Trailers and more trailers

So we have all the summer fun and excitement to look forward too with some seriously big movies being turned out for this summer. First up that we cant not mention is Spider man 3. I saw the trailer on the big screen the other week and i really didn't even think i would like it, but i tell you its a great trailer, it really sucks you in even if your a unwilling victim. Everything you need to know about Spider man 3 is already out there so im not going to go into any real depth except to say that if you haven't seen the trailer yet, then you really should.

Next up is Pirates of the Caribbean - At Worlds End, now i know Pirates 2 had a lot to live up to and it had too much cgi going on, but cm on it was pure entertainment once you got over the slow 20 minutes or so at the start. Really good fun with some likeable character and some seriously good action and slapstick scenes the like of which you don't see that often, definitely not on this scale. So the 3rd Pirates is gearing up and it going to be opening on May the 25th.

Oceans 13 is another upcoming movie with a solid trailer, i've spoke about it enough here already so ill keep this one short.

Evan almighty is the unlikely sequel to Bruce Almighty, who would have though that movie would get a sequel. Steve Carell place Evan with Morgan Freeman reprising his role as god, what a role!

Disney and Pixar are at it again with Ratatouille, yes i know hard to say and even harder to spell. Featuring some stunning animation as we have come to expect lets home the laughs and slapstick moments are up there with solid animation movies like Ice age and its sequel.

All the links are below and take you to the relevant Apple site



Spider man 3 - trailer link here

Pirates of the Caribbean - At Worlds End - trailer link here

Oceans 13 - trailer link here

Evan Almighy - trailer link here

Ratatouille - trailer link here

Oceans 13 Trailers & Teasers

Oceans 13 release date is getting closer and the trailer gives us some hints and teasers to the story. Based once again in Las Vegas hopefully this will be a superior sequel than Oceans 12, which was an average movie and not quite up to par compared to the superb original film.

Danny Ocean and the 11's crew are back with some new cast members, Benedict is on side this time as the gang work at hustling Al Pacino's character. This time round the motivation is revenge rather than money, Reuben (Elliot Gould) goes in a partnership with Willy Banks (Al Pacino) but ends up forced out of the deal and in hospital after suffering a heart attack. Danny Ocean gives Willy Banks a chance to let Reuben back in on the deal but is dismissed.

Steven Soderbergh is back directing and the movie is due out on June 8th 2007 & the trailer is out now and looking sharp and available in a variety of formats and quality, take your pick.

Link to the yahoo trailer & teaser page

Source - wikipedia.org

News - Daywatch dubbed and due to land

The long overdue english language version of Daywatch is due out soon. For those not in the know its the sequel to Nightwatch or Nochnoy dozor, the highest grossing Russian movie ever, and with good reason too, its a pretty solid inventive movie that will appeal to vampire fans sci fi and fantasy fans. In its favour it has flair, style and good acting with a whole heaping of weird and the occult thrown in for good mearsure. Its loosly based of the novel of the same name, just like the first movie was, a final movie is also due to be made in 2007.

Daywatch is well worth checking out when it lands on US and UK shores, of course though make sure you have already seen the origional movie Nightwatch otherwise you may well struggle to keep up with the characters and the story.

I hope the poster and promotional material is as solid and strong graphically as the origional material was. Daywatch is out in the US around the 1st of June and later around November time in the UK.

Link to the Daywatch trailer at Apple

More Evil in residence

The upcoming Resident Evil trilogy closing movie keeps catching my eye, and this trailer certainly did, with a quick nod to Planet of the Apes, we get to see Milla Jovonovich jumping, kicking and as captured above generally being a badass zombie killer who is followed everywhere by flames.

The new trailer is best watched over at the Apple site where you can choose your quicktime quality, its far superior to the trailer on the official site so go take a look.

Link to the Resident Evil Extinction trailer at apple.com

News - 28 Weeks Nearer

Fox Atomic has a new 28 Weeks later clip up on their website. It’s mostly pre production footage but still gives you a nice little glimpse into what we might be getting soon. 28 Weeks later has a release date of the 11th May, it’s really not that far off launching. As mentioned before the same creative team is behind this movie with Danny Boyle, Alex Garland and Andrew Macdonald, with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo directing. The story this time centres around the clean up process by the US Army where they are attempting to get things back to more normality, however there are still infected and one starts the Rage virus spreading again expect some running and probably a lot of screaming.

