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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Seven

13 hours ago | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »

Mother and Child

Opens: 2010

Cast: Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington

Director: Rodrigo Garcia

Summary: A tale of a mother and daughter, separated at birth, who struggle with the damage done by the most important person missing in their lives while a young African-Americn woman deals with an unwanted pregnancy and the adoption process.

Analysis: Scoring rave reviews in Toronto, the $7 million latest effort of Rodrigo Garcia ("Nine Lives," "Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her") once again shows off his skill at weaving multiple narratives together in clever and unexpected ways. At its heart it's an emotional family drama, but Garcia excels with his female characters which makes the involvement of Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington and especially Annette Benning thrilling.

The few criticisms levelled at the film were toward some pacing and credibility issues in the last act, but otherwise praised it for not »

- Garth Franklin

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What are the best TV episodes of the noughties?

17 hours ago | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Let us know your favourite TV moments of the decade

Which were the best episodes of the noughties? If you were going to watch anything again from the last decade of TV, which shows would you choose to rewind? Here are 10 of our favourites to get you going (some of which contain swearing and/or violence and may be unsuitable for younger viewers). Feel free to jump in below with your suggestions

1. Mad Men – Red In The Face

Don decides revenge is a dish served with oysters and martinis … At the Drapers' home, Roger makes a drunken pass at Betty. The next day, Don bribes the office elevator man to make it look as though the lifts are out of order, then takes Roger for a full-on liquid lunch, and then makes him walk up the 23 flights of stairs to the Sterling Cooper office. Roger throws up in front of »

- Richard Vine

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The Hangover Unrated Blu-ray Review

27 December 2009 4:03 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Few films have come out the box recently like The Hangover. Sure there have been films that have become a part of the conversation, and the Apatow films were hundred million dollar pictures, but The Hangover was a phenomenon. Granted I live in a world where people don’t make “fat Jesus” jokes any more. As part of the target demo for this, I’m happy my friends aren’t the guys quoting this film ad nauseum, but I feel like this film managed to hit the nerves that Austin Powers did in maximum quotability, so my residual like may be tempered by other’s exhaustion. My review of The Hangover Blu-ray after the fold.

Zach Galifianakis plays the future brother-in-law to Justin Bartha, who’s about to get married when the two join up with Ed Helms and Bradley Cooper for a bachelor weekend in Vegas. Everything starts right, »

- Andre Dellamorte

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Boos! & Whoop-doos!: 12 Months of Toilet Plunkers and Dumpster Diamonds!

23 December 2009 9:55 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The End of 2009? Whoop-doo! This year has been one hellatious shit storm from the get-go. Pregnant ladies and babies, The Great Depression Part II, pig flu, more than a handful of horrible shootings, a balloon boy, Tiger's indiscretions, and our first black president. Not to mention more dead celebrities than I can shake a stick at. Every time I turned around, some other atrocious calamity was happening right before my eyes. Making 2009 one of the most interesting years of this entire decade. According to Michael Ruppert in his film Collapse its only going to get worse before it gets better. Yes, the Teens are going to see more than half of your friends and family dead. Take account of the folks around you. By the time 2020 rears its ugly head, most of these people will be gone. Turned to dust and painful memories. My advice to you this coming New Year? »

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Mo'Nique Seems To Be Shunning Press Again For Precious

21 December 2009 9:56 PM, PST | The Humor Mill | See recent The Humor Mill news »

Several weeks ago we would have told you that Mo’Nique was a “shoo-in’ to get an Academy Award nomination for her work in Precious, and she was going to walk away with the Award and be the 2nd African American comedic actress since Whoopi Goldberg’s performance in Ghost to do so for Best Supporting Actress. Now, after today’s news and rumors floating around we are not so sure of anything.

What are we talking about? Well, according to numerous reports and sources, MoNique has decided to skip the New York Film Critics Awards next month, which is a great press opportunity for every actor associated with any film right before Awards season and during voting season. It is also a pivotal stop for those trying to win Any award during award season because those NY Critics have a lot of “pull” and more towards the votes that are cast. »

- noreply@blogger.com (The Humor Mill Magazine)

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'Shrek Forever After' - Trailer added.

