April, 2010
True Blood – Official Season 3 Poster
POSTED IN Uncategorized April 27, 2010
M.I.A – Born Free
POSTED IN Music Videos, Clips, Video April 26, 2010
Music Video of M.I.A – Born Free
Director : Romain Gavras
Director of Photography : Andre Chemetoff
Producer : Mourad Belkeddar
The Disappearance of Alice Creed Movie Trailer
POSTED IN Movie Trailers,Clips, Video April 26, 2010
The movie is about the kidnapping and ransom of a daughter of a rich businessman. The hostage Alice Creed is played by Gemma Arterton, best known from playing the princess in the upcoming Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. Most of the film takes place in the room where Alice is being held hostage, with a minimalistic cast of three or four actors total.
Official Plot Synopsis:
Two men — one in his twenties, the other nearer forty, both intensely focused on the task at hand — line the inside of a transit van with plastic. Shopping, they buy a drill, mattress and other supplies. In a small flat they assemble a bed for the mattress and staple foam insulation and board to the walls and windows of a bedroom. Then, their meticulous preparations complete, they kidnap a young woman. They drag her from the street into the back of the van and, with a bag over her head and ball gag in her mouth, take her back to the flat, tying her to the bed in the room they have converted into a prison cell. The kidnappers are Danny (Martin Compston) and Vic (Eddie Marsan), two ex—cons planning to make a mint on the ransom for the young woman. The younger, nervier of the two, Danny defers to the more experienced Vic, who acts with a steely conviction. Their hostage is Alice Creed (Gemma Arterton), daughter of a rich businessman, chosen by Vic and Danny as their passport to a better life. Terrified and immobile at first, it soon becomes clear that Alice isnt about to let her captors use her as capital without a fight. As determined to escape as Vic and Danny are to succeed, Alice enters into a battle of wills which strains the already fractious relationship between the two men. As the deadline for the exchange draws nearer, all three are brought close to breaking point, with Vic and Dannys foolproof plan descending into a desperate struggle for survival.
How to Train Your Dragon took the top spot at the box office in its fifth weekend
POSTED IN Movie News, Read April 26, 2010
How to Train Your Dragon took the top spot at the box office in its fifth weekend in theaters with only an estimated $15 million — still good enough to top rival offerings from CBS Films (The Back-Up Plan) and Warner Bros. (The Losers). The Back-Up Plan took second place with an estimated $12.2 million, a dollar amount that doesn’t bode well for Jennifer Lopez’s return to the romantic comedy genre. The other wide release, the R-rated The Losers, couldn’t even cross into double-digits with an estimated $9.6 million and a fourth place finish. The two new wide releases didn’t help the box office for the weekend, which was down close to 20% compared to last year at this time, when the Beyonce Knowles-starrer Obsessed bowed to $28 million.
Third place went to Date Night, which in its third weekend grossed an additional $10.6 million for a 37% drop. The film has now grossed over $63 million since it bowed in early April. Kick-Ass, last weekend’s box-office winner, dropped a steep 52% for a weekend take of an estimated $9.5 million and a fifth-place finish. The R-rated superhero send-up has now earned close to $35 million after two weekends in release.
Pacific
POSTED IN TV Full Episodes, Video April 26, 2010
Prts.: 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman, The Pacific is an epic ten-part miniseries. The Pacific tracks the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines: Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. The miniseries follows these men and their fellow Marines from their first battle with the Japanese on Guadalcanal, through the rain forests of Cape Gloucester and the strongholds of Peleliu, across the bloody sands of Iwo Jima and through the horror of Okinawa, and finally to their triumphant but uneasy returnhome after V-J Day.
Woody Allen reveals ‘Midnight in Paris’ details
POSTED IN Movie News, Read April 22, 2010
Woody Allen has gone public with details about his upcoming film, titled “Midnight in Paris” and shooting this summer in Paris.
The usually reclusive filmmakers revealed Thursday that the pic stars Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates and Carla Bruni. Also in the cast are Michael Sheen, Nina Arianda, Tom Hiddleston, Corey Stoll, Mimi Kennedy and Kurt Fuller.
“Midnight in Paris” is a romantic comedy that follows a family travelling to the city for business, including a young engaged couple that has their lives transformed throughout the journey. “The film celebrates a young man’s great love for Paris, and simultaneously explores the illusion people have that a life different from their own is better,” the announcement said.
