Kristin Chenoweth lured to “Temptation”
Tony-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth will play a suicidal prostitute in the independent film “Into Temptation.”
In the drama by writer-director Patrick Coyle, Chenoweth stars opposite Jeremy Sisto. Her character confesses to a priest her plans to end her life on her birthday. The priest (Sisto) then searches for her, to intervene.
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`Indiana Jones’: Real archaeologists don’t have whips
Indiana Jones managed to retrieve the trinket he was after in the opening moments of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” He pretty much wrecked everything else in the ancient South American temple where the little gold idol had rested for millennia.
Though he preaches research and good science in the [...]
In Focus: Film companies
“Speed Racer” couldn’t knock “Iron Man” down over the weekend, as the metal superhero remained atop the box office heap and the cartoon adaptation crashed with a disappointing gross.
“Iron Man,” which stars Robert Downey Jr. as the title hero, was the top-grossing movie, with a haul of $50.5 million. That was down [...]
Aniston and Mayer’s Miami Heat
Forget the humidity. Things appear to getting downright hot between John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston.
According to eyewitnesses, the new couple couldn’t seem to keep their hands off of each other while swimming at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Miami.
“They were swimming and sitting out at the pool on Saturday for more than three hours,” an [...]
Marvel rolling in cash, many more movies to come
Despite Marvel’s attempt to shut down our Iron Man screening in SF last week, I have nothing but good things to say about them. Well, Marvel Studios to be exact. If you haven’t seen Iron Man yet than something is seriously wrong with you or you have [...]
All superhero movies should be this cool!
Iron Man was awesome! This has got to be the most overall-enjoyable superhero movie I have seen in a long time — and there have been quite a few good ones in the last couple of years to measure it up against.
But really — it was great. I had [...]
Summer movies, such as ‘Iron Man’, ‘Incredible Hulk’, ‘Speed Racer’ and ‘Indiana Jones’, will bring back lost youth, says Flint Journal’s Ed Bradley
“Speed Racer” starring Emile Hirsch comes out May 9. It’s one of many movies being released this summer that makes Flint Journal columnist Ed Bradley relive his long-lost youth.
As a newly minted 50-year-old, [...]
Let the Summer Movies — and Product Placements — Begin
The summer movie season is officially here. How do I know? Because Robert Downey Jr. is donning a big ol’ robot suit and blowing stuff up in “Iron Man,” which opens in theaters tonight.
I caught the movie a couple of nights ago and can report that, [...]
CinemaNow Allows Movie Rentals Via Cell Phone
For those who really, really like to plan ahead, the Web-based movie service CinemaNow has introduced a mobile feature that allows you to use your Web-enabled cell phone to download movies.
Not to your cell phone, though. No, the service called CinemaNow Mobile allows you to use your phone to [...]
US movie boss urges approval of free trade pact with Colombia
Hollywood’s top lobbyist called Monday for the U.S. Congress to pass a Colombia free trade agreement that has been held up by Democrats, calling trade the “lifeblood” of the movie business.
Motion Picture Association of America head Dan Glickman, a former Democratic congressman and Agriculture secretary [...]
