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Watch the Trailer for Game Change

The full length trailer for Game Change, which stars Ed Harris as John McCain and Woody Harrelson as McCain’s campaign managers, recently hit the internet and shows an uncanny resemblance between Julianne Moore and Sarah Palin.  read more

Rampart

Screenwriter Oren Moverman (Jesus’ Son, I’m Not There) made a small splash in 2009 with his well-received directorial debut, The Messenger. About two soldiers assigned to the Army Casualty Notification service, the film deservedly earned Woody Harrelson a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod for his turn as a captain who regrets never having seen combat....  read more

Woody Harrelson Joins HBO Film Game Change

Woody Harrelson is the most recent actor to sign onto the political film, Game Change. He’ll portray John McCain’s senior campaign strategist and advisor Steve Schmidt....  read more

The Messenger

Release Date: Nov. 13 Director: Oren Moverman Writers: Moverman and Alessandro Camon Cinematographer: Bobby Bukowski Starring: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, Samantha Morton Studio/Run Time: Oscilloscope Laboratories, 105 mins. War film well acted and fittingly bleak It’s unfortunate for this film that we’re experiencing a collective case of war-movie fatigue; when we’re still dealing with these wars on television and in our own communities, it’s hard to drag ourselves to the movies to be reminded of how awful it all is. The Messenger starts with an interesting premise: A war hero (Ben Foster) sent home to recuperate from...  read more

Austin Film Festival 2009 Part Two

I don't know if festival programmers do this on purpose but sometimes you come across a documentary and a narrative that fit well together as companion pieces. This year the documentary Warrior Champions compliments the drama The Messenger. Melissa Stockwell in Warrior ChampionsWarrior ChampionsWhether they're embedded in Iraq for the Discovery Channel's acclaimed series  "Off to War" or filming about the drug wars and sky rocketing murder rate in Juarez, Mexico for the New York Times, Craig and Brent Renaud have never shied from the dangerous stories. But with Warrior Champions the filmmakers look at the other side of war by telling the story of America's paraplegic...  read more

Zombieland

Most zombie movies take time to establish the genre’s...  read more

Van Sant Considering Jack Black, Woody Harrelson for Acid

For the role of writer Ken Kesey in the upcoming film adaptation of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, director Gus Van Sant had one person in mind. Unfortunately, that person was the late, Academy Award-winning actor Heath Ledger.  ...  read more

Emma Stone joins Woody Harrelson in Zombieland

According to Variety, Superbad actress Emma Stone will join Woody Harrelson and director Ruben Fleischer in Zombieland, a comedy about a mismatched couple in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. ...  read more

Battle in Seattle

A film that recreates the volatile environment...  read more

Harrelson, Benjamin and Theron will Battle in Seattle

Please look at the image above. Have you taken a good look? It is clearly the most-awesome photo of all time, because it features the following elements...  read more