Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Roman Polanski’s Carnage

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Sony Pictures Classics have acquired the North American distribution rights to Carnage, formally known as God of Carnage. Directed by Roman Polanski (The Ghost), Carnage stars Jodie Foster (Panic Room), John C. Reilly (Cyrus), Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) and Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds). Based on Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning play, Carnage tells the story of two sets of parents [...]

Jessica Biel Aims for Total Recall

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There’s been a fair amount of casting news for the Len Wiseman directed Total Recall, a remake of the 1990 Paul Verhoeven film, with Bryan Cranston recently signing up as the villain of the piece opposite Colin Farrell. Today there’s another name to be added to the project – Jessica Biel who was recently seen [...]

Casting of Josh Pence in The Dark Knight Rises Reveals Plot Details

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You may not have seen his face but Josh Pence was on screen for a lot of David Fincher’s The Social Network as The Other Winklevoss, the man whose own face was digitally replaced by Arnie Hammer. It was a fairly astute move to accept the role, despite stated misgivings and disappointment at not appearing [...]

Andy Serkis to Serve as Second Unit Director on The Hobbit

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They’ve both been ‘there and back again’, and  Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis know Middle Earth extremely well and THR are reporting that Serkis will serve as the second unit director on the Hobbit 1 and 2, as well as reprising his role as ring-obsessed Gollum. Serkis has already completed filming his Gollum scenes, and [...]

Craig Gillespie Circling Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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Deadline are reporting that Craig Gillespie is soon to begin negotiations to direct the film adaptation of the New York Times bestseller, Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, written by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen. (Obviously not in tandem with each other, with the latter’s original novel being published almost two centuries ago. I just like [...]

War on the Frontline with Armadillo Trailer and Poster

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Get a close-up glimpse into the harsh day-to-day realities of war with the trailer for award-winning documentary, Armadillo. In February 2009 a group of Danish soldiers accompanied by documentary filmmaker Janus Metz arrived at Armadillo, an army base in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Metz and cameraman Lars Skree spent over six months following [...]

SXSW: IBM and the Jeopardy! Challenge: What is Watson?

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Austin,TX – IBM’s Super Computer, Watson, made an appearance at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Technology Conference. In the ‘What is Watson?’ panel, Dr. David Ferrucci, lead researcher and Principal Investigator for Watson/Jeopardy! delved into the reasons they decided to try Watson’s hand Jeopardy and what made it such a great first test. [...]

Official Thor Desktop Backgrounds

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In what is becoming Thor saturation week, we have a new batch of images which all come from the official website which was updated last night. These new images show Tom Hiddleston & Idris Alba alongside a nice new batch of Desktop backgrounds, one of which I now have on my computer screen! Thor is [...]

2011 Sci-Fi-London Line Up Released

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Sci-Fi-London celebrates its tenth anniversary this year and with a varied programme that includes premieres, all-nighters, panels and of course the 48 Hour Film Challenge, this looks set to be their biggest year yet. Running from the 23rd of April to the 2nd of May the festival features a number of interesting films including world [...]

Go Behind the Scenes of Attack the Block

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It seems that we have some rather nice assets coming into us today with the latest being this rather nice behind the scenes look at Joe Cornish’s new movie, Attack the Block. I got to see the movie at SXSW and you can read my 5* review of it here. This is a really nice [...]

Exclusive Clip from Your Highness

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Universal Studios have sent us this brand new and exclusive clip from their new movie, Your Highness which hits UK cinemas next Wednesday, 13th April. The movie is directed by David Gordon Green and has an all-star cast which includes Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Portman, James Franco, Danny McBride, Toby Jones and Justin Theroux. Adam is [...]

New Water for Elephants Images & Robert Pattinson 60 Second Video Montage

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What more could you want on this sunny Friday afternoon than some nice new shiny images from Water for Elephants and coupled with that, the big news that we have a 60 second montage featuring the one and only Robert Pattinson! Woop woop I hear you cry! In all seriousness, Water for Elephants actually looks [...]

Two New Cars 2 Characters – Max Schnell & Miguel Camino

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What would the week be like without another couple of characters from Cars 2?! Today we get our first look at Max Schnell and Miguel Camino! Cars 2 is released in the UK 22nd July, is directed by John Lasseter and has a voice cast which includes Tony Shalhoub, John Ratzenberger, Owen Wilson, Cheech Marin, Larry [...]

Soul Surfer Review

Soul Surfer

Soul Surfer is almost a good movie, its flaws are easy to forgive in light of the fact that the story is as inspirational as anything that will be released this year. Even when the film dips into sappy melodrama and cliched sequences, its story is uplifting enough to help the audience through the running [...]

Astonishing Trailer Appears for Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia

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At the end of July last year Lars Von Trier finally gave us a hint of what to expect when we sit down to watch his new film Melancholia, and a happy ending was obviously not on the cards. But nothing he said, nor anything we knew about this film prepared me for the power [...]

Win a Rio Goodie Bag!

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To celebrate the release of 20th Century Fox’s new animation Rio, we’ve got some fantastic goody bags stacked with film related merchandise to give away! RIO is a 3D motion picture event from Blue Sky Studios, the makers of the “Ice Age” films and one of the most successful producers of animated feature films in [...]

Tomorrow, When The War Began Review

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Have you ever wondered just how the denizens of Summer Bay might fare in the event of a hostile military takeover? Ellie Linton (Caitlin Jean Stasey) is determined to escape the confines of Wirrawee, a small Australian township, and decides to embark on a camping trip with best friend Corrie (Rachel Hurd-Wood), and Corrie’s boyfriend Kevin. Told by [...]

Ben Affleck in Talks for The Great Gatsby

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Ben Affleck (The Town) is in talks to star in The Great Gatsby, Warner Bros. Pictures’ 3D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary classic. Affleck is circling the role of Tom Buchanan and, if successful in his bid, would star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception), Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man) and Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go). Midwesterner Nick Carraway [...]

Mars Needs Moms Review

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Mars Needs Moms is the latest motion-capture animation film from Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers Digital production studio, and is an adaptation of Berkeley Breathed’s beloved children’s novel. The film centers on Milo, a young boy who gains a deeper appreciation for his mum after Martians come to Earth and take her away to harvest her mothering prowess [...]

Three New Vintage Posters for Cars 2

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We’ve had a few of these vintage styled posters before but we love them so much, it was nice to get another batch! CinemaBlend have debuted three more posters which give us a retro look at Disney Pixar’s latest. Cars 2 is released in the UK 22nd July, is directed by John Lasseter and has [...]