Tag archive: Matt Damon

To say that Contagion has a good cast is an understatement. If every one of the actors in Contagion had demanded and received their normal asking price, this movie would be among the most expensive films ever made. Matt Damon alone commands near $10-15 million a film when he doesn’t get paid out of the profits, which would make up nearly one-third of this film’s total budget. People just want to work with Director Steven Soderbergh, and the… Read More

I really enjoyed The Adjustment Bureau, and thankfully I was fortunate enough to see it before the PR machine kicked into high gear and ads for the movie began to appear on every channel, all the time. The advertising won’t make the movie better or worse, but people might go in expecting one thing and leave after seeing something totally different. The Adjustment Bureau is a love story with a supernatural twist. Despite the commercials using… Read More

True Grit is one of those movies that does everything so well, that you hardly notice that it is doing it. The best way to describe this film is to say that it is smooth. From start to finish there is a definite sense of purpose to every shot and every piece of dialogue, and things just click. The Coen Brothers are at their finest with True Grit, and they are helped by some of the best performances of the year by the stars and supporting… Read More

Game studio Electronic Arts has announced it has reached a deal for the exclusive game licenses to the works of writer Robert Ludlum, including the well-known Jason Bourne franchise, recently re-popularized in a trilogy of films starring Matt Damon. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but EA has already sent it's first game to be built on the Jason Bourne franchise off to Sweden's Starbreeze Studios for development.… Read More

Amp'd Mobile today said they were in collaboration with a number of Hollywood producers to create a huge collection of original mobile content for its viewers. Shows previously produced by these partners include Late Night with David Letterman and Project Greenlight. This original content, Amp'd Mobile said, will incorporate various wireless features such as location-based and video that the company offers. The new partners… Read More

CinemaNow Inc., announced it has entered into an agreement with NBC Universal to deliver first-run pay-per-view and library titles, including movies and television event programming, on a streaming basis via the CinemaNow Web site, www.cinemanow.com. NBC Universal joins a growing list of content providers who make their video content available through CinemaNow's video-on-demand service, including 20th Century Fox, Disney, Lions Gate,… Read More