Vue Cinemas offer Mystery Movies!

So when you want to go to the cinema, you know what you're going to watch...right? What if you purchased a ticket, but didn't quite know what you were going to watch until the opening credits? Not something I'm guessing my readers would normally do.. Or would you?


Vue Entertainment are giving people the chance to see a movie before everyone else with the launch of their Mystery Movie. The very first screening kicks off on the 5 May 2009 at 6.30 pm, where cinema goers will be given an opportunity to view a film ahead of its official release. But, they won’t know what it is until the opening credits. The title of the movie is being kept so secret, that security will be present at each cinema to make sure that no-one lets the cat out of the bag. Oooh...I do LOVE a bit of intrigue :)

The standard ticket price applies....but don't worry folks, you will have the option to leave and seek a refund during the first 20 minutes of the film if it isn't what you thought it would be. However rumour has it that you won’t be going anywhere as the first title is sure to keep you stuck to your seat throughout!

Tickets for all the performances can be purchased at the Vue Cinemas website, or by calling 08712 240 240 or directly from the following cinemas:

• Aberdeen
• Basingstoke
• Birmingham
• Bolton
• Bristol Cribs
• Camberley
• Cambridge
• Cheshire Oaks
• Cleveleys
• Croydon Purley
• Doncaster
• Eastleigh
• Edinburgh Omni
• Exeter
• Finchley Road
• Fulham
• Greenwich
• HarrowHull (Digital)
• Islington
• Lancaster
• Leeds Light
• Manchester
• Norwich
• Plymouth
• Portsmouth
• Reading
• Southport
• Swansea
• Thanet
• Watford

Go on....treat yourself! I certainly will, if only to see what calibre of blockbuster movie this project kicks off with. I think I can guess which one it will be, but for now....live long and prosper ;)

Carrie Bradshaw hangs onto her Mr. Big!

Women around the world will be breathing a sigh of relief, now that it's been confirmed that Mr. Big WILL be back for the 'Sex and the City' sequel. In a seven-figure deal...Chris Noth has committed to the new project - due to be directed by Michael Patrick King for New Line Cinema.

The movie will begin filming in early September '09, and Warner Bros. has set a 28 May 2010 release date.

But what will his role be in the sequel? Rumour has it that it will be set in London.. Whether it turns out to be true...is another matter.

I'll keep you posted! :)

Casting Announcements for 'Elm Street' remake.

Hi all!

Just wanted to give my readers a heads-up on the new cast who will be starring in the remake of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'. Here are the latest additions:


















'Watchmen' star Jackie Earle Haley will play Freddy Krueger;




















'Haunting in Connecticut' star Kyle Gallner will play Quentin - one of the teens;





Rooney Mara will star as Nancy Thompson - the main gal in the movie (originally played by Heather Langenkamp)


According to Bloody Disgusting, Thomas Dekker is in final negotiations to star as Jesse.


The remake is being helmed by music video director Samuel Bayer, and filming will begin early next month.


Release date is set for 16th April 2010!



Make sure you don't have nightmares tonight!

'Little Shop of Horrors' due to reopen?

The classic 1960s version of 'The Little Shop of Horrors' is being given the remake treatment - movie gossip site Bloody Disgusting exclusively revealed.

Declan O'Brien (director of 'direct-to-video' effort 'Wrong Turn 3', he revealed to Bloody-Disgusting that he just optioned the rights to Roger Corman's classic 'The Little Shop of Horrors'!

He said:

“Actually its been a busy time for me. I just optioned Roger Corman’s 'The Little Shop of Horror', which Im setting up as a big studio remake.

"We're in the process of talking to studios this week. It will be a remake of Roger’s original 1960’s movie. I don’t want to reveal too much, but it’s me, it’ll be dark!"

Rest assured...this won't be a musical, as per the Rick Moranis version. In the original (which featured Jack Nicholson's first motion picture performance) a clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's a bloodthirsty plant, forcing him to kill to feed it.

A scary remake? Who could star as Seymour Krelboin? Hopefully NOT Zac Efron...please! He seems to be a man everyone's talking about at the moment :/

'Tudor' reign on Showtime continues.

Source: Variety

Showtime has confirmed that it will make a fourth Tudors season, allowing the historical drama to complete the saga of King Henry VIII. The fourth season will include 10 one-hour episodes and will air in the States in spring 2010.

