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Trailer - Harrison Ford in the Immigration Drama 'Crossing Over'

13 November 2008 2:14 AM, PST | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

On first glance, the new drama Crossing Over looks a lot like Crash with an immigration message. And maybe it's just me, but it kind of looks that way on second glace, too.

That's not to say this looks bad or anything, just that it rings a pretty familiar bell. You've got to admire the cast - Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, and Jim Sturgess lead the ensemble for director Wayne Kramer (The Cooler, Running Scared). The film made headlines recently for being dropped from The Weinstein Company's 2008 schedule, along with several others, to be repositioned in 2009.

Trailer courtesy of Movie Web

Yeah, it's kind of tough to make a movie looking for answers about a subject that itself is looking for answers. Although Crossing Over has been bumped back a bit, we don't know exactly when it's coming out. When we get a release date, we'll let you know.

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Colin Boyd

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First Trailer for Crossing Over

13 November 2008 1:12 AM, PST | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news

Yahoo has debuted the first trailer for the Harrison Ford drama Crossing Over. Written and directed by Wayne Kramer (Running Scared, The Cooler), the film features an ensemble cast that includes Jim Sturgess, Ashley Judd, Alicia Braga, Alice Eve and Ray Liotta. Opening in January, Crossing Over is the story of immigrants from around the world living in Los Angeles, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers, played by Ford and Liotta.

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'Crossing Over' Trailer Arrives

12 November 2008 7:11 PM, PST | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

"Crossing Over", the drama movie that teams up Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, Sean Penn and Ray Liotta, has welcomed its first trailer. Telling the stories of hopeful immigrants and the immigration enforcement officers, the trailer presents the problems faced by both the immigrants entering Los Angeles in search of better life and the officers working with them.

This Weinstein Company movie follows the struggles of different nationalities' immigrants in achieving legal status in Los Angeles. Showing the reality the immigrants find when they try to create their own American dream, it deals with the border, document fraud, the asylum and green card process, work-site enforcement, naturalization, the office of counter terrorism and the clash of cultures.

"Crossing Over" comes from "Running Scared" director/writer Wayne Kramer, who is also an immigrant from South America himself. Apart from Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, Sean Penn and Ray Liotta, it is also supported by Jim Sturgess,

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Trailer radar: ‘Crossing Over’

12 November 2008 6:47 PM, PST | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

From Yahoo! Movies comes the first trailer for Wayne Kramer’s drama “Crossing Over,” which stars Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Jim Sturgess, Alice Eve and Alice Braga.

Kramer calls “Crossing Over” a multi-character canvas about immigrants of different nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles.

I have to admit the trailer after the jump is pretty emotional. It sure had me intrigued.

Franck Tabouring

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tMF - IS IT TOO EARLY TO CALL ROB PATTINSON THE NEXT BIG THING?

3 November 2008 7:07 PM, PST | From twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news

tMf is back with an interesting article about the possibility of it being too early to call Rob Pattinson the next big thing. Jed explains why...nbsptMF TALKBACK Too early for Rob Pattinson to be the next big thing? Should we talk Shia Jim Zac? While we would never explore the complex issue of the fashion origin of Robert Pattinsons hair style nor speculate about his sudden change of attitude towards his fans especially while coming out of an airplane and arriving at a distant airport you can always expect something substantial even challenging that would make you participate and comment on our Rob article hopefully that is! Who really is Hollywoods next big thing? The question that seems to be gaining more momentum each day is Are fans getting ahead of themselves and already proclaiming Rob Pattinson as the next big thing? Whats the proof that hes really the

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tMF Weekly Top 3: Who's making the biggest buzz among your favorite young actors?

