Friday, August 31, 2012

The Hunger Games (2012)


[takes itself too seriously]

The Hunger Games (2012)
IMDB- 7.4
Rottentomatoes- 84
RJG Rating- 55

In a futuristic world ,selected teens from districts must compete in a deadly battle called the Hunger Games.

Starring- Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson
Director- Gary Ross

Hunger Games is a movie based on the best selling book of the same name.

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss and Josh Hutcherson as Peeta do a good job as the leads.Jennifer seems much at ease in this role since she basically has done the same in her Oscar nominated performance in Winters Bone.But the supporting actors arent so good.Woody Harrelson seems typecasted as the weird good guy,he gives an okay job.Elizabeth Banks goes over the top most of the time.Jason S does a good job in his short role.

The story is disappointing.While it has been said Hunger Games is a rip off of Japan's Battle Royale ,i only found the core concept to be same (nation selects kids to fight it out ,to keep them in check).The movie's choice to go after the easy options rather than the more tough ones makes the movie less severe.The end leaves much of the points that were raised, hanging.While a sequel is inevitable, atleast some points should have been cleared up before ending this 160min movie.

Direction is average.Hunger Games could have taken either the gory R rated direction or the PG rated adventure route,Gary takes the PG route with offscreen violence,this completely drains any severity of the Hunger Games.And from the start Gary tries to instill a very serious tone for the movie which not at all suits it.While the futuristic city is nice it isnt fully utilized and many components are only vaguely explained.

The music is poorly used and is out of place.The romance is poorly brought up and doesnt make much sense either.While the action scenes are the only noteworthy elements of the movie,it occurs very rarely onscreen.

Acting-3/5
Story-2/5
Direction-2.5/5
Romance-2/5
Action-3.5/5

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The Master trailer



Another fine trailer from The Master

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsuWiutfkxk

The movie looks like it can get its lead actors some oscar nominations.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Expendables top on the worst week of 2012



Hollywood suffered a major hangover crash after summer ended.The 3 new releases failed to attract viewers allowing Expendables 2 to reign on for the 2nd consecutive week.This has been the lowest grossing week in 2012.

1-Expendables 2 maintained its top spot but fell to $13.5million and still is behind Expendables.Made on a budget of $100million ,the movie has racked up $52million domestically & $22million overseas by its 2nd week.

2-Bourne Legacy held on to #2 making $9.3million.The spinoff tale on the Bourne series has so far got above average reviews and is the least grossing movie from the Bourne series ,with $85million in domestic and $28million overseas.

3-ParaNorman made $8.5 million in its second week.The animated movie has made $28million already ,a good collection for a movie of its kind.

4-The Campaign made $7.4 million for a domestic gross of $64million.

5-Returning to the Top 5 is Christopher Nolan's epic finale - TDKR.The movie made $7million on its 6th week for a domestic collection of $422 million (#11 on the list). Meanwhile the movie is doing great overseas and has collected $519million already ,pushing the total collection past the $900m milestone.Overall the movie has made $941million(#17 on alltime lists).Can TDKR outgross TDK ($1billion) ?

Now where are the new releases?Premium Rush (the only noteworthy movie among the new releases ,starring Joseph Gordon) made its debut at #7 with just $6million.Even though the movie got a 75% rating,the movie isnt bringing anyone in.The movie is on its way to tank at the box office.Hit & Run & Apparition debuted at #10 & #12.

This week the new release is the star studded Lawless.Can the movie get a good start to September?

Poster of Life Of Pi




Life of Pi is the story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific

Poster for Monsters Inc 3D



Poster for Monsters Inc 3D.The re-release of the the classic Pixar movie will be on December 19!

Lincoln Poster


Wow! a superb poster from Steven Speilberg's next movie -Lincoln.Daniel Day Lewis acts as the famous president.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Skyfall Posters & Banners



click to see more

More short news from the entertainment world



1-The teaser trailer for the highly anticipated Yash Chopra movie starring Shahrukh Khan was released this week.The title is still kept a closely guarded secret.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApoyH11WJWo

2-Lawless ,the Shia LeBeof ,Tom Hardy movie ,presents a bloody Redband trailer.Will the movie hit the mark ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXq2xzSzphE

3-A touching new trailer for The Impossible ,a true story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI6rUOnOGuw

4-Jake Gyllenhaal is back and this time as a cop.End Of Watch is a movie about 2 cops patrolling the most violent streets of Los Angeles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYGXe5ggBx0
Poster-https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=516036608423268

5-Ek Tha Tiger made good on its promise and delivered a box office blockbuster.The movie blasted open the opening day records ,earning more than 30cr.On its 5th day ,the movie has reached the 100cr milestone ,thus becoming the fastest movie to do so.Its well on its way to earn 200cr.This is Salman's 4th consecutive movie to make it to the 100cr mark.