21 December 2009 6:01 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

We have the first trailer for DreamWorks Pictures' "Shrek Forever After," featuring the voice talents of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas. After challenging an evil dragon, rescuing a beautiful princess and saving your in-laws’ kingdom, what’s an ogre to do? Well, if you’re Shrek, you suddenly wind up a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitch forks. What’s happened to this ogre’s roar? Longing for the days when he felt like a “real ogre,” Shrek is duped into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumpelstiltskin. Shrek suddenly finds himself in a twisted »

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2010 Paramount Pictures Preview: ‘Iron Man 2,’ ‘Shutter Island,’ ‘Shrek Forever After’

21 December 2009 11:56 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Paramount has released cast and synopsis information along with a slate of images from their entire 2010 schedule of films, including “Shutter Island,” “She’s Out of My League,” “How to Train Your Dragon,” “Iron Man 2.” “Shrek Forever After,” “The Last Airbender,” “Dinner For Schmucks,” “Megamind,” and “Morning Glory”.

“Shutter Island”

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson and Max Von Sydow

Synopsis: From Oscar®-winning director Martin Scorsese, “Shutter Island” is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island’s fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.

Release: February 19, 2010

“She’s Out of My League”

Cast: Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, T.J. Miller, Mike Vogel, Nate Torrence, Krysten Ritter, Geoff Stults and »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Marvin the Martian: Meet Mike Myers

20 December 2009 11:59 PM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

A Marvin the Martian movie sounds like a good idea, probably. There is no cartoon character more underrated. Unfortunately, the film will also following the recent trend of CG character in a live action world, which might work for some movies in which humans exist, but Marvin also exists in his own fictionalized, cartoon universe, so it will stray far from its original roots. The crew doesn’t fill one with much hope, either. The La Times reports that Alex Zamm has signed on as the director, and he has to his credit films such as Inspector Gadget 2 and Dr. Doolittle: Million Dollar Mutts (a franchise so bad that even Eddie Murphy has vacated it). The writers are Paul Kaplan and Mark Torgove, who have both worked on Spin City and George Lopez. Their upcoming writing project is a CHiPS remake. Supposedly Mike Myers could be approach to play the martian, »

- Jacob

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Teaser Trailer Alert – Shrek Forever After

20 December 2009 7:48 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

The final installment of the popular Shrek series, Shrek Forever After, isn’t due out in theatres until Spring/Summer 2010, however for a sneeky peek at part 4 in the franchise we have the shiny new teaser trailer for your viewing enjoyment!

Bringing together the original cast for one final outing, including Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas, the film promises to be a fitting end to a much loved film series. Check out the trailer in all it’s animated glory below and don’t forget to let us know what you think!

After challenging an evil dragon, rescuing a beautiful princess and saving your in-laws’ kingdom, whats an ogre to do? Well, if you’re Shrek, you suddenly wind up a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitch forks. Whats happened to this ogre’s roar? »

- Craig Sharp

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Check Out New "Shrek Forever After" Trailer

19 December 2009 9:02 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

So far, my favorite "Shrek" film is the second installment. Let's see if the fourth one will win us over. But the trailer looks cute, and makes me want to see the film when it opens May 21st.

Here's a short description from DreamWorks:

After challenging an evil dragon, rescuing a beautiful princess and saving your in-laws. kingdom, what.s an ogre to do? Well, if you.re Shrek, you suddenly wind up a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitch forks. What.s happened to this ogre.s roar? Longing for the days when he felt like a .real ogre,. Shrek is duped into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumpelstiltskin. Shrek suddenly finds himself in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumpelstiltskin is king and Shrek and Fiona have never met. »

- Manny

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Shrek Forever After Movie Trailer

