List of 35th Saturn Awards Winners in Movie
June 25, 2009 03:06:08"The Dark Knight" was a big winner at the 35th Annual Saturn Awards. The Warner Bros.' movie grabbed five trophies at the event held on Wednesday, June 24. It was honored as the Best Action-Adventure Thriller and the late Heath Ledger, who played Joker in the action hero movie, was named Best Supporting Actor. The sequel of "Batman Begins" also scored awards for its writing, music and special effects.
Also winning big at the awards gala were "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Iron Man", each of which earned three awards. "Benjamin Button" grabbed nods for the Best Fantasy Film, Best Supporting Actress for Tilda Swinton and Best Make-Up. Meanwhile, "Iron Man" won the awards of Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actor for Robert Downey Jr. and Best Director for Jon Favreau.
'The Love Guru' Sweeps 2009 Razzies
February 22, 2009 11:02:19Golden Raspberry Award Foundation has announced the "winners" of their 29th Annual Razzie Awards on Saturday February 21, and "The Love Guru" came out in front of the pack, nabbing the most kudos on the night. Nominated for five categories, the Marco Schnabel-directed film landed three titles, including Worst Picture.
For the Worst Picture throphy, "Guru" won over "Disaster Movie", "Meet the Spartans", "The Happening", "The Hottie and the Nottie" and "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale". Aside from that award, the comedy movie also grabbed Worst Actor for its leading star Mike Myers and Worst Screenplay for both Myers and Graham Gordy.
51st Grammys: 'Wall-E' Collects Two Grammys
February 09, 2009 09:02:50"Wall-E" was among the early winners at the 51st annual Grammy Awards. On Sunday, February 8, the Disney/Pixar animated film has taken home two kudos, including Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman's "Down To Earth".
Aside from the best song prize, the Andrew Stanton-directed robot romance film has also grabbed Best Instrumental Arrangement kudo for its "Define Dancing" track, which was also arranged by Gabriel and Newman. The film, which "Down To Earth" song has also been nominated for the 81st Academy Awards, has been given the awards during the pre-telecast awards at Los Angeles' Staples Center.
List of 29th Annual Razzie Awards Nominees
January 22, 2009 09:01:42On Wednesday, January 21, a day before Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveil their nominees for the 81st Annual Academy Awards, Golden Raspberry Award Foundation have come out with their selection of contenders for the 29th Annual Razzie Awards. Among the nominees, "Disaster Movie" seems to be the awards early favorite as it was given six gongs, including Worst Picture.
Collecting also Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel, Worst Director(s) and Worst Screenplay, the Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer's comedy was nominated alongside "Meet the Spartans", "The Happening", "The Hottie and the Nottie", "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale" and "The Love Guru" in the Worst Picture category. Beside those counts, it also nabbed two Worst Supporting Actress nods for Carmen Electra and Kim Kardashian.
Movie Nominees of 13th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards
January 10, 2009 11:01:54Honoring the excellence in production design, the Art Directors Guild announced its nominees for the 2008 Excellence in Production Design Awards on Friday, January 9. Among those in the awards' shortlist are Gus Van Sant's gay icon biopic "Milk", Christopher Nolan's superhero film "The Dark Knight" and Danny Boyle's rag-to-riches drama "Slumdog Millionaire".
"Milk" received the nod for the period film category. It will be up against "Changeling", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Doubt" and "Frost/Nixon". "Dark Knight", on the other hand, is on the run for best production design for a fantasy film alongside "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "Iron Man", "The Spiderwick Chronicles" and "Wall-E".
Full Movie Nominees List of the 35th People's Choice Awards
November 11, 2008 10:11:30On Monday, November 10, Joshua Jackson, Carrie Ann Inaba, Paula Marshall and Jay Mohr have announced the nominations for the 35th Annual People's Choice Awards. From the announcement, it is revealed that the movie categories have been dominated by blockbuster superheroes movies from "The Dark Knight" to "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull".
Leading the pack is "Dark Knight". The sequel of "Batman Begins" has collected multiple nods and has aided Christian Bale to receive four counts for Favorite Leading Man, Favorite Male Action Star, Favorite Superhero and Favorite On-Screen Match-Up. For the latest nod, Bale shares it with co-star Heath Ledger.
Full List of Spike TV's 'Scream 2008' Nominees Announced
September 11, 2008 11:09:46On Wednesday, September 10, Spike TV has revealed their full list nominees for the 3rd Annual Scream Awards entitled "Scream 2008". From the announcement, it is revealed that the hit summer blockbuster movie "The Dark Knight" has led the pack with an astounding 21 nominations from The Ultimate Scream to Most Memorable Mutilation category.
Aside from collecting gongs for its installment, "Dark Knight" has also brought in nods for its cast and crew. Four of the Warner Bros. Pictures action movie' lead cast ensemble, Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Heath Ledger and Maggie Gyllenhaal, have been receiving counts for Best Superhero, Best Villain, Best Actor and Actress, while helmer Christopher Nolan is up for Best Director and Best Screamplay, the latter he gets along with Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer.
New 'Babylon A.D.' Trailer Spoofing Summer Movies
August 29, 2008 11:08:52"Babylon A.D." is making its way to the big screen this coming Friday, August 29, but before moviegoers head up to the theaters to check it out, a so-called official trailer to the Mathieu Kassovitz-directed/co-scripted action sci-fi has come out. Uniquely made, the video lampooned most of highlighted movies this summer from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" to "Sex and the City" and "The Dark Knight".
Starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry and Gerard Depardieu, "Babylon" tells the story of Toorop, a mercenary with a simple code "kill or be killed". Living in the time when world has turned into a war zone, he is hired to escort a young woman holding a big secret and her guardian from Eastern Europe to New York. When he gradually finds out that the woman is carrying the only hope for the future of mankind and everyone else wants to be the first to get it, he is forced to choose between putting his life on the line or doing his job.
