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Friday, September 30, 2011

Sherpa's Top 10: Best young actors/actresses

One of the big movies opening today is "50/50," the story of a
young cancer patient and how he deals with this life-changing fact.
It stars two of the best young talents in movies, Joseph
Gordon-Leavitt and Seth Rogan.
With all that youth, I thought we'd


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Thursday, September 29, 2011

A second ‘New Year’s Eve’ trailer arrives: Everything old is new again

Earlier this summer, the first trailer for New Year’s Eve , Garry Marshall’s latest romantic comedy featuring a gaggle of stars celebrating a terrible holiday , featured Josh Duhamel spouting convenient, blanket statements about life (“Some people swear


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Casting News: D'Arcy, Snow, Sorvino


Cloud Atlas
James D'Arcy has signed on for the Wachowski and Tom Tykwer's ambitious ensemble "Cloud Atlas" adapted from David Mitchell's novel.
D'Arcy role is unspecified at present. He joins a cast that includes Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Natalie Portman,


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'Footloose' cuts some rug

Just last week, we were introduced to an eBay auction of a picture that the seller claimed was Nicolas Cage - from 1870. The seller suggested that the Oscar-winning actor was actually a vampire, which was his ironclad reasoning for how Cage manages to ap


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The Second New Year’s Eve Trailer Makes The Movie Look Even Cheesier Than Before

What’s new about the second New Year’s Eve trailer:
Abigail Breslin is Sarah Jessica Parker‘s daughter, which means SJP doesn’t seem like the sad sack costume designer she was portrayed as in the first trailer.
Jon Bon Jovi definitely plays a rock star:


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It’s the full length New Year’s Eve trailer

We’ve already seen the New Year’s Eve teaser trailer but now it’s time for the full, much longer trailer. This film definitely needs a bigger trailer, just to fit in all the cast members. The film, originally designed as a sequel to Valentine’s Day stars


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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

'New Year's Eve' second trailer too jam-packed with celebrities

Critics weren't too kind with last year's Valentine's Day, and it looks like things for this year's New Year's Eve aren't looking too good either.
The Hollywood Reporter reported the movie has too many famous people in it to be a success, and said it's a


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'New Year's Eve' trailer: It's like 'Valentine's Day,' but colder

We're of the opinion that New Year's Eve -- the actual holiday -- is often an over-hyped let-down.
We're not saying that's the case with the ensemble rom-com of the same name, but when the credits include Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashton Kutcher, Lea Michele,


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‘New Year’s Eve’ Trailer #2 and Poster

Posted on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 by Angie Han A new poster and trailer have dropped for New Year’s Eve , Garry Marshall ‘s follow-up to his commercial hit Valentine’s Day . The film appears to be essentially just Valentine’s Day with warmer clot


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Mira Sorvino cast as Abigail Breslin's alcoholic mother in 'The Class Project'


Mira Sorvino takes part in a panel discussion on the "American Masters" documentary "Seriously Funny - The Comic Art of Woody Allen" in Beverly Hills
Everything looked spectacular for Mira Sorvino in 1996. She'd just won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar


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New Year’s Eve Movie Trailer Released

Another new trailer for Gary Marshall’s star studded New Year’s Eve has been released. Check out the clip below that features Glee’s Lea Michele, Sienna Miller, Zac Efron, and more.
In a follow up to his previous romantic comedy Valentine’s Day, director


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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Casting Bits: Brian Geraghty in ‘Flight;’ Alexia Fast in ‘One Shot;’ Mira Sorvino in ‘The Class Project’

Commenting Rules: Keep the conversation civil and on topic. If your comment does not add to the conversation, it will be removed. Debate intelligently. Insulting the author, /Film, or other commenters will result in comment removal and possible ban. If y


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The Full New Year's Eve Trailer Debuts


The full trailer for the star-studded romantic comedy ensemble New Year's Eve has arrived at iTunes Trailers and is viewable in the player below with the just-released poster displayed beneath.

A thematic follow-up to the studio's Valentine's Day, the m


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Mira Sorvino To Headline The Class Project


Mira Sorvino has landed the lead in the upcoming true crime tale, The Class Project, to be directed by Stanley M. Brooks.

