Movies

Precious is on track to be one of the biggest film releases of the year! Much buzz has been garnered for the movie which features as star-studded lined-up, Paula Patton (as Ms. Blue Rain), Mariah Carey (as Mrs. Weiss), Lenny Kravitz (as Nurse John McFadden), and Mo'Nique (as Mary Lee Johnson). Precious, which is only opened in 18 theaters nationwide, is centered around 16-year old Claireece "Precious" Jones (played by Gabourey Sidibe), who is also obese and illiterate. Precious, also comes from a very abusive and dysfunctional home setting. Her mom in the film is played by Mo'Nique (as Mary Lee Johnson).

For those of you that enjoyed Tyler Perry's 2007 theatrical release, Why did I Get Married?, you can now expect a second installment, Why Did I Get Married, Too? to hit the big screen in April of 2010. Here's a teasor to get you excited.

The film brings four couples to the island of Bahamas for their marriage renioun. Why Did I Get Married, Too? stars Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Malik Yoba, Lamman Rucker, Michael Jai White, Tasha Smith, Tyler Perry and Sharon Leal.

Here's a behind the scenes look of the anticipating Iron Man 2 movie, set to hit the big screen in 2010.

The sequel is directed by Jon Favreau, and stars Robert Downey Jr. (as Anthony "Tony" Stark/ Iron Man), Don Cheadle (as Lt. Colonel James Rhodey Rhodes/ War Machine), Gwyneth Paltrow (as Virginia "Pepper" Potts), Mickey Rourke (as Ivan Vanko/ Whiplash), Sam Rockwell (as Justin Hammer), Scarlett Johansson (as Natasha Romanoff/ Black Widow), Samuel L. Jackson (as Nick Fury), and John Slattery (as Howard Stark).

Shop for Marvel Comics apparel at JimmyJazz.com!

Photo and video spotted at FilmDrunk.com.

Fans of Bad Boys 1 & 2 can anticipate a third installment of the action packed/ comedy in the future. Although Columbia Pictures has confirmed a part 3, Michael Bay (director of Bad Boys 1 & 2), Will Smith & Martin Lawrence have yet to be confirmed for the 3rd release.

Let's cross our fingers and hope that Will Smith & Martin Lawrence can bang out a high-thrilled third release. What will Bad Boys 3 be without Detective's Mike Lowrey (played by Smith) and Marcus Burnett (played by Lawrence)?

For more info, check out HollywoodReporter.com.

Photo Source: Evalu8.org

Well people summer is winding down and as a result so is your Summer Movie Season. With only a handful of movies left to impress you or worthy of your hard earned money. Here are a few suggestions on what this TvN3rD thinks you should check out.

AUGUST 2009 Movie Releases:

August 7th- G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra- Starring Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller and Dennis Quaid

This is the second movie this summer based on a cartoon, although producers for the movie claim it is based on a comic book series released in the early 80’s. The movie is about a team of very skilled soldiers/operatives who are recruited by the government to try to stop and destroy an evil organization called Cobra from trying to take over the world. The movie is sure to be filled with lots of action and comic relief (provided by Wayans). I’m still on the fence as to whether or not I will be rushing to a theater to see this movie.  But I predict I will cave and go. After all, I saw the cartoon as a kid and I did have an action figure or two. Plus I don’t know about you but I kind of want to see that fight between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow.

August 14th- The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard- Starring Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, Ed Helms and James Brolin

This movie looks funny just off of the preview and commercials. It’s from the people who brought us Talladega Nights and it’s directed by the co-creator of The Dave Chapelle Show. It has a lot of familiar faces as well. The movie is about a used car dealership going out of business, so they hire Don Ready (Piven) and his band of merry men to come in and help the dealership liquidate the Goods. Will Don’s unorthodox approach and outlandish sales pitches help drive you to a theater to see comedy? I think it will, and if it helps to know or motivate you to go, there’s a cameo by Talladega star Will Ferrell.

August 14th- District 9- Starring Sharlto Copley, William Allen Young

The movie was shot in a documentary style format, somewhat similar to Cloverfield just not filmed by any one character. It’s a sci-fi/action movie that is supposed to take place in the 1980’s in Johannesburg, South Africa. Aliens have just landed which is seemingly fine, but when they start committing crimes that’s when the South African government takes action and confines them to an isolated area.  Mayhem and chaos ensue. With Peter Jackson involved in the production of the film, I’m sure many people will go check this movie out. I might just do them same.

August 21st – Inglorious Basterds- Starring Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, B.J. Novak, Diane Kruger and Cloris Leachman

This movie takes place in Nazi occupied France. A special unit of soldiers, under the command of Lt. Aldo Raine (Pitt), plan to infiltrate and kill as many of the Third Reich Nazi soldiers as they can. Along with the help of the beautiful movie star/secret spy Bridget von Hammersmark (Kruger) they do succeed. Directed by Quentin Tarantino so you know it won’t be short of violence or gore. I’m running to the theater for those two reasons alone. See you there.

August 28th – Final Destination: Death Trip 3D- Starring Shantel VanSanten, Bobby Campo, Haley Webb, Nick Zano, Krista Allen and Andy Fiscella

As with all the Final Destination movies, someone gets a vision of a horrible accident/crash and convinces 5 to 6 other people to leave/ evacuate the vicinity. The vision comes true and then by way of “Death’s Design” the 5 to 6 others start dying in the same order they would have died had there been no vision and evacuation. This time it’s going to happen in 3D! (Yesssssss!!!) Although just about all of us know more or less what to expect from this movie, we will undoubtedly go see it. (I’m curious to see if you can really die at a car wash. How about you?) And let’s face it; almost everything is better in 3D. I’m DEFINITELY going to see this.

August 28th – Halloween 2- Starring Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane and Malcolm McDowell

Rob Zombie continues on his take of the classic Halloween franchise. Michael Meyers is back in this sequel to Zombie’s 2007 remake of the original Halloween film. He’s heading back to Haddonfield, where he has a little unfinished business and is looking forward to a family reunion of sorts. I did enjoy Zombie’s 2007 remake and as a fan of the horror franchise itself, I will certainly be headed to theaters to check this movie out. What can I say;  I like movies with murderous psychopaths.

By. TvN3rD

TvN3rd here, back with your June Movie Preview as promised. I think we got off to a great start with the May releases. Let's hope June can keep up. Here are your previews:

JUNE Releases: 

June 5th- Land of the Lost- Starring Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, and Anna Friel

This movie was adapted from the 70's sci-fi television show of the same name. The premise of the film is slightly different from the show; instead of a dad with two kids, it's a scientist (played by Ferrell), his assistant (Anna Friel) and his not so bright survivalist (McBride), who get sucked into a space-time vortex. And you can pretty much guess that chaos and mayhem start from there. It does look funny and with two comedic geniuses in Ferrell and McBride it's sure to generate enough laughter and money at the box office. I think it might just be worth a shot.

June 5th - The Hangover- Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis
This is your classic morning after film situation. It takes place the day after a Las Vegas bachelor party, three friends wake up trashed in a hotel suite with no memory of what happened to them or why they're bruised, missing a tooth and half-naked. They have to deal with trying to piece together what happened the night before, all while trying to figure out why there's a baby in the suite with them, how'd they manage to get a tiger in the room as well, and then they have to deal with that one little detail of the missing groom to be. FYI there's even a cameo of former boxing champ Mike Tyson. I have to admit that when I first saw the movie poster I was like "What's that about?", but after seeing the trailer I have to say this might just be the funniest movie all summer.

June 12th - The Taking of Pelham 123- Starring Denzel Washington, John Travolta and James Gandolfini

In this film Travolta plays a hostage-taking bad guy that paralyzes the city's subway system by taking a Pelham bound train and its passengers prisoner. Travolta's character has just been released from jail and his life is practically ruined, this serves as the motive for the hostage-taking and for his plan to seek revenge on New York City. Washington plays the humble MTA worker who just happens to be at the control center directing trains and finds himself tangled up in Travolta's plan of revenge. Looks like an interesting remake of the original 1974 film, and with two GIANT box office money makers with their names above the title, this is sure to be a hit opening weekend.

