With significant roles in several high-profile pictures this year, including awards contenders like The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life, Jessica Chastain boasts a fine reputation for her cinematic omnipresence. What’s more, she’ll soon share the screen with a major star.
Ben-Hur is often cited as a classic epic movie, winning 11 Oscars and becoming one of the influence on Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. It is still a highly regarded movie and it is Player Affinity’s Recommendation of the Week. This DVD and Blu-ray box-set has five discs containing documentaries, commentaries and even the 1925 silent movie.The other major DVD and Blu-ray releases are the mega blockbuster
Transformers: Dark of the Moon and the full six hour cut of Carlos. For
you music fans, there is concert movie Nirvana: Live at the Paramount and
horror fans have Mimic and Basket Case to look forward to.
Coming just a week after a boatload of bad PR, Netflix has just inked a deal with DreamWorks Animation, replacing the company’s long-standing deal with HBO. This marks the first time a major studio has opted to go with an exclusive agreement with a streaming web service over pay-TV.
Simba once again lead his
pride to victory at the box office, narrowly beating out two strong debuts from
Moneyball and Dolphin Tale while two new action releases, Abduction and Killer Elite,
saw wimpy debuts in fourth and fifth.
A special team in baseball must defy greater odds than in nearly every sport. That’s why we get a lot of baseball movies. The movies have given us a number of memorable baseball teams and here are some of the best.
Many of you might be wondering about Marvel Studios’ post-“Avengers” plan for Captain America. While out doing press for his new film Puncture, star Chris Evans has voiced his speculation on when we will see the next solo feature for the Star-Spangled Kid.
Despite names such as Natalie Portman, Emma Stone, Mia Wasikowska and Anne Hathaway all crossing paths with the project in one form or another, “Zombies” has yet to find a leading lady. Now, Blake Lively has met with director Craig Gillespie and is being considered for Elizabeth Bennet.
