Julia X

A Dixie Theatrical Corp. production. Produced by Greg Hall, P.J. Pettiette, Claudie Viguerie. Directed by P.J. Pettiette. Screenplay, Matt Cunningham, Pettiette.With: Kevin Sorbo, Valerie Azlynn, Joel David Moore, Alicia Leigh Willis, Courtney Rawls, Ving Rhames.Self-conscious snark gets you only so far when you're making a semi-satirical slasher pic, even when there are cheap 3D shocks to exploit, and "Julia X" pretty much defines the extent of what a film can offer with such a limited bag of tricks. Helmer P.J. Pettiette strives mightily to elevate a strenuously unfunny clash between rival serial killers to the level of outrageous, even transgressive black comedy. But only genre fans impatient to see Kevin Sorbo cast against type as a smooth-talking psycho will care to catch the pic before it reaches 2D homevid. Sorbo sustains an air of wink-wink bemusement as an irresistible nutjob fond of trolling the Internet for lovely victims to wine and dine, then torture and slay. Indeed, he maintains his sassy sangfroid even after he's trapped by an equally deranged beauty (Valerie Azlynn) and her flakier sister (Alicia Leigh Willis). Unfortunately, even as the mayhem escalates, "Julia X" remains a promising premise in search of a satisfying execution. Thanks to 3D, various objects periodically appear to jut out from the screen. But that doesn't help.Camera (color, 3D), Jason Goodman; editor, Rob Neal; music supervisor, Mason Cooper; production designer, Mark Tanner. Reviewed at Fantastic Fest, Austin, Sept. 25, 2011. Running time: 92 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

'Grey's Anatomy's' Kevin McKidd Talks Owen and Cristina

Cristina (Sandra Oh) and Owen (Kevin McKidd) have observed their share of pros and cons on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy."He fought with Publish distressing stress disorder. She fought concentrating on the same following a hospital shooting that traumatized everyone that introduced for his or her quickie marriage. To convey the happy couple has issues is a serious understatement, especially considering it was not until after Cristina was pregnant and planning by having an abortion they a substantial discussion about getting children.Now, Owen and Cristina is constantly on the tiptoe around their issues but since the actor and director from the week's episode notifies "The Hollywood Reporter" their problems may ultimately get together together. "I don't think there's extended to attend simply because they have blown a good deal beneath the carpet this season,In . according to him.InchTHR" taken track of McKidd to talk about when and the way the happy couple will confront their problems, if there might be a contract and whether Cristina could ever realize that there's more to existence than her career.THR: How extended will Cristina and Owen still avoid facing their problems? McKidd:Which will keep coming back. Around midseason, In my opinion, something may happen some hay will break the camel's back plus they are really gonna need to deal with it. I'm unsure just what the outcome will most likely be, however think it'll be pretty explosive. I don't think there's extended to attend simply because they have blown a good deal beneath the carpet this season. I don't think people will have to wait extended to look for the fallout from that.THR: Will Owen eventually confront Cristina or is it remaining from speaking since they love each other? McKidd: In my opinion because of this they're doing it, since they deeply love each other. The problem they have is always that they have different sights on children. In my opinion they'll both eventually are afflicted by each other. There's a sizable component that happens medically inside the hospital that becomes the catalyst with this particular, it's a very intense event that happens. In my opinion that weighs in at in at on him and lastly that becomes the catalyst on the account facing each other while using truth.THR: Might be one's heart of Owen and Cristina's problems the abortion or possibly could it be a little more about bigger issues like communication together with a shared vision from the products a relationship is? McKidd: It's all regulated controlled of people things folded into one. They're getting to some degree where there's inside a fork inside the road and they will have to really decide what they're prone to do, whether they'd like to reconcile all people things or else. In my opinion they have desire for each other but that's not necessarily enough in the relationship. In my opinion there's apt to be some dark occasions ahead on the account and it will test whether they'd like to survive.THR: Will Owen eventually use Richard or Derek about his feelings about Cristina's abortion? McKidd: He and Derek are really starting to bond over a number of things. The fact Derek experienced a time period of being chief turns into a significant large support for Owen after we move ahead. They are much more equals now inside the hospital, to enable them to communicate virtually. In my opinion he'll become installed on him.THR: Will being the primary impact Owen's marriage? McKidd: That's one of the tales we're telling over the following handful of episodes: there's this huge medical situation that happens which he will need hard options as chief and hang all of your personal feelings aside. There's something which happens that will really put more pressure than usual on Cristina and Owen together with other co-employees. He's out of the blue in this position of one's and requiring to try and navigate that, he doesn't comprehend it correctly constantly. So yes, absolutely.THR: With Owen's career thriving and Cristina's somewhat stumbling, will Cristina eventually realize that there's more to existence than her career? McKidd: I am unsure, maybe! Who knows. People do change. Maybe that's just her. Maybe that isn't likely to change on her behalf and possibly this is actually the point. This can be a story which has not necessarily learned before. Usually on tv shows eventually they are offered around but you will discover varying people in the world and it may be naive individuals to consider they do not exist. In my opinion it is really an interesting story itself and I am unsure the reaction to that question.THR: Maybe there is a contract if this involves their different ideas about family and youngsters? McKidd: Sure, absolutely. I don't go to whichever reason not it might be a difficult one. However can't go to whichever reason there cannot be. Each of them have to be happy or there's pointless for ongoing which is the same in anybody's relationship. What that seems like that's what they're saying about people in associations nowadays: you may never really tell precisely what rapport is really like nowadays even if you believe you understand a couple of really completely, you may never really tell how it is making that relationship tick. Cristina and Owen are interesting, odd, effective, passionate people with very good ideas about existence, so that it bakes an excellent story to see together with a great journey being on. What that seems like, In my opinion may well be more interesting than the majority of us would ever guess since they're so unique. When they could be together, In my opinion it'll be in a significant unique way they formerly live in a firehouse! (Laughs.)THR: The way in which Owen aspect in in what Derek is utilizing Zola? Watching Owen with Zola as well as the backdrop of Cristian's abortion is heartbreaking. McKidd: In my opinion everything does weigh lower on Owen a good deal. The fact there's this cute little baby toddler around, it's a constant indication to him. But yeah, it won't be feasible for Owen which is certainly a hardship on Derek and Meredith to own Owen inside the shadows with this particular longing. THR: Will Owen end up helping Derek and Meredith using what they're utilizing Zola? McKidd: We're on Episode 9 at this time which he certainly talks and tries to be there for Derek. Meredith and Owen haven't had most likely probably the most warm and cozy-up relationship more often than not there's been a lot of hysteria between each of them if the involves Cristina. Certainly In my opinion Owen will there be for Derek very much the same that Derek will there be for Owen. Owen tries to become good friend and 2 ears for Derek in what he's coping with. The Hollywood Reporter

