If you like bad movies, then this week is a time to celebrate, as both The Losers and Cop Out bring their questionable credentials into your house on DVD. If you let them. They’re joined on DVD by the super-hyped The Runaways and a show that your grandparents are certain to love.
Check it all out below…
Despite the young ladies in lingerie with guitars imitating real life rock legends, the true star of The Runaways is Michael Shannon as the infamous Kim Fowley. Perfectly insane and yet oddly charming, he commands your attention every time he’s on screen, he completely embodies the role and becomes the dynamic and much loathed and loved Rowling… diamond studded collars and all.
If one things is for sure, Shannon is one of the best actors out there for crazy roles. We were able to talk to Shannon about what it took to transform himself into the character and a whole lot more…
Decisions, decisions, decisions. With so many great movies coming out this week, how do you know which one is worth watching? There’s Thor Freudenthal’s feel good comedy, Diary of a Wimpy Kid starring Zachary Gordon and Miguel Sapochnik’s action thriller, Repo Men starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker.
There’s also the predictable romantic comedy The Bounty Hunter, which pretty much gives you the full story from beginning to the end in its two minute trailer. It’s directed by Andy Tennant and stars the always lovely Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. The film is about a man, a bounty hunter to be exact, who learns that his next target is his ex-wife, a reporter working on a murder cover-up that’s put her in some serious danger.
Next we have Floria Sigismondi’s biopic, The Runaways about the infamous punk band composed of a group of rebellious teenage girls living near Hollywood in the seventies. The film focuses on their rise to fame as well as the relationship with their manipulative manager Kim Fowley. The movie stars Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning, and Oscar nominated actor Michael Shannon.
Check out the films coming out this week…
This weekend Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart will show the world that they can be more than just teen movie stars with their latest film. The Runaways hits theaters tomorrow, and we’ve gathered reviews from critics and compiled them into one helpful article. It appears that this movie has love it or hate it written all over it, which can be good because it stirs controversy, which leads to conversation that eventually puts asses in the seats.
Take a look at what the top dogs are saying about The Runaways...
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning transform themselves into real life rock legends Joan Jett and Cherie Currie in The Runaways. There’s no doubt about it, these two young vixens give themselves completely to the real life story of becoming of rock star by the age of 14-years-old. Both encompassed the look and the feel of these bad-ass chicks, smashing through stereotypes and being pushed to the edge of their sanity. Dressed in almost nothing, both actors leave their innocent selves behind and become real teenage rock stars.
We were able to catch up with the duo at a roundtable for the film and ask them some questions about becoming The Runways below…
As Dakota Fanning gears up for her big break through role in The Runaways this week, lets not forget where the real story came from. David Bowie fan Cherie Currie at at the age of 14 years-old was thrown into the first all female rock band and put on tour for nearly two years straight in the mid-70′s when the more blush and the more cocaine you had on you, the more successful you were. Not long after puberty, Cherie was dressed in lingerie singing about being a “blond bombshell ready to explode” and the results were just that. She burnt out before she was ever even given a chance.
Find out what it was like for the upbeat and wise Cherie to watch Fanning transform herself into a Runaway and what advice she has for upcoming teenagers looking to become rock stars…
The theatrical trailer for the upcoming punk biopic, The Runaways has been released and it features tons of new footage. It gives you a visual of the band’s humble beginnings and the drama they went through once they actually made it. As usual, Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning are the highlighted performers in the trailer, but no one can upstage Oscar nominated actor Michael Shannon when he’s on screen.
March is just around the corner, and on the 19th of next month we’ll see Kristen Stewart spend a good chunk of time doing her best Joan Jett impersonation. The young actress can be seen in theaters this weekend in the limited release The Yellow Handkerchief, but if punk rock biopics are more your style you might want to wait for The Runaways. A new photo has been released of Miss Stewart in character as Jett with her black mullet and all, take a look…
It’s not often that I’m both eager for a film to finish and yet think the ending was too sudden. Perhaps that’s because there was no real ending to The Runaways, it just went on and on until it didn’t. The film delivers some high velocity punches mainly due to a number of great performances (especially by the magnificent Michael Shannon) but overall doesn’t have the kick it needs to be worthy of the music. The film lacks the brutal honesty of reality and in attempting to sugar coat it, it makes you think you’re watching kiddie porn instead of a group of lost girls discovering themselves.
