In case you were under a rock and didn’t know, the 2013 Academy Awards were held last night. Here is a list of the awards for the 2013 Oscars: Best Picture Winner: Argo Director Winner: Ang Lee, Life of Pi Actor in a Leading Role Winner: Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln Actress in a Leading Role Winner: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver … Continue reading
No surprise here, it was Marvel’s The Avengers that took home the box office crown for the second weekend in a row. It was another record-setting weekend, as Disney estimates that its juggernaut superhero franchise film took in $103.2 million over the weekend. The previous second weekend record was Avatar, which earned $75.6 million in its second … Continue reading
UPDATE: The weekend ticket sales have been tallied, and it seems that Disney put its estimate a little low on its uber-hyped superhero flick, The Avengers. Once everything was counted up, the film’s total weekend gross jumped from $200.3 million (estimated) to an astounding $207.4 million. That places the film almost $40 million above the former … Continue reading
Despite early reports claiming a total take of about $67 million on Friday for Marvel’s The Avengers — a figure that would have put it on track with 2008’s The Dark Knight and set it up for a $155-160 million weekend — Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter are now saying that The Avengers pulled in a massive $80.5 … Continue reading
If you’ve paid any attention at all to the cultural whirlwind that is The Hunger Games, then you are aware that it was released into theaters this weekend. And you’re probably also aware that it’s been pretty successful so far. How successful? The film earned a whopping $19.75M from midnight showings on Thursday night, enough to … Continue reading
This film is currently slicing and dicing the tomatoes, sitting at a certified-fresh 88% on the ever-popular review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It has earned smashing reviews from two of the industry’s harshest critics: Richard Roeper called it “a smashing success,” and Roger Ebert, who has been none too kind to young adult novel adaptations, called it “effective entertainment.” The … Continue reading
As many exciting movies are rolling out in the next few months of 2012 and one at midnight tonight, we are extremely hyped for all of them. But one movie that has not received nearly any hype, is the legendary Orson Scott Card‘s science fiction novel Ender’s Game. To be fair, the flick doesn’t come out … Continue reading
And we have yet another new trailer from 20th Century Fox this weekend, this one for the much-anticipated Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which is due in theaters June 22 of this year. Fox is on their marketing game, just having released the new trailer for Prometheus, which opens 2 weeks before Vampire Hunter. These films are two different … Continue reading
As promised from the IMAX teaser Friday night, there was more to come on Saturday, with 20th Century Fox and director Ridley Scott released the second trailer for his upcoming film, Prometheus. The trailer is the first official full trailer for the film, coming in at a decadent 2 minutes and 32 seconds. Check out the … Continue reading
Officially, we are just one week away from the release of this year’s first truly big film. Yes, I’m talking about The Hunger Games, a film directed by Gary Ross and adapted from the best-selling novel by Suzanne Collins. The book has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide. To say that this movie is highly-anticipated … Continue reading
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