Series creator and exec producer Michael Hirst will once again pen each script, with production slated to start in June '09 in Dublin.

The decision to renew 'The Tudors' comes after Showtime officials passed on series orders for four projects they'd been looking at closely during the past few weeks.
Insiders said that none of the skeins matched the creative expectations of a network that didn't launch a new series in 2008.

Showtime considered two finished pilots, family drama 'Possible Side Effects' from Tim Robbins and dark comedy 'End of Steve' from Peter Tolan and Matthew Perry; also mulled over were presentations of 'L Word' spinoff - 'The Farm' and Lionsgate comedy 'Ronna and Beverly' from 'Weeds' showrunner Jenji Kohan.

'The Tudors' season 3 (starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers) premiered on April 5 to 726,000 total viewers and a cumulative audience of 1.3 million once encores and on-demand viewing were factored in.

It's a shame that they won't be continuing the Tudor series, with a new version of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth's reign. Still...I guess the latter has almost been done to death now, and new ideas on how to depict Lizzie's reign might be few and far between.

I'm on episode 2 of the new series, and it continues to grab my attention as much as the first series did. Can't wait for episode 3! :)

Megan Fox's She-Hulk power?

Could Transformers beauty Megan Fox star as a huge green woman - the cousin of The Incredible Hulk? She is apparently being lined up to play She-Hulk!

Fox is favourite to portray the giant green female in the big screen adaptation of the popular comic book series about The Incredible Hulk's cousin. A source says:

"'She-Hulk' comics are popular so it's only natural that the character makes the transition to the big screen.

The idea is to make She-Hulk sexier but even more savage than the Hulk, which is why Megan is the big favorite for the lead. She'll be green of course and will have to hang on to a few more pieces of clothes than the male version when she transforms!"


If all goes well...the 22-year-old actress will play lawyer Jennifer Walters, who dramatically transforms into the powerful monster when she is angry.

Recently, comic book fan Nicolas Cage admitted he wants his Ghost Rider co-star Eva Mendes to be considered for the part. Nicolas (who in fact is closely involved with the production of the movie) said:

"I'm working on 'She-Hulk' and I'd like to see Eva play her. It would be her in a bikini just kicking a lot of a*s, throwing cars. I'm trying to put that together as we speak."


POWER to the WOMEN I say :)

'Sex And The City' movie sequel gets a release date!

Yep, that's right...the 2008 SATC movie will get a sequel, and will be released on 28th May 2010 in the US.

The bigscreen adaptation of the hit HBO series was a box office hit, opening to $57 million on its way to cuming $152.6 million in the States.

The movie made an even stronger showing overseas, grossing $260 million at the international box office for a worldwide total of $412.6 million.

So that's something to celebrate.. Isn't it? :)

The Oscars 2009 - Winners List

Wow...the Oscars really know how to bring out the surprise winners! My predictions weren't too far off the mark, and I managed to win some money for my efforts :)

For those who have missed the news reports (where the hell have you been?), here is a full list of the winners:

BEST PICTURE

"Slumdog Millionaire"

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Sean Penn ("Milk")

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Kate Winslet ("The Reader")

DIRECTING

Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Heath Ledger ("The Dark Knight")

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Penelope Cruz ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona")

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Departures

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

"Wall-E"

SCREENPLAY (Adapted)

"Slumdog Millionaire"

SCREENPLAY (Original)

"Milk"

ART DIRECTION

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

CINEMATOGRAPHY

"Slumdog Millionaire"

COSTUME DESIGN

''The Duchess"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

''Man on Wire"

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

''Smile Pinki"

FILM EDITING

"Slumdog Millionaire"

MAKEUP

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

MUSIC (SCORE)

"Slumdog Millionaire" A.R. Rahman

MUSIC (SONG)

"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire"

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

"La Maison en Petits Cubes"

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

''Spielzeugland (Toyland)"

SOUND EDITING

"The Dark Knight"

SOUND MIXING

"Slumdog Millionaire"

VISUAL EFFECTS

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

The 81st Annual Academy Awards - My Predictions..

After all the hype and glamour of the British Academy Awards earlier this month (08 Feb 2009), the film world is now turning its sights the OSCARS - which takes place later tonight (early hours on Monday morning for us UK viewers).

So what can we expect? Will the winners follow the same suit as the British Academy Awards and the Golden Globes? Well...I would say yes...but not completely! In true Oscar fashion there will most probably be a few surprises tucked up the academy's sleeves.