6-6 New Skyfall Banners & Posters,click to see them:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=516037098423219

7-2 new posters from the new animated movie -Wreck It Ralph
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=516038921756370

8-More Hobbit Pics ! check out the 2 new awesome pics by clicking below:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=516040735089522

Wreck It Ralph Posters


End Of Watch Trailer & Poster


Jake Gyllenhaal is back and this time as a cop.End Of Watch is a movie about 2 cops patrolling the most violent streets of Los Angeles.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Expendables under performs ,yet tops the office.



#1-This weeks new release was the much anticipated action flick-The Expendables 2.Even though it united a much bigger cast than last time,it failed to top its predecessors 2010's opening of $35million.Expendables 2 made $28.7million .On a more positive note ,the sequel even though didnt offer anything new other than the cast, has been collecting better reviews than the first.Its currently rated fresh at 67%.

#2
-Bourne Legacy fell steeply in its 2nd week, making just $17million.

#3-Opening at the 3rd spot was the animated movie -Paranorman.The claymation movie made $14million in its first week.Even though its opening is below average ,the movie has been getting some fine reviews.Its rated at 88% .

#4-Campaign fell from the second spot to #4 ,earning just $13million.

#5-Sparkle ,the 3rd new release of the week made $11million.The movie which is about an aspiring singer has been getting average reviews,its currently rated 58%.

TDKR slipped 40% on its 5th week to make $11million and fall to #6.This has pushed the movie's domestic total to $409million (#12 on all time domestic list) and also overtook The Hunger Games domestic collection to become the #2 movie of 2012.The overseas collection of TDKR surpassed that of TDK easily, showing that the movie is comparatively weak just in the domestic market.TDKR has made $488million overseas so far ,for a total collection of $898million (#22 in the all time lists).

The new movie to release this week will be Premium Rush ,a thriller movie starring Joseph Gordon.

Monday, August 13, 2012

Bourne & Campaign take down TDKR.



Both new releases make a good opening and gain above average rating.

1-Bourne Legacy,the spin off series from the Matt Damon starer Bourne series opened at the top spot as expected with $40million.But it has been getting average reviews and currently holds a rating of 53%.

2-The Campaign,a comedy movie starring Will Farrell, too opened decently with $27.4million.The political comedy also stars Hangover's Zach Galifiankis.Campaign has been getting above average reviews and holds a rating of 67%.

3-After 3 weeks of domination ,TDKR finally stepped down to #3 earning $19million in week 4.The epic finale has so far made 390million domestically(#15 in domestic list) and 445million overseas for a grand total of $835million (#40 in worldwide gross list).

4-Hope Springs ,the 3rd new release of the week made $15million.The comedy movie about older couples stars Meryl Streep & Steve Carrell has been getting positive reviews and has a rating of 72%.

5-Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3 made another $8million in its second week.The movie is a hit but lags behind its predecessors.

Total Recall is at #6 with $8million.The movie made a sharp fall and is heading towards a huge flop.

As summer heads towards a close ,the biggest action star studded movie makes the entry- Expendables 2 !

Thursday, August 09, 2012

News from Hobbit,Gatsby,TDKR,Avengers and more !





1-Leonardo Di Caprio starrer ,The Great Gatsby will be postponed to the summers of 2013.Earlier scheduled for Dec 2012 ,Gatsby faced immense competition from Django Unchained (another movie starring Leonardo) ,Hobbit ,Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow's movie)
,Les Miserables,Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher,Judd Apatow's This is 40 and many more.December 2012 is going to be one hell of a month !

