Archive for November, 2009
With the premiere of Iron Man 2 just a little more than half a year away, it’s finally time to be seeing some great marketing from Paramount get rolling for the sure-to-be blockbuster. And now we have the first: a teaser…
Read: Iron Man 2 — New Poster
Not much is slated to come out on DVD for December 1, 2009 (the heavy-hitters will be coming out closer to Christmas). However, that’s not to say that there aren’t a few decent films hitting shelves on Tuesday.
There’s Terminator Salvation coming…
Let the Remake of a Remake Train Begin…
Read: New ‘Amityville’ and ‘TCM’ Remakes On The Way… Yep, Already
In not-so-surprising news, New Moon has set a box office records for the biggest opening day for a movie. The teen fantasy film, which opened Friday, grossed $72.7 million in it’s first full day at the box office, shattering the previous…
Read: New Moon, New Record
Leave it to Tim Burton to create the trippiest Disney movie yet. Just looking at his upcoming film Alice and Wonderland makes you think that it could possibly hold a candle to the animated classic of over half a century ago.
A…
I have to say, I loved the first Smokin’ Aces movie. Not because it was smart — you can call it many things, but you can’t call it smart. Instead, I liked it because the entire cast of the movie had…
Unlike the greatly diverse cast of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit centers around just a few characteres. There’s Bilbo the Hobbit, Gandalf (Sir Ian McKellan), a band of dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshielf, and Smaug, the dragon.
So when it…
Nobody knew what Paranormal Activity was a few months ago. If you’d been told that it would soon by one of the highest grossing films of the year, you would have laughed them off.
But then came the viral marketing, and the…
I had never heard of Despicable Me until I found it on Apple Trailers. The film has been kept rather quiet up until this point, but once I saw the second trailer, I knew it was going to be one of…
Read: Trailer – Despicable Me
The recession is even hitting the movie studios. Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, the movie studio famous for producing such hits as the James Bond films or the Rocky series, is looking for someone to buy their ailing company, which is currently $4 million dollars in debt.
This…
Read: MGM looks to sell out
The winter is the absolute best time for DVD buyers. The summer blockbusters all are released within the period of a month or two. That’s great for the buyer, but probably not so great for their wallet (but hey, a…
Read: Winter DVD Releases: District 9, Star Trek, 9, and more
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Oscar Reactions – Best Supporting Actor
I think we all knew this was coming, but it’s no less satisfying to see Christoph Waltz take home the statuette for…
Oscar Predictions – Best Picture
And finally, the big one. This year’s Best Picture nominees were even more numerous than ever, due to the expansion of the…
Oscar Predictions – Best Director
The first of these final two races is a clencher, due to the fact that all of the nominees are really deserving.…
Oscar Predictions – Best Actor
This year’s Oscars have a healthy mix of clenchers and no-brainers, and the Best Actor award is one of the n0-brainers. Jeff…
Oscar Predictions – Best Actress
As much as I hope Sandra Bullock doesn’t get it (on principle more than anything else), she most likely will win the…
Oscar Predictions – Best Supporting Actor
Like the Best Supporting Actress award, this year’s Best Supporting Actor award is a giveaway — it’s going to Inglourious Basterds’s Christoph…
Oscar Predictions – Best Supporting Actress
It’s silly to think that anyone other than Mo’Nique will win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. After her moving acceptance speech…
Oscar Predictions – Best Original Screenplay
As a writer, this is perhaps my favorite category. As I said about the Best Adapted Screenplay, though, you can’t really tell…
Oscar Predictions – Best Adapted Screenplay
Predicting the screenplay categories is very difficult, especially considering the fact that we haven’t actually read any of the screenplays being nominated…
Oscar Predictions – Best Animated Feature
In this part of our Oscar preshow, we’re going to take a look at the five nominees for Best Animated Feature, and…
Pick of the Week: Where the Wild Things Are
Since all the buzz this week will mostly be about the aftermath of the prestigious Oscars, it’s time to look at a…
2010 Oscar Coverage
Since the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be held tonight at 8:30/7:30c, MovieOvermind will be bringing you live coverage of the event.…
‘Wanted 2′ Won’t Happen
Be careful! If you haven’t seen Wanted and do not wish to be spoiled, do not read on.
One of the strangest action films…
‘Hurt Locker’ Producer Breaks Oscar Rules
Here’s a good idea: when campaigning for the Academy Awards, don’t insult the other film. After all, the awards are based on…
Pick of the Week: Black Dynamite
Here’s a fun new segment that I’m going to start up, simply to give the podium to some of my favorite movies,…
5 Mindbending Movies
If you haven’t already seen Martin Scorsese’s newest flick, Shutter Island, yet, then I seriously suggest you do so. The entire film…
Ian McShane as Blackbeard in ‘Pirates 4′
Though the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End featured Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and his crew stealing Captain Jack Sparrow’s (Johnny…
