Friday, July 8, 2011 6:52PM - By Scott Schachter
After last weekend’s solid July 4th box office, Transformers: Dark Of the Moon will look to retain it’s spot on top of the box office, while Kevin James kid flick The Zookeeper, and the Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, comedy Horrible Bosses, and holiday leftovers all compete for box office dominance.
Last weekend Shia Labeouf and CO opened Transformers:Dark Of The Moon to strong box office receipts domestically and internationally. While the sequel didn’t break any box office records for the series it did receive solid cinema score grades, an increase in sales from friday-saturday, and strong weekday grosses. With no real direct completion this weekend, look for Transformers to hang on to the #1 spot.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011 6:00PM - By Damon Houx
Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts are movie stars in a world that no longer respects stardom. Studios are more interested these days in titles that have name brand recognition (it requires less work) and so the two appearing together in a film in 2011 means that it’s met with a curious indifference. Shouldn’t Larry Crowne be a bigger deal? Well, like the film itself, the appeal is mellow and surprisingly unassuming, and it’s pleasures are more in what it’s not (loud and dumb) than what it is (a formulaic romantic comedy). Find out more below…
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Thursday, June 30, 2011 3:28PM - By Scott Schachter
Last weekend Cars 2 made a solid debut, but it’s going to crumple in the face of newcomer Transformers: Dark Of The Moon. Also new to screens this week are the Tom Hanks-directed Larry Crowne, and the tween flick Monte Carlo. That covers all four quadrants in this packed 4th of July weekend. Check our predictions…
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:36PM - By Damon Houx
It’s strange that two of the biggest stars in the world are making a low key romantic comedy, but such is the industry. When Julia Roberts rocketed to the A-list, it was because of her role in the hundred million dollar hit Pretty Woman, while Tom Hanks cemented his leading man status with a film like Sleepless in Seattle. Hanks and Roberts partnered together for Larry Crowne – Hanks’s second directorial effort – and their chemistry together is as palpable in the film as it is in this interview. Check it out…
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:10AM - By Damon Houx
Nia Vardalos is one of the great cinematic success stories. She wrote and starred in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which was a film with mostly unknowns and a few C-list talents that never expected to do much more than art house business. And yet it became a runaway success and launched her into a number of projects that tried to reheat that success. Tom Hanks saw that talent, and hired her to help him write Larry Crowne, which opens July 1. We got a chance to talk with Vardalos, check it out…
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Friday, June 10, 2011 1:21PM - By Damon Houx
“Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, together at last!” That’s the marketing hook for Hanks’s film Larry Crowne, which he co-wrote and directed – or at least what’s supposed to be appealing about this. Then again, they were in Charlie Wilson’s War together, and that disappeared. The first trailer played up the idea of a man (Hanks) starting his life over after being laid off, this new trailer goes less with the melancholy, and more the yuks by playing up the presence of George Takei and Cedric the Entertainer. Check it out…
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Thursday, April 1, 2010 10:16AM - By Krystal Clark
Emmy winner Bryan Cranston is going from the meth lab to blogging central for his latest role. According to THR, the actor is in talks to co-star opposite Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in the comedy, Larry Crowne. The film is being distributed by Universal and will be financed by Vendome. As for his character in the movie, lets just say he has a serious “personal” problem…
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