Cop Out

Two new R-rated clips from Kevin Smith's buddy cop comedy, which hits US theatres next week., via www.newsaskew.com.

After a pretty poor first trailer, subsequent marketing has raised expectations for the film, which looks like a pretty fun return to the days of Lethal Weapon and Beverly Hills cop.

American Pie 4

The LA times reports that Universal are beginning work on 'American Pie 4'. Unlike the numerous straight to DVD spin offs this is aimed at a theatrical release and will feature the characters from the original trilogy.

Harold and Kumar writers Jon Hurwitz and Haydyn Schlossberg have been tasked with writing the screenplay and several of the original actors, most of whom are now well into their thirties, have expressed an interest in returning. Given the less than stellar careers most of them have progressed onto (with the exception of Alyson Hannigan and Seann William Scott) this is not entirely surprising.

James Cameron Interview

MTV.com has a wide ranging interview with James Cameron. There's lots on Avatar of course, including details of the home video release and inevitable sequel, but Cameron also talks at length about the wider industry, including his thoughts on Terminator sequels, superhero movies and the future of 3d. Cameron is particularly interesting when talking about the process of 'retrofitting' 3d to existing films and the use of the technique purely as a marketing process, as can be seen in this clip

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Source: Slashfilm

Roger Ebert

Esquire magazine has a lengthy article on famous film critic Roger Ebert. One of the most respected critics in the business, Ebert has suffered serious health problems in the last few years, which have left him unable to eat and speak. Despite this he continues to turn out a prodigious quantity of journalism, most of which can be found at www.rogerebert.com and collected in numerous books.

Wall Street 2

Unfortunately you have to visit The Sun's website to see it, but the new international trailer for Wall Street 2 features a lot of footage not seen in the US teaser. Those wanting to avoid spoilers should be aware however, as the trailer appears to give away a good chunk of the films plot.

Avatar

Whilst Avatar continues to smash box office records, stories are beginning to emerge about the future of the franchise. Whilst a sequel is no doubt inevitable it will also take several years to come to the screen.

Notwithstanding this, it seems we will be seeing new Avatar material much sooner than this, in the form of a novel written by Cameron himself.

Speaking to MTV news, producer Jon Landau indicated that the novel would be a 'big epic story that fills in a lot of things' including the death of Jake's brother and how main villain Quaritch ended up on Pandora.

The producer also indicated that other material originally intended for the movie, but cut for time, may make an appearance either in the novel, or another medium such as comic books.

Kick Ass

Empire Online have the new poster for Matthew Vaughan's forthcoming comic book adaptation Kick Ass. If you follow the link you'll also find a short behind the scene documentary on the film, which is due for release on March 26 in the UK and April 16 in the US.

Taxi Driver 2

Lars Von Trier producing partner has moved quickly to debunk yesterday's story that Von Trier was working on a new version of Scorsese's 1970's classic Taxi Driver.

Speaking to Screen Daily, Peter Aalbaek Jensen stated that the story was without foundation Whilst he confimed that Scorsese and Von Trier had met at the Berlinale he said rumours that the latter wanted to re-make Taxi Driver were “rubbish”.

Whilst many will breathe a sigh of relief at this news, a part of me was intrigued at what the Danish provocateur would have produced.

Whilst the Wolfman update has done better than expected at the box office with a $32 million opening weekend, reviews have not been kind. Stories have abounded about this being a troubled shoot, with numerous writers, a last minute change of director and extensive reshoots, and many critics have claimed that this is clearly reflected in the final product.

Joe Johnson, who replaced Mark Romanek as director, has given an interview to Time Out magazine in which, whilst not expressing displeasure with the final result, he is unusually candid about the difficulties in bringing the film to the screen. Amongst his choice quotes:-

“One of the issues with the previous director was that he had said he needed another 20 days, [...] and that became one of the areas of disagreement that led to [the studio] looking for a new director.”

