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A Christmas Carol Review
9 November 2009 12:59 AM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday story “A Christmas Carol” gets the 3D treatment, and the result is a visually stunning big-screen experience I’m sure many cinema goers out there will enjoy to the fullest extent. As far as I’m concerned, my feelings about this one are mixed.
The story doesn’t really require a lengthy introduction. The holiday season is in full swing, and Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) despises Christmas and everyone celebrating it. Then he’s visited by three ghosts who take him on an emotional journey, and before you know it, his meanness is gone for good…read more [ScreeningLog]
It’s hard to believe that Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol 166 years ago, but here we are in 2009 and Robert Zemeckis has spent $180 million to produce a motion-capture animated film that retells the famous story. The movie opens this weekend on more than 2,000 digital 3D screens and »
- Allan Ford
Disney’s A Christmas Carol – in 3D
6 November 2009 3:44 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Disney’s A Christmas Carol
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins
Running Time: 1 hr. 36 mins
Rating: PG
Release Date: November 6, 2009
Plot: Charles Dickens’ classic tale getting another version, this time in 3D. Scrooge (Carrey) is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve in the hopes that the old man can change his nasty ways.
Who’S It For? First and foremost, this is for people who love the story that’s been told many times. For the most part, it stays true to form. Those loving the third dimension will be pleased as well. Parents on the other hand will begin to worry right away when Scrooge removes some coins from a dead man’s eyes.
Expectations: I’ve seen almost every version of this tale and lean toward A Muppet Christmas Carol as my personal fave. Jim Carrey has »
- Jeff Bayer
How Does Jim Carrey Playing Multiple Roles in 'A Christmas Carol' Benefit the Film?
26 October 2009 1:22 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
The idea of one actor playing multiple characters in a film isn't a new one even though many people begin and end the conversation with Eddie Murphy for his performances in films such as Nutty Professor and Norbit all while forgetting the comedy he brought us in Coming to America.
Before Murphy we had the likes of Mel Brooks in History of the World and Spaceballs, Alec Guiness in the fantastic Kind Hearts and Coronets and Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove. Outside of Murphy it seems only Mike Myers has endured the same kind of ill treatment, primarily for taking the joke to the point it wasn't funny any longer (debatable) in the Austin Powers films and then dropping the bomb that was The Love Guru.
Looking at the performances listed above I am reminded of some classic films as well as a couple that missed the mark, but we »
- Brad Brevet
Mickey Rourke and Megan Fox Get Some Passion Play In
7 October 2009 8:07 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
ProductionWeekly's Twitter page revealed that Passion Play starts production this month.
Mitch Glazer's period drama Passion Play starring Mickey Rourke & Megan Fox will shoot in New Mexico from Oct. thru Dec.
Passion Play is the directorial debut for screenwriter Glazer (Scrooged), who also wrote the script. It follows an unusual romance between a down-on-his-luck trumpet player (Rourke) and a caged circus freak (Fox), which forms when Rourke saves Fox from a ruthless mobster. Fox described the project and her character to MTV last month.
I'm doing a movie called Passion Play with Mickey Rourke. There is a love story there, it's clearly not going to be a typical one. My character is basically a circus freak, she lives in a cage 'cause she has wings. She's not an angel, but she has these giant wings that grow out of her back. She's a freak and so she's on display basically with the circus. »
- Ryan Gowland
Blu-Ray Review: Phony ‘Ghosts of Girlfriends Past’ Deserves to Be Dumped
21 September 2009 7:59 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Here’s a perfect example of Hollywood filmmaking at its laziest. It’s difficult to imagine anyone in front of the camera or behind it breaking much of a sweat in their half-hearted attempt to satisfy a mainstream audience equipped with the lowest possible expectations. It’s doubly difficult to imagine a time when star Matthew McConaughey didn’t just act with his abs. His last film was named “Surfer, Dude,” and this one could easily be called “Cheater, Douche.”
