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Imax screenings account for about one - third of the advanced tickets for the Star Wars film so far, and have doubled the previous pre-sales record of about $ 9 million, an Imax spokesman told the Wall Street Journal.

Those Star Wars prequels — which took three films to explain the origins of Darth Vader — couldn't escape still having a Darth Vader character, so enter new nemesis Darth Maul (just like Darth Vader, only with a double lightsaber).

Paul Thomas Anderson (one of America's greatest living filmmakers) is directing a film adaptation of a book by Thomas Pynchon (one of America's greatest living writers) starring Joaquin Phoenix (one of America's greatest living actors), so Inherent Vice has some hype behind it.

Yet, just as the original Star Wars films gave us a tantalising glimpse into the history of the main characters, so Chesterton leaves us in no doubt that his own childhood was of immense importance to the development of his ideas.

I give this movie 2 stars, only because its got alot of actual football highlights in it so you can at least multitask and grind a little film while your watching it.

So, like a movie studio that green lights two sequels after the success of the first film, I went into The Falling Star knowing how Police at the Funeral would end.

But it's good to know that I'm not alone in my horror: Director Luke Gilford has skewered the extreme ends of «wellness» in his new short film Connected, starring Pam Anderson as Jackie, a lonely spinning instructor who wants to feel more, well, connected — so she joins a wellness cult and gets wifi shot into her brain so that Jane Fonda (no, really, she does a voiceover cameo) can tell her how «limitless» she is all the time.

The idea at Etude House is that makeup is a form of play, and so every store is designed to look like a life - size doll house, filled with toylike cosmetics: hand cream in dispensers shaped like cute animals and face masks with tongue - in - cheek promises to make you look like a black - and - white film star.

Directed by and starring James Franco, this film is much more of an homage to the cult classic that is The Room, as well as a nod to the passion it takes to make something so terrible.

Well, to be fair, people just might not remember this film, which is so forgotten that it's emphatic about its starring Robert Donat, whose only had «The 39 Steps», «The Private Life of Henry VIII»... and 1934's «The Count of Monte Cristo»... within a three - year span... starting at his second year in the business, going for him.

These films are Campbell's «Hero's Journey»... Star Wars to a generation of kids afraid of being thrust so quickly into adulthood — a reality all too close to home for the post-9 / 11 generation.

The original stars are demanding so much money to do another turn that the film's budget is reminiscent of the US national debt.

It's a stacked lineup, and considering the profound un-funniness of so many Hollywood comedies, the fact that the film bats somewhere around.300 for its two - hour duration makes it feel like a genuine all - star event.

While in Venice, Tsai hinted that Stray Dogs, the story of an impoverished family struggling to survive in Taipei, could be his final film, so it is fitting that Lee Kang - sheng, his longtime collaborator, stars in what could be Tsai's first and last film shot on digital.

Some things that probably factor into the industry's disagreement: Peter Jackson adapted books fifty years old and respected as great literature, the Potter books were being written alongside the first movies; Lord of the Rings centered on adult characters and played to a wider audience with PG - 13 ratings, the first Potter movies were PG, skewed younger, and starred kids (though anyone can see the films matured and so did the fans, many already wrote the series off); finally, where Jackson provided one distinct vision and a cast of respected performers, Potter had a rotating director roster (all of them secondary to Rowling) and limited opportunities for its accomplished actors, giving the brunt of the work to the three kids and spectacle.

His first film role was the bumptious backwoodsman Whitey in Buster and Billie (1974), after which he paid his dues in a series of villainous bit parts: shooting down Burt Reynolds at the end of Hustle (1975); beating up Kris Kristofferson in A Star is Born (1976); and so on.

The film stars Michael Shannon as Tom, who works the sort of job that is probably impressive but is so boring to describe that one can't be sure.

Good things tend to come when Michael Winterbottom works with star Steve Coogan (24 Hour Party People, Tristram Shandy, The Trip), so we're happy to see Coogan starring as infamous British pornographer, club - owner, real estate developer, multi-millionaire, and so - called «King of Soho» Paul Raymond in a dramedy that spans decades and includes scenes shot in black - and - white and color, constantly changing to match the film styles of each period.

