Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes' Soul Men Trailer
FirstShowing.net — ... and Samuel Jackson) decide to put on a reunion performance at the Apollo Theater. Unfortunately this trailer looks terrible, but maybe that's because it's not my type of humor. This has definitely gained buzz by being Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes' last big film together. So without any further ado, take a look below. ...

Review: Lakeview Terrace
Cinematical — ... , LaBute has once again managed to take a surface thriller and use it to work through some of humanity's ugliest and most hateful issues. It begins with a picture of suburbia, USA. Single father Abel Turner (Samuel L. Jackson) struggles to get his kids up in the morning and off to school, but struggles even harder in relating to them. He knows how to boss them around, but doesn't understand them. (He makes his son change basketball jerseys to reflect "their" favorite team.) Later, he peers out the window and watches the new neighbors move in. He's clearly perturbed that ...

Box Office: Sept. 19 - 22, 2008
Film Gecko — Everyone loves to watch Samuel L. Jackson go ballistic, don’t they? That’s probably why his thriller Lakeview Terrace was tops in the box office this weekend. The Coen brothers’ comedy Burn After Reading came in second, with My Best Friend’s Girl bowing third. Check out the numbers from Box Office Mojo: 1-Lakeview Terrace, $15.0M 2-Burn After Reading, $11.02M 3-My Best Friend’s Girl, $8.26M 4-Igor, $7.80M 5-Righteous Kill, $7.42M ...

"Unthinkable" Adds Four to Cast
Film Gecko — Is it just me, or does every other movie have something to do with terrorists, black-ops agents, nuclear bombs, and the FBI? That’s what I thought. Guess it’s a sign of the times. Brandon Routh, Gil Bellows, Martin Donovan (pictured, he could be Andrew McCarthy’s twin) and Carrie-Anne Moss have signed for Unthinkable, a suspense thriller about all of the above. They join Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Sheen. Routh and Bellows play members of an FBI anti-terrorism team run by Agent ...

Vanity Fair's Hollywood ~ Episode 9 (2003)
Film Experience Blog — ... Samuel L Jackson, 54, often in enormous hits even if he's not exactly responsible for their success, had just added another billion dollar franchise to his resume with his turn as Mace Windu in the Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. Is he a household name more for his ubiquity than for his performances? His career is rather like that of Michael Caine and Gene Hackman before him: a sprinkling of blazingly good work here and there keeps the reputation intact despite the filmography also containing huge swaths of disposable filler. He can't say no! ...

Sam Jackson as Sho'nuff? Sho'nuff!
Get The Big Picture — ... Samuel L. Jackson will star as Sho'nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, in the recently-announced remake, which will be released by Columbia Pictures and co-produced by ...

Samuel Jackson Joins Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Too?!
FirstShowing.net — ... and Samuel Jackson both joined the film in very minimal roles. Apparently Cheung will play the role of Madame Mimieux, the French matron of the Cinematheque that takes in the protagonist when she's being sought by the Nazis, while Jackson will voice the narration in the film, which is only used sparingly to add some context and background. ...

Samuel L. Jackson, Maggie Cheung Become 'Basterds'
Get The Big Picture — We kind of had a feeling one of these casting moves for Inglourious Basterds would come to pass, but the other is a big surprise to me. Samuel L. Jackson will play the narrator, according to The Playlist, which he was rumored for a couple months ago. Because Sam can't say no, it seems, once we heard he was interested in the new Tarantino flick, this deal was kind of sewn up. The other news is that Maggie Cheung will play a ...

"Soul Men" - Preview and Trailer
Film Gecko — ... In “Soul Men,” he and Samuel L. Jackson play a singing duo who went their separate ways back in the day and never spoke again. The death of their former group leader (John Legend) reunites them and sends them driving cross country for a tribute concert at the legendary Apollo Theatre. The catch: They have only five days to bury the hatchet on a 20-year-old grudge. ...

Movie Review - 'Soul Men'
Get The Big Picture — ... The f-bomb is one of the most powerful and versatile words in the English language. It can connote sex, anger, frustration, surprise, excitement, and devastation and it can do so as a noun, verb, and adjective. The f-bomb is fully exercised in the new comedy Soul Men, put through its paces by Samuel L. Jackson, one of the samurai masters of its usage, and Bernie Mac, who punctuates the majority of his sentences with it. I have no particular issue with the word, though I confess that it ...

Box Office - 'Madagascar' Roars with $17 Million on Friday
Get The Big Picture — ... the Friday trend. Steve Mason at Fantasy Moguls has the sequel doing upwards of $58 million, which I still think is a little high. If I were allowed to readjust my prediction based on this first number, I'd say $54 million. The main thing is that the movie did what it was supposed to do, which can't be said of everything that's new in theaters. Soul Men, the new Samuel L. Jackson-Bernie Mac comedy, is bombing. We expected the ...