28 October 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

Every week, tMF gives you a rundown on who's making the biggest buzz among the current crop of young talents, based on the hottest news about upcoming movies, awards and nominations, magazine covers and interviews, and special appearances on festivals, talk shows and upcoming TV series or just from anything that makes fans more excited about movies! Here's our latest top 3: - - - Grabbing the third spot once again is High School Musical megastar Zac Efron. The Buzz: While his most important film, Me and Orson Welles (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1175506/ ), will spearhead his drive to become one of today's serious young actors, his light comedy-drama skill set is very much in demand for now and in the near future. Think Disney. Disney's High School Musical will make Zac Efron a household name (if that is not the case yet!). Already establishing a record of sorts,

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tMF Talkback: Should today's emerging actors follow career paths of Depp, DiCaprio, Damon, Pitt?

22 October 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

It's one of a few questions we want to discuss: should today's emerging young actors - - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron, Shia Labeouf, Jim Sturgess, Emile Hirsch, Daniel Radcliffe, and Paul Dano - - follow (or pattern) their career paths along the lines of successful actors ahead of them? What makes their careers different when compared to the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt? Or are some of them already making similar patterns? - - - - - - Some Remarkable Career Paths: looking back at how some successful actors started out in acting. It's funny that the idea first came from another young actor. Recent birthday boy Zac Efron made the comment that he would love to sit down with some of the industry's most successful actors and ask them for advice. Says Zac (http://www.

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tMF Weekly Top 3: Who's making the biggest buzz among your favorite young actors?

21 October 2008 8:36 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

Every week, tMF gives you a rundown on who's making the biggest buzz among the current crop of young talents, based on the hottest news about upcoming movies, awards and nominations, magazine covers and interviews, and special appearances on festivals, talk shows and upcoming TV series or just from anything that makes fans more excited about movies! Here's our latest top 3: - - - Grabbing the third spot for the first time is French rising star Gaspard Ulliel. The Buzz: With the anticipation building on his upcoming movie, The Vintner's Luck (http://themovie-fanatic.com/film_focus/indies/vintners_luck/), the young French hearthrob is busy with two other feature movies- Le Premier cercle (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130993/) (The First Circle), a thriller about a family in organized crime, and is directed and written by Laurent Tuel and stars Ulliel, Jean Reno, Vahina Giocante and Sami Bouajila, and

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tMF Controversial: Gosh! Spider-Man, the Musical will cost $40 million?

13 October 2008 8:58 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

Spider-Man, her new show - extravaganza, really - whose budget has ballooned to $40 million, making it the most expensive production in theater history. Some of the people involved (there are dozens and dozens, with more being added daily) are starting to blanch at the price tag. With straight faces, a few are running around town saying things like: Well, it's $40 million now, but we think we can get it down to $35 million. - - - - - - That's the blurb of New York Post's Michael Riedel (http://www.nypost.com/seven/10082008/entertainment/theater/taymors_web_of_riches_132605.htm). Apparently, Julie Taymor's follow up to her Beatles-inspired musical Across the Universe might become the most expensive Broadway production ever. Most of the money are supposed to be spent for designs. Riedel added: There's a set designer and a costume designer and a projections designer and a fight designer and

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Jim Sturgess

12 October 2008 9:29 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

On the Cutting Edge tMF Spotlights one of the UK’s most exciting and talented young actors, Jim Sturgess! British actors come at acting from a slightly different angle, Sturgess says. Because a lot of the films are cast out there, they are so used to the angle, from which the Americans, and certainly the young guys from La, are coming at it, that I think it's interesting for them to find these English actors who maybe approach acting from a different place. That’s Jim Sturgess (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/the-britpack--our-new-generation-of-movie-stars-takes-tinseltown-841199.html) for you. - - - - - - If there’s one actor who has captured the imagination of Hollywood with such intensity, then it’s Jim Sturgess. The 27-year old British actor just recently celebrated the win of his latest movie, Fifty Dead Men Walking (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1097643/) at the Vancouver Film Festival.

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tMF WEEKLY TOP 3: Who's making the biggest buzz among your favorite young actors?

