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	Recommened movie releases this week....28th of March 2008	600 giorni fa
	25th of April 2008 Iron Man ★★★☆☆ When wealthy industrialist Tony Stark is forced to build an armored suit after a life-threatening incident, he ultimately decides to use its technology to fight against evil. P2 ★☆☆☆☆ The story centers on a corporate climber who gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive. Nim's Island ★★☆☆☆ Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover - the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim's Island. Made of Honor ★★★☆☆ Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. 10th of April 2008 21 ★★★★☆ Inspired by the true story of five students who changed the game forever. "21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. Shine a Light ★★★☆☆ A career-spanning documentary on the Rolling Stones, with concert footage from their "A Bigger Bang" tour. Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones unite in "Shine A Light," a look at The Rolling Stones." Scorcese filmed the Stones over a two-day period at the intimate Beacon Theater in New York City in fall 2006. Cinematographers capture the raw energy of the legendary band. Leatherheads ★★★☆☆ A romantic comedy set in the world of 1920s football, where the owner of a professional team drafts a strait-laced college sensation, only to watch his new coach fall for his fiancée. [Rec] ★★★☆☆ While covering the night shift at a small-town fire department, an ambitious young television reporter (Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman follow the crew on a call to rescue an elderly woman unable to escape the inferno that is consuming her home. Upon their arrival at the scene, the calm midnight air is pierced by the sound of horrific screams, and the television report takes an unexpectedly dark turn. Strange Wilderness ★☆☆☆☆ With the ratings dropping for a wilderness-themed TV show, two animal fans go to the Andes in search of Bigfoot. 28th of March 2008 In Bruges ★★★★☆ Bruges, the most well-preserved medieval city in the whole of Belgium, is a welcoming destination for travellers from all over the world. But for hit men Ray and Ken, it could be their final destination; a difficult job has resulted in the pair being ordered right before Christmas by their London boss Harry to go and cool their heels in the storybook Flemish city for a couple of weeks. Very much out of place amidst the gothic architecture, canals, and cobbled streets, the two hit men fill their days living the lives of tourists. Ray, still haunted by the bloodshed in London, hates the place, while Ken, even as he keeps a fatherly eye on Ray's often profanely funny exploits, finds his mind and soul being expanded by the beauty and serenity of the city. But the longer they stay waiting for Harry's call, the more surreal their experience becomes, as they find themselves in weird encounters with locals, tourists, violent medieval art, a dwarf American actor shooting a European art film, Dutch prostitutes, and a potential romance for Ray in the form of Chloë, who may have some dark secrets of her own. And when the call from Harry does finally come, Ken and Ray's vacation becomes a life-and-death struggle of darkly comic proportions and surprisingly emotional consequences. Lars and the Real Girl ★★★★☆ In this comedy, Lars Lindstrom is an awkwardly shy young man in a small northern town who finally brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and sister-in-law's home. The only problem is that she's not real - she's a sex doll Lars ordered off the Internet. But sex is not what Lars has in mind, but rather a deep, meaningful relationship. His sister-in-law is worried for him, his brother thinks he's nuts, but eventually the entire town goes along with his delusion in support of this sweet natured boy that they've always loved. Son Of Rambow ★★★★☆ SON OF RAMBOW is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions. Set on a long English summer in the early 80's, SON OF RAMBOW is a comedy about friendship, faith and the tough business of growing up. We see the story through the eyes of Will, the eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren family. The Brethren regard themselves as God's 'chosen ones' and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other 'worldlies,' listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirate copy of Rambo: First Blood and from that moment Will's mind is blown wide open and he's easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters' diabolical home movie. Will's imaginative little brain is not only given chance to flourish in the world of film making, but is also very handy when it comes to dreaming up elaborate schemes to keep his partnership with Lee Carter a secret from the Brethren community. Will and Carter's complete disregard for consequences and innocent ambition means that the process of making their film is a glorious rollercoaster that eventually leads to true friendship. They start to make a name for themselves at school as movie makers but when popularity descends on them in the form of the Pied Piper-esque French exchange student, Didier Revol, their unique friendship and their precious film are pushed, quite literally, to breaking point. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ★★★★★ Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind. The Spiderwick Chronicles ★★★★☆ Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
