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The Wrong Man - Lucky Number Slevin

August 31st 2006 06:58
Lucky Number Slevin is a crime thriller set in New York City. In Australia the film's release title is "The Wrong Man", this is the same title as the 1956 Hitchock film in which the lead character has a case of mistaken identity, a theme in which many Hitchcock films as well as Lucky Number Slevin share.
The film stars Bruce Willis and Josh Hartnett, who were also together in "Sin City".
The plot for the movie is a case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's rival crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat (Bruce Willis), and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get them...before they get him.

It will be released in Australia on the 2nd of November.






The movie's violence and style earned it comparisons with director Quentin Tarantino, and it is notable for having the most scenes (approximately 1/3 of the movie) of Hartnett shirtless, and in fact without clothes as he wears only a towel.


Genre: Crime Thriller.
Director: Paul McGuigan.
Producers: A.J. Dix, William Shively and Don Carmody.
Written By: Jason Smilovic.
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley and Stanley Tucci.
Cinematography: Peter Slova.
Distributed By: MGM.
Release Date: February 47th, 2006 - UK; April 7th, 2006 - UK; November 2nd, 2006 - AUS.

Running Time: 109 minutes.




* This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Lucky Number Slevin.
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The Last King of Scotland Movie Trailer

August 30th 2006 07:53
The Last King of Scotland is a UK film based on Giles Foden's award-winning novel of the same name. The film is based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician Dr. Nicholas Garrigan during the 1970s. Idi Amin is believed to be responsible for the torture and murder of 300,000 to 500,000 Ugandans during his presidency from 1971-1979.

Forest Whitaker stars as Idi Amin, and James McAvoy as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan. Gillian Anderson plays an Israeli physician Sara Zach, with whom Garrigan first works in Uganda; Kerry Washington one of Amin's wives, and Simon McBurney and English diplomat. Whitaker is tipped for an academy award nomination for his performance.

It is scheduled for limited release in the USA on September 27, 2006, with UK release set for January 12, 2007, and Australia on November 2, 2006.







Genre: Historic Drama
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Producers: Michael Birnbaum, Bob Cooper and Karen Lunder
Written By: Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock
Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington, Simon McBurney and David Oyelowo
Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
Distributed By: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release Date: September 27th, 2006 - US; November 2nd 2006 - AUS
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Budget: $US 6 million





* This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "The Last King of Scotland (film)".
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John Tucker Must Die Movie Trailer

August 29th 2006 07:06
"John Tucker Must Die" is an American high school comedy film about a trio of girls (Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel) who plot to break the heart of manipulative basketball star and BMOC (Big Man on Campus) John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) after they learn he has been secretly dating all three and pledging each is "the one". They recruit cute wallflower Kate (Brittany Snow) in their scheme to publicly humiliate him. It will be released in Australia on the 7th of September.






Genre: High School Comedy
Director: Betty Thomas
Producers: Michael Birnbaum, Bob Cooper and Karen Lunder
Written By: Jeff Lowell
Starring: Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel and Jenny McCarthy
Distributed By: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: July 28th, 2006 - US; September 7th 2006 - AUS
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Budget: $US 18 million




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The Guardian Movie Trailer

August 28th 2006 09:20
The Guardian is a film starring Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner, directed by Andrew Davis, and scheduled for release on September 29, 2006.
The backdrop for the film is the United States Coast Guard and their aviation survivalmen (ASM) program.

In an effort to find his place in life, a troubled young man (Kutcher) enlists in the Coast Guard, where he's taken in by a renown rescue swimmer (Costner) who's hardened by the loss of his team from an accident years ago.
The movie was filmed in Alaska, Oregon and Louisiana.







Interesting facts:
* A massive indoor wave pool was built for production.

* Production was moved to Shreveport, Louisiana after the hurricanes last year in the south of the US.

* 60,000 pounds of ice were used to recreate some of the scenes that were supposed to be filmed in Alaska.

* One of the students in the film is Mark Gangloff, an Olympic swimmer who won gold in Athens.


Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Andrew Davis
Written By: Ron L. Brinkerhoff
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Costner, Omari Hardwick and Melissa Sagemiller
Release Date: September 29th, 2006 - US
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Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Movie Trailer

August 25th 2006 08:07
"Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" is an American comedy film about NASCAR racing. It starts Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Sacha Baron Cohen who is probably more well known for his alter egos Ali G and Borat.
The film tells the story of NASCAR stock car racing sensation Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) whose "win at all costs" approach has made him a national hero. He and his loyal racing partner and childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr. (John C. Reilly), are a fearless duo—dubbed "Shake" and "Bake" with the ability to finish so many races in the #1 and #2 positions, with Cal always in second place. When a gay French Formula One driver, Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen), challenges "Shake" and "Bake" for the supremacy of NASCAR, Ricky Bobby must face his own demons and fight Girard for the right to be known as racing's top driver.

The film was primarily shot in North Carolina including the Charlotte region, and Cabarrus and Gaston counties. Racetrack scenes at Texas Motor Speedway were shot at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. It will be released in Australia on 21/9/2006.






Genre: Comedy
Director: Adam McKay
Producers: Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller
Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole, Michael, Clarke Duncan and Leslie Bibb
Release Date: August 4th, 2006 - US; September 21st 2006 - AUS
Distributed By: Columbia TriStar
Running Time: 110 mins
Budget: $US 72.5 million



* This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby".
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All The Kings Men Movie Trailer

August 24th 2006 06:42
"All the King's Men" is an adaptation of the 1946 Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren and a remake of the 1949 Academy Award-winning movie based on the novel.
The story is based on the life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana. There are a number of big names in the film including Sean Penn (Willie Stark), Jude Law (Jack Burden), Kate Winslet (Anne Stanton) and Anthony Hopkins (Judge Irwin). Sean Penn is likely to be getting an Oscar nomination for his performance.

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Beerfest

August 23rd 2006 07:39
Beerfest is a comedy film by Broken Lizard (Super Troopers). The plot of the film revolves around two brothers who travel to Germany for Oktoberfest, only to stumble upon secret, centuries-old competition described as a Fight Club with beer games. They get beaten badly by the Germans and then come back to the United States in order to put together a team of the greatest drinkers across the land.

Along with the regular members of Broken Lizard, other actors who will appear in the movie include Jürgen Prochnow, Blanchard Ryan, Will Forte, Eric Christian Olsen, and Cloris Leachman


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Half Nelson

August 22nd 2006 07:57
Half nelson was written by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, stars Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps and Anthony Mackie and is directed by Ryan Fleck. The film was scored by Juno-winning Canadian band Broken Social Scene.
The story concerns an inner-city junior high school teacher who forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers that he has a drug habit. It was released on August 11, 2006. Half Nelson has been critically acclaimed and Ryan Gosling is tipped as receiving an oscar nomination for his role.

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The Devil Wears Prada

August 21st 2006 06:56
The Devil Wears Prada is the film adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's bestselling 2003 "chick lit" novel of the same name.

Hoping to work her way to the New Yorker or Vanity Fair, Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway), fresh out of college, lands a plum magazine job: personal assistant to Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), who dominates the fashion world from her perch atop Runway magazine. She puts up with the eccentric and humiliating requests of her boss because, she is told, if she lasts a year in the position she will get her pick of other jobs, perhaps even the journalistic position she truly craves


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Macbeth

August 18th 2006 06:37
Geoffrey Wright has shot a modern retelling of Macbeth, set in the backdrop of a violent gangwar in Melbourne, Australia. The film, due for release on September 14 2006, retains the same dialogue as the play, as in Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, and stars Sam Worthington as Macbeth, Victoria Hill as Lady Macbeth and Lachy Hulme as Macduff. It also features Gary Sweet and Mick Molloy.


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Step Up

August 17th 2006 07:53
Step Up is a 2006 dance/romance film. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks--and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day making it out of there. Nora is a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore's ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts--and the only thing standing in the way of her obviously brilliant future is finding a great dance partner for her senior showcase. When trouble with the law lands Tyler with a community service gig at Maryland School of the Arts, he arrives as an angry outsider, until his skills as a gifted street dancer draw Nora's attention. Now, as sparks fly between them, both on and off stage, Tyler realizes he has just one performance to prove that he can step up to a life far larger than he ever imagined.

Co-stars Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan started dating while filming this movie. Dewan confirmed the couple have been dating since filming wrapped on Step Up last year


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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

August 16th 2006 08:10
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) originated in an American comic book published by Mirage Studios in 1984.
In 1987, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' first cartoon series began, which ran all the way to 1996. In the series the TMNT were four wise-cracking, pizza-obsessed superheroes who fight the forces of evil from their sewer hideout.

