January 2010
Shadowlocked
UFO movie: new SHADO logo Another damned security leak from the top-secret organisation that loves to advertise… Radio SHADO - listen up at 4pm for our secret access codes, guys Doctor Who complete reviews: Marco Polo Can this be a review from an alternate timeline, where the Beeb didn’t wipe this classic adventure…? via: Shadowlocked
Jan 31st
IMDb Gossip
Rip Torn Arrested After Bizarre Bank Raid Jolie & Pitt Put On United Front At DGA Awards Bigelow Triumphs At Directors Guild Awards Theron & Townsend Split? More Money Problems For Madsen via: IMDb News
Jan 31st
Slashfilm.com
Sundance Interview: Daniel Grou, Director of 7 Days The annual success of the Saw films has proven that there’s a huge market out there for torture-porn films, or films whose primary function is to allow viewers to revel in the physical destruction of the human body. But what would happen if you… 2010 Director’s Guild of America (DGA) Awards Winners Kathryn Bigelow has become the first...
Jan 31st
Deadline.com
First Female Film Director Wins DGA: Award To ‘Hurt Locker’s Kathryn Bigelow; Female TV Helmer Wins For ‘Mad Men’ Women ruled at the DGA tonight for top honors in both film and TV drama direction. The DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has traditionally been one of the Industry’s most accurate barometers for the Best Director...
Jan 31st
First Showing
Hurt Locker’s Kathryn Bigelow Wins Directors Guild Award! The Hurt Locker and director Kathryn Bigelow have finally won their first major award at the Directors Guild of America Awards held yesterday at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. Bigelow won the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature… Sundance Film Festival 2010 Awards Officially Announced The official awards...
Jan 31st
Cineuropa - European cinema
Giorgio Diritti - Director: “It was a massacre of innocents” After his feature debut The Wind Blows Round, which benefited from unexpected word of mouth, Giorgio Diritti returns with an ambitious second film Frédéric Mermoud - Director: “Shattering the stereotypical image of the butch female cop in a leather jacket” After several acclaimed shorts, Swiss-born,...
Jan 31st
Movieline
Friday Box Office: Waning Avatar Clings to First As January winds down, so, too, does Avatar’s box-office momentum — not enough to cost the blockbuster first place in the weekend sweepstakes, but quite possibly enough to keep it below $20 million for the first time in its staggering seven-week run…. via: Movieline
Jan 31st
Cinematical - News
Revisiting Digital IMAX and Cinemark’s XD Cinemas Last year’s Aziz Ansari-initiated uproar over digital IMAX versus “real” IMAX did little to stop the spread of the “poor man“‘s large format. More and more theaters are charging extra for converted theaters with slightly larger screens and high-end digital… Sundance Interview: Director Vincenzo...
Jan 31st
HD-Trailers.net - Movies
The Masked Mango (Teaser Trailer) Link to Catalog Paul Parksen is an average American teenager, except for the fact that he is a superhero. He is soon visited by a known superhero, The Aqua Avocado, who tells him that he can either join The Avocado Avengers, or not be a superhero at all…. The Losers (Trailer 1A) Link to Catalog An explosive tale of double cross and revenge, ‘The Losers’...
Jan 31st
Hollywood Reporter
‘Avatar’ takes Friday boxoffice James Cameron’s “Avatar” fetched an estimated $7.5 million in U.S. and Canadian boxoffice on Friday to push its domestic cume to $572 million. ‘Winter’s Bone’ tops Sundance Debra Granik’s “Winter’s Bone” was the big winner in Park City Saturday night, as it won two major prizes at the 2010 Sundance...
Jan 31st
IMDb Gossip
Travolta’s Alleged Extortionist Maintains Innocence Anti-smoking Group Fuming With Momsen Hendricks’ Husband Mad Over Blogger’s Fat Jibe Douglas Supports Son In Closed Court Hearing Willis’ Ski Lodge Reopens After Fire via: IMDb News
Jan 30th
Slashfilm.com
Takers International Movie Trailer: What Dirt Does Screen Gems Have on Matt Dillon? I’d love to know what the people at Screen Gems have on Matt Dillon. Photos of him naked with a shaved bear and a jar of Vaseline? Maybe a webcam video of him going all out dancing to ‘A Stroke of Genie-us‘? Could it be Dillon making… Ti West to Direct The Innkeepers Following on from House of the Devil, his...
