Although official details of the role have yet to leak, Marvel Studios appears to be in the hunt for a new leading lady for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and a Black Widow cameo is also likely.
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards are now history. The annual show honoring the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2011 until May 31, 2012, was held on September 23, 2012 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles (CA). Mad Men did not get a fifth consecutive crown, but there was no earth shattering surprise. The winners were, just like the list of nominees, pretty much in the great Academy tradition. Homeland dominated the drama category and Modern Family crushed the competition in the comedy category.
It is going to be a titanic battle for the top of the box-office this weekend: there are five major competitors in wide release and something will have to fall by the wayside. The cop thriller End of Watch has an excellent critical reaction, Dredd 3D has the edge of a 3D release and Clint Eastwood’s Trouble at the Curve has the widest release. And our Pick of the Week is …
Time for fall, the movie year’s mixed bag. All the more important, then, that you have us, the Player Affinity Movie staff, watching your back … or at least ready to help you sort through the endless fall movie slate and hone in on what will be worth your time, whether just an entertaining diversion or an early entry in the Oscar race.
Jo Nesbø is a respected crime novelist in his native Norway and his books are international best sellers. His stand-alone novel Headhunters has been given a cinematic treatment that has just arrived on DVD and Blu-ray. A Hollywood remake is already in the works.
It is a grand week of DVD and Blu-ray releases with 23 movies being released or re-released from many genres. See what joins Headhunters, Battleship, Jurassic Park and two Alfred Hitchcock classics in this week’s DISCussion.
The issue of recasting is especially notable in the case of this Friday’s The Bourne Legacy, which has swapped out its star Matt Damon with up-and-comer Jeremy Renner not five years after The Bourne Ultimatum became the highest grossing and most critically acclaimed of the trilogy.
Christopher Eccleston will star in Thor: The Dark World as Malekith the Accursed, ruler of the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim in the comics. The casting comes after much speculation that he would indeed be the villain, and it turns out the rumor mill was correct.
On Thursday July 19, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards. As expected, there were many outcries of disappointment from those who felt their favorite shows or performers were left out, but there were also lucky nominees that seem to be recognized year after year.
It is a big week of DVD and Blu-ray releases, even though the first releases are smaller movies such as Lockout, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Mel Gibson in Get the Gringo. There is large amount Blu-ray rereleases with many popular movies including High Noon, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Mean Streets and The Spider-Man Trilogy (again).