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	Transformers 2 will be Superbad! Entertainment Weekly <http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/...> says Jonah Hill might be giving the F-bomb a rest for a few months, whilst working with Steven Spielberg. The "Knocked Up" and "Superbad" star is in talks to star in "Transformers 2", says the site. Quite a departure for the portly young comic, whose made a name for himself in sex comedies (in which he utters such memorable lines as "I'll be like the Iron Chef of pounding Vag."). ' Hill (Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) will provide the comic relief as a sidekick to Shia's Sam Witwicky. (A source tells EW.com that he'll play Sam's college roommate, but DreamWorks won't confirm.)'', says the site. Tom Cruise wants his own 24 Tom Cruise may be set to star in another - he already has one; "Mission : Impossible" - spy franchise, according to Variety <http://www.variety.com/> . Though United Artists won't confirm that Cruise will star (It sounds like he will), it sounds like it's designed for him. It's also known that the studio has been looking for a commercially-viable franchise for the actor. "24" co-creator-exec producer Joel Surnow will develop the film, with "Casino Royale" helmer Martin Campbell directing. Surnow will write the film with Michael Loceff, a "24" co-exec producer. "This is an original concept that both UA and I feel will have an impact creatively and commercially," Surnow said. Favreau on that Iron Man cameo Updated! Comic Book Resources <http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...> say the Nick Fury cameo may still be in the movie! Explain? ''One thing missing from the film was the much-touted end of movie scene with Samuel Jackson as Nick Fury. I understand from British Film classification sources that the scene is in the print that they've approved for general release, but not in premiere or preview screenings, so as not to spoil the um.. surprise... bugger. Anyway, he's recruiting for a group called The Avengers.'' What?! They kept it from journalists and the A-listers? how dare they! Brandon Routh talks Superman sequel <http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movie...> that he hopes to back in the blue and red tights next year. ''I expect that we'll be working early next year. I know that Bryan [Singer] has pretty much finished out "Valkyrie" and is back in the states and is zeroing in on the story that he wants to tell. Once that arrives it's going to move pretty quickly. I think that everybody is getting excited. It's been three years now, really. It's hard to believe that it's been long, but everyone is getting jazzed and ready to go again. I certainly am", the "Superman Returns" star says. Routh hopes that in "Superman : The Man of Steel" (the tentative title of the sequel) the big guy gets to smack somebody. ''Well, I think that something that audiences are looking for - and I certainly am, too - is for Superman to actually be able to lay a punch on someone or something. I was filming and I thought, "I haven't really hit anything. I feel like I'm going to need to let some of this anger out." So I'm happy that I think that's going to be a central part of the sequel, getting a good villain that we can actually have physical altercations with. McConaughey P.I? Matthew McConaughey as Magnum P.I? That's who Entertainment Weekly <http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/...> says has been offered the lead role in the long-gestating film version of the classic 80s TV series starring Tom Selleck. Hmmm... I don't hate this idea as much as I thought I would..... and I can't work out why. My blood isn't boiling at all. You'd think I'd have thrown my laptop through the glass door next to me by now (if only because I'm such a fan of Selleck)... But I haven't. ...Maybe it's because they were talking about Ben Affleck playing the TV crime-fighter at one stage, and then George Clooney, and those guys are about as Tom Selleck-esque as Paris Hilton is virginal. At least McConaughey looks a little like a young Selleck - and I can imagine the trademark "Magnum" moustache on him. McConaughey, says the site, is reading the script from writer/director Rawson Thurber (''Dodgeball'') and will decide shortly. Transformers 2 character breakdowns online. Which human characters will appear in the upcoming "Transformers" sequel? Which non-human characters will appear in the upcoming "Transformers" sequel? To save me from padding this news item out any more, click here to read IESB's scoop on the matter <http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option...