2-Trailer for Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty is now online.The movie is about the SEAL team assigned to kill Osama Bin Laden.The movie is set for a December release.
Poster-#1

3-Poster for Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master.
Poster #1

4-First look of Daniel Day Lewis as Lincoln.Daniel looks absolutely fantastic in this first look from Steven Speiberg's Lincoln.
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k546/Dave_Lewis/DanielDayLewisLincolnPT.jpg

5-New trailer for the anticipated This is 40.Judd Apatow ,director of hit comedies such as Knocked Up and 40 year old virgin directs this movie which is a spin off Knocked Up.
Trailer #2

6-Avenger Fans Celebrate ! Joss Whedon will return to write and direct Avengers 2.While it was not certain Joss would be back for the sequel initially ,Disney confirmed his return.The sequel is aimed for a 2015 release and will follow the events set after Iron Man 3,Thor 2 ,Captain America 2 & Guardians Of the Galaxy.

7-A bit of a sad news from The Hobbit.The Hobbit Part 1 will not be shown in the 48fps format in most theaters.The format will be tried out in a handful of theaters.The new format is said to be the next stage of movie making ,but Jackson's Hobbit got lots of negative responses for being too sharp and realistic when the trial footage from the Hobbit was shown.Since the new format will have a bit of getting used ,Warner Bros are planning to release Hobbit Part 1 in 48fps in select cinemas only.

8-American Pie 8 (or 4 or Reunion) will have sequel.The 2012,movie which was said to be the final movie of the series was too big of a success to end.The movie made $233million worldwide ,and Universal has already roped in Reunion writer-directors Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg.

9-The next story is from TDKR.Theres news from a deleted scene feturing Bane's backstory.Even though many have already seen the movie ,the people from the Middle East and some other parts of the worls are still in the dark about TDKR.
So read the details from here
http://screenrant.com/dark-knight-rises-deleted-scene-bane-images-mask-scars/

10-Teaser Banner from Kick Ass 2
http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/kick-ass-2-poster-banner.jpg

11-Trailer for Trouble with the Curves,starring Clint Eastwood,Amy Adams & Justin Timberlake.
Trailer #1

12-Lastly ,rumour has that Jason Segal plans to quit How I met Your MOther after the 8th season.
HIMYM has been strtching its story for too long and plans to go beyond the 8th and into the 9th season.I dont know why they are doing so since the last few seasons are losing its charm due to its needless expansion.Season 8 begins next month.Will Jason Segal actually leave the show ? And even if he does ,will it affect HIMYM 

Time for a Break

Hey Fans !!

I will be a bit busy for the next couple of weeks.But ill do my best to keep you all updated.Please visit my FB page - https://www.facebook.com/RJG.Ratings .Its a bit easier for me to update there.

Thanking you,
RJG.

Monday, August 06, 2012

TDKR crushes new releases on Weekend #3



#1-Earning $36.4million in its 3rd weekend ,TDKR crushed the new competition to stay atop for the 3rd week in a row.Overseas TDKR has made $378million,thus putting its worldwide collection to $733million.
 TDKR is now the 3rd fastest movie to make $350million (domestically),17 days.The Dark Knight made it in 14 and Avengers in 10.


#2-Total Recall opened in the 2nd spot with $26million.The remake of the 1990 movie,failed to take down the dark knight.Unfortunately Total Recall has almost sealed its fate.With a budget of $125million ,and another anticipated movie (Bourne Legacy) opening next week, Total Recall is expected to bomb at the box office.Total Recall also failed critically and holds a rating of 31%.

#3-Diary Of a Wimpy Kid 3 too couldnt make much of a mark in its debut ,making just $17million.While the previous 2 DOWK opened with a collection of more than $21million ,DOWK3's opening is a sign that it will be the low grosser of the series.
But unlike Total Recall,DOWK3 has a budget of just $22million,that ensure the movie will easily make a profit.
DOWK3 has been getting mixed reviews and holds a 50% rating.

#4-Ice Age 4 made way for the new releases making $8.4million.It has so far made $131million and trails behind the other Ice Age movies which have made more than $175million.But Ice Age 4 is doing pretty well outside and has made $715million worldwide.

#5-Last weeks new release ,The Watch ,made just $6million and is on its way to become another big flop.

Ted stood strong within the Top 10 after 6 weeks at #6.It made $5.4million and as said before ,its a surprise hit of the summer like The Hangover.
Step Up 4 fell 3 places from last week to #7 making a paltry $5.3million in its 2nd week.It has been doing similar business as its predecessors but might end up as the lowest grossing movie in the series.

