IMDB.com has listed a new film entitled ‘Hands of Stone’ staring the legend Al Pacino. Set for release next year. Hope is true, Alba is always good in Action flicks. Big thanks to @HoneyEyes91

Follows the life of Roberto Duran, who made his professional debut in 1968 as a 16-year-old and retired in 2002 at age 50. In June 1980, he defeated Sugar Ray Leonard to capture the WBC welterweight title but shocked the boxing world by returning to his corner in the November rematch, saying ‘no mas’ (no more).

Jessica Alba stars as a troubled math teacher in director Marilyn Agrelo’s film adaption of Aimee Bender’s critically acclaimed novel.

Whatever it was about Aimee Bender‘s well-received novel that made this team want to turn it into a film remains invisible in An Invisible Sign. Lisa Rinzler‘s well-judged, intensely hued cinematography is the only element of any interest whatsoever in this inert dramatic directorial feature debut by Marilyn Agrelo, whose documentary Mad Hot Ballroom was an out-of-the-blue hit six years ago. IFC’s theatrical release will define the term token, as VOD will prove the perfect place for curious souls to give this a perfunctory look.

Shot three years ago in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, New York, the picture is like a handsomely constructed house with nobody at home. None of the characters comes alive or has anything engaging to say, while the central concerns of the story, which have to do with mathematics, symbols and people finding their places in the world, are treated in a way that feels both trite and pretentious.

Painfully withdrawn, reticent and lacking in confidence since her genius mathematician father (John Shea) began to go nuts, Mona Gray (Jessica Alba) is cajoled into taking a job as a first grade math teacher despite a lack of credentials. Without a clue of how to proceed, Mona feels her way with some unusual methods while enduring insults from a bratty girl and developing a bond with another student, Lisa (Sophie Nyweide), whose mother is dying of cancer.

Mona’s urge to help this game but troubled girl at least has a modest emotional pull, which is more than can be said for her tentative involvement with unappealing science teacher Ben (Chris Messina); when Ben comes on to her the first time and, after kissing him, she says, “I’m not into it. Please leave,” you wish that would be the end of it. Unfortunately, it’s not, and Messina’s lack of energy and his and Alba’s total lack of chemistry make their subsequent scenes arduous to endure.

The same is true for Mona’s mania for a numerology system picked up from a retired math teacher (J.K. Simmons), a plot strand the film manages to make register not at all.

Expressing Mona’s specific fear of human interaction and general anxiety by overreacting fearfully to even the most minor eventuality, Alba demonstrates a convincing inability to carry a picture by herself; she can’t illuminate what might actually be going on inside her recessive character and certainly doesn’t evince any affinity for math.

Favoring a view of the material that could be described as whimsical or insipid depending upon how charitable one felt at the moment, Agrelo does not apply the rigor or toughness that might have helped grapple with such key elements such as mental illness, struggling students and the strength it takes for Mona to reverse her natural tendency to withdrawal. She opts for a superficial feel-good approach, which does neither her characters nor the film any favors. (TheHollywoodReporter)

Over the course of MTV News’ Summer Movie Preview Week, we’ve featured popcorn superhero flicks (“Captain America” and “Green Lantern”), hard-R comedies (“Bad Teacher” and “30 Minutes or Less”), rebooted franchises from the past (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “Conan the Barbarian”) and much more. But we haven’t yet focused on movies aimed at kids.

All that changes on Friday (April 29). We’ll be rolling out an exclusive clip from “Kung Fu Panda 2″ this afternoon, and right now, we’re bringing you an exclusive chat with Robert Rodriguez, the writer/director of “Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World,” the first film in the series since 2003. The new movie introduces new characters — including Jessica Alba as a spy mom — but also stays true to the original mythology and integrates familiar faces from earlier installments. In this way, Rodriguez told us, “Spy Kids 4″ is not so much a reboot as a sequel with fresh talent.