Fox Atomic Page with Video link

Source - Foxatomic

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News - More Resident Evil Extinction

Resident Evil : Extinction now has its own trailer site with suitably annoying desert sound effects. This is the 3rd and final Resident Evil movie in what has been a successful series. Milla Jovonovich is back reprising her role as Alice, this time she has super human crazy person powers because of the biogenic testing that the Umbrella Corporation has been doing on her.

The Movie picks up 4 years after Apocalypse where the Virus is still breaking out and survivors are forced to travel in armoured convoys. There are new and old characters in the movie Chris and Carlos are back, with Ashanti playing one of the new characters humourously titled Nurse Betty.

Filmed in mexico for the desert scenes, Resident Evil : Extinction isn't due for release until September 2007.

Link to the Resident Evil : Extinction site.

source - sonypictures and wikipedia

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News - The Oscars 2007

So this is the big one of the award ceremonies, the Oscars, and this is the 79th in 2007. The Oscars if its on tv in the UK is shown as some ridiculous hour in the morning, and if you have work to do on Monday its not easy to stay up to watch, so i didn't get to see it, but a quick look at the news this morning helped me to catch up. Lets start off with the list of who won what.

Actor in a Supporting Role - Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine

Visual Effects - Pirates 2

Animated Feature - Happy Feet

Short Film(Live Action) - West Bank Story

Short Film(Animated) - The Danish Poet

Costume Design - Marie Antoinette

Make-up - Pan's Labyrinth

Actress in a supporting role - Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls

Documentary Short Subject - The Blood of Yingzhou District

Documentary Feature - An inconvenient Truth

Art Direction - Pan's Labyrinth

Music(Score) - Babel

Sound Mixing - Dreamgirls

Music(Song) - An inconvenient Truth

Sound Editing - Letters from Iwo Jima

Foreign Language Film - The Lives of Others

Film Editing - The Departed

Actor in a leading role - Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Cinematography - Pan's Labyrinth

Actress in a leading role - Helen Mirren for The Queen

Writing(adapted screenplay) - The Departed

Writing(Original Screenplay) - Little Miss Sunshine

Directing - The Departed

Best Picture - The Departed

Honorary Oscar - Ennio Morricone


First off all i'm glad that Martin Scorsese won best director, out of all of the nominated movies its the one im most eager to see and will do this week i expect time permitting. Babel won best musical score and admittedly i watched this recently and though at the time what a good soundtrack this is, wasn't 100% about the rest of the movie but the sound was done in a A+ fashion. Nice to see Pan's Labyrinth win best art direction i haven't seen this yet but from all the pictures, trailers and clips it looks gorgeous, and Del Toro's previous films have all been good lookers.

Ah special effects, brilliant when used and you don't even notice them, rather bad and annoying when they detract from the immersive nature that runs in all the best movies. So why did pirates of the Caribbean win, it must purely be on technical merit because although it was rather impressive it was too much for my liking. Finally best actor and actress awards both went to the people who were hyped to win weeks ago, now im wishing i put a few bets on even though the odds were terrible.

That's it for another year with the Oscars, i have only touched the surface though if you do want more Oscar related news, clips and reading material then head over to the official website the link is below.

The Official Oscar hompage link

Source oscar.com

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News - More Grindhouse details

More of the double bill B movie frenzy from two cool directors Rodriquez and Tarantino, yes its Grindhouse. So sticking to form we have Tarantino using well known actors who haven’t had the best run of luck lately, and im sure were going to have some fast pacing and some styles tunes from both movies.

Well the webpage is jam packed with lots of little touches that will keep you entertained for a short while, quite short actually im not a big fan of most movie site styles. Personally I prefer to see my content straight off easily accessible, with a choice of more eye candy if I deem it necessary! There are some tasty wallpapers there though which I spoke about a while ago, go take a look and make your desktop more B movie 'ish.

