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Christmas and new year TV films
18 December 2009 5:30 AM, PST
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Not sure what to watch? We can help with our comprehensive guide to the best films on TV this Christmas and new year
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Saturday 19 December
Yes Man (Peyton Reed, 2008)
10am, 8pm, Sky Movies Premiere
Remember Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar, where he forces himself to tell the truth for 24 hours? Well, here Jim Carrey forces himself to answer yes to any request, for a year. Which is upping the ante somewhat, but doesn't make it a better film. This is a return to the manic, gurning, not-very-funny Carrey, as if The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine etc hadn't happened. Just say no.
The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)
11.40am, 8pm, Sky Movies Family
What with Harry Potter, Narnia, Lemony Snicket and all,
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- Paul Howlett
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Christmas and new year TV films
18 December 2009 5:30 AM, PST
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Not sure what to watch? We can help with our comprehensive guide to the best films on TV this Christmas and new year
Choose a date
Saturday 19 December | Sunday 20 December | Monday 21 December | Tuesday 22 December | Wednesday 23 December |Christmas Eve | Christmas Day | Boxing Day | Sunday 27 December | Monday 28 December | Tuesday 29 December | Wednesday 30 December | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day
Saturday 19 December
Yes Man (Peyton Reed, 2008)
10am, 8pm, Sky Movies Premiere
Remember Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar, where he forces himself to tell the truth for 24 hours? Well, here Jim Carrey forces himself to answer yes to any request, for a year. Which is upping the ante somewhat, but doesn't make it a better film. This is a return to the manic, gurning, not-very-funny Carrey, as if The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine etc hadn't happened. Just say no.
The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)
11.40am, 8pm, Sky Movies Family
What with Harry Potter, Narnia, Lemony Snicket and all,
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- Paul Howlett
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This decade’s film: 2000-2004
14 December 2009 8:08 AM, PST
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Pottermania, Tolkein-mania, Twilight-mania…it’s fair to say that the noughties have been a strong one for different kinds of mania. Moreover, it’s also been the time for some pretty awesome movies.
2000 marked a particularly promising start: American Beauty, the directorial debut from Sam Mendes was a unique critique on the American dream that attracted widespread acclaim, being nominated for 8 Academy Awards and winning 5; including Best Picture. His next project, Road to Perdition proved this success to be no fluke. Apparently this was a good time for new directors, as further evidenced by Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides, and Spike Jonze’s Being John Malkovich.
Not that the decade was limited to low-budget concept flicks. Box office-smashing comic book adaptations became the name of the game; ranging from the great (Spider-Man, X-Men and Hellboy), to the not so much (Daredevil and Fantastic Four). It became (almost) socially acceptable
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Jack Black & Illumination Entertainment Invest in Cryptozoology
12 December 2009 8:37 AM, PST
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Animation films, whether it’s the new school CGI or old school hand drawn, have always been popular with kids of all ages and in recent years, have become fun for adults to watch as well; so, it’s no surprise to read a story over at Variety announcing a new CGI feature film involving Jack Black. Writer Jason Micallef pitched an idea to Illumination Entertainment which is an extension of Universal headed by Chris Meledandri.
Micallef’s pitch in set in the world of Cryptozoology, which is the study and search for unknown, yet often talked about, animals or beings. My guess is it will include “monsters” like the Yeti, Sasquatch, Bigfoot, The Loch Ness Monster and maybe even mermaids or dragons. Black, who at one time was thought to be voicing a character, will now only be producing with business partner Ben Cooley via their production company Electric Dynamite.
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Top grossing UK 3D film releases
11 December 2009 7:48 AM, PST
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his year has been the year of 3D films for UK cinemas and the release of James Cameron's sci-fi spectacular is set to give the new wave of technology another boost.
The UK Film Council said 13 films have been released in 3D this year, compared with six in 2008.
