From teaser trailers to full trailers to TV spots and exclusive clips, there’s been no shortage of footage for this summer’s opening blockbuster The Avengers. Yet for all we’ve seen, the plot remains a mystery. This second full trailer brings us closer.
New Line appears to have found no out-of-house talent suitable for directing its National Lampoon’s Vacation reboot. The company is eying the film’s writers, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, to assume the extra duties.
The 2012 Academy Awards came and went on Sunday, but that doesn’t mean we’re done talking about them. Sam, Simon, Steven and John dissect the ceremony, talk the big winners, the big losers, the no-shows, the upsets and everything in between.
Hugo is considered the best 3D movie to be made since Avatar, and it won five Academy Awards on Sunday. Despite a light weak of DVDs and Blu-rays, Hugo most likely would have been our Recommendation of the Week in any company. If you are starting a 3D Blu-ray collection, then this is a good place to start.
Giving this weekend’s box office a healthy boost over last year’s levels, Navy SEAL flick Act of Valor easily claimed the top spot with other newcomers faring from ok to quite poor.
It’s ironic that the Academy honored Midnight in Paris, a film that so greatly debunks nostalgic idealism, when the film named the best of 2011 was one that arguably won for its nostalgic qualities. Even more paradoxical is that a ceremony that strived so much to convey the joy of watching films felt almost lifeless.
This year’s Oscar ceremony went mostly as expected, with Michel Hazanavicius’ silent black-and-white film The Artist taking home cinema’s biggest honor as well as four additional awards, including Best Director and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin.
