Win Melancholia on Blu-ray

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To mark the release of Melancholia on DVD and Blu-ray 23rd January, Artificial Eye have given us three copies of the movie to give away on Blu-ray. Melancholia is directed by Lars Von Trier and stars Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Rampling, Jesper Christensen, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård , [...]

If 2011 Were A Movie…

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In recent years we have seen Hollywood tap a variety of different resources in its ongoing search for new ideas. Stopping just short of sticking its hand down the side of the sofa and rummaging for loose inspiration, Tinseltown has instead chosen to adapt everything from the usual books, video games and television shows, to [...]

Marvel Set Game Of Thrones’ Alan Taylor To Direct Thor 2

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The first of our superhero films from Marvel this year, Thor was an impressive box office and critical success when it came out in April this year, taking just shy of $450m. from its $150m. budget. Pretty much ever since it found such success in cinemas, there’s been talk of a sequel, and it officially [...]

New Footage from The Avengers in German Trailer

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No sign of a Dark Knight Rising, but who needs it when there’s a little bit more of The Avengers ala Joss Whedon in the offing today as a new German trailer is released. It is similar to the trailer we’ve seen already but there is a little new footage in there which makes this [...]

Two New UK Banners for The Avengers

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Marvel have just sent us these nice new banners for The Avengers. Yes they very similar to the US ones that we saw a month or two ago but this time we have lost the big A on the posts so we can see the characters in all their glory! I think that Iron Man [...]

Charlotte Gainsbourg To Re-Team With Lars Von Trier For The Nymphomaniac

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Having worked with the brilliant (and somewhat controversial) writer-director Lars von Trier on his last two films, Melancholia and Antichrist, Charlotte Gainsbourg is now in talks to join him for his next outing, The Nymphomaniac, Variety report. The film is still at the script stage, with von Trier penning the script himself, and is to [...]

Watch an Eight Minute Trailer for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo!

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I’m not entirely sure why but Sony have released an eight minute long trailer for their new movie, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The trailer gives bucket loads away so if you don’t want to be spoilt then don’t watch on. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a remake of the Swedish film [...]

Two EPIC New Character Banners Released for The Avengers

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Here’s some lovely lovely new banners from The Avengers courtesy of those lovely (did I mention lovely) people from Marvel. The Avengers is directed by Joss Whedon​ and after you see this trailer, you’re going to be very keen to see the completed movie when it’s released 27th April 2012. The Avengers will see many [...]

New TV Spot for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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The more I see of David Fincher’s take on Steig Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo the more I like it. Dark, dour and with a mean streak a mile wide there’s a new TV spot out in the wild today which will shake the last vestige of apathy from you. Rooney Mara and [...]

Brand New Poster for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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Sony Pictures have released a brand new Neil Kellerhouse-designed poster for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which carries the new tagline “What is hidden in the snow comes forth in the thaw”. Directed by David Fincher (The Social Network), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo stars Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Robin Wright, [...]

Amazing First Trailer Lands for The Avengers

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The Avengers is the next Marvel movie that we’re all very much looking forward to after Captain America: The First Avenger. The Avengers is directed by Joss Whedon and after you see this trailer, you’re going to be very keen to see the completed movie when it’s released 27th April 2012. The Avengers will see [...]

More Pictures from David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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Say what you like about the necessity of an English language remake of one of the most successful Swedish films in recent years the prospect of a new David Fincher film is enticing indeed and having Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara leading his version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo means this one is [...]

Beautiful New Poster And Motion Poster For Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia

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Much like Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life earlier this year, Lars von Trier’s Melancholia is a bit of a divisive film. There’ll be plenty of people (myself included) who absolutely love it, but I’ve no doubt that many people won’t really take to it. I highly recommend that you go and search it out [...]

DVD Extra Tour: Behind the Scenes of Thor

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Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Marvel’s Thor was released on DVD and Blu-ray last week and it’s a surprisingly fun film which did very well at the box office despite the God O’Thunder not being a hugely well known character. The DVD has a ton of these little featurettes which, when combined, form a decent behind [...]

Melancholia UK Premiere Report & Interviews with Kirsten Dunst & John Hurt

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To coincide nicely with Jamie’s great review of Lars von Trier’s new movie, Melancholia, we have the UK premiere footage and interviews which took place on Wednesday evening at the Curzon in London. Two of the stars of the film were present in the form of John Hurt and Kirsten Dunst who both spoke very [...]

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Gets An Awesome Extended New Trailer

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David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is one of the most highly anticipated films of the year, based on the incredibly popular first in the trilogy of novels by the late Stieg Larsson. Because of the novels’ popularity, and the fact that there’s already been a Swedish adaptation of them, the film is [...]

New Pics of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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Quite how David Fincher plucked and gothed Rooney Mara into the terrifying Lisbeth Salander is anybody’s guess, but the actress is has stepped into one hell of a role with Noomi Rapace already catapulted to crazy fame with her portrayal of the character in the Swedish adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy. Putting a director [...]

See Character Images from David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hear Some of the Score

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The official website of David Fincher’s adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been updated and there’s a whole host of new pictures and character profiles to give you an idea of the faces and names you’ll be getting involved with over the next few years. I’m just starting out in [...]

EIFF 2011 – King of Devil’s Island Review

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Based on a true story, King of Devil’s Island dramatises the 1915 uprising at a correctional facility on Bastøy Island, Norway. Set in the Oslo fjord, the film charts the arrival of alleged murderer Erling (Benjamin Helstad) at Bastøy Boys Home: an unforgiving residence for Norway’s maladjusted youth which prefers numbers to names and forbids talk of the past. Inducted with fellow offender [...]

NSFW: Official UK Poster for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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Columbia Pictures have released the official UK poster for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Directed by David Fincher (The Social Network), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the second film to be adapted from the Swedish novel of the same name by acclaimed author Stieg Larsson. The film stars Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgård, Christopher [...]