-Dear Barry Pepper, please fire your agent. The massively talent and underutilized actor is set to star alongside Winona Ryder in a Hallmark Hall Of Fame Movie “When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story.” The true story is based on the life of the founder of AA, and her relationship with her alcoholic husband and the screenplay is adapted from the book by William Borchert. Cue the violins. Remember when Barry Pepper was supposed to be the next Philip Seymour Hoffman? Dude, what happened? We hope someone out there in Hollywood is reading this and starts passing the guy better scripts because he is way better than this. As for Ryder, we know she’s still getting her career back on track after it took a sideways turn, but at least she has a forthcoming role in Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” in her pocket.
-Director Fyodor Bondarchuk has stepped in for Paul Verhoeven on the Russian epic, “Winter Queen.” Milla Jovovich, who was attached when Verhoeven was helming, is still set to star in the film. The picture, about the epic battle of Stalingrad, is set to film next year in Budapest and St. Petersburg, and is being planned for release in 2012, to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the battle. With a budget of $30 million, it will be one the most expensive films to ever film in Russia, and it will likely be shot in both English and Russian versions. If the name Bondarchuk sounds vaguely familiar that’s because Fyodor’s father, Sergei was a famed director best known for his epic and beautiful adaptation of “War & Peace” which recently made the arthouse rounds in a new print.
The trailer for “Kick-Ass” has arrived, and it sucks. The first two-thirds of the trailer starts with a voiceover that tries to pretend that no other comic or movie has thought of the concept of an average kid or person deciding to become a superhero even though they lack special powers ( um, “Watchmen” and “Mystery Men” just to name a couple) and then ends with a dull punchline. The last third of the trailer gets to the action and blows its entire load. ZOMG! IT’S LITTLE KIDS BEATING PEOPLE UP. We having a feeling the finished product won’t be able to move beyond being proud of that fact, so count us out. Whatever.
So, what happened to Verhoeven? Why is he no longer directing Winter Queen?
Yikes, that Kick Ass trailer looks like a comedy. While the book is far from perfect and has it's flaws, it is definitely much darker in tone, hopefully this is just marketing high jinx.
I dont know guys. I've never read the comic and I'm sure it's terrible, and clearly the trailer is too, but everyone is saying this movie is amazing. Perhaps it will be?
The geeks were over the moon about Watchmen and look how that thing turned out. A lot of ppl thought our (my) review was really harsh, but in retrospect, not at all.
It was a turd. I expect Kick-Ass to be much the same.
Hey guys, "Winter Queen" and the Stalingrad thing are two different films. WQ is a 19th century adventure/mystery based on a popular russian novel
Hey, Playlist, I've got a question for you: why do you even exist? Do you even like movies? Almost EVERY SINGLE ARTICLE YOU'VE EVER WRITTEN has a negative slant to it…and while you may consider that part of your 'charm' (cue millions of users scoffing), what it really does is completely ruin any respect for your opinion. If everything's negative, then the very, very few positives have to be…well, almost Christlike. And just so you know-'Kick-Ass' looks totally kick ass. Just like Watchmen. You know what else is kick-ass? Rotten Tomatoes, Cinematical, and Film School Rejects, all kicking YOURS. Suck it.
Hey anon, the world is full of choice and freedom. Continue to read those places and not us, we're totally ok with that. We're not here to please. But you know, maybe those safer sites are more to your liking and speed.
It's like TV, no one is forcing you to watch that channel.
Ugh, we were watching "Saving Private Ryan" last night and lamenting the exact same thing about how awesome Barry Pepper is and how he's rarely in films, and when he is he's in total crap. (Just like Gary Oldman, but I digress.) Definitely needs to fire his agent.
Kick-Ass should not be grouped with Watchmen. Since Kick-Ass is the worst comic in existence. WORSE THAN SPAWN.
Hey Gabe Cool-Last-Name Toro: you may be able to hyperbolize, but are you aware of the law of inverse comic quality? It dictates that the better the comic is the worse the movie and vice versa. Hence, Watchmen's disappointment is a good prediction of Kick-Ass's success. So what now?
Idk wtf yall are talkin about i just saw kick-ass and it was fckn awesome! The movie was beast. Action, suspense, comedy, and a lot of blood makes for a good movie, so idk wtf yall were on wen u wrote the"trailer" review, cuz this movie was THE SHIT!! If u haven't see it yet you really need to, then rewrite ur pathetic excuse for a movie review.