Bradley Cooper To Be Man From UNCLE?

Warners' top choice to replace ClooneySteven Soderbergh's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. might have recently lost George Clooney (if they ever actually had him), but it's looking as if his replacement may already have arrived. Variety are reporting that Warners have offered Bradley Cooper the role of the devastatingly suave Napoleon Solo.Robert Vaughn played Solo in thelight-hearted spy series that ran for 105 episodes between 1964 and 1968, opposite David McCallum as the intense Russian Illya Kuryakin. U.N.C.L.E. was an international intelligence agency: the United Network Command for Law Enforcement. Their chief antagonists were the agents of T.H.R.U.S.H.: the Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity (although that acronym was never actually revealed in the series: it's a retcon from the spinoff novels). The series spawned a sister inThe Girl From U.N.C.L.E., several cinema releases of expanded TV episodes, and a reunion TV movie in 1983.Clooney had long been mooted for the film - one of Soderbergh's allegedly final projects - but his loss hasn't affected Warners' plans for a start-date of February next year. Soderbergh is planning a fun affair with a period 60s setting, and the writer is Scott Z Burns (Contagion, The Informant!). Cooper has yet to finally sign, but we're thinking some stylish spycraft might be an attractive change-up after the celestial battle shenanigans of Alex Proyas' Paradise Lost, where he's playing fallen angel Lucifer.Burns enthused recently to Coming Soon that "U.N.C.L.E. was a really incredibly progressive, hopeful kind of show... I think we can do some really cool stuff, shooting those cars and that fashion and that aesthetic with today's cameras and technology..."Soderbergh's Contagion is out now.