Another New 'Spirit' Featurette
Get The Big Picture — ... I like this featurette (and I swear I'll give a cool DVD to anyone who coins a better word for it than "featurette"), and I think if the movie can balance all those unusual elements - the visuals, the come hither delivery of every woman in the cast, the period dialogue, Sam Jackson redefining over-the-top - then it's got a chance. It's just that multiple styles like that usually don't work, or did you think Chris Tucker added a lot to The Fifth Element? ...

"The Spirit" - Sneak Peek with Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes - VIDEO
Film Gecko — Check out this clip from “The Spirit,” opening Dec. 25, 2008. It stars Gabriel Macht as The Spirit/Denny Colt, Scarlett Johansson as Silken Floss, Samuel L. Jackson as The Octopus, and Eva Mendes as Sand Saref. My daughter and I are seeing “Marley & Me” on Christmas Day (it’s our tradition), but I’ll definitely be seeing this movie, probably later that week. Are you planning on seeing “The Spirit”? ...

Another Round of Commercials for 'The Spirit'
Get The Big Picture — ... plays The Spirit, a cop who is killed but returns from the dead as something...different. He's out to stop the evil Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson), and there are plenty of hot chicks to look, if you're into that sort of thing, with ...

Online Ranter Calls 'Spirit' "The Worst I've Ever Seen"
Get The Big Picture — ... He hated the acting, particularly Sam Jackson as The Octopus (and made some potentially libelous comments about Jules Winnfield while he's at it), said that ...

Suggested Reading: Will Eisner's The Spirit - The Christmas Spirit
FirstShowing.net — ... If you are looking for a fun, cool-looking movie, then I believe that The Spirit is for you. The character is a mix of Dick Tracy and Indiana Jones with a dash of Batman. However, you must understand that the violence is going to be very cartoon-like. At one point the Octopus (Samuel Jackson) hits the Spirit with a giant wrench. It may sound a little lame but that entire fight was very entertaining. And I don't care what anybody says, if you put Sam Jackson in a movie, I will watch it and be happy. During The Spirit panel, Jackson said that Miller would let him ...

Mega Review: The Spirit and Valkyrie - Both High-Energy and Surprising
FirstShowing.net — ... damsels in distress and saying things like "golly" and "oh brother." It's true, The Spirit has an oddball '50s-style to it, what with the fedoras and old cop cars, but it's certainly not a period piece - that's clearly evident by the typography and weaponry. It's a unique formula, and for the most part it succeeds in creating a rich, alternate universe. The campy tone comes across as fun in many of the artistic action sequences; like when the The Spirit tells The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson), "I'm going to kill you all kinds of dead!" while fighting him in a muddy bog. ...

Samuel L. Jackson – Most Overexposed Actor Ever?
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — ... But then it all went a bit wrong. Jackson seemed to start accepting any old roles. Coach Carter and Snakes On A Plane were crap. And then 2008 saw Jackson appear in Jumper, Iron Man, and The Spirit amongst others. And according to IMDB, 2009 is looking no better. ...

Sam Jackson's Fury Over Being Fired as Nick Fury
Get The Big Picture — ... the writers for that sequel for no obvious reason. Witness the very existence of a Thor movie, which could prove monumentally troubling, as well as the decision to hire Kenneth Branagh to direct it. There have been some strokes of genius - and maybe that's what tempers the really big question marks - but Marvel should be in a better position on a lot of these deals. And now, Samuel L. Jackson tells The Los Angeles Times that ...

“Watchmen” back on, Samuel Jackson out of “Iron Man 2″, “Monsters, Inc.” sequel
Scene-Stealers — ... Jackson told me today that despite his cameo as the hard-bitten military man at the end of “Iron Man,” it now appears that “somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won’t be in it” when it comes to “ ...

Jackson Amazed By Marvel's Short Arms, Deep Pockets
Get The Big Picture — Samuel L. Jackson is singing the same tune about his work as Marvel's Nick Fury, the character he played in a brief ...

Sam Jackson Back as Nick Fury for 'Avengers' Run
Get The Big Picture — In Samuel L. Jackson's case, the squeaky wheel got the grease. The actor, who took his displeasure with Marvel's negotiating tactics public, has reportedly signed a long-term deal to remain in the role of Nick Fury for the company's ...

Stalked: Barker on Hellraiser, Fry on Horsley, Jackson on Fury, Aphrodite IX, Suicide Squad, Routh on Dead of Night
Filmstalker — ... [image] / Amazon.com [image] ). Fry's Sprout Films is producing a film based on his memoirs that describe a life of drugs, prostitutes and prostitution of himself, and the famous moment where he underwent voluntary crucifixion for an art show, as well as his exclusion from the U.S. for moral turpitude, a phrase that everyone loves to use about the man's life. The story from Variety through Starpluse sounds extremely interesting and controversial. Samuel L. Jackson is signed as Nick Fury for Iron Man 2 and much more as he seems to have signed ...