Jan 30th
Deadline.com
#1 ‘Avatar’ Rules For 7th Straight Weekend; ‘Edge Of Darkness’ No Bright Spot For Mel; ‘When In Rome’ Gets Lost At Box Office   FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AM: Now that 20th Century Fox’s Avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time (not adjusted for inflation or higher 3D ticket prices), it should pass $2 billion worldwide by early next week (its global total...
Jan 30th
First Showing
Watch This: New Red Band She’s Out of My League Trailer We featured the very first trailer for She’s Out of My League just a few weeks ago and I guess at the time I thought it would be a PG-13 cheesy comedy, but boy was I wrong. Paramount has just debuted a red band trailer for the movie and it’s a lot more… Alex’s Sundance 2010 Review: Adam Green’s...
Jan 30th
Guardian Film Blog
Mumblecore meets the mainstream in Cyrus at Sundance | Demetrios Matheou The US indie movement that spawned such lo-fi gems as Funny Ha-Ha and Humpday is coming to a multiplex near you, spearheaded by the Duplass brothers’ new romantic comedy There has been much talk this year about Sundance’s desire to reboot its image as… Lucky Heather: why a Mills biopic looks increasingly...
Jan 30th
Cineuropa - European cinema
Giorgio Diritti - Director: “It was a massacre of innocents” After his feature debut The Wind Blows Round, which benefited from unexpected word of mouth, Giorgio Diritti returns with an ambitious second film Frédéric Mermoud - Director: “Shattering the stereotypical image of the butch female cop in a leather jacket” After several acclaimed shorts, Swiss-born,...
Jan 30th
Movieline
Dance! Dance! Dance! Altitude sickness, sleep deprivation, burning eyes, one broken computer and a few extra pounds aside, our Sundance orbit this week resulted in one of the most sweeping weeks of coverage to date at Movieline — and that’s not even counting all the scintillating… And the Sundance Audience Award Goes to… Our Sponsors Please find herewith a grateful...
Jan 30th
Cinematical - News
Trash Cinema That Might Have Been The Temple of Schlock blog recently posted a nice collection of old Variety ads, mostly featuring grindhouse era exploitation films that were announced but never quite made it out of the studio. It’s kind of cool seeing artwork and logos for movies that… Pitch of the Day: ‘Making a Killing’ I would be surprised if today’s spotlighted...
Jan 30th
Total Film Features
12 Extreme Movie Weather Forecasts 14 Most Depressing Movies Ever via: Total Film Features
Jan 30th
HD-Trailers.net - Movies
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Theatrical Trailer) Link to Catalog Gordon Gekko, fresh from prison, re-emerges into a much harsher financial world than the one he left. (Source) Download: 480p, 720p, 1080p MP4 Encode: 1080p Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast) Related Links: Netflix Amazon.com Fandango - Movie… Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? (Theatrical Trailer) Link to Catalog Gathered...
Jan 30th
Hollywood Reporter
Weinstein Co. picks up ‘Blue Valentine’ The Weinstein Co. nabbed rights to the Michelle Williams/Ryan Gosling romantic drama “Blue Valentine” at Sundance. Slamdance hands out awards The 16th Slamdance Film Festival, which concluded Thursday night in Park City, presented grand jury awards to Charles-Olivier Michaud’s narrative film “Snow and Ashes” and...
Jan 30th
Total Film News
Lucas produces CGI musical   You’re over the midweek slump, you’re probably delirious with fatigue and desperate for the weekend. But don’t worry, you’re not quite seeing things. Yet. Because yes, the above actually is true. The Hollywood Reporter has,… Marvel president discusses The Avengers   Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, had a yack with our friends over at SFX magazine...
Jan 30th
The Movie Blog
Help the Movie Blog Serve you better with a Survey Greetings International Friends!! We need your help with a survey. No, this isn’t anything that gets me paid or promises you a free ipod you know will never come. This is just a survey we built to help improve The Movie Blog as well as find out… Redband She’s Out of My League Trailer Online I really like Jay Baruchel. Its about time this...
Jan 29th
Box Office Mojo - Top Stories
2010 Preview: Grown Ups Release Date: June 25 Studio: Sony/Columbia Genre: Comedy Director: Dennis Dugan Writer: Adam Sandler & Fred Wolf Cast: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph, Steve Buscemi, Gary… 2010 Preview: Toy Story 3 Release Date: June 18 (in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D)Studio: Buena VistaGenre:...
