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Summit Entertainment's 'Knowing' to hit shelves tomorrow
6 July 2009 10:57 AM, PDT | From Twilight Examiner | See recent Twilight Examiner news
Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon studio Summit Entertainment's film Knowing (with Nicholas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, and Lara Robinson) will hit shelves tomorrow (July 7th, 2009). This "cataclysm-prophecy thriller" (according to The Boston Globe) will be available on both Blu-Ray and DVD. The film is one that centers around "John Koestler, a professor who deciphers a coded message with terrifyingly accurate predictions about every major world disaster. Looking to protect his family and prevent future calamities he enlists the reluctant help of Diana Wayland (Rose Byrne)...
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Reed’s Bargain Bin: S1m0ne
6 July 2009 10:15 AM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news
Reed’s Bargain Bin [1] is a recurring column where Reed Farrington tells us about a movie he bought for under $5, and whether or not he regrets the purchase. Despite the clever title and participation of Al Pacino, S1m0ne did not receive much attention from critics or movie theatre audiences when it came out in 2002. The director, Andrew Niccol, had some acclaim as a result of having directed Gattaca (a smart science fiction film about a physically defective human in a genetically manipulated world) and having written The Truman Show (a smart allegorical film about a man who's oblivious to the fact that his life has been manufactured for the purposes of a television show). S1m0ne also has a high concept idea behind it: a movie director creates a computer generated actor who becomes a star while only he knows that the actor is computer generated. I think I’ve had
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Reed
Top Ten Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic Films
6 July 2009 2:25 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
Top Ten Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic Films It seems Hollywood's infatuation with the end of the world has found its place in 2009 with releases such as Knowing this past March and upcoming releases such as 9, The Road and 2012 later this year. I never saw The Horsemen, but I know it had an apocalyptic theme, and films such as Terminator Salvation and even Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen threaten the continued existence of the human race. So, with such a situation at hand what better time than now to take a look at what I believe to be the best apocalyptic films of all-time... or at the very least of those I have seen... We all have a morbid curiosity when it comes to the world's end. Will it go with a whimper or a bang? Will the apocalypse be man-made, ape-made, E.T.-made, nature-made, or God-made? Will I be holding Nicolas Cage
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David Frank
Contest: Win Knowing on Blu-ray Disc
5 July 2009 7:14 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news
Knowing will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 7 and you know we just have to celebrate this new Nicolas Cage film. We have a new contest lined up and we're giving way Knowing Blu-ray discs to our readers. You know these Bd's will fly out of here fast, so enter this big contest today.
Winners Receive:
- Knowing Blu-ray disc
to win this new Bd disc today.
Academy Award Winner Nicolas Cage stars in Knowing, a gripping action-thriller of global proportions about a professor who stumbles on terrifying predictions about the future-and sets out to prevent them from coming true. His increasingly desperate efforts take him on a heart-pounding race against time until he finds himself facing the ultimate disaster-and the ultimate sacrifice.
Special Features:
- Director's Commentary
- 2 Behind-the-Scenes featurettes
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Michael Bay vs. Megan Fox in War of Words
5 July 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news
My favorite thing about Megan Fox isn’t that she’s undeniably beautiful. It’s her willingness to say just about anything to comes to mind. She spouts consistently crazy things to the press and credits her big mouth for making her an even bigger star. At one point Fox claimed she was Zac Efron in drag and that High School Musical was about molestation…
So she’s outrageous, but this time her brash attitude has her in hot water with Transformers director Michael Bay. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly following the release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Fox said what we’ve all been thinking.
“The humans are secondary to the robots because it’s a movie about robots… People are well aware that this is not a movie about acting. And once you realize that, it becomes almost fun because you can be in the moment and go,
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Jeff Leins
Weekly DVD & Blu-ray Chopping List - Releases for 7/7/2009
5 July 2009 12:09 PM, PDT | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news
So you're curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.
Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving at retail this week - available Tuesday, July 7, 2009 in this weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions.
Presented this week with Exclusive "branching" coverage with trailers, interviews, and reviews for select titles!
Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com
Dead Wood (special edition): Lionsgate
Anxious to get out of the city, two couples pack up and head out for a long weekend in the woods. Events take a turn for the worse when a girl mysteriously appears at their campsite looking for her missing boyfriend. The nightmare has only just begun, and they soon find themselves lost in
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Kristen Bell Describes Her 'Astro Boy' Character
3 July 2009 12:26 AM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news
In the big screen version of Osamu Tesuka's manga, Astro Boy will apparently get one sassy friend. Kristen Bell, the actress who fills the voice of the sassy friend, brings the matter into public attention when discussing with Sci Fi Wire about her animated character in 3-D animated movie "Astro Boy".
"I play Cora, who is a girl who befriends Astro when he comes down from Metro City onto the surface of Earth," 28-year-old Bell revealed. The actress, who confessed of having no idea about the manga until she worked on the project, moreover described her character, saying "She runs a little kind of like Peter Pan group of kids. She's pretty tough, pretty sassy."
