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Inception Leads 2011 Saturn Award Nominees

Ross Miller — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:57:31 +0000

As we edge ever closer to the biggest movie award ceremony around, the Oscars, we have another set of nominations to mull over: The 37th Annual Saturn Awards.

While the Oscars, Golden Globes and the BAFTAs tend to recognize the more “serious” films (some would say in a way that is out of touch), award ceremonies like the Saturn Awards nominate films that average moviegoers would likely champion as their favorites of the year – not to mention the ceremony also recognizes the best TV shows and DVD release the year had to offer.

Last year the Saturn Awards were dominated by a little film called Avatar (you may have heard of it), but as you’ll see below fan favorite Inception dominates things this year with a whopping nine nominations, while other popular films ...

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The Top 10 Movie Moments of 2010

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:19:41 +0000

As 2010 comes to an end, most sites are busy compiling top 10 lists ranking the best films of the year. While I always appreciate a good top 10 movie list, I’ve slowly come around to the opinion that at year’s end, it’s not just the discussion of entire films that dominates the talk around my holiday dinner table, but also the best scenes and/or moments that stuck in moviegoers’ minds.

So, following in the tradition started by our list of the best movie moments of 2009, I’d once again like to submit to you, the readers, Screen Rant’s top 10 movie moments of 2010.

This was an odd year in cinema. 2010 started off with moviegoers still caught up in the phenomenon of James Cameron’s Avatar; people were wondering just ...

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Toy Story 3, The King’s Speech & More Ineligible For WGA Screenplay Awards

Ross Miller — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:39:08 +0000

When awards season rolls around every year there always seems to be a group of films that are tapped to pick up their share of the major awards. 2010 is no exception and this year the likes of Toy Story 3, Inception, The King’s Speech, The Social Network, Black Swan and The Fighter are among those which have won awards already and look likely to pick up some Oscars as well.

However, when it comes to the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA), there are rules which often prohibit certain awards favorites from winning in some of the big categories offered by awards ceremonies.

Following the Oscars deeming the scores for Black Swan, True Grit and The Fighter ineligible ...

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‘Avatar’ Tops List of Most Pirated Movies in 2010

Mike Eisenberg — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:10:54 +0000

There are plenty of threats to the entertainment industry every year, but movie piracy consistently comes up as the biggest. Authorities continue to seek avenues to shut down the illegal downloading of movies, but apparently it is not enough. In 2010, nearly 100 million downloads were recorded – and those were just the top ten most pirated movies of the year.

The misconception with pirated movies is that those who watch on their computer are not actually going to the theater. For the most part, we can assume this is true. But when a film like Avatar comes in at the top spot with 16.5 million illegal downloads, one must wonder how many of those people also contributed to the movie’s record-breaking $2.7 billion at the worldwide box office.

On the other end of the spectrum is ...

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2010 Scream Award Nominations

Ross Miller — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:18:13 +0000

We’re now into awards season once more (time flies, doesn’t it?), with the Emmys having come and gone already. Now we have the annual 2010 Scream Awards which celebrates the more fan-friendly type of movies and TV shows that the Oscars and the Emmys might not honor. And the great thing is YOU get to vote for the winners!

Last year they honored such fan-favorites as Star Trek, Watchmen and Fringe with nominations, which I’m sure pleased many of you. Even if they still nominate some questionable movies, there’s no doubting that for the most part, the Scream Awards are a lot more in line with the majority of the movie going audience who pay to see movies purely to be entertained.

Even if the Scream Awards tend to honor the “right” movies however, this ...

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Shutter Island Ending Explanation & Discussion

Vic Holtreman — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:30:03 +0000

While we have a Shutter Island review where you can leave comments, we’ve set up this as a place where you can discuss spoilers about the film without worrying about ruining it for folks who haven’t seen it yet.

To help steer discussion we’ve added a lengthy analysis of the Shutter Island ending and an explanation of why our analysis of the film fits with the story Scorsese intended to tell. Does our Shutter Island explanation match your theory? Find out!

If you’re posting comments here, assume that anyone in the conversation has seen the movie – if you haven’t seen the movie, I would recommend you don’t read these comments here until you have.

Discuss away!

DiCaprio’s Character is Definitely Crazy

Sorry guys, there is no mystery or deeper meaning here. All ...

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DVD/Blu-ray Breakdown: June 8, 2010

Mike Eisenberg — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:43:55 +0000

Last week’s DVD/Blu-ray release line-up was a brilliant one for home video crowds with a flurry of big releases. This week has a few worth the trip itself, but the number has dropped dramatically.

Thankfully, those popular titles from theaters at the beginning of this year are finally popping up in stores. We’ve got a Leonardo DiCaprio mind-bender, a John Travolta shoot ‘em up, a classic comedy and a piece of magic.

All of the following releases can be found on DVD and Blu-ray.

NEW RELEASES

Shutter Island - While our own Kofi Outlaw reviewed the film and gave it a 3.5 out of 5, I personally loved it. Martin Scorsese’s mind-bending experience was just as ...

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Scorsese Going 3D?

