sandwichjohnfilms

Kick-Ass 2 Review By: MattInRC The wild Kick-Ass 2 delivers all the fun and gore of the first, even if it betrays some of its morals. Comic book movies have followed a parallel path with the Sci-Fi & Action genres ever since Bryan Singer's X-Men : due to the nature of the characters, it's perfectly acceptable to display implausible violence. Whether it's watching an entire city leveled or some fantastic move by a superhuman or mutant, we've been willing to play along. But when a comic book film proposes that it's better than that - and then proceeds to display the same sort of images - casual fans might have a hard time distinguishing between it and the litany of films which occupy Summer theaters. This is where Kick-Ass 2 finds itself, a totally enjoyable experience even if it's exactly opposite of what it wants to be. The world of real-life crime fighting has weighed heavily on our titular hero ( Aaron Taylor-Johnson ) and Hit Girl (

Win Tickets To An Advance Screening For KICK-ASS 2 . The screening is on Tuesday, August 13 @ AMC Metreon @ 7:00 PM After Kick-Ass’ ( Aaron Taylor-Johnson ) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes ( Jim Carrey ), our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist ( Christopher Mintz-Plasse )—reborn as The Mother F%&*^r—only the blade-wielding Hit Girl ( Chloë Grace Moretz ) can prevent their annihilation. When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world’s first superhero team with Mindy. Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she’s forced to retire—leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own. With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces wit

Win Tickets To An Advance Screening For KICK-ASS 2 . The screening is on Tuesday, August 13th @ Century Downtown Plaza @ 7:00 PM After Kick-Ass’ ( Aaron Taylor-Johnson ) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes ( Jim Carrey ), our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist ( Christopher Mintz-Plasse )—reborn as The Mother F%&*^r—only the blade-wielding Hit Girl ( Chloë Grace Moretz ) can prevent their annihilation. When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world’s first superhero team with Mindy. Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she’s forced to retire—leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own. With no one left to turn to, Dave joi

Before KICK-ASS 2 comes out next week, YEAH ! has released the original film with awesome extras, including behind-the-scenes secrets and stories, and exclusive new interviews with Christopher Mintz-Plasse and KICK-ASS creator Mark Millar . KICK-ASS ON YEAH ! About YEAH! YEAH! is an online movie site that takes your favorite movies - movies you know and love - and dissects them in ridiculous detail, surrounded by factoids, secrets, brand new interviews, quizzes, polls, and much, much more. It's like nothing you've ever seen and it's quite simply the best movie watching experience anywhere. We think you'll like it. So turn down the lights, pop some popcorn and let's dig into some movies. --------------------------------------------- YEAH! http://yeahtv.com/ Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/yeahtv Official Tumblr Page: http://yeahtv.tumblr.com/ Please Leave A Comment-

Here is Universal Pictures 2013 SPRING/SUMMER PREVIEW for you to enjoy. FAST & FURIOUS 6 Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast of all-stars as the global blockbuster franchise built on speed races to its next continent in Fast & Furious 6 . Reuniting for their most high-stakes adventure yet, fan favorites Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Elsa Pataky are joined by badass series newcomers Luke Evans and Gina Carano . Since Dom ( Diesel ) and Brian's ( Walker ) Rio heist toppled a kingpin's empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs ( Johnson ) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind ( Evans ) is aided by a ruthless se

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Review By: MattInRC Does the magician turf war comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone entertain, or does it perform an early vanishing act? The flashback comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone goes far beyond telling a tale of magicians competing for Vegas glory: it's a film that could have been made 20 years ago, a fact which might put off audiences who've been trained to accept lesser quality. In our age of raunch, nudity, and an almost-anything-goes kind of approach, things have gotten a bit...well...predictable. One can only see so many nude male body parts on a screen, or be witness to yet another sexual-religious reference before those and the dozens of other low-brow employments (with only the most basic storytelling included) become boring as well. Thus it's nice to see when a film can be funny, well-cast, AND tell a decent story without needing to settle for something beneath itself. Burt Wonderstone ( Steve Car

“There’s no room for punks in suits. Just real heroes, who can really kick-ass.”  THE NEW RED BAND TRAILER HAS JUST LAUNCHED ON MTV.COM . KICK-ASS 2 IN THEATERS AUGUST 16th Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit:  KICK-ASS 2 . After Kick-Ass’ ( Aaron Taylor-Johnson ) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes ( Jim Carrey ), our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist ( Christopher Mintz-Plasse )—reborn as The Mother F%&*^r—only the blade-wielding Hit Girl ( Chloë Grace Moretz ) can prevent their annihilation. When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world’s first superhero team with Mindy. Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sn

