News: The Hollywood Reporter dishes on nine behind the scenes revelations from The Hunger Games. The city of Houston will immortalize Beyonce with a monument. Developers are designing a statue that will highlight the singer's life and showcase memorabilia from her career. An open audition for Peter Jackson's upcoming Hobbit movies had to be shut down when more than 3,000 hopefuls turned up. Organizers expected about 1,000 people to turn out for auditions, but were overrun when three times that many showed up. Police were called in to help control the crowds and the auditions were shut down early due to safety concerns. Only about 800 people actually made it into the audition room. Al Pacino has stepped in to replace Javier Bardem to voice the villain in...
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When it comes to disorders like Asperger’s syndrome, we need more movies like Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and Joyful Noise – the former’s best picture Oscar nomination hopefully will only raise more awareness about it. It’s the ignorance of the signs of autism (including Asperger’s) that leads to teasing, impatience, frustration and intolerance…which leads to people afflicted with autism being bullied, beat up, ostracized and even fired. Hollywood has the ability to change people’s perceptions by secretly educating while boldly entertaining. The world now celebrates The Geek because Hollywood has. Movies like Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner helped motivate a change in attitudes. Similarly, Hollywood can help people see that while...
Just because it’s Super Bowl weekend (Go Giants!) doesn’t mean you can’t drag your tired self off the couch for a little moviegoing! February gets off to a very good start this weekend with three new wide releases (and a couple of limited releases) that are all totally worth your time. Best weekend of the year for movies so far? Yup, might be. Let’s take a look … Chronicle What’s the Scoop: The found-footage movie shifts away from horror and over to the superhero world as we track a trio of teenagers who suddenly find themselves with incredible powers. Why It Might Win the Weekend: It’s getting a lot of great buzz – here’s a piece over at Movies.com about how it will change the way you watch found-footage movies – and, if...
After the deluge of ads over the past three days, you'd think we'd be getting to the bottom of the Super Bowl commercial barrel. And then along comes The Hunger Games. This morning, The Hunger Games debuted their latest trailer. You can catch up on all The Hunger Games news today and don't forget to enter for your chance to win tickets to the world premiere on March 12 in Los Angeles. Adriana Lima, Motely Crue and Chuck Liddell star in this commercial for Kia. Can you guess which demographic they're going after? And if that's not enough Adriana Lima for you, her she is in a Teleflora ad hinting that if men give their significant other some flowers for Valentine's Day, they'll walk around seductively in dark colored clothing at night....
The past couple days have seen a lot of Russell Crowe news. The actor is reportedly attached to Akiva Goldsman's Winter's Tale. Word got out yesterday that Darren Aronofsky wants Russell to headline his Noah movie and it appears now Crowe is a serious contender to star in the upcoming Robocop reboot. Crowe already has Les Miserables on his plate as well as Winter's Tale and a cameo in Ron Howard's Formula One movie Rush. What do you think of the prospects of Crowe starring in the Robocop reboot? John Hawkes, Mos Def in 'Jackie Brown' Prequel The Jackie Brown prequel The Switch has picked up a pair of leads. John Hawkes (Winter's Bone, Martha Marcy May Marlene) and Mos Def (16 Blocks, Cadillac Records) will star as Louis Gara and Ordell Robbie....
Though it has generated modest cult-like buzz and strong critical praise, the found-footage teens-with-powers movie Chronicle hasn't quite made it into the mainstream. The latest trailer is geared toward those who already have plans to see the movie this weekend, as it charts the descent of one of its characters from a normal teen to the movie's bad guy. If this is the first time you're hearing about Chronicle, you'll probably want to watch the full trailer below before proceeding to the latest version. Full Trailer: New Trailer: What do you think? Do you want to see this movie this weekend?
The Alamo Drafthouse has quickly garnered a reputation as one of the greatest movie theaters in the history of mankind…or at least the history of movie theaters. With their signature events, ample food and drink selection, and strict no-talking policy, they make obsolete all tawdry multiplexes and completely redefine the movie-going experience. Here’s what they’re up to this week! Thursday February 2nd Moulin Rouge Sing-Along Alamo Ritz 7:00pm “Baz Luhrmann has given us a gift that will never stop giving and no matter how many times I’ve seen this movie in a theater, it never fails to give me goosebumps all over. So the Action Pack is putting its heart on its sleeve this February and inviting you to...
The upcoming adaptation of the young-adult sci-fi tale The Hunger Games is heading our way March 23, and in anticipation of the post-apocalyptic adventure, Rolling Stone has shared a new still from the film, and Yahoo has debuted its Super Bowl trailer (see below). Pictured above is a quiet moment shared between Lenny Kravitz as Cinna and Jennifer Lawrence as the story's young protagonist. The Hunger Games centers on the titular sadistic battle that forces two teens to battle it out to the death under the watch of Panem's twisted government leaders. In other Hunger Games news, the film is getting a one week long IMAX release. The digitally re-mastered experience will allow fans of the popular book series to become fully immersed in the story's futuristic world. Meanwhile, If...
Here's a round-up of Super Bowl commercials that hit the web today. We're going to ignore the Cadillac and Lexus ones since they're not all that entertaining. Kraft and CareerBuilder also debuted their commercials but we're not including them in this bunch. If you're dying to watch them though, click on the links. Today brings us Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson quoting Jay-Z in the Super Bowl trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation. We also get some shots of Bruce Willis at the very end. Sacha Baron Cohen stars in this Super Bowl trailer for The Dictator. The Volkswagon Dog strikes back in a nice dual commercial, tying in with Star Wars: Episode I 3D. The commercial is currently trending as one of the more well-received...
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