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Remakes are the film critic’s favourite hate object, mainly because it’s so rare that you come across a good one. So when director José Padilha – whose latest film, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within , became the most commercially successful Brazilian film in history – signed up for a reboot of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 action flick RoboCop , eyebrows were raised. Slated for release in 2013, RoboCop might seem a strange proposition for a winner of the Berlin Film Festival’s prestigious Golden Bear award (for Elite Squad in 2008). Padilha is known for his unflinching portrayal of very real social problems in contemporary Rio de Janeiro: why should he be the man to present us with, on the face of it, another shameless raid on the Eighties back catalogue that’s already seen The Thing, Clash of the Titans and Conan the Barbarian open to lukewarm reviews? Perhaps RoboCop is a special case. After all it is, among other things, a satire of corporate greed set in Detroit – today a notorious exam

Christina Hendricks , the actress who gives the TV drama Mad Men a lot of its heat, is growing fonder of the Sixties. Hendricks , who plays Joan Holloway, the no-nonsense head of office operations in the Sixties-set TV show, is in talks to appear in Sally Potter’s anti-nuclear movie, Bomb , which is also based in that decade. The picture focuses on two teenage rebels, played by Elle Fanning and Alice Englart , who become involved in the Ban the Bomb movement and the sexual revolution. Potter and producer Christopher Sheppard plan to shoot the film in February in London and on the South-East coast. Alessandro Nivola has also been cast in Bomb, and Annette Bening is considering a part in the film. Hendricks’s Jessica Rabbit meets Marilyn Monroe hour-glass figure caught audiences’ attention when Mad Men took off. Please Leave A Comment- Source- dailymail

January 13, 2012 We have your access to Joyful Noise . Warner Bros. has provide me with an Exclusive code for the fans to get access to the screening in Sacramento,Ca . NO PURCHASE NECESSARY Joyful Noise is an upcoming musical film, starring Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Courtney B. Vance, Francis Jue and introducing Jeremy Jordan . It was written and directed by Todd Graff, with gospel-infused music by Mervyn Warren.  In the film, two strong-minded women are forced to cooperate when budget cuts threaten to shut down a small-town choir. After the untimely death of a small-town choir director ( Kris Kristofferson ) in Georgia, Vi Rose Hill, a no-nonsense single mother of two teens ( Latifah ), takes control of the choir using the traditional Gospel style that their Pastor Dale ( Courtney B. Vance ) approves of. However, the director's widow, G.G. Sparrow ( Parton ), believes she should have been given the position. G.G. the major donor to their church, comes to

Dam they actually made a movie based on footage caught on camera. Remember never judge a book by it's cover. Danny Trejo stars in Badass , based on an incident on the Oakland bus system when a white bearded man and a young black man got into on the bus. The outcome is not what you would expect to see from a guys who is 65. Decorated Vietnam hero Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It’s not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus (where he protects an elderly black man from a pair of skin heads) makes him a local hero where he’s suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend Klondike is murdered and the police aren’t doing anything about it. Watch the actual footage after the Jump... Please Leave A Comment-

We got our hands on another image from Stallone's next film  BULLET TO THE HEAD . Can you believe his is 65 years old. BULLET TO THE HEAD starring Sylvester Stallone, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater and Holt McCallany , directed by Walter Hill. Also starring the Asian driver from Fast Five, Sung Kang and Sarah Shahi (TV’s Fairly Legal) as Sly’s daughter.. Director Walter Hill (48 Hours) rewrote the script by Alessandro Camon (The Messenger), based on the graphic novel BULLET TO THE HEAD by Matz and Colin Wilson. The story is about a New Orleans hitman ( Stallone ) who partners up with a young NY detective (Kang) “in a high-stakes investigation that leads from the dingy back alleys of New Orleans all the way to the power corridors of Washington, D.C”. It’s an unlikely duo cop actioner investigating 2 murders, they’re willing to sacrifice everything to do some payback. Please Leave A Comment-

We have the fifth behind-the-scenes video diary for The Hobbit from Peter Jackson . A little holiday treat from the team in New Zealand! Location shooting, more of the the actors and sets. Just last week we got the trailer for the film. And now with have this new blog. Happy Holidays everyone. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakensheild. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will ch