The film features Abigail Breslin and Georgie Henley (The Chronicles of Narnia) as Canadian sisters who have been at the mercy of


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Full Star-Studded Trailer of 'New Year's Eve' Unleashed

The new promo video of the star-studded romantic comedy sees what happens to celebrities like Zac Efron, Jessica Biel, Sarah Jessica Parker and others during the new year's eve.

















The full trailer of star-studded


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"New Year's Eve" Full Movie Trailer: Watch Now!

It consists of one of the most decorated staffs of any movie to date, and the full theatrical trailer for "New Year's Eve" has just been released.
The Garry Marshall directed follow-up to "Valentine's Day" follows "the lives of several couples and single


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Monday, September 26, 2011

Sorvino joins 'Class Project' cast

Mira Sorvino has joined the cast of the true crime tale "The Class Project," which just wrapped production under the direction of Stan Brooks.
Abigail Breslin and Georgie Henley ("The Chronicles of Narnia") star as Canadian sisters who have been at the m


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Friday, September 23, 2011

What not to watch this weekend


First the good news: Moneyball is scoring an amazing 95 per cent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes . I'm so there. Unfortunately for those of you who'd been looking forward to seeing where Taylor Lautner was going to take his impressive abdominal muscles promisin


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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

PICS: Katherine Heigl hits New Year's Eve set

It looks set to be one of the most star-studded casts of the year - and yesterday Katherine Heigl hit the New York set of movie New Year's Eve to take her place in the glittering line-up.  Filming kicked off on the big-budget movie - the follow up to the


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Jessica Biel Bounces About the Big Apple With a Baby Bump


Jessica Biel has a baby bump! But it’s not her love child with Justin Timberlake . The actress showed off her on-screen pregnant belly on the set of New Years Eve as she filmed with Seth Meyers Monday in NYC. And we have to say — pregnancy suits her! Jes


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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Nims Island


Nim (Abigail Breslin) is an 11-year-old girl living with her scientist father (Gerard Butler) on a remote island in the fictional South Asiatic Sea, and her only contact with the outside world is through email and a series of novels purportedly written b


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Zombieland


Dir Ruben Fleischer (US) Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin

Opens Dec 10

The latest in the zombie film genre, Zombieland revolves around four survivors of a zombie infestation who band up in an attempt to survive. Each goes b


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Jessica Biel: "New Year's Eve" Pregnant Pedicabber!

Juggling duties on two new films, Jessica Biel was hard at work on the set of "New Year's Eve" in New York City on Monday (September 19).
The 29-year-old actress - who also is in the midst of her "Total Recall" efforts - donned a faux pregnant belly as s


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Friday, September 16, 2011

December Release Schedule

Dec. 2 ANSWERS TO NOTHING The abduction of a child provides the background for six interweaving stories set in Los Angeles. With Elizabeth Mitchell, Dane Cook, Julie Benz and Barbara Hershey; Matthew Leutwyler wrote and directed. CAITLIN PLAYS HERSELF Jo


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Thursday, September 15, 2011

How does Parker do it? With ease

NEW YORK — Sarah Jessica Parker has traded in Carrie Bradshaws sexy Manolos for the quintessential symbol of practical parenthood: a minivan. The actress who once capered around Manhattan as the star of the seminal series Sex and the City now drives a ve


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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Abigail Breslin And Alessandro Nivola Share The Stage In Janie Jones Poster


Director David M. Rosenthals Janie Jones has been kicking around since it premiered one year ago at the Toronto International Film Festival, and then showed at Tribeca last April. The film has been landing solid reviews and will finally be seeing a relea


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New York Acting Schools & Coaches

The following is a list of New York–area stage and film acting
schools, teachers, and coaches organized alphabetically and by
category.
Each of the entries contains the following information, if
applicable: name of teacher or school, address, phone and f


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How does Sarah Jessica Parker do it? With ease

NEW YORK

Sarah Jessica Parker has traded in Carrie Bradshaw's sexy Manolos for the quintessential symbol of practical parenthood: a minivan. The actress who once capered around Manhattan as the star of the seminal series Sex and the City now drives a v


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Nimoy, Breslin, Goldblum Voice "Zambezia"


Leonard Nimoy, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum and Samuel L. Jackson have joined the voice cast for 3D animated feature "Zambezia" for Triggerfish Animation Studios says Screen Daily.
The action is set near one of the giant waterfalls along the Zambezi ri


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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Exclusive Puss in Boots poster

TODAY'S TOP MOVIE NEWS: TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER
New trailer for New Year's Eve, Remake of Point Break in the works

We weren't originally that excited about New Year's Eve, we'll be honest. But just watching the incredible  credits on this new trailer-


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Abigail Breslin to Star in A Virgin Mary

Abigail Breslin has grown up since her break-out role in 2006’s Little Miss Sunshine. She stretched her acting abilities in the drama My Sister’s Keeper and in the hilarious Zombieland back in 2009. Now the 15-year-old actress has landed the lead role in


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Didn't you wish they never grew up?

