AVATAR’S surge

All Time Domestic Figures (07.01.01)

12. Spider-Man $373,585, 825
13. The Passion of the Christ $370,782,930
14. Avatar $367,536,685.
15. Jurassic Park $357,067,947
16. LOTR: Two Towers
$341,786,758

Oscar Picks

BEST PICTURE

Public Enemies
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Up
A Serious Man
Broken Embraces
Funny People
In The Loop

BEST DIRECTOR

Mann (Public Enemies)
Reitman (Up in the Air)
Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Bigelow (Hurt Locker)
Coens (A Serious Man)

BEST ACTOR

Clooney (Up in the Air)
Freeman (Invictus)
Depp
(Public Enemies)
Rockwell (
Moon)
Stuhlberg (A Serious Man)

BEST ACTRESS

Mulligan (An Education)
Cruz (Broken Embraces)
Ronan (Lovely Bones)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Capaldi (In the Loop)
Molina (An Education)
Gandolfini (In the Loop)
Tucci (Lovely Bones)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Farmiga (Up in the Air)
Weisz (Lovely Bones)
Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)

J.J.-Abrams

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New writers set for MISSION IMPOSSIBLE IV

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are busy writing the sequel to J.J. Abrams' other film franchise Star Trek, so the gig for Mission Impossible…

 

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Three hours ago I was sent a press release for the forthcoming boldly sized 3-disc Blu-Ray/DVD set for J.J. Abrams' smart rebooting of the Star…

 
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THE INVENTION OF LYING trailers will premiere today at Yahoo Movies…

One of the best comedy scripts I've read in the past 12 months was for The Invention of Lying, the new Ricky Gervais movie which…

 
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Cruise & Abrams to produce MISSION IMPOSSIBLE IV; but who will star & direct?

Despite everything that went on with Tom Cruise and Paramount three years ago, when just after the release of Mission Impossible III, Cruise was publicly fired…

 
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Star Trek: Mark Cappuccio’s IMAX experience

As this site has already covered this new re-boot of a tired old ‘wagon the stars’ TV show called Star Trek I thought that I…

 
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Matt thinks the new STAR TREK franchise will live long and prosper! (now with full review)

It's been an unlikely success story, but one that is becoming increasingly familiar in Hollywood that with the right talent, the right motivation, the right…

 
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Earning the endgame

All the great magicians know it. The reason they never show you how a trick is so smartly performed right under your nose is not…

 
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Mike boldy goes where he has never gone before… STAR TREK!

As a child my Dad used to watch a fair amount of Star Trek. He watched the original Battlestar Galactica too, as well as Star…

 
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Audiences respond to STAR TREK premiere

Paramount's big gamble on showcasing Star Trek around the world a whole month before it's worldwide theatrical release is in full motion and over the…

 
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STAR TREK 2 writers hired!

In what might be the biggest vote of confidence yet for J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek movie, Paramount have already begun spending money on a…