Ben Kendrick — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:17:22 +0000

By this point it’s not exactly new to say that Avatar has drastically changed many moviegoers’ attitudes toward 3D filmmaking – a technology that was previously relegated to cheesy horror films and cartoons. No matter what you might have thought of its story, Avatar did succeed in creating a breathtaking visual experience – potentially unmatched since George Lucas wowed audiences in 1977 with the first Star Wars film.

However, even in recent years, the films enjoying 3D treatments are still limited to certain genres: animated features, horror films, as well as blockbuster franchises that focus on large-scale action sequences. No one has made a genuine attempt to apply the technology to a more traditional, dramatic project… at least not yet.

But just because it hasn’t been done doesn’t mean Martin Scorsese isn’t thinking about it – according to an interview he ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: February 28, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:10:32 +0000

This weekend the box office stays at Shutter Island; Katee Sackhoff gets her own pilot; Freida Pinto gets involved in the War of the Gods; we get the team-ups we’ve always wanted – Woody Allen along with Owen Wilson and Ryan Reynolds and Nicolas Cage as cavemen in The Croods!

Box Office

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese remained kings of the box office as Shutter Island banked another $21 million to bring its total to $75 million. It looks like this just might out-gross The Departed to be the duo’s highest grossing film.

Bruce Willis’ Cop Out was second with a weekend take of $17 million. The film also stars Tracy Morgan and Seann William Scott. Cop Out, as every review and article that I’ve read states, is the first film that Kevin Smith has directed that he didn’t write. I just didn’t want to feel left out on ...

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New ‘Shutter Island,’ ‘Wonderland’ & ‘Train Your Dragon’ Featurettes

Kofi Outlaw — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:21:33 +0000

Continuing with our ‘Life of Convenience’ initiative, we here at Screen Rant have a new movie promo roundup to share with you, this time in the form of three new featurettes for three highly-anticipated upcoming movies.

The movies du jour are Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, Tim Burton’s adaptation of Alice In Wonderland and Dreamworks’ new CGI animated film, How to Train Your Dragon. If you want to get a better look at any one (or all three) of them, then you’ve come to the right place.

First we’ll take a look at the Shutter Island featurette. The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a federal Marshal who travels to a remote psychiatric facility to track down a missing patient. The deeper he looks into the case, however, the more the Marshal’s mind begins to come apart.

If you haven’t read our
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Rumor Patrol: Taxi Driver Remake?

Kofi Outlaw — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:36:41 +0000

To quote the band Weezer, “Say It Ain’t So…”

Over the holiday weekend there was a lot of rumor circling Martin Scorsese, whose new film Shutter Island premiered in theaters overseas (we review it HERE).

We’ve already covered one rumor stating that Scorsese and Robert De Niro are collaborating on a new mob movie, but we have yet to report on the rumor (started by the Danish press) that Scorsese was approached during Shutter Island‘s Berlin premiere about doing a remake of his iconic film, Taxi Driver, by none other than director Lars von Trier (Antichrist).

The rumor mill was churning out word that von Trier had approached Scorsese about doing a new version of Taxi Driver, with Robert De Niro possibly reprising his Oscar-nominated role as Travis Bickle. Scorsese was said to be ‘mulling it over.’

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Shutter Island Review

Kofi Outlaw — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:47:06 +0000

Shutter Island is a surprising, flawed, gorgeous and interesting movie that you definitely need to see at least twice.

Screen Rant’s Kofi Outlaw reviews Shutter Island

This is one of those reviews where I feel totally chained by the NO SPOILER rule. After all, it’s almost impossible to talk about Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island without discussing the film in its entirety. Shutter Island isn’t one of those simple “love it” or “hate it” movie experiences – this is one of those films that makes you go, “Hmmmm…”

Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Federal Marshal Teddy Daniels, a hard-ass cop who gets called out to a remote psychiatric ward off the New England shore (I’ll let you guess the name of the island). It’s a facility where dangerous maniacs are subjected to unique “treatments” by the questionable Dr. ...

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New ‘Crazies’ Clip & ‘Shutter Island’ Superbowl TV Spot

Kofi Outlaw — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:50:30 +0000

Today we have another movie promo roundup to share with you: A new clip from The Crazies, a remake of the George Romero horror flick about a town whose inhabitants go nuts on each other; we also have the Superbowl TV spot for the Martin Scorsese adaptation of Shutter Island, which will air during the big game this weekend.

No need to thank us for rounding this all up for you, either. It’s all part of my Screen Rant “Lifestyle of Convenience” initiative (which is forecasted to knock $2 off of the national deficit this year).

First lets get to The Crazies clip. The film stars Timothy Olyphant (Hitman) and Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill) as a sheriff and his wife who get caught in the thick of it when the citizens of their town start losing their minds and slaughtering ...

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Which Movies Are Getting Ads at Super Bowl XLIV?

Ross Miller — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:07:28 +0000

With the mega-sporting event of the Superbowl rolling around once more, for us movie fans it means that the biggest studios in the business will be paying money (A LOT of it – $3 million to be exact) to run 30-second TV spots during the event.

