— by CHERRY BELL DAMASCO-FARRINGTON — Lionsgate is gearing up for the sequel to “The Hunger Games” — called “Catching Fire” — by securing Simon Beaufoy (“Slumdog Millionaire” and “127 Hours”) as the screenwriter. Gary Ross will [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Short Film Theater: ‘Adam: Next Generation Robotics’
— by JESSIKA OWENS — Political agendas and social commentary are not new to the world of cinema, and are often worn on the sleeves of many movies. A lot of the time, the underlying message is just that, tucked away in the film so subtly you may not even recognize it. This is[...]
Two Clips from ‘The Grey’
— by LYNN TACKITT — When an oil drilling team survives a plane crash in the wilds of Alaska, they have a tough time trying to survive and keep from freezing to find their way back to civilization. As they begin their journey back, they soon find themselves being hunted by a pack of[...]
69th Annual Golden Globes Awards Go As Planned
— by ADAM POYNTER — With the 69th Annual Golden Globes Awards occurring last night, awards season is now officially in full swing. With winners being chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press from the best performances in television and movies for the past year, we are drawing even closer to[...]
Under Review: ‘Contraband’
— by LYNN TACKITT — Being a fan of action, adventure, drama, plots with a twist and Mark Wahlberg, I was looking forward to the actor’s latest movie. In “Contraband,” Wahlberg plays Chris Farraday, who has left behind his criminal past to raise a family. His brother-in-[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’
— by ALEXA MILAN — It’s difficult to believe “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” was released more than a decade ago now; 10 years since we were first introduced to director Peter Jackson’s vision of J.R.R. Tolkien’s rich fantasy world. And a[...]
DGA Awards Feature Film Nominees Announced
DGA President Taylor Hackford announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2011. “The directors nominated this year for the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Award have each demonstrated[...]
Berlinale Generation: Juries, Programme Complete
With another 11 world premieres and four international premieres, Generation’s feature-length film programme is now complete. A total of 58 short and full-length films from 32 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions. Two of these films[...]
Paramount Acquires Rights to ‘Cirque du Soleil’ Film
Paramount Pictures and Cirque du Soleil jointly announced that the studio has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the Cirque du Soleil 3D feature film “Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away.” Written and directed by Andrew Adamson (“Shrek,” “The Chronicles[...]
Review: Joyful Noise
— by ADAM DALE — In his third musical driven drama, director Todd Graff (“Camp,” “Bandslam”) returns to theaters with “Joyful Noise.” Full of some big names and upbeat gospel tunes “Joyful Noise” is the story of a small town church choir that is looking fo[...]
Warner Bros. Enjoyed Record-Breaking 2010
The Warner Bros. Pictures Group enjoyed another hugely successful year, with a combined worldwide box office gross of more than $4.7 billion, led by 2011’s top-grossing film, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.” Warner Bros. has now exceeded $4 billion globally[...]
Visual Effects Society Announces Nominees
The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominees for its 10th Annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in 23 categories of film, animation, television, commercials, special venues and video games. Nominees were chosen by distinguished panels of VES members who [...]
Richard Schiff Cast in ‘Man of Steel’
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — There hasn’t been a lot of buzz about Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” in 2012 other than the rumor that Bradley Cooper was going to join the Superman reboot as the last son of Krypton’s arch-nemesis Lex Luthor — which I, quite frankly, found as the most [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Prometheus’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Awards season has barely begun, but it isn’t too early to start thinking about 2012’s summer blockbusters. Especially when said blockbusters look as epic as “Prometheus,” director Ridley Scott’s next foray into sci-fi. According to the off[...]