• My Bloody Valentine (released in January) – grossed £6m from 118 3D cinemas
• Bolt (released in February) – grossed £7m from 124 3D sites
• Monsters vs Aliens (released in April) – grossed £9m from 169 3D sites
• Ice Age III (released in July) – grossed £18m from 240 3D sites
• Up (released in October) – grossed £21m from 266 3D sites
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Tom Hanks, Jar Jar Binks And Another 'Twilight' Star Gets Naked In Today's Twitter-Wood
10 December 2009 3:00 PM, PST
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For those of you following the Edi Gathegi and Christian Serratos' exchanges of the last few days, there are two more to share today, including a photo proving that the two "New Moon" performers were able to connect. Gathegi may have even had to naked for the occasion, according to Serratos' account, but don't worry. The picture is totally Sfw.
Tom Hanks stepped into the recording studio for "Toy Story 3," meanwhile, and the film's diligent director Lee Unkrich documented their their session. Check out all of those posts after the jump where you'll also find Simon Pegg's beef with Jar Jar Binks, Kat Dennings' new rule about seal impression etiquette and what Brian Lynch wants to see happen with the fourth "Twilight" movie. It's all in the Twitter-Wood report for December 10, 2009.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@iamedigathegi @cserratos blue steel and magnum or miley cyrus? http://twitgoo.
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Brian Trenchard-Smith directing apocalyptic disaster flick Arctic Blast
8 December 2009 9:34 AM, PST
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Brian Trenchard-Smith (Escape 2000) is an Ozploitation legend, so I'm definitely stoked to see he's taking on the disaster genre with Arctic Blast. Currently in post-production, the film is based on a script by Jason Bourque.
Synopsis:
When a solar eclipse sends a colossal blast of super chilled air towards the earth, it sets off a catastrophic chain of events that threatens to engulf the world in ice!
Jack Tate is a brilliant yet troubled physicist specializing in Earth Sciences. Complicating his life is a messy divorce from the local medical examiner Emma (Alexandra Davies) and a strained relationship with his teenaged daughter Andrea (Indiana Evans). When Jack learns about the bizarre deaths of his colleagues, he sets off to discover the cause. By piecing together the chain of events: the solar eclipse, a sudden drop in temperature of the mesosphere, and a rip in the ozone layer, Jack concludes
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A Paranormal number of flops
8 December 2009 9:02 AM, PST
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New releases Me and Orson Welles, The Descent: Part 2 and The Box fail to offer much opposition as Paranormal Activity leapfrogs into top spot in its second week
For distributors with a new release this weekend, the only solace to be grasped at was that their movie hadn't done as badly as someone else's. As executives gathered at the annual British independent film awards in London on Sunday night, the talk was of how all the new films targeting adult audiences had flopped – the only differences were the degrees of failure.
Flop #1
Bottom of the pile of wide releases was Me and Orson Welles, which failed to crack a £1,000 screen average on 187 prints. Comparisons with Zac Efron's recent hits 17 Again (£2.56m debut) and High School Musical 3 (£8.41m including previews) are hardly fair, but his latest film's £166,000 opening confirms widely held suspicions that his many young fans wouldn't show
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- Charles Gant
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Black gets animated
7 December 2009 1:30 AM, PST
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The last time Jack Black voiced an animated film Kung Fu Panda went on to be one of the 30 highest grossing movies of the decade ($631 million worldwide). While a Kung Fu sequel is in the works, Black is also developing a separate animated film he's set up with Chris Meledandri (Ice Age). While the film doesn't yet have a title, it will center around "cryptozoology," the study of creatures who seemingly don't exist (like the Lochness Monster, Bigfoot, Chupacabra, etc.).
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Jack Black to Produce New Cryptozoology Animated Film
6 December 2009 11:22 PM, PST
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I'm beginning to think of Jack Black more as a cartoon character than an actual live person. I blame Kung Fu Panda, Ice Age, and that I keep mistakenly thinking he's been in one of the Shrek films at some point. Coupled with the fact that I've forced myself to forget the comedic failure Year One, Black could very well be made of bits and bytes for all I know.
