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Red Riding Hood Trailer #2

By Allan Ford | Jan 20, 2011 | Movie Trailers (0) Comment

Amanda Seyfried in Red Riding Hood

Check out the second trailer for a new take on the classic fairy tale Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried.

In Red Riding Hood, Seyfried plays Valerie, a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons).

Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie’s older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice.

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Brand New Kung Fu Panda 2 Poster

By Allan Ford | Jan 13, 2011 | Movie Posters (0) Comment

Kung Fu Panda 2

Check out the new poster for the upcoming Kung Fu Panda 2 the animated movie and set to be in 3D.

The sequel to the movie will focus on Po (Jack Black), Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman), Master Tigress (Angelina Jolie) and the rest of the Furious Five will join forces with The Soothsayer (Michelle Yeoh), Master Skunkman (James Woods), Master Croc (Jean-Claude Van Damme), and Master Thunder Rhino (Victor Garber) on their quest defeat Lord Shen (Gary Oldman). Lord Shen possesses a deadly weapon that can destroy Kung Fu forever and it will be up to Po, and the Furious Five, and their new friends to stop this new weapon. But first Po will have to confront his long-last past.

 

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Brand New Red Riding Hood Poster

By Allan Ford | Jan 12, 2011 | Movie Posters (0) Comment

Red Riding Hood

Check out the third poster for Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried and directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight).

Synopsis: In Red Riding Hood, Seyfried plays Valerie, a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons).

Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie’s older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice.

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First Kung Fu Panda 2 TV Spot

By Allan Ford | Jan 3, 2011 | Movie Trailers (0) Comment

Kung Fu Panda 2 Quad Poster

DreamWorks Animation released the first  TV spot for Kung Fu Panda 2.

Synopsis: Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five – Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and and destroy kung fu. It is up to Po and and The Furious Five to journey across China to face this threat and vanquish it. But how can Po stop a weapon that can stop kung fu? He must look to his past and uncover the secrets to his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.

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Two New Kung Fu Panda 2 Posters

By Allan Ford | Nov 23, 2010 | Movie Posters (0) Comment

Kung-fu Panda 2

DreamWorks Animation has just released two new posters  for the upcoming CGI animated film Kung Fu Panda 2.

Synopsis: Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five – Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. It is up to Po and The Furious Five to journey across China to face this threat and vanquish it. But how can Po stop a weapon that can stop kung fu? He must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Review

By Allan Ford | Nov 18, 2010 | Movie Reviews (3) Comment

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

After six films and nearly a decade of appearing on movie screens across the world, the Harry Potter franchise has truly grown up. And if Part 1 of Deathly Hallows is any indication, we can expect as visually satisfying and powerful of a conclusion to the Potter universe’s cinematic legacy as fans have hoped for since the final novel was published. Deathly Hallows is the film in which Writer Steve Kloves and and Director David Yates seem to have finally mastered the art of simplifying the Potterverse, striking the right balance between compression, allusion, and invention, while effortlessly shifting between them- though the thematic fabric of the series still takes a hit. This is the result of several film’s worth of practice, plus the advantage of hours and hours of banked imagery that allows Yates to drop a single shot of a character, or a quick flash of a past scene and the note rings out, speaking volumes…read more [CHUD]

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First Red Riding Hood Trailer and Poster

By Fiona | Nov 16, 2010 | Movie Posters, Movie Trailers (0) Comment

The first trailer and poster for Catherine Hardwicke’s Red Riding Hood starring lovely Amanda Seyfried have been released. Check them out below.

Red Riding Hood

Here’s the Red Riding Hood synopsis:

In Red Riding Hood, Seyfried plays Valerie, a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons).

Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie’s older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice.

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Amanda Seyfried: Photo from Red Riding Hood Movie

By Allan Ford | Nov 15, 2010 | Movie Photos (0) Comment

Amanda Seyfried, Red Riding Hood

Entertainment Weekly has the first look official images from Red Riding Hood, which will be released in theaters on March 11, 2011.

Red Riding Hood is a gothic horror re-imagining of the fairy tale. The synopsis is “set in a medieval village that is haunted by a werewolf, a young girl falls for an orphaned woodcutter, much to her family’s displeasure.”

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Keira Knightley, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz, Anne Hathaway, Blake Lively or Naomi Watts In The Dark Knight Rises?

By Fiona | Nov 11, 2010 | Movie News (1) Comment

The latest and a real big rumor from Hollywood goes like this: Christopher Nolan has put the call out to fill two female lead roles in The Dark Knight Rises.

Christopher Nolan

Actresses that Christopher Nolan has been rumored to have met with include Keira Knightley, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz, Anne Hathaway, Blake Lively and Naomi Watts.

And we must admit this is pretty impressive. But how to expect less from great name such as Christopher Nolan!?

According to Deadline, Nolan is casting for two different female roles. One of the roles is to be a love interest for Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) and the other a villain.

But that’s not all. Just another one rumor, please.

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