Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Video of Occupy Oakland Protestor Getting Shot in Face Goes Viral
A video showing an Occupy Oakland protestor getting shot in the face -- by either a rubber bullet or bean bag round -- is going viral. Those in the crowd say police were using rubber bullets, while police say they were bean bag rounds.our editor recommends'Dark Knight Rises' to Film at Occupy Wall Street?Brian Williams Talks Politics, Occupy Wall Street on 'Late Show' (Video) PHOTOS: The Scene at Occupy Wall Street Some reports say the man was a veteran. Watch the video below, which shows a disturbing, chaotic scene filled with tear gas and features some NSFW profanity. More than 100 people were arrested in Oakland. The city's police chief Howard Jordan defended his decision to use tear gas against the protestors: "We were in a position where we had to deploy gas in order to stop the crowd and people from pelting us with bottles and rocks," he told the Los Angeles Times. PHOTOS: The Scene at Occupy Los Angeles Protesters were throwing paint "and other agents" at officers, Jordan added of the crowd, which reached about 1,000 people. "The crowd started throwing bottles, paints, beer, eggs at myself and the other officers," Officer David Carman told KTVU-TV Channel 2. Police are wearing riot gear Wednesday morning. PHOTOS: 10 Entertainers Democrats and Republicans Love to Hate The Occupy Wall Street movement started in NY City's Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17, and has since spread to other cities. Related Topics Occupy
Monday, October 24, 2011
Jason Sudeikis Throws Himself Into 'Dog Fight' (Exclusive)
Jason Merritt/Getty Images Jason Sudeikis continues his run of booking parts in high-profile comedy projects. This time the Saturday Night Live regular will play politics with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis inDog Fight, whichJay Roachis directing.our editor recommends'Horrible Bosses' Premiere Red Carpet: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman Shawn Harwell and frequent Ferrell collaborator Chris Henchy wrote the screenplay, aboutrival politicians in a small congressional district in South Carolina. Sarah Baker andKatherine LaNasa have also been cast. PHOTOS: 'Horrible Bosses' Premiere Red Carpet: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman Galifianakis is producing along withRoach,through his Everyman Pictures, and Ferrell and Adam McKay, through their Gary Sanchez Prods. shingle. Warner Bros. is distributing the movie, which begins filming mid-November in New Orleans for an August release. EXCLUSIVE: Katherine LaNasa Snags Roles Opposite Will Ferrell, John Cusack Repped by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Sudeikis most recently starred in Hall Pass, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy and Horrible Bosses, which has grossed $210 million worldwide since its July release. He just began his seventh season on NBC'sSNL, and he will appear in an arc on HBO'sEastbound & Down when it returns for its third season. Additionally, Sudeikis continues to provide voices for Fox's The Cleveland Show. Jason Sudeikis Will Ferrell Zach Galifianakis Jay Roach
Friday, October 21, 2011
Katherine LaNasa Snags Roles Opposite Will Ferrell, John Cusack
Katherine LaNasa, that has spent the greater area of the past decade making various television looks, has reserved roles opposite major stars in a few high-profile movies.LaNasa has nabbed the role of Will Ferrell's wife in "Dog Fight," the Warner Bros. political comedy which stars Zack Galifianakis. She will also play John Cusack's wife in "The Frozen Ground," a serial killer thriller which stars Nicolas Cage.Jay Roach is pointing "Dog Fight," once referred to as "Southern Rivals," with Gary Sanchez Prods. and Everyman Pictures creating. The comedy informs the storyplot of two rival political figures in a tiny congressional district in Sc. Sarah Baker, another actress that has lengthy labored in television, was cast as Galifianakis' wife the 2009 week."Frozen Ground" particulars the real story from the capture of serial killer Robert Hansen in Alaska. Cage is definitely an Alaska condition trooper monitoring Hansen, performed by Cusack. Randall Emmett and Mark Ordesky are creating the indie, which begins shooting now in Alaska. LaNasa, repped by IFA Talent, has made an appearance on shows for example "2 . 5 Males," "Large Love"and "Knowing Amy," but her newly found warmth might be because of operate in "Jayne Mansfield's Vehicle" for author-director Billy Bob Thornton LaNasa snagged that role if this was reserved for Robin Wright. The Hollywood Reporter
