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New Trailer for Robin Hood
Eschewing the rock music and the manly roars that bogged down the previous teasers, the full trailer for Universal's Robin Hood [RBNHD] reveals there's actually a story to the action adventure beyond just men running around huffing and puffing, yelling at one another and killing each other. Russell Crowe [RCROW] stars as the legendary 13th Century English archer who arrives home after fighting abroad in King Richard's army only to find the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham. He leads a band...
Read more »Weekend Pass: Is She Really Out of His League?
This weekend, the winter’s biggest hit ever Alice in Wonderland [ALCNW], will face competition from four new movies including She’s Out of My League [SHOML], which hopes to be the feel good release of the weekend.
The star of She’s Out of My League, Jay Baruchel [JBARU] started out his career with bit parts before making a big debut in Million Dollar Baby. It wasn't until Judd Apatow's [JAPAT] 2007 comedy Knocked Up that made him popular. He followed up by also playing the hapless young...
First trailer for Just Wright
Two weeks after slotting the film into a May 14th release date, Fox Searchlight has debuted the first trailer to the romance Just Wright [JUSTW]. Queen Latifah [QLATI] plays a physical therapist who hooks up her girlfriend (Paula Patton [PPATT]) with a New Jersey Nets player (Common [COMMN]), only to get emotionally involved in a love triangle while helping him recover from a career-threatening injury. Targeted at the urban audience, Just Wright should be just the right...
Read more »Teaser trailer for Tron Legacy
The first official trailer for Disney's 3D cyber adventure Tron Legacy [TRON2] shown in theaters with Alice in Wonderland is now online. The sequel to Tron stars Garrett Hedlund [GHEDL] as Sam Flynn, who in search of his father, finds himself digitalized in the same cyber world as his father Kevin Flynn, played by Jeff Bridges [JBRID], make that Oscar winner for Best Actor Jeff Bridges. Tron revolutionized special effects with its computer generated graphics back in 1982, and the Joseph...
Read more »Traders Predicted the 82nd Academy Awards.
History was made last night as the 82nd Academy Awards crowned its winners. The awards ceremony was hosted by Alec Baldwin [ABALD] and Steve Martin [SMART] who brought an appropriate mix of seriousness and shenanigans. Hollywood Stock Exchange traders delivered a stellar performance picking 6 out of 8 categories correct for a 75% accuracy.
Christoph Waltz [CWALT] was the first to walk off with a trophy, winning for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Inglourious Basterds. Traders made...
New Trailer for Iron Man 2
Premiering last night after the 82nd Academy Awards, the full trailer to Iron Man 2 [IRNM2] is now online. In addition to scenes previous seen in the teaser trailer, we get our first good look at Scarlett Johnasson [SJOHA] as Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow, Samuel L. Jackson [SLJAC] as Nick Fury, and Sam Rockwell [SROCK] as villainous industrialist Justin Hammer who teams up with Mickey Rourke's [MROUR] Whiplash to create an army of robotic Iron Men. Tony Stark also shows off a new Iron...
Read more »The Box Score: Alice in Wonderland
This Oscar weekend didn’t keep audiences away from theaters. As the red carpet rolls out to greet the brightest and the best of the year, the box office continues to turn over its weekend winners. It was all fantasy and imagination for moviegoers who gave much love to Alice in Wonderland [ALCNW].
The Tim Burton [TBURT] directed extravanganza brought back a whopping $116.3 million, breaking the best ever record for the month of March. It also got the honor of being the sixth best opening of...
Whisper Numbers: How much will Alice in Wonderland find down the rabbit hole?
After spending 3 months on Pandora, moviegoers finally get to feast their spectacled eyes on a new 3D film other than Avatar. Tim Burton [TBURT] and Lewis Carroll seems such a perfect match that it’s surprising it’s taken this long for the director to put his spin on the classic Alice in Wonderland [ALCNW]. Top box office draw and quirky character maven Johnny Depp [JDEPP] stars as the Mad Hatter in the PG-rated fantasy film based on the book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” as well as...
Read more »First trailer for Legend of the Guardians
Based on the children's book series "Guardians of Ga'Hoole", Legend of the Guardians [GHOOL] is a new CG animated film from the same studio that produced Happy Feet. The fantasy adventure featuring talking owls is described as a cross between "Watership Down" and "The Lord of the Rings". Best known for his bloody R-rated affairs, Zach Snyder [ZSNYD] tones down his stylized violence to direct his first animated film that's also suitable for the whole audience. While owls are not as...
Read more »Weekend Pass: Brooklyn's Finest Come To Theaters
Certain directors and actors like to work together and their reunions work as a draw to bring audiences into theaters. A few weekends ago, Leonardo DiCaprio [LDCAP] and Martin Scorsese [MSCOR] who have worked together several times scored their best opening weekend with Shutter Island [SHISL]. This weekend director Antoine Fuqua [AFUQU] once again gives direction to Ethan Hawke [EHAWK] as the two try to recreate the magic of Training Day. Brooklyn’s Finest [BRKLN] boasts an impressive...
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