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A mobster from the old school, Lenny knows the right wheels to grease and has his hand on the throat of any bureaucrat, broker or gangster that matters. With one phone call, Lenny can make the red tape disappear. But as Lenny’s right-hand man Archy (Mark Strong) tells him, London is ground zero for the [...]

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In a society where half of all marriages statistically end in divorce, it's the children of those failed unions that often get lost in the shuffle.  The premise of co-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel's film, What Maisie Knew deals with a young girl trapped in the wake of her parents' bitter divorce.  While the film could easily become bleak and depressing, the trailer, at least, seems hopeful, buoyed by the effortless and carefree performance of Onata Aprile in the titular role.  It helps that What Maisie Knew sports a supporting cast of Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgard, Steve Coogan and Joanna Vanderham, to name a few, but your hearts will be stolen by Aprile.  Hit the jump to check out the trailer. Read up on the synopsis for What Maisie Knew, adapted from the Henry James' novel: Set mostly in England, the novel is related from the perspective of Maisie, a preadolescent whose parents were divorced when she was six years old and who spends six months of the year with each parent. The only emotional constant in Maisie’s life is Mrs. Wix, a motherly old governess. Maisie’s parents marry other partners, but neither marriage succeeds. Her new stepparents are attracted to each other, divorce Maisie’s parents, and marry. Maisie knows intuitively that she cannot depend on the adults in her life, and she chooses to live with Mrs. Wix, on whose unconditional love she can depend. [Amazon] Here's the trailer for What Maisie Knew ...

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You have 90 minutes left to live, what do you do?  That's the premise of The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, a new screenplay from Daniel Tapitz (Red Dog) to be directed by Phil Alden Robinson (The Sum of All Fears).  The picture centers on the fallout after a stand-in doctor mistakenly tells an obnoxious patient that he has an hour-and-a-half left to live.  While the patient goes on a tirade in New York City, attempting to right all the wrongs in his life, the doctor tries in vain to track him down.  The high concept comedy stars Robin Williams, Mila Kunis and Peter Dinklage, and has also snared Melissa Leo and James Earl Jones.  The Angriest Man in Brooklyn is set to start filming this September in Brooklyn.  Hit the jump for more. ScreenDaily reports that Williams, Kunis and Dinklage are all attached to star in The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, a picture that Mark Lindsay of Cargo Entertainment is currently shopping to Cannes buyers. Though no specific roles have yet to be assigned, I'm going to go ahead and peg Kunis as the stand-in doctor and Williams as the title role, which I think suits him best. Bob Cooper of production company, Landscape Entertainment, had this to say: “This comedy has a unique big idea, it is universal [and] the talent of Robin, Mila, Peter, Melissa, James Earl and Phil Alden directing is a great recipe for a very special film.” The director also chimed in, saying: “When I read ...

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Sacha Baron Cohen's new comedy The Dictator opened Wednesday, and The Dictator quotes are already pouring in. The film stars Cohen as disenfranchised North African dictator General Aladeen as he navigates life in America. We've listed some of our favorite quotes below. What are yours?

General Aladeen: Don't worry, I am Wadiya's number one actor. You don't win 4 Wadiyan Golden Globes for nothing.
Nadal: Yes you do, because you gave them to yourself! | permalink

General Aladeen: I am very proud to be an American. I am America's number one douche. | permalink

General Aladeen: Is there any way you could lend me some money? Maybe... 20 million dollars? | permalink

Zoey: Could you please take your hands off my breasts?
General Aladeen: Those are breasts? I thought you were a boy. | permalink

General Aladeen: Oh it's a girl. I'm so sorry. Where's the trashcan?
Pregnant Woman: Oh no we want it! | permalink

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Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth talk about Snow White and the Huntsman's darker version of the classic tale
Snow White and the Huntsman | Kristen Stewart | Chris Hemsworth | Hollywood Dailies

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41 Dancers. 10 Performances. 104 Rehearsals. 473 Costumes. 2197 Miles. One incredible year! Spend a year with the girls of Nova Jazz. Video Rating: 0 / 5 Share this:

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Hollywood is getting better at bringing self-help books to the big screen. What to Expect When You're Expecting isn't quite Think Like a Man, but it feels like an Oscar winner compared to He's Just Not That Into You.

Based on the bible for having a baby by Heidi Murkoff, the film weaves the varying types of pregnancy through its story of five couples who are, you guessed it, expecting.

Cameron Diaz is a TV fitness guru who discovers she's pregnant as she closes out her guest stint on a Dancing with the Stars-type show. Her partner, on and off the dance floor, is Matthew Morrison (Glee). Jennifer Lopez and onscreen hubby Rodrigo Santoro are an artsy couple who have to adopt when they learn they cannot have children. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Banks and Ben Falcone have been trying for what seems like forever and then one fateful day, the proverbial stork arrives. Then there’s Dennis Quaid (who is Falcone’s father) and his screen wife Brooklyn Decker, whose May-October romance gets a little surprise in the form of a baby. Anna Kendrick and Chace Crawford round out the ensemble as a pair of young upstarts that welcome pregnancy by accident.

Why What to Expect works is it takes the book that it is based on and captures its essence and then promptly throws it out the window. In the celluloid arena, story matters. What we have is not only a circle of five stories that surprisingly works, but also a periphery story that may be the best part of the film: The dads' group. You’ve seen their collective coolness, in spite of and because of their adorned-with-fatherhood personas.

Chris Rock anchors the group that also features Reno 911 vet Thomas Lennon. Lopez hears about the group from a fellow Reno 911 star -- Bridesmaids scene stealer Wendi McLendon-Covey -- and promptly sends her freaking out dad-to-be to hang with the boys.

Their simple credo mirrors an iconic film: Rule number one, no talking about what happens with dads' group. As such, their bond is brilliant. They bemoan their situation, but every single one of the young dads emotionally conveys in mere movie minutes their utter adoration for their children. One even talks about loving them so much he is afraid he might eat his baby!

The film runs out of steam just as our ladies go into labor. It is an ensemble piece, where very few of the stars actually even share scenes. This is the slight issue we have with the film. Woody Allen is the master of weaving large casts and making it believable that everyone knows each other -- and most importantly -- is an integral facet to their life. But in What to Expect When You’re Expecting, the connectedness of our cast is not established until the film’s final moments. It appears to be a storytelling necessity, yet these stories work so well on their own -- they need not unite.

Solid romantic comedies are hard to find. But, what audiences have delivered to them in What to Expect While You’re Expecting is a romantic comedy and so much more. Usually in rom-coms, couples are basking in newfound love. In this film, the affection arrives in the form of unabashed adoration for the little life that these couples are now charged with raising to adulthood.

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