There are some characters who simply refuse to age. Some of these child actors, in memorable roles, became huge stars, some didn't.
But that doesn't mean we can ever forget them. Here's what they are up to now...
Abigail Breslin (15)
Early beginnin


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Here Are Some Afternoon Links!

Michelle Williams is very pretty as Marilyn Monroe in the newest Vogue. Ladies, don’t you wish you could be blonde for just like a day, if you aren’t blonde already and don’t want to dye your hair blonde at all? LADIES? -Vogue
Here’s an interview with Ch


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Exclusive: The Poster for Janie Jones


ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at the poster for Janie Jones, writer/director David M. Rosenthal's drama starring Abigail Breslin, Alessandro Nivola and Elisabeth Shue.

In the film, opening October 28, rocker Ethan Brand (Nivola) and his b


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Monday, September 12, 2011

'Zambezia' sets voice cast

Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy and Samuel L. Jackson have joined the voice cast for 3D animated feature ''Zambezia.''
Triggerfish Animation Studios, currently in production in South Africa on the pic, and international sales company Cinema


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Hollywood Voice Cast Lines Up for South African Animated Film

South Africa-based Triggerfish Animation Studios has tapped some Hollywood talent for its latest animated feature ZAMBEZIA. Variety reports that Abigail Breslin, Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard E. Grant, Jennifer Lewis and Jeremy


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Abigail Breslin will star in a comedy about teen sex

Our little miss sunshine is growing up! Even though the young actress is 15 years old, I still find her to be the most precious thing ever. After all, she won over my heart in several of my favorite films including my ultimate favorite Definitely, Maybe,


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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Empowering Women through 'Women and Girls Lead'

Now, back to movies in the mainstream. Two notable movies come to theaters today, Sept. 9. "Tanner Hall," a first feature written and directed by Tatiana von Furstenberg (Diane's daughter) and Francesca Gregorini (Barbara Bach's daughter, Ringo Starr's s


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Saturday, September 10, 2011

With '80s vibe, Hollywood retraces its steps

The upcoming movie season feels a bit like the second half of the 1980s, when studios were making big dramas and comedies, often with major stars. Those movies weren’t terribly risky but they were also satisfying entertainments that people wanted to see.


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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Rango Named Hollywood Animation Award Recipient!

Johnny Depp's quirky movie Rango is be awarded the 2011 Hollywood Animation Award at the 15th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards.
The movie, directed by Gore Verbinski, will be honored at the festival's gala ceremony on 24 October (


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Abigail Breslin: Starring in 'A Virgin Mary' with Keke Palmer!


Abigail Breslin’s has signed on to star in the coming-of-age indie comedy, A Virgin Mary.
According to a report by Variety, the 15-year-old actress will play a teen who vows to have sex with her best male friend if they’re still virgins by the time they


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Abigail Breslin Is A Virgin Mary

Abigail Breslin has signed on to star in the indie comedy A Virgin Mary, described as a coming-of-age story in the vein of Sixteen Candles.  Variety provides the logline: “Breslin will star as a teen who vows to have sex with her best male friend (Carter


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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Fall movie preview: Ides of March tops most anticipated list


Hartford Contemporary Film Examiner's Top 10 Fall Movies feature great characters, inspiring stories and spiritual insights. Apollo 18 has already opened, and is now playing at Bow Tie Palace 17 Theaters, Hartford, CT. Here are the movies and their relea


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Abigail Breslin Is 'A Virgin Mary'

Abigail Breslin, the 15-year-old starlet who earned her first Oscar nod at the tender age of 10, is taking it to the next level and becoming a woman… on the big screen that is.
The buzz around Tinseltown is that Breslin has just signed on to headline Bet


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H'wood Film Fest to laud 'Rango'

