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2011 Golden Globe Award Winners

Anthony Ocasio — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:11:15 +0000

For 68 years, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been celebrating their favorites in film and television with the Golden Globe Awards.

Once again, the multifaceted and generally hilarious Ricky Gervais will be serving as host of tonight’s gala. While those in attendance will be filled with anticipation about whether or not they will take home the award in their chosen category, viewers at home will be anxiously waiting to see how far Gervais will push the comedic envelope with his monologue and numerous ad-libs throughout the night.

With 25 separate categories having to fit within tonight’s given time slot, something tells me that Gervais will be moving things along at a swift pace – all while sipping from his iconic glass a beer that always remains not-so-hidden beneath his podium.

Review

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DVD/Blu-ray Breakdown: December 21st, 2010

Mike Eisenberg — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:03:11 +0000

This week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases are all new to the home video market. No significant re-releases hit shelves this week, so we will focus on the summer movies finally available to watch at home.

There are devils and secret agents hiding amongst us, sleazeballs and gossip queens infecting today’s youth and some animated humor to keep you busy in the final weeks of 2010. If you are still looking for a holiday gift, DVD and Blu-rays are the safe bet. Between this and last week, you have plenty of choices.

The following releases can now be found on DVD and Blu-ray:

NEW RELEASES

Salt – Angelina Jolie has played a handful of strong female characters, but ...

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The Worst Belated Movie Sequels

Paul Young — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:17:29 +0000

There is no getting around the fact that sequels to popular movies are a way of life in Hollywood. If a movie has a strong box office showing then, inevitably, a sequel (or two) won’t be too far behind.

A sequel to a film based on a series of books is to be expected: The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Twilight Saga, as are films that are usually cheap and easy to produce: Saw, Friday the 13th, or Nightmare on Elm Street. Also films that have a well established mythos: Spider-Man, X-Men, Batman, Superman are almost always expected to have multiple sequels.

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2011 Golden Globe Nominations Announced

Sandy Schaefer — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:27:11 +0000

Celebrities Josh Duhamel, Katie Holmes, and Blair Underwood dragged themselves from the comfort of their beds early this morning to announce the nominations for this year’s other big cinematic awards, the Golden Globes.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has unveiled its nominations for the 68th annual Golden Globes and, like any year’s crop of nominees, there are a few surprise choices, some unexpected snubs, and a number of highly anticipated selections.

Leading the movie pack with seven nominations is the period drama The King’s Speech, which began to garner serious awards buzz back when it toured the festival circuit this past fall. David Fincher’s The Social Network has already snagged a handful of critic’s choice awards and secured six Gold Globe nods, matching that of this month’s true-life boxing drama, The Fighter. Indie breakout hits
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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: October 17, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:17:47 +0000

This week:

Jackass 3D hits the top spot at the box office while Bruce Willis sees Red; J.J. Abrams is Infinitely Polar Bear; Samuel L. Jackson heads Holmes with Hawkshaw; Joe Carnahan tackles Umbra; Catherine Hardwicke moves from Edward & Bella to Romeo & Juliet; Noomi Rapace sets sail on The Last Voyage of The Demeter; Luke Evans and Alice Eve join John Cusack in The Raven and there’s lots more.

After several weeks of serious adult-skewed films holding the top spot at the box office, it looked like audiences wanted to let loose and relax by watching grown men getting hit in the crotch with the full 3D experience. This thirst for pain is the reason that the number one position was filled by Jackass 3D (read our review here). The $20 million budgeted comedy brought in a stellar $49.5 million, easily capturing the number one spot.

Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: October 17, 2010

Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: October 10, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:20:38 +0000

This week:

The Social Network has more friends than Life As We Know It; Paramount Pictures acquires Young Adult; Hanks and Depp eye Sleeping Dogs, Robert Downey Jr is the new Steve McQueen in Yucatan; we get a first look at Nic Cage and Nic Kidman in Trespass; there are two Iceman movies on the way and Val Kilmer isn’t in either one; life is a Battleground for ABC and get ready for some Awkward Family Photos.

Box Office

It was a close race for pole position this weekend at the box office, with Life As We Know It and last week’s number one film The Social Network both fighting it out for the number one spot. David Fincher’s Facebook movie took the top spot after collecting another $15.9 million. The film has now banked a total of $46 million.

Katherine Heigl’s Life As We Know It had to ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: October 3, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:24:07 +0000

This Week:

The Social Network clicks with audiences for the number one spot; Ron Howard and Jodie Foster have a Stroke of Insight; DiCaprio, Maguire and Seyfried eye The Great Gatsby; Keke Palmer is a Runaway; Ciaran Hinds and Violante Placido saddle up with Nic Cage for Ghost Rider 2 and ladies rejoice - Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep unite for the ultimate chick flick.