June 12th - Imagine That- Starring Eddie Murphy, Yara Shahidi, and Thomas Hayden Church
Eddie Murphy is back in another kiddie movie. This time he plays a finance executive whose job isn't doing so well until he begins to see things through his daughter's imaginative eyes and starts taking advice from her imaginary friends from her fantasy world. He begins to get in touch with his inner child, all while improving his relationship with his daughter. All in all this is cute movie to take the kids to that weekend.

June 19th- The Proposal- Starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds
In this movie Bullock plays an evil Canadian boss who has to talk her U.S. citizen assistant to marry her so she can stay in the country. There lies the premise of the movie, she has to deal with Reynolds' outspoken grandmother (played by Betty White) and the rest of his family, who are all surprised that Reynolds even had a girlfriend let alone getting married the same weekend as his grandmother's 90th birthday. As with all romantic comedies, what starts out as an agreement/contract, the main characters wind up really falling in love with each other. Even though that formula is old, it almost always works and the journey from friends to lovers is always crazy enough for some laughs.

June 24th - Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen- Starring Shia Lebouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, and Tyrese Gibson
The highly anticipated sequel to 2007 smash hit, will undoubtedly be the highest earning movie of the month. In the film high school dork Sam Witwicky is now off to college, he's still with mega-hot girlfriend Mikaela(played by Fox), but once at college a piece of the ALL-SPARK still in Sam's possession seems to make Sam start seeing and drawing symbols. This film has more explosions than the first, and it introduces us to a host of new Autobots and Decepticons, even one whose name is the title, Fallen. I know I will be first in line that day, to watch in all its sexiness, in IMAX baby!!

June 26th- Year One- Starring Jack Black, Michael Cera and Oliver Platt

The movie takes place in the Stone Age, where a tribe exiles Jack Black's character for eating forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. Cera's character, after being dismissed by the girl he likes, decides to join Black. They embark on a journey where along the way they see that several members of their original tribe including Cera's love interest have now been captured and enslaved. They must help free them and of course they stop at nothing to do so, which is where the comedy lies. Looks like a funny film your sure to enjoy when Transformers is sold out. Lol.

By. TvN3rD

This weekend several of us will flood the movie theaters to watch what may be the funniest film of the summer, Dance Flick. The comedy, which is directed by Damien Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans, puts a hilarious twist on dance movies like Step Up and Save the Last Dance. 

In recognition of the film, JimmyJazz.com put together a list of establish and up-and coming hip-hop dances. Check out what we came up with! What's your favorite dance?

THE HOOD CLASSICS:

Digital Underground - "Humpty Dance"

E.U. - "Da 'Butt"

Terror Squad - "Lean Back"

THE NEWBIES:

B-Hamp - "Do the Ricky Bobby"

F.L.Y. Fast Life Yungstaz - "Swag Surfing"

GS Boyz - "Stanky Leg"

READY TO POP!: 

Edge feat. Foley - "Dame Dash"

D'Asar - "Ice Cream Dance"

Hurricane Chris "She Fine (Halle Berry)"

INTERNATIONAL STATUS:

K.I.G. - "Head, Shoulders, Kneez & Toez"

Summer is here!! And you know what that means time to go to the beach, pool, Six Flags, and most importantly go see some GREAT movies, while staying cool. But with so many movies hitting theaters this summer you may not know what is a “Must See” and what is  an “I’ll catch it on cable” movie. So TvN3rD is here to help.

MAY Releases:

May 1st- X-Men Origins: Wolverine- Starring Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber 

This is the first (and inevitable) blockbuster release that sets off the summer movie season. Although this movie was leaked online weeks ago and plenty of bootleggers already made their money, there is no doubt that it will make millions upon its official release. The movie’s storyline basically gives you the background of how Logan became Wolverine and why he has this angry loner attitude about him. It also shows you how the rivalry between Wolverine and Sabertooth began and it FINALLY brings us an X-Men movie with Gambit, I don’t know about you but I think that appearance was long overdue. Well without giving too much away (I saw it online, sorry) I have to say that I would recommend this movie. It has something for everyone, whether you’re a Marvel Comics connoisseur or you just picked up your first comic book yesterday.

