Post Tagged with: "Elizabeth Banks"

Review: You Won’t Care Much for This ‘Man on a Ledge’

Man on a Ledge is indeed about a person who is on a ledge, for a majority of the film’s 102-minute duration. If the previous sentence isn’t enough of a warning – at least in terms of the amount of silliness that predictably follows – then I can’t quite help you.

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Must Watch: Full Trailer for “The Hunger Games”

The story centers around teenagers chosen by lottery to participate in a fight-to-the-death contest as representatives of their local district. Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen, a 16-yr old girl living in that dystopian future who volunteers for this gladiatorial “game”

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“Our Idiot Brother’s” is a Pleasant but Uneven Dramedy

Some movies exists to try to make audiences sympathize with society’s underestimated characters like Ned (Paul Rudd), an overweight, long-haired stoner. He’s a bit too lazy to be called an antihero and the movie about him is called Our Idiot Brother, a title that, to some, implies reckless stoner shenanigans.

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Elizabeth Banks Will Star in “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”

Elizabeth Banks has joined the cast in the movie adaptation of the bestselling pregnancy guide, Lionsgate announced. She joins the previously cast Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Anna Kendrick and Brooklyn Decker in the ensemble comedy.

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Watch the Trailer For “Our Idiot Brother” Starring Paul Rudd

A star-studded cast highlights this comedy starring Paul Rudd. Check this out: Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Rashida Jones and Adam Scott. Check out the trailer for this late-summer comedy!

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Elizabeth Banks Cast as Effie Trinket in “The Hunger Games”

Elizabeth Banks has been cast as Effie Trinket in Lionsgate’s adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic and dystopian world where 24 teens are selected by lottery to participate in gladiatorial battles known as the Hunger Games.

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Review: “The Next Three Days” is Wildly Uneven

What would you do if your wife was wrongfully thrown into prison for murder? A remake of the 2007 French prison-break thriller Pour Elle (Anything for Her), The Next Three Days is an overlong, occasionally brilliant yet wildly uneven film from writer-director Paul Haggis.

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Eight Actors Who Deserve Better Roles

Have you noticed some actors who are continually being relegated to thankless or worse generic supporting roles when their on-screen prowess suggest they deserve better? The following eight actors are well-known yet criminally overlooked for their contributions.

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Movie News Weekly Round-Up: November 15, 2010

The Weekly Movie News Round-up is an aggregation of news gathered from all across the movie industry released every weekend. Inside, discuss the past week’s latest movie news, casting news, and trailers to your heart’s content! Check out which actresses are in contention for The Dark Knight Rises

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Movie News Round-Up: July 16, 2010

This week’s movie news round-up includes a first look at Green Lantern, A-Rod starting his movie career, a favorite actress of ours set to play Disney’s Tinkerbell and a surprise pick to play Hulk in the Avengers. Don’t miss out on this week’s round-up of movie news, casting news, trailers and links!

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