Haven’t had anything juicy for a while, but here’s a few drool-worthy nuggets. And another f-ing Twilight movie.
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The Academy Awards for films released in 2009 have been announced. Below, you’ll find the complete results, with winners listed first in category and formatted in green bold text and with nominees listed afterwards. (Thanks for the suggestion, Lunadude.)
The Razzie awards are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. Not only did they “honour” this year’s worst theatrical output, but they’ve also pointed out some notables from the entire decade.
Tim Burton’s 3D vision of the Lewis Carroll classic opened this weekend. How does it hold up? Can Burton still deliver in the new visual format?
I’ve not been a fan of Hollywood’s frenzied desire to remake every film, television show, and cartoon that ever succeeded, but a remake of The Wolf Man actually made sense to me. The original film first appeared nearly seventy years ago. It features a great premise and it holds up, after a fashion. However, the hammy period acting, limited special effects, and underdeveloped backstory affect its reception in 2010. A clever director could transform those elements for the present, while composing a kind of Valentine to the great old horror movies.
Does this film succeed?
MTV is reporting that Joseph Kosinski, the director of the upcoming sequel to Tron would like to next work on an re-imagining of Disney’s other big Sci-Fi film, “The Black Hole”. His plan for the film would involve take a more hard Sci-Fi take on the story, taking advantage of more recent scientific discoveries and theories about the nature of black holes and how they work. The script is doe to be written by Travis Beacham, who wrote the re-make of “Clash of the Titans” that is due in theaters this year.
TheAngryMob reviewed the original back in 2005.
This weekend saw the release of The Imaginarium of Dr. Gilliam, Heath Ledger’s last film, and the latest from the American Python.
Just a couple of new ones this week, but I have to admit, they both look pretty cool.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new franchise.