Johnson goes on to state that whilst he initially brought the film in on the timescale set out by the studio, this was at the expense of jettisoning several sequences for time and budget reasons, including "a much longer sequence at the end and one in London where the wolfman is loose"

After cutting the film together it became apparent that the film did not work without these sequences, necessitating five further weeks of reshoots and significant delays in the film's release.

Whilst this is only the latest in a number of tales of films which have gone wildly over time and budget as a result of creative disagreements and studio politics, unfortunately for Universal The Wolfman looks to be another Last Action Hero rather than the next Titanic.

Arthur

In the second Russell Brand story of the day, The Hollywood reporter reports that the makers of his forthcoming Arthur Remake have approached Mery Streep for the supporting cast.

Streep is apparently wanted for the role of Hobson, the valet / butler originally played by John Gielgud. Obviously some work will need to be done to re-tool the role for a woman, but Streep is one of the few actresses who could give the necessary gravitas to the role, for which Gielgud won a best supporting actor oscar.

British screenwriter Peter Baynham, who contributed to Borat and Bruno, as well as being one of the creators of Alan Partridge, is working on the script for the film, which begins filming this summer.

Taxi Driver 2

File this one under weird rumours at the moment, but stories are emerging from the Berlin Film Festival that De Niro and Martin Scorsese are looking to revisit perhaps their most famous collaboration, Taxi Driver, with Lars Von Trier in the director's chair.

No word on whether this is a sequel, remake or pure fantasy, but the idea of the Danish filmmaker getting his hands on this material does have a certain appeal.

More details as and when we get them...

Get him to the Greek

We have the full trailer for 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' spin off 'Get him to the Greek', centring on Russell Brand's rockstar character Aldous Snow.

Jonah Hill plays a music industry assistant tasked with getting the British Rocker from London to LA to perform an anniversary show. Unfortunately, it appears that Snow has fallen back off the wagon since his appearance in the previous film.

People's opinion of this film will no doubt depend on their tolerance of Russell Brand's schtick. The film is also his first starring role in an American movie, and it will be interesting to see whether he can carry a film.

Toy Story 3

New full length trailer for Pixar's 3d sequel, which hits cinemas on June 18th

Mr and Mrs Smith

The NY Mag reports that Regency Enterprises,developing a quasi-prequel to the 2005 Brad Pitt–Angelina Jolie hit Mr. and Mrs. Smith without its original stars.

The new film, which will possibly be titled Mr. and Mrs. Jones, will serve as an origin story about a pair of twenty-something spies who are set up as a fake married couple when they graduate agency training.

Clearly there's an economic reason for this, as Pitt and Jolie don't come cheap, and Star Trek showed that fans will flock to an established franchise even without the majority of the original cast. Notwithstanding this, the original film coasted on it's stars charm and chemistry and questions remain about the viability of any sequel which doesn't feature them.

Green Lantern

Tim Robbins is the latest actor to sign on to Warner Brothers comic adaption Green Lantern, according to the website Heat Vision.

Robbins will play Robbins plays Senator Hammond, the father of the main villian Dr Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard).Ryan Reynolds plays the title character with Blake Lively also appearing in the film, which begins filimng in New Orleans In March.

Saw VII

Slashfilm reports that Saw VII, which hits cinemas in 3D this October, may be the last in the series following the disappointing box office of the last movie.

Speaking to Demon FM, a UK Radio Station, the films screenwriter, Patrick Melton, stated

“I think it’s going to end with Saw VII. I have a very strong feeling its going to end with Saw VII. That’s something we’re debating now. You saw in previous interviews or discussions where we thought Saw VIII would be the last one where we had the first trilogy and the second trilogy and then sort of a grand finale wrapped up in two films. But frankly because Saw VI hasn’t performed as well as we anticipated, the idea is well why make two movies when we can make one really excellent movie that wraps up as best we can? And it’s going to be in 3-D which sort of adds to the spectacle. So if you had to ask me, I don’t own the franchise, nor do I run the studio, but I have a feeling, a strong feeling that it’s going to be Saw VII which will be also known as Endgame. And nothing’s official yet, but that’s where we’re hoping things will go. “

Trailer for David Baddiel's comedy 'The Infidel', starring Omad Djalili as a devout muslim who finds out he in fact both adopted and Jewish. The West Wing's Richard Schiff co-stars and the trailer also highlights cameos from other well known British comedians.

