This week’s new movies coming out in theaters on Friday, January 27th include celebrities like Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, John C. Reilly, & Sam Worthington.
With this collection of new movies this week, I think there might be competition for the no. 1 spot at the box office. The newest Underworld chapter found itself getting trashed by critics but the fans flocked to see it anyway. So I’m wondering if word-of-mouth is going to take its toll on this new “Beckinsale in tight leathers” movie? (That wasn’t a complaint… I’m just sayin’._) We’ll see, right?
After the list of new movies is a selected list of what movies are in what state of production update… and as always, if you leave enough comments/requests to check out a new movie, I’ll go see it for you guys!
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• The Grey
An airplane crashes in Alaska, stranding an oil drilling team, as they struggle to survive, as a pack of wolves stalks them.
It stars Liam Neeson and a wolf, and is directed by Joe Carnahan, whose past credits include The A-Team, & The Fourth Kind. That says to me that the action could be pretty decent. Another data point that I consider is that Howard Stern says he likes the movie. Believe it or not, I trust his movie opinions, as they’ve tended to agree with mine over the years… so I may head out to see this, this weekend!
Theatrical Trailer for The Grey
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• One for the Money
This is the movie with Katherine Heigl who is an unemployed woman who picks up a job as a bail-bond collector. (Look out, Dawg, the Bounty Hunter!!!) But her first assignment is someone from her romantic past.
(Have you heard that after blowing off the show, Heigl now wants back on Grey’s Anatomy.)
One of the Money is directed by Julie Anne Robinson, whose only other movie she’s directed is The Last Song… but she has a wealth of different TV show episodes under her belt.
And yes, that’s Jason O’Mara from TV’s Terra Nova.
Trailer for One for the Money:
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• We Need to Talk About Kevin
Finally getting a National release date, this movie is about a “mother of a teenage boy who went on a high-school killing spree tries to deal with her grief – and feelings of responsibility for her child’s actions.”
The cast includes Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller and Jasper Newell.
The trailer is rather enticing!
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• Man on a Ledge
Directed by Asger Leth, whose only previous directorial experience includes documentaries. (Does that worry anyone else?)
The movie stars Sam Worthington who plays a man who threatens to jump off a ledge of a Manhattan hotel rooftop.
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• Albert Nobbs
This movie stars Glenn Close, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Mia Wasikowska in a movie where Glenn Close’s character poses as a man in order to get work in the 19th century Ireland.
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• The Words
(Sundance Film Festival) starring Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Irons. {When an aspiring writer claims another man’s long lost work as his own, the price he must pay is more than he could have ever imagined. }
I have to say, I hope this is a serious role for Olivia Wilde. On House, she portrayed a smart, savvy woman. I’ve not seen that from her in any screen role yet.
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• Predisposed (Sundance Film Festival) w/ Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, Tracy Morgan and more….
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Movie ‘Production Status’ List
Movies In Development
· The Fast and the Furious 6 w/ Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and rumored Jason Statham
· Avatar 2
· Jurassic Park IV
· The Wolverine w/ Hugh Jackman
· Ghostbusters III w/ Eliza Dushku
Movies In Pre-production
· Django Unchained w/ Leonardo DiCaprio
· Les Misérables w/ Amanda Seyfried
· Iron Man 3 w/ Robert Downey Jr.
· Lawless w/ Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling, & Christian Bale
· Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters w/ Logan Lerman
Movies Filming
· The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey w/ Martin Freeman
· The Expendables 2 w/ Liam Hemsworth & Jason Statham
· Man of Steel w/ Henry Cavill
· Skyfall w/ Daniel Craig
· The Bourne Legacy w/ Jeremy Renner
In Post-production
· The Hunger Games w/ Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence
· Resident Evil: Retribution w/ Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory
· The Dark Knight Rises w Christian Bale & tom Hardy.
· The Avengers w/ Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans…
· Warm Bodies w/ Teresa Palmer
Movies Completed
· Moonrise Kingdom w/ Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton and Edward Norton
· Casa de mi Padre w/ Will Ferrell
· Girl in Progress w/ Eva Mendes
· American Reunion w/ Alyson Hannigan
· Wrath of the Titans w/ Sam Worthington & Liam Neeson.
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Some new DVD & Blu-ray releases to consider this week are 50/50, Real Steel and a new redistribution of the first Godzilla movie. (And there are a few Woody Allen pics coming to Blu-ray finally! Follow the link … New DVD & Blu-ray Releases.
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About Bruce Simmons
I've been writing newsletters since 1999. Of late, I've been focusing on the entertainment consumer angle on mostly the sci-fi, fantasy and action genres of TV, movies and books.
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