James McAvoy

In a recent Just Jared! post James McAvoy reveals that the six pack he sports in his new action movie,Wanted, is real. In just a few years, James has built a solid film career, wowing critics as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan in the Last King of Scotland, fluttering Jane Austen's heart in Becoming Jane, and playing the doomed lover in Atonement. James' role in Wanted represents his first foray as an action hero in an A-list movie. At the start of the film, James as Wesley Gibson, plays a mild-mannered office geek whose boring life is falling apart. He then learns that a father he ... Read Full Story

I talk about this a lot when people ask me about my favorite films and things, and I try to be as honest as possible, but it is The Goonies (1985). I did watch The Goonies (1985) a lot. Read Full Story

This US summer movie season has been mainly about comic book inspired films. True, there have been a slew of other films out at the same time that aren't necessarily about comic book characters, but of course the ones that we mostly remember or have been getting excited about fall into this genre. Wanted was one of those movies that remind me why I choose to do reviews with the source material taken to one side. It's just not fair to compare such films with the original material since Hollywood is more than well-known to deviate in the interests of making the film more ... Read Full Story

Wanted , directed by Timur Bekmambetov star James McAvoy (as Wesley Gibson) and Angelina Jolie (as Fox) with Morgan Freeman (as Sloan) in a supporting role. The 110 minute action flick has done what Matrix did for the movies of similar genere. Trinity's (of Matrix ) flying kick while the bad guys were in suspended motion in the opening scenes set the benchmark for futuristic films and redefined CGI's role in subsequent productions. Wanted, with the introduction of the 'curved projectile' (i.e. bullet), built on Matrix's legacy by adding CGI icing on an already sinful indulgence. The movie built on the 1000 year legacy ... Read Full Story

To quote the great Slim Pickens from Blazing Saddles , "Well, I am dee-pressed." James McAvoy , who was thought to be among the top names in the running for the role of Bilbo Baggins in the Peter Jackson - Guillermo del Toro Hobbit due in a couple of years, has told Collider that he has not been cast or anything close to it.  At the London junket for Wanted , McAvoy acknowledged the bountiful Bilbo Baggins buzz, saying, " It's not true by the way, it's all internet rumoring and nothing else I'm afraid. Sorry." Now, that may or may not mean he's ... Read Full Story