This is the costliest, most logistically complex feature of the filmmaker's career, and it appears that the effort to wrangle so many beasts, from elephants to movie stars and money men, along with the headaches that come with sweeping period films, got the better of him.

The story of what went on behind the scenes was as interesting as what ended up on the screen — if not more so — as the world learned when Greg Sestero, a star of the film and compatriot of Wiseau, pulled back the curtain in his 2013 book The Disaster Artist, in which he chronicled his life as a friend to Wiseau and the ridiculously lengthy and taxing production of The Room, while also trying to shed some light on the legend of Tommy Wiseau.

The film's single downside is a certain nagging sense of deja vu: the fact that so many of the elements of the story — the dark force, the all - empowering object, etc. — have been usurped over the years (by «Star Wars» and others) that you feel as if you've been down this road many, many times before.

In the mid-nineteen-forties, Rossellini rose to international fame with the seminal works of so - called neo-realism, in which he filmed actors who weren't stars, mainly on location, in stories and with methods that seemed closer to documentary than to fiction.

So the assumption is that Jon Amiel's film, starring the wonderful Paul Bettany as Darwin, will set out to meet the daunting challenge of bringing such static pursuits as thinking and writing to some kind of animated life.

One of the few sequels that surpasses the original in every way, Empire Strikes Back is one of the closest examples to a perfect film that there is, and anyone who disagrees is either an imbecile or (and most likely this) has formed a biased opinion that Star Wars is a nerd series that they are above (so an imbecile).

Though a child of the colonial civil servant caste, Denis is by sentiment and inclination one of the last viable working - class filmmakers in the white - collar west, and so it is only appropriate that her film should be capped off with an appearance by Depardieu, the hulking star of Maurice Pialat's Loulou (1980), that bruising film of interclass love.

More importantly, given the film's flip approach, it means that no one is being so protective of the way that, say, Batman (Will Arnett) or the «Star Wars» characters are presented that a team of lawyers was allowed to swoop in and spoil the fun.

Fernandez felt grateful for the opportunity, but reportedly hated the job itself so much that he hearkened off for the greener pastures of acting.Fernandez landed his first formal acting assignments as a guest star on episodes of the network series Cold Case and Jericho in 2006 and 2007, but truly came into his own as a star of low - medium budgeted independent films such as director Marc - Andre Samson's taut thriller Interstate (2006)(as a young man trying desperately to reach his girlfriend in Los Angeles, but waylaid by drugs and the trappings of an odd motel), and directors Lucky McKee and Trygve Diesen's violent psychological thriller Red (as a disturbed young man who plays the role of accomplice in killing a senior citizen's dog).

... Okay, so it's kind of lame to forcibly cite this film as nerdy to the point of getting a star with a surname that sounds kind of like «Edison», but the filmmakers had to have some corny joke somewhere in the casting, for it's not like Edison has been earning enough attention from, well, anyone to get a gig even this low in profile.

This must be the age of bliss for Harry being he loves absolutly every movie he sees... it's fairly obvious he's being paid off, after the Batman And Robin fiasco (back when the site was pure) studios realized how powerful this kinda site can be so they decided to give knowles a wad of cash to give their films a good review... Only reason Star Trek Nemesis didn't get a good review was because Moriarty and others bashed Rick Berman so much he didn't wan na give them Money he was so insulted... everyone do a favor and goto http://www.corona.bc.ca/films it's a real movie lovers site withreal reviews and NEWS... no shit about how they got the news or that they think the film reminds them of from their youth, just news..

Its the worst of the series which is a switch because the second film was so bad the lead star of the film thought it was too.

Both stars are already receiving great praise for their roles, and under the watchful eye of Anton Corbijn whose excellent Control captured later Joy Division singer Ian Curtis so profoundly, it's safe to assume we'll be getting a touching, insightful, and rather beautiful film.

