Dog Review — Dog (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Reid Carolin and Channing Tatum and starring Channing Tatum, Q’orianka Kilcher, Aqueela Zoll, Kevin Nash, Jane Adams, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Cayden Boyd, Darren Kellan, Neralda Bega, Nicole Laliberte, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Skyler Joy, Amanda Booth, Ryder McLaughlin, JoAnne McGrath, Patricia Isaac, Eric Urbiztondo and [...]
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- 2/22/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Everyone loves a good dog movie, and if you add Channing Tatum, it’s a must watch. In “Dog,” the actor takes his skill set to a new kind of story, the bond developed between a man and his dog, based on his own experience with his late dog Lulu.
First thing’s first: No, the dog does not die in the “Dog” movie. And second, here’s where and how you can watch the new film.
When Does “Dog” Come Out?
“Dog” premieres on Feb. 18.
Is “Dog” Streaming Anywhere?
“Dog” is not currently available for streaming and streaming plans haven’t yet been announced. Right now, the only way to see the film is in theaters. Check your local listings.
Who Is in the “Dog” Cast?
Channing Tatum plays Briggs, a former army ranger who agrees to take Lulu (a Belgian Malinois) who also worked in the army, down...
First thing’s first: No, the dog does not die in the “Dog” movie. And second, here’s where and how you can watch the new film.
When Does “Dog” Come Out?
“Dog” premieres on Feb. 18.
Is “Dog” Streaming Anywhere?
“Dog” is not currently available for streaming and streaming plans haven’t yet been announced. Right now, the only way to see the film is in theaters. Check your local listings.
Who Is in the “Dog” Cast?
Channing Tatum plays Briggs, a former army ranger who agrees to take Lulu (a Belgian Malinois) who also worked in the army, down...
- 2/18/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
"Yeah... we don't exactly hug." MGM has debuted a cute 60-second trailer for Dog to celebrate Valentine's Day. This adorable comedy is opening in a few more weeks, hence the final marketing push. Disgraced Army Ranger Briggs and his Belgian Malinois companion Lulu race down the Pacific Coast in time to catch their best friend's and her handler's funeral. We posted the first full trailer a few months ago. Dog is actually the directorial debut of actor Channing Tatum, who co-directs this with his producing partner Reid Carolin, also making his directorial debut after producing Magic Mike and most of Tatum's movies. Tatum also stars in Dog - he's joined by Q'orianka Kilcher, Jane Adams, Kevin Nash, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Nicole Laliberte, Aqueela Zoll, Cayden Boyd, and Skyler Joy. Plus Lulu the dog! This looks super adorable. There's also two new behind-the-scenes featurettes for Dog to enjoy included below. Who want to see this?...
- 2/9/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"She's never slept in a nice bed before." MGM has revealed the official trailer for a movie titled Dog, a story about a man and his best friend. "A filthy animal unfit for human company... and a dog." This one is opening in February, after a pandemic delay from this year. Disgraced Army Ranger Briggs and his Belgian Malinois companion Lulu race down the Pacific Coast in time to catch their best friend's and her handler's funeral. Dog is actually the directorial debut of actor Channing Tatum, who co-directs with his producing partner Reid Carolin, also making his directorial debut after producing Magic Mike and most of Tatum's movies. Tatum also co-stars in this with Q'orianka Kilcher, Jane Adams, Kevin Nash, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Nicole Laliberte, Aqueela Zoll, Cayden Boyd, and Skyler Joy. Okay this looks adorable and amusing and wholesome. A story about two animals helping each other get better.
- 11/17/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Emmy nominee Regina Taylor (I’ll Fly Away) is set as a series regular portraying Michelle Obama’s mother, in Showtime’s upcoming anthology series The First Lady. Also cast in recurring roles are Saniyya Sidney (Fences) as Sasha Obama, newcomer Julian DeNiro as young Barack Obama and Evan Parke (Django Unchained) as SS Allen Taylor, Michelle Obama’s first and longtime security agent. They join previously announced stars Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson.
The First Lady, created by Aaron Cooley and produced by Lionsgate TV and Showtime, is a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. Season 1 focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt (Anderson), Betty Ford (Pfeiffer) and Michelle Obama (Davis).
Taylor’s Marian Shields Robinson, Michelle Robinson Obama’s mother and Barack Obama’s mother-in-law, is a practical, forthright and honest member of the Obama family...
The First Lady, created by Aaron Cooley and produced by Lionsgate TV and Showtime, is a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. Season 1 focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt (Anderson), Betty Ford (Pfeiffer) and Michelle Obama (Davis).
Taylor’s Marian Shields Robinson, Michelle Robinson Obama’s mother and Barack Obama’s mother-in-law, is a practical, forthright and honest member of the Obama family...
- 4/13/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Showtime has rounded out the cast for its upcoming anthology series The First Lady. Aya Cash (The Boys), Jake Picking (Hollywood), Cayden Boyd (The Resident), Marc Hills (Snatchers), Ben Cook (Paterno), Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer (Bridge and Tunnel), Thomas E. Sullivan and Patrice Johnson Chevannes (Chambers) have been cast in the series, joining previously announced stars Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson.
