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Machine Gun Preacher is the inspirational true story of Childers (played by Gerard Butler), a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children in East Africa. The explosive, real-life tale of a man who has rescued over a thousand orphans from starvation, disease, and enslavement, Machine Gun Preacher is written by Jason Keller and also stars Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker, Madeline Carroll, Michael Shannon, and Souleymane Sy Savane.
Machine Gun Preacher opens in New York and Los Angeles on September 23, 2011.
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‘The Darkest Hour’ Motion Poster Arrives
Summit just unveiled a motion poster – these have become real popular with studios – for their upcoming sci-fi alien invasion film, The Darkest Hour. Starring Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor, Joel Kinnaman, and Max Minghella, The Darkest Hour is set for a December 23, 2011 release.
The Plot: The Darkest Hour is the story of five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. The 3D thriller highlights the classic beauty of Moscow alongside mind-blowing special effects.
Sarah Jessica Parker Discusses ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’
Sarah Jessica Parker stars in the comedy movie I Don’t Know How She Does It, based on the bestseller by Allison Pearson and co-starring Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, and Christina Hendricks. I Don’t Know opens on Friday, September 16, 2011 and in support of the film’s upcoming release, Parker talks about the film’s story, its universal appeal, and working with Brosnan, Kinnear, Hendricks, and director Doug McGrath.
The Plot: Kate Reddy (Parker) devotes her days to her job with a Boston-based financial management firm. At night she goes home to her adoring, recently-downsized architect husband Richard (Kinnear) and their two young children. It’s a non-stop balancing act, the same one that Kate’s acerbic best friend and fellow working mother Allison (Hendricks) performs on a daily basis, and that Kate’s super-brainy, child-phobic young junior associate Momo (Olivia Munn) fully intends to avoid. When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, Richard also wins the new job he’s been hoping for—and both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate’s charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer (Brosnan), who begins to prove an unexpected source of temptation.
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–Info and cast list
‘Up All Night’ – Photos, Videos and Cast
Starring: Christina Applegate and Will Arnett
Series Premiere: September 14, 2011
Creator: Emily Spivey
Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 30 minutes
Network: NBC
News: Up All Night gets a full season pick up
The Synopsis: Christina Applegate stars as Reagan Brinkley: loving wife, successful career woman, life of the party and, most recently, mom. Determined not to compromise her career or cool reputation to the clichés of motherhood, Reagan adjusts to life with a baby and returns to work with the support of her stay-at-home husband, Chris (Will Arnett). As Reagan and Chris figure out their new life, self-doubt, sleep deprivation and the pressure of today’s parenting protocols rattle their confidence. What’s more, the endless needs of Reagan’s boss, ambitious but vulnerable talk-show host Ava (Maya Rudolph), threaten to throw Reagan off balance.
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‘The Descendants’ – George Clooney Interview
George Clooney is traveling from festival to festival promoting two films heading to theaters later this year: The Descendants and The Ides of March. And while at the Telluride Film Festival in support of Fox Searchlight’s The Descendants, Clooney took to the stage to discuss the film and its director, Alexander Payne.
The Plot: Set in Hawaii, The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
Amy Winehouse’s Last Music Video Debuts
Amy Winehouse’s final recording – “Body and Soul” with Tony Bennett – debuts today on what would have been the singer’s 28th birthday. Winehouse recorded “Body and Soul” with legendary singer Bennett on March 23, 2011 at Abbey Road Studios, making it the last recording Winehouse was involved in prior to her death on July 23rd.
Proceeds from the sale of the track on iTunes go toward the Amy Winehouse Foundation, a non-profit set up in her memory which also launched today. “The Amy Winehouse Foundation is being set up in Amy’s memory to support charitable activities in both the UK and abroad that provide help, support or care for young people, especially those who are in need by reason of ill health, disability, financial disadvantage or addiction,” stated Amy’s father on the non-profit’s official website.
Kate Bosworth and James Marsden Talk ‘Straw Dogs’
Screen Gems’ Straw Dogs hits theaters on September 16, 2011 with James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard in starring roles. Marsden and Bosworth play a married couple, David and Amy Sumner, who return to Amy’s small Southern hometown following the death of her father. Amy’s welcomed back, but her screenwriter husband is treated like the Hollywood outsider that he is, setting up a showdown between David and Amy’s old high school boyfriend, Charlie (Skarsgard).
In these interview videos provided by Screen Gems, Marsden and Bosworth discuss their characters, the script, and the relationship between David and Amy. And Marsden also answers a frequently asked question: what does the term ‘straw dogs’ mean?
The Plot: David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation.
Family Guy Season 10 to Premiere in Theaters
Fox is kicking off the 10th season of Family Guy in a big way with a theatrical screening of the first episode. That’s right – Peter, Lois, Meg, Chris, Stewie and Brian are heading to the big screen for a one night only screening to be held at midnight on September 15, 2011.