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
No Follow up Yet, But Bad Teacher Trio Reunites On New The new sony Pictures Comedy
EXCLUSIVE: The new sony Pictures has re-teamed Bad Teacher authors Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg with director Mike Kasdan for any new untitled comedy. The logline: Following a Supercuts manager recommends his closest friend to interrupt off his engagement, he suddenly falls deeply in love with the jilted girlfriend, testing both his new romance and the friendship. Eisenberg and Stupnitsky will produce with Variety, which created Bad Teacher. To date, they haven’t made progress on mounting a follow up to Bad Teacher, a movie that cost around $20 million and made around $215 million worldwide. The authors also labored for The new sony Pictures on Ghostbusters III. While there's been an abundance of gossips that stars are now being cast which production will start the moment spring, I’m told the studio isn’t will make it without Bill Murray. So that as lately as recently, he'd not browse the script, or maybe he did, he's not arrived at to obtain the deal making began. Without him, I don’t think the film includes a ghost of the chance.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
REVIEW: Gritty Miss Bala Shows Some Leg, and Also Shows Restraint
Miss Bala is a fairly straightforward story, told in a reasonably straightforward way: A young woman in Mexico longs to win a beauty pageant as a way of making life better for herself, her father and her younger brother. But before she can make it to the first round, she runs afoul of a group of gangsters who use her — and her alluring but unassuming beauty — as a means to their own devious ends. Miss Bala — which was made by the young Mexican director Gerardo Naranjo and written by Naranjo and Mauricio Katz — is just stylish enough, a picture that doesn’t let flash get in the way of its storytelling. It sometimes leads us down some all-too-familiar corridors — if you’ve seen one Mexican drug cartel, you’ve seen ‘em all. But there’s always something to look for in the face of Stephanie Sigman as Laura Gerrerro, the young woman who one afternoon sneaks away from her family’s modest home, a stretchy “competition” dress stashed away in the plastic bag she’s carrying, in the hopes of making it past the first cut in the Miss Baja California pageant. Laura has a partner in this relatively innocent crime, her best friend Suzu. After the two earn the OK from the pageant’s organizer to return the next day, Suzu coaxes Laura out to a nightclub to celebrate. It turns out the club is filled with American DEA agents, the target of a bunch of masked baddies who storm the place. Laura survives the ambush, but she loses track of Suzu, and when she sets out to locate her friend, the thugs — led by a wily, perversely seductive fox named Lino (Noe Hernandez) — recognize her and press her into service in their war against those meddlesome law-enforcement officials. Laura, leggy and doe-eyed, tries to elude her new friends, but they keep finding her, enlisting her for one dangerous errand after another. Lino pulls some greasy strings to make her big dream come true, but the triumph is a false one, just a necessary step in Lino’s plan to snuff out a general who’s been instrumental in the big drug crackdown. Miss Bala (the title is a play on words, translating to “Miss Bullet”) is inspired by real events, but even within its unflinching grittiness, there’s something dreamlike — or perhaps nightmarelike — about it. Naranjo keeps the action tense but understated; instead of allowing explosions and shootouts to pile up, he rations them in taut doses. There’s nothing particularly daring about Miss Bala beyond its restraint, although in the contemporary movie climate, that’s probably daring enough by itself. And Sigman never overplays, either: Her character is an innocent caught in a web of cruelty and greed, and she behaves instinctively and sometimes irrationally. Laura keeps scrambling away from