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Movie Wine Buff Pullman Has No Sense Of Smell

3 hours ago | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Actor Bill Pullman was an odd choice to play a wine expert in 2008 sleeper hit Bottle Shock - because a theatre accident cost him his sense of smell.

The Independence Day star admits he doesn't have a nose for good wine - because he can't tell whether a vintage is good or not by sniff alone.

He tells BlogTalkRadio.com's Let's Do Lunch!, "When Bottle Shock came along I thought I was terrible for the movie but I really like the agriculture, how you grow grapes, and the soils and the rain and what are the moisture requirements; I got interested in those.

"I lost my sense of smell while I was doing an improvisational version of an Ibsen play in college and we were climbing all over each other making scenery with each other's bodies, which you did in those days, and I fell backwards and I was in a coma for two and a half days.

"It could have been a lot worse but people who have head traumas and whiplash can lose their sense of smell."

But he isn't complaining: "All my other senses are like Geiger counters of extreme sophistication." »

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2012 Behind The Scenes Yellowstone Eruption

4 hours ago | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Sony Pictures just released this special effects behind the scenes video for the film “2012″ by director Roland Emmerich (All Quiet on the Western Front, Fantastic Voyage) and starring Thandie Newton (W.), John Cusack (Stopping Power, 1408), Amanda Peet and Danny Glover as President Wilson. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from 2012. Synopsis: Disaster movie maven Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) crafts this apocalyptic sci-fi thriller following an academic researcher who opens a portal into a parallel universe, making contact with his double in an effort to prevent the catastrophic prophecies of the ancient Mayan calendar from coming to pass. According to the Mayan calendar, the [...] »

- Brian Corder

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2012 Flattens the Weekend Box Office with $65 Million

9 hours ago | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »

Sony Pictures took a big risk with Roland Emmerich and 2012, investing a reported $200 million in its production budget and many million more in marketing costs. After just three days the latest cinematic means to destroy our planet has made Emmerich's 10,000 B.C. blunder a distant memory and given Emmerich the boost he needs to move closer towards pushing an Independence Day sequel or two forward.

2012 burst onto the scene this past weekend by grossing an estimated $65 million domestically. It tacked on another $160 million internationally for a fat three-day worldwide take of $225 million and second straight winning gamble for Sony after Michael Jackson's This Is It.

The other new wide release, Pirate Radio, failed to crack the top 10 as it encountered rough seas stewed up by 2012 with $2.9 million in ticket sales. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire soared past Pirate Radio into fourth place with $6.1 million despite playing on only 174 versus 882 screens. »

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'2012' Plagues the Box Office

10 hours ago | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

Detonating atop the weekend box office, 2012 swept in with an estimated $65 million on approximately 6,500 screens at 3,404 sites, ranking as the seventh highest grossing November debut ever. Among fellow disaster movies, it had the second-highest grossing start, behind only director Roland Emmerich's previous disaster, The Day After Tomorrow, which opened to $68.7 million. In terms of initial attendance, though, it trailed Day After Tomorrow by a wide margin, and Emmerich's Independence Day tops all disaster movies. 2012's marketing campaign successfully mimicked its predecessors in story and spectacle, replete with the destruction of the White House and other famous structures. Distributor Sony Pictures' research indicated that 52 percent of 2012's audience was male and 55 percent was 25 years and older.

While the other new nationwide release, Pirate Radio, made less than a ripple, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire had a robust expansion, grossing an estimated $6.1 million at 174 sites. That's the second-highest »

- Brandon Gray

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Disaster movie 2012 opens with $225m tidal wave at global box office

10 hours ago | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

The End Of The World proved to be a massive attraction for moviegoers as Roland Emmerich's 2012 opened this weekend with an earth-shattering $225million at the worldwide box office.

Ticket sales in the Us and Canada brought in $65million, with the foreign tally of $160million from 105 countries, led by France.

Sony's Columbia Pictures said the film scored the highest worldwide opening for an original film not based on an established franchise, brand or best-seller.

In global terms, it ranks No 9 for film openings, behind (from No1 to 8) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and The Da Vinci Code.

It surpassed June's worldwide opening for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen »

- David Bentley

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Update Twice more ID4?

11 hours ago | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

Update: Following Emmerich's interview with MTV, the folks from IESB looked up their sources at Fox who say they have currently no plan whatsoever for developping an ID4 sequel. They'd probably rather run the X-men franchise to the ground...   Who here wants to see more aliens shooting green sh*t at Will Smith? Yeah, it's been talked about for years, but Rolly Emmerich says there's an idea in for a new movie in place. Well, not really. There's actually an idea for Two movies. And a... »

- Tony Lang

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Film review: 2012 and why it really is an epic disaster

12 hours ago | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

The whole world disappears into yawning chasms and beneath thundering tsunamis in Roland Emmerich's $200million disaster movie 2012.

Unfortunately, so does characterisation, originality and good writing.

The computer-generated carnival of calamity makes for great spectacle but becomes brain-numbing and boring.

And yet you find yourself looking forward to the next set piece of destruction because the rest of the movie is so dull. The entire experience is woefully unengaging. Spoilers ahead...

