Cinematical

• EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Swanberg and Gerwig's 'Nights and Weekends'
  

  Filed under: Drama, Independent, Romance, Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips

  
  
  Cinematical has just received the first trailer for Nights and Weekends, written, starring and directed by Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig. The film, which first premiered during this year's South by Southwest Film Festival (or SXSW), follows one couple struggling to maintain a long distance relationship, and all the ups and downs that go along with that. Not only does it rank among Swanberg and Gerwig's best to date, but, as I said in my review, both "do a tremendous job tapping into everything we love about our relationships,...
  



• Exclusive Clip: Jennifer Aniston's 'Management'
  

  Filed under: Comedy, Romance, Fandom, Movie Marketing, Toronto International Film Festival, Trailers and Clips

  
  
  Cinematical has just received this exclusive clip from the new film Management, starring Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn and Woody Harrelson. Written and directed by Stephen Belber (this is his feature debut), Management follows the quirky relationship between a traveling art saleswoman (Aniston) and the motel worker (Zahn) who crushes on her. In the clip below, watch as Aniston asks Zahn whether he'd like to touch her butt (that should be enough to tease you in). I actually really enjoy Aniston when she lets...
  



• Telluride Review: Slumdog Millionaire
  

  Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Casting, Telluride, Theatrical Reviews, Festival Reports, Toronto International Film Festival, Cinematical Indie

  

  Fans of director Danny Boyle's work will find much to appreciate in his latest film, Slumdog Millionaire, a sweeping, hopeful story about a boy in the slums of India who becomes an instant celebrity after he wins millions on India's version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. Adapted by Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) off the novel Q &A by Vikas Swarup, the tale is framed within an interesting narrative structure that...
  




• Discuss: Summer Movie Season 2008 -- The Big Recap
  

  Filed under: Action, Animation, Comedy, Horror, Music & Musicals, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Mystery & Suspense, Theatrical Reviews, Fandom, Family Films, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, Games and Game Movies, Lists, Summer Movies, Fan Rant

  
  
  It's difficult (and a little silly) to try and judge an entire quarter-year's movies in one lump sum -- but that's what we seem to do at the end of every Summer Movie Season. That's when all our excitement, expectations, and final reactions come...
  



• Fox Delays 'Australia' By a Few Weeks
  

  Filed under: Drama, Romance, Distribution, 20th Century Fox, Newsstand, War, Nicole Kidman

  All the movie studios are just hellbent on messing with my fall season. Australia is the latest movie to get the old switch-a-roo, as Variety reports that Fox is moving its release date from November 14 down to November 26. I know, it's only a matter of weeks, but it's just the principle of the thing. And it's now pitted against The Road, forcing me to chose which one to see opening day. I don't need that kind of stress, particularly on Thanksgiving...
  



• Hilary Swank is a Bad Best Friend
  

  Filed under: Comedy, Romance, Casting, Deals

  You think Hilary Swank would have learned her lesson after finding deep love that died way too early and left her with a suspenders scar. You'd also think she might be wary about her involvement in perky fare, since her forays into the genre haven't brought her as much success as her dramatic work. Guess not.
  
  Swank is going nuts scooping up projects to produce and star in. Earlier this month, she was looking at Fat, and now Varietyreports that she wants to backstab her best friend. Along with producing partner Molly Smith she's grabbed Emily Giffin's debut...
  



• Jessica Biel is Retro and has 'Easy Virtue'
  

  Filed under: Comedy, Romance, Images

  
  
  While it stars some great names in the world of film, we haven't heard too much about Easy Virtue. But now, as it gears up for that spanky Canadian festival known as TIFF, CinEmpire has published a whole slew of pictures -- a retro Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, and more.
  
  The film focuses on an American divorcee (Biel) who has to meet the parents (but hopefully without the cat milking). But unlike Stiller's version, she's already tied the knot with a sexy young Englishman (Barnes), so Mom (Scott Thomas) and Dad (Firth)...
  



• Cast and Crew Head Back for Some Extra 'Twilight' Shooting
  

  Filed under: Horror, Romance, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand

  No, Twilightfans -- it's ok! This is good news and it isn't going to result in a delay of the movie. Summit wouldn't break your hearts like that. Even though the clock is ticking, the studio is taking a bit of time to smooth out the movie's kinks. According to MTV, they're going back and filming some extra scenes, months after principle photography wrapped -- a move planned long before Twilight snagged the vacant Harry Potter date.
  
  It isn't because anyone's dissatisfied with the film -- the cast insists the opposite is true. "They liked it...
  



• Edgar Wright Gives a Much Needed 'Scott Pilgrim' Update
  

  Filed under: Action, Comedy, Romance, Universal, DIY/Filmmaking, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek

  If ever there was a pairing to hipster fan-boys everywhere; it is Michael Cera and Edgar Wright. Think about it, Cera made a name for himself being the awkward hero, and who can write an unlikely hero better than the man who helped write the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy? In an interview with Wizard Universe, Wright got the chance to update the status of his indie-comic feature, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (if you have also been waiting with bated breath for news on his Ant...
  



• Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor Get Close in 'I Love You Phillip Morris'
  

  Filed under: Comedy, Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Movie Marketing, Images

  
  
  Jim and Ewan sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N..well, you get the idea. Thanks to Jim Carrey Online, we now have our first official look at the happy couple in the black comedy, I Love You Phillip Morris. Elisabeth brought us a behind the scenes photo back in May, but in spite of the thrill of seeing Jim Carrey and Rodrigo Santoro dripping with sun-tan oil and Versace, I was a little disappointed that my favorite Scot was nowhere to be seen -- until now.
  
  Morris was written and...