl Streep Does a Deal for the "Devil"
The Hollywood Reporter brings news of Meryl Streep's next big project: Fox's "The Devil Wears Prada," based on the best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger, is "about a young woman who goes to New York to work for an all-powerful magazine editor named Miranda Priestly (Streep)."
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