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)

Sci-Fi

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AVATAR planet based on a real life oil rig?

A small but interesting tidbit on James Cameron's AVATAR picture. Apparently the fictional planet and off-world colony of Pandora depicted in the sci-fi film will…

 
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Howard eyeing Lensman books

Ron Howard, who once ventured to the moon with Tom Hanks in APOLLO 13... is eyeing a return to space according to Sci-Fi Wire. Howard…

 

Kevin Smith seeks DANGER

I recall Kevin Smith announcing this movie several years ago, in fact I think he may have announced the project in question, CLERKS 2 and THE…

 

Leaked STAR TREK trailer is a FAKE!

Speaking of CLOVERFIELD (see below this post), another reason to get excited for the monster movie is the teaser trailer for STAR TREK which will…

 
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One week till the monster hits…

In the U.S, the 2008 movie calendar will really kick into gear with CLOVERFIELD... the J.J. Abrams produced monster movie which came out of nowhere…

 
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Pierce to pitch $70 million CHILDHOODS END epic to Universal

MTV say that Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 novel Childhood's End is one of the best sci-fi works of the last century. I've never read it…

 
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Darth Vader is a NEUROMANCER

The announcement back in May that TORQUE director Joseph Khan was set to helm a massive $70 million budgeted adaptation of William Gibson's sci-fi novel…

 
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WB eyeing I AM LEGEND sequel

After taking $333 million worldwide in just three weeks, a sequel to the Will Smith action vehicle I AM LEGEND is 100% inevitable. The apocalyptic…

 
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Early word on Fincher’s next movie

One of my absolute most anticipated movies of 2008 is THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, the 7th feature film from David Fincher and the…

 
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FIRST LOOK: THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE

I've said it before but it's worth repeating. Audrey Niffenegger’s 2003 novel THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE is the absolute best book I've read in the…