At the same time, Uchida is responsible for some of the most remarkable swordplay films of the 1950s and»60s; his five - film Musashi Miyamoto epic (not screened at MOMA), starring Kinnosuke Nakamura in the title role and Ken Takakura as his arch-nemesis Kojiro, surpasses the better - known Inagaki Samurai Trilogy starring Toshiro Mifune in terms of both drama and swordplay, yet remains little - known in the West (despite its availability on DVD in the U.S.) After the BAM retrospective (and others) in 2008, most of Uchida's films remained unscreened and undistributed in America, so with MOMA's bigger series recently ending, it's time again to encourage distributors like the Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, and Arrow Video to bring out more of the director's masterpieces, both for critical reconsideration and for those whom the veteran filmmaker will be a major new discovery.

After watching the special features when I was more awake, including the audio commentary over the entire film, I found myself remembering and appreciating more of the wealth of comic delights on offer though, so I knocked my star rating up a notch.

With her sexuality almost in suspension — the film plays implicitly on the constant speculation around the star's own sexual identity — Maureen sometimes displays a defiant independence, but at other times seems so delicate that it's as if she's on the verge of dissolving.

Me and Holliday Grainger (who also stars in the film) watched Blue Jasmine the day before we met her so we were so in awe of her.

Of the Best Actress contenders so far this year, only Viola Davis stars in what will likely be a Best Picture nominee in a whole sea of films starring white meOf the Best Actress contenders so far this year, only Viola Davis stars in what will likely be a Best Picture nominee in a whole sea of films starring white meof films starring white men.

One of the greatest films of the last 15 years, Jane Campion's Bright Star is a nearly understated tragedy about a couple so physically chaste by emotionally vulnerability and pulsing with love that the ending nearly bowls the viewer over.

As with so many movies that would be written and starring SNL alums, Dragnet is a case of a very funny sketch comedy idea dragged out beyond its ability to truly entertain in a feature film.

Neither its full - length trailer nor the earlier teaser quite replicated the mystery and allure that the last two Star Wars films so successfully nourished in advance of release.

I didn't see any of this year's nominees (thank goodness), so my own personal Razzie for the year's worst film has to go to 1911, a Chinese historical epic starring Jackie Chan that is painfully, hilariously bad.

However, almost all of the Star Trek films have had major weaknesses, so those in Nemesis are to be expected.

Lady Bird, a coming - of - age story starring Saoirse Ronan that The A.V. Club's own A.A. Dowd said is «so funny, perceptive, and truthful that it makes most other films about adolescence look like little more than lessons in cliché.»

I'm so glad my first experience with this film was in Telluride; at an elevation of 8,750 ft, we're more than a mile closer to the stars, a mile closer to the exact setting the movie took place.

Part of what makes German director Christian Petzold's pulp psychological thriller so special is the way it wrings complex shades of suspense and disquiet out of very basic techniques, and its finale — the most sublime gasp moment of the year in film — is a master class in simplicity of form, cut almost entirely from just two angles and carried by stars Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld, whose performances have been building to this one exchange of subtleties.

A four - hour western with only one semi-bankable star was a tough sell — so tough that Sony finally gave the film away to Miramax, who decided to push it as a romantic drama instead of character study.

I'm a huge fan of John Carpenter's «The Thing» film, so I was somewhat anxious when I heard they were doing a prequel starring the Norwegian camp seen in the first film.

Desperate for a project that will give his reputation a jump start, Jack agrees to star in a film version of the once - popular television series Bewitched as hapless hubby Darrin Stephens, under the condition that an unknown actress be cast as the female lead so he won't be upstaged.

To get away from the idea of gritty low - budget Noir or any B - movie sense (and because the spy films from James bond on down were making so much money), Warner and Newman went the big time Hollywood route with an all - star cast for the first Harper film including Lauren Bacall, Shelley Winters, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin, Robert Wagner, Strother Martin and made it a point it was Hollywood getting gritty on its own big time terms.

So a very silly choice of plot which could of completely back fired (amazed it didn't), plus it has too many similarities to the first Star Trek film with the V'Ger story.

Even so, the biggest deal to come out of the festival was for an old - fashioned movie - movie, the spy thriller 355 that will star Jessica Chastain, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz and Lupita Nyong» o. Global Road Entertainment paid US$ 25 million for North American rights to the film.