USA Today ran a story about Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: it sounds like Fox is looking for a new director. Anyway there’s something more interesting: the newspaper also claims Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 is expected to shoot in a seaside location, possibly Hawaii. Why on a seaside location? Well because the plot allegedly involves the chipmunks getting shipwrecked
The Amazing Spider-Man is an action-adventure-thriller movie of 2012 based on the previous super hero movie and the 4th Colombia Pictures Film but there is definitely something AMAZING in this movie
Andrew Garfield will be playing the role of Peter Parker and of course the Spider Man of the movie while Emma Stone will be playing as Gwen Stacy who has been Spider Man’s love interest since a very long time.
The villian of the movie, Van Adder played by Irrfan Khan in The Amazing Spider-Man is no new to the comic series of Spider Man but now the things are going to get more sweaty and spicy as Van Adder turns into a Super Villain - Proto-Goblin.
Lance Preston and the crew of "Grave Encounters", a ghost-hunting reality television show, are shooting an episode inside the abandoned Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital, where unexplained phenomena has been reported for years. All in the name of good television, they voluntarily lock themselves inside the building for the night and begin a paranormal investigation, capturing everything on camera. They quickly realize that the building is more than just haunted - it is alive - and it has no intention of ever letting them leave. They find themselves lost in a labyrinth maze of endless hallways and corridors, terrorized by the ghosts of the former patients. They soon begin to question their own sanity, slipping deeper and deeper into the depths of madness, ultimately discovering the truth behind the hospital's dark past...and taping what turns out to be their final episode.
Apollo 18 is a found footage-style film set in December 1974, about a post-Apollo 17 mission to the Moon that takes on a premise of why NASA discontinued the Apollo moon missions. The plot involves a government coverup of the Apollo 18 mission after parasitic lifeforms on the Moon discovered the crew and began to attack them. Much of the back-story remains unknown; however, the movie posters in English indicate the Russian KGB role in Soviet lunar conspiracy and the Russian movie posters show inscriptions in English suggesting an American government cover up in lunar conspiracy. In the trailer, an American astronaut finds a dead cosmonaut and a Soviet LK Lander on the lunar surface.
Apollo 18 is currently scheduled for release on September 2, 2011. Originally scheduled for March 2011, the film's release date was moved five times during the year
When it comes to Pixar films, I think that we are allowed to hold them to a higher standard. Their traditionally high level of creativity has turned out one crowd-pleasing film after another. Their spark doesn't just come from the quality of the animation. It also comes from the storyteller's ability to weave threads of heartfelt friendships, dedicated teamwork, and can-do chutzpah. This is quite evident in the opening animated short, a treat in and of itself that precedes Pixar films. It's about Ken's & Barbie's first magical kiss that might never have happened if not for the heartfelt friendships, dedicated teamwork, and can-do chutzpah of the Toy Story gang. This vignette picks up after the end of "Toy Story 3". It's fresh and funny in so many ways and gives me hope that "Toy Story 4" may be in the works.
In my opinion, the "Cars" franchise is sort of the redheaded stepchild of the Pixar oeuvre. I thought that the original 2006 film was ok enough. And, if I took anything away from it, it was that old-school beliefs and tried-and-true icons deserved a place in modern America. Friendships were crafted, self-discovery occurred, and it was amiable enough.
"Cars 2" is still a good piece of entertainment but I wonder if it has jumped the shark. The film isn't even about Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson). Its focus is on his sidekick, Mater (voiced by Larry the Cable Guy) whose mouth has more RPMs than his engine can produce. It eventually gets McQueen and himself into all sorts of trouble when Mater's lack of tact embroils them in a feud against an Italian Formula 1 named Francesco Bernoulli (voiced by John Turturro); in a World Grand Prix that will showcase alternative energy fuel; and in an international spy adventure.
That all sounds good - until you hear Mater mumble and bumble in his some-will-like-it-some-will-not country bumpkin histrionics. Mater, sadly, could be the Jar-Jar Binks of the Pixar world. However, to counteract that, we are introduced to a new character, Finn McMissile (voiced by Michael Caine) who is a British Spy that believes that Mater is a top American Spy. Honestly, Michael Caine could be the voice of a blender, and I'd still be enthralled.
What the film has going for it is its level of high-quality animation as the film moves from Japan to Italy to London. Some of it looks amazingly lifelike. Its best scene doesn't involve Mater or McQueen but Luigi (the auto repair car) who goes back home to visit Mom and Dad. There is something emotionally human about this scene that doesn't exist anywhere else. The rest of it is just fast driving, fast talking, and fast thinking by McMissile.
This really isn't "Cars 2". It's more like "Mater's Tall Tales". Have you ever checked those out on YouTube? His eccentricities are funny for 6 minutes at a time but not so lovable in a 2-hour film. Admittedly, though, I am quite fond of "Tokyo Mater". And, I'm also fond of "Speed Racer", which seemed to be as eye-catching and fun without the "idiot card" being played all the time.
Starring: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon, Julia Ormond
Director: Zack Snyder Release Date: 2012 Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Kevin Costner To Star In Superman
Kevin Costner has closed a deal to join the cast of Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' new Superman movie being directed by Zack Snyder. In comics lore, the Kents are portrayed as the two people who most influence Superman, helping give direction to his moral compass and teaching his honorable values.