The First Lady, created by Aaron Cooley and produced by Lionsgate TV and Showtime, is a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. Season 1 focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt (Anderson), Betty Ford (Pfeiffer) and Michelle Obama (Davis).
Previously announced cast also includes Lexi Underwood as Malia Obama, O-t Fagbenle as Barack Obama and Derek Cecil as Donald Rumsfeld.
Cash will play Esther Liebowitz, press secretary to Betty Ford, who often butts heads with...
The First Lady, created by Aaron Cooley and produced by Lionsgate TV and Showtime, is a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. Season 1 focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt (Anderson), Betty Ford (Pfeiffer) and Michelle Obama (Davis).
Previously announced cast also includes Lexi Underwood as Malia Obama, O-t Fagbenle as Barack Obama and Derek Cecil as Donald Rumsfeld.
Cash will play Esther Liebowitz, press secretary to Betty Ford, who often butts heads with...
- 3/10/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has revealed the first look at “We Can Be Heroes,” the next film from director Robert Rodriguez that stars “The Mandalorian” actor Pedro Pascal and is a return to the same fantasy world imagined in the director’s “The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D.”
“We Can Be Heroes” stars Pascal alongside YaYa Gosselin, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Christian Slater, Boyd Holbrook, Christopher McDonald and Adriana Barraza. And the film is a superhero story about alien invaders who kidnap Earth’s superheroes, forcing the heroes children to step up and save their parents and save the world.
The new images for “We Can Be Heroes” show a colorful world of heroes and elaborate costumes and lairs, as well as a ragtag group of kids who will step up to save the day. Pascal in the film plays Marcus Moreno, and in the photo below he’s flanked by heroes Quinton Johnson as Crimson Legend,...
“We Can Be Heroes” stars Pascal alongside YaYa Gosselin, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Christian Slater, Boyd Holbrook, Christopher McDonald and Adriana Barraza. And the film is a superhero story about alien invaders who kidnap Earth’s superheroes, forcing the heroes children to step up and save their parents and save the world.
The new images for “We Can Be Heroes” show a colorful world of heroes and elaborate costumes and lairs, as well as a ragtag group of kids who will step up to save the day. Pascal in the film plays Marcus Moreno, and in the photo below he’s flanked by heroes Quinton Johnson as Crimson Legend,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Jan “Jack” Turnbull, a longtime Los Angeles acting coach and teacher who founded the Actorsite studio for children and adults in 1998, died of complications from Covid-19 on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 72.
His death was announced by Lynda Arnold, President and CEO, Seven Stars Talent Inc.
Turnbull had continued to train students via the online Actorsite, which had closed its brick-and-mortar studio to become a virtual enterprise prior to the coronavirus pandemic, until his diagnosis of Covid-19 in early May. During more than 25 years as an coach and teacher in Los Angeles, Turnbull counted among his clients Hailee Steinfeld, Charlie McDermott, Skyler Gisondo, Brittany Snow, Sydney Sweeney, Jenna Boyd, Cayden Boyd and Hana Hayes, among many others.
Turnbull, who often went by Jp, was a member of the Facebook group Talent Managers For Actors, and conducted free weekly coaching sessions for the organization.
Turnbull is survived by wife Jessa; daughter Venise,...
His death was announced by Lynda Arnold, President and CEO, Seven Stars Talent Inc.
Turnbull had continued to train students via the online Actorsite, which had closed its brick-and-mortar studio to become a virtual enterprise prior to the coronavirus pandemic, until his diagnosis of Covid-19 in early May. During more than 25 years as an coach and teacher in Los Angeles, Turnbull counted among his clients Hailee Steinfeld, Charlie McDermott, Skyler Gisondo, Brittany Snow, Sydney Sweeney, Jenna Boyd, Cayden Boyd and Hana Hayes, among many others.
Turnbull, who often went by Jp, was a member of the Facebook group Talent Managers For Actors, and conducted free weekly coaching sessions for the organization.
Turnbull is survived by wife Jessa; daughter Venise,...
- 6/16/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Mar 1, 2019
Syfy is putting a serial killer spin on teen movie tropes, with television pilot (Future) Cult Classic.
(Future) Cult Classic might be calling its own shot like Babe Ruth with its very title. However, the dark teen comedy pilot does bring some intriguing concepts to the table over at Syfy in an increasingly crowded small screen playing field.
Syfy ordered the pilot back in January along with cyberthriller Cipher. The series –an original concept, not adapted from a novel or comic book – is the brainchild of Shay Hatten, an up-and-coming talent whose first feature, crime thriller movie Ballerina, is still developing. The story is satirical in nature, set to manifest as a levity-laced genre pastiche of old-school slasher films and teen drama tropes, centered on Bree (Emily Alyn Lind), a ‘90s castaway living in a technology-teeming future.