Beside talking about her character, the "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" actress also shared on her experience recording the voice of Cora. "Sometimes when another character comes in and records and they like something they've done, you
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AceShowbiz.com
Universal to Bombard us with an ‘Asteroids’ Movie
2 July 2009 2:08 PM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news
Something happened to movies in the past few decades where good ideas started to disappear. Characters played by solid actors have given way to special effects and CGI. You don’t see a mega action hero like Arnold Schwarzenegger anymore or even an A-list star like Tom Cruise drawing crowds. It’s all about recognizing the nostalgia in the flimsy source, not the talent involved in adapting it.
When studios began risking hundreds of millions on blockbuster titles, they minimized potential disasters by churning out sequels and adapting well-known properties. It has worked for quite a while, selling it back to the public as more of what they paid to see before. Comic books and video games dominated the silver screen until the major names were squeezed. Then studios moved to toys, cartoons, and board game movies. Which brings us to the next bad idea: Arcade games. Because it worked so well with Street Fighter,
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Jeff Leins
Asteroids to Bombard the Big Screen
2 July 2009 7:56 AM, PDT | From TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news
That little mostly black image you see there is the jist of Atari's Asteroids videogame. A little triangle spins around in a circle shooting incoming Asteroids and the occasional spaceship wanting nothing more than to collide with the triangle. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Universal beat out three other studios vying for the rights to turn Asteroids into a feature-length film. The other studios were not disclosed. Asteroids will be produced by a man no stranger to tapping into 80s nostalgia, Lorenzo di Bonaventura. In addition to wrapping up GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, di Bonaventura's other upcoming projects include films based on the board games Battleship and Candyland. Matthew Lopez will pen the script that will have to include an original plot due to the game's lack thereof. His recent work includes Bedtime Stories and Race to Witch Mountain, along with the shooting draft of The Sorcerer's Apprentice starring
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Asteroids Headed to the Big Screen
2 July 2009 2:44 AM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
A big screen adaptation of the classic 80s arcade game Asteroids is in the works. According to the trades, Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the Atari video game with Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers) on board to produce. In Asteroids, initially released as an arcade game in 1979, a player controlled a triangular space ship in an asteroid field. The object was to shoot and destroy the hulking masses of rock and the occasional flying saucer while avoiding smashing into both. As opposed to today's games, there is no story line or fancy world-building mythology, so the studio would be creating a plot from scratch. Universal, however, is used to that development process, as it's in the middle of doing just that for several of the Hasbro board game properties it is translating to the big screen, such as Battleship and Candyland. Newcomer Matthew Lopez,
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James Cook
'Kick-Ass' to Premiere First Footage at 2009 Comic Con
1 July 2009 10:13 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news
"Kick-Ass" will premiere its footage at 2009 Comic Con. Slash Film has learned the superhero movie will have its panel for the festival on Thursday, July 23 toward the end of the day. Matthew Vaughn, director as well as writer of the movie project, will attend the festival to present the film's footage. Some of the film's cast members will also be in attendance, but the names will be announced later.
Along with the news of the movie's inclusion to the Comic Con line-up, a new photo from "Kick-Ass" has been released. It features Chloe Moretz who portrays Mindy Macready, an 11-year-old vigilante which is also known as Hit Girl.
"Kick-Ass" is an adaptation of Mark Millar's comic of the same title. The story centers on Dave, a normal boy who decides to become a real-life superhero, who is played by Aaron Johnson. Also starring in the movie are Nicolas Cage,
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Kick-Ass Footage to Premiere at Comic-Con 2009!
1 July 2009 7:37 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news
/Film is reporting that the new Matthew Vaughn film Kick-Ass will be premiering brand new footage from the film at the San Diego event this year.
The site revealed that the film's panel will take place on Thursday, July 23, sometime later in the day, and that director Matthew Vaughn and other cast members, to be announced at a later date, will be on the panel as well.
A brand new photo of Chloe Moretz as the pre-teen assassin Hit Girl was also released by the site, which you can take a look at below.
Kick-Ass follows the story of a 15-year-old boy named Dave Lizewski who, despite living in the "real world", decides to become a superhero. The film was co-written by and is being directed by Matthew Vaughn. The film stars Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Clark Duke and Nicolas Cage.
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Kick-Ass's Hit Girl Wields A Giant Gun
1 July 2009 1:49 PM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news
There will be a lot of big-budget, heavily promoted movies showing their stuff at Comic Con, but there will also be an alternative. Slashfilm is reporting that the first footage from Kick-Ass will premiere in San Diego at the end of the month, and they've also got a new image to go along with it, of Chloe Moretz in costume as Hit Girl. Kick-Ass, based on the comic book by Matthew Vaughn, is about a New York kid who takes it upon himself to become a real-life superhero. Aaron Johnson is starring as the kid, with Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong and Christopher Mintz-Plasse all in supporting roles. Check out a larger version of the Hit Girl photo below at Slashfilm.
