New ‘Mummy' film, ‘Mamma Mia!' head latest Blu-ray parade
McClatchy Newspapers
12/15/2008, by Doug Nye
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT) - A different twist on an old legend, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" (Universal, 2008, $39.98), and an energetic musical that drew mixed reviews, "Mamma Mia! The Movie" (Universal, 2008, $34.98), top the parade of this week's new Blu-ray titles. The ...
Jim Carrey, ever energetic, takes on some crazy stunts in new movie ‘Yes Man'
McClatchy Newspapers
12/15/2008, by Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - When Jim Carrey says yes, he means yes. Take, for example, his work as a grumpy guy who decides to change his ways in the new holiday feature "Yes Man." To be more positive, the character decides to say yes to every request, from taking guitar lessons to learning ...
Box-office champ Smith says ‘Seven Pounds' offers him the chance to shed some of his old persona
McClatchy Newspapers
12/15/2008, by Christopher Kelly
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - "Stop looking at the porn," Will Smith jokingly admonishes as he steps inside the hotel suite at the Ritz-Carlton. He takes long strides across the room. His smile is wide. His laugh is booming. He shakes my hand like he's a corporate CEO and we've just closed on a ...
Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly talk about ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still'
McClatchy Newspapers
12/11/2008, by Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Strip away the special effects, the cool robot and the deep political message and "The Day the Earth Stood Still" boils down to one thing: It's us vs. them. One human must convince an alien visitor that humanity is worth saving. This theme holds true for both the ...
‘Nothing Like the Holidays'
McClatchy Newspapers
12/10/2008, by Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - There's every reason to be skeptical about the new holiday feature "Nothing Like the Holidays." Most holiday-themed films over the past few years have been naughty: "Fred Claus," 'Christmas with the Kranks," "Deck the Halls," etc. But "Nothing Like the Holidays" ...
‘The Day the Earth Stood Still'
McClatchy Newspapers
12/10/2008, by Roger Moore
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT) - Keanu Reeves as an alien? Not a stretch. Jennifer Connelly as the empathetic scientist who argues to spare the human race? Again, on-the-nose casting. "The Day the Earth Stood Still," a classic parable from 1951 with the most poetic title in all of science fiction, was ...
‘The Dark Knight' hovers high above newest Blu-ray titles
McClatchy Newspapers
12/8/2008, by Doug Nye
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT) - "The Dark Knight" (Warner, 2008, $35.99), the best Batman movie ever made and easily one of the top films of the year, leads the list of this week's Blu-ray releases. The high-definition DVD format with its flawless picture and dynamic sound makes for a ...
‘Nothing Like the Holidays' aims for universal themes
McClatchy Newspapers
12/8/2008, by Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - There is a right way and a wrong way to describe the new feature film "Nothing Like the Holidays." The wrong way is to call it a Hispanic holiday film. The cast and crew of the film stress that the right way to describe their movie is that it is a holiday film that just ...
"Twilight" the Movie
Catholic Online
12/5/2008, by Leticia Velasquez
WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) - A moody, intellectual young woman, Bella is the product of divorced parents who seem to have difficulty handling their own life challenges, much less that of their lonely daughter. Bella leaves her home in sunny Phoenix to begin small town life in her father’s house ...
‘Frost/Nixon' is a tale of the tapes
McClatchy Newspapers
12/4/2008, by Rafer Guzmán
Newsday (MCT) - "Why didn't you burn the tapes?" That blunt question, not exactly a softball, was the very first posed by British journalist David Frost to former president Richard Nixon on March 23, 1977, the start of an unprecedented series of interviews stretching over 12 days and nearly 29 ...
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