Tag: Matt Damon

Actor Matt Damon is a strong supporter of America’s public schools. Just two years ago, the star spoke passionately about the importance of public schools at a Washington DC “Save our Schools” rally. In fact, the actor is so impressed

“Elysium,” Matt Damon’s next big budget summer blockbuster opens this Friday (August 9), and according to early reviews is all about how the rich exploit the poor. What we are already seeing from the sci-fi film’s star and director (Neil

The Hollywood Reporter’s Todd McCarthy shouldn’t be surprised that director Neil Blokamp’s “latest politically tinged sci-fi feature” falls apart during the third act. So did Blokamp’s first politically tinged sci-fi feature, the overrated but promising “District 9.” According to McCarthy’s

Director Neill Blomkamp only has two films to his credit, but already he’s at the forefront of the left’s message machine. His breakout hit District 9 offered a sour commentary on corporations and those who don’t support amnesty. His latest film, Elysium, is

What connects such seemingly disparate summer movies asThe Purge, The Lone Ranger and White House Down? They all contain liberal themes, and they’ve suffered at the box office as a result. So says Kyle Smith at The New York Post.

Actor Chris Evans of The Avengers fame is richer than most. The handsome star is part of two major Marvel franchises–the aforementioned super-group series as well as Captain America. He recently plunked down $3.52 million for a nearly 4,600 square

The upcoming monster movie Pacific Rim looks like everything a summer movie aspires to be–big, loud and chock full of fun special effects. The film, opening nationwide July 12, also includes an environmental scare message that puts it in ideological lockstep

Hollywood celebrities have joined Global Zero, a leftist international nuclear disarmament group, by making a video in which they parrot President Barack Obama’s infamous 2009 speech in Prague where he said he would try to start reducing America’s nuclear stockpile

Several A-listers are banding together to beg President Barack Obama to keep his word about seeking a world of nuclear weapons. Apparently, they’ve been cycling through the Superman movies to ready themselves for Man of Steel and stumbled upon Superman IV: The Quest

Director Steven Soderbergh famously said no movie studio would touch Behind the Candelabra, the biopic of late pianist Liberace, because the tale was “too gay.” HBO had no problem with such content, and now the pay channel is reaping the

(AP) Douglas, Damon dramatize a steamy showbiz affairBy FRAZIER MOOREAP Television WriterNEW YORKThe idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself. Liberace, forever hailed as Mr. Showmanship, was the excess-to-the-max pianist-personality whose onstage and

LOS ANGELES, April 15 (UPI)–Comedian Jimmy Kimmel officiated the marriage-vow renewal ceremony of actor Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana, on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. Kimmel and Damon have joked about their faux rivalry for years on TV’s

The first official trailer for Elysium, the latest socially conscious film from the creator of District 9, soft pedals its class warfare themes. It’s action over message making, at least in the two-minute peek at a film hitting theaters in

A micro-indie project like FrackNation should get trounced by a film promoted by one of the biggest movie stars on the planet. Matt Damon’s Promised Land, an anti-fracking polemic gussied up as a Serious Oscar Contender, got shellacked by FrackNation

The Dark Knight Rises did more than bring Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy to a rousing finish. It highlighted the folly of Occupy Wall Street shenanigans and the power of for-profit enterprise. That combination may have hurt the movie’s Oscar chances,

FrackNation has yet to make its nationwide debut on Mark Cuban’s AXS TV, but it’s already a model of New Media success. The documentary, which takes a positive look at how the process of fracking can be of enormous benefit

Anti-fracking celebrities are routinely in the press talking about the dangers of digging into shale to potentially make America more energy independent. Stars like Mark Ruffalo, Matt Damon and Yoko Ono can get attention–and headlines–simply by calling a news conference

Ann McElhinney isn’t afraid of a good fight. McElhinney and her husband, Phelim McAleer, routinely take it to the environmental lobby via films like “Not Evil Just Wrong.” Now, the duo is holding anti-fracking activists’ feet to the cinematic fire with

Filmmaker Phelim McAleer has a message for Matt Damon, the star of a new film taking a dim view of the energy-extracting process known as fracking. Be honest. “Everyone knows he’s anti-fracking,” says McAleer, responding to Damon’s many press interviews for

(AFP) Slasher flick “Texas Chainsaw 3D” stole the top slot at the North American box office this weekend, driving “The Hobbit” from its three-week perch in first place, estimates indicated Sunday. The latest offering in the horror franchise, first launched

Sensei’s call streak extended to 14 weeks last week. It’s very close at the top this week with a number of films that could win. Sensei’s weekend predictions and revenue results go as follows. 1. “The Hobbit” ($20 million) -Film will be

Hollywood actors spurred on by massive federal debt, the Occupy Wall Street movement and a president partial to redistribution rhetoric, have gone on record pleading to pay higher taxes. The affluent group, including Chris Rock, Ben Affleck, Will Smith, Matt

(AP) Hollywood faces fracking in ‘Promised Land’By MICHAEL RUBINKAMAssociated PressALLENTOWN, Pa.The new movie “Promised Land” digs into the fierce national debate over fracking, the technique that’s generated a boom in U.S. natural gas production while also stoking controversy over its