Worried this resembles Leon the Pig Farmer in reverse, but the central conceit has some mileage.

Source: The Guardian

Miramax

The Guardian reports that the Weinstein Brothers may again be back in the running to purchase recently shuttered Miramax from Disney.

The story originally surfaced at the start of the year before the closure of the studio was announced. However Disney's decision to wind down the studio appeared to put an end to the rumours.

However sources now suggest that the Weinsteins have now been approached by two hedge funds with a proposal to purchase Miramax as a joint venture.

The LA Times reports that the Weinsteins are not the only people seeking to salvage Miramax, with reports that between seven to 10 bidders were interested in purchasing the studio, including Summit Entertainment, currently rolling in money due to the success of teen vampire franchise Twilight.

Robin Hood

Dodgy english accents ahoy in Ridley Scott's retelling of the Robin Hood legend. Basically, Gladiator with tights.

Alice in Wonderland

Disney have issued a new trailer for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland which includes some new footage together with members of the cast explaining the premise of the film, which is now being marketed clearly as a sequel to the original, despite the title.

Superbowl Spots : Avatar - The Last Airbender

Cop Out

Kevin Smith fans who expressed disappointment at the recent trailer for 'Cop Out' will probably find this red band trailer more to their taste.

This appears to be internet only at the minute, but it appears to give a truer impression as to the type of film we'll be getting come February.

King Kong 3D

OK, not a new film as such, but Universal have given more details on the revamped King Kong ride that will be opening this summer to replace the original ride, which was destroyed in a fire in June 2008.

Rather than rebuilding the animatronic Kong, the new attraction will use state of the art 3D technology, according to the Los Angeles times :-

Guests on the studio tour will don 3-D glasses and board a tram that will enter a 200-foot-long soundstage, where park visitors will not only see Kong in three dimensions but also smell his banana breath, feel the gust of wind as he jumps over the guests and sense the ground quake when the ape engages aTyrannosaurus rex in a life-or-death battle. The Kong attraction will be one stop on the park's back lot studio tour ride.

During a recent preview of the technology, a dirty, battle-scarred Kong stared menacingly out from two 180-foot-long by 40-foot-tall screens that wrap around the trams that will carry visitors. In another scene, a 35-foot-tall T. rexstepped over the trams, turned to the audience and bared its massive teeth.

Inside the building, the tram will stop over a "tram-mover" system, powered by massive air bags that will lift, shake and drop the tram, giving guests the feeling of being jolted during the battle between Kong and a T. rex, she said.

180-foot-long screens will curve around the tram so that the 3-D images seem to surround the passengers. A system of fans, sprayers and other devices installed in the building will spew air, water and odors at park visitors.

The attraction sounds similar to the Spiderman 3D at Universal's Islands of Adventure resort in Florida, which is one of that park's most popular attractions.

Four Lions

The sundance festival homepage has a transcription of a Q & A with Chris Morris after a recent screening of his feature debut Four Lions. Morris rarely speaks about his work, but has a few interesting things to say here.

Cemetery Junction

New trailer for Ricky Gervais' and Stephen Merchant's next movie.

RIP Zelda Rubenstein

Miramax RIP

Industry website The Wrap reports that Disney is closing down it's Miramax subsidiary for good, with the loss of 80 jobs in the process.

Founded by brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the studio scored success with 'indie' films such as Clerks, The English Patient and, most famously, Pulp Fiction.

Bob and Harvey have of course long since left to form The Weinstein Company and the studio lost a lot of it's credibility and appeal with their departure. Nonetheless the news comes as a surprise and a sense of sadness that one of the most famous names in modern cinema is no more.

