Bottom Line: A lively though disjointed 3D cartoon that never quite entices an audience to invest emotionally in its fantasy world. "How to Train Your Dragon" pits dragons against Vikings with one small child standing between them crying, "Why can't we all just get...
PRESS ARCHIVES
Month: March 2010
How to Train Your Dragon
A Paramount release of a DreamWorks Animation presentation. Produced by Bonnie Arnold. Executive producers, Kristine Belson, Tim Johnson. Co-producers, Karen Foster, Doug Davison, Roy Lee, Michael Connolly. Directed by Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois. Screenplay, Will...
Blade of a Knife: Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus Blog: Exclusive Concept Art and News From His New War Film, Which Starts Shooting This Week
Welcome to the new blog, dedicated to Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut, Coriolanus. I'm a fan and a friend of Ralph's and am hugely excited for his film, which is a contemporary version of Shakespeare's play. Videos, pictures, interviews, background info, and regular...
Movie Review: The Bounty Hunter
Three films into his romantic comedy career Gerard Butler has finally reached “watchable.†With The Bounty Hunter, the bemused Scots leading man comes closer to setting off sparks with his newest leading lady, Jennifer Aniston. Well, closer than he came with...
Review: Aniston and Butler in `The Bounty Hunter’
In Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight," George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez memorably created romantic sparks while huddled in the trunk of a car. By contrast, the action-laden romantic-comedy "The Bounty Hunter" begins with Jennifer Aniston bursting out a trunk in a...
LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF DREAMWORKS ANIMATION’S “HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON”
WHEN: Sunday, March 21, 2010, Promptly at 3:00 p.m. Arrivals begin at 2:00 p.m. Photo call for dragon training is at 1:30 p.m. Press invited to "train dragon" at: 12:30 p.m. WHERE: GIBSON AMPHITHEATRE 100 Universal City Plaza Universal City, CA 91608 WHO: Cast members...
Fiennes shoots on location in Pancevo
The filming process of the film Coriolanus, directed by Ralph Fiennes, begins today in the Serbian town of Pancevo and will continue over the following three days at locations near the local high school and old Vajfert brewery. The first scenes to be shot during the...
Ralph Fiennes makes directorial debut in Serbia
BELGRADE — British actor Ralph Fiennes began shooting Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" in Belgrade on Wednesday, making his directorial debut as well as starring alongside Gerard Butler and Vanessa Redgrave. The team will be shooting for two months in the Serbian capital...
Gerard Butler arrives for Late Night (Blog)
It is another great week for Gerard Butler fans. Not since Law Abiding Citizen will we have seen Gerry as much as we will get to see him on different chat shows and premieres. He is not only promoting his romantic comedy with Jennifer Aniston entitled The Bounty...
How to Train Your Dragon Review
How to Train Your Dragon, the new 3-D digital fable from DreamWorks Animation (it opens March 26), has a kinetically dreamy, soaring-through-the-air effervescence. On some level, though, it's just the sweetly simple tale of a boy and his dog. The boy, Hiccup (Jay...
DreamWorks’ “Dragon” has no fire
"How to Train Your Dragon" pits dragons against Vikings with one small child standing between them crying, "Why can't we all just get along?" The Vikings are all brawn and matted, bushy hair -- and there's an implication of not much brains -- while the dragons are a...
Ralph Fiennes filming “Coriolanus” in Serbia
BELGRADE (Reuters) – After two years struggling to win funding amid the global financial crisis, actor Ralph Fiennes said on Wednesday he would start filming his directorial debut of a Shakespeare tragedy next week in Serbia. Filming of "Coriolanus" will start in...
‘Coriolanus’ adds Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox
[i]Join Gerard Butler in Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut[/i] LONDON -- Brian Cox and Vanessa Redgrave are to appear together on the big screen in Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut "Coriolanus," fresh from the duo teaming up for the small screen update of "The Day of...
Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston heat up W Magazine
Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston take to the desert in a steamy cover shoot for W Magazine. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-30536-Gerard-Butler-Examiner~y2010m3d10-Gerard-Butler-and-Jennifer-Aniston-heat-up-W-Magazine]Read more...
Fiennes picks domestic actors
The filming of Coriolanus, as directed by Ralph Fiennes begins in ten days in Belgrade, while the list of local actors to play alongside stars such as Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler and Vanessa Redgrave is gradually being finalized. The Serbian actors and actresses...
Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson: Vikings at Heart
Hilarious. Outlandish. Scottish. Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson, friends for over two decades, finally come together (well, sort of) on the big screen through Dreamworks' latest animated adventure, How to Train Your Dragon, opening March 26. Their vocal...
Gerard talks Coriolanus
Gerard told me he's off to Belgrade, where he will star with Ralph Fiennes in Coriolanus. The film marks Fiennes's debut as a film director. He has wanted to make a film of the Bard's great war drama ever since he starred in an Almeida Theatre production at the old...
Celebrities Play Hollywood Dominoes for Peace and Justice
Celebrities en route to the Academy Awards this year will make a pit-stop beforehand to take part in the 3rd Annual Pre-Oscar Hollywood Domino Gala Benefiting Artists for Peace and Justice. The much anticipated dominos tournament of the Academy Awards, invites iconic...
‘Citizen’ repeats atop video charts
[i]'The Box' takes No. 4 sales spot; 'Informant!' grabs third slot[/i] Even with five new moderately successful features debuting on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, Anchor Bay's "Law Abiding Citizen" held firm on the top of all three national home video charts for the week...
Law Abiding Citizen Scores a Second Sweep of All Home Video Charts
Not even five new theatrical releases could stop Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx's new release from topping the charts for two weeks in a row. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Law Abiding Citizen took the top spot on all three charts for the second week in a row, for...
Review: How To Train Your Dragon
When I saw the first trailer for How To Train Your Dragon, I must admit it didn't pique my interest. A non-Pixar film is automatically fighting an uphill battle in the animation industry, and Dragon just didn't seem that interesting to me. So I practically surprised...