Win your tickets to see an advance screening for THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE ! The screening is on March 11, 2013 @ 7:30 PM @ Regal Natomas Stadium 16 in Sacramento. THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE is an upcoming comedy film directed by Don Scardino and written by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Chad Kultgen & Tyler Mitchell, and Daley & Goldstein. The film follows Las Vegas magician Burt Wonderstone ( Steve Carell ) as he attempts to reunite with his former partner Anton Marvelton ( Steve Buscemi ) to take on dangerous street magician Steve Gray ( Jim Carrey ). Burt Wonderstone ( Carell ) and Anton Marvelton ( Buscemi ) are a successful magic act in Las Vegas. Their partnership comes to an end when Anton is injured by Burt during their hotbox trick, and Anton moves to the Far East. When Burt is overshadowed by popular street magician Steve Gray ( Carrey ), he must convince Anton to return to the act to regain his standing by all m

Relativity Media Cashes in on the Jim Carrey Action-Comedy Heist Loomis Fargo . Studio acquires worldwide rights to finance, produce and distribute the project from the creative minds behind Napoleon Dynamite and Baby Mama. Production targeted to start in April. Relativity Media has acquired worldwide rights to finance, produce and distribute the action-comedy heist film currently titled Loomis Fargo starring Jim Carrey, it was announced today by Relativity. The project, directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre), based on an original screenplay by Emily Spivey (Up All Night) and written by Chris Bowman (The Wrong Brother) and Hubbel Palmer (Humble Pie), is targeted to start production in North Carolina this April. Inspired by true events, Loomis Fargo tells the story of a disgruntled bank employee who is ready to take a chance and risk it all for love, money, and a life he’s only dreamed of. Teaming up with his work crush, they conspire to rob the financial

Jim Carrey made no bones about being a fan of the original Kick-Ass , so perhaps it came as no surprise back in September last year when everyone's favorite Pet Detective/Grinch/Liar (Liar) was cast in the film's sequel. What will come as a surprise, however, is how good he looks in camo gear in Kick-Ass 2's first official still. Boasting an ever-so-American hand-to-hand weapon on his belt and an equally patriotic pooch by his side, Colonel Stars And Stripes means business - and that business is vigilante justice. As the leader of Justice Forever, a team of ass-kicking Kick-Ass-a-likes, the former mobster oversees the good work of misfit superheroes Remembering Tommy, Night Bitch, Insect Man, and Battle Guy as they beat up the bad 'uns that stand in their way - including the now extra-terrifying Red Mist ( Christopher Mintz-Plasse ), now called reinvented as The Motherfucker. Please Leave A Comment-  Source- Empire

I am not sure he’s going to say yes, but Jim Carrey is being courted by Universal to play a showy supporting role in Kick-Ass 2: Balls To The Wall , the Jeff Wadlow-directed sequel to Matthew Vaughn’s crazy superhero movie. The character is called The Colonel , and he helps galvanize the team of misfit super heroes assembled to fight evil. The sequel brings back Chloe Moretz, Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Nicolas Cage . Carrey is a big fan of Matthew Vaughn and his original Kick-Ass film. Here, he wore the Kick-Ass costume for a musical duet with a bearded Conan O’Brien. But dealmaking is dealmaking, and this is far from a sure thing, at this point just a great idea. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Deadline

The last time Universal dabbled in the dark sequel arts with regards to Jim Carrey comedy vehicle Bruce Almighty , we got 2007’s floptastic Evan Almighty , which did little to help Steve Carell’s blossoming film career. But since even that critical dud managed to drag in around $175 million worldwide, the studio has decided to try again, hiring Hot Tub Time Machine writing duo Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel to take a crack at a direct sequel. And this time, they’re hoping to snag Carrey himself. For those who don’t recall the 2003 film, Almighty saw Carrey as a down-on-his-luck TV reporter who demands an apology from God when his career takes a bad turn and his girlfriend ( Jennifer Aniston ) leaves him. But instead of providing a quick fix, the Man Upstairs ( Morgan Freeman ) decides to give Bruce a taste of heavenly power to teach him a lesson. Cue farcical takes on Biblical acts! There’s no word yet on what angle Paul and Mogel will take: Evan, for example, saw Carell’s competin

Olivia Wilde and Steve Buscemi are in talks to join Burt Wonderstone , New Line’s magician comedy starring Steve Carell . Jim Carrey and James Gandolfini are already in negotiations to join the cast. The project is set in the world of rival Las Vegas magicians. Carell is a more traditional magic man who is dethroned by a hipper illusionist doing dangerous tricks and breaks up with his partner then must find a way to rediscover his love for magic. Carrey is playing the magician who represents the new face of magic while Gandolfini will be an owner of a casino. Wilde will play Carell’s love interest, who at first is his assistant but later works for Carrey.  Buscemi will play Carell’s longtime friend and partner who quits the act. The movie is scheduled to go before cameras in January. Veteran TV director Don Scardino is making his feature debut on the project, which is being produced by Chris Bender and J.C. Spink of Benderspink, Tyler Mitchell, and Carell. Bendersp