Now he's involved in another animated project, although this time as just a producer. Black has teamed up with writer Jason Micallef (he of the Black List script Butter) to pitch an animated feature centered on Cryptozoology---the search for legendary creatures like Big Foot, chupacabras, and the Loch Ness monster.
There's no word yet if it's going to be 2D or CG animation, but given that even Disney couldn't be bothered to put out a decent 2D film in theaters
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- Devindra Hardawar
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Coraline Leads 37th Annual Annie Award Nominees
2 December 2009 9:28 AM, PST
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Following yesterday's Independent Spirit Award Nominations [1], The Annie Awards have also revealed their full list of nominees for this year. This is the annual award ceremony for the International Animated Film Association, celebrating animation in all of its forms. Sometimes these awards can help predict what movie will win the Best Animated Feature at the Oscars, although it's not always entirely reliable (last year Kung Fu Panda swept Wall-e [2] in every category).
As we discussed on this week's podcast [3], it's shaping up to be a pretty tight race for Best Animated Feature this year, and if the Annies are any indication, it looks like Henry Selick's Coraline may have the edge. It was nominated for a total of 10 Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature, Character Design, Voice Acting, and Music. Check out the list of nominees in all the feature-length categories after the jump.
Best Animated Feature
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
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Two Annie nominations to Giacchino
2 December 2009 8:01 AM, PST
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Michael Giacchino received two nominations when the Annie Award nominations were revealed today. Giacchino was, not surprisingly, nominated for his Up score in the ‘Music in a Feature Production’ category, but also for Disney’s Christmas special Prep and Landing in the ‘Music in a Television Production’ category. The other nominees in the Feature category are Bruno Coulais for Coraline, Joe Hisaishi for Ponyo and John Powell for Ice Age: Dawn
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- Mikael Carlsson
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'Coraline' Tops the List with Ten Annie Award Nominations
1 December 2009 11:29 AM, PST
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The nominees for the 2010 Annie Awards were also announced today and Focus Features' Coraline topped the list of feature nominees with 10 with Pixar's Up following with 9 and Disney's Princess and the Frog scoring 8. All three films were included in the running for Best Animated feature along with Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Secret of Kells and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Last year the Annie Awards came under some scrutiny as Kung Fu Panda blanked the soon-to-be Oscar winner Wall-e. The reason for the uproar being DreamWorks was one of the org's top sponsors (which they still are). This year Monsters vs. Aliens is the only DreamWorks Animated feature making any noise (4 nominations), but it looks like Sony Pictures Animation has bumped up their contributions to become a "Gold Sponsor". Will there again be uproar if Pixar's Up doesn't walk away with the top prizes or Disney's The Princess and the Frog.
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Annie Awards Kiss The Princess and the Frog, Up and, Uh, Hugh Laurie
1 December 2009 9:15 AM, PST
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Hugh Laurie and cranky doctoring is apparently a winning combination, no matter what the genre or screen size.
Need proof? Dr. House's alter ego is up for a 'toon-honoring Annie Award this year, for voicing Dr. Cockroach in DreamWorks' Monsters vs. Aliens. He'll be facing off with Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur's John Leguizamo, Coraline comic Dawn French (both up for their voice talents), Fantastic Mr. Fox's Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (nominated together for their writing skills; Anderson scored a solo nod for Directing), and, it seems, anyone who had anything even remotely to do with The Princess and the Frog.
The Disney flick, set in New Orleans and featuring the Mouse House's first
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Annie Awards Kiss The Princess and the Frog, Up and, Uh, Hugh Laurie
1 December 2009 9:15 AM, PST
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Hugh Laurie and cranky doctoring is apparently a winning combination, no matter what the genre or screen size.
