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Aug 10

Blast From The Past: 20 Movies That Rocked The 80s

When it comes to entertainment, there’s no doubt 1980s was the golden era. When the decade rolled around, movie pundits predicted that the 80s was going to be disastrous for the industry but that wasn’t the case

…are manufactured by the all-powerful Tyrell Corporation as well as other mega manufacturers around the world. Their use on Earth is banned, and replicants are exclusively used for dangerous, menial or leisure work on Earth s off-world colonies. Replicants who defy the ban and return to Earth are hunted down and retired by police special operatives known as blade runners .
7. Scarface

Directed by: Brian De Palma
Produced by: Martin Bregman
Cast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham, Harris Yulin
Scarface is a 1983 epic crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Based on Howard Hawks original 1932 film of the same name, the film tells the story of a fictional Cuban refugee who comes to Florida in 1980 as a result of the Mariel Boatlift. Montana becomes a gangster against the backdrop of the 1980s cocaine boom. The film chronicles his rise to the top of Miami s criminal…

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Jul 10

10 Cute Movie Critters Who Want You Dead (Videos)

A look at some of the cutest movie critters that could also completely wreck you.

…s Babe the Pig or that dog who acted circles around Jennifer Aniston in Marley Me, movies are rife with cute animals who warm our hearts and teach us valuable life lessons. So why is it that some members of the animal kingdom also want to tear us to shreds? Is it revenge for centuries of domestication? Has our rampant deforestation and slash-and-burn profiteering run them from their woodland homes and forced them to retaliate? Or is our tender human flesh just too darn tasty?Of course, seeing a tiny little dog bite a dude in the nuts is always funny. Hollywood realized this fact many years ago, ensuring that an animal attack gag would appear in every Kevin James movie from now until the end of time. (Every time an animal chomps down on the sensitive area of an aging TV star, an agent gets his…

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Jul 10

Batman 3 Begins Shooting in April

Michael Caine lets slip at Inception premiere.

…Batman 3, Superman & Hobbit in IMAX
Warners’ upcoming slate to dominate the big, big screen.
Batman 3 Already in Chicago?
Location scouting reported to be underway.
Batman 3 Script Scoop
The lowdown on Christopher Nolan’s involvement….

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Jul 10

Movie Blogger On The Run From Cops

Film producer Robert Sanchez, 36, the founder of the pioneering fanboy movie website IESB.net, has been missing for roughly three weeks after allegations of sexual misconduct with his underage stepdaughter surfaced

…There was a time I was a fanboy posting on the message boards at superhero hype. I remember Sanchez always coming in to link stories from his site and thinking whatever dickhead, nobody wants to read your stupid little site. Then his site caught on and for a long time I was jealous because he had actually done it, started an important site that catered to things I was interested in. Anyways, fuck him, I win….

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Jun 10

5 Best Ways to Describe the Freaky Monster in ‘Splice’

“Like a chicken with a baby’s head…”

…In theaters this weekend, producer Guillermo del Toro shocks audiences
with his visions of a human-animal hybrid in the movie Splice. The
monster is born from the work of two rogue scientists played by Adrien
Brody and Sarah Polley. The romantically-involved researchers splice
human and animal DNA to create a creature that truly tests the
descriptive powers of the nation’s film critics. We’ve compiled the most
creative, elucidating descriptions of the monster from around the Web:”Some
horrible thing that starts out looking like a chicken with a baby’s
head and then grows into some terrifying bald girl with pretty eyes and
ghastly birdlike legs,” writes Mick LaSalle at The San Francisco
Chronicle.”What they create looks like…

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May 10

Orlando Bloom Joins "3 Musketeers" Movie

“Action” and “adventure” star Orlando Bloom has signed up for Paul W.S. Anderson’s “Three Musketeers”.

