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2009 | 2008
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Golden Globes 2010: Best Animated Feature Semi-Finalists
29 minutes ago | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Coraline (top); Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (middle); Jim Carrey in A Christmas Carol (bottom) Fifteen animated features are up for consideration in the Best Animated Feature category for 2010 Golden Globe Awards, Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Philip Berk has announced. They are: 9 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Battle for Terra Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Coraline A Christmas Carol Fantastic Mr. Fox Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Mary and Max The Missing Lynx Monsters vs. Aliens Planet 51 [...] »
- Anna Robinson
Tonight's 'FlashForward': Why fans shouldn't miss the final three minutes
1 hour ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
After taking Thanksgiving off last week, FlashForward returns tonight with its fall finale. The show will then take the rest of December off before returning in January, though viewers won’t have to wait that long to get a literal flash-forward glimpse of what’s to come. At the end of tonight’s episode, ABC will offer a super-sized, three-minute preview of the second half of the season. It’s a smart move. Even loyal fans have been griping about the show’s deliberate pacing, and as EW reported a couple issues back, the show is responding to the criticism »
- Jeff Jensen
Box Office: Everybody's Armored Brothers
16 hours ago | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
New Moon did 70% less this week but still managed to hold onto first place. Just as interesting is that The Blind Side had an 18% increase from last week while only appearing in 30 more theaters. Old Dogs just didn't have the energy and landed back in fourth with Ninja Assassin taking sixth. Here's the top five:
1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon $42.8 million
2. The Blind Side: $40.1 million
3. 2012: $17.6 million
4. Old Dogs: $16.9 million
5. A Christmas Carol: $15.7 million
Four new releases this week:
What's It All About: A group of underpaid armored car drivers join forces to swipe a big pile of loot, though of course nothing goes as smoothly as planned. Matt Dillon and Laurence Fishburne star.
Why It Might Do Well: The success of Ocean's 11 and its sequels would seem to indicate there's a market for heist movies.
Why It Might Not Do Well: Unfortunately this movie »
- Matt Bradshaw
Hollywood Sees The Year Out With Record Figures
18 hours ago | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
As this decade closes and the next one begins, Hollywood can reflect on the challenges it has faced (and faces). Far from a decline in American box office receipts, Variety, report that the movie business has improved over last year by 8%. Now let’s talk figures!
Domestic Us figures show a massive profit of $9.48 billion with predictions for a gross of over $10 billion before the year is out. At this time last year $8.78 billion was recorded. October and November saw revenue hit over one billion alone. December has yet to see the release of Avatar, Nine and Sherlock Holmes. This will take figures into record breaking sums. So what is causing this box office bonanza and optimism?
The summer blockbusters performed well this year, but films such as New Moon, A Christmas Carol and Paranormal Activity have all done a booming trade in the autumn months that are usually quiet. »
- Martyn Conterio
Meredith Baxter, Tiger Woods And George Bush In Today's Twitter-Wood
18 hours ago | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Former "Family Ties" mom Meredith Baxter attracted quite a few tweets when she came out on the "Today Show" this morning. Seth Meyers and Steve Agee, among others, took notice while a few others were still occupied with Tiger Woods.
Kevin Smith has been fielding posts about the title of his movie "A Couple of Dicks," which is getting a new, yet-to-be-determined title. I've included one of his tweets on the subject after the jump along with a former president introducing Jason Reitman's new film, Arnold Schwarzenegger's run-in with George Lucas and Paris Hilton's birthday message to Britney Spears. It's all in the Twitter-Wood report for December 2, 2009.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@Schwarzenegger http://twitpic.com/rsaj1 - George Lucas, another inductees this year!