(Future) Cult Classic Cast
The cast of (Future) Cult Classic just added two more,...
Syfy is putting a serial killer spin on teen movie tropes, with television pilot (Future) Cult Classic.
(Future) Cult Classic might be calling its own shot like Babe Ruth with its very title. However, the dark teen comedy pilot does bring some intriguing concepts to the table over at Syfy in an increasingly crowded small screen playing field.
Syfy ordered the pilot back in January along with cyberthriller Cipher. The series –an original concept, not adapted from a novel or comic book – is the brainchild of Shay Hatten, an up-and-coming talent whose first feature, crime thriller movie Ballerina, is still developing. The story is satirical in nature, set to manifest as a levity-laced genre pastiche of old-school slasher films and teen drama tropes, centered on Bree (Emily Alyn Lind), a ‘90s castaway living in a technology-teeming future.
(Future) Cult Classic Cast
The cast of (Future) Cult Classic just added two more,...
- 3/1/2019
- Den of Geek
Hey, NCIS fans. We're back at you with another brand new report for the current season 16 of your favorite show. We hope you're enjoying the season so far. It turns out that the NCIS team's next, big plotline will involve trying to make right a crime that happened 50 freaking years ago! Before we go any further with this article, we must warn you guys that there are some spoiler teasers in this article. Those of you who don't want to know anything about what the next episode 5 has in store, I would advise you to stop reading this article right now. For those of you who just don't care, by all means please keep reading this article. Alright, now that we've got our spoiler warning out of the way, let's jump right into this. CBS released their press release for the next, new NCIS season 16, episode 5. The episode is entitled,...
- 10/18/2018
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Dancer-creator Chachi Gonzales is bringing her acting chops to YouTube Red.
Gonzales, 21, who rose to fame for winning the MTV's America’s Best Dance Crew in 2011, will star in a romantic comedy series for the subscription service called Long Distance. Produced by the Latino-leaning digital media company Mitú, Long Distance is about the struggles of a long distance relationship between a Los Angeles social media manager (Gonzales) and her Chicago-based boyfriend (played by the actor Cayden Boyd).
Also starring in the series is Josh Levya -- a fellow influencer and Gonzales’ real-life boyfriend -- who will play a self-centered social influencer who is in effect Gonzales’ boss on the show. “Admittedly, as an actor it was a bit of a stretch for me,” Levya -- who counts roughly 2 million subscribers on his YoMuscleBoii comedy channel -- joked of his role in the series, “but I take my craft very seriously.
Gonzales, 21, who rose to fame for winning the MTV's America’s Best Dance Crew in 2011, will star in a romantic comedy series for the subscription service called Long Distance. Produced by the Latino-leaning digital media company Mitú, Long Distance is about the struggles of a long distance relationship between a Los Angeles social media manager (Gonzales) and her Chicago-based boyfriend (played by the actor Cayden Boyd).
Also starring in the series is Josh Levya -- a fellow influencer and Gonzales’ real-life boyfriend -- who will play a self-centered social influencer who is in effect Gonzales’ boss on the show. “Admittedly, as an actor it was a bit of a stretch for me,” Levya -- who counts roughly 2 million subscribers on his YoMuscleBoii comedy channel -- joked of his role in the series, “but I take my craft very seriously.
- 9/29/2017
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
YouTube Red continues to bolster its lineup of shows, partnering with Latino-influenced digital media company mitú to create “Long Distance,” a multicultural rom-com debuting on its platform today. The series centers on La-based social media manager Gaby Márquez (Chachi Gonzales) and her Chicago-based boyfriend Chris Murphy (Cayden Boyd) as they try to, you guessed it, make their long distance relationship work. But 21st century pitfalls like social media, cross-cultural challenges and the presence of Gaby’s handsome new boss, Rafa (Josh Leyva) make it harder than expected. In a year without a single Latino Emmy nominee, Mitú’s goal of creating youth-oriented content.
- 9/28/2017
- by Sean Burch
- The Wrap
Cayden Boyd, Ashley Rickards
Awkward., Season 4, Episode 21: “Sprang Break: Part 2”
Written by Mike Chessler and Chris Alberghini
Directed by Peter Lauer
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm Est on MTV
From Jenna’s acceptance into college to Matty meeting his biological father, last week’s episode of Awkward. saw many storylines of the season come to a head. With major concerns out of the way for a number of characters, this week’s season finale sees the group deal with the aftermath and try to figure out their place, in a satisfying finish that leaves a fair amount of promise for the series’ final season.
It’s interesting to see Sadie’s anxiety over leaving become explicit in this episode. For one, it gives a clear reason for her increased attitude issues over the past two episodes, rather than simply being another character aberration. It also adds another dimension to Sadie’s imminent departure.