Kevin Smith, who had a number of films distributed and/or financed by Miramax, writes :-

"I was never a brand-name whore in my life, except when it came to indie film. And from the moment I knew I wanted to be in film, there was one label I wanted on my ass: Miramax.

What Harvey and Bob built from scratch resembled an old studio star-factory; but this time, the stars were the filmmakers. It was a gang (of New York), and like any good gang, it was dripping with street cred. Just being a part of that gang sent a message: I run with rebels.

But Miramax wasn't just a bad-boy clubhouse, it was a 20th century Olympus: throw a can of Diet Coke and you hit a modern-day deity. And for one brief, shining moment, it was an age of magic and wonders.

I'm crushed to see it pass into history, because I owe everything I have to Miramax. Without them, I'd still be a New Jersey convenience store register jockey. In practice, not just in my head."

Wall Street 2 : Money Never Sleeps

Teaser trailer for Oliver Stone's timely Wall Street sequel. Nice mobile...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Reports are coming in that, following the success of Avatar, Warner Brothers are looking to release the last two Harry Potter films in 3D. Whilst the films have already been partly shot, apparently technology now exists to convert the films in post production. A similar process may also be used on the forthcoming Clash of the Titans remake.

Terminator Salvation

According to Slashfilm, those in the US (or with a proxy server) can download a free copy of Terminator Salvation.

Simply visit Cinemanow here , enter promo code 'TS201023' and register with the site.

The movie's not great, but hey, it's free.

A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American

www.blinkbox.com has a number of free films available for screening. Whilst most of those are obscure and/or out of copyright, there's a few gems.

In particular, the superb documentary, A personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies is available here. The film features almost four hours of Scorsese talking about the movies that inspired and influenced him, and features a selection of rare clips. Scorsese is almost as well respected as a film historian and preservationist as a director, and he talks about the films with knowledge and passion.

l Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American

Four Lions

The Guardian has an exclusive clip from Chris Morris' feature debut Four Lions, a 'jihadist comedy' which has its world premiere at Sundance today.

Source: The Guardian

Alien

Surprising news on rhe Alien remake dront comes from Variety, who state that franchise originator Ridley Scott will be returning to direct.

The previously announced screenwriter fis Jon Spaihts, who despite having no produced films to his credit has no less than five scripts in various stages of development, including Children of Mars and Shadow 19.

Harvey

Variety reports that Steven Spielberg's next film will be a remake of invisible rabbit movie Harvey. The article describes the project as an adaptation of the original 1944 play by Mary Chase, as opposed to the 1950 James Stewart adaptation. Casting and pre-production will begin immediately, with Tom Hanks seemingly perfectly suited to the role. Filming is expected to begin early 2010.

Super Size Me

Those in the US (or with the requisite technical knowledge) can view Morgan Spurlock's junk food documentary Super Size Me free of charge via snagfilms

Alice in Wonderland

The new trailer to TIm Burton's take on Alice in Wonderland is now out. See the HD video here

Kevin Smith

Writer / Director Kevin Smith will be bringing his famous Q & A sessions to the UK again this Autumn.

Kevin will appear at the Indig02 at the O2 arena on Saturday 10 October 2009. Ticket prices and availablity have yet to be announced.

SAW VI and VII

Above is the poster for the sixth film in the never-ending Saw series. Despite the fact that this film isnt even out yet, Variety indiate that plans are already underway for a seventh installment, stating:-

David Hackl -- production designer of the second, third and fourth films and helmer of "Saw V" -- has been tapped to direct.

Mark Burg and Oren Koules, who have produced all six of the "Saw" pics, are back as producers. And scribes Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who penned the fourth, fifth and sixth films, are writing the seventh.

Avatar

Aint It Cool News has a detailed rundown of the twenty minutes of 3D Avatar footage that has just screened at Comic Con.