In keeping with my annual tradition of placing a little bet on who will win an Oscar this year...I am putting my neck on the line and have decided to give a few tips on who will leave the ceremony with a the famous golden statuette.

The winners are likely to be:

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Mickey Rourke - "The Wrestler"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Heath Ledger - "The Dark Knight"

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Kate Winslet - "The Reader"

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Hmmm...a tricky one. I'm going to stick my neck out and say..

Marisa Tomei - "The Wrestler"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

"WALL-E"















BEST ART DIRECTION

"The Dark Knight"
















BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

"Slumdog Millionaire"















BEST COSTUME DESIGN

"The Duchess"

















BEST DIRECTOR

Danny Boyle - "Slumdog Milllionaire"



















BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

"Slumdog Millionaire"

















BEST FILM EDITING

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

















BEST FILM IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

"Waltz with Bashir"

















BEST MAKEUP

"The Dark Knight"















BEST MUSIC (SCORE)

"Slumdog Millionaire"




















BEST MUSIC (SONG)

Jai Ho - "Slumdog Millionaire"




















BEST PICTURE

"Slumdog Millionaire"

Sienna's Maid Marion out of favour with the Sheriff.

Who says that age isn't still an issue in Hollywood?



Sienna Miller has reportedly been axed from new movie Nottingham because she would make Russell Crowe look "old and fat".

The 26-year-old actress (who had been cast to play Maid Marian in the £110 million reimagining of the Robin Hood story) has been dropped from the film because it was feared lead star Russell would look out of shape in the love scenes.

A source told the New York Post newspaper:

"It is a mess. Russell never lost the weight he put on for 'Body of Lies' and so the love scenes between him and Sienna would have been laughable. He's so old and fat and she's so young and gorgeous.

"Word is that producers are looking for an older, plumper actress to play the role so Crowe doesn't look like a paunchy grandfather. Someone in her late 30s or early 40s."


The 44-year-old star had to gain almost 50lbs for his role as a former journalist who hunts down terrorists from his armchair in Body of Lies. Unfortunately for Sienna...this is the second time that she has been dropped from a leading role in recent months.

Director Guy Ritchie axed her from Sherlock Holmes in November after her ex-fiance Jude Law agreed to appear in the project.

Scott-Thomas & Duff to star in Lennon biopic.

Two of Britain's finest actresses, Kristin Scott-Thomas (pictured right) and Anne-Marie Duff (pictured left), are joining forces for a new biopic about late Beatle John Lennon.

In a story of the late BEATLE's early life, British actor Aaron Johnson, 18 will portray Lennon, while Thomas will play the rocker's aunt Mimi, who raised the star when his parents split up. Duff is set to portray his mother Julia in the Matt Greenhalgh screenplay, titled Lennon, which is based on a book by the Beatle's half-sister, Julia Baird.


An interesting and exciting combination!

Kristen is one of my favourite actresses, so I'm looking forward to seeing how she and Anne-Marie bounce off each other.

Chris Evans chooses to avoid gay bars.

Has one of Hollywood's best known stars (and with a huge gay fanbase) put his foot in his mouth?


FANTASTIC FOUR star Chris Evans is forced to avoid nights out with his gay brother....in case the press begin to speculate about his own sexuality.


The actor's younger brother, Scott, is openly homosexual, and often asks the star to join him on outings to gay bars. But Evans admits he is forced to decline the invitations, because he fears a photograph of him at a gay club could spark rumours which would haunt him forever. Okaaayy...obviously they wouldn't think he'd just be out with his openly gay brother?

He says:

"I'm down with the gays. Mostly I'm hanging out with (my brother) and his gay buddies, who are f**king hilarious. They're the funniest people I know. They've invited me out to gay bars before, and I said, 'Look, guys, I've got to draw the line there.' That's where a photo will get taken, it will run in magazines, and before you know it, I'll be living down the gay rumour for the rest of my life."


Now I always thought that if someone was happy with his sexuality that it wouldnt matter where he's seen? Maybe I have a simplistic view of life...

Just when you thought that I disappeared off the face of the planet...

Hey readers (or those of you still left)!

Apologies for the extremely long silence on this blog. I've been incredibly busy with getting into my new career.

Can't give you the full story now...but will log on tonight to spill the beans.

There will also be more stories, articles, and much more to come this year.

Stay tuned.....