…and Mads Mikkelsen as Rochefort.
Summit has slated “Musketeers” for a summer 2011 U.S. release. Screenplay is adapted from the Alexandre Dumas novel by Andrew Davies and Alex Litvak. Anderson is also producing, along with Impact partner Jeremy Bolt and Robert Kulzer of Constantin, which will distribute in Germany.
Summit sold nearly all major territories on the pic at Cannes. E1 picked it up for the U.K., TF1/UGC in France, Aurum in Spain, RAI Cinema in Italy, Gaga in Japan, while Alliance Films in Canada and DCA for all of Latin America.
Additional buyers include Hoyts for Australia and New Zealand and CP Intl. in the CIS countries.
Warner Bros. signed up “Bourne Identity” helmer Doug Liman last month to direct its version of “The Three Musketeers,” which is skedded to start production in the fall.
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May 10

Cannes Film Festival Opens Today

Cannes film festival 2010 opens on Wednesday May 12 with screenings of Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood.

…1316 What to expect from Cannes this year? “It s just like
a weird dream. So let s just the dream happen! I think it s best not to plan
too much. Don t you think?”

The words of this year’s festival director Tim
Burton as he gives his vision of Cannes in the festival guide’s
exclusive interview. You
can read the full interview here….

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Apr 10

Why does Hollywood love British movie villains?

Sir Ian McKellen took on the role of the villainous Magneto in the X-Men films, Paul Bettany was Silas in The Da Vinci Code and Alfred Molina played Dr Otto Octavius in Spider-Man 2.Others include Sir Ben Kingsley (Nizam in the forthcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time), Sir Anthony Hopkins (Dr Hannibal Lecter), Brian Cox….

…Speaking at an event in Los Angeles to celebrate British success in Hollywood,
she said: ”I think it’s rather unfortunate that the villain in every movie
is always British, we’re such an easy target that they can comfortably make
the Brits the villains.

”It’s just nice to say we’re not snooty, stuck up, malevolent, malignant
creatures as we’re so often portrayed. We’re actually kind of cool and hip!”

There has been no shortage of British stars playing baddies in Hollywood films
in recent years.

Sir Ian McKellen took on the role of the villainous Magneto in the X-Men
films, Paul Bettany was Silas in The Da Vinci Code and Alfred Molina played
Dr Otto Octavius in Spider-Man 2.

Others include Sir Ben Kingsley (Nizam in the forthcoming Prince of Persia:
The Sands of Time), Sir Anthony Hopkins (Dr Hannibal Lecter), Brian Cox
(Ward Abbott in the Bourne films) and Christopher Lee (Count Dooku in Stars
Wars: Attack of the Clones and Saruman in the Lord of the Rings trilogy).

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Apr 10

Anthony Hopkins: 3D Technology Is Lowering Movie Standards

Says greenscreens makes actors look ‘detached’ from action

…What’s the downside to digital special effects and 3D movies overtaking theaters? One, at least, is that fans may lose sight of actors like Anthony Hopkins.
At 72 years old, the Oscar winner says offers of work have slowed in recent years, and he finds roles in movies such as his current “The City of Your Final Destination,” to be most enjoyable because films like it “are very quiet and internal.”
That is not to say that Sir Anthony doesn’t care to work with big action and special effects. He performed in recent horror tale “The Wolfman” and in the computer-animated “Beowulf.”
But with big-budget movies like “Avatar” or “Clash of the Titans” dominating major studio releases — movies in which the acting is done in front of greenscreens, and sets and stunts are digitally added into the films — character-driven dramas such as “City of Your Final Destination” get less marketing money and play on far fewer screens.
As a result, performances such as Hopkins’ portrayal of an eccentric, older gentleman named Adam…

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Apr 10

Aaron Johnson: The Star of Kick-Ass Kicks Some Ass

Aaron Johnson, the star of the new super hero flick Kick-Ass, discusses his new movie, its excessive violence (but in a good way), how it’s an American hardcore film, super heroes, playing John Lennon in Nowhere Boy, and the possibility of a Kick-Ass sequel.

…king useless that they don’t know what to do and they try to be superheroes and they’re still pathetic. It’s funny. The quirky, geeky kids are getting all the attention in movies like Superbad. That’s where the humor is and you don’t get that sort of stuff in England. We’re humorous in a different way. What you get is an American comic book with a British director who has been around gangster movies. It puts that edge on it and you get this outcome. Someone like Matthew who just doesn’t give a…

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