Friday, December 28, 2007

The Hottie and the Nottie trailer

Okaaaaay... Another Paris Hilton movie. Are we seeing another flop?

Just in case you're wondering, The Hottie and the Nottie is about a guy who finally has the courage to tell the one he likes - Paris - his feelings for her. Unfortunately, she promises herself not to be in any relationship until her BFF - the Nottie - gets a boyfriend.


Thursday, December 27, 2007

The Duchess trailer

The Duchess stars Keira Knightley and Dominic Cooper. The movie is set to be released Fall 2008.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Coraline trailer

Here's the trailer for the upcoming movie, Coraline, based on Neil Gaiman's book of the same title. The movie features voices from Dakota Fanning (as Caroline), Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders and Ian McShane.

Coraline is basically a girl who goes to a parallel universe after unlocking a passageway to go there.

Knight Rider trailer

Here's the trailer for the upcoming Knight Rider movie. Oooh! KITT! KITT! KITT!

Friday, December 21, 2007

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army trailer

Here's the trailer for Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Guillermo del Toro seems to have prepared well for his sequel! Anyway, the cast for Hellboy 2 are still the same as the cast for the first Hellboy movie.


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Thursday, December 20, 2007

So the Tekken movie gets a director

tekken jin kazamaI'm getting more and more skeptical about the upcoming Tekken movie. Why? Because Dwight Little is going to direct it.

Dwight Little is going to be the DIRECTOR for the TEKKEN MOVIE!

So what's the big deal? Nothing really, especially if you liked Little's other movies like Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Murder at 1600, Rapid Fire and Marked for Death.

What will Tekken's plot be?

According to Little:

"The film plays out as a science fiction story set in the near future, about a rebel who rises up against the Tekken Corp. to seize freedom for his people. It's a gladiator story, but the videogame has a complicated enough storyline that it provides the template for a martial arts spectacular."

Oh puh-leeeeze.

Tekken is one of the many video game-based movies that are set to come out in the following years. For a list of those movies, click here.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Atonement trailer

I'm honestly quite intrigued with the movie since it has garnered such positive reviews. Has anyone watched this yet? Anyone going to watch Atonement?

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

A-Team on the big screen?

a-teamJohn Singleton, director of Boyz N the Hood, is said to be preparing to create a remake of the 1980s TV hit series, the A-Team. Twentieth Century Fox is in the process of "talking" but no deals have been made yet.

As for the one who's playing Baracas (Mr. T), Ice Cube, who starred in Singleton's movie, is said to be perfect for the part. (I'm not too sure how they define "perfect", so don't ask.)

And for the plot, some Iraqi are wanted by the US government for crimes that they did not commit. The team tries to help them while running from the government themselves. Add in some oil tycoons and lasers, you have a movie I'm not too sure I'll watch.


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The Hobbit is coming!

the hobbit bilbo bagginsGood news, LOTR and Tolkien fans!

LOTR director, Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema has finally settled their dispute over the profits of the fantasy trilogy. Jackson has agreed to direct two movies based on Tolkien's The Hobbit - the prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Both films are to be shot simultaneously, like with the Lord of the Rings, and the principal photography is said to take place on 2009. This leaves 2010 and 2011 as release dates for The Hobbit and its sequel respectively.


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Monday, December 17, 2007

First Six Minutes of The Dark Knight!

Watch the first six minutes of The Dark Knight. This is a bank robbery scene where masked robbers led by the Joker (Heath Ledger) can be seen doing their thing.

The Killing of John Lennon trailer

This is a movie that revolves on John Lennon's killer, Mark Champman. I guess they're dramatizing everything that happens from the time he plans to kill the ex-Beatle until the actual pulling of the trigger that ended the rock superstar's life. Maybe they added a few "after the killing" story about Champman - kinda like the epilogue or something.

They should make a movie that's about John Lennon himself. Like what they did with Bob Dylan.

