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26 Apr, 2013

The Big Wedding

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Sarandon plays Bebe, Don’s girlfriend and Ellie’s former best friend, in this comedy directed by Justin Zackham. Don and Ellie, long divorced, have three children, one of whom was adopted from Colombia. After he is engaged, he informs Don and Ellie that his birth mother doesn’t know and wouldn’t approve of their divorce. They agree to pretend to still be married to appease her when she comes for the wedding. Co-starring Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace and Robin Williams.

My daughter Eva got married a few months after we finished filming. Thank God it wasn’t anything like the film! If anything, this movie teaches you what not to do at a wedding.

The Big Wedding Official Trailer [HD]: Robert DeNiro, Diane Keaton & Katherine Heigl

The Big Wedding

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Seyfried plays Missy, the fiancé, in this comedy directed by Justin Zackham. Don and Ellie, long divorced, have three children, one of whom was adopted from Colombia. After he is engaged, he informs Don and Ellie that his birth mother doesn’t know and wouldn’t approve of their divorce. They agree to pretend to still be married to appease her when she comes for the wedding. Co-starring Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon and Robin Williams.

I love comedy and it’s nice to be able to get away from playing only very intense women. Acting for me is about the beauty of expression and pouring yourself into a character and I can’t hold back – I have to push myself to the limit when I’m working. So it was a pleasant challenge to work with an incredible cast and have a lot of fun being part of that atmosphere. It’s nice not to exhaust yourself all the time.

The Big Wedding Official Trailer [HD]: Robert DeNiro, Diane Keaton & Katherine Heigl

The Big Wedding

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DeNiro plays Don in this comedy directed by Justin Zackham. Don and Ellie, long divorced, have three children, one of whom was adopted from Colombia. After he is engaged, he informs Don and Ellie that his birth mother doesn’t know and wouldn’t approve of their divorce. They agree to pretend to still be married to appease her when she comes for the wedding. Co-starring Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon and Robin Williams.

I thought it was interesting. I liked the character. I liked Justin, the director. And they were getting certain people. Diane Keaton, I was hearing that she was going to be in it, and I thought that would be great.

The Big Wedding Official Trailer [HD]: Robert DeNiro, Diane Keaton & Katherine Heigl

The Big Wedding

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Keaton plays Ellie in this comedy directed by Justin Zackham. Don and Ellie, long divorced, have three children one of whom they adopted from Colombia. After he is engaged, he informs Don and Ellie that his birth mother doesn’t know and wouldn’t approve of their divorce. They agree to pretend to still be married to appease her when she comes for the wedding. Co-starring Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon and Robin Williams.

Oh man, the cast. Forget the cast. The thing is, though, that some of these people are my age, right? And I didn’t know them.

The Big Wedding Official Trailer [HD]: Robert DeNiro, Diane Keaton & Katherine Heigl

19 Apr, 2013

Love Is All You Need

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Brosnan plays Philip in this romance directed by Susanne Bier. Philip, a widowed Englishman working in Denmark and a Danish hairdresser who’s been left by her husband forge a fragile romance during a trip to Italy to see their son and daughter get married. Co-starring Trine Dyrholm and Molly Blixt Egelind.

I was fully aware of the notes within the piece that chimed with my own life, having lost a wife to cancer. The road I have travelled means I can understand just about as much as one can understand such tragedy in life.

Love Is All You Need (2012) - Official Trailer

28 Mar, 2013

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

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In this action, science fiction sequel to The Rise of Cobra, Willis plays General Joe Colton who leads a group of Joes in their efforts to strike back at Cobra terrorists who have attacked US forces. Channing Tatum and Ray Park return for second roles as Duke and Snake Eyes. Director Jon M. Chu:

He was always our dream guy to play Joe Colton…but when you’re courting Bruce it’s not like, “He’s going to do it – yay!” It’s months and months of winning his trust, him learning about who I am and learning what the brand is about. And I never really thought it would fully happen until he showed up on set, but he came through and he was awesome. I mean, he exudes the tone of the movie because he’s so cool and he’s so that guy but at the same time doesn’t take himself too seriously. He just gives you that little wink…

20 Mar, 2013

Revelation Road

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Sting stars as a street-tough biker in Revelation Road. The film centers around a traveling salesman battling personal demons on his quest home in a post-Apocalyptic world. Co-starring Eric Roberts, Brian Bosworth, Noell Coet and David A.R. White.