This week the highly anticipated Bourne Legacy and the Will Farell comedy The Campaign will release.Bourne Legacy is almost a guaranteed pick, to knock TDKR from the top spot

Sunday, August 05, 2012

Total Recall (2012) [Guest Review]


Total Recall (2012) [Review by Guest Reviewer- Arnab Goswami]
Rating- 65
Directed by Lens Wiseman
Starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel

Douglas Quaid(Colin Farrell) is a factory worker who commutes daily from the Colony to the United federation of Britain via the 'Fall' - a mass rapid transit system that goes through the Earth's core to connect the only 2 habitable parts of the world on its diametrically opposite ends. He has a beautiful wife Lori (the extremely beautiful Kate Beckinsale) who is simply too beautiful to be truly his wife and yet she is. The mundane nature of his work tires his mind so much that an ad for 'Rekall' - a company that promises to replace your mind's current memories with memories you would like to have such as secret fantasies, unrealized ambitions and so on, really catches his eye. He goes there 1 day and opts for 'Rekall'. It is then that they realize that his memories had already been erased and altered. All hell breaks loose as the moment his mind i
s touched, the authorities come to take him. Douglas Quaid is now a wanted man on the run who may in reality have been a secret agent in the past. What happens next??

'Total Recall' is a very well made film from a technical point of view with a highly engaging background score. What it sorely lacks is any soul or emotion. Other than that, it is quite a good watch. Colin Farrell gives a sincere performance as the worried and tense looking Quaid. However, it is the intensity of Kate Beckinsale's performance which drives the film to quite an extent. In fact, she may even be the best female action star of our time. Jessica Biel is completely wasted in this one. There are several action sequences which are very impressive and the CGI looks real for the most part. But in this age of Bourne Identity and the lot, lots of stuff feel familiar. However, it's Colin Farrell and Kate Beckinsale who drive this film and the result is worth watching once. If the film had at least some emotion, it would have been a lot better. Oh and, they could have thrown in a couple of jokes too!!!

Taken 2 trailer



Second Trailer for Taken 2

Trailer #2

Action Packed with lots of Liam !

Cloud Atlas Cast Pics



Heres the star studded cast & the large number of characters from the movie Cloud Atlas.
The main characters such as Tom Hanks ,Halle Berry & Hugo Weaving are playing 4 different characters and the others too have more than just one character.The story is so large and deep that in order for the audience to make some sense of what the movie was about ,the trailer was 5min long!

Expendables 2 Banner



its a bit cliched ,but check out this new poster for Expendables 2.
For how many of them, will this movie be a Last Supper? ;)

Friday, August 03, 2012

TDKR's sound & music department


Behind the scenes of TDKR's sound & music department

The video features Hans Zimmer & Richard King as they recount their experiences working in TDKR.

http://vimeo.com/46759301

X-Men First Class Sequel title Revealed


Bryan Singer executive producer of XMen First Class,announced that the sequel for First Class will be called - X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Mathew Vaughn returns to direct the sequel,and will be joined by Fassbender & James McAvoy reprising their roles as Magneto & Xavier.
The story is said to be very ambitious and Bryan said that the movie plans to expand its universe.As you might know X-Men is in the same universe of The Avengers,Spiderman etc. (Marvel Universe) .Could there be any possible crossovers in the future?

Prometheus sequel



It was inevitable for Prometheus to churn out a sequel.Leaving some very intriguing questions unanswered and being an Alien prequel,it left a big gap between its end and the actual start of Alien.

But after mixed responses (mostly positive,others were just frustrated with the lack of answers) ,and an average success at the box office a sequel was highly doubted.Prometheus just made $125million domestically from a $130million budget (worldwide-$302million).

But fortunately, Fox studio announced yesterday that Ridley Scott was given the permission to go ahead with the sequel.
Prometheus 2 is stated for a 2014/2015 release.Both Naomi Rapace & Micheal Fassbender will reprise their roles,but a major change will be the departure of Damon Lindelof (the writer).Due to various other commitments (ex:Star Trek 2) ,Damon wont be able to meet up with the 2014/2015 deadline set by Fox.

Anyone excited for the sequel?

Paranormal Activity 4 Poster & Trailer


For all the Horror fans out there ,heres the exclusive trailer & poster for Paranormal Activity 4


The trailer doesnt look as scary as the previous installments trailers,and with the last 2 movies being terrible i have not much hope for the 4th part.
Paranormal Activity 4 takes place 5 years after the events of the first movie.It is directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3) and is set to be released on October 19th.
Anyone excited for the movie ,or has the Paranormal Activity series lost its thrill ?
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