18 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Dreamworks Animation just released the first official movie trailer for the upcoming animated film “Shrek Forever After” aka Shrek Forever After: An IMAX 3D Experience by director Mike Mitchell (Sky High, Surviving Christmas) and starring Cameron Diaz (Bobbie Sue, The Box), Eddie Murphy (Beverly Hills Cop IV, The Incredible Shrinking Man), Mike Myers (Inglourious Basterds), Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots, Dali) and Ian McShane (Deadwood, Kings). Synopsis: Shrek is trapped in an alter Far Far Away where he must undo all mischief created by deal maker, Rumplestiltskin. In this alter universe, Shrek and Fiona have never met. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Shrek Forever After”. »

- Brian Corder

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Paramount 2010 Preview: Synopses and High Resolution Images from She’S Out Of My League, Morning Glory, Shutter Island, How To Train Your Dragon, More

18 December 2009 3:33 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Paramount has released the synopses and a bunch of first look images from all of their 2010 releases.  Some of the first look images are from Morning Glory (Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton), She’s Out of My League (Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve), and How to Train Your Dragon.  In addition to the first look images, they’ve provided us with high resolution versions of a few images that have you may have seen and the first synopses from Dinner for Schmucks, Megamind, and Morning Glory.  Everything is after the jump so take a look:

Click on any image for a high resolution version.  The films are listed below in order of release.

“Shutter Island”

Paramount Pictures Presents

A Phoenix Pictures Production

In Association with Sikelia Productions and Appian Way

A Martin Scorsese Picture

“Shutter Island”

Co-Producers Joseph Reidy Emma Tillinger Amy Herman

Executive Producers Chris Brigham Laeta Kalogridis Dennis Lehane »

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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Movie Review: Crazy Heart (2009)

18 December 2009 3:36 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart

Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart marks the helmer's feature film directorial debut. Having also penned the screenplay, an adaptation of the Thomas Cobb novel, there are obvious decisions that were made limiting the risk of this story of an alcoholic country music singer. In fact, Crazy Heart could have gone down much darker and less cliched paths had it dared and at the same time told greater truths about its subject matter. Instead Cooper plays it safe and relies on a powerful lead performance from Jeff Bridges and worthy supporting efforts from Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Paul Herman and Robert Duvall to make it all work.

Already described by most as The Wrestler for 2009, this is an apt comparison in terms of framework, but the execution isn't as closely comparable. Bridges plays Bad Blake, a country singer that once toured and »

- Brad Brevet

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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Three

17 December 2009 11:42 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »

Dinner for Schmucks

Opens: July 23rd 2010

Cast: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Bruce Greenwood, David Walliams

Director: Jay Roach

Summary: A renowned publisher encourages his friends to invite the most pathetic guests possible for their weekly dinner party. Just as they find the most pathetic man yet, the host is injured and ends up trapped with the man all night long.

Analysis: A remake of director Francis Veber's 1998 César award-winning "Le Diner des cons", 'Schmucks' is one of the highest profile comedies of next year with one of the strongest casts for the genre in recent memory. It also marks the return of "Austin Powers" and "Meet the Parents" helmer Jay Roach who has produced several films in recent years but hasn't directed since 2004's "Meet the Fockers".

The question now lies not in the performers or director but the material itself and whether a Gallic comedy can »

- Garth Franklin

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Awesome Shrek Forever After Poster

17 December 2009 11:13 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Dreamworks Animation just released the first official movie poster featuring Shrek in the upcoming animated film “Shrek Forever After” aka Shrek Forever After: An IMAX 3D Experience by director Mike Mitchell (Sky High, Surviving Christmas) and starring Cameron Diaz (Bobbie Sue, The Box), Eddie Murphy (Beverly Hills Cop IV, The Incredible Shrinking Man), Mike Myers (Inglourious Basterds), Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots, Dali) and Ian McShane (Deadwood, Kings). Synopsis: The further adventures of the giant green ogre, Shrek, living in the land of Far, Far Away. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Shrek Forever After”. »

- Brian Corder

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'Forever After' Trailer Reminds Us Why We Love Shrek

17 December 2009 9:32 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

The trailer for Shrek Forever After has been released, and you can check it out by clicking on the Trailer tab above, or by heading over to Apple where it's also available in a variety of high def QuickTime sizes.

