"Running From Crazy" Poster

Hailed as one of the most distinguished families in American literature, the Hemingways have always exposed both their bright brilliance and their harrowing secrets. Two-time Academy Award winner and the only person to sweep all three of the Sundance Film Festival's documentary awards for American Dream, Barbara Kopple focuses her newest film on Mariel Hemingway, a granddaughter of the legendary writer Ernest, as she explores her family's disturbing history of mental illness and suicide. As a youngster, Mariel followed her supermodel sister, Margaux, into the acting world. Critics immediately praised Mariel's natural talent, which created a deep rift between the sisters.

Kopple's bold portrait of the Hemingways intertwines haunting archival footage from Margaux's personal family documentary with scenes from Mariel's life today as she advocates for suicide prevention and strives to live a rigorously healthy lifestyle to combat what appears to be her birthright. Mariel's courageous journey of acceptance and introspection allows her to view her family and turbulent upbringing through new eyes and, for the first time, accept them with a peaceful heart.

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Marvel Wants In On Joseph Gordon-Levitt Action

Nobody in this business of show wants to "share" actors. Let alone the franchise players. There's yet to be an actor to successfully accomplish said task. Juggle two film-series at two opposing studios at the same time. Ryan Reynolds tried (The man can't open a picture to save his life) and failed. Daniel Craig got bolder with three viable properties, crashing-and-burning with those vehicles without the license to kill.

Down the line, someone's gonna pull it off. No telling who but knowing how this works, it'll be the least-likely actor imaginable. Like how unimaginable it was to say a decade ago how Joseph Gordon-Levitt would go from a kid actor to grown-up chameleon, character-actor who masterfully played Bruno JR. (Looper), Cobra Commander (G.I. Joe) and "Robin" (The Dark Knight Rises).

Something could be in the cards. "Could" being the operative word.

Levitt is the latest young thespian in contention for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (per "TOLDJA.") James Gunn is writing/directing and said leading role is Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord); leader of the group. Not a connoisseur on those comics, afraid to admit, but when asking a more-comics-literate pal this afternoon, I was informed Levitt is a fine choice. Assuming this goes beyond "consideration" – one in many names thrown in the hat.

The rumor-mill envisioned a future with Levitt doing "the Batman voice" in Justice League. If this Guardians item is the real deal, then wave goodbye to that.

Monsters University TV Spot Airs During Rose Bowl

Monsters University, a Pixar & Disney joint, kicked off their own version of viral marketing during the Rose Bowl with a Monsters University student recruitment tv spot. The spot also revealed a viral website for the university. The site looks better than most major universities and is fully functional.

http://monstersuniversity.com/edu/

"Your future is knocking, open the door, Monsters University"

Get a glimpse at the wide variety of creatures and schools that make Monsters University the premiere destination for academic excellence. Now is the perfect time to find out if MU is right for you!

"Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" Trailer & Two TV Spots

Catching up with Hansel (Renner) and Gretel (Arterton) 15 years after the traumatic incident involving a gingerbread house the siblings have evolved into vengeful bounty hunters dedicated to exterminating witches. Over the years, the siblings became expert hunters, famous for their proficiency at tracking and taking down their prey. Although still recovering from their ordeal, their work is relatively easy as for an unknown reason harmful spells and curses do not work well against them.

The Mayor of Augsburg recruits them to rid the town and nearby forests of an evil sorceress (Janssen) who is planning to sacrifice many local children at the witches’ gathering during the upcoming ‘Blood Moon’ night in two days time. To make things worse, the duo also has to deal with the brutal Sheriff Berringer (Stormare) who has taken power in Augsburg and conducts a very indiscriminate witch-hunt of his own.

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First Four Minutes Of "Warm Bodies" Is Here

A funny new twist on a classic love story, Warm Bodies is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie) encounters Julie (a human survivor), and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as the two form a special relationship in their struggle for survival, R becomes increasingly more human – setting off an exciting, romantic, and often comical chain of events that begins to transform the other zombies and maybe even the whole lifeless world.

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New "Pacific Rim" Still

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

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First Six Minutes Of "Maniac" Remake

Just when the streets seemed safe, a serial killer with a fetish for scalps is back and on the hunt. Frank is the withdrawn owner of a mannequin store, but his life changes when young artist Anna appears asking for his help with her new exhibition. As their friendship develops and Frank’s obsession escalates, it becomes clear that she has unleashed a long-repressed compulsion to stalk and kill.