Adage has the info on which studios have bought ad space and which movies they will be advertising, so read on below to find out.

During Superbowl XLIV on February 7th this year, you’ll be seeing ads from three of the biggest studios: Universal, Paramount and Walt Disney.

First, Paramount has bought the most amount of spots with a total of three and they will be advertising Iron Man 2, Shutter Island and The Last Airbender, all of which are highly anticipated around these parts (all three made Screen Rant’s
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Our 20 Most Anticipated Movies Of 2010

Vic Holtreman — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:18:12 +0000

As we come to the end of 2009, it’s time to look forward and put together our list of our most anticipated movies of 2010.

Last year could have been worse – 5 of our 10 most anticipated movies of 2009 turned out to live up to our expectations (including Watchmen, Up, and Star Trek), while the other five ranged from mediocre (Public Enemies) to downright disappointing (Terminator Salvation, Wolverine, Transformers 2). Of course “most anticipated” does not necessarily mean “movies we think are going to be awesome” – it’s “movies we hope are going to be awesome.”

This year the task was made a lot easier thanks to our senior editor Kofi Outlaw putting together Screen Rant’s 2010 movie preview, giving us a one-stop list from which to gather the ...

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Sherlock Holmes & Shutter Island Early Reviews

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:34:02 +0000

[This article is SPOILER-FREE]

Are you guys seriously anticipating Guy Ritchie’s upcoming adaptation of Sherlock Holmes? How about Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s (Mystic River) novel, Shutter Island?

If you answered yes to either or both of those, then you may be interested to know that we’re now seeing some early reactions to both films and we’ve gathered snippets of those reactions to share with you. These are only the opinions of a few, so please do take them with a BIG grain of salt.

Also, I’ve kept both reactions strictly SPOILER-FREE, so you can read at your leisure without spoiling anything.

We’ll do things in order of release date. First up, Sherlock Holmes. Here are an early batch of reviews, as collected by our friends over at Slash Film. Click the links on each selected quote ...

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Screen Rant’s 2010 Movie Preview

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:46:40 +0000

As 2010 approaches, it’s time to bid farewell to the cinematic happenings of 2K9 – but what does the near-future hold for movie lovers? Luckily for you guys, we here at Screen Rant are dusting off our crystal ball and looking ahead… all the way to the year 2010.

Be sure to read through our entire 2010 movie preview (of over 70 movies!) to get the scoop on when you’ll be able to catch big flicks like Iron Man 2, Christopher Nolan’s Inception, Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Shutter Island, Freddy Krueger’s return to Elm Street, a comic book adaptation that’s sure to Kick-Ass, an animated showdown between Dreamworks’ Shrek Forever After and Pixar’s Toy Story 3 – and for the ladies, a second helping of Sex In The City and an obscure little film called ...

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Shutter Island Third Trailer

Ross Miller — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:07:47 +0000

Back in June of this year the first trailer appeared for Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese’s latest collaboration with favorite leading man, Leonardo DiCaprio. It was creepy-as-hell and solidified it on my list of most anticipated movies of 2009. Unfortunately a couple of months later news hit that Paramount had moved the release date from October 2nd this year to February 19th next year. As a movie fan – as well as a follower of daily movie news – that ranks right up there with the most annoying things to happen.

A second theatrical trailer surfaced at the start of last month that even though it wasn’t as effective the first (maybe it was the initial exposure to the creepy material that lead to the effect it had on me) but nonetheless made it look great. ...

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‘Ghost In The Shell’ Snags ‘Shutter Island’ Screenwriter [Updated]

Kofi Outlaw — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:42:14 +0000

Update: Laeta Kalogridis is female NOT male. I apologize. Changes have been noted.

Dreamworks’ adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s manga/anime classic Ghost In The Shell has snagged Laeta Kalogridis to adapt Shirow’s futuristic vision into a live-action 3D blockbuster. Kalogridis has penned such past gems as Oliver Stone’s Alexander and the American alt-history epic, Pathfinder, but is poised to be a breakout name for HER work adapting author Dennis Lehane’s novel Shutter Island into a Martin Scorsese film, which will be hitting theaters early next year.

Jamie Moss (Street Kings) had been tapped to draft an earlier version of Ghost In The Shell – guess his take on the story didn’t go over so well with the studio…The Ghost In Shell universe created by Shirow was a vision of the future where technology is everywhere ...

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Shutter Island Theatrical Trailer

Kofi Outlaw — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:48:24 +0000

A second trailer for Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Shutter Island hit the Web a few days ago and we thought you’d like a (belated) look at it. If you haven’t heard, the film is adapted from the Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone) novel and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels, who travels to the titular island in Massachusetts’ Outer Harbor to help track down a murderous patient who has escaped from the island’s hospital for the criminally insane.

Of course, once Daniels and his partner Chuck (Mark Ruffalo) arrive on Shutter Island the proverbial you-know-what hits the proverbial fan, and it is quickly revealed that nothing – the island, the hospital, the missing patient or even the Marshalls themselves – is what it seems.

Even though some of our readers staunchly disagree, I’ve been ...

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