22 September 2008 6:54 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

Every Monday, tMF gives you a rundown on who's making the biggest buzz among the current crop of young talents, based on the hottest news about upcoming movies, awards and nominations, magazine covers and interviews, and special appearances on festivals, talk shows and upcoming TV series or just from anything that make fans more excited about movies! Some rants! I'm beginning to arrive at the conclusion that maybe Jamie Bell is becoming more and more under-rated. Why should Mr. Foe only get a limited release? The young actor is phenomenal, for Chrissakes! If you're a bonafide fan of young actors, its time for you to watch Mr. Foe and demand for more of Jamie Bell. In our weekly top 3, he's definitely covered. So is Zac Efron, and don't tell me he sucks in High School Musical, wait till you watch him in Me and Orson Welles! Another mention, this time,

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Rose McGowan Angers Producers With IRA Comments

18 September 2008 4:20 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Rose McGowan is in hot water with her producers of the new film Fifty Dead Men Walking. While the film was making the rounds in Toronto last week, McGowan told reporters that she would have joined the Irish Republican Army if she had been in Belfast at that time. Rose added that she understands why many in Northern Ireland resorted to violence during their conflict with England.

Fifty Dead Men Walking depicts Martin McGartland's infiltration into the IRA in the late 1980s and also his torture at the hands of the group once his cover was blown. Because these things run deep, McGartland is still in hiding, having escaped from IRA capture in 1991. He was later shot multiple times, allegedly by the IRA, in 1999, before being relocated again.

So you could see why producers of a film that calls itself "an even, nonjudgmental" account of those events might feel

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Colin Boyd

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tMF Weekly Top 3: Who's making the biggest buzz among your favorite young actors?

15 September 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

Every Monday, tMF gives you a rundown on who's making the biggest buzz among the current crop of young talents, based on the hottest news about upcoming movies, awards and nominations, magazine covers and interviews, and special appearances on festivals, talk shows and upcoming TV series or just from anything that make fans more excited about movies! Quite a hectic week for tMF, as we have to narrow down the list to three, when there are so many young stars in the news: Michael Cera goes romantic comedy in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (http://themovie-fanatic.com/film_reviews/current/nick-and-norahs-infinite-playlist/), Dominic Cooper makes waves in The Duchess and Jamie Bell's Hallam Foe (http://themovie-fanatic.com/film_focus/indies/hallam_foe/) (aka Mr. Foe) will hit the moviehouses next week. Not to mention the young talents making waves in Toronto - Paul Dano, Zac Efron, the Culkin brothers (Rory and Keiran) and Anton Yelchin.

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tMF Hitlist + Poll: Who will be the next future leading men in Hollywood?

13 September 2008 8:08 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

tMF picks some names among the current roster of young talents as the next set of top Leading Men! Who among Jim Sturgess, Emile Hirsch, Robert Pattinson and Shia Labeouf do you think is leading man material? [ Take the poll after the jump! ] - - - - - - There's a definition over @wikipedia about what makes a Leading Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_man), and I quote: Leading man or leading gentleman is an informal term for the actor who plays a love interest to the leading actress in a film or play. A leading man is usually an all rounder; capable of singing, dancing, and acting at a professional level, but never outshining his female co-star. A good leading man could make a bad actress look better than she was and a good actress shine. A leading man can also be an actor who is typecast in romantic roles. Less frequently, the

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WB Digs Rocker's 'Karma'

11 September 2008 6:02 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Plenty of musicians have made the transfer from the recording studio to the silver screen, and with varying results. But, it probably isn't so common to see a rock star who's willing to stay behind the scenes. The Hollywood Reporter announced that WB has picked up The Karma Coalition, a spec script written by rocker Shawn Christensen. Christensen is probably best known for his work as lead singer of Stellastar, an indie rock outfit that's toured with Jane's Addiction and The Killers.

According to THR, "The story centers on a professor who engages in a game of cat and mouse with a corrupt detective after he's told his dead wife of five years might still be alive. He uncovers the existence of a secret organization responsible for faking her death but suffers the consequences of that knowledge." The project was written by Christensen and his partner, Jason Dolan. Dan Lin

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tMF Controversial: Fifty Dead Men Walking: Lawsuit for the film, acclaim for Jim Sturgess!

