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May 2006
Week of May 8th through May 12th



SUMMER PREVIEW 2006
 
With Tom Cruise starting the summer season with Mission: Impossible:3, expect the battle for box office supremacy to be fierce. There are sequels, remakes and plenty of comedies and romantic films for all to enjoy. From Poseidon to Over The Hedge, to X-Men: The Last Stand to Superman Returns, who will win out in the end? There could also be a few surprises like last year's Murderball. It could be independent films like The Heart of the Game or Trust The Man. And then there's Snakes on a Plane with Samuel L. Jackson. Let the fun begin! Click here to see what's coming up this summer.


 

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Summer Preview 2006
Let the summer season begin: MI3, X-Men: The Last Stand, Superman Returns, Miami Vice, Snakes on a Plane and many more.
 
50 CENT news

Rapper 50 Cent to "Live Bet" for Universal Picturess
 
RESIDENT EVIL update

Ashanti joins Ali Larter and Chris Egan in "Resident Evil: Extinction".
 
MORGAN FREEMAN news

Freeman to do "The Feast of Love"
 
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: 3 - An Interview with Ving Rhames

Rhames goes over his role, coming back for another mission and working with Cruise again.
 
Down in the Valley- An Interview with Ed Norton

Norton goes his character and trying to revisiting the western genre.  
 
The Proposition : - An Interview with Guy Pierce & Danny Houston

Both actors talks about their experiecnce on this film.
SPECIAL ARTICLE: LOWERING THE BAR

Anonymous critic talks about the state of black films.
TALK TO ME official update

Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor set for Kasi Lemmons' film on radio DJ Petey Greene.
THE 6th ANNUAL FEST AFRIQUE 360

OPENING NIGHT SELECTIONS FOR THE AGORA LUMIERE CINEMA SERIES


OCEAN'S 13 update

Latino Review has posted a script review of the film.
HALLE BERRY news

Berry to join Del Toro in "Things We Lost in the Fire".
SAW III news

Bell, Meyer, and Smith to reprise roles with Soomekh added to cast
Jamie Foxx news

Garner joins Foxx in Peter Berg's helmed thriller "The Kingdom".
ANTOINE FUQUA news

Rhona Mitra joins Wahlberg in Antoine Fuqua's political thriller "Shooters".
M:i:3 NYC Premiere Photos

Premiere Photos
RUSH HOUR 3 news

The third pic aims to opens up next summer
Tribeca Film Festival update

"Mini's First Time" picks up a distributor.
IRON MAN NEWS

IESB.net has a piece on Director Jon Favreau and his vision of Iron Man
Superman Returns Update

New trailer online
TERRENCE HOWARD NEWS
Howard to joins Gere in "Spring Break in Bosnia".
 
CASINO ROYALE update
Commanderbond.net has the first look a new James Bond poster
 
Akeelah and the Bee: An Interview with Angela Bassett:
Bassett talks about her character, working with Fishburne again, and her upcoming projects.
 
Will Smith News


Smith finally confrimed to do "I am Legend".
 
Halle Berry News


Berry and Morgan Freeman to do "The Patient" for Director Jean-Claude La Marre
 
United 93: Cast Interviews
Director Paul Greengrass
National Operations Manager Ben Sliney
 
RV: Cast Interviews
Robin Williams
Cheryl Hines
Joanna “JoJo” Levesque
 
April DVD Releases

The month of April end with Aeon Flux, Casanova, Match Point, and Tristan and Isolde.
 
X-Men The Last Stand : Bill Duke Interview

Duke goes over his character in the X-Men, directing ?Cover? and his view on the film version of ?Miami Vice?, having directed some of the TV episodes.
 
Silent Hill : Radha Mitchell Interview

Mitchell goes over her appeal for the film, her love of the sci-fi, horror genre, and balancing those films with her independent films.
 

 
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Steppin'

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Superman Returns
X-Men 3
Mission Impossible 3
Idlewild
Black Snake Moan
Bandidas
Casino Royale
Awake
The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
Infamous
School for Scoundrels

Factory Girl

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Harsh Times
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Five Fingers
See No Evil
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Pulse

Just My Luck

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SCOOP

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Waist Deep

In The Land of Women

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John Tucker Must Die

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Lady in the Water
Premium

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Jump Shot
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Lonely Hearts
A Scanner Darkly
Edison
Shadowboxer

 

Reviews

Latest Review Additions:
  
w ON THE OUTS DVD(in Film )

Shot documentary style against graphic urban backdrops in gritty environs, the movie is nothing if not convincing in delivering a gripping authentic air.

w Art School Confidential (in Film )

Art School Confidential is an ingenious satire of the pretentious mindset of the elitist art world from the perspective of a rapidly-disillusioned kid who had no idea what he was getting into.

w Munich DVD (in Film )

Riveting Spielberg Espionage Thriller Out on DVD

w MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: 3 (in Film )

Though the plot is a bit convoluted and Hoffman doesn’t do much as the villain, there’s plenty of action and suspense that will satisfy all those that want to see Cruise in high gear and run like crazy

w Water (in Film )

There are many issues raised here and Mehta explores them to a great degree. Water” is luminous, educational, and compelling.

w La Mujer De Mi Hermano (in Film )

Notwithstanding its directorial weaknesses, the film is appealing enough, albeit in a telenovela sort of way, to leave a lasting impression on American audiences.

w Akeelah and the Bee (in Film )
This touching tale shares a bounty of uplifting messages while taking you on an emotional roller coaster ride guaranteed to leave you wiping away the tears, and on more than one occasion.
 
 
w United 93 (in Film )
Be prepared for an emotional and realistic ride on United 93.
 
w Clean (in Film )
A worthwhile examination of the crash landing of a delusional junkie with an attitude who’s been behaving like a spoiled-rotten diva.
 
w Aeon Flux (in Film )
The film features a mind-bending, sci-fi plotline that is actually more engaging than that of your average futuristic adventure.
 
w Preaching to the Choir (in Film )
Preaching to the Choir features the same Prodigal Son plotline. Yet, this hastily-mounted, sloppily-edited production is so poorly executed that it fails to measure up to the original in terms of quality.
 
 
w Scary Movie 4 (in Film )
Zucker relies on the services of an expanded principal cast plus a boatload of celebrity cameos to keep his clever combination of slapstick, sight gags, and bodily-function humor unfolding at a rapid fire pace.
 
w Kinky Boots (in Film )
"Kinky Boots" is a heartwarming tale about the unlikely friendship forged between a black drag queen and the recently-engaged heir to a shoe factory fortune.
 
w Sisters in Law (in Film )
Sisters in Law packs a powerful punch by exposing the evils of a patriarchal culture inclined to look the other way whenever men oppress women.
 
w Irish Jam DVD (in Film )
This transparent romantic comedy unfolds fairly predictably, relying on lots of simplistically-drawn stereotypes at every turn, such as its portrayal of the Irish as hot-headed drunkards and blacks as superficial simpletons.
 
w Ellie Parker DVD (in Film )
The only flaw of this flick, which is admittedly amusing in spots, lies in its aforementioned poor quality cinematography which intermittently interferes with one’s ability to concentrate on an otherwise engaging story.
 
w Phat Girlz (in Film )
Phat Girlz fails to do a decent job of convincing the audience of its basic premise that being morbidly obese is a condition which deserves to be celebrated.
w 95 Miles To Go (in Film )
What makes 95 Miles to Go so appealing is how Ray Romano so effortlessly conveys the sense that he’s the same approachable guy offstage that you see on TV and onstage.
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