First time feature length director, J.C. Chandor’s Margin Call has all the trappings of a big hit: it’s star-studded and ominous; its topic is potent and relevant, especially in the “Occupy Wall Street” days. But Margin Call is lacking one critical factor: consequence. No one truly fails in this film. Sure, executives lose their jobs but with their severances the tragedy of termination is more like winning the lottery. We never see the outcome of the bloodbath. What Margin Call does well, however, is intimately portray some very wealthy people sweat, chew steak, and justify their position with cleverly worded speeches.

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Perhaps it’s just a side-effect of being married to a hyperactive 12-year old, but Demi Moore has a busy slate ahead of her—she’s set to direct a “short breast cancer awareness movie” entitled Project Five, as well as star with—sweet, sweet Jesus—Miley Cyrus in LOL, a comedy “about high school romance and friendship in the world of social networking,” according to Contact Music.

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Jason Reitman showed us both the business and human(e) side of lay-offs, showing us the state of the average worker, yet somehow managing to give us hope. W. showed us the ridiculousness of the Bush administration while George W. Bush while still in office. Fair Game showed us in a thriller how the truth is often lost in big corporations… And many more followed, all making statements about the problems in our country, many of them while the events in the film are still being played out or discussed in real life. So where does J.C. Chandor’s Margin Call fall?

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One of the highly anticipated film at this years Sundance Film Festival is first time writer/director J.C. Chandor’s film Margin Calls, a dramatic thriller about an the economic collapse in 2008 and a group of financial investor 24-hours below everything fell apart. The film boosts an all-star cast of Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore and was produced by actor Zachary Quinto’s production company, Before The Door Pictures.

There’s no doubt that this will be one of the heavy-hitters that will soon find a home in theaters across America. Find out more about the film and see some of the first promotional photos to hit the web below…

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Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore attended the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative this week, and talked about how Twitter and social media can help…end white slavery?  Wait, wait, it’s the 21st century, we don’t call it white slavery anymore…Human sex trafficking.  Yeah, that’s it.  Anyway, check out his statement that I can’t seem to make sense of after the jump…

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At first glance the title Bunraku might sound like the latest Japanese anime to hit the streets but it’s not. It’s a live action film from writer-director Guy Moshe that stars Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, and Ron Perlman. Bunraku is one of the many films that will be screened at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which is why the first official photos from the movie have been released. To say that these images are visually interesting would be an understatement…

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What would you do if two of the most beautiful brunettes in the acting game got together for a slapstick comedy? Word is spreading like wildfire that Grown Ups star Salma Hayek and Demi Moore are planning a big screen team up. According to the New York Post, they both attended a dinner at at Uncle Jack’s Steakhouse after the premiere of Hayek’s latest film where they were overheard discussing a new project.

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Existing within a society so lost in the throes of consumerism, 21st century America falls susceptible to the demons of materialism almost unconsciously. Director Derrick Borte‘s latest film, The Joneses, starring Demi Moore, David Duchovny, Amber Heard, and Lauren Hutton, digs into the impacts our current economic climate has had on society. The film chronicles a the “Jones Family,” the employees of a stealth marketing organization, and how their top of the line goods manipulate the upscale community they’ve been assigned to “work” with.

We sat down with the director and cast at a recent press conference to get their two cents on the project. Check out the interviews below…

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Meet The Joneses. They’re selling their sexy, successful image to everyone just by appearing… well sexy and successful. At first glance, The Joneses may appear to be a rather crazy concept — after all, it’s hard to believe that we are all so susceptible to product placement — but thanks to writer, director and producer Derrick Borte who executes the film in a rather realistic manner, the film makes a number of relevant and important comments on society while taking you for a fun ride.

Find out more about the film below…

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