her sweaty, stubbly, scarred captors, but you can see she never gives a thought to where she might possibly run to — the creeps always have a way of reeling her back in. Still, Sigman doesn’t play Laura as a shrinking naif. There’s vitality and selfless valor in the way Laura lets her fear — not just for herself, but for her family — motivate her. Sigman’s enormous eyes have the capacity to take in the horrors that surround her character; she can’t help but see them. Yet Sigman doesn’t play Laura as a character undone by lost innocence. There’s a mournful undercurrent to Miss Bala; it isn’t exactly a movie where good triumphs over evil. But somehow Laura — after being abused and misused — keeps picking herself up and walking forward. Single-minded and purposeful, she won’t stop competing in her own internal pageant, even though she knows that damned crown is hard-won.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Here's Why the Woman Suing 'Drive' Isn't Completely Crazy
A few weeks ago I wrote a piece explaining why -- based on the misleading trailers -- you probably hated 'Drive.' That said, even I'm surprised to see Michigan resident Sarah Deming take this to the next level and file a lawsuit against FilmDistrict for releasing a trailer "[promoting] the film 'Drive' as very similar to the 'Fast and Furious' or similar, series of movies." Do I feel FilmDistrict amped up the action in the trailer for 'Drive' in an effort to create a more robust box-office tally? Yes. But 'The Fast and the Furious'? What? Matt Singer over at IFC doesn't think these trailers are at all the same. I watched both trailers again, too. I'm not saying this lawsuit has any merit whatsoever (and from my zero years of law school, I'm saying that it doesn't), but, perhaps, here's why Sarah Deming became confused. [Note: you could probably do this with any two trailers.] In the trailer for 'The Fast and the Furious,' a muscular man wears a tee-shirt with no sleeves. In the trailer for 'Drive,' a muscular man wears a tee-shirt with no sleeves. In the trailer for 'The Fast and the Furious,' the film's hero makes out with a female. In the trailer for 'Drive,' the film's hero makes out with a female. In the trailer for 'The Fast and the Furious,' a car flips. In the trailer for 'Drive,' a car flips. In the trailer for 'The Fast and the Furious,' a flipping car is seen from inside another car. In the trailer for 'Drive,' a flipping car is seen from inside another car. In the trailer for 'The Fast and the Furious,' there is American currency. In the trailer for 'Drive,' there is American currency. In the trailer for 'The Fast and the Furious,' a window is shot out. In the trailer for 'Drive,' a window is shot out. In the trailer for 'The Fast and the Furious,' a car skids out of control. In the trailer for 'Drive,' a car skids out of control. In the trailer for 'The Fast and the Furious,' the film's hero fights. In the trailer for 'Drive,' the film's hero fights. In the trailer for 'The Fast and the Furious,' a police car is in pursuit. In the trailer for 'The Fast and the Furious,' a police car is in pursuit. [Top photo: FilmDistrict] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook You can contact Mike Ryan directly on Twitter. RELATED
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Robotic Real Steel Wins Weekend By TKO; George Clooneys The Ides Of March #2
SATURDAY PM,2ND UPDATE: After a mammoth marketing push to pump up mediocre tracking, DreamWorks/Disney’s Real Steel dominated the North American box officeall weekend with Disney confirmingrosses up +30% from Friday to Saturday for a $29M opening weekend.The Shaun levy directed bot battle starring Hugh Jackmanreceived a rare’A’ CinemaScore overall and’A+’ from moviegoers under age 25.Problem is Hollywood would have beenimpressed only if the result was mid-$30sM because this action pic has a family overlay and its budget was $110+M. By contrast, director, star, writer, and producer George Clooney’s newcomer The Ides Of March had only a $12.5M production budget after rebates. But this R-rated adult political thriller co-starring Ryan Gosling washard to sell even for Sony Pictures. Though well-reviewed and a hit at both the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, audiences gave it just a ‘B’ CinemaScore and those under age 25 bestowed a ‘B+’.The piceked out $10.5M, less than the modestweekend whichHollywood expected. Alcon Entertainment/Warner Bros’ Dolphin Tale held well again and made $9M by Sunday night. Same good hold for Sony Pictures’ baseball pic Moneyball with $7.3Mbut less so forthe studio’s faith-based Sherwood Pictures’ Courageous with $4.6M. Summit Entertainment’s cancer dramedy 50/50 held very well and ended up with $5.3M range. Universal’s Dream House is not so dreamy with a pretty hefty weekend-to-weekend percentage drop. And Disney’s Lion King 3D may be safely back in the cage after its Blu-Ray release. Here are the Top10 movies at the North American box office tonight. Analysis coming: 1. Real Steel (DreamWorks/Disney) NEW [3,440 Theaters] Friday $8.5M, Saturday $12M,Weekend $29M 2. The Ides Of March (Smokehouse/Sony) NEW [2,199 Theaters] Friday $3.4M, Saturday $4.3M, Weekend $10.5M 3.Dolphin Tale (Alcon/Warner Bros) Week 3 [3,478 Theaters] Friday $2.4M, Saturday #3.7M,Weekend $9M, Cume $48.9M 4. Moneyball (Sony) Week 3 [3,018 Theaters] Friday $2.2M, Saturday $3.1M,Weekend $7.3M, Estimated Cume $49.1M 5. 50/50 (Summit Entertainment) Week 2 [2,479 Theaters] Friday $1.7M, Saturday $2.2M,Weekend $5.3M (-39%),Cume $17.1M 6. Courageous (Sherwood/Sony) Week 2 [1,161 Theaters] Friday $1.3M, Saturday $1.8M,Weekend $4.6M (-49%), Estimated Cume $15.9M 7. Lion King 3D (Disney) Week 4 [2,267 Theaters] Friday $1.2M, Saturday $1.9M,Weekend $4.5M,Cume $85.9M 8. Dream House (Universal) Week 2 [2,664 Theaters] Friday $1.3M, Saturday $1.9M,Weekend $4.4M, Cume $14.4M 9. What’s Your Number? (Fox) Week 2 [3,011 Theaters] Friday $1M, Saturday $3M,Weekend $3M, Estimated Cume $10.3M 10. Abduction (Lionsgate) Week 3 [2,591 Theaters] Friday $865K, Saturday $1.3M, Weekend $3M, Cume $23.4M
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Chuck Collars Tim DeKay to see Sarah's Ex-Handler
Tim DeKay White-colored Collar star Tim DeKay is (temporarily) relocating the FBI for the CIA for just about any guest appearance on Chuck, Entertainment Weekly reviews. DeKay, who plays FBI Agent Peter Burke round the USA series, look inside the eighth episode of Chuck as Kieran Ryker, Sarah's stoic former CIA handler who makes her confront her past. (If Agent Burke is busy at Buy More, who's will make certain Neal stays from trouble in NY?) Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows DeKay, 48, joins formerly introduced final-season guest stars Mark Hamill, Barbara Anne Moss and Stan Lee, among others. He's also set to direct an instalment of White-colored Collar when the show returns for your partner of Season 3 this winter. Chuck's final season starts on Friday, March. 28 at 8/7c on NBC.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
'Thor' actress joins 'Last Stand'
AlexanderHot off her role as Asgardian warrior Sif in Marvel's "Thor," Jaimie Alexander has showed up the feminine lead opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Lionsgate's actioner "Last Stand."South Korean helmer Kim Jee-Woon directs the pic, which finds Schwarzenegger playing the sheriff from the sleepy little town who runs facing an steered obvious of drug cartel leader vulnerable to the Mexican border.Alexander may have Sarah Torrance, a stylish cop under Schwarzenegger's command who likes a playful romance with fellow officer Frank Martinez, who certainly are carried out by "300" star Rodrigo Santoro.Peter Stormare and Zach Gilford co-star inside the film, that's being produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Andrew Knauer written the first spec script that was subsequently rewritten by Jeffrey Nachmanoff plus much more recently, George Nolfi. Lionsgate has worldwide distribution rights round the pic, due to hit theaters Jan. 18, 2013. Production starts March. 20 in New Mexico.Alexander will shoot "Last Stand" before she returns for your "Thor" follow-up. Thesp, who recently completed an arc as Edie Falco's erratic sister-in-law on Showtime's "Nurse Jackie," will rapidly be seen opposite Peter Facinelli inside the indie dramedy "Loosies." She also co-stars inside the historic drama "Savannah" alongside Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Hal Holbrook.Alexander is repped by WME and James/Levy Management. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com
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