Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures will release The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011 in over 150 theatres across the United States and Canada starting Feb. 11. Three theatrical programmes will give audiences around the country an opportunity to watch the nominated shorts in the Animation, Li[...]
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First Image of Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher Released
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — And the Oscar goes to … Meryl Streep! Today, Pathe UK released the first photo of Meryl Streep as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Talk about a transformation. Streep should win the Best Actress Oscar just for look and presence alone. The biopic, [...]
Lindsay Lohan Rumored to be up for ‘Major’ Superman Role
— by SEAN GERSKI — Back in the day, a trip on the airplane usually meant you either had to read what you brought or you had to watch the movie the airline chose for you. On one trip I took out to California, the in-flight movie was “The Parent Trap.” It wasn’t a movie [[...]
Illumination Guaranteed at PIFF
— by BEV QUESTAD — The most risky, courageous, artful, intellectually enriching movies in the world are shown at film festivals. Portland, no stranger to daring, but pragmatic policies, is hosting the 34th Annual Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) from Feb 10 to 26[...]
Annie’s 38th Annual Award Winners Announced
DreamWorks Animation’s “How To Train Your Dragon” won top honors as the Best Animated Feature at the 38th Annual Annie Awards Feb. 5 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Best Animated Short Subject was presented to Pixar’s ‘Day & Night’; Best Animated Television Comme[...]
Win the DVD and Soundtrack for ‘Life as We Know It’
— by SEAN GERSKI — Want to win a copy of the DVD and the soundtrack of “Life as We Know It” (starring Josh Duhamel, Katherine Heigl, Josh Lucas and Christina Hendricks)? Well, entering our contest couldn’t be easier: all you have to do is click[...]
More Details Emerging for ‘The Avengers’ Movie
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — Samuel L Jackson was on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and talked about his upcoming Marvel projects and here are the things he revealed: * He has a nine-year picture deal with Marvel Studios to portray Nick Fury — so far he has played him in two of[...]
Some Great News for Jack Ryan’s Next Adventure
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — If you are, as I am, anxiously waiting for the next Jack Ryan interpretation to hit the big screen, then you probably have already heard two exciting bits of news that have recently been announced for the next installment. First, they have found their leading man for[...]
Wonder Woman Pilot Details Revealed
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — Now that the “Wonder Woman” pilot has been picked up by NBC, rumors, scoops and more have begun to hit the net. For one, Bleeding Cool has read a draft of the pilot script and released some information about the elements and some characters from the DC[...]
Film Festival to Honor Ingmar Bergman
The Retrospective of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival will honour Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, who died in 2007. The Retrospective will present some of Bergman’s films for the screen as well as a sample of his works as a screenwriter. In addition it will show the documentaries made [...]
Sundance Award Winners Revealed
The Jury, Audience, NEXT! and other special award-winners of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival were announced at the Festival’s Awards Ceremony hosted by Tim Blake Nelson (star of Flypaper which premiered in this year’s Premieres section) in Park City, Utah. Films receiving Jury Awards wer[...]
Firth, Portman Lead Winners at 17th Annual SAG Awards
Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2010 at the “17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors Jan. 30 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposi[...]