AUGUST, 1

MOVIES RELEASED

1-AN AMERICAN STROLL

Drama / Comedy
Directed by Ang Lee
Starring Tobey Maguire, Kate Winslet, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Giamatti, Chris Rock, Tommy Lee Jones, Winona Ryder, Sylvester Stallone
Box Office: 75 mill.
Net Gains: 124 mill.

CMP’s Reaction: Look at that Net Gains! The best selling DVD in American market ever! Dion’t know why, but everyone decided to watch this movie at home. Outstanding profits and a wonderful movie.

2-CELL MATES

Comedy / Action
Directed by Joel and Ethan Cohen
Starring Johnny Depp, Jack Nicholson, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder
Box Office: 78 mill.
Net Gains: 48 mill.

CMP’s Reaction: Decent box office for a peculiar comedy not everyone will appreciate. Far from mainstream Hollywood, the Cohen Brothers return to their peculiar universe and sense of humour to satisfy their fans.

3-POWERHOUSE

Drama
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Demi Moore, Daniel Radcliffe, Bill Nighy, Christopher Ecclestone, Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Box Office: 19 mill.
Net Loss: 11 mill.

CMP’s Reaction: A working class movie hard to reach wide audiences. Fear about a flop confirmed.

THE CRITICS CORNER

1-AN AMERICAN STROLL

“So nice, so beautiful. James Bradley has written some acid humour stories like ‘Fools Game’, peculiar situations in ‘Bill and the Rocket Man’ and epic adventures like ‘he Toymaker’. This time, he has just got tender with this story full of sweet characters you can avoid loving. Ang Lee directs it with elegance creating an appealing universe out from a small bar in the middle of the desert. Wonderful work.”
-Jack Carter

“My biggest surprise was discovering new aspects from some of the members of this peculiar cast. Yes, Stallone makes a moving and funny performance and take the best from his dumb rodeo rider character. Best work of his career. And the always excessive Chris Rock makes a content and intelligent acting work proving to have acting skills I never suspected he could have. Giamatti is again the perfect actor for a supporting role. And Winslet, Pfeiffer and Ryder take out the best of their characters to offer us their talent. An ‘actors-movie’ where everyone gives their best.”
-Jackie O. Callaghan

2-CELL MATES

“Mixed feelings about this one. Some times funny, some times irritating, some times brilliant, some times absurd. You just have to choose: have the Cohen Brothers made a cool modern comedy or have they just done the best they could with a screenplay with too many holes?”
-Lilly Stevens

“Jack Nicholson makes his own show. Johnny Depp makes his own show. And everything seems a bit out of control in this production. The Cohen Brothers take things from their own peculiar universe – remember ‘O Brother!’ or ‘The Big Lebowski’ – to set up the strangest comedy of the Season. Maybe it was just the side effects of marijuana…”
-Anne Roman

3-POWERHOUSE

“Gus Van Sant turns Ken Loach. A working class drama including social denounce and political rebellion. An elite production for restricted audiences. This is not a money-seeker movie but a little production with a conscience that cannot be appreciated by wide audiences”
-Bob Felton

“Correct but limited. Following the british style of ‘South East’, ‘Powerhouse’ cannot look for more than what it got. Theirs a certain lack of interest in the story and some talents are not the best choices in my opinion (Demi Moore?). Only the solid work from Daniel Craig, far away from his regular heroes or villains, saves the function a bit.”
-Alex Carrigan


THE 5TH GOLDEN MOON AWARDS

Here we go again…

MOVIES INCLUDED: 30 movies compete in this new edition of the GMA, from June 13th (Game Boy / Nagasaki Daydreams) to today’s releases.

CATEGORIES:

-Best Picture
-Best Director
-Best Actor
-Best Actress
-Best Supporting Actor
-Best Supporting Actress
-Best Villain
-Best Starring Couple
-Best Cast
-Best Screenplay
-Best Marketing
-Most Wanted Sequel

RULES:

1-Everyone is invited to vote, even not regular writers of CMP’s movies

2-Screenwriters cannot vote their one movies for Nominations. They will be allowed to do it in the winners vote.

3-NEW: Only people that have voted for nominations are allowed to vote for the winners. If you did not vote for nominations, your vote for winners will be invalid.

4-For nominations, you can vote for one or two candidates per category. If you vote for two candidates, the first one gets 2 points, the second one gets 1 pont. If you vote for only one candidate, it’ll get 2 points.

5-Votes can be sent both by pm to ‘mogg’ at Hollywood Mogul’s message board or by email.

6-Term: Voting for nominees begins today and ends up on August, 15th.

7-Schedule: Nominees will be announced in the first days of September and the ceremony will take place some time in mid-September.

DON’T FORGET TO VOTE BEFORE AUGUST 15TH !

THE BLOG WILL RETURN TO ITS USUAL SIZE AND CONTENTS IN SEPTEMBER!!!
HAPPY SUMMER TO EVERYONE!