Box Office

David Fincher’s Facebook drama The Social Network (read our review here) found a few friends over the weekend, enabling the $40 million drama to capture the top spot at the box office. The film should score about $23 million over the weekend, and could continue to do well due to strong reviews and positive word of mouth. The Aaron Sorkin-penned film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, future Spider-Man Andrew Garfield, and Rooney Mara who is set to star ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: September 26, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:26:34 +0000

This week:

The box office never sleeps as Wall Street 2 makes bank; Emma Stone might be moving to Jump Street; Del Toro talks casting At the Mountains of Madness; J.J. Abrams gets sent to Alcatraz; Charlize Theron has Two Staring Eyes; Anthony Peckham helps Chris Pine know Jack; X marks the spot for James McAvoy; Chloe Moretz is Strange and lots more.Box Office

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (read our review) captured the top spot at the box office and banked $19 million worth of coin over the weekend. Michael Douglas stars with Oliver Stone directing the fiscal film which has an impressive supporting cast including Shia LaBeouf and Josh Brolin.

Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (read our review) should fly into second with a weekend take of $16.1 million. ...

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‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ Review

Vic Holtreman — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:27:21 +0000

Screen Rant’s Vic Holtreman reviews Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (or just plain old Wall Street 2 if you don’t want such a mouthful) is a movie by Oliver Stone that tries to do for the mortgage lending bank meltdown what he did for corporate raiders in 1987 in the original Wall Street. Michael Douglas returns a bit worse for wear after spending almost a decade in prison, and instead of a young Charlie Sheen as the protege we have Shia LeBeouf.

Personality-wise, Shia (Jake Moore) is an analogue to Charlie Sheen’s Bud Fox from the first film: Young, aggressive and ambitious – but with a sense of ethics. He’s been deeply interested in finance ...

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Screen Rant’s 2010 Fall Movie Preview

Kofi Outlaw — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:17:36 +0000

Summertime and all that easy living is now done, and unless you’re one of those people who lives where the sun is always shining then the onset of Fall means four things: colder weather, earlier sunsets, heavier clothing and movies galore.

Yes, the summer has all those big blockbusters we’ve been waiting all year to see, but Fall is the time when we actually want to be in the movie theater: when being outdoors is no longer an attractive alternative and the cinema offers many, many, award-worthy films. A few of them even stand the chance of being pretty good.

Of course the Fall movie landscape has been changing pretty radically in the last few years: September is now a “showcase for unique genre films” instead of just a studio dumping ground ...

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SR Pick [Video]: 2010 Fall/Winter Movie Trailer Mashup

Ben Kendrick — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:11:13 +0000

It’s been a somewhat lackluster summer movie season – with only a few highly anticipated films living up to their hype. While box office numbers are still strong there were plenty of high-profile films that failed to impress audiences.

The somewhat disappointing summer has left an empty void in a lot of moviegoers – a void that the Fall 2010 film season is prepped to fill.

We locked Screen Rant’s Mike Eisenberg in his production office, with only week old saltine crackers and water, until he successfully produced a Fall preview trailer worthy of the bar he set with his Ultimate 2010 Summer Movie Trailer. Once again he’s taken the most popular upcoming films and mashed them together into one epic Fall Preview – set to “The Final Arrow” by Marc ...

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Oliver Stone Addresses Possibility of ‘Wall Street 3′

Ben Pearson — Sat, 15 May 2010 00:24:17 +0000

It’s been twenty-two years since Oliver Stone introduced the world to Gordon Gekko and the now-infamous (and often misquoted) catch phrase, “Greed…for lack of a better word…is good” in his excellent financial drama Wall Street. The sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleep, recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France and is receiving mixed reviews so far.

In a recent interview, Reuters spoke with writer/director Oliver Stone and asked him if we might see yet another sequel twenty-two years from now.

“Why not? We left it open at the end in a way on which we can hang a “Wall Street 3.” We’ll have Gekko back and maybe Josh Brolin, too.”

I’m a Michael Douglas fan, but in the year 2032 the actor will be 88 years old. I’m not sure how ...

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New ‘Wall Street 2′ Clips

Sandy Schaefer — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:02:08 +0000

20th Century Fox (via Moviefone) has released two new clips from Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, director Oliver Stone’s followup to his 1987 hit, Wall Street.

The Wall Street sequel finds the corrupt Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) fresh out of prison and back in action as he joins forces with young stock market trader Jacob Moore (Shia LaBeouf) to take advantage of the increasingly unstable global economy.

This first clip features a scene in which the elderly Gordon recognizes a kindred unethical spirit in Jacob – a fellow who also happens to be engaged to Gekko’s estranged daughter, Winnie (Carey Mulligan).