Here's some of the official spiel out there -

Planet Terror
'In Planet Terror, married doctors William and Dakota Block find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by gangrenous sores and a suspiciously vacant look in their eyes. Among the wounded is Cherry, A Go dancer whose leg was ripped from her body during a roadside attack. Wray her former significant other, is at her side and watching her back. Cherry may be down but she hasn’t danced her last number. AS the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night, hurtling towards a destiny that will leave millions infected, countless dead and a lucky few struggling to find the last safe corner of Planet Terror

Death Proof
'For Austin's Hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, dusk offers an opportunity to unwind with two of her closest friends, Shane and Arlene. This three fox posse sets out into the night, turning heads from guiro’s to the Texas Chilli Parlour. Not all the Attention is innocent: Covertly tracking their moves is a stuntman Mike, a scarred weathered rebel who leers from behind the wheel of his muscle car. As the girls settle into their beers, Mike's weapon, a white hot juggernaut, revs just feet away...'

Sounds spooky right well I should let you know a teaser trailer is available on the site which is full of style and cheesy voiceovers don’t let that distract you though its all pre meditated in the name of style.

Grindhouse is available April the 6th everywhere get excited, because I am.

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News - Hot Fuzz everywhere

Hot Fuzz is everywhere at the moment, on the tv, in the news and getting rewiewed. Yes it’s been a short time coming round between the time I first heard about this movie, and its actual release date, that makes a nice change. The official Hot Fuzz site has some clips and trailers on there for you to take a look at involving fence jumping and other shenanigans. Reviews are surfacing now and the general consensus is that Hot Fuzz is as good as the expectations for it. After Spaced and Shaun of the Dead I do have high expectations myself. We will have a full review in due time.

The BBC website has some official clips and interviews over there go take a look the link is posted below.

Link to the BBC Hot Fuzz video and site.

Source bbc.co.uk

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News - Bafta Film Awards 2007

So once again the Bafta Film awards are hosted by Jonathon Ross, the Bafta awards are always interesting to watch, partly to see what outrageous things are said by the host and also who walks away with the winning statues. I watched the show last night and tried to write this while i was watching, I have missed a couple of categories out, but the post below this one has the full list of winners from this years Bafta Awards

First up was the award for the oustanding British movie of the year, won by The Last King of Scotland, still haven't had chance to watch this movie so I’m even more excited now. Next up was the Rising star award and this was won by Eva green, with some strong competition in a tough category. Pans Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro won for best film not in the english language, another one I haven’t seen yet, I see a theme emerging here.

The winner of Best cinematography was won by Children of Men, Emmanuelle lubeski and richly deserved too it had a strong consistent theme with some great backdrops. I’ve got a review coming in on this someone this week if you haven’t already watched it.

Best supporting actress Bafta went to Dreamgirls and former American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson. Best supporting actor was another hotly contested category won by Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine. The Anthony Asquith Award for acheivement in film music went to Gustavo Santaolla for Babel, how many times do you think he is going to have to say the award title, yeh thanks Bafta!. Winner for Original Screenplay went to Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine, but was overlooked by the funniest presentation speech for a category by Simon Pegg. Ricky Gervais gave an almost as funny speech but it was just a wee bit too smug for its own good, when he presented the award for best animated film which went to Happy Feet

Best visual effects went to..... Pirates of the Caribbean Dead mans Chest, mainly for the living beard sea creature thing that Bill Nighy sported. Best Adapted screenplay went to Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock for the Last King of Scotland. Best director went to Paul Greengrass for directing United 93. Best Actor was awarded to Forrest Whittaker for the Last King of Scotland of course, with a lengthy acceptance speech that was nice to see obviously he was really pleased!

Best actress was won by Helen Mirren for The Queen, which is another film I haven’t see yet, wow I have a lot of DVDs to rent, although admitedly this is the one i will rent last. So one of the most popular awards of the show is of course the best film award. The winner in this category was The Queen.

Finally Anne V Coates got a Fellowship and Nick Daubeny got The Michael Balcon Award.

