With Spy Kids: All The Time In The World set to hit theatres on August 19th, we sit down to talk to Jeremy Piven, who plays the villain in the film. While the actor is most recognized for his brilliant portrayal of Hollywood agent Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage, Piven is starting to branch out. With Entourage coming to an end this year, Jeremy Piven is looking to add a couple more film credits to his resume and what better way to start off than in a franchise like Spy Kids?
With Captain America: The First Avenger hitting theatres this weekend, we decided to sit down with star Chris Evans and chat with him about the film. The actor talked to us about not only Captain America: The First Avenger, but also his upcoming film The Avengers. We discuss his fear of initially taking the role, what it's like being on the set of The Avengers, how he deals with being a sex symbol, and much more.
Marvel Studios closes out the unofficial Summer of Superheroes this week with the debut of Captain America: The First Avenger, the final film in Marvel's road to next year's Avengers film. While armchair quarterbacks debate in hindsight the modest commercial success of Marvel's Thor and the commercial failure of Warner Brothers' Green Lantern, no matter how boffo the box office is this week, the studio can certainly boast of making one spectacular movie in Captain America: The First Avenger.
Hopefully, years from now when this movie is a distant box office memory, brave film teachers will use it as a teaching tool to show students that it takes more than just a list of ingredients to make a really good cake. The Arthur remake seems to follow the recipe as best it can, but will leave viewers wishing they had just eaten at home.
Back in 2008, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist offered young love, angst and a nice New York tourism plug for the Gossip Girl crowd that is now a template for the youth of the generation, while somehow making older folks pine for John Hughes all the more. Following in similar footsteps, The Art of Getting By is a nice, albeit formulaic addition to the genre where concept and characters are just enough to overlook the lack of much else.
In a summer dominated by sequels, capes, lanterns and upcoming shields, it should come as a shock that one of the best movies of the year has the word "super" in it but not a single person can fly, well not on their own. J.J Abrams goes back to the past, but not totally retro in the long awaited Super 8.
Like a parent who takes the gift-giving in Christmas very seriously, writer-director J.J. Abrams is the master of hiding things, particularly in boxes. However, it's hard to argue with the wait when the payoff comes comes with such a big bow.
It seems like only yesterday that we were first blessed with the butt kicking Panda named Po. It's been a long three years and although the awesomeness takes a while to reveal itself, Kung Fu Panda 2 fights its most difficult villain: the temptation to be like the original.
Po (Jack Black), the cuddly Kung Fu master is back with the his idols the Furious Five (don't ask why they're not the Furious Six). This time they have to battle a threat that not only threatens the existence of Kung Fu, but also the fate of China. Many miles away, Lord Shen (Gary Oldman), an exiled peacock from a royal family, returns to his kingdom to reclaim his place on the throne by any means necessary. Along with his evil animal minions is a weapon of mass destruction that spits fire which threatens the balance of power in the land ruled by Kung Fu.
Will Ferrell puts the funny on the shelf and gets all dramatic in the low budget Everything Must Go. The former scotch loving anchorman shows the dark side of alcoholism as he loses what's important and decides to sell the rest. Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell) is a middle aged salesman whose glory days as a salesman are behind him, but still manages to be above average at what he does. He's let go after 16 years after one sales trip bender too many. His reward is not a car or even a gold watch. No, it's an engraved pocket knife on a key ring.
Like a jury in a high profile case, audiences are supposed to lean on the concept of suspended disbelief just long enough to separate the artist from whatever his latest transgressions may have been caught on camera phone...or answering machine. While many Gibson supporters attribute some of his actions to a momentary loss of sanity, The Beaver tackles one man's battle with depression and his unique form of self medication. The Beaver doesn't so much offer a cure for mental illness as much as question the strength of a family dealing with it.
This Friday, North American audiences will finally be treated to what a good deal of the world has already seen: Marvel's big screen adaptation of Thor. With multiple directors and stars attached to the project since the 1990's, the project has been the epitome of "long awaited", taking a back seat to other superheroes from Spider-Man to Blade.
