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The Wrestler New Trailer
New trailer for Darren Aronofsky-directed “The Wrestler“, starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood has been released.
Mickey Rourke plays Randy “The Ram” Robinson who comes out of retirement to try to knock down an old rival.
The movie won Golden Lion award for best movie at Venice Film Festival. Rourke told in an interview: “The Wrestler” was “the best … movie I’ve ever made.”
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“Twilight” Premiere And Reviews
For many of “Twilight” fans, the long-awaited premiere of “Twilight” is the biggest event of the year, of course. With nearly 2,000 shows already sold out, Summit Entertainment’s teen vampire romance “Twilight” is looking more like a studio blockbuster than some of the blockbusters.
“Twilight” has whipped up such a frenzy among tween and teenage girls that advance ticket sales are the biggest for any film since “The Dark Knight.” - Variety
“Twilight,” the big screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s novel opened this Friday. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke from a script by Melissa Rosenberg, the Summit release stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Cam Cigandet, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone and Ashley Greene.
Seems most of the major outlets have published reviews, and they’re quite positive, there are also lots of disappointment.
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“Australia” Reviews
Some early reviews have criticised the length of the “Australia.” At the media conference, Baz Luhrmann said he didn’t expect everyone to like it but was hoping it would become a classic.
“It is between the film and the audience,” he said of the reviews at the press conference, describing the film as an epic in the style of ‘Out of Africa’ or ‘Gone with the Wind.’ I wanted to make a film that everyone could go and see.”
Nicole Kidman said the film’s release should be reason for the whole country to celebrate: “This is a celebration for me and hopefully for this country, she said, It’s not meant to be the second coming, but it is meant to be let’s have fun and enjoy it.”
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15 New Photos “Punisher: War Zone”
Yesterday we added “Punisher: War Zone” Featurette and today we’ve got 15 brand new photos from the movie for you. Check them out below.
“Punisher: War Zone” is directed by Lexi Alexander and her new movie is scheduled to hit theaters on December 5th 2008.
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“Nothing But the Truth” Official Trailer
The official trailer for Rod Lurie’s “Nothing But the Truth” which stars Alan Alda, Kate Beckinsale and Matt Dillon has been released.
Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale), reporter in Washington DC who faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source. The movie is both written and directed by Israeli filmmaker Rod Lurie and the movie first premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans Poster
A brand new poster for the upcoming “Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans” has been released.
The film traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian (Michael Sheen)emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Bill Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja (Rhona Mitra), in his battle against the Death Dealer army and his struggle for Lycan freedom.
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“Australia” First Review
Australian site Watoday has the first review of highly awaited Baz Luhrmann’s epic adventure “Australia” which stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
“…The anxiously anticipated Australia is not a bad film. But it’s far from a great one, and certainly not one destined to be a classic.
That’s not to say it won’t be popular, possibly wildly so. The film has broad appeal, particularly to the chick-flick market, with its sweeping, overlong melodramatic saga about cattle drives, the stolen generations, the bombing of Darwin and Hugh Jackman’s abs. The story involves a prissy English woman (Nicole Kidman) who, with the help of a stockman known enigmatically as “The Drover” (Jackman), tries saving her troubled cattle station from a greedy cattleman (Bryan Brown) and his evil relative (David Wenham).
Blended into the tale is the touching story of a little boy of mixed blood, who serves as a symbol for the stolen generations and racism.
The film is fine, and never boring but, boy, is it overlong. At a mammoth 165 minutes it feels too much like a work-in-progress. There is a lot of narrative flab and longueurs in the first two hours and the film often has the pace of a steamroller with engine trouble.
Luhrmann also seems so eager to trowel on the Aussie cliches - obviously to appeal to the tourist markets! - that Australia is often simply irritating. The word “crikey” is spouted so often the film often sounds like a tribute to Steve Irwin.
As for the visuals, the film is pretty - you cannot point a camera at the outback and not get something impressive - but there are only so many wide shots of the Aussie outback that the human mind can stand…”
Read full story at watoday.com.au
“Australia” is scheduled to hit US theaters on November 26, 2008.
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