On paper, it has such potential: An intriguing setup, a beautiful setting, a young director who struck Oscar gold and two of the biggest names in show business to play his leads. All the pieces are set up, so how hard can it be for this to come out right? Unfortunately, The Tourist is another example of how style does not always equate to substance.
Sometimes, it’s all about the chemistry between actors. With the upcoming release of The Tourist, audiences will find stars Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp on screen together for the first time. Early reviews note how the film draws well on their combined star power, leading us at Player Affinity to ponder what other movies are remembered more for their lead stars’ performances/dynamic over the film itself.
‘Tis the season for Box Office Wizardry. All you have to do is predict which five movies will place in the top five of this weekend’s U.S. domestic box office. It’s that easy. I will make my own predictions here and explain them to you each week to give you some sort of reference point. It’s then your job to enter a comment with your top five.
One of the most highly anticipated film of the holiday season, The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader is about to be released. The Chronicles of Narnia is one of the most popular and praised children books and has spore a number of adaptations, so it is time for a retrospective and look into the future.
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy helped launch the careers of several prominent actors. By the time she played Galadriel, Cate Blanchett was an Oscar nominee but hadn’t connected much with the public, and up-and-comer Orlando Bloom was a complete unknown in Hollywood when stepping into the role of Legolas. Well, that all changed when this adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien-penned novels set the box office on fire: Blanchett now has an even balance of blockbuster and character-driven roles, while Bloom was able to snag some huge paydays for the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
Now it looks like the two actors will be making a return to Middle-earth in Jackson’s telling of The Hobbit; Deadline Hollywood reports that Blanchett is officially on board to reprise the role of Galadriel, while Bloom is apparently close to a deal.
I know you’ve been waiting all year for it, and here it finally is, the clip for The Beaver, about a depressed man (Mel Gibson) who wears a beaver puppet on his hand as a way to cope. Intrigued? Well take a peak. It’s Trailer Tracker.
Handing the directing duties of The Hobbit over to Peter Jackson has definitely helped Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) to free up space for his longtime labor of love, an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s novella At the Mountains of Madness.