> Guillermo Del Toro Gives "The Hobbit" Update Guillermo Del Toro - the director most likely to helm the upcoming "The Hobbit" prequels - has said that nothing has been signed yet, but things could get rolling before the summer. "There have been a lot of discussions of cast and crew, agreements on the direction the movies would go, and if and when I come on board. But other than that, frankly it's all immaterial until everything is signed and put on paper," explained Del Toro. He added that the folding of New Line Cinema into Warner Bros has not had a huge impact on the movies. What's slowing everything down, is the fact that the prequels are so massive and require "a half-a-decade commitment." Finally, Del Toro mentioned that certain parts have already been dealt with; he, along with the original team (Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens) will be involved on the projects and the script. MAD MAX 4! In a chat with Newsweek <http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/level...> director George Miller discussed - well, everything but the one film we want to know about, the long-gestating "Justice League" - an upcoming "Mad Max" video game he has in the works, as well as the film series it inspired and whether or not he'll still do the fourth "Max" pic. ''We were all ready to go on "Fury Road," but instead of going off and shooting "Fury Road" straight away, I said "Okay, now that we've got that whole world prepared, let's work together with somebody [on a video game], if there's someone out there." Not handing it off to some third party game developer as we did on "Happy Feet," but to try to do it all as a piece, in the hope that we overcome that problem of making bad films from good games or vice versa.'' And where's "Fury Road" at now? "The movie was in a very highly advanced stage of preproduction when we stopped it. It's all prepared, but now I want to stop and do the game and get those schedules in sync.. In other words, I'm delaying the movie in order to do a really good game. Normally what happens everyone's scrambling to finish a game so it can coincide with the release of the movie". SIMON PEGG IN NEW STAR TREK Simon Pegg has revealed that he's completed his contribution to the new "Star Trek" movie. "I have to go back next week for a couple of effects shots but otherwise I'm done. Eric's [Bana] only just started". Pegg says the film is a very-serious science-fiction movie. "It's not at all ironic. It's not a jokey take on the original series. It's a faithful and loving instalment in the ongoing mythology of the show". The Brit comic says he was asked to do the film by director J.J Abrams over email. "We got on really well on Mission : Impossible 3 and then I got back from New York where I'd been shooting How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and I switched on my phone and there was an email that just said "Do you want to play Scotty" on the top which was the most shocking email I'd ever received. "I was slightly worried about tying myself into a franchise for nine years. It was obviously something to think about, but J.J said, "If the worst thing that happens is we get to hang out every three years and have great fun, what's the problem?" I thought that was a great argument". THE NEW SPIDER-MAN IS? Pacey from "Dawson's Creek" wants to get his hands sticky. Um, Er, Yeah. Josh Jackson tells MTV <http://www.mtvmoviesblog.com/> that if Tobey Maguire doesn't want to return for "Spider-Man 4" - which is a possibility, considering Maguire hasn't officially signed on yet - he'll gladly put on the red spandex. " ...out of the big super heroes the guy that I would most naturally be a fit to play is Spider-Man", Jackson said. You may recall that Jackson was a contender for Batman at one stage (how weird would it have been to have seen Pacey and Joey teaming for a "Batman" flick?) - but he admits he couldn't have done a better job than Christian Bale. "I don't like to lose any job, but they cast the right guy," he said. "I mean, Christian Bale was excellent. I don't really think of myself in a sort of comic book hero way, you know what I mean? RAMBO 5?? Hot on the heels of "Rambo" - now the no.1 film in the US; "Meet the Spartans" has slipped to the fifth position on the chart - Sylvester Stallone has inked a deal with its production company to headline another two of its pictures.The boxoffice comeback champ has just inked a lucrative deal to direct and star in two action films with his "Rambo" producers Danny Dimbort, Avi Lerner and Trevor Short of Nu Image/Millennium Films, says The Hollywood Reporter. Stallone also will produce the films with Kevin King-Templeton and Lerner. Dimbort, Short and Boaz Davidson will serve as executive producers. Several scripts are being considered for follow-ups to his surprise hit sequels to "First Blood" and "Rocky." With Nu Image/Millennium's new WGA interim deal speeding up the process, the first script is expected to be locked and loaded by the fall, with production set to begin shortly thereafter. "The past year and a half of working with Avi, his partners Danny and Trevor and his film