-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor/Governator ("Terminator," "Total Recall")
@JasonReitman Once in a lifetime moment. A President introducing my movie. http://twitpic.com/rsdyf
-Jason Reitman, »
- Brian Warmoth
Bill Murray Brings Joy To The World In 'Scrooged' For Today's Sick Day Stash
21 hours ago | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Call them "cult classics." "Guilty pleasures." "Comfort movies." We all have a mental rolodex of flicks that may not be terribly popular but, for one reason or another, they resonate in a very special way. Maybe you saw it at the right moment. Maybe you just see gold where everyone else sees feces. Whatever the case, these are the special favorites that you keep stashed away for sick days. Here are some of ours.
My "Rosenberg" last name speaks to my Jewish heritage, but that's never stopped "Scrooged" from being one of my favorite holiday movies. I can't remember the first time I saw this one. I might've been in a theater, but it could just as easily have been on cable. Doesn't matter. It's a brilliant send-up of Charles Dickens' classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his ghostly pursuers, "A Christmas Carol." And it stars Bill Murray. So it's pretty much perfect. »
- Adam Rosenberg
Four Images from Karate Kid Remake
2 December 2009 6:36 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Sony has released the first official images of The Karate Kid remake (formerly known as The Kung-Fu Kid). The images, which come to us courtesy of /Film, show Jaden Smith’s character, Dre, training with Jackie Chan’s character, Mr. Han; splashing around with his Chinese girlfriend; and showing off some pretty impressive flexibility.
To be honest, none of these four pictures are particularly exciting to me. I guess I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around why there is a remake of The Karate Kid in the first place. I’m not being ironic or nostalgic when I say that the original Karate Kid is one of my favorite movies to watch. I enjoy the story, the acting is solid, and I like how the movie has a message without pandering to the audience. Plus, you know, it has that Joe Esposito song, “You’re the Best Around. »
- Rob Frappier
'New Moon' retains UK chart top spot
2 December 2009 2:40 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
The Twilight Saga: New Moon has won the top spot at the UK box office for the second weekend since its release. The vampire drama holds off new entry Paranormal Activity, whose £3.5m takings dwarf its reported $$15,000 budget. Other new entries in the top ten include Gerard Butler revenge thriller Law Abiding Citizen at five, Britcom Nativity! at six and Hindi language De Dana Dan at nine. Animation A Christmas Carol stays at three, while disaster movie 2012 drops (more) »
- By Mayer Nissim
2010 Annie Award Nominations
1 December 2009 9:55 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Today the International Animated Film Society announced the nominations for the 2010 Annie Awards ceremony, and stop-motion feature Coraline lead the pack with 10 nominations. The ceremony is scheduled for February 6, 2010.
The Henry Selick creation will compete for best feature with another stop-motion movie, Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, along with Pixar’s Up, Disney’s 2D The Princess and the Frog, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and The Secret of Kells.
I was glad to see Disney’s A Christmas Carol get completely snubbed from the Annies, especially after Robert Zemeckis made a fool of himself by suggesting motion capture get its own Academy Award.
The Annie Award is usually a reliable indicator of which film will win the Oscar for “Best Animated Feature,” matching it seven of the nine years since the Academy category was created. Though, to be fair, last year Kung Fu Panda upset Wall-e for »
- Jeff Leins
Cinematical Seven: Seven Actors Who Should've Played Scrooge By Now
1 December 2009 7:46 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
For many kids this Holiday season, their first exposure to Ebenezer Scrooge will be Jim Carrey's kinetic, flailing mo-cap performance in Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol. Carrey has always done the "living cartoon" thing well, but I prefer my Scrooge more Alastair Sim and less Ace Ventura. In fact, Sim's 1951 portrayal of the character stands as the definitive Scrooge performance to me. Sim is believable at every turn in A Christmas Carol, and he gives Dickens' oft-repeated dialogue a vitality that set the bar for everyone that proceeded him.
There have been a handful of great Scrooges over the years -- Albert Finney, George C. Scott, Patrick Stewart, even Bill Murray -- but there are some actors who seem born for the role.
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- John Gholson
It's Holiday Feast, Not Flop, for 'Christmas Carol'
1 December 2009 6:05 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
A $30 million opening on an early November weekend is usually something to celebrate, but Disney found itself plenty second-guessed following the Nov. 6 premiere of “A Christmas Carol.”