Jan 29th
IMDb Gossip
Little Fockers Delayed Richie: ‘I Don’t Have An Eating Disorder’ DiCaprio Gathers Stars For Green Campaign Wood Wants McAvoy As Hobbit Hathaway Wrestles For Pudding Prize via: IMDb News
Jan 29th
Apple movie trailers
From Paris With Love - Clip - Window Attack   From Paris With Love - - Window Attack A low-ranking intelligence operative (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) working in the office of the U.S. Ambassador in France takes on more than he bargained for when he partners with a wisecracking, fast-shooting,… Dear John - Not Scared Of You   Dear John - Not Scared Of You Directed by Lasse Halström and based on...
Jan 29th
Slashfilm.com
Danny Boyle Eying Paranormal Activity’s Katie Featherston for 127 Hours? It appears that a week ago, Paranormal Activity star Katie Featherstone auditioned for Danny Boyle, who is currently in pre-production for 127 Hours. Boyle plans to start filming in early March, which leads me to think that he may be interested in Featherstone’s… Geek Deal: $89 Blu-Ray Player Prices on Blu-Ray players...
Jan 29th
Deadline.com
Complete Transcript Of Jay Leno On Oprah Here’s the complete transcript of Jay Leno’s interview with Oprah as supplied by her show. (Mea culpa, but yesterday was such a busy news day that I failed to post it…) What’s amazing is how many untruths Leno tells and the oh-woe-is-me way he tells… ‘Tillman Story’ Docu At Sundance Goal Line In the latest Sundance...
Jan 29th
First Showing
Sundance 2010 Day 8: Winding Down for the Last Few Days It’s currently Day 8 here at Sundance (although technically I’m writing this the morning of Day 9). That means we’ve got two more full days of the festival left (or maybe three including Sunday?), and hopefully some more good films, but I don’t know…. Danny Elfman is Scoring Michel Gondry’s The Green...
Jan 29th
Guardian Film Blog
The view: The music biopics I’d love to see | Danny Leigh As Sundance is rocked by a music biopic of Joan Jett this week – the latest in a slew of high-profile films – might this be an appropriate time to make my request? While most British eyes cast towards this week’s Sundance film festival have settled… For Orson Welles’s daughter, the world was her oyster | Ben...
Jan 29th
Cineuropa - European cinema
Giorgio Diritti - Director: “It was a massacre of innocents” After his feature debut The Wind Blows Round, which benefited from unexpected word of mouth, Giorgio Diritti returns with an ambitious second film Frédéric Mermoud - Director: “Shattering the stereotypical image of the butch female cop in a leather jacket” After several acclaimed shorts, Swiss-born,...
Jan 29th
Movieline
They Could Go. All. The. Way. · Since CBS announced that it’s accepting “advocacy” commercials for the Super Bowl, gay dating site Mancrunch.com has submitted the following ad for approval. CBS has already accepted a pro-life spot, so the obligation to broadcast this “liberal”… Fockers Bumped, Pilgrim Locked The new-ish Universal regime has pushed Little...
Jan 29th
Cinematical - News
Cinematical Seven: Better Roles for Kristen Bell The latest big studio romcom is about to land in our laps with When in Rome. It has the requisite lovey dovey elements: The earnest wishes for love, slapstick hijinks, siblings having all the romantic luck, ineligible suitors, grandiose displays of affection…… Indie Roundup: Fests Beyond Sundance Indie Roundup is your weekly guide to...
Jan 29th
Total Film Features
The Evolution Of Mel Gibson 15 Spoilt Movie Princesses When British TV Goes To Hollywood The Secret Movie History of the Apple Tablet via: Total Film Features
Jan 29th
HD-Trailers.net - Movies
Shutter Island (Golden Globes Montage) Link to Catalog Two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island’s fortress-like hospital for the… The Last Song (Behind the Scenes: Nicholas Sparks) Link to Catalog A rebellious teenager has to spend the...
Jan 29th
Hollywood Reporter
David Spade, TBS set for animated ‘Joe Dirt’ TBS is partnering with David Spade to develop an animated version of his film “Joe Dirt.” Olivia Newton-John to play hockey mom Olivia Newton-John (“Grease,” “Glee”) is set to endure stale coffee and frozen feet at the local hockey arena to star in “Score: A Hockey Musical,” Michael...
Jan 29th
Total Film News
Paxton to replace Quaid on Knockout     Bill Paxton is in talks to replace Dennis Quaid in Steven Soderbergh’s Knockout, which starts shooting next week in Dublin. Earlier this month, we raved about the cast list for Soderbergh’s espionage thriller. “Michael Douglass!”… Nicholas Hoult will walk Fury Road   Casting chatter for Fury Road (aka Mad Max 4) rumbles on. Skins...
