Send a Clay Aiken Mother’s Day Song

April 28th, 2008 by Kenna McHugh in Holiday, Music, Musical

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Celebrate Mothers Day this year by sending your Mom a very special hello from Clay Aiken: Mother’s Day Wish.    RCA Music is proud to announce the release of Clay Aiken’s fourth album, On My Way Here, available on May 6th!

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Rotten Tomatoes’ “10 Great Irish Movies”

March 14th, 2008 by JK in Drama, Holiday, Movie News, Movies

fourleafclover.jpgWith St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner on Monday, now’s the time to start getting in the spirit.  What better a way for the film buff than to watch some great Irish films.  Rotten Tomatoes has gone ahead and composed a list of “10 Great Irish Movies.”

The list includes:

  • My Left Foot (1989), which received a 100% rating on the Tomatometer.
  • Odd Man Out (1947), also received a 100% rating.
  • Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959), with a 100% rating.
  • Once (2007), with a 97% rating.
  • The Snapper (1993), with a 97% rating.
  • In the Name of the Father (1993), with a 95% rating.
  • Bloody Sunday (2002), with a 92% rating.
  • The Quiet Man (1952), with a 91% rating.
  • The Commitments (1991, with a 91% rating.
  • The Magdalene Sisters (2003), with a 90% rating.

Check out the full post at Rotten Tomatoes for an explanation of their choices, brief synopsis, and clips.

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John Turturro Voice for Finnish hit Movie

February 26th, 2008 by Kenna McHugh in Actors, Animation, Christmas, Holiday, Movie News, Movies, TV

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The Finnish hit movie “Christmas Story” is now being dubbed for English with John Turturro joining to a part of the voice cast. “Christmas Story” is delightful story about how Santa became Santa. “Christmas Story” opened in Finland late last year and took $2.6 million, making it the biggest domestic hit of the year for Finland.

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Even ‘Hellboy’ Wishes Happy Valentines Day

February 14th, 2008 by Kenna McHugh in Holiday, Movie News, The Movie Biz, horror

cid_image001_jpg01c86f27.jpgHappy Valentine’s Day from Hellboy and Liz!   In addition to gorging yourself on Valentine’s Day candy celebrate with Big Red by visiting the HBII Production Site! 

 Keep checking out the site in the weeks to come…it’s definitely worth it: HellboyHellboy II: The Golden Army hits theaters July 11, 2008. 

- Valentine’s Day ECard: HB and Liz, is there any hotter couple?… - Production Videos: There are 2 new production videos now on the site!  1. The first behind-the-scenes video features a meeting between the HBII team on the design of Johann Krauss… 2. The second video features the very first Creature Design Meeting!   With a signature blend of action, humor and character-based spectacle, the saga of the world’s toughest, kitten-loving hero from Hell continues to unfold in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army.  Bigger muscle, badder weapons and more ungodly villains arrive in an epic vision of imagination from Oscar-nominated director Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s LabyrinthHellboy).After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt.  A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures.  Now, it’s up to the planet’s toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders.  He may be red.  He may be horned.  He may be misunderstood.  But when you need the job done right, it’s time to call in Hellboy (Ron Perlman).Along with his expanding team in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense—pyrokinetic girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), aquatic empath Abe (Doug Jones) and protoplasmic mystic Johann—the BPRD will travel between the surface strata and the unseen magical one, where creatures of fantasy become corporeal.  And Hellboy, a creature of two worlds who’s accepted by neither, must choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny that beckons him.

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Romantic Movies for Valentines Day

February 14th, 2008 by Kenna McHugh in Book-to-Movie, Dvd, Hidden Gems, Holiday, Movie News, Romance, The Movie Biz, Top 5 List, Top Ten List, classic

200px-horseman_on_the_roof.jpgIf you are looking for a romantic DVD to watch tonight, here are a few web sites that list the flicks.  Just scroll down the pages and review the stories and see which one fits your romantic mood.

Some flicks are longer than others, so keep that in mind.

My recommendation is a 1995 Cesar Award winning (Best Cinematography and Sound)French film starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez “Horseman on the Roof.”

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Washington Post Interview with Patrica Hanson,  Film Historian

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Beautiful, Heart Warming Film for Valentines Day

February 8th, 2008 by Kenna McHugh in Actors, Holiday, Movie News, The Movie Biz

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The 5-minute clip features Ryan Reynolds (Will Hayes) and Abigail Breslin (Maya Hayes) in one of the first scenes of the movie as they engage in the charming banter that sets up the film! 

Opens February 14th, that’s right Valentines Day. 

Ryan Reynolds stars as Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad in the midst of a divorce when his 10-year-old daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), starts to question him about his life before marriage.  Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love.

Will’s story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from

Wisconsin in order to work on the presidential campaign.  For Maya, Will relives his past as an idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women.  