Samuel L. Jackson signs for "Rape: A Love Story"
Film Gecko — ... It’s hard to think about the words "rape" and "love story" together in a title, but here it is. Samuel L. Jackson has just signed to star in ...

Mickey Rourke (Finally) Signs for 'Iron Man 2'
Get The Big Picture — ... at a rate of pay significantly higher than the $250,000 he was reportedly offered at the beginning of negotiations. We don't know Rourke's new number, but Variety says the deal is done, even though Marvel has yet to confirm it. For those keeping score, the cast of Iron Man 2 will probably look like this: Robert Downey, Jr., Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, and possibly Gwyneth Paltrow on ...

Dynamic Mickey "Whiplash" Rourke and a Little Scarlett Widow
Film Experience Blog — ... Spider-Man 2 size. Spider-Man 2 was a blast. But ,since it's a superhero sequel, they're going to overstuff it with villains and side characters. Currently, outside of Tony & Pepper they plan to include not 1 not 2 but 6 major characters... Mandarin (unknown / still included???) Whiplash/Dynamo (Mickey Rourke) Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) The Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) War Machine (Don Cheadle) ...

'Inglourious Basterds' Will Premiere at Cannes
Get The Big Picture — ... edited in just about eight months. But Tarantino's latest has been invited to play at the Cannes Film Festival, which was the idea all along, and Variety reports that the iconoclastic writer-director will indeed have Basterds ready to by early May. In addition to Pitt, the film stars Eli Roth, B.J. Novak, Diane Kruger, Samuel L. Jackson, Cloris Leachman...and wow, ...

Terrence Howard On Marvel's "Very Bad Choice"
Get The Big Picture — ... contract. They sent everyone out into a field and told them to work and produce a great bounty." "You produce a great bounty, and then when it's all in the storehouse, you are not allowed into the storehouse," added the actor, clearly caught mid-metaphor. He goes on to say that he heard Gwyneth Paltrow was also subject to Marvel's negotiating practices for next year's Iron Man 2, and the cases of Samuel L. Jackson, Mickey Rourke, and director ...

Hilarious Bad TV Edit of 'Snakes on a Plane'
Get The Big Picture — You can't edit Samuel L. Jackson's profanity. That's like shooting young Elvis from the waist up or telling Mick Jagger to change the lyrics to "Let's Spend the Night Together." I mean, it happens, but the results are always lousy. ...

The Spirit - Movie Review
Are You Screening? — ... ).  He’s a resurrected cop who can sort of be hurt, but not killed.  Or something.  His nemesis is a villain named The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson) who has the same talent.  Early on in the film these two are involved in a several minute “fight” in which they bash each other over the head with bizarre implements that appear out of nowhere for just that purpose.  It’s like an old ...

Scarlett Johansson debuts Black Widow outfit … on Twitter
Film Gecko — ... Favreau also confirmed that Samuel L. Jackson would appear in the film as Nick Fury. We knew that, but there was speculation that he might show up as a cameo, like he did at the end of "Iron Man." But it sounds like he’ll definitely return as the S.H.I.E.L.D. director. Or at least, that’s what Favreau says in this tweet: "Now shooting first scene with Tony Stark and Nick Fury." ...

Christian Bale Losing Resolution. Too Many Copies!
Film Experience Blog — ... just as soon as people starting noticing he might not bomb as Captain Kirk? Should Captain Kirk really remind us of Green Lantern and vice versa? And then there's the problem of Samuel L Jackson. I've complained about this before but the Nick Fury casting really upset me last summer. It seems, scanning credits, like Marvel wants Nick Fury to be the connective tissue for all of their superhero movies. That would be a fun idea if it were a lesser or unknown actor but now all of these Marvel superhero movies will not only remind us of each other but of the following ...

Robert Downey Unwinds on 'Iron Man 2' Set
Get The Big Picture — ... The famous donut shop is the site of a scene apparently inolving Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Tony Stark ( ...

Samuel L. Jackson Negotiating with African Pirates
Get The Big Picture — Wow. This is going to burn the producers of Law & Order. As if ripped from today's headlines, Samuel L. Jackson will produce a film based on the life of Andrew Mwangura, a negotiator between African pirates and the vessels they hijack. ...