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0 Alas, his latest vehicle has the ungainly title “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,” which alone would scare off most serious cinephiles. It’s the latest rip-off (sorry, “retread”) of Charles Dickens’ holiday perennial “A Christmas Carol,” and it’s the worst to hit Blu-Ray since “Scrooged.” There’s nothing redeemable about this film’s protagonist, or the film itself.
McConaughey lends his predictable brand of seductive sleaze to the role of Connor Mead, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Fox And Rourke Have Passion Play
9 September 2009 9:21 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Sexy actress Megan Fox is to team up with notorious Lothario Mickey Rourke to play a "circus freak" in new movie Passion Play.
The Hollywood beauty will play a woman with wings who is under the control of a ruthless gangster and is eventually rescued by Rourke's character.
Fox confirmed the news to MTV, saying, "I'm doing a movie called Passion Play with Mickey Rourke. There is a love story there, it's clearly not going to be a typical one. My character is basically a circus freak, she lives in a cage and she has wings. She's not an angel, but she has these giant wings that grow out of her back. She's a freak and she's on display."
The movie has been written by screenwriter Mitch Glazer, famed for penning 1988 Bill Murray film Scrooged, who will also make his directing debut on Passion Play. »
Megan Fox is a Circus Freak in Passion Play
8 September 2009 6:00 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Megan Fox sat down with MTV to talk about her upcoming movie "Passion Play," which is a drama that also stars Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and is about an angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster, who is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck. "I'm doing a movie called 'Passion Play' with Mickey Rourke," she said. "There is a love story there, it's clearly not going to be a typical one. My character is basically a circus freak, she lives in a cage and she has wings. She's not an angel, but she has these giant wings that grow out of her back. She's a freak and she's on display." The new movie is written and directed by Mitch Glazer, who is making his helming debut. Glazer previously provided scripts for such films as "Scrooged," "Great Expectations" and "The Recruit." »
Megan Fox As A Circus Freak With Mickey Rourke In 'Passion Play'
8 September 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Hard to picture, right? The lovely Megan Fox, star of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and the upcoming "Jennifer's Body," caged up as a circus freak? Makeup can do a lot, sure, but is anyone going to want to buy Fox as anything less than a beautiful angel?
Probably not. It's a good thing then that she'll pretty much be one in writer/director Mitch Glazer's "Passion Play," In last week's "Behind the Screen" interview, Fox revealed to MTV's Josh Horowitz that she'll star opposite Mickey Rourke as a caged circus freak with angel-like wings growing out of her back, a role for which she had previously been rumored. Rourke will play her savior, in what the actress says "is clearly not going to be a typical [love story]."
I hadn't heard a peep about this project before today, but I'm keyed in now thanks largely to Glazer's involvement. "Passion Play" will be his directorial debut, »
- Adam Rosenberg
Milano Goes For Girlfriend's Boyfriend
1 June 2009 11:16 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Alyssa Milano is leading a charmed life in her new movie My Girlfriend's Boyfriend as the single girl who finds two seemingly perfect guys. The former Little Miss Matrix is not only starring in but will also produce the indie rom-com.Joining her will be Michael Landes (who has spent too much time on British TV screens with shows like Love Soup and Hotel Babylon), and Ugly Betty's boy Christopher Gorham as the love interests, as well as Scrooged's squeak-voiced angel Carol Kane and brother of The Dude, Mr Beau Bridges, .Milano's leading lady will be a confident girl who hooks up with a struggling novelist, played by Gorham, and a career-driven advertising exec played by Landes.Milano is best known for her TV show Charmed, but has just finished a stint on karma comedy My Name Is Earl, as well as a pilot which garnered attention for ABC called Romantically Challenged. »
First Footage From Disney's 'A Christmas Carol'
18 May 2009 5:32 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
A photo and the first footage (which you can see below) from Robert Zemeckis's Disney-produced motion capture version of A Christmas Carol has arrived online with the video coming in by way of Trailer Addict. Zemeckis was also at the helm of 2004's The Polar Express which used the same technology to attempt to breathe life into another Christmas story. I say attempted because the characters in that film never quite made it as cartoons or real people (at least for me), falling into a creepy sort of Twilight Zone between the two. This new film seems to pull it off more convincingly thanks to more cartoony characters and several years of advancement with the technology. That's Jim Carrey playing Scrooge and he'll also be portraying the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. The cast will also include Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins, and Colin Firth.
