суббота, 1 декабря 2012 г.

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Josh Wilding Reviews: RISE OF THE GUARDIANS 3D

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 10:05 AM PST

I'm not a huge fan of animated films in general, but once every so often, one comes along that is something truly special. It's fair to say that Rise of the Guardians now ranks among my favourites and is easily the best to be released this year. The story focuses on Jack Frost as he becomes a "Guardian" and (reluctantly) joins Santa Claus, Sandman, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy in order to stop the Boogeyman from spreading fear across the globe. It's a simple enough idea on paper, but writer David Lindsay-Abaire (Oz: The Great and Powerful) injects an awful lot of heart and laughs into what could have otherwise been totally forgettable. It really is The Avengers for kids! However, it's grounded with a very human element which at times may feel superfluous, but ultimately adds an awful lot and becomes a major part of the movie. The

Five Les Miserables Clips with Anne Hathaway and Russell Crowe

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 09:50 AM PST

Five clips, featuring over six minutes of footage, have been released from Les Miserables, the new musical from director Tom Hooper (Academy Award winning film The King's Speech). Watch as Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, and Russell Crowe bring their Broadway skills to the big screen this Christmas.

Les Miserables: A Heart Full of Love

Les Miserables: Who Am I?

Les Miserables: On My Own

Les Miserables: Javert Releases Prisoner 24601

Les Miserables: At the End of the Day

Les Miserables comes to theaters December 25th, 2012 and stars Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks. The film is directed by Tom Hooper.

Wendy Williams Gets Naked For PETA

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 11:00 AM PST

Wendy Williams
Talk show host Wendy Williams is the latest celebrity to bare all for a cause. Earlier this week the star (fully clothed) unveiled her "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" campaign in Times Square i...

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Kansas City Chiefs' Jovan Belcher Commits Suicide After Fatally Shooting Girlfriend

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 11:02 AM PST

Jovan Belcher | Photo Credits: Wesley Hitt/Getty Images

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher is suspected of fatally shooting his girlfriend early Saturday morning before driving to Arrowhead Stadium and committing suicide, police said.

Police Capt. David Lindaman told The Kansas City Star that Belcher, 25, and the victim, with whom he has a 3-month-old child, got into a fight around 7 a.m. Fifty minutes later, Belcher shot his girlfriend multiple times. She was later transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead a short while later.

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Topshop Look of the Week: Colorful Woven Mini

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 03:44 PM PST

"Extra's" Renee Bargh models the Topshop look of the week… check it out!


For a chance to get this look, go to Topshop.com!

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The last sexism? (Possible Skyfall spoilers)

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 09:28 AM PST

So I watched skyfall the other day (pretty late, I know). I noticed that over the years Bond's blatant womanising has become far less in your face, and the women (in particular Eve) have been given more of a place of power, almost level with Bond. However, one thing annoyed me while I was watching the film.

The scene in question was between Silva and Bond where Bond is tied to the chair and Silva is touching him, and both are making flirtatious remarks in order to 'chicken out' each other. I thought that this was a very clever scene, taking away the power from Bond and demasculating him in a similar way to how he objectifies women. However, the audience in the cinema I was in was laughing, as if it were a comic scene; HURR DURR BEING GAY IS FUNNY.

I guess what I'm trying to work out now is whether this was meant by the writers to be humorous, or if this is a problem of the audience mis-interpreting and being somewhat close-minded to the idea of homo- and bi-sexuality.

TL;DR Silva and Bond BDSM, laughable, lamentable or laudable?

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I'm working through a list of movies I need to see, and I just have general "James Bond" on there...

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 09:21 AM PST

... so, what are the quintessential old Bond films? I know some were terrible and some were great, but I don't know which was which.

So, can you all give me an idea of five or so of the best?

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Happy Birthday To One of the Most Creative Minds of Our Time, Woody Allen!

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 10:12 AM PST

Gf rented Savage from Family Video. I didn't expect this...

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 10:17 AM PST

The movie started out seeming almost cheesy and ended up developing into a rather decent movie.

My favorite part of the film was that it had a new age feel. It just used vibrant colors and on Blu-ray it was extra vivid.

I will say that viewers should expect extreme cliche moments.

Overall I'd say 7/10.

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A Good Day to Die Hard 'John McClane's Son' Featurette

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 09:34 AM PST

RAM Trucks, in a promotional partnership with 20th Century Fox, have release the first featurette for A Good Day to Die Hard, the fifth film in the lucrative Die Hard action franchise. This behind-the-scenes look at the February release focuses on new character Jack McClane (Jai Courtney), John McClane's (Bruce Willis) estranged son. The two accidentally bump into each other in Moscow, where a terrorist threatens to collapse the entire world infrastructure. Watch and learn just how this could happen to the same guy five times, while also learning more about his strong-willed offspring.

A Good Day to Die Hard Featurette

A Good Day to Die Hard comes to theaters February 14th, 2013 and stars Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Cole Hauser, Yuliya Snigir, Amaury Nolasco, Megalyn Echikunwoke. The film is directed by John Moore.

Star Wars Producer Rick McCallum Exits Lucasfilm to Focus on Independent Film Career

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 09:26 AM PST

Rick McCallum Exits Lucasfilm to Focus on Independent Film Career

As Lucasfilm embarks on a new future filled with more Star Wars movies, Rick McCallum, one of the key talents responsible for the past 20 years of Lucasfilm productions, has embarked on an exciting future filled with his own films. Coming from a background of independent film production, Rick McCallum is readying films that bring him back to his roots, but now with the wealth of experience that comes from his two decades of collaboration with George Lucas.

