Title: Man on a Ledge Director: Asger Leth Starring: Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Genesis Rodriguez, Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns, Ed Harris, Titus Welliver It’s a decent idea; Man on a Ledge. Now what can we do with this? Best guess is that this discussion went on all the way through shooting, because after taking in the 102 minutes, the only thing creative and truly engaging is in fact, the man on the ledge. Sam Worthington makes the most of his predominantly statuesque role. The guy is standing on a twenty-to-thirty story ledge of a plush hotel in New York City. A crowd (spectators and first-response teams) form around…

We’ve all seen the story before, the down-on-his-luck sports fighter who finds some form of redemption through a miracle you can only find in the movies. However, there’s a lot more than that story line happening in Shawn Levy’s “Real Steel,” and actor Hugh Jackman knew it from first glance, hence why he ended up starring in the robot boxing drama. He plays the unlucky Charlie Kenton, a former boxer who turned into a small time promoter trying to make ends meet by fighting worn down robots in order to make a few bucks. Between spending time with his estranged son Max (played by Dakota Goyo) and uncovering a different…

Title: Real Steel Directed By: Shawn Levy Starring: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Kevin Durand, Hope Davis, James Rebhorn, Karl Yune, Olga Fonda This is a movie about futuristic robot boxing that’s eager to please the widest audience possible. As long as you don’t walk into Real Steel with your fingers crossed for something that feels as real and gritty as, let’s say The Fighter or Warrior, it’s impossible not to enjoy it. Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is a former boxer turned robot fighter. In the near future, when human boxing isn’t brutal enough for spectators, the sport displaces those fighters with massive and ruthless robots, offering…

Fans of “Real Steel,” starring Hugh Jackman, can now show their love for the film on Facebook through the use of a “Real Steel” Bot Banner! By going to the “Real Steel” Facebook page, users can drag and drop five images of the main robots into their banner template: “Drag your favorite fighter to start making your banner! When you’re done, your customized images can be found in your REAL STEEL album. Simply tag the first five images in the order in which they appear and they show up at the top of your profile!” “Real Steel” is a story set in the future, where a boxer decides to create…

Summit Entertainment sent us the official movie trailer and synopsis for the upcoming film “Man On A Ledge” by directed by Asger Leth (GHOSTS OF CITÉ SOLEIL), written by Pablo F. Fenjves, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura (RED, SALT, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN) and Mark Vahradian (TRANSFORMERS) and starring Sam Worthington (AVATAR, CLASH OF THE TITANS,TERMINATOR SALVATION), Elizabeth Banks (THE NEXT THREE DAYS, W., THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN), Jamie Bell (KING KONG, BILLY ELLIOT), Anthony Mackie (THE HURT LOCKER, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, 8 MILE), Ed Burns (27 DRESSES), Titus Welliver (THE TOWN), Kyra Sedgwick (TV’S THE CLOSER) and Ed Harris (NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE). Synopsis:…

Horror is about to take a voodoo turn with the film “Vipaka”, according to The Hollywood Reporter. According to the site, the film will star Forest Whitaker, Anthony Mackie, Mike Epps and Sanaa Lathan; the film will be directed by Philippe Caland and is written by horror veteran Shin Shimosawa (“The Grudge,” “The Echo,” “The Ringer”). Whitaker has worked with Shimosawa before on “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior”. The synopsis of the film, according to the article, is about a severely disturbed contractor (Whitaker) who seeks help from a life coach (Mackie). The therapy session becomes a dangerous and scary psychological game. The contractor lator abducts the life coach and uses…

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…

Abraham Lincoln finally has his own Mary Todd. Well, it’s more like they’ve finally cast the female actress to play Mary Todd, Lincoln’s wife in the upcoming supernatural flick “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead will take the role, starring opposite Benjamin Walker who’s playing the fictitious version of a revenge-hungry incarnation of our sixteenth president. “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is a mash-up novel written by Seth Grahame-Smith, which plays itself off as a fictionalized series of diary notes about the president’s secret agenda to wipe out the undead creatures of the night after they killed his mother. His ulterior motive to defeat…

Title: Night Catches Us Directed By: Tanya Hamilton Starring: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Jamara Griffin, Amari Cheatom, Jamie Hector, Wendell Pierce Ten years is a very long time to be working on just one film, but that’s just how it goes for most up-and-coming filmmakers. However, in first time feature writer-direct Tanya Hamilton’s case, I’d imagine she looks back fondly on every minute she spent working on Night Catches Us, for the final product truly represents not only the time she put into the project, but her passion for it as well. It’s 1979 and Marcus (Anthony Mackie) is returning home to Philadelphia after having left town for quite a…

Anthony Mackie (“The Hurt Locker”) has joined the cast of MRC/Universal’s “The Adjustment Bureau,” alongside Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. George Nolfi is directing from his own script, and is producing along with Chris Moore, Michael Hackett and Bill Carraro. “The Adjustment Bureau” is adapted from a short story by Philip K. Dick, and follow a smooth-talking congressman (Damon) whose political future is thrown in doubt by meeting a mysterious ballerina (Blunt), and the discovery that the world around him is not nearly what it seems. Stay tuned right here at Shockya.com for more on “The Adjustment Bureau”. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety.com)