Sunday, September 09, 2012
short news from the entertainment world about TDKR ,Skyfall ,Cloud Atlas ,Hobbit etc
Some short news from the entertainment world about TDKR ,Skyfall ,Cloud Atlas ,Hobbit and more!
1-Cloud Atlas premiered at TIFF and has been getting excellent reviews with many saying that the movie is one of the best of 2012.Directed by the Andy & Lana Wachowski (The Matrix) and Tom Tykwer ,Cloud Atlas is based on the novel by David Mitchell.The movie got a standing ovation and initial reviews h
1-Cloud Atlas premiered at TIFF and has been getting excellent reviews with many saying that the movie is one of the best of 2012.Directed by the Andy & Lana Wachowski (The Matrix) and Tom Tykwer ,Cloud Atlas is based on the novel by David Mitchell.The movie got a standing ovation and initial reviews h
ave said its a
beautiful yet a mind provoking movie.Among these positive reviews there
are a couple of negative ones as well saying the movie is a long
cluttered mess.
So what will it be? The movie will release soon on October 26.
2-Daniel Craig has confirmed he will return for 2 more movies as James Bond after Skyfall.
3-There are some rumors floating around about a director's cut of TDKR to be released along with the BluRay Version of the movie, which will feature the origin of Bane and almost 30min of deleted scenes.
Unfortunately this is just a rumor.The folks at Batman-News confirmed that no such extended version will be released.
4-A new poster for Looper.Joseph Gordon doesnt seem to look himself in the posters of Looper but that maybe because hes playing a younger version to Bruce Willis character.Anyways,Looper too has been getting good reviews with many saying its a mind bending movie of sorts.
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5-Loads of new pics from The Hobbit.32 new pics,click to see them
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6-The writer/director duo of classic movies such as The Big Lebowski,True Grit (2010) ,Fargo ,Burn After Reading -Joel & Ethan Coen ,are the writers for the upcoming movie- Gambit.The movie is directed by Micheal Hoffman and stars Alan Rickman ,Colin Firth & Cameron Diaz.The synopsis for the movie at IMDB is as follows:
"An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen."
The movie is set to release in 2013.Heres the poster-
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7-David O Russel's next movie after The Fighter is Silver Linings Playbook.The movie stars Bradley Cooper & Jennifer Lawrence.The synopsis for the movie at IMDB is as follows:
"After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano (Bradley)moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany (Lawrence), a mysterious girl with problems of her own."
So what will it be? The movie will release soon on October 26.
2-Daniel Craig has confirmed he will return for 2 more movies as James Bond after Skyfall.
3-There are some rumors floating around about a director's cut of TDKR to be released along with the BluRay Version of the movie, which will feature the origin of Bane and almost 30min of deleted scenes.
Unfortunately this is just a rumor.The folks at Batman-News confirmed that no such extended version will be released.
4-A new poster for Looper.Joseph Gordon doesnt seem to look himself in the posters of Looper but that maybe because hes playing a younger version to Bruce Willis character.Anyways,Looper too has been getting good reviews with many saying its a mind bending movie of sorts.
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5-Loads of new pics from The Hobbit.32 new pics,click to see them
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6-The writer/director duo of classic movies such as The Big Lebowski,True Grit (2010) ,Fargo ,Burn After Reading -Joel & Ethan Coen ,are the writers for the upcoming movie- Gambit.The movie is directed by Micheal Hoffman and stars Alan Rickman ,Colin Firth & Cameron Diaz.The synopsis for the movie at IMDB is as follows:
"An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen."
The movie is set to release in 2013.Heres the poster-
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7-David O Russel's next movie after The Fighter is Silver Linings Playbook.The movie stars Bradley Cooper & Jennifer Lawrence.The synopsis for the movie at IMDB is as follows:
"After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano (Bradley)moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany (Lawrence), a mysterious girl with problems of her own."
Silver Linings Playbook Poster
David
O Russel's next movie after The Fighter is Silver Linings Playbook.The
movie stars Bradley Cooper & Jennifer Lawrence.The synopsis for the
movie at IMDB is as follows:The movie is set to release on November 21 2012.
Poster for Gambit.
