New Poster for The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones Poster

Yahoo have debuted a new poster (click to enlarge) for Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones. Just like everything we’ve seen for this movie so far, it looks pretty stunning and just like any project that Jackson is involved in! The Lovely Bones stars Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci, George Harvey and Susan Sarandon. Short [...]

True Blood Drips onto DVD & Blu-ray

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Those of you who haven’t jumped on the True Blood bus before now are in for a treat. The HBO series has finished its second series in the US and the first series has  just begun its terrestrial run on Channel 4 last night, and if you didn’t catch it I’d highly recommend checking it [...]

Theatrical Trailer: 9

9 Poster

I mentioned in a previous post that there are a few movies coming out at the moment with ’9′ in them… and here’s the latest! We’ve just been sent the theatrical trailer in high definition for Shane Acker’s ’9′. The name of the movie is where the similarity to the musical ‘Nine’ ends. ’9′ features [...]

How is a Transformer Designed?

Transformers Art

Let’s face it, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen wasn’t the greatest movie ever made, but one thing we can agree on its that the effects and the robots all looks phenomenal! FilmSchoolRejects have gotten their hands on a cool little video that will feature on the new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen DVD / Blu [...]

Naomi Watts is the Best Value Actress in Hollywood

Naomi Watts

With news constantly hitting my RSS feed that major studios are cutting back funding due to lack of money, studies like this one start to become very relevant for the studio chiefs. Forbes have conducted a study to determine which Hollywood actresses have brought in the most money at the box office compared to the [...]

Richard Pryor Biopic: Murphy out, Wayans In!

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A good while ago we  reported on Paramount’s venture to tell the life story of a comic legend, the late, lamented Richard Pryor. Eddie Murphy was attached to star and, with Pryor’s wife on board to advise, this film looked set to rejuvenate Murphy’s career with a serious comic role playing one of his heroes. [...]

Theatrical Trailer: Me and Orson Welles

Me and Orson Wells Poster

Proof that Zac Efron can actually act has arisen in the form of the trailer for Me and Orson Welles! The movie is directed by Richard Linklater (The School of Rock and Before Sunset) and also stars Ben Chaplin, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Kelly Reilly. It’s scheduled for release at the end of the year [...]

Movies That Put the OWEE in Halloween

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It’s that time of year again.  The pumpkins are out, the leaves are turning colors, the air is brisk and chilly.  It’s time for the spooky stories, the frightening films, the maybe not so scary but at times certainly inventive costumes and that most important element…..candy corn.  Yes folks, Halloween season is upon us once [...]

First Photo of Douglas & LaBeouf on Wall Street 2 Set

Wall Street 2 Set - Michael Douglas & Shia LaBeouf

Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf have been spotted filming their latest movie, a sequel to the 80s hit, Wall Street. This time it’s called Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and, like the first outing, has Oliver Stone directing. The three of them were all spotted filming today in Central Park Zoo, Manhattan, New York City. [...]

Review: iTunes 99p Rental – Surfer, Dude

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Digital copy is the future. Apple certainly think so (well, they have to). To this end, iTunes hopes to slowly introduce their consumers to the ease of movie downloads by offering a rental every week at the ridiculously cheap price of 99p. You couldn’t even buy I Know Who Killed Me on DVD for that. [...]

US Trailer for Gilliam’s Parnassus Released

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As the days count down until we have our chance to catch up with HUG favourite Terry Gilliam,  we have a US trailer released. It is very similar to the UK trailer posted a while back but any excuse to see this remarkable world Gilliam will be leading us through. October the 16th is the [...]

John Hurt to be a BFI Fellow

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As part of the 53rd London Film Festival the BFI will be making John Hurt its latest Fellow, according to the BBC. Hurt has acted in over 150 film and TV productions, from the fuzzy black and white of early UK tv series to the biggest Hollywood blockbusters of the day, he is an outstanding [...]

Alvin & The Chipmunks 2 Theatrical Trailer

Alvin & and Chipmunks 2

The problem with writing a generic movie website is that we have to cover movies that wouldn’t necessarily be top of our list to watch. That said, I just watched the new theatrical trailer for Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and it actually made me laugh… so I thought I’d post it and give [...]

Brody Becomes an Action Hero in Predator Reboot

Adrien Brody

Remember Adrien Brody? He’s the chap who played Wladyslaw Szpilman in the Pianist for which he won an Oscar. The Pianist is up there as one of my all-time favourite movies. He has also appeared in The Village and King Kong. This news today has surprised me a bit since it’s so different to the [...]

Finally Disney’s ‘UP’ Reaches the UK..a UK Review to Celebrate

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To celebrate the hugely anticipated UK release (4months after our US cousins) of  Disney/Pixars latest offering  UP, I thought it apt to share a UK review of the film. Firstly for those of you that may not know, I am a genuine Disney fan, someone who openly embraces & owns both the old-school 2D storytelling animation (pre-Pixar) [...]

Universal Give Isla Fisher Two New Movies

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It seems a long long time ago since ‘Shannon’, aka Isla Fisher graced our screens every afternoon on Australian soap, Home and Away. Now she’s hit the big time with movies like Wedding Crashers, Confessions of a Shopaholic and the latest news today is that Universal have two new projects in which she’ll get the [...]

Trailer: The Messenger

We all know Woody Harrelson is a genius comedy actor but here he gets to show off some serious acting ability. He’s got so many films coming out at the moment that I’m losing track of which ones they are! His latest role is for a movie called The Messenger where he plays a military [...]

Discussion: Which is Best Plasma, LCD or CRT?

Retro TV

In the past 3 years the evolution of the television has significantly changed the way we watch films. Manufacturers no longer make the CRT sets, video players and cassette are only found in charity shops and for a true cinema experience, no home is complete without a surround system. The future is HD, flat screen, [...]

Behind the Scenes of 2012

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So, we’ve seen two trailers (teaser and theatrical) and a five minute clip of Roland Emmerich’s new movie, 2012. If you want to see a bit more footage from the movie and go deeper into how the special effects were done, then this post is for you. Yahoo have posted a new behind the scenes [...]

Review: Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche New York DVD Cover

You know when you go to the cinema and you’re sat next to a friend or partner who asks you what’s going on every few minutes, well, this movie would be one to beware of in the cinema or at home. The main reason for that is because you too will probably struggle to understand [...]