Remember a few months back I posted the first trailer, and the appalling poster, for Yogi Bear and I was less than complimentary about how it was shaping up? Well today there is a new trailer and sadly it’s not much better. The live action/CGI animation hybrid is based on the [...]
After yesterday’s poster Yahoo Movies have unveiled a trailer for Yogi Bear, the live action/CGI animation hybrid based on the Hanna Barbera cartoon. The strongest thing that this movie has going for it is Dan Aykroyd, whose vocals power the titular bear. Here we get an introduction by Aykroyd and he [...]
I think it’s safe to say that there’s a certain amount of people in Hollywood that have decided to go back to their childhood and ask “what did I like then…surely people would like that now…let’s remake it!” The latest from this assembly line of re-runs is Yogi Bear, that [...]
Director: Paul Weitz
Writers: Paul Weitz
Stars: Paul Dano, Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore
Synopsis:
Being Flynn is the new dramatic feature from Academy Award-nominated writer/director Paul Weitz (About a Boy). Adapted from Nick Flynn’s 2004 memoir Another Bulls—t Night in Suck City, the movie explores bonds both unbreakable and fragile between parent and child.
Nick Flynn (portrayed in the film by Paul Dano of Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood) is a young writer seeking to define himself. He misses his late mother, Jody (four-time Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore), and her loving nature. But his father, Jonathan, is not even a memory, as Nick has not seen the man in 18 years.
Jonathan Flynn (two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro) has long defined himself as a great writer, “a master storyteller.” After abandoning his wife and child, Jonathan scrapes through life on his own terms. Despite the occasional grandiose letter to his son, he has remained absent from Nick’s life.
Suddenly facing eviction from his apartment, Jonathan impulsively reaches out to Nick and the two come face-to-face.
Evocatively told, ruefully funny, and moving in its depiction of the ties that bind, Being Flynn tells a story that reveals universal truths.
Director: Morten Tyldum
Writers: Lars Gudmestad, Ulf Ryberg
Stars: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Synopsis:
Roger Brown is a corporate headhunter, and he’s a master of his profession. But one career simply can’t support his luxurious lifestyle and his wife’s fledgling art gallery. At an art opening one night he meets Clas Greve, who is not only the perfect candidate for a major CEO job, but also, perhaps, the answer to his financial woes: Greve just so happens to mention that he owns a priceless Peter Paul Rubens painting that’s been lost since World War II—and Roger Brown just so happens to dabble in art theft. But when he breaks into Greve’s apartment, he finds more than just the painting. And Clas Greve may turn out to be the worst thing that’s ever happened to Roger Brown.
Director: Tarsem Singh
Writers: Melissa Wallack & Jason Keller
Stars: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts and Armie Hammer
Synopsis:
In Relativity’s Mirror Mirror starring Oscar®-winner Julia Roberts and breakout star Lily Collins (The Blind Side), an evil Queen (Roberts) steals control of a kingdom, and an exiled princess (Collins) enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright in a spirited adventure comedy filled with jealousy, romance, and betrayal that will capture the imagination of audiences the world over. The film also stars Armie Hammer (The Social Network) as the object of their affection, Prince Andrew Alcott, and Nathan Lane (The Birdcage) as the hapless and bungling servant to the Queen.