It really says »
- Matt Bradshaw
'Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'
2 May 2009 9:40 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Matthew McConaughey doesn’t need to do much to charm the average movie-going audience. He flashes a lop-sided smile, winks a sparkling eye, makes sure that his tan is deep and crispy and let’s his charming Southern drawl do most of the work. That considerable charm has gotten him through many a half-baked romantic comedy—movies like Fool’s Gold and Failure to Launch. But in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, McConaughey is faced with a new dilemma—is his attractive exterior enough to keep audiences hooked in to a truly unlikable character?
Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past is the story of Connor Mead, a high profile photographer best known for his artful, but degrading shots of mostly naked women. Connor is the sort of professional player that thinks nothing of breaking up with three women by conference call, all while seducing a barely legal pop star in real time. »
Cinema release inspirations including X-Men Origins: Wolverine
1 May 2009 3:16 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »
Morning and welcome to your May Day weekend Boxwishers. Got any big plans? Maybe you’re going to soak up the spring sunshine while it lasts (remember to apply your sunscreen!) or perhaps you’d prefer to sit in a darkened room with a load of strangers – us too! This weekend we welcome the first big blockbuster of the summer season – X-Men Origins: Wolverine in which we learn the back story of everyone’s favourite metal-clawed mutant. Elsewhere there’s Disney singing and dancing and a rom-com with Matthew McConaughey. How’s That for bank holiday goodness?
If you see… Hugh Jackman return as Wolverine in this prequel to the X-Men movies, action-packed comic book caper X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Why Not Steal the style of the hairy hunk Wolverine with our top-to-toe look. Stock up on some of the fantastic tie-in merchandise including everything from toy claws to canvas prints »
Megan Fox & Mickey Rourke to Make 'Passion'
2 April 2009 9:54 AM, PDT | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
Megan Fox may be the angel Mickey Rourke needs. In the upcoming film 'Passion Plays,' the 'Transformers' actress is set to play an angel to Oscar nominee Rourke, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film is set in 1950s Los Angeles and follows a down-on-his-luck trumpet player (Rourke) who meets an angel (Fox) who he attempts to save from a gangster to receive redemption. The indie drama -- written and directed by Mitch Glazer ('The Recruit,' 'Scrooged') -- has Fox's character in the film looking like "a slender beauty with wings who is part of a carnival," THR.com reports. As of yet, no production date has been reported for 'Passion Plays.'
[Read full story on The Insider]
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- TheInsider
Megan Fox to join Mickey Rourke in "Passion Plays"
2 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Megan Fox will join Mickey Rourke in the indie drama "Passion Plays" which marks the directorial debut of script writer Mitch Glazer. Set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, Mickey Rourke plays a down on his luck trumpet player. Fox apparently is an angel who Rourke attempts to save and he finds redemption in Fox. Her character is part of a carnival.Glazer wrote “The Recruit” starring Al Pacino as well as the Bill Murray comedy “Scrooged.” Fox is up next of course in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and Rourke finished the Géla Babluani thriller "13" with Jason Statham, Ray Liotta and Emmanuelle Chriqui. The Golden Globe-winning actor for "The Wrestler" is up in a variety of future projects including Paramount's "Iron Man 2" as 'Whiplash.' »
Megan Fox Appears as Mickey Rourke's Angel
2 April 2009 2:51 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Steven Zeitchik at the Risky Biz Blog hosted by "The Hollywood Reporter" seems to be getting a couple of hand outs from the trade as Zeitchik has landed his second scoop in a row following yesterday's "Atlas Shrugged" story. Today he brings word Megan Fox (Transformers) is attached to play an angel opposite Mickey Rourke in Passion Plays, an indie drama that Mitch Glazer is writing and directing. In the film Rourke will play a down-on-his-heels trumpet player and Fox will play an angel in 1950's Los Angeles, with Rourke finding redemption in Fox after he attempts to save her from a gangster. Those familiar with the project describe it as a dramatic but heartwarming tale. Fox's character is described, in part, as as a slender beauty with wings who is part of a carnival. Glazer is making his directorial debut with the feature after penning such films as the »
- Brad Brevet
Megan Fox Is Mickey Rourke's Angel In "Passion Plays"
2 April 2009 2:32 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
The sultry Megan Fox is set to play an angel that will guide Mickey Rourke in an indie drama "Passion Plays" from writer Mitch Glazer.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that the "Transformers" star will play a "slender beauty with wings who is a part of a carnival" that Rourke's character will attempt to save from a gangster. "The Wrestler" star will be playing a down-on-his-heels trumpet player in '50s Los Angeles, who will find redemption with Fox.
