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Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson has been a
film critic for over forty years. Now retired, he taught film and
film criticim in the N.Y.C. school system and was a professor at St.
John's University. He has also acted in and directed off-Broadway
and community theatre productions.
C. J. Henderson A professional
writer for more than thirty years, CJ Henderson is the creator of the
Teddy London supernatural detective series, author of the Encyclopedia
of Science Fiction Movies, and some fifty other novels and books, as
well as the writer of hundreds of short stories and comics, and thousands
of non-fiction pieces.
Monis Rose
My name is pronounced like
"honest," but with a silent 'T'. I've been getting paid to review
movies since I was in 4th grade. Born and raised in the valley
of the well done, Phoenix, AZ, I am seeking the good life and a career
in show biz now in LA.
Tops at the Box Office
1. The Last Exorcism
2. Takers
3. Avatar 3-D (Re-release)
4. The Expendibles
5. Eat Pray Love
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Machete Controvery
In "Machete," the vengeful title character uses vicious
cutlery to butcher his enemies. This
first stab at Mexploitation, about a former federale who gets mixed
up in a messy conspiracy on the U.S. side of the border, could become
a political pinata. This could be a good thing or a bad thing for
the movie, but the film's star, Mexican-American Danny Trejo, thinks
people will be surprised.
"I think Arizona is going to like this
movie," said Machete star Danny Trejo. "It doesn't just
deal with the guy who comes over the border to support his family;
it deals with the corruption on both sides -- the drug dealers, the
guys who are getting paid to bring people here and the politicians
who, any time they need a good platform, choose immigration. So the
feds may now really do something."
Good Vibes for Gyllenhaal, Dancy
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy will star in the romantic comedy Hysteria,
a tale that charts the invention of the vibrator in Victorian England
which Paris-based Elle Driver is selling internationally. Forthcoming
Films, Beachfront Films and Informant Media are behind the picture.
The cast includes Jonathan Pryce and Rupert Everett.Shooting is to start
in London and Luxembourg in October. Dancy will play the doctor Mortimer
Granville who champions the vibrator while searching for a cure for
a women's unexplained anger. Sparks fly when Granville is challenged
by a noted female physician's daughter (Gyllenhaal) who deems the device
to be frivolous.
Steve Carrell New Project
When Steve Carell is to star in the Hollywood remake of the 2008 Argentinian
comedy A Boyfriend For My Wife, according to Variety. The
original movie revolves around a timid husband who believes the only
way out of his stifling marriage is to get his wife to fall in love
with another man, so he enlists the help of a legendary yet unlikely
Lothario. Juan Taratuto directed the original. Carell will produce
the new movie over at Warner Brothers.
Mission Impossible 4
Jeremy Renner has been cast in the fourth installment of the spy franchise,
opposite Tom Cruise who is all set to reprise his role of Ethan Hunt.
Paramount has been looking at
Tom Hardy and Chris Pine for the lucrative role, but after those actors
were solidly booked, and after they apparently decided against the likes
of alleged candidates Kevin Zegers, Christopher Egan and Anthony Mackie,
they went with Renner, who could take over the franchise should Tom
Cruise bow out later on.
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