“Grown Ups,” starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade, is a comedy about five friends and former teammates who reunite years later to honor the passing of their childhood basketball coach. With their wives (Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph) and kids in tow, they spend the Fourth of July holiday weekend together at the lake house where they celebrated their championship years earlier. Picking up where they left off, they discover why growing older doesn’t mean growing up.
Release Date: June 25, 2010
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Director: Dennis Dugan
Screenwriter: Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf
Starring:
Adam Sandler
Kevin James
Chris Rock
Rob Schneider
David Spade
Salma Hayek
Maria Bello
Maya Rudolph
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for crude material including suggestive references, language and some male rear nudity)
Clive and Elsa are superstars of the genetic engineering world. They specialize in splicing together DNA from different animals to create fantastical new hybrids. The charismatic couple wants to use human DNA in a new hybrid – something that could yield astronomical medical benefits. The pharmaceutical company that funds their research, however, is more interested in exploiting their earlier triumphs for easier, short-term profit. Clive and Elsa secretly conduct their own experiment. The result is Dren: an amazing creature who exhibits an array of unexpected developments, both physical and intellectual. Dren exceeds their wildest dreams… and, ultimately, their most terrifying nightmare.
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Vincenzo Natali
MPAA Rating: R (for disturbing elements including strong sexuality, nudity, sci-fi violence and language)
Release Date: May 5, 2010 (NY; LA release: June)
Studio: Tribeca Film
Director: Josh Appignanesi
Screenwriter: David Baddiel
Starring:
Omid Djalili
Richard Schiff
Archie Panjabi
Igal Naor
Mina Anwar
Amit Shah
Soraya Radford
Miranda Hart
Matt Lucas
Meet Mahmud Nasir (Omid Djalili), loving husband, doting father and something of a “relaxed” Muslim.
Does the “F” word occasionally pass his lips? It’s hardly worth mentioning. Does he say his prayers five times a day? Of course! Well, usually… Does he fast every day of Ramadan? Who’s counting anyway?
He may not be the most observant, but in his heart he is as Muslim as it gets. But after his mother’s death a discovery turns Mahmud’s world upside down. He finds his birth certificate which reveals that not only was he adopted at birth… but he’s Jewish, and his real name is Solly Shimshillewitz!
As Mahmud tumbles headlong into a full scale identity crisis, the only person he can turn to is Lenny (Richard Schiff), a drunken Jewish cabbie who agrees to give him lessons in Jewishness, which start with how to dance like Topol. Oy vey.
Action-comedy maestro Shawn Levy, the director of the blockbuster “Night at the Museum” franchise, teams up with two of the comedy world’s biggest talents, Steve Carell (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “The Office”) and Tina Fey (“Baby Mama,” “30 Rock,” “SNL”) for an adventure that turns a run-of-the-mill married couple’s date upside down – way upside down, in “Date Night.”
Release Date: April 9, 2010
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Shawn Levy
Screenwriter: Josh Klausner
Starring: Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Leighton Meester, Common, Taraji Henson, Kristen Wiig, Ray Liotta, Mila Kunis, Mark Ruffalo, William Fichtner, Olivia Munn
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sexual and crude content throughout, language, some violence and a drug reference)
Anyone still harboring doubts about whether Manny Pacquiao is taking his upcoming fight with Joshua Clottey seriously should have attended his open work-out on Tuesday, March 9. In front of a feverish mob of fans and a platoon of press people here at the Gaylord Texan Hotel and Convention Center just outside of Dallas, the welterweight champ showed what he’s all about: training hard and, yeah, having a little fun.
Garbed in a blue Nike T-shirt, red gym shorts and shoes a ruby so bright and shiny one could almost be forgiven for mistaking them for Dorothy’s slippers, Pacquiao glided around the ring as if riding a thermal, firing punches at a non-existent opponent with dizzying speed. At one point as he circled about an arm’s length away from the ropes, his taped-up fists pummeling the air, Pacquiao slid over to his cornerman, Buboy, and suddenly caught the poor guy with a literal gut-check. The crowd laughed, while Buboy–understandably–winced.
No one familiar with Pacquiao’s playful personality was surprised by the move. That also goes for Buboy, who, though caught off-guard, has doubtlessly been on the receiving end of Pacquiao’s practical–if slightly painful–jokes before. Indeed, even during an intense training session, sweat raining from his brow, Pacquiao rarely loses that infectious smile he so often wears.
Later, legendary trainer Freddie Roach entered the ring to work out with his ace pupil. Clad in a torso pad and armed with a pad on either hand, Roach moved about the ring, absorbing blow after blow from Pacquiao, who was obviously holding back–especially with the body shots–lest he risk dropping his beloved mentor.
The two men possess an almost intuitive understanding of one another. Often during their exchange, all Roach had to do was offer a faint gesture or a few quick words, and Pacquiao knew exactly what punching combination or evasive maneuver Roach wanted him to perform. Indeed, wherever Roach went, Pacquiao followed. It was if the two were connected by a rope and pulley.
It’s a psychically charged dynamic–one that has helped propel Pacquiao to the top of the sport of boxing. On March 13, when he faces down Joshua Clottey, the world will find out if Pacquiao can go even higher.
Hundreds of supporters, Ghanaian and Filipino alike, will be clustered in to witness the official weigh-year fight between Joshua Clottey and Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao and Clottey is expected to weigh in below 147 pounds.
Top Rank.com will provide a full coverage on a live stream broadcast of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey weigh-in at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Friday, March 12. The live broadcast will begin 6 pm eastern/3 pm pacific on Top Rank’s new, revamped website. Michael Buffer will be the host.
Todd duBoef, president of Top Rank, made the announcement today.
Posted by Mitchy On February - 12 - 2010ADD COMMENTS
From Oscar®-winning director Martin Scorsese, “Shutter Island” is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the cost of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island’s fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Mark Ruffalo
Ben Kingsley
Michelle Williams
Patricia Clarkson
Max von Sydow
Release Date: February 19, 2010 Studio: Paramount Pictures Director: Martin Scorsese
MPAA Rating: R (for disturbing violent content, language and some nudity)
Posted by Mitchy On February - 2 - 2010ADD COMMENTS
Release Date: February 12, 2010 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: Chris Columbus
It’s the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson’s Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they’re not happy: Zeus’ lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy’s mother. As Percy adapts to his newly discovered status as a demi-god (his father is Poseidon), he finds himself caught between the battling titans of Mt. Olympus. He and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy’s mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves.
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