You can check it out below:

WALL STREET 2 CLIP 1

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Wall Street 2 Pushed Back to September

Kofi Outlaw — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:32:48 +0000

Oliver Stone’s sequel film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps has been pushed back from its April 23rd release date, The Hollywood Reporter states.

Wall Street 2‘s new release date is going to be September 24, 2010. The question that now arises is: what does this delay say about the quality of the film (or lack thereof)?

For those who aren’t movie buffs, there are traditionally two months of the calender year that are typically used as dumping grounds for studios to unload their bad films: September and February (January is also questionable). Following that logic, Fox pushing Wall Street 2 back to September would suggest that the film didn’t go over so well – certainly not good enough for April, which has become the “ramp-up month” leading into the start of the summer blockbuster season.

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Wall Street 2 International Trailer

Kofi Outlaw — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:40:59 +0000

The international trailer for Oliver Stone’s Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps has appeared online and unlike the slick, hard-rock preview we got in the Wall Street 2 teaser trailer, this new trailer has more of a laid back approach, letting us in on what the actual story of the film is all about.

Michael Douglas is back as Wall Street shark Gordon Gekko, now fresh out of prison (where he landed himself at the end of the first film) only to discover a world where his brand of greed has become the norm. Shia LaBeouf plays a young wannabe Wall Street player, who sees a path to some big money under Gekko’s wing.

Did I mention that LaBeouf’s character is also engaged to Gekko’s estranged daughter (the lovely Carey Mulligan)?

Watch sparks (and money) fly in this international trailer for
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Wall Street 2 Teaser Trailer

Kofi Outlaw — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:43:16 +0000

Courtesy of Gawker we’re getting a first look at the teaser trailer for Oliver Stone’s upcoming Wall Street sequel, Money Never Sleeps. The film has Michael Douglas reprising is Oscar-winning role as corporate shark Gordon Gekko, with Transformers star Shia LaBeouf starring as a younger corporate shark trying to swim through the cut-throat waters of Wall Street.

Also in the boardroom this time around are Josh Brolin, Frank Langella, Charlie Sheen, Susan Sarandon and actress Carey Mulligan, who plays Gekko’s estranged daughter and LaBeouf’s current love interest.

The trailer comes with a hard guitar riff soundtrack (it’s “Ricochet” by Shiny Toy Guns), scenes of Gordon Gekko (arrested at the end of the first film) finally being released from his stint in prison and – look at that! – a sight gag involving those ginormous old-school mobile phones.

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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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First Look at Michael Douglas in Wall Street 2

Anthony Ocasio — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:49:05 +0000

Today, the Daily Mail released some photos taken from the set of Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. While these aren’t the first photos we’ve seen pop up from the set, it is the first time we get to see photos of Michael Douglas’ first day reprising the roll of his iconic character, Gordon Gecko.

Not to give all the attention to Mr. “Fancy Pants” (That’s my nickname for Douglas. What? Sir enjoys fancy pants.), More photos were released showing Shia LaBeouf filming a scene with Frank Langella as they stroll through the park. In the film, Shia plays Jacob Moore, a young stockbroker with Langella as his mentor, Lewis Zabel.

Back to “Fancy Pants.” For those hoping to lessen Shia’s presence in the film’s sequel, you’re in luck as the film will also follow Gordon Gecko on the lecture circuit as an author after having spent 14 years in ...

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Money Never Sleeps For Charlie Sheen

Niall Browne — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:51:08 +0000

Not content with being one of the highest paid actors on television – Charlie Sheen is now set to reprise his role of Bud Fox in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps - the sequel to the Oscar-winning original.

The Two and A Half Men star will film a cameo in the sequel that is set to star the first rate cast of Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Susan Sarandon and Frank Langella.

The film, which starts shooting next week, follows LaBeouf’s Jake Moore as he romances Gordan Gekko’s (Douglas) daughter played by Carey Mulligan.

Alex Young, co-president of production at 20th Century Fox said:

“We sort of started over with the story of a young man who is at the center of it, and how he needs Gordon Gekko’s help to navigate those waters.”

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Wall Street 2 Adds Susan Sarandon

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:02:05 +0000

Wall Street 2 continues to cast a surprisingly classy set of actors for a movie that’s subtitled Money Never Sleeps. Frank Langella and actress Carey Mulligan were both recently confirmed for the film; now comes word that acclaimed actress Susan Sarandon (The Lovely Bones) will be joining Oliver Stone’s production as well.

Sarandon will reportedly be playing the role of the mother to Shia LaBeouf’s young and upcoming Wall Street trader. If you didn’t already know, Michael Douglas will be reprising his Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gekko for the sequel.

What we know thusfar is that Wall Street 2 will focus on LaBeouf’s character as he tries to rise through the throat-cutting ranks of Wall Street. The young trader eventually falls under the dragon’s wing of Gekko (his wife’s estranged father), now out of prison ...

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