Rick McCallum 's professional association with Lucas began with The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) and Radioland Murders (1994), and continued through the Special Edition release of the Star Wars Trilogy (1997), the prequel trilogy (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, 1999-2005), and most recently Red Tails (2012).

Says Rick McCallum.

"It's a producer's job to make possible a director's vision, whatever that may be. George never let the limits of reality constrain his vision, so the challenge to production was always to find ways to make anything possible, while being respectful to the fact that he was financing his own movies. To do that, we needed to keep that independent filmmaking mentality that requires you to innovate and improvise, while making movies of enormous scale."

Says George Lucas.

"Rick is a close friend as well as an extremely talented producer. No matter how impossible I made the task, Rick was able to overcome the challenges. In addition to putting together great crews and working miracles with the budget, he was instrumental in helping push filmmaking into the 21st century. He has a larger-than-life personality and made this amazing 20-year journey with him a fun one."

The partnership between George Lucas and Rick McCallum resulted in innovations that continue to shape the industry today. To deliver feature film quality production values on a weekly television schedule, McCallum's crew on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles blazed new trails in digital postproduction that expanded crowd scenes, modified settings, and seamlessly blended scenes shot in wildly different conditions, all while traveling to over 35 countries around the world on the longest sustained location shoot in film history. These innovations were refined and expanded to create the amazing visual scale of the Star Wars prequels.

George Lucas continues.

"We had hit the limit of production technology, and I needed someone with conviction and passion to help us into the digital realm. Rick became an evangelist for the endless possibilities digital technology offered filmmakers. Rick and I fought many battles side-by-side, constantly facing nay-sayers who were convinced we could never make the lasting changes in the movie business that we set out to make. I cannot be more proud of what Rick accomplished. We worked with over 60 companies and hundreds of amazing engineers and artists over a 10-year period to bring about overdue changes: now digital cameras routinely capture images, films are released digitally, and the entire production pipeline maintains unprecedented quality by being digital. As I go off to make my own experimental films -- and I hope to be able to collaborate with Rick again on one of these projects -- I wish him the best and look forward to seeing his new films."

Since completing Red Tails, Rick McCallum has relocated to Prague, his wife's native country, and he is now in development of a slate of smaller, independent films that more closely resemble the projects he was involved with prior to his association with Lucasfilm.

Rick McCallum explains.

"I have a Russian film about the Babi Yar Massacre in development that is being directed by Sergei Loznitsa. I am also working with Tom&#225s Mas&#237n on a Czech story about two brothers who escaped Czechoslovakia during the Cold War while being chased by 28,000 Soviet soldiers in what is still the largest manhunt in history. I'm also working on a film with David Oyelowo and developing a film with Laurence Bowen about the Boy Soldiers of Sierra Leone."

Rick McCallum looks forward to the new Star Wars films under the stewardship of Kathleen Kennedy.

Rick McCallum continues.

"There's only person in the world who could do this, and that's Kathleen Kennedy. There's no one more suited who is able to bridge the worlds of elite filmmaking within a studio context. The Star Wars saga will always be taken care of under her leadership. She is truly one of the greatest producers in America as well as being a great friend."

Rick McCallum leaves behind a history of being extremely accessible to Star Wars fans during production, appearing at Celebration conventions, discussing behind-the-scenes developments with Star Wars Insider magazine, and engaging in online chats. During one such chat in 2005, a fan club member asked if there was any chance he could attend the scoring sessions of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, and McCallum immediately invited him to the recording studio the next day.

Rick McCallum said these final words to Star Wars before departing.

"Thank you for being so welcoming, supportive, and so good to me. You all made it the most worthwhile and amazing experience. I have nothing but the biggest faith and trust that where Kathleen is going to take Star Wars will be a bold, exciting, and daring future that will be worthy of all your incredible passion and loyalty for all these years. It will be awesome."

'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Recap: 'Frank's Back in Business'

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 10:30 AM PST

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
OK, I'm just gonna say it, and you people can stone me (or think I'm stoned) if you want: Frank is my least favorite "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" character. Don't get me wrong; I have mad lo...

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THE HOBBIT: "Smaug" TV Spot Now In High Quality; Plus Screencaps

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 09:08 AM PST

The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever…Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected

BOX OFFICE: SKYFALL Takes #2 In North America While RISE OF THE GUARDIANS Disappoints

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 08:25 AM PST

There were no major new releases at the North American box office this weekend, meaning that holdover The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 held on to the top spot with $5.4 million yesterday and a predicted weekend total of $16.5 million. In comparison, Skyfall was in second place with $4.8 and $16.2 million, giving it a domestic cume of $245.7 million. Meanwhile, DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians continues to under perform in what Wall Street have declared, "one of the most disappointing releases in the company's history". So much so, it's actually put a dent in their share price and looks set to earn only $12.2 million this weekend. It was expected to earn upward of $55 million during Thanksgiving, but ended up with only $32.6 million.

Lindsay Lohan's Dad: 'I Just Want Her To Go Into Rehab'

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 09:30 AM PST

Michael Lohan
After Lindsay Lohan was arrested following a fight in a New York City club early on Thursday morning, her father Michael is pleading with the actress to check back into rehab. Following the incide...

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Best movie trailer mash-ups i have ever seen

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 08:45 AM PST

Is it just me or does Benicio Del Toro look like Brad Pitts Puerto Rican twin brother?

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 08:13 AM PST

Why am I only just hearing of this? Poster for Joss Whedon's Shakespeare adaptation, "Much Ado About Nothing"

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 06:47 AM PST

Sam Rockwell: Head Thug in TMNT: The Original Movie (1990)

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 08:13 AM PST

‘Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie’ Trailer: The Internet Superstar Makes His Own Movie | /Film

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 05:13 AM PST
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