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Knowing Blu-ray Review
1 July 2009 11:12 AM, PDT | From TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news
Alex Proyas' Knowing attempts to wade through a swirling pool of philosophy, science and religious undertones only to drown before reaching the deep end. It wants to stand tall alongside blockbuster disaster films and simultaneously send a prophetic message but stands no chance of measuring up with the weight of a silly script and Nicholas Cage's questionable project selection skills strapped to its back. Cage was cast in Knowing for his natural ability to portray a relatable everyman, not as a believable astrophysicist professor at M.I.T. But that is exactly who is character is; one of our country's greatest minds one moment (ha) and a mourning single father who drowns his sorrow in liquor the next. Without excessive nightly drinking Cage never would have discovered a hidden code buried within a 50-year old piece of paper dug up in a time capsule at his son's school.
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Season of the Witch Uncaged in March
30 June 2009 5:18 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news
Good news for fans of Nicolas Cage and his hair! Lionsgate announced today that his latest film, Dominic Sena's Season of the Witch, has been granted a March release!
That's right, kids! Look for the flick, which also stars Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Claire Foy, Robbie Sheehan, and Stephen Grahan, in theatres on March 19th, 2010.
The film centers upon the story of 14th Century knights transporting a girl suspected of being the witch who has spread the Black Plague. Do the math, people -- Black Plague plus Nicolas Cage equals comic genius!
Or maybe, just maybe, Dominic Sena will actually direct Cage and not let him just be Nic Cage. Coupled with the right director, he can be quite good. We shall see!
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Ready for the Season Of The Witch?
30 June 2009 3:54 PM, PDT | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news
Nicholas Cage is going to face off against PIRANHAs next March.
Lionsgate has slated a March 19, 2010 release date for Dominic Sena (Whiteout)'s new film about 14th-century knights that transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce her powers could be the source of the Black Plague.
With the latest announcement, the film (which also stars Hellboy's Ron Perlman) will open against Dimension Films' bloodfest Piranha 3D - the Alexandre Aja-helmed pic that is currently lensing in Arizona.
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Season of the Witch Arrives in 2010
30 June 2009 | From shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news
The Nicolas Cage-starring period tale Season of the Witch has locked a March 19, 2010 release date. Lionsgate is handling distribution of the film, directed by Dominic Sena, and obviously feels confident enough to put it up against Dimension Films' Piranha 3D . Co-starring Ron Perlman and Stephen Campbell Moore, Season finds Cage playing a knight who must transport a suspected witch, accused of starting the Black Plauge, to trial. Along the way they face a mystical and treacherous landscape.
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Win ‘Push’ & ‘Knowing’ on Blu-ray
29 June 2009 6:24 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news
Lucky for you, as Screen Rant gets more popular we get more goodies to give away to you. This time we have copies of Knowing and Push to hand out in awesome Blu-ray format. Both of these movies were Ok, and I know a lot of folks actually enjoyed them quite a bit, so here’s your chance to own them both.
Here’s the official description of Knowing:
In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one of the students, a mysterious girl who seems to hear whispered voices, fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead.
Fast forward 50 years to the present: A new generation of students examines the contents of the time capsule and the girl’s cryptic message ends up
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Vic Holtreman
July 2009 Monthly Movie Preview
28 June 2009 3:59 PM, PDT | From The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news
Could the entire month of July pale in comparison to June? And by June I mean Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen which started the end of June by crushing box office competition despite poor reviews. I keep telling myself box office doesn’t equal quality. But before Transformers it kind of did. Star Trek was still going strong, Up was justly racking up the dollars and who isn’t happy with The Hangover? So let’s see if we can get back on track in July, with people giving their money to movies that are worthy of it. Johnny Depp, Brüno, and Harry Potter, I’m counting on you.
July 1 Movie of the Week
The Stars: Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Christian Bale
The Plot: Led by J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup), the Feds put Melvin Purvis (Bale) in charge of trying to take down American’s public enemy No.
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Jeff Bayer
The Hollywood/Bollywood Connection
24 June 2009 10:56 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news
Long before "Jai Ho" entered the international lexicon, the gap between Hollywood and Bollywood had already been shrinking. In distinctly Western style, much of the action has occurred behind the scenes: Indian cable TV magnate and Bollywood producer Ronnie Screwvala's Utv Software Communications has co-produced the latest Hollywood films from Indian filmmakers M. Night Shyamalan ("The Happening") and Mira Nair ("The Namesake"), in addition to making financing deals with Sony and Will Smith's production company Overbrook Entertainment; Disney and Warner Brothers have begun to finance their own Bollywood productions; and last year, Reliance, one of India's biggest producer of Bollywood films, made production pacts with the companies of Nicolas Cage, George Clooney and Brad Pitt before making their biggest coup -- financing DreamWorks, an investment that allowed the Steven Spielberg-led studio to leave its deal at Paramount.
However, Hollywood and Bollywood have been a little less quick
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Stephen Saito
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