Friday, December 14, 2007

Top 50 Movies of 2007

ratatouilleYeah I know that there's still a couple of weeks before the year 2007 is over, but I found this list of the best reviewed films of 2007 as I was looking for something to write. I don't think I've seen more than a handful of these films, so feel free to comment if you think that something else should be on #[insert number here] and whatnot.

Anyway, I just wanna clear up that this list doesn't reflect my opinions at all. I didn't even watch Ratatouille! Yeah with that cleared up...

On with the list then!

  1. Ratatouille
  2. No Country for Old Men
  3. The Lives of Others
  4. Once
  5. Away from Her
  6. The Bourne Ultimatum
  7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  8. Waitress
  9. The Host
  10. Zodiac
  11. Eastern Promises
  12. Michael Clayton
  13. Hairspray
  14. Hot Fuzz
  15. The Lookout
  16. Sicko
  17. 3:10 to Yuma
  18. Atonement
  19. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  20. Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965
  21. Gone Baby Gone
  22. Knocked Up
  23. The Simpsons Movie
  24. Into the Wild
  25. Rescue Dawn
  26. Enchanted
  27. Superbad
  28. Bridge to Terabithia
  29. Grindhouse
  30. In the Shadow of the Moon
  31. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  32. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
  33. Lake of Fire
  34. A Mighty Heart
  35. Offside
  36. American Gangster
  37. Freedom Writers
  38. Lars and the Real Girl
  39. Breach
  40. My Kid Could Paint That
  41. God Grew Tired of Us
  42. Beyond the Gates
  43. The Savages
  44. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  45. Juno
  46. Live Free or Die Hard
  47. I'm Not There
  48. Meet the Robinsons
  49. The Namesake
  50. Rocket Science
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Iron Man trailer

Here's the international trailer for the upcoming Iron Man movie set to come to theaters on May 2, 2008. Looking forward to this?

65th Golden Globe Awards Nominees

These are the nominees for this year's 65th Golden Globe Awards. The winners will be announced on January 13, 2008. Who are your picks for each category?

Best Motion Picture

Drama Nominees
:
American Gangster (2007)
Atonement (2007)
Eastern Promises (2007)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Michael Clayton (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)

Musical or Comedy Nominees:
Across the Universe (2007)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Hairspray (2007)
Juno (2007)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture

Drama Nominees:
George Clooney for Michael Clayton (2007)
Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (2007)
James McAvoy for Atonement (2007)
Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises (2007)
Denzel Washington for American Gangster (2007)

Musical or Comedy Nominees:
Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Ryan Gosling for Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Tom Hanks for Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Savages (2007)
John C. Reilly for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture

Drama Nominees:
Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Julie Christie for Away from Her (2006)
Jodie Foster for The Brave One (2007)
Angelina Jolie for A Mighty Heart (2007)
Keira Knightley for Atonement (2007)

Musical or Comedy Nominees:
Amy Adams for Enchanted (2007)
Nikki Blonsky for Hairspray (2007)
Helena Bonham Carter for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Marion Cotillard for Môme, La (2007)
Ellen Page for Juno (2007)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees
:

Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men (2007)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
John Travolta for Hairspray (2007)
Tom Wilkinson for Michael Clayton (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees
:

Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There (2007)
Julia Roberts for Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Saoirse Ronan for Atonement (2007)
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton (2007)

Best Director

Motion Picture Nominees:
Tim Burton for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men (2007)
Julian Schnabel for Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007)
Ridley Scott for American Gangster (2007)
Joe Wright for Atonement (2007)

Best Screenplay

Motion Picture Nominees:
Atonement (2007): Christopher Hampton
Charlie Wilson's War (2007): Aaron Sorkin
Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007): Ronald Harwood
Juno (2007): Diablo Cody
No Country for Old Men (2007): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Best Original Song

Motion Picture Nominees:
Enchanted (2007)("That's How You Know")
Grace Is Gone (2007)("Grace Is Gone")
Into the Wild (2007)("Guaranteed")
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)("Despedida" )
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)("Walk Hard")

