Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:00PM - By Laura Aguirre
No, Janie Jones isn’t a movie about the insane life of 60s pop singer Marion Mitchell, as the title would have you Clash fans believe. Rather, ’tis a tale about an estranged father and his daughter meeting for the first time. The film is written and directed by David M. Rosenthal, and stars Alessandro Nivola, and one of the youngest actresses to earn an Oscar nomination, Abigail Breslin. This film is dedicated to Rosenthal’s daughter Julia, who inspired him to write Janie Jones on account of meeting her for the first time when he was 30 and she was 11.
The film is a lot like Sofia Coppola‘s Somewhere in that the child acts like the parent and the parent acts like the child. Janie Jones feels like portrait, a window into the lives of two strangers who get to know each other. And believe it or not, “Janie Jones,” the song, and Janie Jones, the movie, do share some common ground – both are rooted in that rock environment, except here, the lead singer is a washed up indie rock star.
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Monday, March 7, 2011 8:05AM - By Krystal Clark
Are you one of the many people waiting for a follow up to the horror comedy Zombieland? Get in line with the rest of us, because aren’t we all? One of the film’s stars Abigail Breslin recently spoke about the pending sequel, while out promoting her latest film Rango. She said she’d love to do a sequel to the movie, and it would be awesome if there was another hidden cameo tucked away for fans. What would you say if you saw a zombielicious Justin Bieber?
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011 4:00PM - By Mali Elfman
This week Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski team up again for another wild ride — only this time they’re tackling an animated world with their latest creation Rango. This is one of those films that takes a number of wild risks along the way but succeeds in almost all of them. It’s safe to say that their was no lack of imagination or attention to detail that went into this film, despite its few problems…
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Monday, February 28, 2011 4:17PM - By Mali Elfman
This week in theaters, Gore Verbinski‘s latest extravaganza, Rango hits theaters. This film takes of number of interesting, artistic risks and is able to do so because of the powerhouses behind it. Gore has just come off the successful Pirates franchise and if you’ve seen any of the posters for this film you should know that “Johnny Depp is Rango.” Normally I don’t like such blatant advertising but because I support this film and always applaud a metaphorical head trip with many fine cinematic references, I’ll back that up — Johnny Depp is Rango along with the lovely and hysterical Isla Fisher as the rough, tough and sometimes frozen Beans and the adorable and witty Abigail Breslin as the sweetly sinister Priscilla — and you should see it.
We sat down with the crew to talk about the film, find out what they had to say below…
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010 12:09PM - By Mali Elfman
This is a rather interesting first look at Rango. We don’t know too much about the film other than it’s a “story of a chameleon with an identity crisis.” Vague, but lets run with it! The ad is definitely intriguing and probably even more so if you’re in anyway intoxicated. It’s extremely simple and quite effective and makes you NEED to know more.
What we also know about the film is that it’s directed by The Ring and Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3 director Gore Verbinski. The teaser below is reminiscent be of that crazy crab scene in the second Pirates movie, only this time, that insanity seems to be the main premise for the film or at least this clip….
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Friday, October 30, 2009 7:41PM - By Laura Aguirre
Abigail Breslin has landed a role in the Broadway play The Miracle Worker. Breslin will take the role of blind and deaf hero Helen Keller, and some people are pissed! There are those who feel that the role of Keller should have gone to someone from the deaf and blind community and not the 13-year-old Oscar nominated actress.
According to the New York Times, groups who represent blind and deaf actors have stated…
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 9:38AM - By Krystal Clark
This past weekend the Ruben Fleischer horror-comedy Zombieland dominated the box office with a cool 25 million dollar opening, which isn’t bad for an R-rated movie. Many positive reviews have come in from both fans and critics, so it’s no surprise that sequel rumors are starting to circulate. Over at MTV, they spoke to the film’s screenwriter Paul Wernick who seems to be more than happy to work on a follow up.
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Thursday, October 1, 2009 6:00PM - By Mali Elfman
Grab the nearest thing to you that could be considered a weapon and come on down to Zombieland, where you get points for the most creative way to kill a zombie! Actually, leave the weapons at home, Ruben Fleischer’s film will supply you with all the comedic violence you’ll need. If you loved Drag Me to Hell you’ll be glad to see that there is another movie out there for you to laugh at cringe all at the same time.
Check out the review below…
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:33AM - By Mali Elfman
Last night I was able to attend a screening of Zombieland and although I can’t say anything about it just yet (damn embargo!), I will say it was EXACTLY what I was hoping for from a crazy horror, action, comedy. Check out photos from the film and of cast members Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg and director Ruben Fleischeron hanging around on set below.
The film is filled with as many different types of zombies as you could possibly imagine, below is just a taste of some of the insane zombies Fleischeron came up with for his film…
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