Cannes Poster: Xavier Dolan’s Les Amours imaginaires (Heartbeats)
POSTED IN Uncategorized April 20, 2010
Here is your first look at the festival poster for Xavier Dolan’s Un Certain Regard selected Les Amours imaginaires (a.k.a Heartbeats)
AMC announces the return of ‘Mad Men’ and premiere of ‘Rubicon’ series
POSTED IN Read, TV News April 20, 2010
AMC announced Tuesday that “Mad Men” will return for its fourth season on July 25 and help launch a new Sunday night series the following week.
The new series, “Rubicon,” premieres Aug. 1 with a two-hour episode, beginning at 8 p.m. The conspiracy thriller, set in a New York-based intelligence agency, centers on a beleaguered analyst who must overcome a tragedy as he uncovers clues to a complex conspiracy. It stars James Badge Dale (“The Pacific”), Dallas Roberts (“Walk the Line”), Jessica Collins (“The Nine”), Christopher Evan Welch (“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”), Lauren Hodges (“Law & Order”) and Arliss Howard (“Full Metal Jacket”). Its regular time slot is 9 p.m.
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ makes a surprise win over newcomer ‘Kick-Ass’
POSTED IN Movie News, Read April 19, 2010
DreamWorks Animated 3-D flick How to Train Your Dragon squeezed out a surprise come-from-behind first-place finish with an estimated $20 million take in its fourth weekend in release. Falling only 20 percent, Dragon’s total now stands at $158.6 million; a dearth of competing kids’ movies has been beneficial to the well-reviewed Viking flick. Lionsgate’s Kick-Ass grossed an estimated $19.75 million for a second place spot. (With estimates showing spots one and two separated by a remarkably small $250,000, Monday’s final results may give us a different outcome.) In 3,065 theaters, Kick-Ass averaged $6,445, not a bad debut for a film that only cost $28 million to make, but not reaching the high expectations for the film, which has been gathering buzz among the fan boys for the last month. In fact, the movie only generated a B from Cinemascore, suggesting that some audiences aren’t quite getting director Matthew Vaughn’s irreverent take on the superhero genre. The R rating may have also depressed the film’s box office, keeping its core fan base of teen boys out of the ticket lines.
Third place belonged to holdover Date Night, which grossed $17.3 million, or only a 31 percent drop — quite strong for a comedy that generated middling reviews when it opened last weekend. The PG-13 rated flick from director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) has now grossed close to $50 million after ten days of release. Chris Rock’s R-rated comedy Death at a Funeral grossed an estimated $16.4 million. The remake of the 2007 British film of the same name bowed to strong reviews, and a B+ Cinemascore, so perhaps it will hold strong in coming weeks. From director Neil LaBute, Death only cost $21 million to make and generated the highest per-screen average in the top ten with $6,913. Spot five went to Clash of the Titans, which grossed an additional $15.7 million. The movie fell 41 percent in its third week of release, and its gross now stands at $133 million.
The Last Song took 6th place with $5.8 million, bringng its total to around $50 million, while Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too earned 7th spot with $4.1 million and a total of $54.8 million. Hot Tub Time Machine is hanging in there, neck-and-neck with Alice in Wonderland for 8th. Both films have grossed around $3.5 million for the weekend. For Hot Tub, it was a drop of just 35 percent in its fourth week of release, raising its gross to $42.5 million. Alice, in its seventh weekend, has now earned an impressive $324 million. The Bounty Hunter rounds out the top 10; the Jennifer Aniston-Gerard Butler starrer has now earned $60 million after adding another $3.2 million in its fifth weekend of release.
Spartacus: Blood and Sand S.1
POSTED IN TV Full Episodes, Video April 17, 2010
Ep. 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4
Creator: Steven S. DeKnight
Seasons: 1
Genre: Action | Drama | Fantasy
Tagline: Some legends are written in blood.
Starring Andy Whitfield (McLeod’s Daughters) as Spartacus, Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) as Lucretia, John Hannah (The Mummy, Four Weddings and A Funeral) as Batiatus and Peter Mensah (300, The Incredible Hulk) as Doctore
Betrayed by the Romans. Forced into slavery. Reborn as a Gladiator. The classic tale of the Republic’s most infamous rebel comes alive in the graphic and visceral new series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands. Treachery, corruption, and the allure of sensual pleasures will constantly test Spartacus. To survive, he must become more thana man. More than a gladiator. He must become a legend. This unique mix of live action, graphic novel effects and brutal battle sequences is set to make “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” an epic television event.
