Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn may not have enjoyed spending a quartet of Christmases with their families, but movie goes sure got a kick out of it.
Here's a look at this weekend's complete top five at the box office:
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Twilight star Kristen Stewart is excited about the recently-announced sequel to her her movie: New Moon, which will be based on the best-selling novel by the same name begins shooting in March.
"A lot of the book takes place in Italy, and I think we're going to get to go to Italy, which is so cool," Stewart said. "For a while there, they were like, Oh, we don't know if we have the money, but now I think we may have the money!"
Hugh Jackman who?
While the actor that plays Wolverine is understandably receiving a great deal of attention for the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine, don't forget about Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch.
Here's a shot of that rising star in the role of card-throwing Remy LeBeau, aka Gambit.
Kitch actually received the biggest reaction during the X-Men Origins: Wolverine teaser at this summer's ComicCon, prompting Jackman himself to say:
“He raised the roof. I was a tad jealous!”
Forget politics. Frost/Nixon is more like a boxing match, replete with training and then a four-round battle of an interview.
Read our complete Frost/Nixon review now and learn more about the drama.
Melissa Rosenberg, one of the screenwriters behind Twilight, has spoken out about the challenges of adapting a best-selling novel into a blockbuster movie.
The executive producer on Dexter told TV Guide she tried to adapt the novel, rather than using it as a "jumping off point."
"We knew that if we were true to the book, if we honored it, fans would come with us," she said.
Rosenfeld saw a significant numbers of parallels between writing Twilight and writing for Showtime's Dexter, which chronicles the double-life of a serial killer.
"In both cases there is, at the center, a character who is not human, and seeks to be human," she said. "He passes as human, and is fascinated by humanity. What you get with characters like that is their exploration of what it is to be human, so it's a wonderful exploration, storytelling-wise, of that question exactly, and all the subtleties of it.â¨â¨..
The grandest scope of love and commitment and the smaller things, like physical warmth, that appeals to me. That's what storytellng is at its heart, the exploration of the human condition."
The likelihood of a Hairspray sequel just grew stronger than ever.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, director Adam Shankman talked about the follow-up to the original Zac Efron musical:
"We just got an outline and some ideas from John Waters, and now we're going out to writers," Shankman said, adding that the story will follow Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) and her friends as they navigate the "next era of music," the late '60s.
"That period was superpolitical, it was a time of serious change."
According to Shankman, Link (Efron) will become steeped in the British Invasion: "We're trying to track, in a comedic way, the historical elements."
Hairspray 2 will be released in July 2010.
Warning, semi-Star Trek spoiler ahead:
Spock has gotten old.
In the following images from this May's Star Trek remake, Leonard Nimoy makes a cameo in the role that made him famous. The character has never looked wiser... or older:
Compare pics of Nimoy's old Spock with Zachary Quinto's new, younger Spock now.
Sam Worthington's Marcus Wright squares off against Christian Bale's John Connor in Terminator Salvation.
Months before the movie's May 22 premiere, though, the actors are already butting heads. Sort of.
A few weeks ago, Bale casually mentioned that the latest installment in this franchise was "alright." Worthington has now responded to that possible slight:
"From my own eyes and early screening of Terminator Salvation, I can say that what I have seen and what McG is putting together is exciting and a thrilling ride. And with that he is always striving to maintain strong emotional journeys and the truth of this world. I consider the movie beyond, 'alright.'
I consider where they are at in the post production process and [director] McG's constant effort, is to make a movie rooted in diehard mythology but also to advance the series. And I believe McG has something to prove and like any good man is willing to risk and has to put himself on the line - to 'man up' and deliver beyond 'alright!!'"
We hate to break this to you, ladies, but: He’s Just Not That Into You.
The movie - based on a book that focuses on men and women's contrasting views of relationships - opens February 6. Its cast includes Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Drew Barrymore, Ben Affleck, Justin Long, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Connelly and Ginnifer Goodwin.
Here's the film's first trailer:
With students home on break and work days being cut short, Hollywood is taking advantage of the influx of movie goers this week. Three new films open nationwide. Here's a closer inspection of each...
Four Christmases
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon
Quick synopsis: A couple must spend the holidays with four dysfunctional families.
Prediction: The perfect holiday date movie; a modest hit.
Transporter 3
Stars: Jason Statham
Quick synopsis: Frank Martin is back, and ready to transport some more!
Prediction: Viewers may finally tire of this franchise; barely in the top five at the box office.
Australia
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman
Quick synopsis: An English aristocrat teams up with a stock-man during pre-World War II Australia.
Prediction: A box office bust; too sprawling, too serious.
