October 13, 2010
Sam Rockwell Books The Sitter
Sam Rockwell is in talks to join the cast of "The Sitter," where he'll play a villainous drug dealer who, along with J.B. Smoove, makes life miserable for Jonah Hill.
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February 3, 2010
Swank and Rockwell Introduce Betty Anne Waters to Fox Searchlight
Fox Searchlight will reteam with its "Amelia" star, Hilary Swank, for the based-on-a-true-story "Betty Anne Waters," about "a high school dropout and single mom who puts herself through law school in order to overturn the murder conviction of her brother." Sam Rockwell is attached to co-star.
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September 29, 2009
Sam Rockwell Talks Iron Man 2
He's out promoting "Gentlemen Broncos," but with a role in the upcoming "Iron Man 2," you know what Sam Rockwell is spending most of his time talking about.
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July 20, 2009
Five Favourite Films with Duncan Jones
Duncan Jones has done the impossible -- tell a smart, engaging and entertaining sci-fi story on a modest budget. In Britain. As his debut feature film. No wonder everyone's talking about it and its tale of an astronaut (Sam Rockwell) manning a lunar base mining Helium-3. Scoring an impressive 90% on the Tomatometer - qualifying it for a Certified Fresh award we've still yet to send him, much to his chagrin -- critics have been going wild for its sheer ambition, not to mention Rockwell's outstanding lead performance and Jones' assured direction. "I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's something that Sam and I, obviously, wanted to make," he tells RT.
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June 28, 2009
Edinburgh 2009: Humpday wins RT Award
Humpday, directed by Lynn Shelton, has become the second ever winner of the Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus Award, it was announced today at an awards ceremony in Edinburgh. Presented as part of the Edinburgh Film Festival, the event also honoured Moon, Easier With Practice and The Secret of Kells, while Katie Jarvis wins the Best Performance in a British Feature Film award for her role in Fish Tank. The Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus Award is presented to a film in the festival's Director's Showcase category, which is narrowed down to a shortlist of five by RT's UK team and EIFF Artistic Director Hannah McGill. This year's nominees were Stella, The Missing Person, I'm Going to Explode, Adventureland and Humpday.
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May 6, 2009
Sam Rockwell Drops Some Iron Man 2 Hints
Joking that the film's producers couldn't get Jeremy Irons for the role, Sam Rockwell spoke with MTV about the differences between the Justin Hammer of the comics and the version of the character he'll play in "Iron Man 2."
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March 2, 2009
Rockwell Will Fly You to the Moon in June
We've been reading about it for months, and now, Sam Rockwell's "Moon" finally has a release date: The sci-fi movie, about an astronaut stuck on the titular planet, will arrive in theaters on June 12.
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February 11, 2009
Rockwell Jumps Into Swank's Waters
Sam Rockwell will star opposite Hilary Swank in Tony Goldwyn's "Betty Anne Waters," a legal drama based on the true story of a woman who spent 10 years working to free her brother from prison.
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January 15, 2009
Five Clips from Rockwell's Moon Posted
If you've been eagerly awaiting Sam Rockwell's "Moon," now's your chance to see a few bits of it before its Sundance premiere: five clips have been released and posted online.
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January 7, 2009
Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell in Talks for Iron Man 2
According to Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell are in talks to play villains in "Iron Man 2" -- Rockwell as nefarious businessman Justin Hammer, and Rourke as...well, no one can seem to agree on that, actually.
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December 23, 2008
First Look at Bruckheimer's G-Force
They're guinea pigs, with the voices of Sam Rockwell and Penelope Cruz -- and they're here to save the world! Get your first look at the CGI/live-action family film that all the youngsters will be clamoring to see next summer, courtesy of USA Today.
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November 19, 2008
See the Surface of Sam Rockwell's Moon
It's been keeping a low profile up 'til now, but images from "Moon" -- starring Sam Rockwell as an astronaut who winds up stranded on the, um, moon -- have started to make their way online.
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September 2, 2008
Sam Rockwell Talks Moon
In a recent interview about his upcoming "Moon," Sam Rockwell gave away some details about the sci-fi picture, including Kevin Spacey's involvement as the voice of a robot who keeps his character company.
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July 24, 2008
Further Reading: Dark Knight is Unforgettable, but Who Remembers James Batman?
The Dark Knight is setting cinemas alight all over the world, but, as Kim Newman discovers, there are other Batman movies that aren't quite so well known... James Batman - which crosses the caped crusader with suave spy James Bond - probably didn't attract much Oscar buzz, nor was the word "masterpiece" mentioned in its reviews, but for completists, is it worth seeing? Does the Filipino film industry's flouting of international copyright law deliver a treat?
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November 10, 2006
"Jesse James" Test Screening Reactions
Well, you all know how I feel about press screening "reviews," but I must admit I'm a bit curious about "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford." Mainly because I like Westerns.
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April 28, 2006
Brad Pitt's Jesse James Teaser
Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck star in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," which is presently scheduled for a September release date. But Yahoo! Movies has a slick little teaser trailer that might prove worthy of a look.
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December 19, 2005
Beckinsale is Green's New "Angel"
Variety reports that the always lovely Kate Beckinsale will star in indie darling David Gordon Green's "Snow Angels," which begins shooting early next year.
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April 28, 2005
Critical Consensus: Long Awaited "Hitchhiker's Guide" Gets Mixed Reaction
This weekend, two big-budget, special effects extravaganzas will battle for the love of the Tomatometer. In one corner, opening in over 3000 theaters, is a film adaptation of Douglas Adams' beloved novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." In the other corner, opening in over 3300 theaters, is "XXX: State of the Union," the sequel to the 2002 Vin Diesel hit "XXX." Which one will win the battle of the Tomatometer?
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February 16, 2005
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trailer Online
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" trailer is online over at Amazon.com. The movie is the big screen adaptation of Douglas Adams' novel about a man who wakes up one day to find that his house is about to be bulldozed and his best friend is from another planet. To top it all off, Earth is going to be destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
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January 31, 2005
"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" Early Review
Ain't It Cool News' Moriarty has seen an early cut of the big screen adaptation of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and has written a lengthy review. In short, he likes what he saw thus far. The casting is perfect, especially Sam Rockwell and Alan Rickman. The "cinematography is impressive, rich and colorful in all the right places."
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January 12, 2005
A Guide to "Hitchhiker"
In a Q&A session with ComingSoon.net message board members, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" director Garth Jennings said that despite the fact that technology has seemingly surpassed the book's reach, it is Adams' philosophy that is the main focus, and so the story will not seem anachronistic.
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