The project is described as a "dramatic but heartwarming tale." Glazer (1988's "Scrooged" writer) will make his directorial debut in the film he has scripted.
This will be Rourke's first drama post-"The Wrestler." He has signed on to action films, including "St. Vincent," "Iron Man 2," and in Sylvester Stallone's "The Expendables."
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Megan Fox to join Mickey Rourke in "Passion Plays"
2 April 2009 12:32 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Megan Fox will join Mickey Rourke in the indie drama "Passion Plays" which marks the directorial debut of script writer Mitch Glazer. Set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, Mickey Rourke plays a down on his luck trumpet player. Fox apparently is an angel who Rourke attempts to save and he finds redemption in Fox. Her character is part of a carnival. Glazer wrote “The Recruit” starring Al Pacino as well as the Bill Murray comedy “Scrooged.” Fox is up next of course in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and Rourke finished the Géla Babluani thriller "13"... »
Megan Fox to join Mickey Rourke in "Passion Plays"
2 April 2009 12:32 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Megan Fox will join Mickey Rourke in the indie drama "Passion Plays" which marks the directorial debut of script writer Mitch Glazer. Set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, Mickey Rourke plays a down on his luck trumpet player. Fox apparently is an angel who Rourke attempts to save and he finds redemption in Fox. Her character is part of a carnival. Glazer wrote “The Recruit” starring Al Pacino as well as the Bill Murray comedy “Scrooged.” Fox is up next of course in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and Rourke finished the Géla Babluani thriller "13"... »
Fox Joins Rourke for 'Passion Plays'
1 April 2009 9:30 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
In a true piece of stunt casting, Transformers star Megan Fox is attached to play an angel opposite Mickey Rourke in the indie drama Passion Plays, reports the Risky Biz Blog.
The film is being written and directed by Mitch Glazer, (The Recruit, Scrooged) who will be making his directorial debut with the project.
Rourke will play a down-on-his-heels trumpet player, and Fox will play an angel in 1950s Los Angeles, with Rourke finding redemption in Fox after he attempts to save her from a gangster. The project is expected to be a dramatic but heartwarming tale.
Fox's character is described, in part, as as a slender beauty with wings who is part of a carnival.
Fox’s stock is certainly rising, as Rourke’s continues its resurgence, so this could bring a good deal of attention should those two facts hold fast.
Fox playing an angel though...? »
Megan Fox And Mickey Rourke Put On A Passion Play -- Possibly the only time you would want to trade places with Mickey Rourke
1 April 2009 | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Written by Nicole Pedersen As if watching Megan Fox play Mother Teresa wasn’t hot, I mean uplifting, enough – the actress will soon be seen bathed in the celestial rays of heaven itself… and this time it’s no joke! Fox has signed to play an angel opposite Mickey Rourke in the indie film “Passion Plays”. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Passion Plays” centers on a down and out trumpet player (Rourke) in 1950s Los Angeles who gets a shot at redemption after he comes to the aid of a young woman (Fox) who just so happens to be an angel. Note: a shot of redemption is totally in the bag if you save a being of divine light. “Passion Plays” was written by Mitch Glazer, the man who brought us the Bill Murray classic “Scrooged”. Glazer will also be behind the camera on the “dramatic but heartwarming” new indie feature. »
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