Title: Bellflower Directed By: Evan Glodell Written By: Evan Glodell Cast: Evan Glodell, Jessie Wiseman, Tyler Dawson, Rebekah Brandes, Vincent Grashaw Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 6/30/11 Opens: August 5, 2011 There’s a reason young people leave their parents in flyover country and head for California. Southern California attracts outdoors types including surfers, swimmers, tanners, and everyone who likes to dress casually and lead the laid-back life enjoyed by Alan Alda’s character, Bill Warren, in Herbert Ross’s “California Suite.” If there are other reasons to go west, they motivate people like the twenty-somethings in Evan Glodell’s “Bellflower,” a picture not bound by a strict narrative structure or rational, sober people….

Ready for your last Movie News Cheat Sheet of July 2011? Just as we’re heading into the home stretch of the summer season, a slew of films are priming to snag the spotlight as their big debuts are on the horizon. Not only do we have a ton of images from a selection of Toronto International Film Festival participants like the Jason Segel starrer Jeff Who Lives at Home and Francis Ford Coppola’s supernatural horror thriller Twixt, but Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Judge Dredd, too. Entertainment Weekly also gave us our very first look at Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson all decked out in their Gale and Peeta…

Here’s a first look at Christian Bale as Batman in the upcoming film “The Dark Knight Rises” from director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception, Memento) stars Christian Bale (Batman Begins, Terminator Salvation, The 13 Women of Nanjing), Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada, Get Smart, Alice in Wonderland, The Silver Linings Playbook), Tom Hardy (Inception, RocknRolla, Bronson), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Elektra Luxx, 3rd Rock from the Sun), Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Knight, Se7en), Gary Oldman (The Professional, The Fifth Element) and Michael Caine (Cars 2, Gnomeo & Juliet, Inception, Harry Brown). Click Here for more photos, news and movie trailers from The Dark Knight Rises. Synopsis: Anne’s…

British television writer-producer Drew Pearce has been hired by Paramount to write the film adaptation of the DC Comic series “The Mighty”, Variety is reporting. The studio acquired the rights to the comic in early June 2011, and Chris Bender and JC Spink have signed on to produce the film through their Benderspink banner. Jake Weiner has also signed on to produce the movie. “The Mighty” is an original graphic novel that was written by Peter J. Tomasi and Keith Champagne. It tells the story of Alpha-One, the world’s first and most powerful superhero, who has also been a force of good. He has been supported by Section Omega, an…

Carrie-Ann Moss has signed on to portray a love interest/rival for Adam Baldwin’s lovelorn spy character John Casey on the final season of ‘Chuck,’ TVLine is reporting. Her character, Gertrude Verbanski, is a former spy who is now running private spy firm Verbanski Corp., the main competition of Chuck and Sarah’s new company. Gertrude has been described as ruthless and deadly, but also has a weak spot for John. She has also been described as “Miranda Priestly meets Lara Croft, with a rather wicked sense of humor.” The news of Moss’ casting was leaked at this year’s Comic-Con, and as a result, Baldwin subsequently said “Casey has either met his…

Miley Cyrus proved her support for gay rights when she was inked with a small equal sign on the side of her ring finger, the Huffington Post is reporting. The former ‘Hannah Montana’ star tweeted a picture of her new tattoo, and wrote “All LOVE is equal,” reportedly referring to The All Love is Equal campaign launched by the Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby. The equal sign, which is Cyrus’ seventh tattoo, sparked disagreement from her fans. The singer tweeted in response “where does it say in the bible to judge others? Oh right. It doesn’t. GOD is the only judge honey. ‘GOD is love.’” Cyrus also showed her support…

Title: Scream of the Banshee Directed by: Steven C. Miller Starring: Lauren Holly and Lance Henriksen Running time: 90 minutes / Rated R A college professor and her two students discover an ornate box containing the severed head of a banshee, which is still not quite dead. According to Irish lore, anyone who hears the scream will die. Mysterious deaths begin to occur to those within the vicinity when the box was opened, or who have heard the recording of the scream. It’s a Syfy movie, so you gotta just roll the dice and see if it’s a total campy horror flick or something brilliant. With exception to the bloody…

Title: Conan The Adventurer 1991 Animated Series by Hasbro Starring: Garry Chalk, Michael Donovan, Janyse Jaud Running Time: 5 hours, 2 discs, Unrated- for all audiences Conan of Cimmeria is on a quest to search for the evil serpent-man and wizard Wrath-Amon, who imprisoned Conan’s family into living stone. Armed with a sword forged from a mysterious star metal, he and his friends set off on a journey to save Conan’s family and also find adventure. I probably watched this show growing up, and one thing I couldn’t stand about kids cartoon shows is the pandering. There’s always an overly cutesy or annoying character with the weird screechy voice that…

Check out the prison jailbreak explosion video from the Pittsburgh set of the upcoming film “The Dark Knight Rises” from director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception, Memento) stars Christian Bale (Batman Begins, Terminator Salvation, The 13 Women of Nanjing), Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada, Get Smart, Alice in Wonderland, The Silver Linings Playbook), Tom Hardy (Inception, RocknRolla, Bronson), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Elektra Luxx, 3rd Rock from the Sun), Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Knight, Se7en), Gary Oldman (The Professional, The Fifth Element) and Michael Caine (Cars 2, Gnomeo & Juliet, Inception, Harry Brown). Click Here for more photos, news and movie trailers from The Dark Knight Rises….

Here’s the latest international movie poster for the upcoming film “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” by director Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist, Get the Picture, Subterrain) and starring James Franco (Oz: The Great and Powerful, Your Highness), Andy Serkis (The Hobbit: Part 1, The Spider, Freezing Time) and Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire, Trishna). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Rise of the Apes. Synopsis: An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man’s own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. Follow @Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from…