AO Scott illuminates UP IN THE AIR with a nice compare/contrast to JERRY MAGUIRE

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Johnny Depp and director Alfonso Cuaron are reportedly interested in THE TOURIST. Will this mean Depp is really off PIRATES 4?

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Tom Cruise in Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie
Valkyrie opens in Tunisia during the heart of WWII. A dedicated militarist but recalcitrant Nazi, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) briskly paces through the arid, tan dessert to confront his superior officer. He demands that the entire Division shirk orders (they are sitting ducks, target practice for an Allied [...]

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Here’s the first actual look at Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie starring Tom Cruise, Carice van Houten and Kenneth Branagh.
It feels like a fairly straightforward action/thriller and I think that’s a good thing.

Catch it in HD at Yahoo or watch a featurette here.

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Hey look ever’body. It’s the movie everyone seems to want to hate even though no one has seen it!
Not a fan of the tagline, but as I said over at Inside the Gold (from whence I swiped the pic), I like the starkness and the geometry of it.
Directed by Bryan Singer, Valkyrie [...]

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Here’s a collection of production items that have come across my desk in the last few days, none of which were interesting enough to inspire their own piece.
Ghostbusters 3. People are strangely excited about a possible new Ghostbusters sequel. I love the first one, barely remember the second and never thought to myself “gee, I wish they’d make [...]

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It’s late so I’ll spare you the story of the drunk guy form Michigan at the Arclight bar who tried to share the secret of The Secret with me (“I’m not gay but you have amazing, mystical green eyes.”  Wah??!) and I’ll pass up the trailers to get right to the weekend’s movies.
LiC’s first rule [...]

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Back in April when the Bryan Singer/Tom Cruise Hitler assassination project Valkyrie was moved for the third time to a February ‘09 slot, people who pay attention to such minutia were prepared to declare the movie DOA.
Well, MGM announced the film has moved been moved again; this time up to the more favorable date of [...]

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Back in July, I passed along some rumors regarding the production of the spy thriller Edwin A. Salt. You may remember at one point the film was set to star Tom Cruise with Philip Noyce directing. Then, Fox entertainment news clown Roger Friedman claimed Tom Cruise was out and Will Smith was in. Meanwhile, Moviehole’s [...]

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Referring to unnamed sources last week, Fox entertainment monkey Roger Friedman reported that Tom Cruise was likely off the upcoming film Edwin A. Salt, the story of a CIA officer who is accused of being a Russian sleeper spy. According to Friedman, Cruise bailed because the producers no longer consider him a $20 million star. [...]

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