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Ryan Reynolds' 2 Movies Disappoint This Weekend

July 21, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

The weekend box office crown went to director James Wan’s The Conjuring, which debuted with $41.5 million. That’s the good news. But the bad news is that poor Ryan Reynolds has the distinction of starring in not one but two box office disappointments this weekend: Turbo and R.I.P.D.

Turbo had one of DreamWorks Animation’s lowest-grossing openings ever with a third place bow of $21.5 million, while the supernatural-themed action comedy R.I.P.D., also starring Jeff Bridges, flopped with a seventh place debut of $12.8 million. R.I.P.D reportedly cost upwards of $130 million to produce.

R.I.P.D. wasn’t the only comic book movie to have a disappointing debut this weekend. The Bruce Willis-led ensemble action comedy Red 2 had a soft fifth place opening of $18.5 million, a lower gross than the original film had.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

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Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore Reunite In New Film ‘Seventh Son’

July 20, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

SAN DIEGO — The Dude is reuniting with Julianne Moore in his new film.

Jeff Bridges came to Comic-Con Saturday to offer fans an early look at “Seventh Son,” expected in theaters next year.

Comic-Con Jeff Bridges and Seventh Son

July 20, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures kicked off their San Diego Comic-Con presentation today with Seventh Son. Director Sergei Bodrov and stars Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes, Antje Traue and Kit Harington were on hand to tout their adaptation of the book The Spook’s Apprentice by Joseph Delaney.

In a time long past, an evil is about to be unleashed that will reignite the war between the forces of the supernatural and humankind once more. Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges) is a knight who had imprisoned the malevolently powerful witch, Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore), centuries ago. But now she has escaped and is seeking vengeance. Summoning her followers of every incarnation, Mother Malkin is preparing to unleash her terrible wrath on an unsuspecting world.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

News, Politics, Government

Why Universal Hid 'R.I.P.D.' From Critics

July 19, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Scott Mendelson, Contributor

R.I.P.D. is indeed as terrible as the buzz has suggested over the last year or so. It is lifeless, badly acted, and arbitrarily plotted. Moreover, it is filled with annoying and unpleasant characters, especially Jeff Bridges doing an extra obnoxious version of his Rooster Cogburn turn from the True Grit remake. The special effects are rubbery and unconvincing, even with an alleged $130 million budget. In short, Universal’s would-be comic book adaptation franchise-starter is every bit as awful as the whole ‘not screened for critics’ label implies. The irony is that R.I.P.D. is more the exception than the rule. More often than not, withholding films, especially bigger films, from pre-release press screenings does more harm than good. …read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest

Movies & TV

First Look at The Seventh Son

December 12, 2012 Gary Leave a comment

Warner Bros. released the first official images today for The Seventh Son, their upcoming adaptation of The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney. Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, and Ben Barnes star.
Here’s the official plot synopsis:
“In a time long past, an evil is about to be unleashed that will reignite the war between the forces of the supernatural and humankind once more. Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges) is a knight who had imprisoned the malevolently powerful witch, Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore), centuries ago. But now she has escaped and is seeking vengeance. Summoning her followers of every incarnation, Mother Malkin is preparing to unleash her terrible wrath on an unsuspecting world. Only one thing stands in her way: Master Gregory. In a deadly reunion, Gregory comes face to face with the evil he always feared would someday return. He has only until the next full moon to do what usually takes years: train his new apprentice, Tom Ward (Ben Barnes) to fight a dark magic unlike any other. Man’s only hope lies in the seventh son of a seventh son.”
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Source: IGN Movies

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