Conan The Barbarian

Who Looked Hotter in Green: Jessica Chastain or Rose McGowan? – UsMagazine.com

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While stars like Mariska Hargitay and Hilary Swank were getting down in New Orleans for Mardi Gras festivities, Jessica Chastain and Rose McGowan hit up a party in Los Angeles Tuesday clad in one of the celebration's festive colors. PHOTOS: Jessica Chastain's best red carpet moments At an event celebrating the late silent film icon [...]

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Craig Daily Press / Movie rewind: summer offerings ranged from tedious to terrific

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In case you missed 'em: • “Insidious” — 2.5 out of 4 stars • “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night” — 2 out of 4 stars • “The Beaver” — 2 out of 4 stars • “The Tree of Life” — 3 out of 4 stars • “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” — 2 out of 4 stars [...]

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McGowan's cult upbringing not 'strange'

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Friday, August 26, 2011 » 12:02pm Rose McGowan insists growing up in a cult wasn't a 'strange existence'. The 38-year-old actress spent the first nine years of her life as part of the Children of God sect in the Italian countryside but she insists her upbringing was not as unusual as other people's seems to [...]

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Rose McGowan Talks Growing Up in a Cult

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D Dipasupil/Getty Images Talk about a crazy childhood! Rose McGowan might have raised some eyebrows when she dated rocker Marilyn Manson back in the day, but nothing compares to the story of being brought up in a cult while living in Italy. READ: "Severely Unnerved" Rose McGowan Keeps Freaky Fan Away They were called the [...]

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Mini reviews

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Published: September 9, 2011 Updated: 09/09/2011 04:07 pm Apollo 18 "Found footage" horror movie about the unknown Apollo 18 mission, which reveals why the United States never went back to the moon. Was not screened for critics. 90 minutes (PG-13; for disturbing sequence and profanity) 30 Minutes or Less In a set up that sounds [...]

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Ask Mick LaSalle: Empty chair reserved for torture

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Dear Mick: That was an entertaining review of what sounds like a truly awful movie ("Conan the Barbarian"). But if it was really that bad, why did you give it a sleeping man instead of an empty chair? David Phillips, San Francisco Dear David: I like to save the lowest rating for movies that aren't [...]

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Movies this week 08/25/2011

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Starting This Week "COLOMBIANA" (Premiere 10) An orphaned girl grows up as an assassin. Action adventure with Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan and Callum Blue. PG-13. 107 minutes. Not reviewed. "THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE" (Century 12) A man is forced to serve as the body double for Saddam Hussein's son, Uday. Action biography with Dominic Cooper, Ludivine [...]

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Movie Review: Conan the Barbarian (2011)

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Visually, this new Conan feels authentic, with gallons of blood spattering against tempered steel as muscular men wage war with beasts and each other alike. Yet while the action and carnage might sate the most bloodthirsty of viewers, the film feels rather soulless as the endless battles carry on with no pause for dialogue, character [...]

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Liam Neeson Wilderness Thriller 'The Grey' Snags A Release Date

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Director Joe Carnahan's The Grey started a bidding war just last month, with Open Road Films emerging as the victor. The wilderness thriller has now been slated for theatrical release in January of 2012. However, it may actually be given a very limited release a month earlier, so as to allow Liam Neeson to possibly [...]

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Lionsgate Picks Up U.S. Rights to Katherine Heigl Comedy 'The Big Wedding'

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Lionsgate has grabbed U.S. distribution rights to The Big Wedding, an ensemble comedy starring Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes and Topher Grace. The studio has scheduled a theatrical opening for October 19, 2012, a weekend it has to itself as of now. Nu Image / Millennium [...]