An Incredible Number Of Colors From Nigeria To Begin Hollywood Black Film Festival

The always interesting Hollywood Black Film Festival this year the first time opens getting an overseas film, the South African drama An Incredible Number Of Colors. Running October 27-30, the large event includes 51 films — nine features, twelve documentaries, 27 shorts and three student films — selected from records from greater than 300 filmmakers worldwide, according to fest executive director Tanya Kersey. You will also have 13 sections and courses exceeding 50 industry sound system. An Incredible Number Of Colors is a mix of Slumdog Uniform and Romeo and Juliet, states director Peter Bishai. It’s the story in the fall from sophistication and redemption of South Africa’s onetime most well-known teen black celebrity, Muntu Ndebele. Co-put together by Bishai and Andre Pieterse, An Incredible Number Of Colors stars Wandile Molebatsi, Jason Hartman and Masello Motana. Also happening opening evening, the foods Network’s The Cupcake Wars will probably be shooting final moments from the hourlong episode featuring the Hollywood Black Film Festival through which participants compete for your recognition of featuring their snacks within the festival’s opening evening. Antwone Fisher may serve as the guest celebrity judge. Opening evening festival site visitors achieve feast round the winning snacks. The opening evening gala presentation begins at 7 p.m. within the L.A. Film School, 6363 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood across within the Arclight-Cinerama Dome complex. Festival headquarters are farther west within the Andaz Hotel round the Sunset Strip at 8401 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069. Following a opening evening presentation, all tests occur at Laemmle’s Sunset 5 inside the complex at 8000 Sunset Blvd. round the southeast corner in the intersection with Crescent Levels. A couple of from the other movies and occasions, within the news release: Tests Documentaries I am a Dream Chaser features director Make the most of Sturdy from Jungle Films and digital digital photographer Derek Bailey Phunny Business: A Black Comedy documents a tight schedule up and lower of Jokes Aside, the famous Chicago comedy club and contains appearance from every well-known black comedy past and provide, including Steve Harvey, Cedric The Artist, Bernie Mac, D.L. Hughley, Robin Harris, S’more Bob Marley: Your building of the Legend features films and never before seen footage from the youthful Bob Marley extended before he increased being the music activity icon. Reason that you should shows what happening in Haiti following a coverage stopped and every major news outlet had moved onto other tales features CBS News producer Bill Whitaker They Are Not All Lost is situated by Blair Underwood and includes looks by Nick Cannon, Malcolm Jamal Warner and Sinbad Features Changing the sport stars Irma P. Hall & Sticky Fingaz A Parent Or Gaurdian’s Love stars television personality Rolanda W Shorts Sophistication in Sara features Avoi LaRue from CSI: Miami Burned features a special appearance by Eric Roberts All tests occur at Laemmle’s Sunset 5. The Infotainment Conference occur in the Andaz Hotel, 8401 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069. Our motto is: Educate. Empower. Enlighten. Choice of of 50 industry professionals set to speak as of this year’s conference includes: Tracey Edmonds, Producer, Edmonds Entertainment Glendon Palmer, Producer, Jumping the Broom Charles King, Agent, William Morris Endeavor Bill Duke, actor/filmmaker/director David P. White-colored, National Executive Director, Screen Stars Guild Antwone Fisher, Film author (Antwone Fisher) Vicangelo Bulluck, Executive Director in the Hollywood Bureau in the NAACP Ehrich Van Lowe, author/producer Denys Cowan, comic artist/TV producer (Static Shock, The Boondocks) Michael Davis, Milestone Media Rob Byrd, Director (A Stylish Soul, Jasper Texas, 17 Again Tracy “Twinkie” Byrd, Celebrity Casting Director (Sparkle, Jumping the Broom, Well-known) Adrian Ward, SVP Entertainment, Sports & Media, National Bank of California Datari Turner, Producer (Lisa Raye: The Particular McCoy,” The Very Best Hustler) Kellie Griffin, Author/Creator (Reed Involving the Lines) Jenean Atwood Baynes, NATPE, Director in the Emerging Producers Initiative Rob Gordon, Founder, Authors Boot Camping

'Moneyball' Director Bennett Miller to Receive Honor at Hollywood Film Awards (Exclusive)

