Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief 2010 Poster, Synopsis, Trailer and Raw Review

Starring: Logan Lerman, Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Sean Bean, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson

Director: Chris Columbus

Writer: Craig Titley, Rick Riordan (Novel)

Cinematography: Stephen Goldblatt

Original Score: Christophe Beck

Running Time: 118 Mins.

With a repertoire that includes Bicentennial Man, I Love You Beth Cooper, Rent and Nine Months it’s safe to say that I never really have high hopes upon approaching a new Chris Columbus film, so given that Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is the latest attempt at a franchise to fill the soon to be empty Harry Potter void it is unsurprising to find the film is not so much lacking but nigh on redundant, and left me begging the question as to why it was made at all, beyond the obvious reason of cold hard cash!

What is less surprising is that Columbus was also the man responsible for the two first, and by far worst, Harry Potter films, in fact losing Columbus from the franchise is probably the finest thing Warner’s ever did, something which makes the choice to have hired him to make Percy Jackson both financially sound while at once being the worst creative decision ever. Meaning not only are comparisons to the more recent, and largely excellent, Potter films bound be unfavourably drawn but also you are kick starting yet another franchise which the kind of paint by numbers slap-dash approach at direction that plagued Columbus’ Potter efforts. Read more …

Avatar 2010 - Behind The Scenes Video

Yahoo! Movies has posted a 22-minute behind-the-scenes look at James Cameron’s global blockbuster Avatar titled “Creating the World of Pandora.” You can watch the full video using the player below!

Avatar Breaks Recordes and Passes Batman The Dark Knight

For the sixth week straight, the box office is all about James Cameron’s Avatar, as it added another $36 million this weekend to set a new record for a movie’s sixth weekend gross. More importantly, it has now grossed $552.8 million domestically, making it the second-highest grossing movie domestically, passing The Dark Knight’s $533.3 million over the weekend and putting it in sight to cross Titanic’s long-standing record of $600.8 million sometime next month. Internationally, Avatar earned $107 million this weekend to push its overseas total to a massive $1.28 billion, surpassing Titanic’s previous international record of $1.24 billion. Worldwide, the film has collected $1.836 billion and is about to surpass Titanic’s global record of $1.843 billion.

The Screen Gems action-thriller Legion, starring Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid and Tyrese Gibson, opened solidly in second place with $18.2 million in 2,476 theaters, averaging over $7,000 per site.

Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Book of Eli (Warner Bros.) dropped to third place $17 million in its second weekend, down 48% from the holiday weekend with a gross of $62 million.

Opening at #4, 20th Century Fox’s new family comedy Tooth Fairy, starring Dwayne Johnson, grossed roughly $14.5 million in its first weekend in 3,344 theaters.

In fifth place, Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Lovely Bones (Paramount) dropped 48% from its first wide release weekend, adding another $8.8 million to its total gross of $31.7 million.

Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros.) dropped one notch to sixth with another $7.1 million and $191.6 million after five weeks in theaters, putting it well ahead of its $90 million production budget.

Despite the star power of Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser, the first release from CBS films, the medical drama Extraordinary Measures opened with a disappointing $7 million in 2,549 theaters, averaging less than $3,000 per site.

Fox’s Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel dropped to eighth place with $6.5 million and a grand total of $204 million in five weeks. That puts it roughly $13 million away from the total North American gross for its predecessor. (Internationally, the “squeakquel” has already surpassed that of the original comedy.)

Nancy Meyers’ romantic comedy It’s Complicated (Universal), starring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin, took ninth place with $6.2 million as it edged closer to $100 million, while Jackie Chan’s The Spy Next Door (Lionsgate) took a 51% dive to take tenth place with $4.7 million and $18.7 million total.

Legion (2010) Poster, Synopsis, Cast, 5min Trailer and Raw Review

Director: Scott Stewart
Writers (WGA): Peter Schink (written by) and Scott Stewart (written by)
Release Date: 22 January 2010 (USA)
Genre: Action | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Tagline: When the last angel falls, the fight for mankind begins.
MPAA: Rated R for strong bloody violence, and language.
Runtime: 100 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Certification: USA:R | UK:15
Filming Locations: Galisteo, New Mexico, USA
Company: Bold Films

LEGION (2010) CAST

Paul Bettany … Michael
Lucas Black … Jeep Hanson
Tyrese Gibson … Kyle Williams
Adrianne Palicki … Charlie
Charles S. Dutton … Percy Walker
Kevin Durand … Gabriel
Jon Tenney … Howard Anderson
Willa Holland … Audrey Anderson
Kate Walsh … Sandra Anderson
Dennis Quaid … Bob Hanson
Jeanette Miller … Gladys Foster
Cameron Harlow … Minivan Boy
Doug Jones … Ice Cream Man
Josh Stamberg … Burton
Yancey Arias … Estevez Read more …

Movie News: Review Avatar (3D), Poster, The Toys, Official Theatrical Trailer and Veredict

Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang

Director: James Cameron

Writer: James Cameron

Cinematography: Mauro Fiore, Vince Pace

Original Score: James Horner

Running Time: 150 Mins.

James Cameron, as we all know, is the self-proclaimed king of the world but which world might that be, not so much the Earth but more the king of actually “creating” worlds, there is no denying the infamously control-freakish director has a knack for immersing his audience a world from the bottom up, whether it be the postapocalyptic future of the Terminator films, an Aliens planet or, indeed a great big (doomed) Titanic sized ship. Read more …

Michelle Rodriguez in Avatar Premiere in Los Angeles HQ x108

Michelle Rodriguez in Avatar Premiere in Los Angeles HQ x108

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2012 Movie Tops Weekend Box Office

2012, an action disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich, has topped the weekend box office after raking in 65 million dollars.

As per studio estimates, Disney’s A Christmas Carol landed the second spot with 22.3 million dollars, reports E! Online.

The Men Who Stare at Goats came third with 6.2 million dollars while Precious stood fourth after pocketing 6.1 million dollars.

Michael Jackson’s This Is It rounded off the top five after raking in 5.1 million dollars.

The weekend’’s top-grossing films are:

1. 2012, $65 million

2. Disney’s A Christmas Carol, $22.3 million

3. The Men Who Stare at Goats, $6.2 million

4. Precious, $6.1 million

5. Michael Jackson’s This Is It, $5.1 million

6. The Fourth Kind, $4.7 million

7. Couples Retreat, $4.3 million

8. Paranormal Activity, $4.2 million

9. Law Abiding Citizen, $3.9 million

10. The Box, $3.2 million