Elijah Wood, Tyler Perry, Rumer Willis and Kate Beckinsale are heading to theaters today. No, not them in person, but the next best thing – their movies! Here’s the rundown:
9 (PG-13). It’s a post-apocalyptic world with ragdoll muppets. Ok, not really muppets, more like burlap bag castoffs. Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau (who’s still going strong at 78) star in this dark animated film. [Clips] [Official Site]
Whiteout (R). Kate Beckinsale plays a U.S. marshal tracking a serial killer in Antarctica. [Trailer and Red Carpet Video] [Official Site]
Sorority Row (R). It’s a sorority prank gone …read more

“Whiteout” opens in theaters today, and it looks like good thriller fun. Kate Beckinsale stars as Carrie Stetko, a U.S. Marshal who’s tracking a killer in Antarctica, just as the station is about to shut down and the sun about to set for six months. I think we can see where this is headed.
It’s funny how those U.S. marshals and detectives and fighter pilots and cops, et al are always beautiful women, isn’t it? I wonder what the real women in those jobs think of that. Who knows, maybe they really ARE beautiful women.
Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt, Columbus …read more

Here’s the Warner Bros. 2009 Film Preview. And woohoo that "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" will finally hit theaters on July 17, 2009. "The Dark Knight" hits theaters — AGAIN! Zac Efron gets a chance to be young again in "17 Again" (uh, haven’t we seen that plotline in about 20 movies?), John Connor comes back in "Terminator: Salvation," Robert Downey, Jr. plays Sherlock Holmes, and Clint Eastwood is nowhere near retiring. He begins AND ends 2009 with new movies. Check out the lineup:
GRAN TORINO In theatres on December 12 (NY & LA) …read more