Night Shyamalan Interested in 'Unbreakable' Sequel
Get The Big Picture — ... was making some pretty good flicks. Even Signs has its moments until you actually see the aliens. But one movie that was always underrated was Unbreakable. Shyamalan tells MTV he may want to revisit his second Hollywood movie, which nearly made a quarter-billion dollars around the world in 2000 and 2001. The trouble is getting Bruce Willis and Sam Jackson back together. "Sam is like ‘Mr. Comic Book’ now," Night joked. ...

Justin Timberlake being considered for The Green Lantern?
Come Back Shane! — ... this point (read: BULLSHIT), but word is that Justin Timberlake was screen tested for The Green Lantern. This doesn't make it a done deal, but the idea of someone seriously considering him to play Hal Jordon just makes me slightly depressed. He makes pretty decent music as a solo artist, I will admit to being a huge *NSYNC fangirl, and he's funny dressed as an omlette/Beyonce back-up dancer on SNL. But he was wooden as all get out in Alpha Dog and Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci are what made Black Snake Moan. Actually, ...

Natalie Portman wordt het meisje van Thor
De Ultieme FilmBlog — ... ), we weten wie in de running is voor de rol van Nick Fury ( Samuel L. Jackson ), maar we wisten nog niet wie de female lead zal vertegenwoordigen in de opkomende comic-adaptatie ...

Gwyneth Paltrow hekelt Scarlett Johansson promo
De Ultieme FilmBlog — ... ), wordt zes maanden, nadat hij zijn identiteit als Iron Man heeft onthuld, opnieuw gedwongen zijn krachten te bundelen. Hij vormt een team met Nick Fury ( Samuel L. Jackson ), waarna ze het op moeten nemen tegen een terroristische groepering die zich ''The Ten Rings'' noemen. Hierdoor krijgen ze onder andere te maken met Ivan Vanko a.k.a. Whiplash ( ...

Astro Boy trailer online
Filmstalker — ... a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him. Then there's just the big name voice list to read through with names from Nicolas Cage to Kristen Bell with Samuel L. Jackson , Bill Nighy , Donald Sutherland , Charlize Theron , ...

A New Trailer for 'Astro Boy' Takes Off
Get The Big Picture — ... There, Astro Boy is legendary. In the United States, the world's most important movie market, it's more of an unknown. So the trailers are key to rounding up potential ticket buyers here in the states. And because Summit wisely got a great cast of voice actors as part of its reported $40 million budget, the studio can send Nic Cage, Charlize Theron, Kristen Bell, and Samuel L. Jackson on talk shows and hope for a good payoff from that, as well. The ...

Recycled Experience: Tarantino Directed Performances
Film Experience Blog — ... to who she hates most. "Elle" is quite large and the performance will have to be too, if you're to understand the animosity. Hannah never disappoints in this bold strokes turn as this childish irredeemable villain --the Bride's blonde amazon evil twin. It's this routinely undervalued actor's best performance. 04 John Travolta as "Vincent Vega" 03 Samuel L Jackson as "Jules Winnfield" and... 02 Uma Thurman as ...

Jones, Jackson Team Up for Cormac McCarthy Film
Get The Big Picture — ... Jones will direct and star; it's his third dance with McCarthy's material. Outside of No Country, he's also adapted his novel Blood Meridian as a screenplay. For this film, McCarthy did his own handiwork. Samuel L. Jackson will also co-star in The Sunset Limited, which will go into production in New Mexico next month, reports ...

TIFF 09 Coverage Concludes: Whip It, Mother and Child, Up in the Air
Film Experience Blog — ... Watts, Washington and Samuel L. Jackson (in a very small, understated role) are terrific, but the powerhouse performance here belongs to Bening. Starting the film out as an (seemingly) impenetrable bitch, Bening slowly makes us understand the character, and the decisions and emotions that have informed her life. By the time the film ends, you understand why this character ends up in the emotional place that she does. It never feels unrealistic or like a cheat. I don’t know if the film will get distribution before the end of the year but if it does, Bening will ...

Stalked: Big casting on Facebook, Thor, Other Guys
Filmstalker — ... is a comedy about two elite cops who are the pride and envy of the police department in which they work and are closely shadowed by another cop partnership who try, but just aren't as good. Set to play the leading partnership are Dwayne Johnson (when do we stop calling him The Rock?) and Samuel L. Jackson – yes I did just say that, the two are going to be acting together. Playing the partnership just behind them are ...

Sam Rockwell Talks 'Iron Man 2' Villainy
Get The Big Picture — Perhaps breaking some kind of hush-hush embargo, Sam Rockwell gave IGN a little more information about his role in next summer's Iron Man 2. I dig Rockwell, think more people should have seen him in Moon earlier this year, and am glad he's getting a bigger spotlight for a change. Now, sure, if you've read some Iron Man in your day, you know a little about Justin Hammer, so this might not be news to you. Plus, we already knew he ...