family has been nothing but a high point for me and my career and an extremely rewarding experience," Stallone said. "Avi is a real gentleman and a man of his word." Meantime, Sly, who is also attached to a remake of "Death Wish", is already considering a "Rambo 5". "It will depend on the success of this one, but right now I think I'm gearing one up. It will be quite different," he tells Reuters. "We'll do something a little darker and a little more unexpected STAR WARS BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN Over at TheForce.Net and Action-Figure.com, they have put some information together that is pretty spectacular. Apparently George Lucas plans to take the first three or four episodes of his new Star Wars animated television series and combine them for a full-length animated theatrical feature!? Some reports are saying Spring, around the same time as Indy IV will be coming out - others say September. Either way we win, right? It's Star Wars back on the big screen! THE WRITER OF SPIDER-MAN 4 TALKS! In a new interview at BlogTalkRadio.com, "Zodiac" screenwriter James Vanderbilttalked about coming on board to write Spider-Man 4. "I went in on that. I really loved the films," Vanderbilt said. "It's sort of an odd process because you're sitting down with the people who made the first three and going, 'Well let me tell you what to do.' "But I was lucky enough that they were interested in me and I'm a huge fan of those movies, so we closed that up right before the strike. Once the strike's over I get to go to work," he added. "Zodiac" was a fantastic movie, but it hurts me to know that Vanderbilt will be keeping this dead film franchise alive with his skillful writing. Maybe he can help "Spider-Man 4," otherwise it's going to SUCK just like "Spider-Man 3." What becomes of Ledger's Doctor? It’s not looking good for Terry Gilliam’s “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” – and I gotta tell you, that’s real sad, not only because it’s a Gilliam film, but because I know Ledger, who counts Gilliam’s “The Brothers Grimm” as the most fun he’s ever had on a film, would be bummed knowing said film may never be completed. "I just got the call [Tuesday] saying everyone was being let go," a source told US Weekly. "We were supposed to start this weekend, but obviously they fired everyone today." According to Variety, "Parnassus" has three options: Replace Ledger in the role, shoot around him or shut down the production entirely. The insurance company will likely determine which option the producers take. The reason Ledger was back in New York was because he’d just returned from shooting the London leg of the film – he had literally been back like four days. He was due to board a plane to Vancouver to begin the blue-screen leg of the shoot – which was to take them to March. Ledger was the biggest name in an ensemble cast including Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole and Tom Waits. The story concerns an ancient traveling show that arrives in modern London with a magic mirror that can transport its audience into fantastical realms of the imagination. Plummer plays the impresario Dr. Parnassus, and Ledger took the role of a mysterious outsider who joins the troupe on a quest through parallel worlds to save the doctor's daughter (Cole) from the clutches of the devil (Waits). Ledger's death also came as he was working on what would have been his feature directing debut, an adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel "The Queen's Gambit," with British writer-producer Allan Scott. The leading role of a young female chess prodigy had been offered to Oscar nominee Ellen Page. Ledger, a skilled chess player, was due to play a supporting role. Still can’t believe Heath Ledger’s gone. The next Bond movie has a title.. "Quantum of Solace". According to the BBC, its taken from one of a collection of short stories published by 007 creator Ian Fleming in 1960. Rumours about the name had grown after fans noticed that film studio Sony had bought the domain name quantumofsolace.com. But co-producer Michael Wilson said the name had only been decided "a few days ago", adding the story's start point would be "literally an hour after the last film left off". Was rooting for "The Dying Nightlights" myself. Stallone won't touch Terminator Sylvester Stallone's been answering questions for the readers of Aint it Cool News this week - its essentially a stout plug for "Rambo" - and today touched on his upcoming projects. "Regarding the future we’re developing [ideas] for “The Mechanic”, “Deathwish” and a novel called “The Lion’s Game”. There are a few other interesting things waiting in the wings that I’m not at liberty to discuss right now and hopefully “Poe” will be one of them", says the Italian Stallion. A day or so ago, Sly was asked whether he'd been asked to play the new killer droid in "Terminator Salvation : The Future Begins". ''No, that has never happened and I believe that’s sacred ground for Arnold and would be an insult to encroach on his territory.''
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