That rounds up the Bafta Film Awards for another year, The show itself was well worth watching just for a few nice speeches and presentations and a bit of pre Oscar buildup. The full list of winners are below


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News - Bafta Film Awards 2007 Winners

THE ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Anne V Coates

THE MICHAEL BALCON AWARD for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Nick Daubeny
FILM
THE QUEEN - Andy Harries/Christine Langan/Tracey Seaward

THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - Andrea Calderwood/Lisa Bryer/Charles Steel/Kevin Macdonald/Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
ANDREA ARNOLD (Director) - Red Road

THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for Achievement in Direction
UNITED 93 - Paul Greengrass

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE - Michael Arndt

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Alfonso Cuarón/Alvaro Augustin/Guillermo del Toro

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
HAPPY FEET - George Miller

ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE
FOREST WHITAKER - The Last King of Scotland

ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE
HELEN MIRREN - The Queen

ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE
ALAN ARKIN - Little Miss Sunshine

ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE
JENNIFER HUDSON - Dreamgirls

THE ANTHONY ASQUITH AWARD for Achievement in Film Music
BABEL - Gustavo Santaolalla

CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHILDREN OF MEN - Emmanuel Lubezki

EDITING
UNITED 93 - Clare Douglas/Christopher Rouse/Richard Pearson

PRODUCTION DESIGN
CHILDREN OF MEN - Jim Clay/Geoffrey Kirkland/Jennifer Williams

COSTUME DESIGN
PAN'S LABYRINTH - Lala Huete

SOUND
CASINO ROYALE - Chris Munro/Eddy Joseph/Mike Prestwood Smith/Martin Cantwell/Mark Taylor

ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST - John Knoll/Hal Hickel/Charles Gibson/Allen Hall

MAKE UP & HAIR
PAN'S LABYRINTH - José Quetglas/Blanca Sànchez

SHORT ANIMATION FILM
GUY 101 - Ian Gouldstone

SHORT FILM
DO NOT ERASE - Asitha Ameresekere

THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
Eva Green


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News - The Messengers Box office no 1 US

Just released in the US and The Messengers is box office no 1. Directed by two brothers Danny and Oxide Pang who have made a string of movies together none of which i can pronounce correctly im afraid, but im sure in the future i'll be delving into some of their work. The reviews for The Messengers so far have been mixed with it coming accross as only an average horror thriller that had more potential but its a pretty short 84 minutes long.

The story follows the Soloman family as they renovate and repair an old farm in North Dakota. However things arent all present and correct and the children are highly aware of the invading darkness and the effect it is having around them. The official site have a trailer up if you wish to take a look the link is below.

Link to The Messengers official website.


source - film.guardian.co.uk

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News - Uk region 2 Dvd Releases 06

Here are the dvd releases for for next week
UK - Region 2 Dvd Releases
05th February 2007
London Voodoo
Snow Cake
The Best Man
The Devil Wears Prada


Source - www.dvdtimes.co.uk
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News - US Region 1 Dvd Releases 06th Feb 2007

Here are the dvd releases for next week
US - Region 1 Dvd Releases
06th February 2007
Flags of Our Fathers
Holly
Running with Scissors
Grudge 2 unrated directors cut
The Science of Sleep
Trust the Man

Source - www.dvdtimes.co.uk
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News - 28 Weeks later

Its seems like ages since The shocker zombie movie 28 Days Later came out. Well it was years ago back in 2002, it had stylish visuals, great trailers and some eyecatching poster and promotional design coupled with direction by Danny Boyle.

Well the sequel is on the way called 28 Weeks Later, alas its not directed by Danny Boyle but instead Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, whos past movies im not familiar with yet. The cast includes Harold Perrineau who you may know best from Lost, Rose Byrne and Robert Carlyle.

in 28 weeks later the story is set six months after the rage has wiped out London, British citizens are now allowed back into the country under the supervision of the American military who are planning to start reconstructing the city. However the rage is not truly wiped out .

28 Weeks later was filmed and produced in the United Kingdom Its current release date is the 11th May, distributed by Fox Atomic.



Source - movies.yahoo.com - blackfilm.com

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News - Updated Sunshine new clip

News - Updated Sunshine new clip


More Sunshine goodies on the way courtesy of Fox Searchlight. They have a new video for us to watch its the Sunshine production diary. Quite a short clip but it has Danny Boyle and the Visual effects crew talking about how CGI is a big tool in a movie like this and how they hope the movie is going to pan out during post production. This is another one of the movies im excited about at the moment, it has a rather grand scale to the idea behind the movie similar to the recent dvd release Children of Men and the upcoming 300.