Written by the Coen Bros. & starring Alan Rickman,Colin Firth & Cameron Diaz
"An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen."
Friday, September 07, 2012
Battleship (2012)
[poor start ,great finish]
Battleship (2012)IMDB- 6.0
Rottentomatoes- 34
RJG Rating- 55
Hopper ,a reckless navy officer ,is put to the test when he and a couple other destroyer ships are forced to face an alien invasion.
Starring- Taylor Kitsch,Tadanobu Asano,Alexander Skarsgård
Director- Peter Berg
Battleship is a movie surprisingly adapted from the board game of the same name.How thats even possible is certainly a wonder ,but the movie doesnt do much justice to the game.
Taylor K as the main hero does an okay job.He along with the rest of the cast were over the top.Rihanna was completely useless,Alexander was a saving grace ,Brooklyn was just eye candy,Liam does his usual in his cameo.
Battleships story is nothing special.Even though its said to be adapted from the board game ,its silly to even connect this movie to the game.On a stand alone basis ,the movie was the typical alien invasion story that is served every summer from Hollywood.The movie has plenty of plot holes and the first half needlessly stretched.The part where the board game's setup is done is interesting but it feels like a forced attempt.
The direction is generally poor and heavily inspired by the likes of Micheal Bay.Other than the finale ,the rest of the movie was too long ,silly ,and full of needless CGI.The action scenes could have been better but they were completely exploited with closeup shots and too many explosions.There were plenty of corny scenes & dialogues that dragged the movie pace.The aliens weren't too thought up of either.The only highlight of the movie was the last part (where the real Battleship comes to play) which turned out to be pretty exciting compared to the rest of the movie.
Overall Battleship is just another mindless popcorn movie.A timepass movie for action lovers and those who love ships.
Acting- 2/5
Story- 1.5/5
Direction- 2/5
Action- 3.5/5
Visual Effects- 3/5
Jim Carrey joins the cast of Kick Ass 2.
Director Jeff Wadlow announced that Carrey would play Colonel Stars, a founding member of Justice Forever who recruits heroes to the crime fighting group.Kick Ass 2 will also star the original cast members such as Aaron Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz and Christopher Mintz.
Great news for Fans of Arrested Development.
The show creator ,Mitch Hurwitz has said that Season 4 will make path for a Arrested Development movie.
The show had been cancelled after Season 3 ,but due to its large fan following and demands for it to be brought back ,Season 4 was greenlit.The shooting has already begun and it will release in 2013.
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Die Hard 5
The
5th installment of the Die Hard Series has revealed its first
trailer.Bruce Willis returns as the lead hero ,John McClane in the
sequel titled - A Good Day To Die Hard
The movie is set for release
on February 14 2013 and is directed by John Moore (Max Payne,Omen
2006).The story follows how John McClane and his son take on the local
forces in Russia.Tuesday, September 04, 2012
The Dictator (2012)
[falls short of a laugh riot]
IMDB- 6.6
Rottentomatoes- 58
RJG Rating- 65
General Aladeen, dictator of Waadiya visits USA.
Starring- Sacha Baron Cohen
Director- Larry Charles
Sacha Baron & Larry Charles unite once again after Borat & Bruno to bring yet another outrageous character.The film unlike the previous is not a mockumentary.
Sacha Baron is the main highlight of the movie.He shoulders the entire movie from start to finish.Once again he succeeds in giving life to yet another wacky character in the lines of Ali G,Borat & Bruno.The supporting cast of Anna Faris & Ben Kingsley do good but they are overshadowed by Sacha.
Dictator's main highlight is Sacha ,and thats it.Everywhere else it doesn stand upto any mark.The story is okay ,but the way its presented is quite poor.Even though the concept is different from the usual fare, the story follows a predictable route.But it does succeed in bringing out controversial jokes.From start to the very end ,all jokes are offensive and highly controversial.It does have plenty of Borat type jokes ,though many miss the mark.
Larry Charles had a good idea at hand but in the end he fails to utilise them.The movie ends up being a series of skits rather than being a complete movie.The comedy isnt very funny ,yet it has its own charm (if you are fans of controversial comedy).Thankfully Sacha manages to keep the audiences entertained.