Official Film Selection of Cannes Unveiled, 'Kung Fu Panda' and 'Indy 4' Listed
April 24, 2008 02:04:33As the film line up for the 2008 Cannes Film Festival was announced on a press conference held at Intercontinental Le Grand Hotel, Paris on Wednesday, April 23, it is revealed that the prestigious film festival will be made merry by the screening of several highly awaited films. Though shunned away from the list of film up for Cannes' top prize, Palme d'Or, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and "Kung Fu Panda" will be making their world premiere on the event.
"Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" has earlier rumored to be rolling out its red carpet at the fest on May 18 and despite the fact that it has been announced to be among the films screened at the event, the confirmed date has yet to be unveiled. On the case of "Panda", Variety reported that the film featuring the voices of Jack Black and Angelina Jolie will be viewed on May 15. Aside from the action adventure film starring Harrison Ford and the DreamWorks' animation, other films scheduled to be viewed out of the competition on the event are Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and Kim Jee-woon's "The Good, the Bad, the Weird".
Uwe Boll's 'Postal' Ready to Challenge 'Indy 4'
March 04, 2008 01:03:31The action thriller comedy "Postal" has been set to be bowing in theaters on May 23, the same day as the release of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". According to Slash Film, the release date's announcement has been made by Uwe Boll, the mastermind behind the film, himself.
Quoting the director/producer of "House of the Dead", Slash noted, "On the Indiana Jones weekend - May 23 - we will go out and destroy Indiana Jones in the Box Office! We all know that Harrison Ford is older as my grandpa and his time is up - would Michael Moore say!" It was further claimed that the "BloodRayne" helmer commented, "Spielberg gets sloppy. We saw that with War of the Worlds (why the fuck the older brother survived?) and also in parts of Jaws, E.T., Munich etc.! My performance in Postal as 'Nazi Theme Park Owner' outperforms easily Ben Kingsley in Schindler's List!" Due to Boll's statement, it was reported that the fourth installment of "Indiana Jones" may be moved to another date to avoid competition from "Postal".
Theatrical Trailers for Highly-Anticipated Movies Set to Hit Soon
December 03, 2007 12:12:15Within the next two months from now, moviegoers will probably have several big things coming on their way. According to ComingSoon.net, trailers for "The Dark Knight", "Star Trek", and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" are all about to grace the theaters around the States during the period.
Regarding "Knight", the site claims that Warner Bros. Pictures will also launch a teaser trailer for "Knight" in front of "I Am Legend" debut in standard theaters on December 14, 2007. A seven-minute preview for the superhero flick previously was reported to come up before the screenings of "Legend" in IMAX.
Jennifer Garner Is Marie Claire's October 2007 Cover Girl
September 18, 2007 03:09:07
Actress Jennifer Garner is Marie Claire's October 2007 cover girl.
The mother of one graces the cover of the magazine's upcoming beauty issue, inside of which she talks about her new movie "The Kingdom," hubby Ben Affleck, and their daughter Violet.
Weekend U.S Box Office of October 13-15, 2006
October 16, 2006 10:10:31
Looks like Halloween spirit has already roamed in the air to prompt moviegoers turning their attention toward horror genre, giving great advantage to "The Grudge 2" to make such a hard blow this time.
Yes, the fright flick, which is the sequel to the 2004 American horror film remake "The Grudge", has triumphantly topped the weekend box office ended October 15, 2006 after successfully garnering $20.8 million in its first weekend and so, pushes down last week's champ "The Departed" to the second place.
Top 10 Box-Office Flicks for the Weekend September 22-24, 2006
September 25, 2006 11:09:07
It's now time for comedy to rule over drama as the favor has shifted to "Jackass: Number Two."
Still presenting a series of stunts and pranks just like its predecessor, the flick delightfully was able to draw big attention from moviegoers, scoring big bucks of $29 million to firmly take down the top spot at the weekend box office ended September 24, one notch ahead beyond its fellow newcomer, "Fearless", which earns fair outcome of $10.5 million during its three-day opening.
Jennifer Garner Rushed to the Hospital After Collapsing
August 14, 2006 09:08:56
One more actress becomes the victim of the burning heat. Still remember the dehydration happened to Lindsay Lohan? Now it is Jennifer Garner who got collapsed in the arid Arizona desert.
The actress was there filming "The Kingdom," which also stars Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper and Jason Bateman when the dry heat caused her to pass out. Fortunately, she's okay now.
"The Omen" Debuted with A Strong $12.6 Million
June 09, 2006 01:06:28
The horror remake "The Omen" makes a surprise take in. The much-talked flick debuted Tuesday June 6th, 2006 with a strong $12.6 million, such amount prompted WLNS.com, the Website for the Lansing, Michigan, TV station, to proclaim: "The Omen Becomes Largest Opening Movie in History."
Though not becoming the biggest opening in Liev Schreiber's history, still the $12.6 million did distinguish the movie from the highest-grossing Tuesday ever, topping the likes of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King" ($12.5 million in 2003) and "Independence Day" ($11.1 million in 1996).
Rhino Ent. to Release "Sounds of Superman"
May 20, 2006 02:05:38
While there won't be official soundtrack for the highly anticipated flick "Superman Returns", Rhino Entertainment is planning to release "Sounds of Superman", which is the soundtrack CD of the film.
Due June 13th later this year, the set contains several fun covers, including R.E.M.'s "Superman" by The Academy Is ..., The Kinks' "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" by The Sun, Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" by The Films, and Foo Fighters' "My Hero" by Paramore.
