Sixteen-year-old Saoirse Ronan is clearly one of the most well respected actresses of her generation having been nominated for an Academy Award and picking her projects very carefully. And with the release of Hanna on the way she is about to break out of prestige pictures for more mainstream roles.
Born in New York in 1994, the Irish actress was born to acting stock, her father Paul having moderate success with roles in The Devil’s Own and Veronica Guerin.
There are those who would argue Jason Segel’s penis was the most memorable part of Forgetting Sarah Marshall. But long after the remnants of that infamous nude scene have (thankfully) escaped me, one glorious moment remains tattooed in my brain: It’s the moment we discovered a legend, an icon, a God among men. I’m of course talking about Russell Brand.
UPDATE: Sly made it clear that he won’t hop back in the director’s seat for this one, according to Deadline Hollywood. He will, however, reprise his role from the first film. The update was announced by a fansite called Expendables Premiere earlier this month, but Lionsgate and Maple Pictures didn’t confirm the news. Sly still plans to work on the film quite a bit, as he really wants Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger to again play their characters; this time they’d have bigger roles than the cameos they had in the first film.
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The Sylvester Stallone-helmed action flick The Expendables didn’t impress critics, but Sly’s passion project was beloved by many simply for being a throwback to old-school action films. Of course the fans wanted a sequel, and not too long ago it was announced that there’d be one.
Getting the cast members to come back for The Expendables 2 didn’t pose a problem, but nabbing a director has proven to be much more of a hassle. Well, we may have finally found that director, and if this ends up being the case, this apple doesn’t fall far from the tree at all.
Even though UConn has officially ended the NCAA tournament with an impressive win over Butler for the national title, the Sports Movie Madness tournament continues here at Player Affinity. We are down to the final eight movies, affectionately called “The Super 8,” each representing the best film of its respective sport according to you, the voters. Now, your vote will help directly determine the best sports movie of all time.
Have you ever gotten
through (or god forbid) enjoyed a bad movie simply because you were inebriated
at the time? All those Ed Wood’s and Friedberg Seltzer’s old there should be
praising the sauce and its ability to make dreck cinema tolerable. In honour of
the release of stoner comedy Your
Highness, which finds its stars under the influence of all sorts of funky
stuff, Player Affinity has assembled this helpful pamphlet to help you get
through those dark movie times.
In a world of competing “Snow White” feature film adaptations, every studio wants to have the “fairest of them all.” Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman took a bit of a hit a couple weeks ago when Viggo Mortensen backed out of the role of the Huntsman. Now, Deadline reports that Hugh Jackman has been offered the part.
