Once upon a time, Julia Roberts was America’s sweetheart. She captured our hearts with Steel Magnolias and Pretty Woman and won an Oscar for Erin Brockovich about a decade later. Fast forward 10 years, and Roberts decides to have a little fun playing against type in Tarsem Singh’s Mirror, Mirror.
Teen movies are a dime a dozen. Most tend to follow similar if not identical plots, and they usually aren’t interesting enough to merit continual looks at their protagonists. 1999’s American Pie, however, defied those odds, spawning three sequels, one of which, American Reunion, hits theaters this weekend.
In what can best be described as two wealthly little girls fighting over who gets to play with the newest Barbie doll first, Lionsgate and 20th Century Fox have worked out their schedules so Jennifer Lawrence can star in the sequels to both The Hunger Games and X-Men: First Class.
Universal looks to keep spinning in circles: after shooting down a number of potential new series, it has been announced that The Mummy will be getting the reboot treatment.
Knowing Mr. James Cameron and his often compulsive eye for detail, we can certainly expect an all-encompassing 3D conversion of 1997 classic Titanic, due in theaters today. I mean, sure, everybody has been waiting 15 years to be wacked in the face by Kathy Bates’ frilly hat, to practically feel the scruff of Captain Smith’s beard and re-live in vivid detail Kate Winslet’s incredibly unsuccessful suicide attempt, but let’s just pick five. Bon Voyage.
What will you be doing two years from today? Well, if you’re a superhero movie fan who doesn’t see movies on Fridays, there’s a good chance you’ll be seeing the sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger. Disney and Marvel Studios have set the film for April 4, 2014.
Be calm childhood memories, as it seems that the feature-film future of one of television’s most beloved Saturday morning cartoon characters is in the (mostly) capable hands of Universal and Illumination Entertainment.
