June 2008 News Archive (Page 18)

Not everyone wants to deal with the pressures of sex (and the city).

Nor do they need the dizzying action of an iron man or an aging archaeologist.

Therefore, for those seeking lighter fare this summer movie season, there's Kung Fu Panda. The animated film features the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie. Here's a summary of its recent reviews...

- I'm no fan of casting big movie stars as voices in animated films, but Black and Hoffman have great fun taking their characters from exasperated adversaries to bedgrudging comrades... -- MSNBC

- This is a solid family film material, although one suspects the children will get a little more out of it than their parents... -- ReelViews

- Kung Fu Panda may be on the higher edge of the middle rank of computer-animated films, but it'll still provide your kids with a fairly respectable mix of action, amazement and amusement... -- Cinematical

- Though aimed primarily at youngsters, Kung Fu Panda embraces humor that plays well across age groups and nationalities... -- Hollywood Reporter

On December 12, a woman falls in love with a vampire in Twilight.

As you might expect, this causes more problems for the couple than Romeo had with Juliet. Check out the film's trailer now:

With Semi-Pro arriving on DVD tomorrow, it's time to relive some of the classic lines uttered by the movie's main character, Jackie Moon.

Check out a sampling below and then be sure to browse though our complete collection of Semi-Pro Quotes. Enjoy...

Jackie Moon: No refunds, consider your refund escaping this death trap with your lives!

Jackie Moon: In the anals of history people are going to be talking about three things: the discovery of fire, invention of the submarine, and the Flint, Michigan Mega Bowl.

Jackie Moon: If you see an opposum, kill it. It's not a pet.

Jackie Moon: It's like the Titanic but with bears!

Jackie Moon: I am great at free throws. Seriously, free throws are, like, my best thing.

A record-breaking number of people went to see the Sex and the City movie this weekend. Now, those same people can purchase the movie's soundtrack through our site.

Moreover, our staff had added the following film soundtracks to our pages:

• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
• Kung Fu Panda
• The Love Guru

Enjoy them all!

If you don't know Zoe Saldana now, give yourself a year or so.

The actress will be appearing in Avator and the new Star Trek movie in 2009. She recently spoke to ComingSoon.net about the latter project:

I know you can't tell me too much about "Star Trek" but can you talk about the experience at all? What was it like to step into those iconic shoes â€" or boots as the case may be?
Zoe Saldana: It was amazing! It was a humbling experience. I met Nichelle Nichols, I worked with Leonard Nimoy. I was not a "Star Trek" fan before the film. Now I can honestly say that out of respect for the pioneers of this amazing conception, I am. They are amazing.

They are the most graceful actors I have ever met. To work with J.J. [Abrams] I just hold him in the highest regard. Up there with James Cameron and Steven Spielberg, they are my idols and my everything. J.J. I hold in that regard and at that level. He's younger and those directors, Steven would go to the set constantly to visit him and lend his support to J.J. and Jim invited him to the ["Avatar"] set to go see it.

I don't know who was more in awe. It's amazing to witness that and be in the middle going "Oh my God." I feel like the selfish one because I'm working with all of them. I feel very blessed and I think "Star Trek" is going to be amazing. Have you seen the trailer? It says "Under Construction"? I got goose bumps! I'm like "Dude! What are you doing?"

It's amazing.

John Stevenson is the co-director of Kung Fu Panda. He recently spoke to ComingSoon.net about the upcoming film...

You've been in animation long enough to know that a lot of ideas end up being recycled whether it's the penguins of "Happy Feet" and "Surf's Up" or "Antz" and "A Bug's Life." "Kung Fu Panda" is a completely new and original idea and it's surprising that no one has thought of doing some kind of kung fu movie with talking animals before.

Who came up with that?
Stevenson: Yeah, it was a big high concept idea that had been at the studio that everybody had liked the idea and the sound of, but it hadn't found its voice when I started working on it. When Mark Osborne and our producer Melissa Culp came onto the film, it had been an idea in search of an execution.

I think the way it had started was more leaning towards parody and sort of a spoof and those kinds of choices, which we didn't think were very interesting. I don't really think parody stuff plays much longer than about a ten-minute "Saturday Night Live" sketch. It doesn't emotionally involve you, it doesn't hook you in, and the other thing was that we love martial arts movies.

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On June 13, we'll find out just what's happening.

As usual, M. Night Shyamalan isn't about to reveal what his latest movie about. But here's a look at a few photos from The Happening at least. It stars Mark Wahlberg as a teacher, husband and father.

Click on the following thumbnails to see larger pictures from The Happening:

The soundtrack for Wanted - which stars Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy - is now being previewed at the movie's MySpace page.

The soundtrack will be available to the public June 24. It features an original score by Danny Elfman, plus a new song by Elfman with the composer on vocals.

The adaptation of Mark Millar's graphic novel, Wanted hits theaters on June 27.

Bryce Dallas Howard is in negotiations to replace Charlotte Gainsbourg in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gainsbourg was originally set to portray Kate Connor, the wife of everyone's favorite human resistance leader, John Connor (Christian Bale). But the actress had to bow out due to scheduling conflicts with another film

Howard last starred as Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3 and next stars in the The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond.

No surprise that Sex and the City: The Movie was tops at the box office this weekend - but few could have predicted that the film's estimated $55.7 million would make it the best opening ever for an R-rated comedy.

Will the fabulous foursome return for a Sex and the City sequel?

Here's a rundown of the top five from this week:

1. Sex and the City: The Movie: $55.7 million
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: $46 million
3. The Strangers: $20.7 million
4. Iron Man: $14 million
5. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: $13 million