Fansshare has the scoop on the newest details about “The Dark Knight Rises.” According to the site, Morgan Freeman has opened up about the film and what the most exciting things about the film are for him. “The most exciting thing about it is watching the openings, I’m telling you,” he said. “Don it, it’s fun to work with Chris [Christopher] Nolan. He’s a really terrific writer, a terrific director. One of those highlights of your career.” He also talked about which Batman villain he would have liked to see in the films. “Philip Seymour Hoffman as the Penguin, that sounds interesting to me,” he said. He also said that…

Title: The Ides of March Directed by: George Clooney Starring: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood Political films often strive to showcase the views of the director and screenwriter, and often times only appeal to the people who agree with their opinions. While George Clooney, who not only starred in the new political drama ‘The Ides of March,’ but also directed, co-wrote and produced it as well, infused his liberal beliefs into the movie, he also created unique characters that audiences can relate to. The filmmaker interestingly didn’t just present his views in the film, which is based on the play…

A discussion and review the week’s new movie release from your favorite entertainment and celebrity website. Hello everyone, this is episode 17 of the Movie Night Podcast. This week Rudie Obias is joined by co-host of The AuteurCast, West Anthony and they discuss the new political thriller by George Clooney, “The Ides of March”. Subscribe on iTunes or Download and Listen Here. “The Ides of March” features Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei and Jeffrey Wright. Read Harvey Karten’s review of “The Ides of March”. On the next episode of Movie Night, we will discuss, “The Thing”. We hope you enjoy the…

Title: The Big Lebowski – Blu-ray Limited Edition Directed by: Joel & Ethan Cohen Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore and John Turturro Running time: 117 min, Rated R Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski is just a laid back guy who takes pleasure in the simple things, like White Russians and bowling. He gets mistaken for a millionaire with the same name by a pornographer’s thugs who want money he loaned to the Big Lebowski’s trophy wife, so they take it out on The Dude’s rug; the one that really tied the room together. So Dude goes to The Big Lebowski and manages to get a new-used rug,…

A discussion and review the week’s new movie release from your favorite entertainment and celebrity website. Hello everyone, this is episode 15 of the Movie Night Podcast. This week Rudie Obias and Perri Nemiroff discuss the new film from Kevin Smith, “Red State” and the follow-up of “The Social Network” for Aaron Sorkin, “MoneyBall”. Subscribe on iTunes or Download and Listen Here. “Red State” features Michael Parks, Melissa Leo, John Goodman, Stephen Root, Kevin Pollak and Kerry Bishé. It was written and directed by Kevin Smith. “MoneyBall” features Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt, Stephen Bishop and Kerris Dorsey. It was directed by Bennett Miller…

Title: Moneyball Directed By: Bennett Miller Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt, Stephen Bishop, Nick Porrazzo, Kerris Dorsey, Reed Thompson It’s pretty obvious that the sports genre has a tendency to revel in formulaic inspirational storytelling. But, when you’ve got a true story with a happy ending, isn’t that effect almost inherent? According to Moneyball, no. Is that a good thing? It depends what you’re looking for. Brad Pitt is Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A’s coming off a hot season. However, as Billy frequently says, nobody remembers you when you lose your last game of the season and in 2001,…

Critics have already given the Brad Pitt film “Moneyball” a high rating of 92%. The film, which is about Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A’s who reinvents the team with virtually no money, also stars Jonah Hill and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Let’s see what the critics love about “Moneyball”: “The supersmart and rousing ‘Moneyball,’ which may be the best baseball movie since ‘Bull Durham,’ is…about talk, but in a cooly heady and original inside-the-front-office way.”–Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly “‘Moneyball’ is a thinking person’s baseball movie, and a baseball fan’s thinking movie…[A]s Beane, Brad Pitt gives perhaps his smartest, subtlest performance ever. I don’t know if director Bennett…

Title: Moneyball Directed By: Bennett Miller Written By: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, from the book by Michael Lewis Cast: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman Screened at: Regal E-Walk, NYC, 9/20/11 Opens: September 23, 2011 After the Enron scandal and surely after the recent debacle that led to Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns’ belly-up act, Accounting became not a subject for geeks but a course leading to a full-scale macho degree. Could the same be said for majors in General Economics? Not in the larger sense but in a situation in which the major league baseball team, the Oakland Athletics, found themselves, Economics turns out to be a solid,…

Some people will say 2011 isn’t a great year for movies. I would tend to disagree with that sentiment. It’s true the number of great films (so far) in 2011 are fewer than 2010 but the ones we do have in 2011 are pretty spectacular and worth watching and discussing. There are movies like Gore Verbinski’s “Rango” or Joe Wright’s “Hanna” are among the favorites of general audiences, just looking at the critical response and box office receipts, but there are also smaller movies that seem to have been forgotten like Cary Fukunaga’s adaptation of “Jane Eyre” and Tom McCarthy’s comic gem, “Win Win”. All of these titles are worthy…

Watch the movie trailer for the 2007 film “Charlie Wilson’s War” by director Mike Nichols and starring Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman . Synopsis: In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas who seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people are suffering in the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of the maverick CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny political efforts…