Pop Critics » Kathy Bates http://popcritics.com Reviewing popular culture so you don't have to Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:48:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Teaser for Keanu's "The Day the Earth Stood Still" arrives http://popcritics.com/2008/07/03/teaser-for-keanus-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-arrives http://popcritics.com/2008/07/03/teaser-for-keanus-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-arrives#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:26:21 +0000 Mike http://www.popcritics.com/?p=4266 told us about the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still starring Keanu Reeves, and no one was really surprised at yet ANOTHER old movie being modernized. The poster came a month later, which looked OKAY, but nothing spectacular. We finally have the first trailer for the movie, which also features Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, and Jaden Smith (Will Smith's son).]]> Back in April, Jason told us about the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still starring Keanu Reeves, and no one was really surprised at yet ANOTHER old movie being modernized.

The poster came a month later and it looked OKAY, but nothing spectacular.

We finally have the first trailer for the movie, which also features Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, and Jaden Smith (Will Smith’s son).

I hate remakes, but this trailer actually seems kind of interesting. What do you guys think?

(btw, when was the last movie that Jennifer Connelly didn’t wear some scarf around her neck?)

]]> http://popcritics.com/2008/07/03/teaser-for-keanus-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-arrives/feed 27 First Look: "Personal Effects" with Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Kathy Bates http://popcritics.com/2008/03/14/first-look-personal-effects-with-ashton-kutcher-michelle-pfeiffer-and-kathy-bates http://popcritics.com/2008/03/14/first-look-personal-effects-with-ashton-kutcher-michelle-pfeiffer-and-kathy-bates#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:40:40 +0000 Jason http://www.popcritics.com/2008/03/first-look-personal-effects-with-ashton-kutcher-michelle-pfeiffer-and-kathy-bates/ When I started researching Personal Effects, which I knew nothing about, I kept finding sites that said the project would be based on Rick Moody’s story “Mansion on the Hill,” found in his collection, “Demonology.” That story, however, follows the adventures of narrator Andrew Wakefield as he tries to come to terms with his sister’s death – she was killed in a car accident just before her wedding. The preview for Personal Effects looks nothing like that story.

Personal Effects Trailer

According to the plot for Personal Effects offered on the movie page at Voltage Pictures site: Seeking vengeance for the murder of his sister, a young man arrives in town only to be sidetracked by a beautiful older woman with wounds very similar to his own. Through this bond, an unlikely and beautiful romance blooms. How do you heal a wound the world can’t see? With love.

By doing a bit of digging I also found out that Personal Effects is the story of two strangers, Linda (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Walter (Ashton Kutcher), who have both lost family members to murder. They are brought together by their court cases or by group therapy (not sure which). Linda has a deaf son, who’s become increasingly troubled since his dad was murdered, but Walter, who was once a high school wrestler helps him out – teaching him how to wrestle and how to funnel his anger through sport. David Hollander directs and Kathy Bates also stars.

Personal Effects with Ashton Kutcher and Michelle Pfeiffer
I’m sure it’s a real tearjerker type of movie, but it looks like it could have potential. I still haven’t heard much about it and it doesn’t seem like Personal Effects is due to hit theaters until possibly 2009.

]]> http://popcritics.com/2008/03/14/first-look-personal-effects-with-ashton-kutcher-michelle-pfeiffer-and-kathy-bates/feed 10 Earth Stands Still For Connelly And Bates http://popcritics.com/2007/11/06/earth-stands-still-for-connelly-and-bates http://popcritics.com/2007/11/06/earth-stands-still-for-connelly-and-bates#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:30:40 +0000 Jason http://www.popcritics.com/?p=2705 Variety reports that Jennifer Connelly has signed on and Kathy Bates is negotiating to star in The Day the Earth Stood Still for 20th Century Fox.

They will be joining Keanu Reeves in the remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic. Reeves will be playing Klaatu, a humanoid alien who lands on Earth in a spaceship with Gort, his robot sidekick (well, really his indestructible, heavily armed robot), to warn us Earthlings to change our evil ways or we will be destroyed by aliens who are watching us from afar.

The production is looking at a December start date. The film is planned as a tentpole picture for the studio. It is being written by David Scarpa (The Last Castle) and is set to be directed by Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose).

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