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Black Swan goes viral
Of course it's hard waiting for Natalie Portman's Oscar tipped new movie Black Swan. However, the makers are making it easier on us, by giving us lots of tantalizing tidbits of Nina's descent into passion and madness. Natalie's character in the movie, Nina Sayers has her own twitter feed, to give us ever more sneak peeks. They also have some sort of Facebook app that makes your profile go a ittle...
Megamind rules box office
Will Ferrell's Megamind, unsuprisingly, did extremely well in it's first weekend at the box office. The movie made almost $48 million dollars. The bromedy Due Date starring Robert Downey Jr. and The Hangover's Zach Galifianakis made $33.5 million. A surprising amount of tickets were sold to For colored girls, a fragile drama made by crude comedy expert Tyler Perry and starring Janet Jackson and...
No strings attached trailer released
It feels a bit crude, seeing innocent and pure looking Natalie Portman shouting out for simple sex, no strings attached. Portman plays a busy doctor, who's looking for easy relief in the shape of Ashton Kutcher, an old friend who soon falls in love with her. Director Ivan Reitman, of Ghostbusters fame, feels this is common among young career women there days: "I noticed from my own kids that with...
First peek at Captain America pics
Captain America: the first avenger won't be in cinemas until July 22, 2011, ready to become a huge summer block buster. Until then, we've got the first pics!They don't give much away, and neither did the rather cryptic trailer, so either they don't want us to know, or it's one of those hopeless cases with seven different endings and no real plot.Chris Evans stars Steve Rogers, aka Captain...
New Batman movie will be called The Dark Knight Rises
Not due in cinemas for almost two years, but at least we have a title to work with! The next Batman will be called The Dark Knight Rises. Director Christopher Nolan wasn't sure he'd ever be making a third, for a very simple reason “How many good third movies in a franchise can people name?”. Fair enough, and I think there's a very nice article in that! Anyway, apparently Nolan found a story...
Sanctum trailer: a 3d underwater extravaganza!
If you'd ask me what my worst nightmare is, well, this is pretty much it. Being stuck under ground, in a cave, with the water rising and no way out. Actually, throw in some ice and angry rats and you'd really be cooking with gas. Anyway, people do this for fun, going into caves. Some even make a career of it. Sanctum is based on a true story, about cave explorers who got caught in a storm. Add...
Justin Bieber's secret to success? His proud mom!
A very determined little boy stares back at you when you watch the trailer for Justin Bieber's upcoming movie Justin Bieber: Never say never. Bieber is probably the hottest thing on the web right now, if not in the world, and he's only 16 years old. I'd be tempted to say Justin is the epitome of the American dream, but he's not even American, but Canadian! Another hurdle to overcome by the...
Trouble in Hobbit land: Peter Jackson demanding changes in labor laws
The production of The Hobbit has been wrought with set backs. The studio burnt down, the director left because of financial difficulties, and the actor's guild of New Zealand, the country went on strike. all in all, not a great way to start, but now that all seems settles, there's money, a director, the actors' guild has backed down, they even have a Bilbo, now there's a new problem: this...
Paranormal activity 3 already in the works!
After the staggering results at the box office for the Paranormal activity 2 Paramount studios are considering a quickie threequel.The studio isn't expecting much trouble as part two was a breeze to make for only three million euros: "The first Paranormal was like making something out of thin air," Paramount exec Don Harris said. "With the prequel, they were able to make a movie that got a...
Paranormal activity prequel rules box office
Are we ever scared enough? Probably not, judging by ticket sales to the Paranomral Activity 2 ticket sales this box office weekend! The spooky haunted house prequel topped the box office this weekend, making a whopping $41.5 million dollars, that's over a third more than expected! That makes Paranormal Activity 2 the highest opening ever for a horror film.Great news for Paramount that only spent...