A Nightmare on Elm Street

IGN has the teaser poster and a promotional image giving the first shots of Jackie Haley as the new Freddy Kreuger, albeit with his face heavily in shadow. The costume and fedora look almost identical to the original movies, although some set reports state that the makeup itself is noticeably more realistic.

Don't be fooled by the fourth image, which appears to be a publicity still for A Nightmare on Elm Street 4.

Follow this link for the images

Survival of the Dead

George Romero's newest zombie sequel, previously known as 'Island of the Dead' appears to have undergone a title change. The film will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The program notes are as follows:-

" Master director George A. Romero returns to his world of the undead, this time pitting two feuding clans in the middle of the fallout of a zombie epidemic."

Source: Slashfilm

US Box Office

This weekends box office, courtesy of IMDB, shows Harry Potter making over $150 million in it's first week of release. The film looks set to become the highest grossing of the franchise.

Mixed reviews and controversy over the content have led to a substantial drop in takings for Bruno, which will struggle to reach Borats success. Meanwhile The Hangover is now the highest grossing R rated comedy of all time, a title owned for over 20 years by Beverly Hills Cop.

The full chart is below

US Box Office

1Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)$77.8M/$158M

2Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)$17.6M/$152M

3Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)$13.7M/$364M

4Brüno (2009)$8.32M/$49.5M

5The Proposal (2009)$8.29M/$128M

6The Hangover (2009)$8.12M/$236M

7Public Enemies (2009)$7.75M/$79.6M

8Up (2009)$3.17M/$280M

9My Sister's Keeper (2009)$2.83M/$41.5M

10I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)$2.77M/$10.4M

Prince of Persia

New posters for Disney's computer game adaptation, which they are hoping is next years Pirates of the Carribean.

Source: Empire

Doctor Who

From The Guardian comes news that David Tennant and Russell T Davies are expected to announce a big-screen outing for Doctor Who at the San Diego comic con later this month.

Tennant is scheduled to attend the annual fan convention in along with Russell T Davies, the show runner behind Doctor Who's small screen revival.

Davies has been dropping hints about a "special project" to Doctor Who Magazine. "News as and when – but I can promise it's worth waiting for," he said. The BBC has also confirmed that a Doctor Who feature is "in development".

Tennant, the 10th official Doctor Who, is due to leave the tardis after three further TV specials, the last of which will air in early 2010. After that the role will be taken over by new actor Matt Smith. Quite how this will tie in with Tennant continuing the role in feature films remains to be seen.

iPhone test

Blogwriter lite is a new piece of software which allows the posting of blog entries directly from the iPhone. Whilst useful the free version allows text only and does not allow you to edit text one posted. There also seems to be no way of adding tags to your post at present.

Notwithstanding this I'll be playing around with the software over the next few days and hopefully posting on a more regular basis than over the last few months.

Retro Review - Society

Society is a film in which a man gets fisted. To the extent that his head is pulled through his bum. Whilst such a sight may be common on Youporn, this may be the first incidence of this occuring in mainstream cinema.

Still reading? Brian Yuzna, producer of Re-Animator, made his directorial debut with this satirical tale of the American rich and what goes on behind their closed doors

Billy Warlock takes a break from starring in baywatch and numerous day time soap operas to take the starring role as a rich but troubled Beverly Hills teenager who begins to suspect his family and friends may not be all they seem. When he hears a tape of his sisters 'coming out' party his fears increase and he begins to question

Whilst the film initially keeps events on a relatively even keel, things soon take a turn for the surreal with incest, cannibalism and general gloopy weirdness all on the menu,

The last thirty minutes is a literal orgy of special effects, with bodies distorting and melting into each other as the truth is revealed and a captured Billy is forced to attend a party in which the rich suck the life out of their working class victims, It is here the somewhat unfortunate fisting occurs, as Billy escapes one of his pursuers by turning in inside out. This is shown in graphic, if rubbery, detail. The special effects were created by an individual going by the name 'Screaming Mad George', which seems a suitable epithet for the creator of this senes.