My character is a bad guy in a biker gang. Brian is the leader of the gang and we’re creating havoc everywhere we go. I’m a guy who’s had the short end of the stick his entire life so I end up in a biker gang. This is the story of the end times, a story of how God is trying to grab hold of each one of us and get through to us.

Revelation Road: Beginning of the End - Official Trailer

15 Mar, 2013

The Call

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Berry stars as Jordan, a 911 operator who takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted. She realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl’s life. The film also stars Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin and Morris Chestnut.

Being a mom I took away a greater sense of how I need to prepare my daughter as she goes, she’s only four now so she’s not trying to go anywhere by herself right now, but it made me realize that as she grows she is going to have to be more hyper vigilant. What this movie represents is real. It really happens, we hear about it on the news. And with this movie you really go on this journey from the point of the 911 operator, from the police, from the victim, from the crazy man that is at the helm of it. So you really get a visual on the horrific experience this is for all involved. And that really was an eye opener for me making this movie and what I need to teach my daughter, and how I move in the world as a woman too. It informed me too.

THE CALL - In Theaters 3/15

10 Mar, 2013

Hours

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Walker stars in Hours, a thriller film set in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina. Walker plays Nolan Hayes, the father of a newborn baby. Unfortunately, the hurricane floods the hospital and kills the power keeping the neonatal incubators running, and keeping his baby alive. He struggles in a life or death situation on his own as minutes become hours and the incubator runs out of power.

When we first made it I thought that this would be a fun journey, but I didn’t know if anyone would see it because it’s definitely not a commercial movie. It was pretty selfish; it was something I wanted to prove to myself. During filming, my agent asked me how it was going and I told him that I was telling the truth the entire time and there was only one or two times where I didn’t actually believe what I was doing and that’s when I told Eric (Heisserer, the film’s director) to scratch the take. If they don’t like this, then they don’t like me.

Hours TRAILER (2013) - Paul Walker Movie HD

14 Feb, 2013

A Good Way to Die Hard

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In this action film, the fifth in the Die Hard series, directed by John Moore, Willis plays John McClane, who travels to Russia to search for his son Jack, played by Jai Courtney. John discovers that Jack is working with the CIA, and the father and son team work together to stop a nuclear weapon heist.

It kind of recreates the experience of all the films, in some ways. My character still can’t get out of his own way, and still makes mistakes, and still thinks that he’s right, when most of the time he’s not right…

A Good Day to Die Hard - Official Trailer (HD)

8 Feb, 2013

Side Effects

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Zeta-Jones plays Dr. Victoria Siebert in the crime thriller Side Effects. A depressed woman consults psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Banks after an attempted suicide. The doctor prescribes a new drug to Emily for her depression. However, no one was ready for the effects the drug would have on all of their lives. Co-starring Jude Law, Channing Tatum and Rooney Mara.

It’s really hard to get into the plot of this movie, because I don’t want to be the person that does the spoil alert, because it really is a ride and our characters are complex.

25 Jan, 2013

Parker

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Lopez stars in Parker as Leslie Rogers, a depressed, unsuccessful real-estate agent living with her mother. A thief left for dead by his double-crossing crew begets a new disguise and makes an unlikely alliance out of Leslie. Together they look to hijack the score of the crew’s latest heist.

18 Jan, 2013

Broken City

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Zeta-Jones plays Cathleen Hostetler in the crime drama Broken City. The mayoral elections are near and corrupt incumbent Mayor Hostetler will do what it takes to keep his position. He uses his cheating wife Cathleen, and ex-cop Billy Taggart as pawns in his game of lies and deception. Co-starring Russell Crowe and Mark Wahlberg.

