Box Office: Who Will Win the Weekend? 'Alice' Again?

In terms of movie seasons, Alice in Wonderland kicked off what I like to call the Prelude to the Summer – that two-month span before May where the films are big, yes, but not monstrous. This is a time to prepare for summer; like spring training, but for movies. Alice blew the box office wide open last week with a whopping $116 million, but that was with no competition. This week sees four new wide releases, and each title has real potential to put a stop to Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter.   She's Out of My League   What's the Scoop: Your choice for funny this weekend, Jay Baruchel stars as a skinny nerd who does a favor for a girl way out of his league and somehow winds up wooing her, much to the dismay of his baffled friends.   Why It Might Win the Weekend: Judd...

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Hugo Weaving to Play Villain in 'Captain America'

Though we don't have our Captain America just yet, it looks like that's not stopping Marvel from casting the film's main villain. The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Hugo Weaving will play the Captain America villain Red Skull, who, in the comics, was the superhero's arch-nemesis and right-hand man to Hitler during World War II. The story goes that both remained in suspended animation following a battle and were revived in modern times to do battle once again. Weaving, of course, has already played one classic villain – that of Agent Smith in the Matrix trilogy. Though he turned good for the Lord of the Rings franchise (man, Weaving is a franchise machine!), he's always been great as a villain. This is definitely inspired casting, and I can't wait to see Weaving back in a...

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The Five: Hottest Films Playing SXSW 2010

What’s that? Another film festival? No, actually, SXSW (or South By Southwest) is not just another film festival – it’s actually one of the hippest, liveliest festivals you can attend all year. Based in Austin, Texas, SXSW includes three festivals in one: an interactive festival, a film festival and a music festival -- and as far as the film festival goes, there’s always a slew of really hot new buzzed-about films that are either hitting theaters real soon, or haven’t even been discovered yet. Which titles should you be interested in keeping an eye out for? Here are five of my most anticipated …   Kick-Ass   What’s It About: The opening night film of the festival, Kick-Ass is based on the graphic novel about an ordinary...

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Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning Rock Out This Music Video

Before you get to watch Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning star opposite one another in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, you’ll get to see them rock out hardcore in The Runaways, a biopic about that legendary all-female band from the ‘70s who tore up the rock scene doing the kind of illegal things you wouldn’t exactly want to write home about. Kristen Stewart stars as iconic rocker Joan Jett, while Dakota Fanning plays Cherrie Currie, and according to early reviews, not only do these two share a pretty intimate on-screen kiss, but the film also promises lots of hard drugs, loud rock and enough obscenities to make you forget Stewart is the same girl who also plays the sweet, innocent Bella Swan in those Twilight movies.   As part of the marketing for the film, MTV...

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‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ Trailer Has Arrived!

There is a god … and he’s a Twi-hard. The teaser trailer fans have been waiting months for has finally arrived online (it’ll also screen before prints of Remember Me this weekend), and, well, our hearts have officially stopped beating. Summit has released a minute and a half of pure, unfiltered, angsty teen relationship drama, with Bella (Kristen Stewart) trying to decide whether she wants to become a vampire in order to be with Edward (Robert Pattinson), while Jacob (Taylor Lautner) tries everything under the sun (including going topless in more than one scene) to get Bella to be with him instead.   Not only do they tease a tasty confrontation between Jacob and Edward, but there seems to be an intensity that keeps building in this trailer, especially when...

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Fanboy Fix: 'Superman' and 'Batman 3'

Christopher Nolan Talks New Superman Movie In an extensive editing bay interview with Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception), The Los Angeles Times managed to squeeze the first comments on Superman out of the elusive writer-director, admitting that the idea for the new film came out of frustration while working on the script for Batman 3 with Batman co-writer David Goyer, who turned to Nolan during the process and pitched his idea for the Man of Steel. Says Nolan, "I immediately got it, loved it and thought: That is a way of approaching the story I've never seen before that makes it incredibly exciting. I wanted to get Emma and I involved in shepherding the project right away and getting it to the studio and getting it going in an exciting way."   For now, Goyer...

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This Week on DVD: 'Up in the Air' and More

Up in the Air George Clooney plays basically a fictional version of himself as a playboy-slash-corporate hatchet man who flies all over to fire people so their bosses don't have to. On his way to earning 10 million frequent-flyer miles, a chance encounter with his female alter ego rocks his world. Extras: Deleted scenes, director commentary, trailers; the BD has additional deleted scenes and a music video.     Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire One of the year's most critically acclaimed films and the one that won Mo'Nique a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, this is the story of Claireece "Precious" Jones (Gabourey Sidibe), a teenager in Harlem enduring insufferable abuse that leaves her twice pregnant by her own father, the mother of a...

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'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Trailer…Almost!

In an effort to squeeze as much anticipation out of you until you quite literally burst in frustration, Summit Entertainment has released a 10-second preview of its upcoming full-length trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Sorry, but that wasn't a misprint – I really did say 10 seconds. Good news, though, is these 10 seconds are packed with enough romantic tension to have all Twi-hards obsessing for at least 24 hours, as that's how long you'll have to wait to see the full version. Yup, fear not all you anti-10 seconders, Summit will present the entire trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in glorious HD tomorrow morning online at 6am PST (9am EST), and you'll of course be able to see it on the big screen in front of prints of Robert Pattinson's Remember Me later this...

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Corey Haim Dies of Apparent Drug Overdose

After struggling with drug addiction for years, child actor (and '80s icon) Corey Haim finally succumbed to a disease he was just never destined to beat. The LAPD have confirmed that Haim passed away due to an apparent accidental drug overdose (read: it wasn't a suicide) at approximately 2:15am Wednesday morning after being found unresponsive at his apartment complex where he was home with his mother. All that was found with him were four prescription bottles, none of which were related to the flu-like symptoms he had prior to his death. As a child of the '80s myself, I hold a lot of the films Haim starred in close to my heart. He was like the Robert Pattinson of my generation, joining forces (on more than one occasion) with his best pal Corey Feldman on a number of quintessential...

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