Warner Bros & LFC want to give you the opportunity to win passes to a free screening of ‘The Town’

// September 7th, 2010 // No Comments » // Trailers, What's Poppin

THE TOWN, in theaters September 17th. Ben Affleck directs and stars in the film along with Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Jeremy Renner (Hurt Locker), and Blake Lively (Gossip Girl). The crime drama is about Doug MacRay, the leader of a group of bank robbers in Boston. One heist changes his outlook on the business and suddenly he finds himself questioning who he is and what he does.

My boy Kellvin Chavez over at LatinoReview.com saw it already and is giving it mad props. We’re excited too!! So we here at LatinoFilmChatter.com are going to pick 10 winners to go to a screening of ‘The Town’ on September 14th, here in MIAMI. More details to come in the following days.

For now check out the trailer at the bottom of the page to see what all the hype is about!!

THE TOWN – In theatres on September 17

Crime/Drama ~ Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. With no real attachments, Doug never has to fear losing anyone close to him. But that all changed on the gang’s latest job, when they briefly took a hostage–bank manager, Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall). Though they let her go unharmed, Claire is nervously aware that the robbers know her name…and where she lives. But she lets her guard down when she meets an unassuming and rather charming man named Doug…not realizing that he is the same man who only days earlier had terrorized her. The instant attraction between them gradually turns into a passionate romance that threatens to take them both down a dangerous, and potentially deadly, path.

Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Pete Postlethwaite.

Director: Ben Affleck

Ron Howard is prepping Kevin James and Vince Vaughn for his next feature.

// February 23rd, 2010 // No Comments » // What's Poppin

Ron Howard is setting Kevin James to play Vince Vaughn’s best friend in the untitled Universal Pictures comedy about infidelity. The film is Howard’s next directing vehicle from a screenplay by Allan Loeb. Howard and Imagine partner Brian Grazer are prepping a spring start in Chicago. Kevin and Vince will play best friends and business partners, and Vaughn is tortured when he observes his pal’s wife getting intimate with another man. Should he tell? The comedy came from an idea by Grazer, who’ll produce with Vaughn and the actor’s Wild West Picture Show banner. Imagine’s Kim Roth is executive producer. The buddy system has made for a nice transition for James after his long-running TV sitcom King of Queens. He paired with Will Smith in Hitch and Adam Sandler in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. After carrying Paul Blart: Mall Cop, he re-teamed with Sandler in Grown Ups and plays the title role in the MGM comedy The Zookeeper. Scripter Loeb has been writing about all forms of cheating, with recent credits that include the card-counting drama 21, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, and now this infidelity comedy.

“ARMORED” in theaters this Friday Dec. 4th – Amaury Nolasco talks to LFC about the movie.

// December 1st, 2009 // No Comments » // What's Poppin

Here you have it folks!!!

The interview with Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break, Transformers) promoting his new movie which comes out this Friday, December 4th, 2009.

Armored is an action-drama in which several armed guards decide to steal over 40 million dollars from their own company.

Armored is directed by Nimrod Antal and stars Columbus North, Laurence Fishburne Matt Dillon and Jean Reno.

(l to r) Columbus Short, Laurence Fishburne and Matt Dillon star in Screen Gems' action thriller ARMORED.

Check out the interview with Amaury Nolasco and yours truly.

Enjoy!!!

Screenplay writer David Koepp to direct NY bike rider movie

// November 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // What's Poppin

David Koepp is best known as one of Hollywood’s highest paid screenwriters (and one of Spielberg’s scribes). His screenwriting credits include everything from Toy Soldiers, Jurassic Park, and Carlito’s Way, to Panic Room, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

For the last decade he’s been trying to make the transition into feature film directing. He made his debut with the promising Stir of Echoes, but has since followed up with some lackluster efforts, the 2004 Stephen King adaptation Secret Window and the 2008 Ricky Gervais supernatural romantic comedy Ghost Town. Honestly, I think Koepp is a much better screenwriter than he is a filmmaker, and that’s not saying much considering the abundance of lackluster screenplays he’s been involved with in the last 10-12 years.

With that kind of intro, you must be really interested in his next directorial effort (yes, that was sarcasm).

Next up, Koepp will direct a film called Premium Rush, penned by his frequent screenwriting collaborator John Kamps. Aside from working with Koepp on Ghost Town and Zathura, he also wrote Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. Yup, no snarky commentary needed.

According to Variety, the story follows a 20-something-year-old bike messenger who somehow gets involved in a chase across New York City. And we’re not just talking about a little chase but big budget William Friedkin-style action sequences. Apparently a dirty cop is “desperate to get his hands” on an envelope the messenger received from Columbia University.

I’m always game for another chase movie, especially a film with a budget. Columbia Pictures is apparently fast tracking the project, and casting will begin searching for a leading man immediately. So I’m sure we’ll be hearing a casting and start announcement by year’s end.

Eastwood’s “Invictus” Trailer-Starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon

// October 30th, 2009 // No Comments » // Trailers

Actor Morgan Freeman portrays anti-apartheid activist and former South African president Nelson Mandela in this Clint Eastwood-helmed political drama adapted from author John Carlin’s book The Human Factor: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed the World. Set just after the fall of apartheid and during Mandela’s first term in office, The Human Factor explores how the political prisoner-turned-president used the 1995 Rugby World Cup — which was hosted by South Africa — as a means of bringing blacks and whites together after decades of violence and mistrust. Matt Damon co-stars in the Warner Bros. production as rugby player Francois Pienaar.

Check out the Trailer: