Since Stop Loss came out in theaters today, we decided we'd bring you a nice photo montage from the war flick.
The movie stars Ryan Phillippe and has a powerful message about the U.S. Army's actual Stop Loss policy.
Enjoy the following photos and check out our Stop Loss quotes section that we'll be building over the upcoming weeks.
Fox has recently released a movie poster teaser for the upcoming untitled X-Files 2.
The sequel to the 1998 movie version of the X-Files comes out July 25, 2008. To say we're excited would be an understatement.
It's been 10 years, but Special Agents Scully and Mulder will be back on the big screen!
Stop Loss starring Ryan Phillippe was released in theaters today.
Stop Loss is a story about a Sgt. Brandon King's return from the Iraq war. As he attempts to readjust to life after war, the army tries to bring him back via the United States military's Stop Loss policy.
What did the critics think of this war movie?
In some ways, there is a grim, accidental timeliness in the release of Stop-Loss, which focuses on the ordeal of American soldiers in and out of combat -- New York Times
It's a remarkably entertaining movie, thanks in part to a first-rate cast and a director who knows you can't make a point without calling everyone to attention. -- Washington Post
A wildly uneven drama, by turns sincere and synthetic. -- Variety
Even when the script slips into sentiment, [director] Peirce sticks with her troubled, questing soldiers, and through this raw and riveting movie, they stick with us. -- Rolling Stone
Chapter 27 is an independent film that just saw limited release today.
Chapter 27 tells the story of the murder of rock icon John Lennon by Mark David Chapman. The movie stars Jared Leto with a lot of extra weight and Lindsay Lohan.
Just what did the critics think of this film?
Don't hammer this film for trying to get inside the head of Mark David Chapman before he shot John Lennon outside the rock legend's New York apartment on December 8th, 1980. Hammer it instead for failing to do so with any depth or insight. -- Rolling Stone
Even if you are only moderately curious about the events that led up to the pointless death of a musical icon, I think you'll find it a film of arm-twisting fascination -- New York Observer
In order to play John Lennon's assassin Mark David Chapman, actor Jared Leto gained some 70 pounds. Seemingly following his lead, the pic itself is heavy, lethargic, and exasperating. -- Variety
Chapter 27 is a smart attempt to distill the twisted psychology and motivation of Mark David Chapman, which we've all superficially gleaned through mass-media reports and intermittent updates on Chapman's incarceration. -- Hollywood Reporter
According to what Lindsay Lohan's rep told Entertainment Tonight, Lohan is going to be one of Charles Manson's devoted followers in the upcoming movie, Manson Girls.
Lindsay will play Nancy Pitman, a young girl from a wealthy Malibu family who becomes one of Manson's followers. She was not one of the "Family" members, but she did get convicted for being an accessory to murder.
We'll have more on this movie as it develops.
Today we added the 2006 comedy Accepted to Reel Movie News.
Accepted starred Justin Long, Jonah Hill (pre-Superbad fame), and the comedian Lewis Black.
Accepted is the story of a high school graduate, Bartelby (Justin Long), who gets rejected from every college he applies to. When he's unwilling to tell his parents he didn't get in anywhere, he creates his own school.
Enjoy the photo montage and 27 quotes we added to this movie.
Director Oliver Stone has finally cast the parents in W, his movie about George W. Bush's life and presidency.
James Cromwell will be playing former President George Herbert Walker Bush and Ellen Burstyn will be playing his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush according to Variety.
As we already know, Josh Brolin will play George W and Elizabeth Banks has been cast as Laura.
The movie begins filming in April and may possibly be ready before George W. Bush leaves office in November.
Michael Ian Black, the comedian that was made famous by MTV's The State, wrote the initial script for Run Fat Boy Run. Initially, Black planned on directing the movie himself.
However, Black sold the the script and it found its way to Simon Pegg, who rewrote the script, and director David Schwimmer.
With Run Fat Boy Run coming out this week, Movieweb had the chance to sit down with the original script writer in an interview. Here's a small excerpt:
Did you willingly give this script up to Schwimmer and Pegg? I know Pegg came in and did some rewrites.
Michael Ian Black: My intent was to either direct it or to sell it for a lot of money. And I did neither. It was not an easy thing to give up. There were many times along the way were I regretted giving it up. I was very nervous about reading Simon's rewrite when he did rewrite it. Because it was set in London, and I didn't know what he would keep and what he would get rid of. But then I was delighted when I read it. I thought he did a really great job. Story wise it is identical. He changed one character from Italian to Indian. And the relationship was different. In the original, the Italian guy had a much younger wife. Now, in this one, it is his daughter. He changed the ending a tiny bit, which I thought was for the better. He Anglo-sized it. For the most part, I thought he made it better.
So you never had any problems with him coming in and changing it up a bit?
Michael Ian Black: No. I think he is a great writer. I had no issues with him or his rewrite. I was happy that he got cast, and I was happy that he reworked it.
Did you have anything at all to do with it once it went into his hands?
Michael Ian Black: Not really. They invited me out to the set for a week. And I hung out. I saw some dingy parts of London. And I hung out with David Schwimmer a little bit. They treated me like a distant uncle that had come from across the pond to visit. And that is essentially what I was.
You can read the rest of the interview at Movieweb.
The upcoming Nicolas Cage remake of the 1999 Pang Brothers' popular Bangkok Dangerous just got its first teaser poster released to Comingsoon.net.
The remake is coming out August 22 and stars Nicolas Cage and is still directed by the Pang Brothers.
Bangkok Dangerous is about a hitman named Joe who goes to Bangkok to execute four enemies of a crime boss. In the remake Joe picks up a pickpocket as his errand boy and is no long deaf-mute as he was in the original. Instead his girlfriend is. Works for us.
Check out the following poster.
On Monday, we ran part one of a Q&A with Run Fat Boy Run's director, David Schwimmer. Today we bring you a few more questions from part two of MTV Movies Blog's Q&A:
IA Asks:
What are the differences between directing a feature film like "Run, Fat Boy, Run" compared to directing an episode of "Friends"?
DAVID Says:
There are so, so many differences, but the main thing is that on a film like "Fat Boy" we were outside on location (over 50 locations in about 35 days), so that brings a whole set of unpredictable problems that don't occur on a soundstage. Like noise from traffic or airplanes; the weather suddenly changing and you find yourself in a downpour; losing available daylight; losing a location that you've only budgeted one day for, so you have to complete the scene no matter what; police, traffic, crowd control, paparazzi getting in the way, etc. The list is very long!
ANNA K Asks:
If you could choose anyone to direct (living or dead), who would you pick and why?
DAVID Says:
Wow. That's a hell of a questionâ¦I think living, I'd love to work with Tom Hanks and Philip Seymour Hoffman. As for those who've passed, the first guys I think of are Jack Lemmon, Peter Sellers, Gregory Peck and Cary Grant. I think the why is obvious, no?
Read of the rest of part two of the Q&A MTV Movies Blog.