“Disney shakes things up amid Jim Carrey flop,” screamed a Nov. 12 New York Post headline, reaching to tie management changes implemented by new studio chairman Rich Ross to the film’s less-than-blockbuster opening. (A headline on TheWrap didn't connect those dots, but wasn't much kinder to the Robert Zemeckis 3D film: “$30M lump of coal for Disney.”)
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- Daniel Frankel
BFI Announce December Events At Southbank, London
1 December 2009 11:00 AM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
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Cinema Retro has received the following press release from the British Film Institute regarding their program of events for the month of December at the Southbank theatre facility in London. For full info and tickets visit the web site by clicking here.
Blonde Venus, one of the films screened as part of the Von Sternberg tribute.
This month we will celebrate the career of Josef von Sternberg – one of Hollywood’s most visionary directors – with a complete retrospective of his films. He was the man Marlene Dietrich called her master, and is perhaps best known for Underworld (1927), The Blue Angel (1930) and Macao (1952)
Sally Potter is one of the UK’s most innovative and original filmmakers, and we look forward to launching our comprehensive study of her career with a screening of Orlando (1993) followed by a Q&A »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
New Moon Continues To Bite At Top Of U.K. Box Office
1 December 2009 8:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
The Twilight Saga: New Moon is continuing its reign at the top of the U.K. box office - the movie holds the number one spot for the second consecutive week.
The vampire sequel, starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, took $6.9 million (£4.3 million), making its overall revenue more than $32 million (£20 million) in the U.K. and Ireland since its release.
Horror film Paranormal Activity enters in second place, taking $5.8 million (£3.6 million) at the box office, followed by Disney's A Christmas Carol, starring Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman, with $3 million (£1.9 million).
Disaster movie 2012 and Law Abiding Citizen, starring Gerard Butler, round out the top five. »
Paranormal Activity proves lo-fi thrills pay off | Charles Gant at the UK box office
1 December 2009 6:49 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Twilight franchise may still be packing them in, but Oren Peli's low-budget shocker shows that big (and scary) things come in small packages, too
The winner #1
It's rare for a film to drop 63% from the previous weekend and it still be considered a good result. But you can certainly make that case with The Twilight Saga: New Moon. In other words, forget about the percentages, just focus on the cascade of cash. By any yardstick, more than £20m in 10 days is a big number. After just two weekends on release, New Moon is already the ninth-biggest hit of 2009, and will very soon overtake the likes of Monsters vs Aliens, Star Trek and The Hangover to land sixth place for the year. The original Twilight movie took less than £5m in its first 10 days, so the sequel is so far running at quadruple the pace of its predecessor. The »
- Charles Gant
'New Moon' retains Aus box office lead
1 December 2009 2:39 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
New Moon has retained its place at the top of the Australian box office in its second weekend in the charts. The second movie in The Twilight Saga raked in an additional $$6 million to again push disaster film 2012 into second. New release Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs jumps straight into third and is followed by another new entry, Ricky Gervais vehicle The Invention Of Lying. The top five is completed by A Christmas Carol, which drops from third, while Michael Jackson's This Is It just clings onto its top (more) »
- By Mayer Nissim
'New Moon' takes Thanksgiving box office
30 November 2009 5:57 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Summit Entertainment's "New Moon" grossed $66 million for the five-day holiday period (Wednesday-Sunday), $42.5 million of which came over the weekend.According to Variety, the film.s domestic cumulative is already $230.7 million. "Twilight" grossed $192 million in its entire domestic run.Warner Bros. "Blind Side" came in a close second with $40.1 million for the weekend. Its holiday five-day total was $57.5 million for a cumulative of $100.3 million.Sony.s "2012" finished No.3 with $18 million for a cumulative of $138.8 million.Disney's John Travolta-Robin Williams comedy "Old Dogs" opened at No. 4 with $24.1 million for the five-day total and $16.8 million for the weekend. Disney.s "A Christmas Carol" finished No.5 with $16 million for a cumulative of $105.4 million. »
- Adnan Tezer
Tiger Woods, 'New Moon' And Homemade 'Toy Story' Models In Today's Twitter-Wood
30 November 2009 4:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Tiger Woods was a hot topic on Twitter this weekend, and that meant he became a trending topic in Twitter-Wood. Somehow his Cadillac Escalade has become a subject of interest too, particularly with one "Harper's Island" actor who pointed out that the golfer wasn't driving a Buick.
