I'll keep this one short and sweet (though the movie, clocking in with a 135-minute running time, is anything but short): I give the SATC movie two very enthusiastic thumbs up, four stars, an A … whatever grading system you want to use, it was worth the wait.

 

Confession: Going in, my enthusiasm for the movie had taken a hit, thanks to months and months of rumors about the movie's storyline. Didn't it almost feel like, between trailers, clips, rumors, scores of magazine and TV interviews and rampant spoilers everywhere, that you'd almost heard and seen everything there was to hear and see about the movie?

In Heather Graham's newest film, Miss Conception, she plays Georgina Scott, a British woman who learns that early menopause runs in her family. After seeing a doctor, Georgina learns she only has one good egg left, and since she'll be ovulating in the next two weeks, she needs to hurry up and find a man who will get her pregnant.

From finding men at funerals and nightclubs to looking up internet sperm donors, Georgina will do anything in her power to produce a child while she still has time.

In this exclusive clip, Georgina gets down to business (not in the dirty sense, but literally) when it comes to scheduling some "getting down to business" (yes, in the dirty sense) time with one of her employees.

















Miss Conception will be released on June 6. Will you head to the movie theater to watch Georgina battle the clock in order to conceive?

Po (Jack Black) is the laziest panda around, save for his enthusiasm for all things kung fu. That may finally come in handy for him when an evil snow leopard named Tai Lung (Ian McShane) escapes from prison, and a prophecy suggests only Po can save his village from the leopard baddie. Po's going to need lots of help though, in the form of training by Shifu the red panda (Dustin Hoffman), Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan), Viper (Lucy Liu), Crane (David Cross) and Mantis (Seth Rogen).

In this exclusive clip, we see Angelina Jolie kick Ian McShane's butt. Okay, not literally, but we do see the tiger that she voices fight the evil snow leopard that McShane voices. Who will win? Watch and find out:

















Kung Fu Panda hits theaters on June 6. Will you buy the tickets to watch Jack Black and Angelina Jolie try to save the world?

by Jacki Garfinkel
Almost every Sex and the City fan I've spoken to has big plans for the day they plan to see Sex and the City: The Movie. One of my coworkers actually bought a dining room table so that all of her girlfriends could come over for dinner before the movie. My sister and I are getting lunch, manicures and pedicures, and then heading to the theater.

Greatest. Sequel. Ever? Uh, no. Best Indy flick? No. Best action/adventure movie in recent memory? Still no. Best Harrison Ford movie since Air Force One? Okay, I'll give you that one.

 

Unfortunately, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull didn't live up to any expectations I had going into Sunday's media screenings (save that one about it being the best Ford movie since Air Force One, though that line-up includes duds like Firewall and Hollywood Homicide, so …).

 

Admission: I didn't grow up loving the Indy flicks, but I was excited to see the new movie, based on the cast, Steven Spielberg directing and the assumption that the Ford/Spielberg/producer George Lucas trio wouldn't keep fans waiting nearly 20 years for another Indy adventure and then deliver, well, this.

 

The satirical war movie, War, Inc., written and produced by John Cusack also stars Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff, Joan Cusack, Sir Ben Kingsley and Dan Akroyd. iVillage had the chance to sit down with Marisa and Hilary at the Tribeca Film Festival, which was screening the film.

I have a great affinity toward both Marisa and Hilary. I was a camp counselor when The Lizzie McGuire Movie came out, and thanks to my campers, I not only have every song from the movie memorized, but I have dances made up for each of them too. (Yes, I just admitted that to the world.) I've also loved Marisa Tomei ever since I was little. I memorized her lines from My Cousin Vinny and I even have a VHS tape (old school, I know) of her movie Untamed Heart. So you can only imagine my excitement when I found out that I'd have a chance to interview both of these ladies.

Marisa Tomei ended up being much more subdued than I expected—I probably still envisioned her as the outspoken Mona Lisa Vito from Vinny—and Hilary Duff was cooler than I could have hoped—she completely came off as a normal, down-to-earth 20-year-old.