You should know by now that i really like random information lets today look at the sun! I feel its highly appropriatte.

Sunshine Sun Fact 1 - The Sun does outputs as much energy in just 15 minutes as mankind uses in all forms during one year. imagine how big the suns power bill is! Thats 386 billion billion megawatts of energy.

Sunshine Sun Fact 2 - The Sun is 1 million Kilometers wide, you would need some serious mind over matter skills to run accross that.

Sunshine Sun Fact 3 - The Greeks refered to the sun as 'helios' while the Romans called it 'Sol'



Source - foxsearchlight.com, sun facts taken from bbc.couk

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News - Cinema Release dates 02nd February 2007

Here are the UK movie releases in cinemas near you from the 02 February 2007.
Arthur and the Invisibles
Running with Scissors
Gridiron Gang
Dreamgirls
Notes on a scandal

And here are the US movie releases in cinemas near you from the 02 February 2007
Because I Said So
The Messengers
Rogue
Puccini for Beginners
The Situation

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News - The Number 23

Its taken a while for me to be able to take Jim Carrey serious as a serious actor, yes its hard because he was so good as a comedy actor. Ace Ventura and dumb and dumber are movies that i laughted a lot at when they came out in the cinema, so is being so good a comedy actor a curse for him? Well talking of curses here is the new movie starring Jim Carrey, The Number 23. The Number 23 is based on a belief that all incidents and event are based on the number 23, as strange as it seems there is a whole page devoted entirely to it on wikipedia ive listed the links at the bottom of the article. Spooky stuff reminds me of the number obsession that surfaced on lost in the first season, i do actually like stuff like this which is why im writing this.



Unfortunately i have no idea if the movie is any good or not yet, but i can tell you its directed by veteran Joel Shumacher whos last movie i liked was Phone Booth. Regardless there is a rather cryptic site up for the movie, again links are at the bottom and here is official blurb on the movie taken from the site.



Animal Control officer walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) has found a book he doesnt dare put down. By reading a mysterious novel, ' The Number 23' given to him as a birthday gift by his wife, Agatha (Virginia Madsen), Walter twists his once placid existence into an inferno of phychological torture which possibly lead him to his death and the death of his loved ones all becuase of the number 23.

The Novel is a chilling murder mystery that seems to mirror Walter's life in dark and uncontrollable ways. The life of the book's main character, a brooding detective name Fingerling( also played by Jim Carrey), is filled with moments that echo Walter's own history. As the world of the book starts to come alive, Walter becomes infected by the most frightening and evocative part of it: Fingerling's obsession with the hidden power of the number 23.

This obsession permeates the book and begins to control walter. He sees the number everywhere in his own life and becomes convinced that he is damned to commit the same horrific crime as Fingerling - murder. Nightmarish fantasies come to haunt Walter concerning terrible fates for his wife as well as family friend Isaac French (Danny Huston), placing him on a desperate quest to understand the mysteries of the book.

If he can unlock the power behind the number 23, he may be albe to change his future

The Number 23 is released on, yes how could they not, its released on the 23rd of February.

Link to the official The Number 23 site
The 23 enigma on wikipedia link here

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News - Rush Hour 3 Details

Rush Hour 3 is due back on the cinema screen in August this year. Can you believe its 6 years since we last saw Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker team up on Rush Hour 2? Well it is and once again Brett Ratner is back to direct the action, personally i liked both the previous Rush Hour movies, Chris Tucker walks a thin line between funny and annoying but almost always gets it right. For this the 3rd movie they will be travelling to France in order to sort out a group of Chinese triads based in paris.

Currently their isnt a website for the movie yet, or a trailer but i can tell you the current release date is the 6th August, and as soon as more info comes up ill be sure to let you know.

Source - newline.com

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News - New 300 clip

More 300 news, there is a new tv spot clip up on the frontpage of the official 300 website. I had a look earlier and its pretty good, if you havent already seen it the link is below.

Link to the New 300 clip

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