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Like Charlie's Angels, but dangerous!
Even though the The Expendables 2 was a bit redundant and perhaps too self-aware at times, it was still an entertaining action movie with all-star cast appeal. A sequel is already in development, with Wesley Snipes, Nicolas Cage, Harrison Ford and Clint Eastwood all being courted to join the cast. Noticeably absent from that list are the names of any female action movie stars. We say, if the gimmick of the franchise is surprising new cast additions, why not push it further than bringing in Indy by bringing in Ripley or The Bride.
Or, better yet, how about a stand-alone movie with an all-female cast of female action heroes from yesterday and today? Just think of the possibilities!
Imagine a revenge movie written and directed by Quentin Tarantino about an all-female super-spy team run by Sigourney Weaver, with members that include: Uma Thurman as the knife expert; Gina Carano as the pugilist/demolitions expert; Jada Pinkett Smith as the animal/gun expert; Kate Beckinsale as the poison expert/seductress; Chloë Moretz as the trainee (Fox Force Five!). But, enough about our fantasy she-woman action movie. We want to know what you think: Which female action movie stars of yesterday and today do you think could make the line-up in an all-female Expendables-style movie?
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Posted 10.13.12 by BrentJS -
When a movie trailer contains orphans, strippers, biting political satire, and the Last Supper rendered in butter, it seems a sure bet that said movie will be pretty amazing. The first official trailer for Butter has all of those things, and a talented and hilarious cast which includes Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde, Rob Corddry, Alicia Silverstone, and Kristen Schaal.
Clarified, cultured, salted or whipped, bring on the Butter.
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The young boy played by C.J. Adams at the center of writer-director Peter Hedges' (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?) new movie in theaters, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, views life a bit differently from other children, but that's not too surprising considering he was wished into existence by a desperate couple — played by Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton — longing for a child.
We recently got a chance to chat with Garner about the movie and she said that, though she hasn't had any fertility issues herself, "a ton" of her friends have so it was easy to put herself in their shoes and imagine what it would be like. Garner has three children of her own with husband Ben Affleck and offered this advice to parents who worry about their children's odd behavior: "Kids are kids and they're allowed to be funky and they're allowed to have their eccentricities." She also confessed that she was odd in her own way as a child, basically living in a cardboard box in her basement because she "needed a spot" of her own, "a place to go and make up stories."
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Disney's upcoming fable The Odd Life of Timothy Green may be one of the more unusual family movies the studio has released in recent memory, but star Joel Edgerton assured Reelz that the movie is not unlike some of the classic movies of yesteryear.
The Odd Life really harkens back to, like, magic, real movies like E.T., Big and It's a Wonderful Life. It's about a couple who have everything but the thing that they most want which is to have a child. The universe kind of provides that child for them in the form of this boy who grows out of the garden.
While the first trailer of The Odd Life was released a year ago, the cast have not forgotten about how well they got along together on-set. Edgerton admitted that his co-star Jennifer Garner was one of the nicest people that he'd worked with, to which Garner responded that she couldn't "think of anyone" that she'd rather have in that role other than Edgerton. We're sure she thinks the same of C.J. Adams, who plays Timothy in the movie.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
AnnaSophia Robb will play a young Carrie Bradshaw in the upcoming CW series, The Carrie Diaries. According to THR, the show will follow the Sex and the City character "as she first comes of age in the 1980s" and deals with relationships and family "while exploring the worlds of high school and Manhattan." It seems that the show creators are paying no mind to the fact that Robb looks nothing like a young Sarah Jessica Parker and have no problem ignoring the fact that it was made very clear several times in the original SATC series that Carrie didn’t move to New York until her twenties.
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Lindsay Lohan reportedly told Matt Lauer in a recent interview that will air later this week that partying isn’t her "thing anymore" and that she’s working on keeping her "stuff together." The actress does say that she is now "more of a homebody," but house arrest followed by very strict terms of probation can have that effect on people. Hopefully once her formal probation is over, the actress will stick to her plan to clean up her life and stay sober.
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In France, there’s little ennui when it comes to Jean Dujardin. The actor caused a mob scene at Charles de Gaulle airport when he returned home with an Oscar in hand. Jean Dujardin was given a hero’s welcome yesterday and the airport was covered in fans and paparazzi as the police escorted the Oscar-toting actor through the crowd.
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Jennifer Garner and husband Ben Affleck have a new bundle of joy. The couple recently had their first baby boy, and their third child. No word yet on what the baby has been named, but considering his older sisters are named Violet and Seraphina, it’s probably safe to assume it won’t be anything particularly kooky. The couple has also not released any details about the birth, but really, being reticent about releasing details of her family and private life is one of the reasons we like Jennifer Garner.
