Labor Day weekend pits geeks against gals as Lionsgate opens Gerard Butler actioner "Gamer" in 2,502 theaters and 20th Century Fox goes out with Sandra Bullock-Bradley Cooper comedy "All About Steve" in 2,251. The third new wide entry is Miramax's Mike Judge comedy...

In the old days, Hollywood tried to make thrillers that got under your skin -- today it's more about films that get you out of your skin. In a sign of the times, this Friday the blood-splattered "Gamer" begins a wave of sci-fi films that take the concepts of second...

Gerard Butler Returns To High-Adrenaline Action With 'Gamer' 'Between takes, he's working out,' Milo Ventimiglia says of pumped-up star. In 2006's graphic-novel adaptation "300," Gerard Butler was a loincloth-wearing, six-pack-baring Spartan king of blood-spilling...

And that's a wrap for the summer 2009 movie season! We should have a recap coming up shortly, but I think it's safe to say that it was a damn good summer for movie lovers. (Anyone who claims different not only hates movies but hates babies, puppies, ice cream, and...

Ubiquitous sports commercials aside, there are four things that will sell the upcoming "Gamer," and they all start with Gerry and end with Butler. The actor who catapulted to fame as an action star in "300" has been toiling in Nora Ephron territory recently, with...

Friday is coming soon! And finally we will be able to see the movie Gamer starring Gerard Butler, Michael C Hall and Milo Ventimiglia. It should be interesting to see how the whole super virtual reality concept plays out in theaters. Don't forget to check out the...

It was Gerard Butler's first UFC event, and the star of the upcoming film “Gamer” (which opens in theatres this Friday, September 4th), and as he makes clear, being in Philadelphia for UFC 102 earlier this month was quite an eye-opening experience. “It's pretty...

The twisted minds behind the Crank series turn their attentions to human video games and real-life Second Life in Gamer. They talk about their controller fantasies and the top secret sequel they can't talk about. Q: Where did you get the inspiration for Gamer? MN: We...

**** GAMER (with Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Ludacris) Synopsis: Humans control other humans in a mass-scale, multiplayer online game. Reclusive billionaire Ken Castle has created the controversial form of entertainment, "Slayers," a hugely popular game that...

Gamer Get in the Poster at Facebook The movie website for Gamer is like a world in itself. Once the website finally loads, you can use your mouse to navigate around and explore the world - different bulls eyes become available navigating you to the cast and crew,...

THE filmmaker Mark Neveldine sat in a booth at Rudy's Bar & Grill, a dimly lit dive in Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan, working on a pitcher of beer. Looking the part of a happy-hour regular on this late July afternoon, he wore a mustache and a trucker cap. “My...

Gerard Butler's been spending his summer with Jennifer Aniston — rumor is they're even dating — filming the new movie The Bounty in New Jersey and New York, and that's where our Brian Truitt found him when he talked with Butler for a feature in this weekend's...

Gamer hits theaters next week, and if you're intensely ambivalent about it, I don't blame you. Is it a goofy parody of video game stereotypes, or a lowest-common-denominator exploitation of society's fear of them? Is it a balls-to-the-wall action flick, or a weird...

**** Gamer We'd be complete hypocrites if we didn't cover this movie, even though it is rated R for language and violence, so parents be forewarned. Why is it so important? Because it's a loving homage to video games, a prominent feature in our editorial picks as you...

Gamer is gearing up to look pretty impressive mixing MMO multiplayer addiction and barbaric blood sports. We've been keeping a pretty close eye on this upcoming action flick with Gerard Butler becoming the next action star with big thanks to testosterone nerd film...