Best Original Score

Motion Picture Nominees:
Atonement (2007): Dario Marianelli
Eastern Promises (2007): Howard Shore
Grace Is Gone (2007): Clint Eastwood
Into the Wild (2007): Michael Brook
The Kite Runner (2007): Alberto Iglesias

Best Animated Film Nominees:

Bee Movie (2007)
Ratatouille (2007)
The Simpsons Movie (2007)

Best Foreign Language Film Nominees:

4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile (2007)
Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007)
The Kite Runner (2007)
Se, jie (2007)
Persepolis (2007)

Best Television Series

Drama Nominees:
"Big Love" (2006)
"Damages" (2007)
"Grey's Anatomy" (2005)
"House M.D." (2004)
"Mad Men" (2007)
"The Tudors" (2007)

Musical or Comedy Nominees:
"Californication" (2007)
"Entourage" (2004)
"Extras" (2005)
"Pushing Daisies" (2007)
"30 Rock" (2006)

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Nominees:

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) (TV)
"The Company" (2007) (mini)
Longford (2006) (TV)
"The State Within" (2006)
"Five Days" (2007) (mini)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television Nominees:

Adam Beach for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) (TV)
Jim Broadbent for Longford (2006) (TV)
Ernest Borgnine for A Grandpa for Christmas (2007) (TV)
Jason Isaacs for "The State Within" (2006)
James Nesbitt for "Jekyll" (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television Nominees:

Bryce Dallas Howard for As You Like It (2006)
Queen Latifah for Life Support (2007)
Debra Messing for "The Starter Wife" (2007) (mini)
Sissy Spacek for Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007) (TV)
Ruth Wilson for "Jane Eyre" (2006) (mini)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series

Musical or Comedy Nominees:
Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)
Ricky Gervais for "Extras" (2005)
Lee Pace for "Pushing Daisies" (2007)

Drama Nominees:
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)
Bill Paxton for "Big Love" (2006)
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers for "The Tudors" (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series

Musical or Comedy Nominees:
Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007)
America Ferrera for "Ugly Betty" (2006)
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Anna Friel for "Pushing Daisies" (2007)
Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)

Drama Nominees:
Patricia Arquette for "Medium" (2005)
Glenn Close for "Damages" (2007)
Minnie Driver for "The Riches" (2007)
Edie Falco for "The Sopranos" (1999)
Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)
Holly Hunter for "Saving Grace" (2007)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Nominees:

Ted Danson for "Damages" (2007)
Kevin Dillon for "Entourage" (2004)
Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)
Andy Serkis for Longford (2006) (TV)
William Shatner for "Boston Legal" (2004)
Donald Sutherland for "Dirty Sexy Money" (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Nominees:

Rose Byrne for "Damages" (2007)
Katherine Heigl for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)
Rachel Griffiths for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)
Samantha Morton for Longford (2006) (TV)
Anna Paquin for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) (TV)
Jaime Pressly for "My Name Is Earl" (2005)

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Horton Hears a Who trailer

This is for the kiddies and the kids-at-heart!

Horton Hears a Who is a CGI movie based on one of Dr. Seuss' books of the same title. It's about an elephant named Horton who gets everyone around him mad as he tries to protect small "creatures" that inhabits a speck of dust.

Horton is voiced by Jim Carrey and the Whos are all voiced by Steve Carell. The movie will be released on March 14, 2008.

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Shine a Light trailer

Rolling Stones fans! I think all you guys are excited to see this documentary-movie that features footages of the band's recent concert that was captured by award-winning director, Martin Scorcese. Well at the very least, I know I'm excited.

Shine a Light focuses on the 2006 concert of the Rolling Stones in the Beacon Theater, New York, where the band sang some unrecorded songs that were heard for the first time in their whole career. With a group of highly-skilled cinematographers from different critically-acclaimed films, they shot the documentary in a span of two-days - every angle capturing the intensity and passion of the Rolling Stones. Oh the executive producers are the band members themselves.

Shine a Light will be released on April 4, 2008.