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The New York Post is reporting that Snooki is a few months pregnant, though the reality star denied being pregnant only earlier this month. They are also reporting that MTV "went into crisis mode" after learning of the pregnancy since Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is currently shooting a Jersey Shore spin-off. That seems to be the most questionable part of the report, because wouldn't a pregnant Snooks be reality show gold?
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Have a happy Leap Day, everybody! And ladies, remember to propose to a guy today so that you can cash in on those 12 pairs of gloves
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With his recent success in Warrior and the highly anticipated remake of The Great Gatsby in the making, Joel Edgerton can now add screenwriting to his list of accomplishments. Edgerton just sold a spec script (One Night Stand) to New Regency.
The movie is said to be a realistic drama following a man and woman after a one night stand, with some necessary comic relief. Although there is no talk of Edgerton himself starring in the movie, he plans to be the executive producer.
Besides Warrior, Edgerton also starred in the horror mystery The Thing in 2011 and just completed The Odd Life of Timothy Green alongside Jennifer Garner.
Posted 01.19.12 by reelz -
Director Joseph Kosinski is following his feature debut of Tron: Legacy with another futuristic adventure based on his as-yet-unpublished, illustrated, sci-fi graphic novel Oblivion. Due to the popular video game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Universal is titling the movie Horizons.
Tom Cruise is set to star in Horizons, playing a man named Jack who repairs the drones that fight the aliens who have already destroyed most of humanity. Variety reports that five actresses have tested for the movie, including Jessica Chastain (The Help, The Tree of Life), Olivia Wilde (Tron: Legacy, Cowboys and Aliens), Brit Marling (Another Earth), Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace). The actresses are testing for two key female roles — Jack's lover and right-hand woman Victoria, and Julia, Jack's fiancee on Earth before the invasion. Wilde would seem to have an advantage after working with Kosinski on Tron: Legacy, but nothing is certain.
Universal has been saying "no" to plenty of projects of late, including director McG's adaptation of Ouija, as well as passing on director Ron Howard's ambitious adaptation of Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series, but seems confident about Horizons, which already has a release date of July 19, 2013. William Monahan (The Departed) and Karl Gadjusek wrote the script, with Michael Arndt recently performing a script "polish".
Wilde to replace Garner in Chemistry; Lo Pan Searches for green eyes in R.I.P.D. >> Posted 08.26.11 by Ryan -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady top Forbes' "World's Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples" list, earning $76 million between May 2010 and May 2011 and unseating Jay-Z and Beyonce from last year's top spot (they earned $72 million). Rounding out the top 5 are Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt ($50 million), David and Victoria Beckham ($45 million), and Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart ($40 million).
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Jennifer Garner is pregnant again as she and hubby Ben Affleck are expecting child number three to go along with daughters Violet, 5, and Seraphina, 2.
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David Letterman returned to The Late Show for the first time since receiving a death threat on an extremist web site and joked about it, telling the audience he was a little late coming out because he was backstage "talking to the guy from CBS. We were going through the CBS life-insurance policy to see if I was covered for jihad.
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A juror in the Casey Anthony trial has spoken about his ordeal to People under the condition of complete anonymity. While Anthony "seems like a horrible person," he claimed "the prosecutors did not give us enough evidence to convict." The juror added that the trial "has ruined my life," and that "I live in fear that someone will find me. I Google my name every day to see if anyone has figured out who I am."
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Megan Fox is having the large Marilyn Monroe tattoo removed from her forearm now that she's learned Monroe suffered from personality disorders and was bipolar. She told the Italian magazine Amica, "I do not want to attract this kind of negative energy in my life."
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Octomom Nadya Suleman shows off her gruesome scars and stretch marks, nearly three years after giving birth to octuplets via C-section.
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Disney has released the first trailer for its upcoming modern-day fable, The Odd Life of Timothy Green. Considering the movie won't be released until next summer, audiences will have plenty of time to digest the movie's fantastical storyline, based on an idea by Disney principal Ahmet Zappa, which concerns a couple who can't conceive a child but end up with one after burying a box of hopes of what their child might be in their back yard. It sounds considerably less weird in the movie's official synopsis.
Academy Award–nominated director/writer Peter Hedges (Dan in Real Life, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?) brings enchantment to the screen with The Odd Life of Timothy Green, an inspiring, magical story about a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who can’t wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy (CJ Adams) shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim — and their small town of Stanleyville — learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life’s greatest gifts.
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Today's Challenge: Arthur and Hanna both open nationwide today. Can you find the movie link that connects leading ladies Jennifer Garner and Saoirse Ronan?
Our first Facebook movie game, ClusterFlick, plays off that old "six degrees of separation" theory — you know, the one that has a certain Kevin at the center of the Hollywood universe. It's easy to play, but not so easy to win. The goal is to use the major cast of movies to get from Point A to Point B in the smallest number of moves.
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Posted 04.08.11 by reelz