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.
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.
Like any project involving J.J. Abrams, the sequel to 2009’s Star Trek remains a mystery in many ways. Now we have some photographic evidence as to what’s going on.
Yesterday we heard that the Academy had “banned” Sacha Baron Cohen from attending this year’s Oscars. The chameleon-like comic actor wanted to show up on the red carpet as Admiral General Aladeen, the lead character from his upcoming comedy The Dictator.
Disney is looking to sign director Edgar Wright for a remake of The Night Stalker, with the hopes that Johnny Depp will star. The film is a remake of the short-lived series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, which featured an investigative journalist who specializes in reporting the supernatural.
20th Century Fox has gone high and low looking for John McClane’s (Bruce Willis) son for the “Die Hard” franchise’s fifth installment, and now they have him. Spartacus: Blood and Sand star Jai Courtney has been cast as Jack McClane in A Good Day to Die Hard.
Earlier this week, country-singer-turned-actor Dwight Yoakam dropped out of Disney’s The Lone Ranger, but character actor William Fichtner has stepped into the role as the second villain of the film.
Sacha Baron Cohen has reportedly had his tickets to this year’s Academy Awards voided due to word of a possible publicity stunt for his upcoming comedy The Dictator.
After narrowing losing a victory last weekend to rom-com The Vow, spy thriller Safe House inched up a spot to first, while three newcomers did reasonable business debuting throughout the top 10.
