In Theaters: ‘District 9,’ ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife,’ ‘Ponyo’

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:37:00 +0000

Despite the late summer dumping-ground doldrums being upon us, there are a few interesting options this weekend to save us from the oppressive August heat, humidity and this generally lackluster movie month. Luckily, Hollywood has the whole family covered too; sci-fi action for the gents, time-traveling romance for the ladies, Disney Channel nonsense for the kiddies, and even a dose of Jeremy Piven for your creepy uncle.

In Wide Release: The buzz on the low budget “District 9” has been building steadily for months and should be good enough to put it on top of “GI Joe” in it’s second week.

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Will Anyone Care About ‘The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard’ Later This Summer?

Rodrigo Perez — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:16:00 +0000

Does anyone really care about the “The Goods: The Don Ready Story“, errr, now subtitled, ‘Live Hard, Sell Hard’ or is the film just awfully and unfortunately timed?

Executive produced by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell, greenlighting a movie starring Jeremy Piven probably seemed like a good idea at the time when Piven was “Entourage” hot and perhaps seemed like a good chance to showcase a lot of strong talent not on the A-list.

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In Theaters: ‘District 9,’ ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife,’ ‘Ponyo’

Will Anyone Care About ‘The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard’ Later This Summer?