film by brad hart
All The Rage In and About
Cinema This Month
Four Flicks To Check Out
Observe and repOrt
After swarming to theaters for the PG-rated box office smash Mall Cop, is
the country ready for an R-rated version? It may be safe to assume it is, with
comedy’s man of the moment Seth Rogen leading the way. Yes, it will be
Rogen this time in a role very similar to the one Kevin James made famous
recently in Mall Cop. This time we witness the antics of a wacky shopping
mall security guard in charge of tracking down a flasher whose been run-
ning off shoppers as well as the beautiful co-worker who he happens to
be infatuated with. The picture also stars House Bunny’s Anna Faris and Ray
Liotta as a police detective investigating the same crime.
Observe and Report starts April 10th and is rated R.
state Of play
Oscar winners Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck headline in this suspense
thriller as an investigative reporter and up-and-coming congressman on
opposite sides of a Capitol Hill scandal involving a brutal murder of the con-
gressman’s mistress. Director Kevin MacDonald, of The Last King of Scotland
fame, brings this critically acclaimed BBC mini-series to American audiences
with a supporting cast that boasts such high-profile names as Helen Mirren,
Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn and Jason Bateman. State of Play is a
very topical film sure to generate a lot of interest and looks to be a sure bet
for fans of thinking-man action flicks.
State of Play starts April 17th and is rated PG-13.
the sOlOist
The comeback kid of 2008, Robert Downey Jr. plays an LA Times journalist
who discovers a former classical music prodigy living on the streets. Based
on a true story, The Soloist details his attempts at bringing the talented musi-
cian suffering from schizophrenia, back to his feet. Jamie Foxx co-stars along
with Downey Jr. in the film, which was originally intended to come out this
Channing Tatum Likes It Rough past November, and at the time was receiving a lot of Oscar buzz. Because
You might best know Channing Tatum as the sexy, shirtless guy, baring his of financial reasons apparently, the release date had to be pushed back.
muscular physique for the pages of Abercrombie & Fitch catalogues. Modeling Nonetheless, with its star appeal and tug-at-the-heartstrings storyline, The
proved to be a natural fit for the handsome Tatum and his charisma in front Soloist should perform very well with audiences and at the box office.
of the camera didn’t go unnoticed. He was able to parley his modeling career The Soloist starts April 24th and is rated PG-13.
into a shot at acting, first landing an appearance on CSI: Miami in 2004. In 2006,
Channing starred in the dance sensation hit movie Step It Up and in his latest Obsessed
role he trades in his dancing shoes for fighting gloves in the action flick Fighting. The multi-talented superstar we all know and love known as Beyoncé…
In the movie Tatum plays a small-town boy who moves to New York City with or is it Sasha Fierce… adds another feather to her blossoming acting cap
nothing but his name and soon discovers, with the help of a corrupt scam artist this month in the new thriller Obsessed.The pop diva plays the loving wife of
(played by Terrence Howard), that his brawling skills can earn him big bucks in a successful asset manager who has just received a huge promotion and is
an underground street-fighting circuit. blissfully happy in his life. But when an attractive temp-worker he hires starts
The future seems to look bright for the 29-year-old. Hollywood continues stalking him, all the things he’s worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy.
to call his number. In fact, this summer audiences will get a double dose of Beyoncé’s first bite from the acting bug came in 2002 when she starred as
Tatum, first as the notorious American bank robber, Pretty Boy Floyd in Director Foxxy Cleopatra in the hit Austin Powers in Goldmember. She has gone on to
Michael Mann’s Public Enemies, a biographical drama recounting America’s appear in several other films, including Dreamgirls, of course, where she was
greatest crime wave and the birth of the FBI. Then, later in August, Tatum will nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
play Duke in the feature film version of Hasbro’s iconic military man, G.I. Joe. Obsessed starts April 24th and is rated PG-13.
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