Even the basic premise is flawed. The Mayan calendar does Not say the world will end in 2012; it merely comes to the end of a cycle in that year and continues well beyond it.

John Cusack (pictured below) is the central character, a novelist and limo driver who becomes caught up in the events and, in a story about mankind building giant arks, has a son called Noah. Funny.

At times, Emmerich seems to be telling the story with a wry smile, »

- David Bentley

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2012’s Box Office Success Marks The End of the World

13 hours ago | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Disaster struck at the box office this weekend, again and again.

Roland Emmerich’s CG-heavy apocalypse movie 2012 starring John Cusack and Amanda Peet had a huge opening weekend in the Us and abroad, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Balancing its $200 million budget with its Us earnings of $65 million and the foreign box office of $160 million will please Sony who claim that 2012 opened top of each of the markets it played.

While not entirely surprising this success can only lead to other, similar successes and we can expect all manner of digital disasters coming our way, and this certainly will be good news for those looking forward to 2013, the proposed TV sequel and also the expected Independence Day sequels Emmerich recently discussed.

According to the Reporter Sony distribution president Rory Bruer said, “I felt the Earth move…Audiences responded to the amazing images they were seeing throughout the film’s campaign. »

- Jon Lyus

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‘2012′ Movie Review

17 hours ago | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »

Film: ‘2012′; Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor; Director; Roland Emmerich; Rating: ***1/2

Will the world really end on December 21, 2012? Nobody has a clue. But thank god, the Mayan prophecy gave the makers of this solar-plexus-aimed colossal spectacle a chance to pull out all stops and design the greatest grandmother of all disaster epics.

Everything that we’ve seen in the genre, including Roland Emmerich’s own hefty contribution to invoking large-screen disaster in ‘Independence Day’ and ‘The Day After Tomorrow’, pales into insignificance as the doomsday prophecy. »

- realbollywood

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2012 Movie Clip Bentley

14 November 2009 11:18 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Sony Pictures recently released this new movie clip from the film “2012″ by director Roland Emmerich (All Quiet on the Western Front, Fantastic Voyage) and starring Thandie Newton (W.), John Cusack (Stopping Power, 1408), Amanda Peet and Danny Glover as President Wilson. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from 2012. Synopsis: Disaster movie maven Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) crafts this apocalyptic sci-fi thriller following an academic researcher who opens a portal into a parallel universe, making contact with his double in an effort to prevent the catastrophic prophecies of the ancient Mayan calendar from coming to pass. According to the Mayan calendar, the world will come [...] »

- Brian Corder

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2012 Causes Box-Office Destruction

14 November 2009 8:06 PM, PST | Reel Empire | See recent Reel Empire news »

Director Roland Emmerich has proven he knows a thing or two when it comes to destroying the earth as he holds a pretty successful box-office history with films like "Independence Day" and "The Day After Tomorrow". His latest disaster flick "2012" is no exception On Friday alone, the film pulled in $23.7 million which makes it extremely likely the film will end the weekend with around $60 million. It destroyed its competition with "A Christmas Carol" grossing a measly $5.6 million for second place. Critics have given "2012" mixed reviews and you can check out our review which we'll be posting within the coming days.

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- Chad Langen

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Friday Box Office - Disaster Rules! 2012 Brings In Over $23 Million on Opening Day

14 November 2009 10:04 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

It looks like Roland Emmerich had at least one more catastrophic hit left in him. 2012, the latest paean to exploding landmarks from the director of Independence Day, brought in a whopping $23.7 million on its opening day on 3,404 screens. That’s the highest opening ever for Emmerich and it puts 2012 on track for a weekend total of over $55 million - a figure that the box office hasn’t seen since mid-July. Second place went to Disney’s A Christmas Carol, down a reasonable 38% with $5.5 million. And though estimates have The Men Who Stare at Goats barely edging out Lee Daniels’s Precious for Friday’s third place, the momentum is all on the side of the indie sensation. The drama doubled its total gross just one day after expanding into 175 theatres. Check back tomorrow for full details on these films plus news on the box office fate of new releases Pirate Radio »

- Nicole Pedersen

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Box Office: Not the end of the world as '2012' explodes with $23.7

14 November 2009 9:14 AM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

Proving that if given enough eye candy, audiences still love another big disaster flick, "2012" opened to a colossal $23.7 million on Friday leaving all other releases in its wake. Roland Emmerich's third major "end of the world" flick after "ID4" and "The Day After Tomorrow" is looking at estimates of $60-65 million for the weekend in the U.S. alone. Thats a strong start for a picture rumored to have cost well north of $300 million.  Luckily, besides "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," the potential blockbuster doesn't have much competition at the box office until December to mine moviegoers pockets. Providing... »

- Gregory Ellwood

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New 2012 TV Spot

13 November 2009 11:25 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Sony Pictures just released this new TV spot for the film “2012″ by director Roland Emmerich (All Quiet on the Western Front, Fantastic Voyage) and starring Thandie Newton (W.), John Cusack (Stopping Power, 1408), Amanda Peet and Danny Glover as President Wilson. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from 2012. Synopsis: Disaster movie maven Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) crafts this apocalyptic sci-fi thriller following an academic researcher who opens a portal into a parallel universe, making contact with his double in an effort to prevent the catastrophic prophecies of the ancient Mayan calendar from coming to pass. According to the Mayan calendar, the world will come [...] »

