Friday, May 25

• Bullock Back in Rom-Com Land

  Former America's Sweetheart Sandra Bullock has signed on to star in the Touchstone Pictures romantic comedy The Proposal, reports Variety.

  According to Variety, Bullock will be playing "a demanding female boss faced with deportation to Canada who agrees to a sham engagement and marriage with her young male assistant."

  Bullock enjoyed a phenomenal run as America's Sweetheart in the mid '90s, first gaining the title in 1994 when she ended Julia Roberts's tumultuous reign. Bullock held the coveted crown for four consecutive years before relinquishing it to Gwyneth Paltrow in 1998. 

  The award, bestowed annually by the American Sweetheart Association, is based on a wide range of factors, including perkiness and dimple size. The title was first awarded in 1934 to child actress Shirley Temple.

  The current reigning America's Sweetheart is Rachel McAdams, the first Canadian to wear the coveted crown. McAdams’s controversial win is still the subject of much debate in the Sweetheart community.

  
  

  Posted 05/25/2007 by Thomas

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Friday, March 16

• 300 will continue to decapitate competition this weekend

  It's a pretty light weekend at the cinema as far as box office is concerned. The biggest release is Premonition with the fading former A-list star Sandra Bullock (Check out our interview with Bullock) which is receiving staggeringly terrible reviews across the board. Rotten Tomatoes currently gives it a score of 08 %, 90 negative reviews versus a mere 8 positive. You can check out our own Heather Huntington's review here.

   

  For the horror fans we've got Dead Silence, which was not pre-screened for critics. As such, we have no review for you, but let's be honest. Studios don't generally hide a good movie. It's by the writing and directing team that did the first Saw (a decent enough and very successful B-horror movie).

   

  Finally, there's Chris Rock's I Think I Love My Wife, which has also been receiving a pretty negative reaction from critics. Metacritic scores it at a 49 out of 100.

   

  But let's get real. 300 is where it's at, sure to cleanup for a second weekend in a row. If you think you're avoiding crowds by waiting a week on this one, be warned. Advance tickets are still a must or you might get stuck watching Sandra Bullock try to be likable again.
  
  
  

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  Sandra Bullock stars in this thriller.

  Posted 03/16/2007 by Jeff

  Related: Chris Rock | Sandra Bullock | Premonition | 300 | Dead Silence | I Think I Love My Wife