Angelina Jolie Relied on Cast For Advice

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Independent, Political, Romance, Celeb News, Filmmaking, New Releases, Scripts

Angelina Jolie "wasn't afraid" to take advice from her cast and crew on her directorial debut. The Oscar-winning actress' movie In The Land of Blood and Honey tells the tale of a romance between a Serbian soldier and Bosnian Muslim woman set in the Yugoslav wars and ensured it was as authentic as possible by quizzing the local actors and behind-the-scenes staff she hired for the project.

"I wasn't afraid to ask the DP [director of photography]. And I listened to my cast, most of whom lived through the war. I listened to their stories and tried to incorporate it into the work. [I] read a lot of books about the war. I talked to a lot of people, I watched, I listened. I just wanted to tell the real story. I wanted to be respectful of people. [If I did not know something,] I asked."

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In Theaters This Weekend: January 28, 2011

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: IFC Films, Lionsgate, New Line, Warner Bros, Action, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Horror, Independent, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Lists, New Releases, Trailers

Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:

• The Mechanic (R): starring Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland (directed by Simon West)
• The Rite (PG-13): starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga (directed by Mikael Hafstrom)
• Biutiful* (R): starring Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez, Hanna Bouchaib (directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
• From Prada to Nada* (PG-13): starring Camilla Belle, Alexa Vega, April Bowlby (directed by Angel Gracia)
• Ip Man 2* (R): starring Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Simon Yam (directed by Wilson Yip)
• Kaboom* (zzznr): starring Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Chris Zylka (directed by Gregg Araki)
• When We Leave* (NR): starring Sibel Kekilli, Derya Alabora, Florian Lukas (directed by Feo Aladag)

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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: January 18, 2011

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Magnolia, Lionsgate, Sony, Universal, Action, Adaptation, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases

Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this week:

• Animal Kingdom: DVD, Blu-ray
• Buried: DVD/Blu-ray combo
• Death Race 2: DVD, Blu-ray
• Freakonomics: DVD, Blu-ray
• Jack Goes Boating: DVD, Blu-ray
• Lebanon: DVD, Blu-ray
• The Naked Kiss: DVD, Blu-ray
• Paper Man: DVD, Blu-ray
• Shock Corridor: DVD, Blu-ray
• Stone: DVD, Blu-ray
• Takers: DVD, Blu-ray

Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.

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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: January 11, 2011

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: MGM, Lionsgate, Sony, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company, Animation, Biopics, Drama, Family, Foreign, Foreign Language, Horror, Period, Comedy, Sports, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases

Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this week:

• All in the Family: DVD, Blu-ray
• Army of Shadows: Blu-ray
• Ben 10: Ultimate Alien: Volume 1
• Dances with Wolves (20th Anniv. Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
• The Endless Summer: Blu-ray
• The Great Debaters: Blu-ray
• Once Upon a Time in America: DVD
• Pirahna: DVD, Blu-ray
• Raging Bull (30th Anniversary Edition): Blu-ray
• The Social Network: DVD, Blu-ray
• Sordid Lives: Complete Series

Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.

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In Theaters This Weekend: January 7, 2011

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Sony, Action, Adventure, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Independent, Music, Period, Comedy, Thrillers, New Releases, Trailers

Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:

• Country Strong** (PG-13): starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund (directed by Shana Feste)
• Season of the Witch (PG-13): starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Ulrich Thomsen (directed by Dominic Sena)

• Americatown* (NR): starring Jonathan Guggenheim, Cory Howard, Jon Stafford (directed by Kenneth Price)
• If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle* (NR): starring George Pistereanu, Ada Condeescu, Mihai Constantin (directed by Florin Serban)
• No One Killed Jessica* (NR): starring Vidya Balan, Rani Mukherjee, Rajesh Sharma (directed by Raj Kumar Gupta)
• Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune* (NR): (directed by Kenneth Bowser)
• The Time That Remains* (NR): starring Ali Suliman, Ella Suleiman, Saleh Bakri (directed by Ella Suleiman)

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In Theaters This Holiday Week: December 29, 2010

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: FOCUS, Sony, Weinstein Company, Documentary, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Independent, Romance, Lists, New Releases, Trailers

Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:

• Another Year* (PG-13): starring David Bradley, Jim Broadbent, Karina Fernandez (directed by Mike Leigh)
• Biutiful* (R): starring Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez, Hanna Bouchaib (directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
• Blue Valentine* (R): starring Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel (directed by Derek Cianfrance)
• The Red Chapel* (NR): starring NAMES (directed by Mads Brügger)
• The Strange Case of Angelica* (NR): starring Ricardo Trepa, Luis Miguel Cintra, Pilar Lopez de Ayala (directed by Manoel de Oliveria)

*limited release

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2011 Golden Globe Nominations (Film)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, FOCUS, Disney, Fox Searchlight, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Biopics, Drama, Family, Foreign, Foreign Language, Musicals, Period, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Sports, Thrillers, Awards

Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel and Blair Underwood helped kick off the 2010-11 awards season Tuesday morning by formally announcing the latest round of Golden Globe contenders.

In the film category, The King's Speech -- starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush -- lead all nominees with a total of six nods. (The Fighter and The Social Network tied for second with six each.)

Although the Academy Awards will not necessarily mirror the choices made by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, there were some notable inclusions/omissions in this year's list of Globe nominees:

• Justin Timberlake did not earn an acting nomination for The Social Network.
• Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp were both recognized for their work in The Tourist, a movie that has been panned by critics. (BTW - they were nominated in the "Comedy" category.)
• Speaking of Depp, he will be running against himself. (He was also nominated for Alice in Wonderland.)
• Wall Street's Michael Douglas has now received another Golden Globe nod for his role as Gordon Gekko. (He won for Best Actor in 1987.)
• Gwyneth Paltrow did not earn a nomination for her role in Country Strong.
• 127 Hours was left out of the Best Movie category -- so was True Grit. (The Coen Brothers western received zero nominations.)

The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards -- hosted again by Ricky Gervais -- will air Jan. 16 on NBC.

(You can find the full list of nominees after the jump. Click here for the TV nominations.)

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In Theaters This Weekend: November 19, 2010

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: IFC Films, Lionsgate, Sony, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Foreign, Foreign Language, Horror, Independent, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Lists, New Releases, Trailers

Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (PG-13): starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint (directed by David Yates)
• The Next Three Days (PG-13): starring Russell Crowe, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Banks (directed by Paul Haggis)
• Guzaarish* (NR): starring Aishwarya Rai Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Nafisa Ali (directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali)
• Heartless* (NR): starring Jim Sturgess, Noel Clarke, Clemence Poesy (directed by Philip Ridley)

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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: October 26, 2010

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, New Line, Sony, Universal, Action, Adaptation, Classics, Documentary, Drama, Family, Foreign, Foreign Language, Horror, Musicals, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases

Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this week:

• Alien (Anthology): Blu-ray
• Back to the Future (25th Anniversary Trilogy): DVD, Blu-ray
• Elf (Ultimate Collector's Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
• The Girl Who Played with Fire: DVD, Blu-ray
• Lake Placid 3: DVD
• Paths of Glory: DVD, Blu-ray
• Santa Claus: The Movie: DVD, Blu-ray
• Sex and the City 2: DVD, Blu-ray
• South of the Border: DVD, Blu-ray
• Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?: DVD
• Winter's Bone: DVD, Blu-ray

Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.

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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: October 12, 2010

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: DreamWorks, Magnolia, Universal, Warner Bros, Adaptation, Animation, Drama, Family, Foreign, Foreign Language, Horror, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases

Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:

• Arn: The Knight Templar: DVD, Blu-ray
• The Darjeeling Limited (Criterion Collection): DVD, Blu-ray
• The Hangover (Extreme Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
• How to Train Your Dragon: DVD/Blu-ray Combo
• I Am Love: DVD, Blu-ray
• Jonah Hex: DVD/Blu-ray Combo
• Leaves of Grass: DVD, Blu-ray
• The Magician (Criterion Collection): DVD, Blu-ray
• Red Dragon: Blu-ray
• Sex and Lucia: Blu-ray
• Three Kings: Blu-ray

Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.

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