In a wide-ranging conversation, he laid out extensive plot details, explained why these films continue to be appealing a decade after they were first introduced and the surprising (and kind of gross) inspiration that led to the movie, which hits theaters in 3-D on August 19.

MTV News: It doesn’t matter if you’re doing something like “Machete” or a “Spy Kids” movie, you’ve always got some tricks up your sleeve. How are you going to wow us with “Spy Kids 4″?

Robert Rodriguez: Man, I can’t say everything just yet! There are going to be some things you’ll see and go, “Hey, why didn’t he tell me that?” You know, we did three of these movies, and then stopped because the kids were getting older. But families still come up to me and say they’re watching them, so 10 years later, it felt right to do another one. I got the idea when I was making “Machete” and Jessica came over to my house for lunch with the kids, and she was bringing her daughter out of the backseat. But her diaper had exploded and the kid had made a huge mess and just seeing Jessica dressed up, so beautiful and glamorous, but having to deal with this baby with an exploded diaper, I just thought, “I’d love to see her as a spy mom.” I wrote it around her and figured she’d have two new stepkids who don’t think their mom is cool, but she’s really a spy and their dad plays a spy hunter on a TV show and doesn’t know his wife is a spy. There’s a robot dog and a spy baby and a new villain, played by Jeremy Piven. And I was looking at my own kids and how quickly time is going by and how you wish you could freeze a moment, so the villain is the Timekeeper, and he is taking time from people and the world is getting faster.

MTV News: Amazing! All of this, born from one dirty diaper.

Rodriguez: That’s the thing. Sometimes storytelling is very visual and it inspires you. Then you build and you build, and suddenly you have a movie you’re excited to make. You forget it’s the fourth one. Oh, and the original spy kids show up, and they’re in their 20s. They’re the older spies who are trying to reopen the spy agency, which got shut down because of budgetary reasons. Jessica plays Antonio Banderas’ younger sister, so she’s still part of the original family. She’s the aunt of the original spies. It’s not really a reboot, so much as a sequel with new kids. And the Timekeeper, he takes time away from you if you’re not spending it with your family, because of a personal thing he went through. It’s a pretty cool villain plot, because he’s not really a villain. And Jessica is so awesome as the spy mom.

MTV News: Yeah, we just saw that first picture of her with the baby strapped to her chest, but she’s still wearing her badass spy gear.

Rodriguez: Yeah, the badass spy gear! The opening scene is a flashback where she’s about to give birth to the baby. The day she quit being a spy was the day she gave birth, so she’s on her last mission, nine months pregnant, on her way to the hospital and still catching the bad guy. So she’s repelling, sliding across the cars. Anyone who’s been pregnant will tell you: “You’re not supposed to do that!”

MTV News: We haven’t really seen Jessica in a mature role like this, playing a mom. Did you have a sense that she wanted to take that next step in her career?

Rodriguez: Yeah, I think she liked the idea, because she got married young and had the baby young, so she was dealing with the whole baby situation when we had this idea. We thought it would be a perfect way to deal with what her life is really like, except in this, she’s an ass-kicking badass. She gets to show the actual trials of dealing with a baby while having a career.

MTV News: Being that there’s a connection between her situation and her character’s, did she help build this character and pitch in ideas?

Rodriguez: Completely. She’s very collaborative. She said, “I really want to be funny. I should do this, I should do that. I think when I’m with the kids, this is the kind of game I’d play with them.” She really brought a lot to the table. She knows children and what would come off best for the character.

MTV News: You’ve got a lot of funny actors in this one, like Joel McHale.

Rodriguez: Joel McHale, he’s awesome! He really is a scene-stealer. He brings you ad libs. Even if it’s written, you look at the script and go, “Oh, he just made it sound funnier.” Sometimes I’d tell him just the concept of the scene, and he’d ad lib 30 things and they’re all funny. The hard part is figuring out which one to use.

MTV News: Do you see this as the start of a whole new trilogy?