Need proof? Dr. House's alter ego is up for a 'toon-honoring Annie Award this year, for voicing Dr. Cockroach in DreamWorks' Monsters vs. Aliens. He'll be facing off with Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur's John Leguizamo, Coraline comic Dawn French (both up for their voice talents), Fantastic Mr. Fox's Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (nominated together for their writing skills; Anderson scored a solo nod for Directing), and, it seems, anyone who had anything even remotely to do with The Princess and the Frog.
The Disney flick, set in New Orleans and featuring the Mouse House's first
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Ice Ice Baby
30 November 2009 10:47 PM, PST
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Tourists and locals may have been a tad confused on the morning of Tuesday, December 1, when they spotted 8 tonnes of snow, a toboggan ride and a couple of large furry creatures dancing on Bondi Beach. This rather strange spectacle on the first day of summer wasn't the cause of global warming but the celebration for the Blu-ray and DVD release of Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
With blue-iced cupcakes, donuts and plenty of giveaways, including Ice Age toys, stationery packs and posters, the "Bondi Ice Age Freeze" event was a mini iced wonderland for the film's young fans.
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DVD review: Ice Age 3 - Dawn of the Dinosaurs
26 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST
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Even in its third helping, Ice Age retains its freshness to a remarkable degree.
This one works more satisfactorily than part two, with the addition of dinosaurs living in a lovingly realised underworld, and is nicely balanced between thrills, spills and cute critters for the kids and some witty lines for the rest of us. As ever, it's topped and tailed by Scrat's search for an acorn, a running gag and virtual Holy Grail of the series, and a nod to Tex Avery and the Warners shorts.
This series is particularly strong on background and perspective. The notable additional character is voiced by Simon Pegg – he gets in everywhere this year – as a prehistoric weasel. Series regular Carlos Saldanha is again co-director, and with this one making $196m in the Us, there may well be more to come. Smart and inventive, it compares extremely well with the tired Shrek the Third.
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Blu-Ray Review: Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
24 November 2009 12:28 PM, PST
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In order to stand out from the crowd of 3D animated fare currently assaulting the box office you need to create a cast of charming characters in a world that is unique, throw in a witty script with lots of visual invention. The bar 20th Century and director and Ivce Age veteran Carlos Saldanha have to overcome has been set very high with the likes of Up and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs this year alone, and Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, released this week on Blu-ray and DVD, succeeds on many levels.
When the film was released earlier in the year we reviewed it here, and it was a positive review. The film’s cast has a great hold on the characters and the visual fizz and momentum makes for an eye popping experience. It’s a wild ride that I found a lot to like,
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Movieweb's 2009 Blu-ray Holiday Gift Guide!
24 November 2009 5:51 AM, PST
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Listen up hi-def humbugs and Blu-ray Scrooges! This is the year you'll not just want, but need, to buy a new hi-def plasma screen and a shiny black Blu-ray player for Christmas (and/or whatever other holiday you choose to celebrate with lavish gifts). Why? Because this technology has reached its performance plateau. And it is finally at a reasonable price most of us can afford. Not only that, it serves as the one prefect gift the entire family can enjoy together. With more Blu-ray titles being released right now than ever before, there simply couldn't be a better time to dive head first into this leading technological platform.
But wait! There's one thing you don't want to overlook after all that exciting new equipment has been unwrapped. Without a stack of Blu-ray discs strategically placed in each family member's stocking with care, your gorgeous new HD flat screen becomes a delectable serving tray,
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Powell scores ‘Rio’ with Mendes and will.i.am
20 November 2009 12:06 PM, PST
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Following his collaboration with metal band Mastodon on Jonah Hex, John Powell will work with latin legend Sérgio Mendes (”Mas que nada”) and rap star will.i.am on the music for Rio, the upcoming animated comedy from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios. Powell’s involvement in the project doesn’t come as a surprise; he reunites with director Carlos Saldanha for whom he has scored three films (Robots, Ice Age: Meltdown
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