Awkward., Season 4, Episode 21: “Sprang Break: Part 2”
Written by Mike Chessler and Chris Alberghini
Directed by Peter Lauer
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm Est on MTV
From Jenna’s acceptance into college to Matty meeting his biological father, last week’s episode of Awkward. saw many storylines of the season come to a head. With major concerns out of the way for a number of characters, this week’s season finale sees the group deal with the aftermath and try to figure out their place, in a satisfying finish that leaves a fair amount of promise for the series’ final season.
It’s interesting to see Sadie’s anxiety over leaving become explicit in this episode. For one, it gives a clear reason for her increased attitude issues over the past two episodes, rather than simply being another character aberration. It also adds another dimension to Sadie’s imminent departure.
- 11/27/2014
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Everett Hayden Panettiere and Cayden Boyd in “Fireflies in the Garden”
Hayden Panettiere is one tough cookie. She credits that toughness to her parents, specifically her father, who worked as a lieutenant in the New York Fire Department in Brooklyn. In the film “Fireflies in the Garden,” Panettiere stars alongside Julia Roberts, Willem Dafoe and Ryan Reynolds as a young girl determined to protect her nephew, who’s really more like a cousin.
The 22-year-old actress sat down with Speakeasy...
Hayden Panettiere is one tough cookie. She credits that toughness to her parents, specifically her father, who worked as a lieutenant in the New York Fire Department in Brooklyn. In the film “Fireflies in the Garden,” Panettiere stars alongside Julia Roberts, Willem Dafoe and Ryan Reynolds as a young girl determined to protect her nephew, who’s really more like a cousin.
The 22-year-old actress sat down with Speakeasy...
- 10/15/2011
- by Alexandra Cheney
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Though he’ll eventually grow up to resemble a certain Sexiest Man Alive, young Michael Taylor (Cayden Boyd) is still a timid, bespectacled kid in this scene from Fireflies in the Garden, the Julia Roberts/Ryan Reynolds drama (out Oct. 14) about a novelist poised to publish his seemingly perfect family’s dirty laundry. Reynolds is the grown-up writer, who still has unresolved issues with his domineering father (Willem Dafoe), and Roberts plays his gentle mother. In this flashback scene, Michael bonds with his young Aunt Jane (Hayden Panettiere) over sports cards, specifically a certain dreamy Chicago Cubs second basemen. Take a look.
- 10/7/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Though he’ll eventually grow up to resemble a certain Sexiest Man Alive, young Michael Taylor (Cayden Boyd) is still a timid, bespectacled kid in this scene from Fireflies in the Garden, the Julia Roberts/Ryan Reynolds drama (out Oct. 14) about a novelist poised to publish his seemingly perfect family’s dirty laundry. Reynolds is the grown-up writer, who still has unresolved issues with his domineering father (Willem Dafoe), and Roberts plays his gentle mother. In this flashback scene, Michael bonds with his young Aunt Jane (Hayden Panettiere) over sports cards, specifically a certain dreamy Chicago Cubs second basemen. Take a look.
- 10/7/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Here’s the first trailer for the Dennis Lee directed movie, Fireflies in the Garden which is based on the poem by Robert Frost. It stars Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss and Cayden Boyd. A great cast indeed but read on for my thoughts on what you’re about to watch. This film was actually out in the UK back in 2009 before HeyUGuys started. Personally though, I’ve never heard of it.
I started watching this trailer for the first 1 minute and 40 seconds thinking that it was going to be a dark thriller about a father and son who have struggled with their relationship for their entire lives but then at the 1 min 40 mark, the music changes and it goes into a mushy story about forgiveness and reconciliation. Don’t get me wrong, reconciliation is what life is all about but this trailer had me fooled at...
I started watching this trailer for the first 1 minute and 40 seconds thinking that it was going to be a dark thriller about a father and son who have struggled with their relationship for their entire lives but then at the 1 min 40 mark, the music changes and it goes into a mushy story about forgiveness and reconciliation. Don’t get me wrong, reconciliation is what life is all about but this trailer had me fooled at...
- 9/2/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Here’s a trailer for writer/director Dennis Lee’s Fireflies in the Garden starring Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Julia Roberts, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Hayden Panettiere. Oddly enough the movie was finished in 2008 and is only now getting a fall release here after it premiered at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival. Is the final product that bad? The trailer makes it look like a decent drama; the tension is certainly there between Dafoe and Reynolds.
Fireflies in the Garden is set in the present day, and revolves around three generations of a family, with flash-backs to their growing up. A major focus is on domineering father Charles (Willem Dafoe) and his strained relationships with son Michael (young: Cayden Boyd; adult: Ryan Reynolds), sister-in-law Jane (young: Hayden Panettiere; adult: Emily Watson) and other family members.
Fireflies in the Garden will open to select markets on October 14th. Here’s...
Fireflies in the Garden is set in the present day, and revolves around three generations of a family, with flash-backs to their growing up. A major focus is on domineering father Charles (Willem Dafoe) and his strained relationships with son Michael (young: Cayden Boyd; adult: Ryan Reynolds), sister-in-law Jane (young: Hayden Panettiere; adult: Emily Watson) and other family members.
