Official Poster for the 84th Academy Awards

84th Academy Awards

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have unveiled the official poster for the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, celebrating such films as The Godfather, Gladiator and The Sound of Music. The poster, imposed with a “Celebrate the movies in all of us” tagline, is said to – according to the press release – evoke [...]

Francis Ford Coppola Back in the Director’s Chair Again

Typical! You wait ten years for a new Francis Ford Coppola feature and three come along, all within two or three years of each other! Deadline have revealed that the director behind such seminal classics as The Godfather series (well, parts 1 and 2 anyway) and Apocalypse Now has already begun directing his next feature, [...]

Video Vault – Alien 3

Alien 3 image 1

With the Blu-ray release of the Alien Anthology on the 25th of October HeyUGuys are taking a look at the entire Alien and Predator series. From Facehuggers to trophy hunting Predators, from the iconic and classic to the dubious crossovers – this is your ultimate retrospective. So remember, even if you ain’t got time to bleed, [...]

Francis Ford Coppola to Receive Honorary Oscar

Francis Ford Coppola

Five time Oscar-winning producer, writer and director, Francis Ford Coppola, is to receive the Academy’s Irving Thalberg Memorial Award later in the year. The award, named after the legendary head of production for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 30’s, has previously been presented to such past masters of cinema as Alfred Hitchcock, Walt Disney and Cecil B. [...]

HeyUGuys Film School: Film Quote Usage

HeyUGuys Film School

We’ve all done it.  Anyone who’s a fan of film has integrated film quotes into everyday conversation.  It’s all part of pop culture.  The film could be one that everyone has seen, or it could be one that falls under the cult status.  No matter which part of the spectrum, there are always those films [...]

Avatar’s Inflated Box Office and Other Stories

Avatar

James Cameron’s Avatar is now certain to become the highest grossing movie of all time, both at the domestic US Box Office and internationally, well, sort of. Factor in inflation and things look a little different. Ed crunches the numbers and finds out if today’s blockbusters are really more popular than their counterparts from yesteryear.