"Rango" will receive the Hollywood Film Festival's animation award.
Kudo, announced Tuesday, will presented at the festival's awards ceremony on Oct. 24 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Movies feature was directed by Gore V


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Rango To Be Honored at the Hollywood Film Awards

Press Release from Hollywood Film Festival
Hollywood, CA, September 06, 2011: The 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, have announced that "Rango" will receive this year's Hollywood Animation Aw


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Abigail Breslin lands A Virgin Mary role

Abigail Breslin has signed on to play a girl who agrees to have sex with her best friend if neither of them do by the time they turn 18 in 'A Virgin Mary'.
Abigail Breslin will star in indie comedy 'A Virgin Mary'.
The 'Little Miss Sunshine' star will ta


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Abigail Breslin Joins A Virgin Mary

First murder, now sex… It would appear that Abigail Breslin is looking to make her teenage cinematic years the time that she well and truly breaks out of the good girl mould. Her latest effort in that direction? Signing on to Beth Schacter’s indie comedy


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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Breslin to 'Virgin Mary'

Abigail Breslin is growing up on screen, commiting to topline Beth Schacter's indie comedy "A Virgin Mary" just weeks after signing on to the adult-themed true crime pic "The Class Project."
Schacter ("Normal Adolescent Behavior") wrote "Virgin Mary," de


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Abigail Breslin to Star in A Virgin Mary

Abigail Breslin has signed on to star in Beth Schacter's indie comedy A Virgin Mary, reports Variety. Schacter (Normal Adolescent Behavior) wrote the film.

Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine, Rango) will play a teenager who vows to have sex with her best mal


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Saturday, September 3, 2011

one of the key findings is that while most women now work outside the home

The point is to give them the information that they need and not extraneous information that can be harmful. I often focus on what is being done to prevent a given situation from happening in the future, and what steps we are taking as a family and a nat


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Friday, September 2, 2011

Two Sides: 'Janie Jones' and 'Margaret'

In a case of "similar but different", we have trailers from two films: both are titled after the teenaged female lead, both involve a sudden and dramatic change in their lives, but while one film focuses on a young girl bringing innocence to her absentee


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Abigail Breslin Rocks Out in the Janie Jones Trailer

When his band members can't deal with Ethan's reckless behavior anymore and abandon the tour, the father-daughter bonding can finally begin. Cue Ethan stumbling upon Janie playing the guitar in an empty alleyway, and the pair conveniently have a shared i


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PHOTOS: Abigail Breslin All Grown Up!

Remember the little girl from Little Miss Sunshine? The young actresses’ name is Abigail Breslin and she has down some growing up since the role that shot her into the spotlight. Abigail is now a gorgeous 15-year-old in major movies like My Sister’s Keep


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You Pick the Box Office Winner (9/2-9/5)

The first weekend of September will be a quiet one at the box office as all the big fall film festivals gear up to premiere a whole slew of awards contenders featuring some of Hollywood’s biggest heavyweights. This holiday weekend brings us a few scares


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'It was almost the perfect crime'


A Brantford author is about to have his true crime book about teenage sisters who drowned their mother made into a big-screen movie.
The movie about Bob Mitchell's book, The Class Project: How to Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada's Infamous Bathtub


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‘Janie Jones’ Trailer: Abigail Breslin Likely Steals the Show

Well, I hope if an old girlfriend dropped the daughter I never knew I had in my lap, I could at least have the pleasure of discovering she was named after one of the best early songs by The Clash. Janie Jones is both a TIFF 2010 film and the name of the


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Abigail Breslin Meets Her Rock Star Dad In First Trailer For Janie Jones

There are great movies that can be made based on the father-daughter dynamic. How could an adult male possibly know what a young girl is going through during adolescence? Sure, there are some connections that can be made, but overall growing up as a boy


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'Hedgehog' bristles with French charm

One of the standouts of this summer’s Museum of Fine Arts’ annual Boston French Film Festival, “The Hedgehog” is a real charmer.
Its most noteworthy element is its depiction of a friendship that develops between Renee Michel (veteran Josiane Balasko of “


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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Drafthouse/Mondo Unveil Their Second Mystery Movie Poster

A few months ago the Alamo Drafthouse and Mondo, created a new programming series: The Mondo Mystery Movie. Basically, Mondo was planning a series of screenings of unknown films - could be vintage, could be new - and comissioning a poster for those who a


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