Fireflies in the Garden will open to select markets on October 14th. Here’s...
- 8/29/2011
- by Graham
- City of Films
Here is the trailer for Fireflies in the Garden, which is directed by Dennis Lee. The story deals with the complexities of love and commitment are explored in a family torn apart when faced with a sudden tragedy. The cast includes Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss and Cayden Boyd.
This looks like a film you will want need to bring some tissues to see. It is surprising that this took so long to be released, with all of it's star power. Watch the trailer below:
Synopsis:
To an outsider, the Taylors are the very picture of the successful American family: Charles is a tenured professor on track to become university president, son Michael is a prolific and well-known romance novelist, daughter Ryne is poised to enter a prestigious law school, and on the day we are introduced to them, matriarch Lisa will graduate from college -- decades...
This looks like a film you will want need to bring some tissues to see. It is surprising that this took so long to be released, with all of it's star power. Watch the trailer below:
Synopsis:
To an outsider, the Taylors are the very picture of the successful American family: Charles is a tenured professor on track to become university president, son Michael is a prolific and well-known romance novelist, daughter Ryne is poised to enter a prestigious law school, and on the day we are introduced to them, matriarch Lisa will graduate from college -- decades...
- 8/27/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
"It hasn't always been like this, has it?" Time for a trip down memory lane, as we're featuring a trailer for a film called Fireflies in the Garden, and it's not the first time we've had a trailer for it. Way back in 2008, when this film was made, we posted a trailer and I was pretty excited about it. Jump ahead three years and they still haven't released this film, I'm not really sure why, but it has a great cast, at least. The fractured-narrative ensemble drama stars Ryan Reynolds, who is really the primary focus, Julia Roberts, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Ioan Gruffudd, Hayden Panettiere and Cayden Boyd. Watch the latest official trailer for Dennis Lee's Fireflies in the Garden, via Yahoo: You can also watch the Fireflies in the Garden trailer in High Defintion from Yahoo The semi-autobiographical story centers on the complexities of love...
- 8/27/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Taylor’s new director says he tried to get the young actor to model himself after Tom on the set of their new film — but we say Tom needs to start taking notes from Taylor!
They’ve got abs and arm muscles to die for, looks up the wazoo and both man a mean motorcycle, but now 18-year-old Taylor Lautner is kicking Tom Cruise’s butt at the box office And just shot his first action hero film!
The director of Taylor’s upcoming film Abduction, John Singelton, says he encouraged the young actor to look at Tom’s career to help his performance. “I told him to watch the transition from Top Gun to Rain Man to Born on the Fourth of July,” Singleton said. “To think about what he did as a young man and what he did later on. And then think about what you want to do.
They’ve got abs and arm muscles to die for, looks up the wazoo and both man a mean motorcycle, but now 18-year-old Taylor Lautner is kicking Tom Cruise’s butt at the box office And just shot his first action hero film!
The director of Taylor’s upcoming film Abduction, John Singelton, says he encouraged the young actor to look at Tom’s career to help his performance. “I told him to watch the transition from Top Gun to Rain Man to Born on the Fourth of July,” Singleton said. “To think about what he did as a young man and what he did later on. And then think about what you want to do.
- 1/4/2011
- by cspargo
- HollywoodLife
Watch out, Tom! You’re being replaced by the Zed generation’s resident hottie – and he has better abs than you, too!
They’ve got abs and arm muscles to die for, looks up the wazoo and both man a mean motorcycle, but now 18-year-old Taylor Lautner is kicking Tom Cruise’s butt at the box office And shooting his first action hero film!
So, should Mr. Mission Impossible be worried that the world’s most famous werewolf will become this generation’s biggest action star? Taylor’s lean, he’s mean and he’s just started shooting Abduction, where he plays the son of an international spy, and he’s lined up for Cancun, where he saves his BFFs from a Mexican drug cartel, and blond, swim trunk-wearing action hero Stretch Armstrong (Taylor in a Speedo? Count us in!)
The evidence: we’re all about the benjamins, baby. Taylor’s newest film,...
They’ve got abs and arm muscles to die for, looks up the wazoo and both man a mean motorcycle, but now 18-year-old Taylor Lautner is kicking Tom Cruise’s butt at the box office And shooting his first action hero film!
So, should Mr. Mission Impossible be worried that the world’s most famous werewolf will become this generation’s biggest action star? Taylor’s lean, he’s mean and he’s just started shooting Abduction, where he plays the son of an international spy, and he’s lined up for Cancun, where he saves his BFFs from a Mexican drug cartel, and blond, swim trunk-wearing action hero Stretch Armstrong (Taylor in a Speedo? Count us in!)
The evidence: we’re all about the benjamins, baby. Taylor’s newest film,...
- 7/16/2010
- by Andy Swift
- HollywoodLife
Out of competition
BERLIN -- Dysfunctional families in dramatic literature date back to Oedipus Rex, so if you're going to take that route, you'd better have something new to say.
