Though we still have no idea what the film is about and who Benedict Cumberbatch is playing, the first photos from Star Trek 2 have arrived (from MTV), and they show that Cumberbatch must be some kind of villain. He seems to be in conflict with Zachary Quinto‘s Spock, but maybe Spock is just trying to restrain him because he’s super upset about getting a parking ticket.
Well, it’s Friday in August, which means it’s time for all the movies that the studios were afraid to release during the high days of summer are now getting dumped into the cinematic elephant’s graveyard that is the eighth month of our calendar year. One such film is Colombiana starring Zoe Saldana, which is the kind of movie Angelina Jolie would have made about two years ago, when she was heavy into the woman-who-weighs-72-pounds-is-still-somehow-a-kill-machine-badass genre.
So, is it worth your time? We’ve gathered up an array of critical reviews to help you decide whether or not to plunk down $20 to see a film about a lady assassin who launches a rampage of revenge against those who have wronged her (let’s just pretend like you haven’t already seen Kill Bill Vols. 1-2, ok?).
It’s bad the battle for least embarassing, as three new releases are going to try (and most likely fail) to take the top spot from The Help, which won last weekend. This week brings Our Idiot Brother, Colombiana, and Don’t Be Afraid of the Darkto wide release, and – as it’s the end of the summer – they are all hoping that low competition and low expectations will help them to make modest profits. Columbiana stars Zoe Saldana and with it, she has the largest role for a female person of color this summer. Check out our predictions…
Takers is what happens when half of Danny Ocean’s crew is combined with the team from The Italian Job, and the assassins from 1998′s The Big Hit. These are professional thieves, who dress nice, drive fast cars (and bikes), and aren’t afraid to kill someone when it comes to their money. Takers isn’t a particularly special heist movie but the actors try their best to make it one (and they look pretty good while doing it).
Here’s our review…
Do you have a craving for some really bad acting, stagnant fight choreography, and unnecessary and misused explosions? Lucky for you a new trailer for Takers has been released and it satisfies all those requirements. It’s an over the top action film with a premise that’s been used so many times it should be in public domain at this point. Takers stars Idris Elba, Paul Walker, Hayden Christensen, Chris Brown, Michael Ealy, Zoe Saldana, and Matt Dillon. Watch the latest trailer, if you dare…
Over the past two years the beautiful and talented Zoe Saldana has become somewhat of an action superstar with roles in Avatar, Star Trek, and most recently The Losers. The actress is currently in negotiations to star in another hard-hitting film entitled Colombiana that will be produced by The Fifth Element director, Luc Besson.
Zoe Saldana will be hitting the big screen this weekend with the comic adaptation The Losers, after quietly appearing in last week’s Death at a Funeral. Over the past year she’s appeared in two major blockbusters Avatar and Star Trek and even though everyone loved the romance between Jake Sully and Neytiri we’re eager to find out if Uhura and Spock will eventually get it on. Saldana seems to think something might happen…
At a press conference for The Losers, Jeffrey Dean Morgan said “Let the A-Team worry about us” and he may have a good point! It looks like the A-Team has got themselves some competition! After much discrepancy over the release date between the two film The Losers, which is another film about a rogue military group who perform a bunch of interesting hijacks and blow up a lot of stuff between humorous lines, hits theaters this weekend with a bang!
It’s hard not to let “The Losers” win you over! Find out why below…
Not too long ago we attended a press conference for The Losers where the lovely Zoe Saldana talked about what her life has been like with three huge action packed films back to back and what she would need in order to come back to Avatar 2. There’s no doubt that she has earned the title “bad-ass chick” between all of her amazing and aggressive performances that she’s put in with spaceships, a bow and arrow, and now a bazooka.
Below she talks about what her year (with a few small comments from Jeffrey Dean Morgan) has been like and why she loves being the only girl in an all male cast…
