TRAILER: Flight

 

For our second trailer of the day, Paramount Pictures released the trailer and poster to their new flick “Flight” starring Denzel Washington.

MOVIE REVUE: A Minor Breach in the Safe House

Warning, some heavies have breached the safe house this weekend. My expectations are lowered along with the security features.

MOVIE REVUE: Unstoppable Action

 

20th Century Fox presents Unstoppable, an action movie inspired by actual events. This story takes place in Pennsylvania, and is about a train that is out of control and needs to be… well stopped. Director Tony Scott keeps movie-goers on the edge of their seats with the simple dialogue, yet dramatic events that unfold along the journey of this film. Denzel Washington plays Frank, the experienced conductor, while Star Trek’s Chris Pine is Will, his agitating engineering understudy. They work together to stop the train, which is carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals, before it derails and blows up a heavy populated town.

MOVIE REVUE: An Unstoppable Force Meets Two Immoveable Men

 

Hollywood is known for taking a certain amount of liberty when it comes to making movies based on true stories.  Unstoppable, directed by veteran action director Tony Scott, is a perfect example of this.  The film is loosely based on the 2001 “Crazy Eights” unmanned train incident in Ohio, in which a train went on a 66-mile trek through Ohio with no one at the controls.  This movie changes the setting to Pennsylvania where our characters must race to save the day and above all odds, stop a runaway train.

AWARDS SEASON NEWS: Red, Memphis, & Fences Take the Tonys by Storm

 

Red, the play about art, swept the Tonys last night with six wins including Best Play, Best direction of a play, and Best performance by a featured actor in a play. Memphis, the Rythm ‘n’ Blues musical set in the 1950′s American South won four Tonys including Best Musical.

Hollywood came a calling at the 64th Annual Tonys Awards. Fences, the August Wilson’s drama about family, won three Tonys for best revival of a play and best performance by leading actor and actress for its stars, Denzel Washington & Viola Davis. Catherine Zeta-Jones won for best actress in a musical in the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. Finally, Scarlett Johansson won for best featured performance as an actress in her Broadway debut of Arthur Miller’s A View From a Bridge.

In case you missed it, here’s the list of last night’s winners….