The writing is spectacular. It was all the elements that you just want to see on the screen. It’s an adult movie, people talk intelligently. It’s edgy, it’s sexy.

21 Dec, 2012

Jack Reacher

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In this thriller directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Pike plays Helen, a young defence lawyer, who teams up with Reacher (Tom Cruise), a homicide investigator, to bring down a military sniper who shoots five random victims. Co-starring Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo and Jai Kourtney. About Cruise:

I suspect there are a lot of co-stars who wouldn’t have been so supportive, but he was great. Except I bet you won’t believe me, will you?

Jack Reacher - Trailer

7 Dec, 2012

Playing for Keeps

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Zeta-Jones plays Denise in the romantic comedy Playing for Keeps. George is a former professional soccer player who has fallen on hard times. To get back on his feet he decides to coach his son’s soccer team. He is trying to become a more responsible parent, but it is difficult when all of the soccer moms are throwing themselves at him. Co-starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid and Uma Thurman.

It was new for me to go into that world, that culture, which is really is really competitive. Not just for the kids at hand, but for the moms.

Playing for Keeps Official Trailer #1 (2012) Gerard Butler Movie HD

21 Nov, 2012

Gambit

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Firth plays Harry Deane, a London art curator, in this comedy written by Joel and Ethan Coen and directed by Michael Hoffman. Harry, sick of his terrible boss, puts together a plan to get revenge by getting him to buy a fake Monet. He enlists PJ Puznowski, played by Cameron Diaz, to pose as the owner of the long lost painting. Co-starring Alan Rickman and Stanley Tucci.

Plunging into a bit of physical comedy and abandoning all dignity, no one can really hurt you much after you much after that, once you’ve done it.

Gambit Official International Trailer (2012) - Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz Movie HD

Gambit

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Diaz plays PJ Puznowski, a rodeo star from Texas, in this comedy written by Joel and Ethan Coen and directed by Michael Hoffman. An art curator, played by Colin Firth, is sick of his terrible boss and puts together a plan to get revenge by getting him to buy a fake Monet. PJ is set up to be the owner of the long lost painting. Co-starring Alan Rickman and Stanley Tucci.

Definitely, the Coen universe was very prevalent. We stepped right into it, the story was… the words, the rhythm, the broadness, the farce. All of it was very much their signature. So, it was a lot of fun because you knew you could take those characters and make them broad, make them big.

Gambit Official International Trailer (2012) - Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz Movie HD

9 Nov, 2012

Lincoln

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Gordon-Levitt stars in this epic historical drama film by director Steven Spielberg as Robert Todd Lincoln, the eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. The only surviving son of the couple, he shuns the comforts of his family life to serve the government as Secretary of War. Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field play role of his parents. The film also stars Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, and James Spader.

Robert and Abraham Lincoln, it was a bit of a strained relationship. Abraham Lincoln was a bit of an absent father, especially when Robert was young. He was out on the circuit. I thought that was really interesting. You’d think, “Oh, one of the greatest men in history, he probably had a great relationship with his son”, but this movie doesn’t just paint a patriotic picture of an angel, it really shows a man, a human being.

6 Nov, 2012

Fire with Fire

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In this action movie Willis plays police detective Mike Cella whose partner was murdered by an Aryan Brotherhood leader named Hagan, played by Vincent D’Onofrio. When Hagan murders a store clerk and his son, firefighter Jeremy Coleman (played by Josh Duhamel) is the witness who identifies Hagan in a lineup. Coleman is then threatened with death by Hagan, and his girlfriend is hurt. Cella is determined to exact justice, and turns a blind eye as Coleman seeks revenge. Director David Barret:

My dad was Burt Reynolds and Paul Newman’s stunt double, so Paul was my Godfather, so some of these race car races we would end up seeing Bruce, so I had met him before. Of course he didn’t remember, but when he signed on, I mean, are you kidding me? I knew I had the movie. I was ecstatic. He’s not in the movie a ton, but he does drive the story forward.

Fire With Fire Trailer (2012)