Attila Dory/Sony Pictures Classics The 15th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, will honor Academy Award nominee Bennett Miller with its 2011 Hollywood Director Award. Miller is being recognized for his work on the critically acclaimed blockbuster Moneyball, which was adapted from Michael Lewis's best-selling novel and stars Brad Pitt as Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane. Miller will collect his statuette at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place at the Beverly Hilton on Oct. 24. Prior to this film, on which Miller replaced Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh, the 44-year-old was best known for his direction of Capote, his feature directorial debut. That film received an Oscar nod for best picture, earned a best actor Oscar for Philip Seymour Hoffmanand led to best director nods from the Academy, Directors Guild of America and BAFTA for Miller. (The NY Film Critics Circle also awarded him its prize for best first film.) PHOTOS: 'Moneyball' Premiere in Oakland Carlos de Abreu, the founder and executive director of the event, told The Hollywood Reporter, "With Moneyball, Bennett Miller has given us a beautiful film, from what many called an 'unfilmable' book, and we're thrilled to honor him." He added, "Bennett found the heart in this story of baseball statistics and guided the remarkable performances of Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. 'Capote' was a masterful debut, and Moneyball further proves that Miller has a real gift for breathing life into complex material." Previous recipients of the Hollywood Director Award include Norman Jewison, John Schlesinger, John Frankenheimer, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Michael Mann, Sam Mendes, Oliver Stone, Marc Forster, Clint Eastwood, Kathryn Bigelowand Tom Hooper. Just months after collecting their Hollywood Film Festival Award, Bigelow and Hooper went on to win that year's best director Oscar, while Scorsese received a nomination. Q&A: 'Moneyball' Author Michael Lewis on Oscar Hopes, Working With Brad Pitt and His New 'Liar's Poker' Screenplay In recent weeks, as The Race was the first to report, de Abreu revealed the recipients of a number of other prizes, as well (which are determined by de Abreu and a panel of advisers): the cast of The Help for the Hollywood Ensemble Award; Oscar winner George Clooney (The Descendants) for the Hollywood Actor Award; Oscar nominee Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn, Meek's Cutoff, Take This Waltz) for the Hollywood Actress Award; Oscar nominee Christopher Plummer (Beginners) for the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award; Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan (Shame, Drive) for the Hollywood Supporting Actress Award; Oscar winner Diablo Cody (Young Adult) for the Hollywood Screenwriter Award; Rango for the Hollywood Animation Award; Letty Aronson (Midnight in Paris) for the Hollywood Producer Award; Oscar nominee Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life) for the Hollywood Cinematographer Award; Oscar winner Stephen Mirrione (The Ides of March) with the Hollywood Editor Award; Oscar nominee Alberto Iglesias (The Skin I Live In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) for the Hollywood Film Composer Award; Oscar nominee James Murakami (J. Edgar) for the Hollywood Production Designer Award; Oscar winner Scott Farrar (Transformers: Dark of the Moon) for the Hollywood Visual Effects Award; Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) for the Hollywood Breakthrough Director Award; Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50) for the Hollywood Breakthrough Actor Award; Jessica Chastain (Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life) for the Hollywood Breakthrough Actress Award; Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) for the New Hollywood Award; Bérénice Bejo (The Artist), Jean Dujardin (The Artist), Elle Fanning (Super 8), Amber Heard (The Rum Diary), Andrea Riseborough (W.E), Shailene Woodley (The Descendants), and Anton Yelchin (Like Crazy) for the Hollywood Spotlight Award; and Oscar nominee Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) for the Hollywood Career Achievement Award. TORONTO REVIEW: Moneyball He also announced that the nominees for this year's Hollywood Film Award, which will be determined by the public through voting on the Yahoo! Movies website, are Captain America: The First Avenger, Cowboys & Aliens, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2, The Help, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Rango, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Super 8, Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon, and X-Men: First Class. RELATED: Can 'Moneyball' Overcome Baseball's Oscar Slump? FEINBERG FORECAST: 'Carnage' Divides, 'Extremely' Intrigues, 'Moneyball' Grows Brad Pitt Moneyball Bennett Miller