Overall,Dictator is a must watch for Sacha Baron fans ,while others may not find it to be very funny.
Acting- 4/5
Story- 3/5
Direction- 2.5/5
Comedy- 2.5/5
Monday, September 03, 2012
Possession tops Lawless ,TDKR enters the 1billion club
1-The
horror movie ,The Possession took over the top spot with $17million.The
true story may not have pleased the critics but it managed to draw in
the audiences.The movie has a rotten rating of 35%.
2-Lawless made a weak debut with just $9million.The movie which is about criminal brothers against the law failed to attract the crowds.Lawless has been getting above average reviews ,many praising the acting department (Shia ,Tom Hardy,Gary Oldman) and the gritty tale.Its currently rated 65%.
3-Expendables 2 made way to #3 ,with $8.8million.The movie has raked up $66million domestically and another $66million overseas in its 3 weeks.Even though the movie is said to be much better than the first part,it still is lagging behind its predecessor.
4-Bourne Legacy made $7.2million.The spin off has made $96million domestically and a total of $157million worldwide ,but it still lags behind the original series critically as well as financially.
5-The stop motion animated movie ,ParaNorman made $6.55million.The movie has made a total of $55million so far.
At #7 TDKR made $5.9 million on its 7th week pushing its domestic collection to $431million (#9 on all time lists).But as i mentioned earlier ,TDKR is doing very well overseas.The movie has made $574million so far overseas.This helped TDKR cross the $1billion milestone in worldwide collections.TDKR is now #12 on worldwide collections list with $1.005 billion ,overtaking its predecessor The Dark Knight ($1.003billion).With this ,Christopher Nolan has become the second director, after James Cameron(Avatar& Titanic) ,to have 2 of his films make more than a Billion dollars at the box office.Similarly ,Christian Bale now has 2 movies in the billion dollar club and is just behind Johnny Depp ,who has 3 (Alice ,PiratesOTC 2&4).
Meanwhile ,2012 Summer blockbuster winner ,The Avengers was re-released and managed to reach $1.5 billion.The movie is #3 on both domestic($620million) as well as on worldwide grossing ($1.502billion)lists.
Not many good movies this week.The Cold Light Of Day,The Words & The Bachelorette have already got below average reviews and dont look strong enough to make a good debut at the box office.
2-Lawless made a weak debut with just $9million.The movie which is about criminal brothers against the law failed to attract the crowds.Lawless has been getting above average reviews ,many praising the acting department (Shia ,Tom Hardy,Gary Oldman) and the gritty tale.Its currently rated 65%.
3-Expendables 2 made way to #3 ,with $8.8million.The movie has raked up $66million domestically and another $66million overseas in its 3 weeks.Even though the movie is said to be much better than the first part,it still is lagging behind its predecessor.
4-Bourne Legacy made $7.2million.The spin off has made $96million domestically and a total of $157million worldwide ,but it still lags behind the original series critically as well as financially.
5-The stop motion animated movie ,ParaNorman made $6.55million.The movie has made a total of $55million so far.
At #7 TDKR made $5.9 million on its 7th week pushing its domestic collection to $431million (#9 on all time lists).But as i mentioned earlier ,TDKR is doing very well overseas.The movie has made $574million so far overseas.This helped TDKR cross the $1billion milestone in worldwide collections.TDKR is now #12 on worldwide collections list with $1.005 billion ,overtaking its predecessor The Dark Knight ($1.003billion).With this ,Christopher Nolan has become the second director, after James Cameron(Avatar& Titanic) ,to have 2 of his films make more than a Billion dollars at the box office.Similarly ,Christian Bale now has 2 movies in the billion dollar club and is just behind Johnny Depp ,who has 3 (Alice ,PiratesOTC 2&4).
Meanwhile ,2012 Summer blockbuster winner ,The Avengers was re-released and managed to reach $1.5 billion.The movie is #3 on both domestic($620million) as well as on worldwide grossing ($1.502billion)lists.
Not many good movies this week.The Cold Light Of Day,The Words & The Bachelorette have already got below average reviews and dont look strong enough to make a good debut at the box office.
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