Let me be clear: “The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger is one of my most favorite books. Reading it was emotional journey and the novel was a perfect blend of adventure and love, sprinkled with literary honesty and truthfulness. It wasn’t a bubble-gum, Nicholas Sparks-drugstore-paperback-romance and that’s what made it extraordinary. But wow, this trailer makes “The Time Traveler’s Wife” look like the sequel to “A Walk to Remember.” I realize it’s just a preview and this could simply …
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Oh my oh my oh my. Based on the trailer for “Shutter Island,” it would seem Martin Scorsese has put together another fantastic film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The trailer makes me think the movie is a mixed bag of drama, with a slight lean towards suspense and terror. It’s based on a 2003 Dennis Lehane novel (“Gone Baby Gone”) about two U.S. marshals investigating the disappearance of a patient at a mental institution on a remote island. The film opens …
Empire Magazine is celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary and the folks at Empire have put together a visual movie quiz called “The Cryptic Canvas.” Essentially the painting contains 50 clues representing 50 films. Can you get them all in one sitting? I did it tonight in 45 minutes. If you need help or get stumped, leave a comment and we’ll help. Its fun and your boss won’t care if you do this at work. But if you get fired, this post …
According to “The Lord of the Rings” nerds at TheOneRing.net, some dude (probably a D&D champ) named Theodred was tuning into BBC radio and heard “The Hobbit” director Guillermo del Toro serve up some casting nuggets regarding Hugo Weaving (Elrond), Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Andy Serkis (Gollumn). It seems the three thesps will reprise their LOTR roles in the “The Hobbit,” due in theaters sometime after Jesus returns to smite the Earth. You can listen to the BBC interview by …
Saw “The Proposal” yesterday, the new movie starring Ryan Reynolds Betty White and Sandra Bullock (review coming next week), but I also saw this on Funny or Die this evening. I chuckled heartily and think you will, too. Enjoy!
I’ve heard rumblings and rumors of the Sam Mendes-directed (“American Beauty,” “Road to Perdition” and “Revolutionary Road”) “Away We Go” making some critics go bonkers with joy and others thumb their noses at how hard the movie tries to be quirky and comically edgy. I have no opinion, whereas I haven’t seen the movie yet (I hope to catch a screening next week), but judging from the trailer, I’d say it looks right up my alley. Plus, the movie heralds …
I don’t give a rat’s patootie if “Surrogates” is based on a graphic novel (all the rage nowadays), because any movie that has Bruce Willis with “hair” should be flushed down the marketing toilet pronto. This movie is and will be pure crap. Mark my words. I’m sorry, but I just can’t get over that cringe-inducing hairpiece on John McClaine. And who thought golden blonde would be a great choice? Man oh man oh man. Terrible.
Wah-waaaaaaaah. Yeah, so Sunday numbers were finally sorted out and as fate would have it, The Hangover bested Pixar’s UP with $45 million. And while that makes The Hangover the number one moneymaker over the weekend, it still doesn’t change the fact that here at AATM, we still know everything and were right up to about4 hours ago.