Thursday, April 12, 2012 12:30AM - By Phil Wallace
On this week’s ScreenCrave Movie Show Podcast, Michael Benedict and Kit Bowen discuss The Three Stooges–does the reboot of the classic slapstick comedy team work, or fall flat on its face? Then, Bowen discussed the new horror film The Cabin in the Woods, while Amy and Nancy Harrington take on the Josh Hutcherson vehicle Detention, calling it a cross between Scream, The Breakfast Club, and about a dozen other ’80s and ’90s flicks. Finally, we interview Valerie Weiss, the director of the new indie film Losing Control, about a Harvard scientist searching for “Mr. Right.”
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:48PM - By Guest Writer
From the promotional materials it looks like Detention is going to be the typical, scary-guy-in-a-mask horror movie. And in the first few minutes of the flick, the blood certainly spurts. But as the story of awkward teen Riley Jones unfolds, the movie becomes a multi-genre extravaganza. Part horror movie, part teen romance and all a giant nod to ‘90s pop culture. Detention is less gory, gross-out flick than one might expect and more an homage to everything retro from Patrick Swayze to Scream to Deepak Chopra.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:00AM - By Damon Houx
For both Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson in The Hunger Games, they’re in a rare position for leading men: they’re actually playing the love interest roles. And so it was interesting to get the two actors in a room together to talk their roles as support. Neither really shared scenes in this movie, but both will eventually be fighting over Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen. But in person, the two were quite happy to chat about their roles. Check it out…
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:00AM - By Damon Houx
When a book becomes a phenomenon, its film adaptation is all but assured. And though The Hunger Games didn’t hit the ground running as a phenomenon, we’re now at a point where the books are everywhere, and the film is looking at opening to over a hundred million. Thank goodness then that Gary Ross‘s adaptation for the big screen is good – it’s one of the best blockbusters we’ve seen in quite some time. And it’s going to make Jennifer Lawrence into a movie star.
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Monday, November 14, 2011 11:40AM - By Damon Houx
The Hunger Games, Lionsgate’s hyped attempt to capture the Twilight or Harry Potter audience, is hitting theaters in March of 2012, and so after countless casting announcements, and a teaser that said very, very little, here’s a trailer that sells Jennifer Lawrence as a hard fighting girl forced into a game that – depending on your frame of reference – will remind you of Battle Royale or The Running Man, or a handful of other science fiction premises. Check out the trailer…
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Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:10PM - By Damon Houx
When Journey to the Center of the Earth came out in 2008, it didn’t attract much attention, but ended up doing steady business, eventually making over $100 Million at the box office and even more internationally. So for the follow up Journey 2: The Mysterious Island almost everyone for the original was save Josh Hutcherson and now there’s a trailer for the film, which introduces new cast members Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Luis Guzman and Michael Caine. Check out the trailer…
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Monday, April 4, 2011 2:03PM - By Damon Houx
In the race for the next big franchise, Lionsgate is now casting up their film series based on Suzanne Collins’ worldwide best seller The Hunger Games. Joining previously announced Jennifer Lawrence are now Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth for the Gary Ross-directed big screen version, which is set to open March 23, 2012. Lionsgate is obviously hoping they have the next Twilight-ish success with this franchise.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:48AM - By Krystal Clark
The new cast and crew of the upcoming sequel Journey 2: The Mysterious Island are hard at work filming in Oahu, Hawaii. Several paparazzi photos have surfaced online that feature returning star Josh Hutcherson, who appeared in Journey to the Center of the Earth in 2008 alongside Brendan Fraser, and the new cast members Dwayne Johnson, Vanessa Hudgens, and Kristin Davis. Take a look…
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 4:22PM - By Krystal Clark
Neil Patrick Harris has done it all. He’s done film, television, Broadway, he’s hosted two major award shows, and now he wants to direct. We’re not talking about an episode of “How I Met Your Mother,” we’re talking about a feature film. According to THR, Harris is ready to take the big leap in his career by directing his first movie, a comedy called Aaron and Sarah.
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