Looking to keep The Amazing Spider-Man in our festively blurred noggins over this quiet period between Christmas and New Year, Sony has shoved out a few new pictures from the film on to the web. Focusing mostly on Peter Parker ( Andrew Garfield )’s early days as the web-shooting hero, the new images feature him discovering his new found powers and going a little bit Teen Wolf on the high school basketball court. There is also a nice, close look at the mechanical web system he’ll be using, a switch back to the character’s roots before more recent comic runs – and Sam Raimi’s cinematic version – had them as organic developments. Also pictured is Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacey looking academic and her father, police chief George Stacey ( Denis Leary ). Please Leave A Comment- Source- Empire

Here we have the first image from  ARGO starring   Ben Affleck . Affleck directs ARGO , political thriller with wry humor based on a Wired Magazine article titled How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran about the Tehran hostage crisis. Based on true events, “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis — the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. Produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, the team behind Good Night And Good Luck. Scripted by Chris Terrio, the article was written by “Joshuah Bearman and published in April 2007, the story centers on how, during the occupation of the American embassy by Iranians in 1979, a rescue effort was mounted by the CIA and the Canadian government to extract six U.S. diplomats. The CIA used a disguise expert and concocted a scenario that involved the six being a Hollywood crew scouting a movie titled A

The search for a Thor 2 director to replace Patty Jenkins has ended. Sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter that Alan Taylor , best known for directing episodes of HBO's fantasy series Game Of Thrones , has nabbed the job. Jenkins (Monster) made headlines in early December when she departed the high-profile sequel to May's Thor. Both she and Marvel cited "creative differences" but THR's Kim Masters later revealed that Marvel abruptly dismissed Jenkins when the studio felt she was showing “a lack of overall clarity in her choices,” according to one source. Marvel was concerned that the filmmaking process would be “difficult” and that the planned release date might be hard to hit. The move to jettison Jenkins infuriated star Natalie Portman, who had been excited about Jenkins becoming the first woman to direct a major superhero tentpole film. A source speculated that Marvel executives might have been won over initially by Portman’s enthusiasm for Jenkins b

The first official tease from Steven Soderbergh's upcoming stripper film also highlights co-stars Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer and Joe Manganiello . Director Steven Soderbergh explores the world of male strippers with Magic Mike , and ahead of the film's June 2012 release, Warner Bros. has unleashed the first still from the dramedy. Magic Mike stars Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Joe Manganiello and Matthew McConaughey are all accounted for in the photo, with the latter apparently dressed as a shirtless Uncle Sam. The rest of the actors, all of whom play strippers in the movie, are only showing off their arms for now. Magic Mike is inspired by Tatum's experiences working as a stripper before his acting career took off. But instead of the lead, Tatum plays the mentor to Pettyfer's character, a performer in the troupe. McConaughey plays Dallas, a former stripper who owns the club where the two perform -- though from the looks of the photo, he doesn't take

The site will not being doing updates this weekend unless something Huge breaks. Giving myself and staff the weekend off to spend with their family's and friends. . Happy Holidays to all the fans of the site and please be safe, see you all on Monday. Please Leave A Comment-

Walt Disney Studios has provided us with its annual film preview for 2012 and, taking our cue from Gaston from Beauty and the Beast 3D (how’s that for a segue?), we can only make sense of reading material by the pictures. That said, while most of the imagery found in the preview has already been released. First we have a shot of Merida from Disney/Pixar’s Brave , drawing back her bow at the archery competition designed to find her a proper suitor as others look on. Admittedly the resolution of this image is pretty harsh, so we hope to have a better one in the near future which we will add permanently to our gallery for the film. Brave is the grand adventure of Merida, a skilled archer who confronts tradition, destiny and the fiercest of beasts to discover the true meaning of courage. It opens in theaters nationwide on June 22, 2012. Please Leave A Comment- Source-StitchKingdom

WE BOUGHT A ZOO Movie Review By: RAMA Would RAMA  buy this Zoo? Let's find out what he thought of the movie. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter . And the 2011 most feel-good movie goes to WE BOUGHT A ZOO . It’s one of the most heartwarming, delightful, pleasant family films you’ll see this Holiday season. It’s also an excellent grief-themed movie. Great ensemble cast, across the board. This is much lighter than what we usually expect from Cameron Crowe who brought us Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, and Vanilla Sky , but after leaving us with the meditational Elizabethtown , which I didn’t enjoy very much, and then 6 years hiatus, WE BOUGHT A ZOO is a very sweet, very nice comeback, a breath of fresh air… This holiday season, acclaimed filmmaker Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous) directs an amazing and true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an