- Brian Corder

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November 13: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

13 November 2009 5:13 PM, PST | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »

We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’re gonna be busy escaping the end of the world. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you see 2012 this weekend?” you can reply, “No, I watched all the movies that Roland Emmerich was giving the middle finger to instead.” Instead Of: 2012, in which Roland Emmerich destroys Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Yellowstone Park, Washington DC, Hawaii, the Pacific Ocean, the Himalayas, China, and the careers of John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor... Watch: The classic 1951 science fiction movie When Worlds Collide, about humanity’s attempts to save itself when a rogue planet is discovered on a collision course with Earth: can they build an escape spaceship in time? If you need more modern disaster scenarios, be »

- MaryAnn Johanson

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Emmerich Wants Two ID4 Sequels, Fox Says No

13 November 2009 2:22 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

While doing press for 2012, director Roland Emmerich has told some outlets this is his last mass-destruction movie, calling it the “mother of all disaster movies.”  However, other press interviewers have asked about the sequel to Independence Day that keeps popping up in the news.

Emmerich doesn’t see the contradiction, instead expanding on his comments a month ago concerning the idea stages for a sequel. In an interview with MTV, the director said, “What we want to do in the next – it’s actually two movies – we want to do a bigger arc. Independence Day was always like the king who leads his troops into battle against an evil force, and that stays like that.” The “we” he’s referring to is likely himself and Dean Devlin, the co-writer of ID4 and producer of several other Emmerich disasters.

The follow-up question was about the name for this epic, which Emmerich »

- Jeff Leins

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Top 7 Movies That Make The End of the World Sound Hilarious

13 November 2009 2:18 PM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10.

Somehow, the end of the world has become a form of entertainment. Instead of being scared out of our wits of apocalyptic thoughts, we enjoy plunking down $10 to watch them become realized by big budget blockbusters. Hollywood serves it up, however: whole cities are destroyed, hundreds of thousands of people die, the fate of mankind is brought into question, and sometimes, Randy Quaid becomes our savior.

Which brings us to a certain theme that has been continued through a legacy of doomsday movies – they’re funny as hell. More unintentional than not, these movies are loaded with goofy movie milestones that make the blockbusters seem like gargantuan scaled jokes, with their characters, dialogue, and special moments serving as a type of punch line. Many disaster movies seem to be plagued by an air of idiocy that moves from one big budget movie to the next, »

- Nick Allen

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'2012' Is Old News: Hollywood Apocalypses Through The Decades

13 November 2009 1:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Today, Roland Emmerich's latest world-ending epic, "2012," hits theaters. John Cusack, Amanda Peet and their pals race around the world, beholding one scene of devastation after another as an eco-catastrophe tears the planet apart. The story's premise is built on the belief that the apocalypse will come in the year 2012, as foretold by the Mayan calendar.

Unfortunately for Mr. Emmerich, Hollywood has already trashed the lovely planet Earth roughly a bazillion times over. From viral outbreaks to zombie uprisings, global warming to alien incursions... the people of this world have seen, suffered through and been almost completely annihilated by any threat you can imagine. Looking back through Hollywood history, the world was wiped out countless times, and long before the year 2012.

The '60s

For any movies where the time of the apocalypse isn't specified, it's a safe bet that the action occurs in the "present day" in which the movie was made. »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Buzz Break: Runaway Pride

13 November 2009 1:00 PM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

· Lita Ford feels better about the Runaways movie after meeting the starlet playing her, Scout Taylor-Compton. Said Ford, "She has a heart and soul, unlike some of the people behind the movie. She also hawks a mean loogey and really is a lot like me. We both cried the first time we spoke. Scout rocks." Aw. Kiss my feelings deadly.

· The romance between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart was "a long time coming" according to the new Gladys Kravitz of teenybopper speculation, Catherine Hardwicke.

· Independence Day may spawn not one, but two sequels.

· Werner Herzog tried making amends with Bad Lieutenant director Abel Ferrara by casting him as an actor in the remake. Ferrara was still "not cool" with the project.

· Rambo V's plot has changed entirely. Now Rambo will be defending justice in a city where a bunch of women have either vanished or been kidnapped. Luckily, none of »

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Movie Review: Roland Emmerich's '2012'

13 November 2009 12:50 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

I know people who take issue with the plausibility of "Independence Day."    They aren't uncomfortable with the aliens, with the destruction or with Jeff Goldblum's clever and climactic use of a computer virus to mock their advanced technology.   No, more than anything, when I hear people discuss the absurdity of "Independence Day," they complain about that darned dog in the tunnel. It's like the pinnacle of sentiment and absurdity, where audiences ignore the thousands of human casualties, but cheer as Will Smith's pooch is somehow able to avoid a fireball of devastation, defying both logic and sheer animal mechanics.... »

- Daniel Fienberg

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