The Official: MOVIE REVIEW THREAD - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

Blonde Bomber · 09-23-2003, 11:02 AM

Hey guys (and gals[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] )

I thought I would start an official movie review thread so we can talk and discuss movies that are out and you want to give a review of it or upcoming movies that you can't wait to see..

I'll try and post movies that will be coming out every weekend. So if you've seen a good movie lately or even one that we should not waste our money on come in and let us know.

Blonde Bomber · 09-23-2003, 11:19 AM

Here are some of the movies that came out last week.....

UNDERWORLD

OVERVIEW
Kate Beckinsale plays a chic vampire named Selene, who exists solely to slaughter a band of Lycans (werewolves) her clan has been battling for centuries. But things become complicated when she falls in love with an emerging 'wolf (Scott Speedman).

Here's the official site for the movie

Blonde Bomber · 09-23-2003, 11:25 AM

SECONDHAND LIONS

OVERVIEW

Michael Caine and Robert Duvall play the eccentric and wealthy great-uncles of a shy young teenager (Haley Joel Osment). The men care for him over a summer in Texas during the 1960s, when his unreliable mother (Kyra Sedgwick) drops him off, regaling the boy with unbelievable and impressive stories of their past, seen in flashbacks.

Blonde Bomber · 09-23-2003, 11:27 AM

COLD CREEK MANOR

OVERVIEW
A couple (Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone) and their kids move to a house in the country, but their idyllic family life is threatened when a man (Stephen Dorff) reveals that there's more to the house than meets the eye — it seems that the original owners were brutally murdered.

Blonde Bomber · 09-23-2003, 11:29 AM

THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS

OVERVIEW

Darin Hill (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a smooth New York ad executive, loses his job and has nowhere to turn. His luck changes, though, when he discovers he's going to receive a nice inheritance from a wealthy aunt who recently died. But when he returns to his hometown in Alabama to collect the cash, he uncovers the catch: First he must organize a successful gospel choir. That's easier said than sung, because he can't find any talented singers … until he meets sultry jazz singer Lily (Beyoncé Knowles).

Blonde Bomber · 09-23-2003, 11:31 AM

ANYTHING ELSE

OVERVIEW

Jerry Falk (Jason Biggs), a struggling comedy writer, develops a passionate relationship with the spontaneous and adventurous Amanda (Christina Ricci). When things start getting too unpredictable, Dobel (Woody Allen), Jerry's paranoid mentor, tries to give him romantic advice.

Blonde Bomber · 09-23-2003, 11:33 AM

Now here are the movies coming out the weekend of September 26th...

DUPLEX

OVERVIEW

A young New York couple (Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore) decides to seize the opportunity to move into the duplex of their dreams. Their only obstacle? The tenant upstairs, a sweet senior citizen (Eileen Essell) who won't budge. When the old woman, not nearly as nice or as feeble as first thought, becomes unbearable, the couple begins to plot her demise.

THE RUNDOWN

OVERVIEW

A man hires a Los Angeles bounty hunter named Beck (The Rock) to travel to the Amazon jungle to retrieve his smart-mouthed, dimwitted, double-dealing son, Travis (Seann William Scott), who's been leading a life of adventure in Brazil. But Travis is reluctant to leave, and when he tells Beck about hidden goldmines, the two join forces and head to Helldorado, where they encounter a mysterious woman (Rosario Dawson) and the town's half-crazed fortune-hunting leader (Christopher Walken).

UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN

OVERVIEW

In this film loosely based on Frances Mayes' popular memoir of the same name, Diane Lane plays a San Francisco author whose recent divorce leaves her suffering from depression and a nasty case of writer's block. On the advice of her best friend (Sandra Oh), the 35-year-old woman takes a vacation to the Tuscany region of Italy. She likes it there so much that she buys a villa in the town of Cortona. Her new life becomes even more exciting when she finds love in the arms of a handsome local (Raoul Bova).

LOST IN TRANSLATION

OVERVIEW

The second feature film from writer-director Sofia Coppola (The Virgin Suicides) is set in Tokyo, where two bored, melancholy Americans — a fading movie star (Bill Murray) shooting an ad for Suntory whiskey and a young married woman (Scarlett Johansson) with an ambitious, neglectful husband (Giovanni Ribisi) — become fast friends after meeting in a hotel bar. The two spend an adventure-filled week together taking in the sights and getting to know each other.

NATIONAL LAMPOONS PRESENTS: DORM DAZE

OVERVIEW

A college student living with his little brother in a dorm hires Dominique, a prostitute, so that his younger sibling can finally lose his virginity. Hilarity of the highest order (read: pratfall after pratfall) ensues when a foreign exchange student also named Dominique is mistaken for the prostitute.

Murphy3 · 09-23-2003, 11:43 AM

early buzz on Lost in Translation is that Bill Murray's performance may be Oscar worthy...

Blonde Bomber · 09-23-2003, 11:53 AM

Here's a couple of pic's of Leatherface in the upcoming remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre....

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Blonde Bomber · 09-23-2003, 11:58 AM

Underworld 2 ?

Here's some qoutes I pulled for the sequal to Underworld.

09/18/03
Normally, a movie has to have box-office success before a sequel deal can be made, but not so for Underworld. "After the way it screened in Toronto, we made the deal," Sony Screen Gems President Clint Culpepper told Variety. "They loved it." (Variety)

Based only on the success of the Underworld premiere in Toronto, Sony Screen Gems has already made a deal for a sequel. There has been no news as to whether Kate Beckinsale or Scott Speedman will reprise their roles, but it's likely they will.

Murphy3 · 09-23-2003, 12:00 PM

Speedman definitely needs the role. hopefully kate will be in 2 as well.

leatherface looks like an X from here.

Blonde Bomber · 09-23-2003, 12:01 PM

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King update..

09/15/03
The 3-minute trailer will appear before showings of Secondhand Lions, beginning Sept. 26. Lions actually opens Sept. 19 but the trailer won't be in theaters until its second weekend. The word is the trailer will feature almost entirely new footage and that it could appear online before it hits theaters. (USA Today)

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Blonde Bomber · 09-23-2003, 12:03 PM

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Originally posted by: Murphy3
Speedman definitely needs the role. hopefully kate will be in 2 as well.

leatherface looks like an X from here.

they look good on my end...

u2sarajevo · 09-23-2003, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by: Blonde Bomber
Here's a couple of pic's of Leatherface in the upcoming remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre....

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Very creepy indeed.... well, that is if you are really creeped out by the color red and the letter X.

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Blonde Bomber · 09-23-2003, 12:09 PM

Batman 5 update......

09/11/03
Christian Bale is Batman! Warner Bros. made it official today. Filming is set to begin early next year. Said Nolan, "What I see in Christian is the ultimate embodiment of Bruce Wayne. He has exactly the balance of darkness and light that we were looking for." (Warner Bros.)

09/19/03
Expect more casting news soon, including (maybe) Kurt Russell as Commissioner Gordon. (Batman on Film!)

u2sarajevo · 09-23-2003, 12:11 PM

I did find these on the same website, from Texas Chainsaw Massacre:

Murphy3 · 09-23-2003, 12:11 PM

Needless to say, i'll be seeing Secondhand Lions this weekend or next

madape · 09-23-2003, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by: Blonde Bomber
Underworld 2 ?

Here's some qoutes I pulled for the sequal to Underworld.

09/18/03
Normally, a movie has to have box-office success before a sequel deal can be made, but not so for Underworld. "After the way it screened in Toronto, we made the deal," Sony Screen Gems President Clint Culpepper told Variety. "They loved it." (Variety)

Based only on the success of the Underworld premiere in Toronto, Sony Screen Gems has already made a deal for a sequel. There has been no news as to whether Kate Beckinsale or Scott Speedman will reprise their roles, but it's likely they will.

Yeah, good idea. Let's trust the brain-dead Canadians to determine what makes a successful Holywood movie. Only our intellectually comatose neighbors to the north would enjoy a two hour music video like Underworld. What's next, are we going to screen LOTR III in Syria, and then dump the project because they don't approve of the elvish women showing their ankles?

Big Boy Laroux · 09-23-2003, 02:51 PM

i have heard nothing but good things about lost in translation. a murray performance along the lines of rushmore, apparently.

if anyone goes to see "the fighting temptations" i will punch you in the face.

Murphy3 · 09-23-2003, 02:57 PM

i've heard that it's the best performance of Murray's career. He's really changed/grown alot as an actor over the years..but, stripes and caddyshack are still classics