In his film Fireflies in the Garden, Dennis Lee comes up empty. Kids, parents, siblings, an aunt and an estranged wife all bicker and yell, but the noise cancels itself out. The movie is one long argument, tiresome and repetitive, that produces more heat than light. The wonder is that the first-time writer-director rounded up a cast that includes Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss and Julia Roberts.
The script reportedly knocked around Hollywood for a long time before Senator Entertainment decided to finance it since no one saw a market for Lee's story. That's still going to be a problem. Anything starring Roberts stands a chance, but boxoffice in urban adult venues should be modest. The film will probably play better as home entertainment.
A family gathering in a small university town, presumably in the Midwest, takes a tragic turn when a car accident injures family head and professor Charles Taylor (Dafoe) and kills his wife, Lisa (Roberts). Animosity between Charles and his novelist son Michael (Ryan Reynolds), who lives in New York, runs deep so his mother's death only exacerbates their hostility.
Most of the family travails stem from the basic fact that Charles is a self-absorbed, domineering, abusive jerk. Michael has every reason to dislike him. Indeed in his just finished manuscript, he takes his revenge.
His mother's sister Jane (Watson) disapproves of Michael's literary character assassination, but is more absorbed in calming her son, who blames himself for his aunt's death. To add to the non-merriment, Michael's estranged and formerly alcoholic wife, Kelly Moss), shows up for the funeral.
Flashbacks to Michael's childhood (Cayden Boyd touchingly plays him as a boy) fill you in on the abuse he suffered and how no one, not even his mother, could stop Charles from tormenting his son. Lee's story purports to be semi-autobiographical, but these petty family quarrels don't play on the screen. Abuse can be terrible to suffer firsthand, but here it takes on a certain banality. The cause of Charles' fury at the world is never articulated, nor is it clear why his wife tolerates so much cruelty from her husband.
Michael does make a startling discovery in going through his mom's things, which adds a melodramatic note that is never thoroughly convincing. A resolution, or at least a truce, is reached at the end that also lacks conviction. It arrives too easily, and you suspect if Michael didn't live in New York the truce would be a short-lived.
Dafoe never gets a handle on his overbearing character. Similarly, Roberts spends her rather brief screen time trying to pacify other people, her husband, her son and then her sister without ever getting a chance to define who her character is. The movie pretty much wastes Watson, and Moss seems to have dropped in from another movie. Only Reynolds comes off with some dimension and charm as a guy whose affability increases with the distance he puts between himself and his dad.
Filming in and around Austin, Lee makes effective use of his locations and slides between two time periods smoothly. All tech credits are solid.
FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN
Senator Entertainment in association with Kulture Machine
Credits: Screenwriter-director: Dennis Lee
Producers: Marco Weber, Vanessa Coifman, Suke Chew
Executive producers: Jere Hausfater, Milton Liu
Director of photography: Danny Moder
Production designer: Robert Pearson
Costume designer: Kelle Kutsugeras
Editors: Dede Allen, Robert Brakey
Cast: Lisa Taylor: Julia Roberts
Michael Taylor: Ryan Reynolds;
Charles Taylor: Willem Dafoe
Jane Lawrence: Emily Watson
Kelly: Carrie-Anne Moss
Ryne: Shannon Lucio; Addison: Ioan Gruffudd
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
BERLIN -- Dysfunctional families in dramatic literature date back to Oedipus Rex, so if you're going to take that route, you'd better have something new to say.
In his film Fireflies in the Garden, Dennis Lee comes up empty. Kids, parents, siblings, an aunt and an estranged wife all bicker and yell, but the noise cancels itself out. The movie is one long argument, tiresome and repetitive, that produces more heat than light. The wonder is that the first-time writer-director rounded up a cast that includes Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss and Julia Roberts.
The script reportedly knocked around Hollywood for a long time before Senator Entertainment decided to finance it since no one saw a market for Lee's story. That's still going to be a problem. Anything starring Roberts stands a chance, but boxoffice in urban adult venues should be modest. The film will probably play better as home entertainment.
A family gathering in a small university town, presumably in the Midwest, takes a tragic turn when a car accident injures family head and professor Charles Taylor (Dafoe) and kills his wife, Lisa (Roberts). Animosity between Charles and his novelist son Michael (Ryan Reynolds), who lives in New York, runs deep so his mother's death only exacerbates their hostility.
Most of the family travails stem from the basic fact that Charles is a self-absorbed, domineering, abusive jerk. Michael has every reason to dislike him. Indeed in his just finished manuscript, he takes his revenge.
His mother's sister Jane (Watson) disapproves of Michael's literary character assassination, but is more absorbed in calming her son, who blames himself for his aunt's death. To add to the non-merriment, Michael's estranged and formerly alcoholic wife, Kelly Moss), shows up for the funeral.