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New Photos From "Texas Chainsaw 3D"

The film continues the legendary story of the homicidal Sawyer family, picking up where Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror classic left off in Newt, Texas, where for decades people went missing without a trace. The townspeople long suspected the Sawyer family, owners of a local barbeque pit, were somehow responsible. Their suspicions were finally confirmed one hot summer day when a young woman escaped the Sawyer house following the brutal murders of her four friends. Word around the small town quickly spread, and a vigilante mob of enraged locals surrounded the Sawyer stronghold, burning it to the ground and killing every last member of the family – or so they thought.

Decades later and hundreds of miles away from the original massacre, a young woman named Heather learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars…

Weekend Box Office: December 28 - 30

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1.  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - $32.9 million

2.  Django Unchained - $30.6 million

3.  Les Miserables - $28 million

4.  Parental Guidance - $14.8 million

5.  Jack Reacher - $14 million

6.  This is 40 - $13.1 million

7.  Lincoln - $7.5 million

8.  The Guilt Trip - $6.7 million

9.  Monsters Inc 3D - $6.3 million

10.  Rise of the Guardians - $4.9 million

The final weekend of 2012 was a busy one at the box office, with The Hobbit continuing the dominate and some Christmas day openers bringing in big business as well.  In its third straight weekend in first place, The Hobbit crossed the $200 million mark domestically with an estimated $32.9 million.  Overseas, the film has earned an additional $464 million.  It's already surpassed Fellowship of the Ring's $189 million, and is well on the way the surpassing The Two Towers $243 million - but then again, The Hobbit does have the whole 3D/IMAX thing going for it.  Still, it's been impressive run for The Hobbit.

Django Unchained and Les Miserables, which both opened on Christmas Day, continued to do well over the weekend, with Django finally able to leap past Les Mis to finish in second with $30.6 million.  Since Christmas, the film has earned $64 million.  Les Miserables was just behind it with $28 million.  Die-hard fans of the stage musical who raced out to see it (like me) kept it ahead of Django for the first few days, but unlike most movie musicals which drop sharply once the fans of the stage version have gotten it out of their system, Les Mis was still a draw this weekend.  In fact, the soundtrack is about to hit Billboard's Top Ten.  Worldwide, the musical has already grossed $116 million.

The comedy Parental Guidance is turning out to be one of those movies that families get and critics don't, having survived scathing reviews to earn a healthy $29 million since opening on Christmas Day.   By the way, does anyone else remember the last time Billy Crystal had two movies in the top 10?  Monsters Inc 3D, Disney's lastest entry in their 3D re-release series, never seemed to pick up much traction, earning $6.3 million for the weekend.  Whether or not that bodes well for next year's prequel Monsters University remains to be seen - most families I know would rather shell out the 3D tickets money for a new Pixar movie over one they already have at home.

Jack Reacher is holding its own with $14 million, as is This is 40, with $13.1 million.

Although it fell out of the top ten this weekend, Skyfall still has cause to celebrate, having just passed the $1 billion mark worldwide.  That makes it the first Bond film to do so, and puts it just behind The Dark Knight as the 14th all-time highest grossing film worldwide.

The first weekend of 2013 brings the usual January dumping-ground fare, as Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D is the only major release planned.  But with it being Oscar season and all, at least it will be a good weekend to catch up on everything else in theaters.

Happy New Year, everyone!

First Trailer for 'Dead Man Down'

Wasn't Colin Farrell finally done with the 'action-hero' roles after the bomb that was Total Recall?  I haven't seen the film but I've read enough that if it wasn't the final nail in the coffin on him being a bankable movie star, I don't know what is.

Dead Man Down - a crime thriller directed by the original The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo helmer, Niels Arden Oplev - sees a professional killer (Farrell) blackmailed by a woman (Noomi Rapace) who witnesses him murder another, only to convince him to get revenge on the man (Terrence Howard) that maimed her in a violent crime.

The film looks decent enough, but most action films that come out in March end up being just that, decent.

See for yourself:

Dead Man Down hits theaters March 8th.