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Upcoming movie gets an upcoming game to accompany it
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Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia BitsIt seems that James Cameron is working on a computer game to coincide with the release of his upcoming movie called Avatar:LOS ANGELES (AP) - James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The “Titanic” director worked in ...8 hours ago -
Dune 2: The Building of a Dynasty
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Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia BitsThis is only an intro clip, but it should do for now.This was one of the first authentic RTS games, based on the famous sci-fi novels by Frank Herbert, and much more fun to play than it ever was to watch David Lynch’s 1984 movie, which was disastrous. This [...]8 hours ago -
A topic for the BattleTech games
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Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia BitsHere are two videos of BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk’s Inception and Revenge:These were early precursors to the kind of strategy games that Command & Conquer would set the standard for later on, made by a game developer called Westwood that later merged with EA in ...8 hours ago -
Amy Adams Finds John Hillcoats Promised Land
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John Hillcoat s The Road didnt make a huge impression in its first weekend in theaters, making a little over $1.5 million in limited release. Hard to blame Hillcoat, though, for a movie that people expected to see a year ago, even if it does have a few problems. Hes moving on, however, and by the cast ...10 hours ago -
Production on THE HOBBIT Pushed to Middle of 2010
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Before all you LOTR fanboys get all in a tizzy about this bit of information, know that production on the Guillermo Del Toro-directed version of THE HOBBIT was previously set to begin production in March of 2010. The first draft of the script has only recently been submitted, and a second draft is currently in the ...18 hours ago -
CHRISTMAS CAROLS: THE CLASSIC
Antagony & Ecstasy —
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There have been literally dozens of adaptations of Charles Dickenss 1843 novella A Christmas Carol for stage, screen, and television, making it rather shocking that one version in all that glut should be cited with some unanimity as the best of them all: that being Brian Desmond-Hursts 1951 film Scrooge, released in ...1 day ago -
An adaptation too close, the movie that is exactly like the book
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The film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel “The Road” has been described as “very faithful”, and is surely something fans of books that are adapted to film would like to see happen more often. Some critics however feel that the facsimile like duplication of the McCarthy novel has taken something away ...1 day ago -
Will Departures be this years sleeper film hit?
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A Japanese film about a Buddhist mortician is set to be an unlikely commercial success There arent many films about the Japanese art of corpse beautification. Still fewer made by a director who previously specialised in soft-core porn and starring an ex-boy band heart-throb. But Departures (Okuribito), which opens ...1 day ago -
Calm Down: Postcards from Narnia’s ‘Dawn Treader’
Film School Rejects —
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After two films, I have just about no energy or excitement for this franchise because of how forced everything felt. In the first movie when they charged and yelled that they were doing it for Aslan, I yawned and waited for the credits. The second was a bit better, and since the third is set on a boat, I have to ...2 days ago -
Two New Clips from The Lovely Bones
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The Lovely Bones is well-positioned, if nothing else, to play spoiler at the Academy Awards. It could be a vote-splitter in a couple categories, although Best Picture and Best Director dont seem to be the ones you hear about. Best Supporting Actor has some legs, though, since Stanley Tucci is about ...2 days ago -
Another Original A-Team Member Confirms Cameo
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As much as we may hate to admit it, the early indications are that The A-Team is moving in the right direction. The casting for at least three of the key roles seems perfect, we know with Joe Carnahan directing it probably wont be as 80s campy, shifting instead to a grittier approach, and the van is back. ...2 days ago -
First Look at Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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These photos are all around, but we grabbed them specifically from Filmofilia , so well give them the credit. Its our first glimpse of The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader , which Fox will release next December. Its a far longer and more arduous process to get these books to the ...3 days ago -
Anonyma: A Woman in Berlin – revisiting the horrors of 1945
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A new film version of the 1959 memoir, Anonyma: A Woman in Berlin, disturbs an old hornets nest concerning the estimated two million German women who were raped by Russian soldiers "Wie oft?" ("How often?") was a phrase understood by everyone in Berlin in the immediate aftermath of the second world war. "How often ...4 days ago -
Stephen King Ponders Shining Sequel
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I havent read a new Stephen King work in quite a while, so Im in no position to say whether or not hes still got the mettle to carry something like this through, but the celebrated author told an audience in Toronto recently that he has thought about penning a sequel to The Shining , which King calls ...4 days ago -
Manga to Anime 70% Approve, Manga to Movie 35% Approve
Sankaku Complex —
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When asked in a survey whether they approved of manga to anime adaptations, some 70% approved. However, half that number, 35%, approved of the fraught process of adapting a manga to a live action movie. The survey found that against the 68.5% of respondents who approved of manga to anime adaptations, only ...4 days ago -
Coolest Cars
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Who doesn’t like BMW car s, don’t have any idea what a good and smart car means. It is absolutely impossible, if you are a car fan, not to love the classic lines of a BMW 507, or the elegant design of the newest BMW Z4 roadster. Now, the germane factory that is producing this line, came with a new and ...4 days ago -
Official Shot of JONAH HEX Released
We Are Movie Geeks —
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I can hear the photographer now. “Give me a little scar, Josh. A little scar. A little hat. NO EYES! NO EYES!” That’s precisly what we get here with this first, official shot from JONAH HEX courtesy of Omelete . While some are claiming this looks a bit like a costume and makeup test, I, personally, ...5 days ago -
Spielberg, Jackman, and REAL STEEL
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Steven Spielberg is producing a film about robots. Let the shocking continue. Variety is reporting that Hugh Jackman has signed on to star in and DreamWorks has acquired the money to green light REAL STEEL, a film about boxing robots that is to be directed by NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM helmer, Shawn Levy. This ...6 days ago -
No LINCOLN LAWYER For Tommy Lee Jones
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It was reported last month that Tommy Lee Jones, who had made waves with his 2005 theatrical feature film debut as a director with THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA, had signed on to not only direct but star in the adaptation of Michael Connelly’s novel, THE LINCOLN LAWYER. Now, according to Variety , Jones ...6 days ago -
Donnelly, Oppenheimer to Pen ‘Drake’s Fortune’
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Columbia Pictures picked up the rights to a screen adaptation of the video game Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune back in June, and Kyle Ward was quickly attached to write. Due to other commitments, Ward has now gracefully bowed out of the project, and screenwriting duo Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer ...6 days ago