Flashbacks to Michael's childhood (Cayden Boyd touchingly plays him as a boy) fill you in on the abuse he suffered and how no one, not even his mother, could stop Charles from tormenting his son. Lee's story purports to be semi-autobiographical, but these petty family quarrels don't play on the screen. Abuse can be terrible to suffer firsthand, but here it takes on a certain banality. The cause of Charles' fury at the world is never articulated, nor is it clear why his wife tolerates so much cruelty from her husband.
Michael does make a startling discovery in going through his mom's things, which adds a melodramatic note that is never thoroughly convincing. A resolution, or at least a truce, is reached at the end that also lacks conviction. It arrives too easily, and you suspect if Michael didn't live in New York the truce would be a short-lived.
Dafoe never gets a handle on his overbearing character. Similarly, Roberts spends her rather brief screen time trying to pacify other people, her husband, her son and then her sister without ever getting a chance to define who her character is. The movie pretty much wastes Watson, and Moss seems to have dropped in from another movie. Only Reynolds comes off with some dimension and charm as a guy whose affability increases with the distance he puts between himself and his dad.
Filming in and around Austin, Lee makes effective use of his locations and slides between two time periods smoothly. All tech credits are solid.
FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN
Senator Entertainment in association with Kulture Machine
Credits: Screenwriter-director: Dennis Lee
Producers: Marco Weber, Vanessa Coifman, Suke Chew
Executive producers: Jere Hausfater, Milton Liu
Director of photography: Danny Moder
Production designer: Robert Pearson
Costume designer: Kelle Kutsugeras
Editors: Dede Allen, Robert Brakey
Cast: Lisa Taylor: Julia Roberts
Michael Taylor: Ryan Reynolds;
Charles Taylor: Willem Dafoe
Jane Lawrence: Emily Watson
Kelly: Carrie-Anne Moss
Ryne: Shannon Lucio; Addison: Ioan Gruffudd
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 2/14/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Most doting parents would be content to display their child's handiwork on the fridge.
Never one to settle for the conventional, prolific filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has turned the characters and stories dreamt up by his 7-year-old son Racer Max into a full-fledged, three-dimensional fantasy adventure.
Emerging as a sort of Sin City Jr., the comic book stylings of The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D make for an often imaginative though less than magical family feature.
Rodriguez, who first made audiences don the funny glasses for Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, works with the latest technologies and teams of visual effects and digital design houses to deliver the end product, which ultimately has the pleasantly clunky charm of a very elaborate show-and-tell project.
The kiddies should still enjoy themselves, provided they don't lose their glasses, generating respectable though likely not franchise-worthy numbers.
Shaping his son's "stories and dreams" into a screenplay, Rodriguez, officially credited along with his brother Marcel, has created a " 'Wizard of Oz'-type" scenario involving a 10-year-old boy named Max (Cayden Boyd) who deals with taunting classmates and his unhappy parents (David Arquette and Kristin Davis) by escaping into a vivid fantasy life.
It's the only place one can find Planet Drool, home to Sharkboy (Taylor Lautner), a lad who was lost at sea and raised by sharks, growing up to become half-boy and half-shark, and Lavagirl (Taylor Dooley), a young flame fatale with a particularly hot touch.
But one day at school, Max makes believers out of the skeptics when Sharkboy and Lavagirl show up in Mr. Electricidad's (George Lopez) class, needing Max's assistance back on their home turf, where the villainous Mr. Electric (Lopez again) is plotting to forever do away with all manner of dreaming.
Will Max be able to save the day? Or is it just all one big dream?
To answer those questions, Rodriguez has created a wondrous theme park of a greenscreen universe, complete with wild roller coasters, aggressive Plug Hounds and the extremely gooey Land of Milk and Cookies, not to mention vivid Trains of Thought and Streams of Consciousness.
Despite those whimsical touches, the 3-D aspect is fairly unremarkable, and the plotting is definitely on the undernourished side. At its most substantial, the picture suggests a more cost-effective Polar Express.
Handling their various roles with conviction, the spirited young cast keeps everything grounded. Lopez, meanwhile, doesn't seem to be in his comfort zone playing diabolical heavies.
Behind the scenes, the ever-multitasking Rodriguez -- he also receives producer (along with his wife, Elizabeth Avellan), cinematography, editing and composer credits -- applies his usual creative stamp while achieving the requisite out-of-this-world look with the help of a virtual who's who of effects outfits, including Industrial Light + Magic, KNB EFX Group, Cafe FX, Hybride Technologies, the Orphanage, Amalgamated Pixels, Hy*drau*lx, Intelligent Creatures, R!ot, Tippett and Rodriguez's own Troublemaker Digital Studios.
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
Dimension Films
Dimension Films and Columbia Pictures present
a Troublemaker Studios production
A Rodriguez Family Movie
Credits: Director: Robert Rodriguez; Screenwriters: Robert Rodriguez, Marcel Rodriguez; Based on the stories and dreams of: Racer Max; Producers: Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodriguez; Executive producers: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein; Director of photography: Robert Rodriguez; Editor: Robert Rodriguez; Costume designer: Nina Procter; Music: Robert Rodriguez, John Debney, Graeme Revell. Cast: Sharkboy: Taylor Lautner; Lavagirl: Taylor Dooley; Max: Cayden Boyd; Mr. Electricidad/Mr. Electric: George Lopez; Max's Dad: David Arquette; Max's Mom: Kristin Davis.
