Tuesday, November 16, 2010 8:41AM - By Krystal Clark
The Muppets cast continues to grow at an alarming rate with this latest bunch of actors. Over the past week we’ve heard that nine actors have come on board for various supporting roles and now three more have signed on. According to THR, Billy Crystal, Oscar winner Alan Arkin, and Jean Claude Van Damme (yes, him too!) have joined the cast of the film. There’s also been some clarification about who won’t be involved, as confirmed by actress Jane Lynch. Find out who’s staying and who’s going…
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Friday, January 22, 2010 5:53PM - By Krystal Clark
The first theatrical trailer has been released for the upcoming comedy, City Island. The film is written and directed by Raymond De Felitta, and features an all star cast including star and producer Andy Garcia. It’s already earned some well deserved attention on the festival circuit, by winning the Audience Award at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. And with the release of the trailer the general public finally gets to see what all the hype is about…
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Monday, March 16, 2009 8:45AM - By Kara
Overture Films‘ Sunshine Cleaning is a quirky dark comedy of a single mom, Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams), trying to improve her life. After her son, Oscar (Jason Spevack), is kicked out of school, Rose is determined to earn the money to send him to private school. To afford this expensive endeavour, she starts a crime scene clean-up business, with her sister Norah (Emily Blunt), named Sunshine Cleaning. Rose has aspirations of a better life for her son, but she just can’t quite get it together. Sunshine Cleaning had the makings to be a hit, but just fell short of greatness. This film has a great cast and crew; Christine Jeffs (Silvia) directs with producers, Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf (Little Miss Sunshine).
It is too easy to compare it to another movie I’ll give you a hint, ‘sunshine’ is also in the title. Because ”Sunshine Cleaning” and “Little Miss Sunshine” share the same producers, many of aspects are carried over: “Sunshine” in the title, Albuquerque, and Alan Arkin. Although, I should not nail the producers for making a similar movie–um Judd Apatow, anyone?–I still couldn’t help myself and think that the movie will be like Little Miss Sunshine 2. That said, I feel that Sunshine Cleaning seems to lack the “little-movie-that-could” essence and overall feel of its predecessor.
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