 Will hopelessly attempts a gentler version of his story for his daughter and changes the names so Maya has to guess who is the woman her father finally married.  Is her mother Will’s college sweetheart, the dependable girl next door Emily (Elizabeth Banks)?  Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April (Isla Fisher)?  Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist Summer (Rachel Weisz)? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad’s romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy.  And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it’s definitely never too late to go back…and maybe even possible to find a happy ending. 

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‘Blood’ Last of Specialty Films

December 29th, 2007 by Kenna McHugh in Box Office, Holiday, Movie News, The Movie Biz

therewillbeblood_galleryposter1.jpg“There Will Be Blood” scored one of the best recent per-location averages with openings in two theaters in New York and Los Angeles.

Paul Thomas Anderson directed “Blood” and Daniel Day-Lewis stars. Based on a true story, the film grossed an estimated $67,951 in its opening averaging $33,976 per theater. Film is one of the last three specialty titles to come to the screen as the year ends. The other two films are mentioned in a previous story on this page: “The Orphanage” and “Honeydripper.”

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‘Christmas With the Kranks’

December 22nd, 2007 by Kenna McHugh in Christmas, Comedy, Dvd, Holiday, Movies

kranks.jpg“Free Frosty! Free Frosty! Free Frosty!”

Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Aykroyd star in “Christmas With the Kranks,” a comedy based on a novel by John Grisham, which Chris Columbus adapted for the screen and Jim Roth directed.

Luther and Nora Kranks only daughter leaves and goes to another country. Without their daughter to celebrate Christmas, Luther and Nora decide to skip Christmas and take a cruise, leaving on Christmas Day. Breaking tradition with their neighbors and friends by not participating in the house decorations contest and carolers, they keep to there holiday wish until their daughter calls on Christmas eve and says shes coming home for Christmas. The holiday rush begins as the Kranks get the meaning of waiting until the last moment to celebrate Christmas. They only having 12 hours to get set up for their daughter and her fiancée, which includes a full blown Christmas party with all the neighbors and friends.

Support cast is fantastic: M. Emmet Walsh as the grumpy old neighbor; Cheech Marin as Officer Salino and Austin Pendleton as Umbrella Santa.kranks2.jpg

kranks3.jpg“Kranks” has moments that are hilarious like “Free Frosty!” or Nora desperately buying the last hickory honey ham.

For you continuity enthusiasts, count how many times the Christmas wreath is on the Krank’s front door and then off the door throughout the film.

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Christmas Day Movies - What’s Out There?

December 18th, 2007 by JK in Christmas, Holiday, Movie News

movietheaterempty.jpgChristmas Day is a big day for movies.  I know this because after many giant family get-togethers on Christmas day, we sometimes like to carry the fun on over into the evening by heading out to the local movie theater.  Surprisingly, it’s pretty crowded and seems like a lot of other people enjoy this tradition as well.

So if you’re planning on hitting the theater this holiday, here’s what you can expect to be opening this Christmas Day 2007:

  • Alien vs. Predator: Requiem - The bestial baddies go disgusting-toe-to-disgusting-toe in this follow-up to the sci-fi smash Alien vs. Predator.
  • The Great Debaters - Oscar winner Denzel Washington directs and stars in this drama set in the segregated South. Washington plays a debate coach who takes a Texas college team from obscurity to a showdown with Harvard’s renowned students.
  • The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep - The story begins when Angus, a young Scottish boy, finds an enchanted egg. Taking it home, he soon finds himself face-to-face with an amazing creature: the mythical “water horse” of Scottish lore. Angus begins a journey of discovery, facing his greatest fears and risking his life to protect a secret that would give birth to a legend.

In addition to these wide releases, there are also a few Christmas Day limited release films include Persepolis (NYC), The Bucket List (NYC/LA), and Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (NYC).

If none of the new releases strike your fancy, you’ve also got your choice of this week’s newly released films, which include: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Charlie Wilson’s War, P.S. I Love You, and National Treasure: Book of Secrets.

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Christmas DVD Releases, AKA What You Want to Buy

December 18th, 2007 by JK in Christmas, Holiday, Movie News

santapresents.jpgAvailable nationwide throughout the U.S. today, the last movie release date before Christmas, and next week on Christmas Day, are a handful of films that would make great stocking stuffers.  The biggest release of them all is definitely The Simpsons Movie, which is sure to be on any Simpsons fan’s list.

Other releases before or on Christmas Day include:

  • The Kingdom
  • The Heartbreak Kid
  • Stardust
  • Eastern Promises
  • Rob Zombie’s Halloween
  • Rush Hour3
  • Underdog
  • The Last Legion
  • Balls of Fury
  • Blade Runner (5 Disc Ultimate Collectors Edition)

There are a few good ones in there, as well as a few stinkers.  Choose wisely.

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