IN THEATERS JANUARY 13 We have your access to CONTRABAND . Universal Pictures has provide me with Exclusive passes for the fans to get access to the screening in Sacramento,Ca. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY  CONTRABAND is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, starring Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Foster , and Kate Beckinsale . Mark Wahlberg leads the cast of CONTRABAND , a fast-paced thriller about a man trying to stay out of a world he worked so hard to leave behind and the family he’ll do anything to protect. Set in New Orleans, the film explores the cutthroat underground world of international smuggling—full of desperate criminals and corrupt officials, high-stakes and big payoffs—where loyalty rarely exists and death is one wrong turn away. Chris Farraday ( Wahlberg ) long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy ( Caleb Landry Jones ), botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs ( Giovanni Ribi

It's been on ice at Disney for years, but it now seems that a thaw is approaching Uncle Walt's version of The Snow Queen , which has just scored a November 2013 release date, under the new moniker Frozen . That whole clever "thaw" line doesn't really work when paired with that title, but give us a break, eh? It's Christmas. The story, of course, is Hans Christian Andersen's and involves Kay, whose mind is twisted when his heart and eyes are pierced by shards of an evil troll mirror. He's then willingly abducted by the Snow Queen, who travels the world with the winter weather. Kay's playmate, neighbour and sweetheart Gerda however, still believes in him and sets out on an epic quest to retrieve him from the Snow Queen's palace. Animator Glen Keane (The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Aladdin) was working on the project as early as a decade ago, but abandoned it in favour of Rapunzel, which emerged this year as Tangled. Adjective-based

WAR HORSE Movie Review  By: RAMA Did RAMA fall in love with a story about a boy and his horse? Make sure to follow him on Facebook and Twitter . Beautifully shot, yes! Wonderful story, absolutely! Plus it’s a war movie that you can take your family to, but,.. WAR HORSE is underwhelming, it gets lost in trying too hard to be a tearjerker so much so that I hardly feel its emotional power. You can definitely label WAR HORSE as the feel-good movie of the year, but it’s nothing short of formulaic… DreamWorks Pictures’ “ War Horse ,” director Steven Spielberg ’s epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. “War Horse” begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives

Harry Potter director David Yates is attached to direct an adaptation of Emma Forrest’s Your Voice In My Head , which has been developed by Ruby Films. The project has been developed by Ruby Films with development funding from the BFI Film Fund. It is based on the memoir by UK writer Emma Forrest that explores breakdown and mania. Forrest has written the screenplay, which Alison Owen will produce. Warner Bros is part funding the film, set in New York, London and Istanbul. Yates says he is deliberately making a smaller-scale project in the wake of Harry Potter, having directed four films in the franchise. The final film, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has made over $1.3bn worldwide. “It’s about a young woman who self harms and she visits this psychiatrist who helps her to learn to live again,” Yates said. “It’s got very heightened, odd moments in it that are slightly trippy.” “Emma is a extraordinary talent who is bringing a beautiful, contemporary young female

Anything Jason Bourne (or Aaron Cross) can do, Haywire 's Mallory can do just as well. Sure, she's picked the wet and windy rooftops of Dublin instead of the upstairs parts of Tangier - maybe she performs better in the wet, like one of those Formula One drivers who perform better in the wet - but otherwise she's matching Treadstone's finest in the running-and-shooting stakes. Empire got their hands on these new stills from Steven Soderbergh's actioner give another taste of what to expect. Expect substantial ass-kicking from Gina Carano's avenging angel, a tonne of action, many spent cartridges and lots of shady men muttering "we may have a problem" into their collars. Haywire is Soderbergh's first full-bore actioner to date. That leaves just a musical (HBO's Liberace?) and he's nailed the full-house of genres. Presumably there will be cake and presents when the moment comes. DIRECTOR: Steven Soderbergh WRITER: Lem Dobbs CAST: