Sean O’Connell’s Blog

By Sean O’Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Harvey Weinstein knows a good movie the minute he sees it. His instincts for backing the right film projects has made his name – and The Weinstein Company – synonymous with the Oscar race. Last year, Weinstein’s support for Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” helped that black-and-white, silent[...]

By Sean O’Connell Hollywoodnews.com: East meets West in the Great White North this season as the Toronto International Film Festival plays host to a rare networking event for Asian film industry executives visiting Canada. Renowned film star Jackie Chan will headline the inaugural Toronto Asian Film Summit, scheduled to be held[...]

BY SEAN O’CONNELL Hollywood is a busy town. Movers bump into shakers on their way to the next power meeting. You have to move quickly if you want to keep up. HollywoodNews.com is here to help. Our interview feature, “Hollywood In Five,” showcases the creative individuals responsible for the movies we love,[...]

By SEAN O’CONNELL Lost in the hoopla over “Avatar’s” staggering box office is the quiet success of Guy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes.” Based on weekend estimates posted by Box Office Mojo, the literary franchise reboot has taken in $204.3 million at the domestic box (on top of an additional $203 million overseas),[...]

BY SEAN O’CONNELL Look! Up on the Warner Bros. lot! It’s … Christopher Nolan, swooping in to potentially save another DC Comics franchise that has lost its way. Deadline Hollywood has reported that Nolan – fan-fave director or “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight” – has been approached by Warner to[...]

By SEAN O’CONNELL HollywoodNews.com stays on top of the latest DVD and Blu-ray releases so you know which films are worth your time and money. This week, we recommend: Zombieland With all due respect to George A. Romero, the zombie genre has been done to (un)death. So last year’s fresh, funny horror-comedy[...]

BY SEAN O’CONNELL “Josh and I don’t get along at all, really. For most of our scenes, I had them put a bag over his head because I can’t stand looking at him.” So says Kristen Bell of her supposedly handsome “When In Rome” co-star Josh Duhamel. Now, Black Eyed Peas singer[...]

By SEAN O’CONNELL HollywoodNews.com stays on top of the latest DVD and Blu-ray releases so you know which films are worth your time and money. This week, we recommend: Whip It It’s tough to peg why Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut didn’t catch on when it spun through theaters last fall. The comedy on[...]

By SEAN O’CONNELL Earlier this week, HollywoodNews.com participated in an exclusive, virtual round table discussion with “Surrogates” director Jonathan Mostow ahead of the film’s DVD release. (It streets Tuesday, Jan. 26, on DVD and Blu-ray.) As the studio previewed the Blu-ray bonus feature, “A More Perfect You: The Science of Surrogates,”[...]

James Cameron is on track to become “King of the World”…again. His movie “Avatar” took home the coveted Best Picture prize at the 67th Golden Globe Awards. In his acceptance speech he went on to talk about how filmmakers have the best jobs in the world and how he is[...]