Of course there are hints throughout this this may all be in Billy's imagination. He is
after all prone to hallucinations, and is seeing a psychiatrist.

The film's points about class society are far from subtle, and the sudden shifts in tone and rather arbitrary ending make for an uneven experience, but the imagery of the closing scenes and sheer weirdness of the film will ensure society will linger in the memory.

Gamer

New trailer for the cheesy looking action pic, starring Gerard Butler

Princess and the Frog

Poster for Disney's long awaited return to hand drawn animation, courtesy of Cinematical

Bruno

Red band trailer for Sacha baron Cohen's Borat follow up. The film has just obtained an R rating in America following some re-editing to avoid the dreaded NC-17.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Final trailer.

The Hobbit

Empire magazine spoke to both director Guillermo Del Toro and Producer Peter Jackson for the latest, on the two Hobbit movies, due for release in 2011 and 2012.

“We’ve decided to have The Hobbit span the two movies, including the White Council and the comings and goings of Gandalf to Dol Guldur,” says Del Toro.

“We decided it would be a mistake to try to cram everything into one movie,” adds Jackson. “The essential brief was to do The Hobbit, and it allows us to make The Hobbit in a little more style, if you like, of the [LOTR] trilogy.”

The second film had previously been suggested as a story that would bridge the 60-year gap between The Hobbit and the start of Fellowship Of The Ring, however this appears not to be the case.  Possibly a wise choice as the filmmakers do not appear to own the rights to The Silmarillion, the collection of short tales which fleshed out Tolkien's universe and filled in many of said gaps.

Source - Empire

The Box

Final poster for Richard Kelly's The Box, starring Cameron Diaz.  Word of mouth on the file has been positive, which bodes well for Kelly who is sorely in need of a hit following 'Southland Tales'

Source - Aint It Cool News

We're Back!!!!!!

Following a longer than expected hiatus to move house, Farthing Film is back.  

Reanimator 3D

Shock Till You Drop reports that producer Ray Haboush is developing a remake of Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator in conjunction with Brian Yuzna, producer of the original and director of the two sequels.

No word on whether Jeffrey Coombs will return (although his performance is the most memorable part of the franchise), but the producers are aiming to make the new film in 3D, which is what the kids are into these days apparently.

The Green Hornet

In odd news of the day, the Hollywood Reporter has indicated that Michel Gondry has stepped in to direct Seth Rogen's Green Hornet update. Gondry is not the obvious fit for the material but it may be that writer / star Rogen has a more fantastical take on the material than previously suggested. Gondry takes over from previous director Stephen Chow, who is still expected to co-star as the Green Hornet's sidekick Kato (memorably played by Bruce Lee in the original TV series)

A Couple of Dicks

Following the commercial disappointment of Zack and Miri, ERC is reporting that Warner Bros. has signed Kevin Smith to direct the comedy A Couple of Dicks starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan. with a view to a January 2010 release.

If true, this will be the first movie directed but not written by Kevin. The screenplay was written by Robb and Marc Cullen, who have worked with Kevin before as executive producers of the Smith starring 'Manchild' TV pilot. The script was featured on last years 'Blacklist', an industry insiders list of the best unproduced screenplays in town). The brief synopsis listed simply gives the plot as: "Two veteran LAPD detectives attempt to track down a stolen, mint-condition, 1952 baseball card."

Source: Cinematical.com

Public Enemies

New poster for Michael Mann's period gangster picture.

Terminator Salvation

New poster, courtesy of Cinematical

Oscars Forthcoming Attractions

In a break with tradition the academy awards closed with a montage of new footage from forthcoming movies.  Included in the mix are brief snippets from Sherlock Holmes , Funny People , The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 , Public Enemies , Julie & Julia , The Soloist , Up , Fame , Terminator Salvation , (500) Days of Summer , Amelia , Whatever Works , Inglourious Basterds , Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian , Monsters vs. Aliens , Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , Angels & Demons , Old Dogs , Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs , The Boat That Rocked , An Education , State of Play , Imagine That and G-Force.

