In Theaters This Weekend: December 5, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Lionsgate, Sony, Universal, Action, Drama, Foreign, Independent, Music, Period, Political, Comedy, Lists, New Releases

Here are some possible suggestions for your upcoming weekend:

• Cadillac Records (R): starring Adrien Brody, Beyoncé Knowles, Jeffrey Wright (directed by Darnell Martin)
• Punisher: War Zone (R): starring Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Wayne Knight (directed by Lexi Alexander)
• The Black Balloon* (PG-13): starring Toni Collette, Rhys Wakefield, Gemma Ward (directed by Elissa Down)
• Ciao* (R): starring Charles W. Blaum, Adam Neal Smith, John S. Boles (directed by Yen Tan)
• Frost/Nixon* (R): starring Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Rebecca Hall (directed by Ron Howard)

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In Theaters This Weekend: September 12, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: FOCUS, Lionsgate, Picturehouse, Adaptation, Documentary, Drama, Foreign, Independent, Musicals, Satire, Comedy, Lists, New Releases

Here are some possible suggestions for your upcoming weekend:

• Burn After Reading (R): starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand (directed by Joel and Ethan Coen)
• Righteous Kill (R): starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Carla Gugino (directed by Jon Avnet)
• Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys (PG-13): starring Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Kathy Bates (directed by Tyler Perry)
• The Women (PG-13): starring Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes (directed by Diane English)

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This Week on DVD:  September 25, 2007

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Drama, Horror, Romance, Comedy, Home Entertainment, New Releases

Here are a few of the titles you can find on the rental shelves this Tuesday:

• Babel (Special Collector’s Edition):  starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett (watch the FilmCrunch review here)
• Black Book:  starring Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch
• Bug:  starring Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon
• Cujo (25th Anniversary Edition):  starring Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro
• Evening:  starring Natasha Richardson, Toni Collette
• Knocked Up:  starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl
• Next:  starring Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel

Click here to see the TV-On-DVD options for this week.
Click here to see the new titles released on HD DVD and Blu-Ray.

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This Week on HD DVD and Blu-ray: September 25, 2007

Posted by Johnny Mercedes Categories: Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Classics, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Romance, Science Fiction, Comedy, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists, Upcoming Releases

These are the high-def releases coming this Tuesday:

Blu-ray

• Black Book (R)—starring Carise van Houten and Sebastian Koch; directed by Paul Verhoeven.
• Gods and Generals (PG-13)—starring Jeff Daniels, Robert Duvall and Stephen Lang; directed by Ronald F. Maxwell
• Gothika (R)—starring Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz and Robert Downey Jr.; directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
• Memoirs of a Geisha (PG-13)—starring Ziyi Zang, Michelle Yeoh and Ken Watanabe; directed by Rob Marshall
• Tekkonkinkreet (R)—voiced by Alex Fernandez (English version); directed by Michael Arias
• Underworld (R)—starring Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy and Scott Speedman; directed by Len Wiseman
• The Wild Bunch (R)—starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Warren Oates; directed by Sam Peckinpah
• Wyatt Earp (R)—starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman and David Andrews; directed by Lawrence Kasdan

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Toni Collette is Pregnant

Posted by Shannon Bennett Categories: Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip

Excuse me?  How did we miss this?  Since when is a celebrity able to announce her own pregnancy?

We’re not saying this is a bad thing, and I’m sure Toni Collette is grateful not to have been photographed from three dozen angles with newspaper headlines speculating “Son or Sandwich?”  But still, where was Toni’s bump watch?  The incredibly talented star of films like Little Miss Sunshine and In Her Shoes may be unconventional, but surely a few magazines in this pregnancy-crazed post 9/11 universe should’ve been all over that story.

In any sense, on September 7th Toni announced at a performance of her band, Toni Colette and the Finish, that she was expecting.  Congratulations to Toni on what shall surely be a very talented child.

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Little Miss Sunshine DVD Review

Posted by Johnny Mercedes Categories: Fox Searchlight, Adventure, Drama, Independent, Comedy, New Releases, DVD Reviews

When little Olive Hoover becomes eligible to compete in the regional Little Miss Sunshine pageant, her dysfunctional but supportive family decide to help her get there.  Traveling from New Mexico to California in a failing Volkswagen bus, the family, despite an utter distaste for one another, must find a way to inhabit shared space for two straight days and face a slew of problems, both physical and psychological, along the way.  Little Miss Sunshine is a superbly written dark comedy that closely examines contemporary American family values and the growing dichotomy between what constitutes success and failure.

Little Miss Sunshine is written by Michael Arndt, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, and stars Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, and Alan Arkin.  Rated R. 

Be sure to check out FilmCrunch’s Little Miss Sunshine Video Review. The DVD release brings along plenty of features to supplement the Oscar-nominated film:

• Both widescreen and fullscreen viewing options
• Two commentaries, one with directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, another with the directors and screenwriter Michael Arndt
• Four alternate endings with optional director commentary.
• Music video featuring music by Denver-based indie rock band DeVotchKa
• Soundtrack spot.
• Trailers

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FilmCrunch 003 - Short FilmCrunch: Little Miss Sunshine Review

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Fox Searchlight, Independent, Comedy, Short FilmCrunch, Theatrical Reviews, Videocasts

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Neil and Veronica check in with their thoughts on the theatrical release of Little Miss Sunshine. Find out their thoughts on this independent comedy in this episode.

Now we want to hear from you - hit the forums and let us know what you think, what you want us to watch next, and any other recommendations you have for the show.

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FilmCrunch 001: Little Miss Sunshine, United 93 Reviews

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Fox Searchlight, Universal, Drama, Independent, Comedy, DVD Reviews, Full Episodes, Theatrical Reviews, Videocasts

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Alright peeps - time to kick off this thing we call FilmCrunch. In our very first episode, we check out Little Miss Sunshine, and review the DVD release of United 93. We also talk about a couple of movies we are looking forward to seeing in the very near future - The Last Kiss and The Science of Sleep.

Now we want to hear from you - hit

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