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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

QWERTY

Qwerty is a Filipino indie movie made by Paolo Dy. It's a really chilling and thought-provoking short film. It runs around 5 minutes - pretty short but it's amazing how everything can fit in that short amount of time. The movie was introduced to me by a friend and was a bit reluctant to watch it at first but he kinda persuaded me to do so. And man...I didn't regret it one bit.

I don't really want to delve onto the details of the movie because I think that it'll just spoil everything for the viewer. Why don't you just watch it, right? It's just 5 minutes and I'm positive that you won't regret it at all!


Monday, December 10, 2007

Spiderwick Chronicles -- A new children's movie

I haven't really read the books but Spiderwick Chronicles have had nice reviews about it. From what I've gathered, Spiderwick Chronicles is one of those fantasy children stories - which was probably released after the Harry Potter hype. I mean, I've only seen the books some time after several Harry Potter books have been out and became popular.

So what is Spiderwick Chronicles about?

Jared Grace moved from New York with his twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mother to some secluded old house owned by their great-great-uncle Arthur Spiderwick. Strange things start to happen as soon as they move in, like things disappearing or accidents suddenly happening, and they all blame Jared for everything. The three children decide to investigate these strange occurrences that is happening every day and they find out about the secret of the Spiderwick house and the different creatures that live there.

I think that this might be a better movie than
A Series of Unfortunate Events. The story seems to target children more with it's fantastic plot and all. It might be a good watch, so if you have kids, or is a kid-at-heart, try to catch the Spiderwick Chronicles on February 15, 2008.

Friday, December 7, 2007

Speed Racer trailer

Here's the upcoming Speed Racer trailer that has been recently released (the trailer, not the movie). The movie's set to be released on May 9, 2008. Anyone going to watch it? Anyway, for some movie stills and the cast, check here.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian trailer

I liked the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe movie, so I think I'll definitely watch Prince Caspian when it comes out. The story itself is nice, as the siblings once again goes back to Narnia, this time helping a prince in distress.

The movie is set to be released on May 16, 2008 in the US.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

The Dark Knight trailer

I've only read half of the graphic novel because I got bored. I'm not really sure if I want to watch Batman: The Dark Knight when it comes out - never really was a fan of Batman. Well, it does look nice though, so I still have to see whether I'd like to watch it or not. Anyway, here's the trailer:

Monday, December 3, 2007

10,000 B.C. trailer

10,000 B.C. -- A young hunter is out leading an army across the wild and untamed desert where he has to battle mammoths and saber tooth tigers to save his tribe's princess from an evil warlord.

Well, that's practically the gist of the whole movie but it sounds exciting, doesn't it? I mean, war movies these days are all going further and further into time. Makes me wonder when the next time frame will be.

I'm so looking forward to this movie. It's a fantastic one since there's a lot of inconsistencies within the story and history itself - so it's interesting to see something like 10,000 B.C. Watch the trailer to see if this interests you too:


Saturday, December 1, 2007

Mirrormask

So has anyone seen Mirrormask yet? It's the movie adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel. The story is wonderfully fantastic. I mean, it is Neil Gaiman we're talking about here. If you haven't really seen the movie, or read the book for that matter, Mirrormask is kind of like an Alice in Wonderland story.

Helena comes from a family of circus entertainers but sometimes she wishes to be part of the
real world. She then blames herself after a big fight with her parents and her mother suddenly getting sick. On the night before her mother gets operated on, Helena falls asleep and dreams that she is in another world full of grotesque creatures and has two queens: the white and the black queen. As Helena discovers that the white queen is sick and the only thing that can save her is an instrument called the Mirrormask, Helena does everything in her power to find the mask. Deeper into her dream, Helena starts to wonder if the world she's living in is becoming more and more real the longer she stays.

I like the movie because it realistically depicts the world Neil Gaiman created. The story itself is simple but deep. I suggest that you watch it because it really brings the book to life. If you've never heard of the movie, now's the best time to check it out: