November 5, 2009
Critics Consensus: A Christmas Carol Dazzles But Disappoints
This week at the movies, we've got some modern-day Dickens (Disney's A Christmas Carol, starring Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman); a button-pushing thriller (The Box, starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden); vanishing Alaskans (The Fourth Kind, starring Milla Jovovich and Elias Koteas); and some psychic soldiers (The Men Who Stare at Goats, starring George Clooney and Jeff Bridges). What do the critics have to say? Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is one of literature's most haunting morality tales - and one of the most adapted. Critics are largely split on two key aspects of Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture version starring Jim Carrey: whether it honors the, ahem, spirit of Dickens' classic, and whether the motion-capture technology is aesthetically appealing.
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November 3, 2009
Richard Kelly Talks The Box
It's been a long and somewhat bumpy ride getting "The Box" to theaters, but director Richard Kelly is finally on the verge of releasing his latest film. He talks about the journey -- and what's next -- in a new interview with Collider.
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July 24, 2009
Five Favorite Films with Richard Kelly
Is it possible that after only two films (his cult hit debut Donnie Darko and his infamously panned follow-up, Southland Tales), director Richard Kelly has already achieved auteur status? Audiences will find out this Halloween, when Kelly's next film, The Box, opens in theaters. Based on Richard Matheson's short story Button, Button, the old-fashioned thriller follows a married couple (Cameron Diaz and James Marsden) who are given a choice: if they push a button they'll receive one million dollars, but someone somewhere will die. Rotten Tomatoes spoke with Kelly in San Diego just hours before he debuted extended footage from The Box and discussed his favorite films, the genesis of The Box, and his hopes to return to Southland Tales with an eventual Director's Cut.
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June 25, 2009
Trailer Bulletin: The Box
We've been hearing about Richard Kelly's "The Box" for what seems like forever -- and now you can catch a glimpse of it, thanks to the new trailer that's just been released.
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April 7, 2009
Poster for Richard Kelly's The Box Released
Richard Kelly's "The Box" has languished in studio limbo for months, but if the movie's new poster is to be believed, the Cameron Diaz/James Marsden thriller will reach theaters on October 30.
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November 18, 2007
Frank Langella Delivers Richard Kelly's The Box
Everyone connected with Richard Kelly's The Box is happy to explain the premise: a couple is delivered a box with a philosophical quandary attached. Frank Langella (Masters of the Universe, Superman Returns) plays the deliveryman, Arlington Stewart, in what will be a challenging role for him.
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