"Toy Story 3" director Lee Unkrich, meanwhile, retweeted some great shots of homemade models based on the Disney-Pixar series, they're mighty impressive. Also impressive has been the performance by "New Moon" in theaters this month, but Jim Carrey took note of the movie's rabid fans and issues a warning in response. Check out those tweets along with sad news from Emmy Rossum, how to get to Sesame Street and Sarah Silverman's reaction to "Precious." It's all waiting after the jump in the Twitter-Wood report for November 30, 2009.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@rainnwilson Rt @m4zdaman @rainnwilson Rainn Wilson's high school photo http://twitpic. »
- Brian Warmoth
FlashForward: season one, episode 10
30 November 2009 3:49 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
It was the last episode until after Christmas: and if you were hoping for cliffhangers this year, FlashForward had a big festive bucketload of them.
Spoiler Alert: This weekly blog is for those who have been watching FlashForward. Don't read ahead if you haven't seen episode ten yet.
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As the "Mid-Season Finale", and the last episode of 2009 (because the wiles of Us TV are just plain bizarre) there was always the chance of a revelation and perhaps a couple of cliffhangers. This being FlashForward, of course, they tried to squeeze in at least half a dozen of each.
What happened?
Lloyd Simcoe tried to admit culpability for the blackout – but this noble idea may have been not only dangerous, but pointless: especially once Simon The Slimontist visited the FBI and realised that they might not actually be responsible after all – with the finger pointing, once again, at the mysterious D Gibbons. »
- Anna Pickard
Blu-ray review: Santa Buddies
30 November 2009 12:09 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
On the surface, Disney’s direct-to-dvd/Blu-ray adventure, Santa Buddies, may have the cringe factor working against it; lovable dogs on the cover wearing Santa caps and looking adorable. It’s enough to make parents want to puke in their stocking with this adventure put on constant repeat. But it’s not, for the most part, an annoying adventure. It’s sweet, cuddly and tinged with the typical message of Christmas that guarantees a favorable response from the children.
Dogs and Disney go together like hot and chocolate so it’s no surprise that the fine people at Disney put out more than their fair share of lovable doggy doo. Unlike its Air Bud predecessors, Santa Buddies is more cartoon than basing its adventure in any sort of kind realism. There is no dog that is “gifted” who becomes a basketball/football/lacrosse/water polo star. Instead, we have a »
- Erik Buckman
Box office: ‘New Moon’ barely tops ‘The Blind Side’ with $42.5 million
30 November 2009 11:09 AM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
In what was a surprisingly close weekend, The Twilight Saga: New Moon arrived at No.1 at the North American box office for the second straight week. New Moon, which busted out with a handsome $142.8 million during its opening week, dropped 70 percent to nab another $42.5 million.
Despite the drop, Richard Fay, president of domestic distribution for Summit Entertainment, said “the movie continued to do strong repeat business from mostly teenage girls who are fans of the movies and books, and it was able to expand its audiences to include older women.”
New Moon has made over $243 million overseas.
Right on the Twilight sequel’s heels was the Sandra Bullock drama, The Blind Side, which has been receiving rave reviews and made an impressive statement during its second week in release. In some circles Bullock’s name has been batted about for an Academy Award nomination.
The film took in $40.1 million.
The John Travolta/Robin Williams comedy, »
- Diego Mondesi
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