20th Century Fox has released the teaser trailer for the upcoming film Mr. Popper’s Penguins . The film is based on a children's book written by Richard & Florence Atwater, originally published in 1938. The film stars Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Mark Waters and Angela Lansbury . Watch the trailer after the Jump... The life of a businessman begins to change after he inherits six penguins, and as he transforms his apartment into a winter wonderland, his professional side starts to unravel. Please Leave A Comment-

Ferrell, Washington And Murphy On The List For the second straight year, Will Ferrell is the most overpaid actor in the world, and not far behind are a slew of other male comedic actors. According to Forbes magazine, Ferrell's movies earned only $3.35 for each $1 the star was paid. Shia LaBeouf , on the other hand, is paid $1 for every $81 his movies earned, so he's the actor determined by Forbes to give the most boxoffice bang for his salary buck. In making its determination, Forbes looked at the three most recent movies of each actor on its Celebrity 100 list. It added up boxoffice, DVD and television revenue for the three films, factored in production budgets and came up with an operating income for each of them that it then compared to each star's compensation. In Ferrell's case, Land of the Lost, Step Brothers and Semi-Pro were used, while The Other Guys, which performed better than the other three, was released after the June 1 cutoff date for this year&#

Carla Gugino Set To Pop A Penguin Carla Gugino (Watchmen,Entourage) is set to join Jim Carrey in the family picture " Mr. Popper's Penguins ." A modern update of the beloved 1938 children's book. In the film, Mr. Popper is a high-powered, New York buisness man who suddenly inherits six penguins. Taking care of the animals is no easy matter, and he quickly hits major hurtles, both at home and at work. But along the way, he learns the value of family and friendship--human and otherwise. Fox acquired screen rights to Richard and Florence Atwater's classic kids book a year ago. Gugino is currently in post-production on Zack Snyder's action-fantasy "Sucker Punch." Please Leave A Comment- Source- Variety

Sacha Baron Cohen To Play Walter Mitty? The next twist in the long development of a remake of The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty has just struck Hollywood – Sacha Baron Cohen is the latest name rumored to be starring in the film, according to Pajiba. Adapted from 1947’s Danny Kaye comedy, Walter Mitty is one of those movies that attracts major talent, but can’t ever seem to make it to the screen. First mooted in 1994 with Jim Carrey starring for New Line, it’s been passed like a brightly wrapped present at a child’s birthday present between studios and directors, with Paramount and DreamWorks both involved, Ron Howard briefly attached and Steven Spielberg making it one of the 73,000 films he’s planned to direct over the years. Carrey dropped out, Owen Wilson became attached, and Spielberg just couldn’t find the time (he is, after all, a very busy man). And not to mention the screenplays – half the script doctors in LA and beyond have had their paws on it. Now 20th Century Fox, whi

Steve Carell Next Project To Be Directed By Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are in negotiations to direct Warner Bros.' untitled Steve Carell/Dan Fogelman project. Written as a spec by Fogelman, the comedy with dramatic elements follows a father deals with a marital crisis while managing a relationship with his children. Carell is attached to star and is producing via his Warners-based Carousel Productions. Denise Di Novi is also producing. The boarding of Ficarra and Requa now puts Carell on two tracks at Warners as to what movie he chooses to do during his hiatus this spring. The other project is "Mail-Order Groom," for which Carell may team-up with Tina Fey. Ficarra and Requa just finished a rewrite of the project, which has no director. Both seem to be neck and neck at this stage. Ficarra and Requa, best known for penning "Bad Santa, wrote and directed "I Love You Phillip Morris," which stars Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor and op

New Trailer For Disney’s A Christmas Carol This movie just nothing for me. When the trailer was shown during Comic Con, Yeah it looked good in 3-d, but Jim Carrey? Not a huge fan of his at all. Movie looks very dark, one thing is for sure not going to take the kids to see it, just to dark. The thing I did like about is the CG and that is pretty much it. It looks great. The movie has followed the trend of having a version which will be in IMAX 3D and I wonder how Dickens would have reacted to seeing his book in 3-D, then again any form that's not a book would have been a shocking surprise. Well this movie is one of the early Christmas films, the which has a strong cast and Disney behind it. Disney’s A Christmas Carol, ” a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event. Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday wit