The “Something, Something, Something Anniversary” Screening will take place in 10 cities only. Tickets are free on a first-come, first-served basis by RSVPing to the email address listed with each city:
Atlanta: Regal Atlantic Station, 261 19th Street NW, Atlanta ([email protected])
Boston: Fenway Stadium 13 & RPX, 201 Brookline Ave, Boston ([email protected])
Chicago: Kerasotes Showplace ICON, 150 W. Roosevelt Rd, Chicago ([email protected])
Dallas: Studio Movie Grill, 11170 N. Central Expressway, Dallas ([email protected])
Los Angeles: AMC Century City 15, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles ([email protected])
Minneapolis: AMC Rosedale, 850 Rosedale Center, Roseville (www.tinyurl.com/MNFamilyGuy)
New York: Village 7, 66 Third Avenue at 11th St, NYC ([email protected])
Philadelphia: Rave University City 6, 4012 Walnut St, Philadelphia ([email protected])
Phoenix: Harkins Tempe Marketplace, 2000 East Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe ([email protected])
Seattle: AMC Pacific Place, 600 Pine St, Seattle ([email protected])
In addition to being among the first Family Guy fans to see the 10th season premiere episode, “Something, Something, Something Anniversary” Screening event audiences will also be treated to the popular “Road to the Multiverse” episode as well as a 22 minute bonus feature titled “History of the World” from the Family Guy Volume 9 DVD (releasing on December 13th).
The first episode of Family Guy Season 10 airs on Sunday, Sept. 25 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on Fox.
Source: 20th Century Fox – September 13, 2011
Alexander Skarsgard ‘Straw Dogs’ Interview Video
Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) plays a former high school football stud whose ex-girlfriend returns to their small town with her screenwriter husband, setting off a devastating chain of events in Straw Dogs – the 2011 version. Directed by Rod Lurie and starring James Marsden and Kate Bosworth as the young married couple, this new take puts its own spin on the events in the book The Siege of Trencher’s Farm that was transformed into an R-rated thriller in 1971 by Sam Peckinpah.
In this video interview provided by Screen Gems, Alexander Skarsgard – sticking with an American accent – talks about his character’s background as a football player forced into giving up the sport and about the relationship between his character and James Marsden’s.
Watch the video:
The Plot: David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation.
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–Trailer, info and cast list
‘Ringer’ Season 1 Review: Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar
Former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar returns to television and her old network (The CW) to play two – that’s right, two – different parts in the new 2011 fall series, Ringer. In the pilot episode, Sarah first appears as Bridget, an ex-stripper and recovering alcoholic whose luck has gone from bad to worse because she witnessed a murder involving a mob boss and is in the custody of the FBI.
For her testimony, she’ll be given a new life as long as she isn’t found by one of the mobster’s killers. Convinced testifying will lead to certain death, Bridget flees the night before the trial and heads to New York, where her estranged twin sister, Siobhan (also played by Gellar), resides.
The two sisters haven’t been in touch for over six years, and there is a dark, tragic incident that drove the two apart. Unlike poor, troubled Bridget, Siobhan seems to have the perfect life. Married to a very wealthy man and a princess in the social scene of NY, Bridget is both overwhelmed and envious of her sister’s life. Just when Bridget thinks that she might be able to get her relationship with her sister back on track, Siobhan disappears.
Believing that her sister committed suicide and desperate to avoid both the FBI and the mobster’s hired killers, Bridget assumes Siobhan’s identity. She quickly learns, however, that her sister had a much more complicated, secretive, and mysterious life than she could ever have imagined.
Ringer is a melodramatic soap opera mystery/thriller that has zero thrills. Having been transferred from its original home network CBS to the younger-drawing sister network, The CW, it seems the suspense drama is hoping to cash in on the draw of its star (Gellar) to bring former Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans back to The CW on Tuesday nights. It’s not certain that the move affected the finances of the show, but this much is certain, the series doesn’t capture the flash and elegance of the New York City lifestyle that the character Siobhan has.
Sarah Michelle Gellar is adequately cast as both Bridget, the suffering, lying, on-the-lam recovering addict whose only redeeming value is her so-called love of her sister, and Siobhan, the cold, secretive, calculating, selfish twin who’s hiding many secrets. The few scenes where the twins interact with each other are badly staged, and Gellar has no chemistry with herself as either sister.
The drama doesn’t have any real pace or flow to it. It just goes from scene to scene with no real sense of urgency or dynamic. The dialogue’s incredibly juvenile and weak, having characters in their 30s speak to each other as high school students would.
Not in the least bit compelling and featuring silly writing, poor production, and a lack of style, Ringer has a long list of flaws to fix if it hopes to have a full first season – let alone a second.
GRADE: D
Ringer debuted on The CW on September 13, 2011.
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