Rodriguez: We’ll see what happens with number four. I know they want to make more of them. The reason these movies do well is that there’s not many live-action films that are very empowering to children. Parents could never understand it, but that’s why Power Rangers are so popular — because there are kids beneath those suits. Kids like and support anything that empowers and supports them. It’s a powerful idea to know you can be a kid but also a spy and you can strap on a jetpack and fly around the world and not have to have your mom drive you to the mall.(MTV)

Dimension Films has released the first official photo of Jessica Alba in Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World, opening in 3D and 2D theaters on August 19. The Robert Rodriguez film co-starsJeremy Piven, Joel McHale, Rowan Blanchard, Mason Cook, Antonio Banderas, Danny Trejo, Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara. You can click on the photo below the synopsis for a bigger version!

On the surface, Marissa Cortez Wilson (Jessica Alba) has it all…married to a famous spy hunting television reporter, a new baby and intelligent twin step kids. But in reality, trying to mother Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard) and Cecil (Mason Cook), who clearly don’t want her around, is her toughest challenge yet. Also, her husband, Wilbur (Joel McHale), wouldn’t know a spy if he lived with one which is exactly the case – Marissa’s a retired secret agent.

Marissa’s world is turned upside down when the maniacal Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven) threatens to take over the planet and she’s called back into action by the head of OSS, home of the greatest spies and where the now-defunct Spy Kids division was created. With Armageddon quickly approaching, Rebecca and Cecil are thrust into action when they learn their boring stepmom was once a top agent and now the world’s most competitive ten year olds are forced to put their bickering aside and rely on their wits. With a little help from a couple of very familiar Spy Kids, Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara), and some mind-blowing gadgets, they just may be able to save the world and possibly bring their family together while they’re at it. (Comingsoon.net)

Little Fockers was released on Blue-Ray  and DVD in the UK today (April 18), and as usual DVD screencaptures have been added to the gallery. Click on the links below to view them. Enjoy!

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Machete was released on Blue-Ray and DVD last Monday and entered the UK DVD Chart at #7. This is most def in my top3 Alba movies so far. If you haven’t seen it yet, make sure to get it. Click on the links below to view the rest. Enjoy.

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IFC Films and MPI have teamed to acquire North American rights to the Jessica Alba drama “An Invisible Sign.”

The distribs will jointly release the pic in theaters and on VOD during the second quarter.

Marilyn Agrelo directed from a script by Pamela Falk and Michael Ellis, who adapted Aimee Bender’s book “An Invisible Sign of My Own.”

Pic stars Alba as a math teacher who must help her students through their own crises. Bailee Madison (“Just Go With It”) plays the younger version of Alba’s character, a lonely girl who finds salvation in math after her father becomes ill. Chris Messina, J.K. Simmons and Sonia Braga co-star.

Jana Edelbaum and Lynette Howell produced along with Falk and Ellis, while Katie Mustard and Rebecca Rivo co-produced. Exec producers include Justin Berfield, Jason Felts, Michael Lesser, Rachel Cohen, Daniel Crown and Stephen Hays.

In an effort to help reach young female auds, the Museum of Mathematics has teamed with Edelbaum’s iDeal Partners to coordinate outreach efforts, and Bill and Melinda Gates’ Get Schooled Foundation is exploring opportunities to get involved.

IFC head of acquisitions Arianna Bocco and MPI’s Greg Newman negotiated the deal, while Josh Braun of Submarine Entertainment negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers. (Variety.com)

So Excited! I’ve been waited for the longest for this movie!!

Jessica Alba won worst supporting actress for her work in Valentine’s Day, The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers and Machete. IF she ever deserved a Razzie, it should have been for the LOVE GURU.

I’ve updated the gallery with screencaptures from Camp Nowhere. Jessica’s first acting job  in 1994, aged 13 playing Gail. I’ve got one more movie to cap to complete the movie section. Click on the previews above to view them.