Source : Cinematical

Star Trek

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

MTV's movie show spoilers gives us some new Star Trek Footage.

Source: Cinematical

Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen

MTV's quarterly movie show Spoilers, unfurled some new footage for summer blockbuster Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Source : Cinematical

Watchmen

Chud.com has an exclusive video interview with Watchmen director Zack Snyder.

In other news adverts for the film in the UK carry the rather surprising news that the film will carry an 18 rating for 'strong bloody violence'.  Whilst it's been known for a while the film would be rated R in America, most people were expecting a 15 rating in the UK, suggesting the film's content may be stronger than expected.

An almost three hour, $200 million dollar, 18 rated comic book movie?  March 6th suddenly seems a long way away.

The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus

New posters, via AICN.

Oscar Winners

Sean Penn ruins Mickey Rourke's day (and saves us from a speech dedicating an award to Rourke's recently deceased Chihuahua) in about the only surprise.  The Curious Case of Forrest Gump only won awards in the technical categories, leaving the main awards for Slumdog Millionaire.   

Not a great year overall, and I would imagine none of these films will be remembered in ten years time.

Best film
Christian Colson, Slumdog Millionaire

Best actor
Sean Penn, Milk

Best actress
Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best foreign language film
Japan, Yojiro Takita, Departures

Best song
Jai Ho, by AR Rahman and Gulzar, Slumdog Millionaire

Best original score
AR Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award
Jerry Lewis

Best film editing
Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire

Best sound mixing
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty, Slumdog Millionaire

Best sound editing
Richard King, The Dark Knight

Best visual effects
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best documentary short
Megan Mylan, Smile Pinki

Best documentary feature
James Marsh and Simon Chinn, Man On Wire

Best supporting actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best live-action short
Jochen Alexander Freydank, Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Best cinematography
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best makeup
Greg Cannom, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best costume design
Michael O'Connor, The Duchess

Best art direction
Donald Graham Burt and Victor J Zolfo, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best animated short
Kunio Kato, La Maison en Petits Cubes

Best animated feature
Andrew Stanton, WALL-E

Best adapted screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

Best original screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk

Best supporting actress
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Razzies

Screw the Oscars, here's the awards we've been waiting for, with the Golden Raspberries (or Razzies) celebrating Hollywood's worst. Here's the winners-

29th Annual Golden Raspberry (Razzie©) Award “Winners”

Worst Picture:

The Love Guru
(A PARAMOUNT RELEASE)
Worst Actor:

Mike Myers
THE LOVE GURU
Worst Actress:

Paris Hilton
THE HOTTIE AND THE NOTTIE
Worst Supporting Actress:

Paris Hilton
REPO: THE GENETIC OPERA
Worst Supporting Actor:

Pierce Brosnan
MAMMA MIA!
Worst Screen Couple:

Paris Hilton
AND EITHER
Christine Lakin
OR
Joel David Moore
THE HOTTIE AND THE NOTTIE
Worst Prequel,Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
(Combined Category for 2008):

Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull
Worst Director:

Uwe Boll
1968: TUNNEL RATS,
IN THE NAME OF THE KING: A DUNGEON SIEGE TALE,
AND POSTAL
Worst Screenplay:

The Love Guru
WRITTEN BY MIKE MYERS & GRAHAM GORDY
Worst Career Achievement:

Uwe Boll
(GERMANY’S ANSWER TO ED WOOD)
“Wins” Per Picture:


The Love Guru = 3 Awards:
Worst Picture, Actor and Screenplay


The Hottie and The Nottie = 3 Awards:
Worst Picture, Actor and Screenplay


In The Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale = 1 Award:
Worst Director


Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull = 1 Award:
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel

Funny People

Trailer for Judd Apatow's next, starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen as stand up comedians.

Inglourious basterds

International poster for Tarantino's latest, courtesy of AICN