Weekend Box Office: WALL-E First, Jolie Close

As expected by pretty much everyone who has heard of the name Pixar before, the animated company’s “WALL-E” met and exceeded expectations in its debut weekend, taking in an estimated $62.5 million, good enough for the story about a junk robot who meets a more high-tech version on a...

June 29th, 2008 | Read More

Wanted (2008) Movie Review #2

At the rate that Hollywood is cranking through comic books to fill up its studios, film worthy comics may soon become as scarce as crude oil. The latest entry is “Wanted,” helmed by Russian action golden boy du juor, Timur Bekmambetov (director of the currently in progress “Night Watch” vampire...

June 29th, 2008 | Read More

Wanted (2008) Movie Review

“Night Watch” (2004) put Russian director Timur Bekmambetov on the map. Based on the novel by Sergei Lukyanenko, it tells of the ancient battle between light (good) and dark (evil) and the man who will decide which side will triumph. Why did this Russian language film make such a splash? It’s a...

June 29th, 2008 | Read More

Wanted Guys Already Talking Sequels. So What Else is New?

My fellow movie site guys always find ways to surprise me. Here’s one: they’re shocked that the guys behind “Wanted” are already talking about making a sequel to their not-yet-opened movie. Guys, really? You’re shocked by this “news”? Movie people are always...

June 19th, 2008 | Read More

Wanted Game: Decode the Fraternity of the Assassins

Imagine your destiny as a thread, interwoven into the fabric of space and time with the fates of countless others. What if you had the power not only to see “the Weave” but to decode it? Could you handle wielding the power that great men have wanted since the dawn of time? Or would you...

June 18th, 2008 | Read More

Watch 7 Minutes of Wanted Now

For your perusal pleasure, here is a 7-minute clip from Russian director Timur Bekmambetov’s Hollywood debut, “Wanted”. It’s nothing you haven’t seen before, but it does extend the supermarket scene where Fox meets Wesley for the first time and informs him about his dear...

June 16th, 2008 | Read More

Wanted Clip: Killing People is Fun

If all the “Wanted” clips are any indication, shooting helpless people when they least expect it is really fun, especially when Angelina Jolie and her teasing nakedness is there to lend you a hand. This latest “Wanted” clip has Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) giving the middle finger...

June 12th, 2008 | Read More

Latest Red Band Trailer for Wanted

Here’s the latest trailer for Timur Bekmambetov’s “Wanted”; it’s basically the same trailer I posted a few days ago, except this one is labeled “Red Band”, which means it includes additional footage of bloodletting and Morgan Freeman drops the F-bomb, which is,...

June 10th, 2008 | Read More

Finally! A Kick-Ass U.S. Trailer for Wanted

Not that long ago I posted a Russian trailer for the new Angelina Jolie movie “Wanted” and lamented the fact that, although I couldn’t understand a single thing being said in the trailer (it being in Russian and all), I still thought it was at least 100 times better than anything I’ve...

June 3rd, 2008 | Read More

Why Wanted the Movie is not like Wanted the Comic Book

One of the major grumbles about the upcoming Angelina Jolie movie “Wanted” is that it’s nothing like the comic books by Mark Millar. Or, actually, there are parts of it, like the set-up in the beginning, that are like the comics, but the major thrust of the comics have been drastically...

June 2nd, 2008 | Read More

New Wanted, Hancock, and Twilight Clips

As part of their MTV Movie Awards showcase, MTV has put up new clips for “Wanted”, “Hancock”, and “Twilight” that you probably saw on TV if you were watching the MTV Movie Awards today. What, you weren’t watching? Shame on you. (Plus, it means you have good taste...

June 1st, 2008 | Read More

New Movie Posters: Wanted, Pathology, the Gene Generation

Five new movie posters for your perusal pleasure today. Three new posters for the Angelina Jolie-James McAvoy action flick “Wanted” from Russia, a new poster for Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia’s horror/thriller “Pathology”, and finally, a poster for Bai Ling’s latest,...

May 30th, 2008 | Read More

Badass Russian Red Band Trailer for Wanted

Wow, if the American trailers for Russian director Timur Bekmambetov’s “Wanted” had been half as good as the one the studio cut for Russian consumption, more people would be jacked to see “Wanted” on the big screen. This thing is not just bloody, but it’s packed to...

May 29th, 2008 | Read More

Wanted Clip: Angelina Jolie is a Good Driver

Timur Bekmambetov’s Hollywood debut, the big screen movie adaptation of Mark Millar’s gun happy, blood-soaked “Wanted” is opening June 27, 2008, and the studio has begun releasing clips from the movie. The first clip (below) has James McAvoy’s hapless civilian fleeing an...

May 20th, 2008 | Read More

Wanted Behind-the-Scenes Featurette

My guess is that “Wanted” will probably do okay at the box office when it’s finally released on June 27, 2008, but it won’t be a major hit. Chances are, it’ll be good enough to spit out a direct-to-DVD sequel or two, maybe, but the film just won’t have a whole lot...

May 18th, 2008 | Read More

New Jolie-Centric Wanted Movie Poster

Here’s another movie poster for the upcoming action movie “Wanted”. As you can see, this one is very Angelina Jolie-centric, which is how it should be. You’re not going to sell this movie as “starring James McAvoy” or anyone else, you’re going to sell it as a...

April 27th, 2008 | Read More

New Wanted Movie Poster is Pointlessly Dull

In “Wanted”, Russian director Timur Bekmambetov (the “Night Watch” movies) makes his Hollywood debut by directing a generic action movie starring Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman. It doesn’t have a whole lot going for it except for those two big-name actors, since even...

April 22nd, 2008 | Read More

Mark Millar Says Wanted is So Good He Wanted to Punch Himself in the Face

Okay, so maybe he didn’t say he wanted to punch himself because the movie adaptation of his “Wanted” comics was so good, but he is gushing about it over at his official site’s board. Millar makes mention that the film is “70%” truthful to his comics, which from the...

March 10th, 2008 | Read More

New Wanted Trailer: Curving Bullets is Fun

I still don’t like the fact that they completely changed up the entire foundation that made the “Wanted” comics the kick-ass, balls-to-the-wall piece of maniac fiction that it is completely for the film. But hey, no one asked me about it before they did it, so whatever. Here’s...

March 5th, 2008 | Read More

Wanted (2008) Movie Images Gallery

Wanted (2008) Movie Images Gallery Plot: A young man finds out his long lost father is an assassin. And when his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father’s old organization and trained by a man named Sloan to follow in his dad’s footsteps. Starring: James McAvoy, Morgan...

February 22nd, 2008 | Read More