Weekend Movie Preview: 'Footloose' Hopes to Dance Away With Weekend Crown

Such is the state of Hollywood when not one, but two remakes of beloved '80s classics open on the same weekend. The surprise is that one of them is actually apparently awesome (and it's not 'The Thing'). Can 'Footloose' cut the competition down or will Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson fly away with the weekend crown? The answers lie ahead in your Weekend Movie Preview NATIONWIDE RELEASES 'Footloose' What's the story: A Boston teen named Ren (newcomer Kenny Wormald) moves to a small Midwestern town where dancing has been outlawed. There, he falls in love with the rebellious teen daughter (Julianne Hough) of the town preacher (Dennis Quaid), and teaches everyone how to... cut loose. (Groan!) (But seriously.) Box-office projection: Your friendly Moviefone editors are totally in the tank for the new version of 'Footloose,' but will audiences be too? Perhaps. The marketing for 'Footloose' has been squarely aimed at the MTV generation (or is that now the Spotify generation?), making the film look like the perfect combination of sexy and dangerous. Even more important? The Craig Brewer-directed film has gotten fairly outstanding reviews from critics, something which might persuade fans of the original to show up alongside their sons, daughters, nieces and nephews. With little competition from new releases and 'Real Steel' showing itself as a family film, 'Footloose' could also be the destination of choice for couples. Projections are in the $18-to-$20 million range, but the guess here is that 'Footloose' dances away with a bit more. $23.4 million [Showtimes & Tickets | Mr. Moviefone's Six-Second Review] 'The Thing'] What's the story: A prequel to the John Carpenter classic, 'The Thing' focuses on a the discovery of an alien ship (and a shape-shifting alien) at an Antarctica research site. Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Ramona Flowers 4eva!), Joel Edgerton and Eric Christian Olsen star. Box-office projection: On the one hand, no one is really talking about 'The Thing' unless it's to slag the film for being a sacrilegious remake of Carpenter's classic. On the other hand: scares and aliens! There's an audience for this film, one that has seen few horror flicks since August that they can rally around. 'The Thing' isn't that film either -- check back next week for 'Paranormal Activity 3,' which should explode the somewhat stagnant box office -- but since it has the name value that something like 'Shark Night 3D' didn't, expect respectable and unspectacular numbers. $10.1 million [Showtimes & Tickets | Mr. Moviefone's Six-Second Review] 'The Big Year' What's the story: Three friends (Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson) compete in the Big Year, an annual bird-watching event that sends them on adventures to identify rare species of birds around the country. Directed by David Frankel ('Marley & Me'), 'The Big Year' also stars Rashida Jones, Angelica Huston, Rosamund Pike, Dianne Wiest and more. Box-office projection: And you thought no one was talking about 'The Thing'! With three major comedy stars as leads, logic dictates that 'The Big Year' should currently dominate weekend movie talk. That it's not is a potential box-office problem. The film is opening in a little over 2,100 theaters -- the lowest number of any wide release this weekend -- and projections have it landing in the $6-to-$7 million range. That would rank as lowest wide-release opening since 'Mixed Nuts' in 1994. Let's give Martin, Black and Wilson the benefit of the doubt and assume the PG rating will bring in a few more families than tracking indicates. $9.2 million [Showtimes & Tickets | Mr. Moviefone's Six-Second Review] LIMITED RELEASES How the mighty have fallen? Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman lead 'Trespass', which is only opening in 10 theaters. Elsewhere, Pedro Almodovar returns with the psychological thriller 'The Skin I Live In' with Antonio Banderas and Sam Worthington leads 'Texas Killing Fields'. [Photo: Universal/Paramount/Fox] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Oscar Isaac Lands Lead In Coen Brothers and sisters 60s Folk Music Film

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar Isaac has showed up the coveted lead role over the following film being directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Inside Llewyn Davis, that's being created using no domestic distributor, focuses on the very first folk music scene in Greenwich Village inside the 60s. The Coens in addition to their creating partner Scott Rudin are which causes it to be with only an alignment with Studio CanalThat will distribute in France and several other locations. The Coens written the script, and they have the normal volume of stars lining around play figures loosely based on folk entertainers like Dork Van Ronk and Tom Paxton. The brothers and sisters may also be running a business with Rudin, their creating partner round the Oscar-winning No Country For Old Males in addition to their last film, True Grit. Shooting will start early next season in NY. Isaac can be a fast rising actor who stood a fancy role in Drive and stars inside the Madonna-directed W.E., is presently filming the Tony Gilroy-directed The Bourne Legacy with Jeremy Renner. Since the Coens began casting, every actor in Hollywood remains chasing after after these parts, causeing this to be an authentic coup for Isaac. He’s repped by UTA, Inspire Entertainment and SMGSB.