Paramount has debuted the first trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest outrageous comedy The Dictator. Cohen plays a despot who risks “his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.”
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Ben Kingsley Joins ‘Hugo’ Co-Star Asa Butterfield in ‘Ender’s Game’
Asa Butterfield is set to star in the titular role while Hailee Steinfeld would take on the role of Petra Arkanian, the protagonist’s trusted friend. THR now reveals that Ben Kingsley is in talks to join his young Hugo co-star as a legendary war long thought dead.
Review: “Hugo” Is an Uneven Tale of Two Stories
Hugo is obviously a labor of love for Martin Scorsese who wanted to share his profound admiration for the early days of cinema with the world. However, this is a rather uneven effort that loses sight of nothing less than its main protagonist.
Movie News Weekly Round-Up: October 18, 2010
The Weekly Movie News Round-up is an aggregation of news gathered from all across the movie industry released every weekend. Inside, discuss all the latest movie news, casting news, and trailers to your heart’s content! This week, is Mel Gibson returning to acting with The Hangover 2?
Movie Review: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Directed by Mike Newell, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was publicized as the film that would finally gave us an exciting and decent video game adaptation. Unfortunately, it doesn’t live up to those expectations as it is simply a pure action fantasy movie that just drags on with a ridiculous story and uninteresting characters.
Movie News: Weekly Round-Up
Movie News: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps postponed until September 24th (THR) Clint Eastwood may direct J. Edgar Hoover biopic (THR) Chris Nolan talks about Batman 3 and Superman reboot (Hero Complex) Paramount launches Insurge Pictures, division focused on micro-budget movies (Indie Wire) A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas coming for… Christmas (Collider) Extended cut [...]
Movie Review: Shutter Island (2010)
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island is a psychological thriller based on Dennis Lehane novel of the same name. Despite its relatively commonplace premise of reality vs. illusion inside a mental institution, this is a beautifully crafted film with multiple layers of depth that don’t become apparent until the final twist which we all know is coming. The fun is in trying to figure out what the final twist is and witnessing how the characters get there.
