Friday, February 5, 2010 11:13AM - By Anet Hovhanesian
The two standout movies coming out this week are both love stories. The first is director Lasse Hallstrom’s adaptation of Nicholas Sparks‘ newest bestseller, Dear John. The man who wrote The Notebook, brings us the story a young soldier named John Tyree (Channing Tatum) and his one true love Savannah (Amanda Seyfried). The pair have good on screen chemistry and are not bad to look at. I definitely think this movie will be number 1 this week.
The other movie worth watching is Pierre Morel’s film From Paris With Love. This isn’t a love story in the traditional sense, although it is about the love one man has for action. It stars John Travolta as a bad ass Agent and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Complete list of movie reviews and trailers for this week after the jump…
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010 9:17AM - By Krystal Clark
Yesterday we brought you news that Pierre Morel had been tapped to take on the big screen remake of the sci-fi property Dune, and now a new trailer has been released for his latest film. From Paris With Love stars a very bald John Travolta and a confused Jonathan Rhys Meyers, in an action ode to the eighties. On the surface the movie doesn’t look any different from what we’re used to seeing, but this trailer tries to set it apart.
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Monday, January 4, 2010 4:17PM - By Krystal Clark
Breaking news has just been released regarding the unwanted remake of the sci-fi film, Dune. After director Peter Berg jumped ship last October, Paramount was put in the uncomfortable situation. The film was left in limbo until they could find someone to properly take over the project, and according to Entertainment Weekly they have.
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:09AM - By Laura Aguirre
Universal Pictures has signed Pierre Morel (Taken) to direct Pursuit, a thriller based on the early career of photographer Jason Howe, who slowly fell in love with a Columbian girl-turned-assassin while he was on assignment as a photojournalist. As of the moment, the studio is still searching for a screenwriter.
On March 6, 2008, Howe wrote an article about his real life experience in The Independent (here is an excerpt from the article):
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