Jan 29th
The Movie Blog
Quinto to take 2 Year Leave from Star Trek Zachary Quinto has made a public declaration that he is stepping away from all things Trek for at least 2 years to pursue his other interests. Scifi Mafia says: After starring in J.J. Abrams reboot of Star Trek in the iconic role of Mr. Spock and supplying… Limited Edition Christopher Reeve Superman Statue to be Released Cinemaquette has released a...
Jan 28th
Rotten Tomatoes - US Boxoffice
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel This Squeakquel may entertain the kiddies, but it’s low on energy and heavily reliant on slapstick humor. Avatar It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron’s singular gift for imaginative, absorbing filmmaking. Legion Despite a solid cast and intermittent thrills,...
Jan 28th
Rotten Tomatoes - News
Total Recall: Mel Gibson’s Best Movies Eight years is an eternity in Hollywood. Why, in 2002, Pierce Brosnan was still James Bond, Nia Vardalos was a budding film mogul, and Ryan Reynolds was still just that guy from National Lampoon’s Van Wilder. It was also the year Mel Gibson starred in… Ryan Reynolds Getting Hands On for Deadpool In what’s either good news for fans of...
Jan 28th
Slashfilm.com
Mel Gibson Joins Shane Black’s Cold Warrior Something tells me that Edge of Darkness is going to do quite well at the box office, and remind us that Mel Gibson is still a viable leading man. I haven’t truly enjoyed him in a role since Signs, and Darkness looks like it may reawaken the Mad… VOTD: LOST Answers Parody Song The Fine Bros have created a LOST music video parody for the song...
Jan 28th
Deadline.com
Sundance Hit ‘Hesher’ Lands At Newmarket EXCLUSIVE: With Sundance buyers so cautious, how can sellers get them excited enough to step up and make a distribution deal? For Hesher, the answer was showing the film to a paying crowd of regular moviegoers. After the pic received a rousing reception… Sarah Polley Waltzes With Seth Rogen Sarah Polley came to Sundance to promote the...
Jan 28th
First Showing
Alex’s Sundance Review: Sam Taylor Wood’s Nowhere Boy I’ve found another personal favorite film of this fest. I was first introduced to British director Sam Taylor Wood in 2008 when I saw her short film Love You More at the Telluride Film Festival. I instantly fell in love with it and have been anxiously… Gorgeous New Alice in Wonderland Photos and Concept Art Disney is...
Jan 28th
Guardian Film Blog
Strong documentaries continue Sundance tradition The festival which premiered Super Size Me and An Inconvenient Truth has this year unveiled another great lineup of films, spotlighting everything from US school lotteries to the war in Afghanistan to life as a paparazzo “When you have a film that illustrates… Clip joint: the best film clips featuring journalists Hold the front page...
Jan 28th
Cineuropa - European cinema
Giorgio Diritti - Director: “It was a massacre of innocents” After his feature debut The Wind Blows Round, which benefited from unexpected word of mouth, Giorgio Diritti returns with an ambitious second film Frédéric Mermoud - Director: “Shattering the stereotypical image of the butch female cop in a leather jacket” After several acclaimed shorts, Swiss-born,...
Jan 28th
Movieline
So Long, Psychic Friend Zelda Rubinstein, the diminutive Poltergeist actress and onetime poster-mother for HIV/AIDS awareness, has died at age 76 of a heart attack following years of illness. In case you haven’t seen Poltergeist in awhile, you should brace yourself for the arresting… The Kids Are All Bought One of the most buzzed-about movies at Sundance is Lisa Cholodenko’s...
Jan 28th
Cinematical - News
The Geek-Off Tournament: Round #3! Well, the first two rounds of Cinematical’s On-Screen Geek-Off Tournament are behind us and one thing is clear: fans are very protective of their movie geeks. I know I came back to view the results more than a few times and came away disappointed that… Sundance in 60 Seconds: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Celebrity Sightings: (and lack thereof) Keeping...
Jan 28th
IMDb Studio News
“Avatar” Heading For $2 Billion Worldwide Warner Bros. Converting Blockbusters To DVD Retailers Compete With Special Packaging Of Jackson DVD Plans Drafted For Merger Of U.K.’S BFI And Ukfc via: IMDb News
Jan 28th
Total Film Features
The Secret Movie History of the Apple Tablet 12 Generous Movie Second Chances via: Total Film Features
Jan 28th
HD-Trailers.net - Movies
Alice in Wonderland (Behind the Scenes: Strange World) Link to Catalog 19-year-old Alice returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course,… The Eclipse (Theatrical Trailer) Link to Catalog Michael Farr is a widower living in a...
Jan 28th