Let's start with Hilary. She really did seem like every other 20-something girl I know. She wasn't stuck up or overly egotistical like you might expect. The best part of the interview was when her cell phone started to ring. She couldn't stop apologizing and kept saying how sorry she was. It was such an honest and real reaction. (Side note: her phone looked like something from the year 2075. I had no idea that phones could look so high tech!)

Hilary also gave a brilliant response when asked what advice she'd give to Miley Cyrus about the racy Vanity Fair photos. At first Hilary tried to stay away from the question, but she ended up making the point that if Miley wanted to do the photos, she should own it. "I feel like everyone takes their own path," Hilary said. "People are pressuring you to do something but if you wanted to do it that's a different story, and I don't feel like I'm to comment on whether that's what she wants to do… It's not something I would choose to do, but if she did, then that's fine. I don't know how her fans would feel about it, but maybe she doesn't mind."

When Iron Man opens on May 2, you cannot miss it!

Considering I'm not that into comic books and I hated the last super hero movie (Spider-Man 3), I purely saw Iron Man for business, not pleasure.

Well, within minutes of the movie starting, I was enthralled. I could feel myself starting to love it. (By the end of the movie, I was not only obsessed, but I felt myself clapping.)

First of all, let's discuss Robert Downey Jr. Talk about a comeback story! From drugs and jail to starring in the best super hero movie yet, Robert Downey Jr. is not only back on the scene, but he's a force to be reckoned with. Oh, and he looked ridiculously hot in the movie too. Move over, Tom Selleck, there's a new man with a moustache in town!

Whether you're a comic book junkie, love action movies, think Robert Downey Jr. is sexy, like funny movies, enjoy a good hero, or take pleasure in a high-quality romance, this movie is for you... aka, it's pretty much for everyone.

Iron Man draws you in from the beginning and makes you care about the main character, Tony Stark (Downey Jr.). Not only is Robert Downey Jr. incredibly witty in the role right off the bat, but when he first tries to escape his captors in Afghanistan, the audience falls for him. Why? Partly because he's a genius, yes, but mostly because the scene resembles the one where King Kong gets shot by the planes when he's on top of the Empire State Building. There's something fierce about him, but yet you want to hug him and protect him.

Wanna refresh your memory about all things Carrie & co. before the much (much, much)-anticipated Sex and the City big-screen movie? We're already planning our own little marathon (with pretty pink libations, of course) thanks to HBO's Sex and the City: The Complete Series DVD box set.

All 94 episodes of the series are contained in this delicious box—a rose-colored velvet photo album package—which also contains a full disc of bonus features worthy of the most devoted SATC fan. Like...

• The "En-Sex-Lopedia," a guide to all things SATC
• "Location, Location, Location!" a guide to all the real-life New York City hotspots that popped up in the SATC reel life
• "Sex Essentials," a video jukebox of SATC quips on love, life, sex and, of course, fashion
• "You Can Quote Me on It," an SATC quote game
• "The Guest List," a trip down memory lane with the series' many famous faces guest stars
• Three alternate endings to the series finale
• Bloopers and outtakes from all six seasons of the show
• "Behind the Seams," a feature on costume designer Patricia Field
• Deleted scenes and audio commentaries by producer Michael Patrick King for 18 episodes; and
• An interactive Sex and the City trivia game

And another reason now is the perfect time to snag one of the DVD sets for your very own self: Movie Cash! Each set marked with a special Movie Cash sticker includes a voucher for $10.50 worth of said Movie Cash, which can be redeemed in select theaters for a ticket to the SATC movie! Yes, even in swanky Manhattan, that should be enough to cover the cost of one movie admission...

P.S. In other SATC movie news, the whole cast, including Mr. Big himself, Chris Noth, are gathering on Oprah today to discuss the movie. Will they shed more light on all the rumors swirling around the movie's plot? Here's hoping.

By the way, which of the following SATC movie rumors do you believe:

• Mr. Big leaves Carrie at the altar?
• Charlotte dies?!?
• Samantha dies?!?
• Mr. Big dies?!?!?!?
• None of the above?