Walt Disney Pictures rolled the dice with producer Robert Zemeckis’ “Mars Needs Moms”, which was trotted out in 3-D to great fanfare earlier this year, and took a critical and commercial beating, to the tune of a meager $39 million worldwide gross. The film — produced by the same team behind “A Christmas Carol” and “The Polar Express” — isn’t quite as much of a stinker as that dismissal might indicate, but neither is it a wonderful romp or, as Boxoffice Magazine’s Pete Hammond claims on the cover, “the perfect family film in every way.” The storyline — in which nine-year-old Earthling Milo (Seth Green, but also voiced by another,…

Actor Hugh Jackman was spotted leaving the gym. Hugh stars in the upcoming film “The Wolverine” by director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Wrestler) and starring Hugh Jackman (Real Steel, Deception). Synpopsis: The gruff, adamantium-clawed Marvel superhero Wolverine strikes out on his own in this X-Men spin-off starring series regular Hugh Jackman. The story gets under way as the boy who will become Wolverine makes a shocking discovery about his family bloodline, and gains a brother in the process. Flash forward to find the mutant siblings battling side by side through two world wars and Vietnam — where they are sentenced to death for killing a commanding officer — and…

Title: The Wrestler Directed by: Darren Aronofsky (RoboCop, The Fighter) Starring: Mickey Rourke (Sin City 2, The Informers), Marisa Tomei (Marisa Tomei, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead) and Evan Rachel Wood. Scores: Technical: 90, Story: 95, Acting: 100, Overall: 98 The Wrestler was a movie I had heard a lot about but, I didn’t think I would ever really watch it. Sometimes the hype you hear about a movie, ruins it for you. The Dark Knight was like that. I had to watch it again to really understand the attraction to The Joker. I thought Heath Ledger was amazing and the movie as a whole was fascinating. But my…

Fox Searchlight has announced that due to their wins at the Golden Globes and preparation for Oscar season, it will extend the theatrical releases of Slumdog Millionaire and The Wrestler. Slumdog won four awards: Best Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score. It will be playing in roughly 1,300 theaters starting January 23rd. Searchlight won’t begin its national TV campaign for Slumdog until next week. The company also mentioned that it will also up The Wrestler‘s runs from about 60 to 160 on Friday, eventually playing in roughly 400 theaters by Jan. 23. The film’s star, Mickey Rourke, took home the award for Best Actor…

The Writers Guild of America has announced its nominees for the 2009 Writers Guild Awards. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, February 7th, 2009 at 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California. And the nominees are… FILM ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Burn After Reading – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Milk – Dustin Lance Black Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Woody Allen The Visitor – Tom McCarthy The Wrestler – Robert Siegel ADAPTED SCREENPLAY The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Screenplay by Eric Roth; Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord; Based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Dark Knight –…

Fox Searchlight Pictures just released a brand new movie trailer from the upcoming film “The Wrestler” by director Darren Aronofsky (RoboCop, The Fighter) and starring Mickey Rourke (Sin City 2, The Informers), Marisa Tomei (Marisa Tomei, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead) and Evan Rachel Wood. Synopsis: Mickey Rourke stars as a has-been wrestler who heads back to the ring with hopes of a comeback in this drama helmed by director Darren Aronofsky and scripted by Robert Siegel. Marisa Tomei co-stars as Rourke’s on-again, off-again paramour, the single mother of a young son with whom Rourke strikes up a rapport. – Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Stay tuned to Toxic…

Fox Searchlight Pictures recently released this brand new movie poster from the upcoming film “The Wrestler” by director Darren Aronofsky (RoboCop, The Fighter) and starring Mickey Rourke (Sin City 2, The Informers), Marisa Tomei (Marisa Tomei, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead) and Evan Rachel Wood. Synopsis: Mickey Rourke stars as a has-been wrestler who heads back to the ring with hopes of a comeback in this drama helmed by director Darren Aronofsky and scripted by Robert Siegel. Marisa Tomei co-stars as Rourke’s on-again, off-again paramour, the single mother of a young son with whom Rourke strikes up a rapport. – Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Stay tuned to Toxic…