You can also check out the official poster below.

In the new film, Shrek is feeling over-domesticated. He has lost his roar. He used to send villagers running away in terror. Now they run to him and ask him to sign their pitchforks and torches. To regain his ogre mojo, he strikes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin. The pact goes awry and Shrek must confront what life would be like in Far Far Away if he had never existed. That translates into Donkey being forced into cart-pulling duty, fat and lazy Puss in Boots trading his sword for a pink bow and the underhanded Rumpelstiltskin ruling the kingdom.

The new film stars  Mike Myers, »

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'SNL' and Gilly wish you merry 'Christmas for the Jews'

17 December 2009 7:46 PM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »

NBC trotted out a "Saturday Night Live" holiday special Thursday, collecting bits from past seasons and wrapping it in a new package called "A Very Gilly Christmas."

Just why "SNL" chose to put one of the more annoying recurring characters among the current cast (we love Kristen Wiig, but the troublemaking Gilly is far from her best) front and center is a little bit baffling, but the special itself was a pretty solid effort.

The classics -- Dan Aykroyd's sleazy toy salesman, Eddie Murphy's "A Gumby Christmas," Alec Baldwin's "Schweddy Balls," Steve Martin's holiday wish -- were there, and like watching "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" or "A Christmas Story" for the 105th time, those sketches don't really get old. But among the more recent holiday sketches "SNL" has done, it's hard to top Robert Smigel's animation piece "Christmas for the Jews." (Ok, "D*ck in a Box" is better, »

- editorial@zap2it.com

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'Iron Man 2,' 'Shutter Island' and 'Shrek 4' are Part of Paramount's 2010 Movie Preview

17 December 2009 3:57 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks have released their 2010 picture preview, which includes nine upcoming films including Shutter Island, Iron Man 2, Shrek Forever After and The Last Airbender. Along with the preview we have five brand new images not to mention select new images that were recently released such as the poster for Shrek and new images for Iron Man 2.

All the cast, director and synopsis information is listed over the course of the next few pages as well as all the release dates for 23 upcoming films. Gallery links have been added for all films and remember, the links open in a new browser window so just close the new window to return to this article and continue the preview.

Shutter Island February 19 Photo: Paramount Pictures Browse The Gallery Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson and Max Von Sydow

Director: Martin Scorsese

From Oscarandreg;-winning director Martin Scorsese, »

- Brad Brevet

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Shrek Forever After Teaser Trailer and Poster

17 December 2009 3:51 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

The fourth and final Shrek movie, Shrek Forever After, now has a teaser trailer and a poster.  I’m not sure if I’m excited about the new promotional materials or that it’s the last one being made.  It’s the latter. DreamWorks Animation may be moving on with sequels to the successful Kung Fu Panda, but not before one last withdrawal from the Shrek bank (now with 3-D premium bonuses).

The story is a fairy tale rehash of It’s a Wonderful Life where Shrek “falls victim to a terrible curse” by the evil Rumpelstiltskin and sees what Far Far Away is like without him.  Mike Myers returns to voice the lovable ogre, along with Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, and Antonio Banderas, who is getting his own spin-off when Puss in Boots comes out in 2011.

Take a look at the teaser trailer and poster below:

Shrek 4 is »

- Jeff Leins

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Trailer for Shrek Forever After has arrived…

17 December 2009 2:11 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

Well for all of you that cant get enough Shrek in your life, we have a trailer for the final chapter in the franchise(or at least they claim). Shrek Forever After comes out May 21st 2010, and you can see the exclusive trailer on Apple. Here is the synopsis:

Shrek (Mike Myers) has become a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, the grown-reluctant ogre agrees to autograph pitch forks. Longing for the days when he felt like a “real ogre,” Shrek is tricked into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumpelstiltskin (Paul McCartney). Shrek suddenly finds himself in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumplestiltskin is king, Donkey (Eddie Murphy) is an intellectual, Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) is still alive, and Shrek and Fiona (Cameron Diaz) have never met. Now, it’s up to Shrek to undo »

- Scott

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