MPAA rating PG, running time 92 minutes...
Never one to settle for the conventional, prolific filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has turned the characters and stories dreamt up by his 7-year-old son Racer Max into a full-fledged, three-dimensional fantasy adventure.
Emerging as a sort of Sin City Jr., the comic book stylings of The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D make for an often imaginative though less than magical family feature.
Rodriguez, who first made audiences don the funny glasses for Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, works with the latest technologies and teams of visual effects and digital design houses to deliver the end product, which ultimately has the pleasantly clunky charm of a very elaborate show-and-tell project.
The kiddies should still enjoy themselves, provided they don't lose their glasses, generating respectable though likely not franchise-worthy numbers.
Shaping his son's "stories and dreams" into a screenplay, Rodriguez, officially credited along with his brother Marcel, has created a " 'Wizard of Oz'-type" scenario involving a 10-year-old boy named Max (Cayden Boyd) who deals with taunting classmates and his unhappy parents (David Arquette and Kristin Davis) by escaping into a vivid fantasy life.
It's the only place one can find Planet Drool, home to Sharkboy (Taylor Lautner), a lad who was lost at sea and raised by sharks, growing up to become half-boy and half-shark, and Lavagirl (Taylor Dooley), a young flame fatale with a particularly hot touch.
But one day at school, Max makes believers out of the skeptics when Sharkboy and Lavagirl show up in Mr. Electricidad's (George Lopez) class, needing Max's assistance back on their home turf, where the villainous Mr. Electric (Lopez again) is plotting to forever do away with all manner of dreaming.
Will Max be able to save the day? Or is it just all one big dream?
To answer those questions, Rodriguez has created a wondrous theme park of a greenscreen universe, complete with wild roller coasters, aggressive Plug Hounds and the extremely gooey Land of Milk and Cookies, not to mention vivid Trains of Thought and Streams of Consciousness.
Despite those whimsical touches, the 3-D aspect is fairly unremarkable, and the plotting is definitely on the undernourished side. At its most substantial, the picture suggests a more cost-effective Polar Express.
Handling their various roles with conviction, the spirited young cast keeps everything grounded. Lopez, meanwhile, doesn't seem to be in his comfort zone playing diabolical heavies.
Behind the scenes, the ever-multitasking Rodriguez -- he also receives producer (along with his wife, Elizabeth Avellan), cinematography, editing and composer credits -- applies his usual creative stamp while achieving the requisite out-of-this-world look with the help of a virtual who's who of effects outfits, including Industrial Light + Magic, KNB EFX Group, Cafe FX, Hybride Technologies, the Orphanage, Amalgamated Pixels, Hy*drau*lx, Intelligent Creatures, R!ot, Tippett and Rodriguez's own Troublemaker Digital Studios.
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
Dimension Films
Dimension Films and Columbia Pictures present
a Troublemaker Studios production
A Rodriguez Family Movie
Credits: Director: Robert Rodriguez; Screenwriters: Robert Rodriguez, Marcel Rodriguez; Based on the stories and dreams of: Racer Max; Producers: Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodriguez; Executive producers: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein; Director of photography: Robert Rodriguez; Editor: Robert Rodriguez; Costume designer: Nina Procter; Music: Robert Rodriguez, John Debney, Graeme Revell. Cast: Sharkboy: Taylor Lautner; Lavagirl: Taylor Dooley; Max: Cayden Boyd; Mr. Electricidad/Mr. Electric: George Lopez; Max's Dad: David Arquette; Max's Mom: Kristin Davis.
MPAA rating PG, running time 92 minutes...
- 6/28/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
David Arquette and Emmy-nominated Kristin Davis have snagged roles in Robert Rodriguez's The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D. The story tells the tale about a 10-year-old outcast shunned by classmates and forced to spend summer vacation alone. With his two imaginary friends -- the title characters -- he goes on a mission to prove that dreams can become reality. Arquette and Davis play the boy's parents. Newcomers Taylor Dooley, Taylor Lautner and Cayden Boyd, along with George Lopez, also have been cast. Dimension and Sony are co-financing the pic.
- 12/6/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
David Arquette and Emmy-nominated Kristin Davis have snagged roles in Robert Rodriguez's "The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D." The story tells the tale about a 10-year-old outcast shunned by classmates and forced to spend summer vacation alone. With his two imaginary friends -- the title characters -- he goes on a mission to prove that dreams can become reality. Arquette and Davis play the boy's parents. Newcomers Taylor Dooley, Taylor Lautner and Cayden Boyd, along with George Lopez, also have been cast. Dimension and Sony are co-financing the pic.
- 12/5/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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