May 8th- STAR TREK- Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto

This will undoubtedly have a great opening as well. The movie is based on the characters of the original television series. It is suppose to tell the back-story of how James T. Kirk became captain and how all the characters came to be aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. No question all the Trekkies will be in line waiting to see if this reboot to the Star Trek franchise does justice to the television series and with the original Spock, Leonard Nimoy, making a guest appearance I’m guessing it won’t be a let down. And a release in IMAX won’t hurt either.  

May 15th- Angels & Demons- Starring Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor

The prequel to The Da Vinci Code was FINALLY made into a movie. Downside is that it will be told as a sequel. Hanks again reprises the role of World-Renowned Symbologist Professor Robert Langdon. Whose services are needed to help solve another religious themed mystery. The movie contains all the religious conspiracies as the first movie but with a little more science and will have a little more edge of your seat excitement. For those who read the book, I’m sure we will all leave the theater exclaiming “ The book was better!” as we did after The Da Vinci Code. Hopefully I’m wrong and the story will hold to a lot of the detail of the book. Guess we’ll find out. All skepticism aside I will be running to the theater to watch this movie regardless.

May 21st- Terminator Salvation- Starring Christian Bale, Sam Worthington

The fourth installment of the franchise sets off the Memorial Day Weekend a little early with its release slated for a Thursday instead of your typical Friday release. Bale plays a grown-up John Connor who must (again or still) go up against the evil computer network company Skynet. The movie is said to take place in the year 2018. It will no doubt be filled with a lot of CGI and some pretty cool sci-fi type pyrotechnics. I don’t know about you but I will go to see if Bale really  over reacted  during that web-leaked on-set  Hollywood tantrum he threw. Did it make a difference in his acting? I don’t know but I’m willing to pay to find out. Who’s with me?

May 22nd- Dance Flick- Starring Damon Wayans Jr., Shawn Wayans

Keeping in line with Scary Movie the Wayans are back in this dance spoof comedy. Poking fun at Save the Last Dance and other dance flicks. This time around looks like it’s the younger generation of Wayans taking over. With Damon Jr. playing the lead, cousin Damien directing, and cousin Craig co-writing looks like the new Wayans crew have just about everything covered. And following  so many previous action and drama filled weekends, it just might be a genius move to follow up with a comedy. Who else needs a laugh?

May 22nd- Night At The Museum: Battle of The Smithsonian- Starring Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Robin Williams

The sequel to the $251 million grossing Night At The Museum finds Ben Stiller’s character now a guard at The Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. The Smithsonian is made up of 19 museums, which equals a whole lot more exhibits coming to life and a lot more comedy. Expect laughs, a little monkey business, a bad guy,  and a romance with Amelia Earhart herself.

May 29th- Disney/Pixar’s Up- Voices of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer

The movie is about a cranky, widowed former balloon salesman who with the help of thousands of balloons hooks his house up to fly so he can visit South America. With an accidental stow-away along for the ride it’s sure to be funny and another hit for Disney/Pixar. If you’ve seen the preview currently running in theaters, you seen the hilarious interaction with the dog and his talking collar. Hilarious!! Although I’m not exactly the target demographic, the kid in me is so siked to go see this movie in 3D. What’s you inner kid saying to you? 

Stay tuned for the June update.

By. TvN3rD

If you happen to be watching the high-impact NBA Playoff's on TNT this month, you may have noticed a commercial promoting the new X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie by 20th Century Fox , which debuts in theaters everywhere TODAY and is based on Marvel super-hero, Wolverine. The funny TV spot shows NBA legend/ Announcer Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith debating on who is best X-Men on the set of TNT's Inside The NBA. Guess who wins the argument? 

For some fresh Super Hero tees, make sure to hit up Jimmy Jazz shop section!