10 September 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

Updates! Screen Daily (http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=40720) reports that Martin McGartland has settled his case and will not pursue any legal actions anymore: I have today been given a copy of the film, which I have also viewed. As a result, I can now confirm that I am happy with the film. Furthermore I have today entered into a confidential agreement, with filmmakers (and other third parties), and I have also waived my moral rights.” “The matter is now concluded and no further statements will be made by me on the matter, nor will any of the parties disclosed any further details concerning the agreement. - - - Last time, we reported that Jim Sturgess is one of Hollywood's most sought-after young actors. This time, his latest movie - Fifty Dead Men Walking and reportedly, his finest performance yet - may encounter a hitch as a lawsuit

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Look Out, Toronto: Here Come Brad Pitt & Jennifer Aniston

4 September 2008 1:45 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Burning question No. 1 at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, which kicks off Thursday: Will exes Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston cross paths? They arrive on different days, but in the movie biz, anything is possible. Pitt is due in Canada, sans Angelina Jolie, to hype Burn After Reading, his new Coen Brothers comedy with George Clooney. Aniston, meanwhile, will be talking up Management, a romantic comedy in which she's wooed by Steve Zahn and Woody Harrelson. But those are just two of the 249 feature films set to screen and a few of the stars – cue Dakota Fanning, Ricky Gervais

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Leah Rozen

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Tiff Watch: Sturgess / Kingsley Spy Flick Controversy

24 August 2008 4:33 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Drama, Independent, Thrillers, Toronto International Film Festival, Cinematical Indie

Do you really want to get an Ira mole mad? British spy drama Fifty Dead Men Walking has stirred the ire of Martin McGartland, its real-life inspiration, according to The Hollywood Reporter. McGartland "threatened legal action against the Canadian-British co-production ... on grounds that the feature infringes his moral rights." On the same day that McGartland made his threat, a scheduled press screening was canceled by Canadian distributor Tva Films, which claimed "a print problem."

The film is scheduled to have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) on September 10 -- a splashy, red carpet Gala Presentation. But McGartland says that the film "is an entirely false and distorted account of what took place." He is also "reserving all [his] legal rights and remedies in this matter." But one has to wonder -- didn't he already sign off by selling the film rights?

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Making Waves: A Tale of Three Young British Actors - Ben Barnes, Robert Pattinson & Jim ...

19 August 2008 5:39 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

They have the acting chops – that's the No 1 thing – and then they have physical appeal. Handsome young men who can act? Wow, what a concept! says Steven Gaydos, executive editor of Variety.... - - - - - - That's part of Alice Jones' report called The Britpack (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/the-britpack--our-new-generation-of-movie-stars-takes-tinseltown-841199.html), where she describes the new wave of British actors making a huge impact in Hollywood. While she mentions Ben Barnes and Jim Sturgess among those making waves in Tinseltown right now, she apparently fails to mention one particular name - Robert Pattinson. The Twilight lead star seems to have the most ardent fan following and while I might be construed as being biased - and why not? He's the one winning our poll with thousands of votes! - there is certainly lots of evidence all over the web that he is very popular.

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DVD Review: 21 (2-Disc Special Edition)

16 July 2008 4:34 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Adapted from Ben Mezrich's fairly entertaining book about six MIT students who won millions playing blackjack in Vegas, 21 has a concept good enough to make a movie that would be, at the very least, pretty fun. As we have all learned by now, and will further witness today, good concepts don't always make for good movies. Inspired by the true story to about the same extent that The Wackness is inspired by my life (and I'm not even talking about the white-washing), 21 wastes no time sucking. After a pre-title tease that serves no purpose other than to trick the audience into thinking they're headed into something edgy with Jim Sturgess' non-ironic narration of the phrase "Winner, winner, chicken dinner" and pointlessly set up the film's half-assed flashback structure, we're properly brought into the movie's idiotic world. Ben Campbell (Sturgess trying to play American but really just sounding dim

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Domenic Padulo

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