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Saw 3

August 15th 2006 07:59
Here is the third installment of the Saw trilogy written by Australian screenwriters and directors Leigh Whannell and James Wan.
It will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, who also directed Saw II.

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The Grudge 2

August 14th 2006 06:20
"The Grudge 2" film was announced only 3 days after the release of The Grudge in 2004. The sequel will also be directed by Takashi Shimizu and star Sarah Michelle Gellar.
The film is set in Tokyo, and a young woman (Amber Tamblyn) is exposed to the same mysterious curse that afflicted her sister (Gellar). The deadly supernatural force brings together a group of previously unrelated people who attempt to unlock its secret to save their lives. It will be released on October 13, 2006 in the United States and November 2, 2006 in Australia

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Invincible

August 11th 2006 06:44
To spice things up for his organization, Philadelphia Eagles coach Dick Vermeil (Greg Kinnear) decided to invite fans to compete for a spot on the pro football team's roster. Vince Papale (Mark Wahlberg), a 30-year-old bartender who had recently lost his wife and his teaching job, gave it a shot and against the odds, wound up on the team.
The preseason/tryout scenes were filmed at Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Central High Lancers field during the July/August months of 2005. The crew used their locker room and field. The Lancers who themselves had preseason training had to use Fairmount park in West Philadelphia. The carnival scenes were filmed at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in South Philadelphia. Some of the street were also filmed on location in south Philadelphia.

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The Departed

August 10th 2006 08:18
"The Departed" is an American film remake of the popular Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs. The movie involves an impressive list of male actors, directors and producers from Hollywood including Martin Scorsese, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg and Martin Sheen.

The basic premise for the film is as follows


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World Trade Center

August 9th 2006 08:47
Inspired by the true story of Port Authority Police officers John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Peña). On September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked mid-flight and intentionally crashed into the North Tower of New York City's World Trade Center. McLoughlin and Jimeno were among the first on the scene. With a small group of others, they rush into the burning tower to help those trapped inside. The film documents the rescue efforts initiated by marine David W. Karnes to find the men after the tower collapses.
Despite being set in New York City, most of the film was shot on soundstages in Los Angeles.

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The Ant Bully

August 8th 2006 06:11
"The Ant Bully" is based on a book by John Nickle and featuring the voices of Nicolas Cage, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and Paul Giamatti. Concurrently with the general release, the film will be offered in big screen IMAX 3D, the format also used with The Polar Express. The Ant Bully is the 3rd full-length CGI-made film mainly about ants, in 1998 Antz was the 1st and A Bugs Life was the 2nd. In this movie the male ants' antennae are forwards, while the females' are backward.

Storyline: A 10-year-old boy embarks on a remarkable journey. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young Lucas Nickle has been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. But one day the ants retaliate. Using a magic potion, they shrink Lucas down to ant size and sentence him to live like an ant in their colony. In this strange, new world, Lucas will learn important lessons about friendship, get a whole new perspective on life and ultimately find the courage to stand up for himself


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Thank You for Smoking

August 7th 2006 06:39
"Thank You for Smoking" is a film satire based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Buckley.
In the movie Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) is the Vice President of and the chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies, a tobacco lobby funded by cigarette companies to "research" the links between smoking cigarettes and health. Of course, no links are ever found. His job requires him to "inform" the public of these results, as well as defend the rights of smokers as a talking head on behalf of cigarettes, ranging in appearances from public to various television programs. Each week, Nick meets with Polly Bailey (Maria Bello) and Bobby Jay Bliss (David Koechner), the lobbyists for the alcohol and gun lobbies, collectively self-referred to as the M.O.D. Squad (or Merchants Of Death).
Interestingly, the act of smoking is not shown anywhere in the movie by anyone. Even when Nick reaches into his pocket to pull out a cigarette — his pack is empty


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Pulse

August 4th 2006 07:26
Imagine our wireless technologies made a connection to a world beyond our own. Imagine that world used that technology as a doorway into ours. Now, imagine that the connection we made can't be shut down. When you turn on your mobile phone or log on to your e-mail, they'll get in, you'll be infected and they'll be able to take from you what they don¹t have anymore - life.
Pulse is based on the 2001 Japanese horror movie Kairo, and will be released in the US this month and Australia in December.

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Fearless

August 3rd 2006 04:52
Jet Li has stated that "Fearless" will be his last martial arts movie, although he plans to pursue his career in other film genres.
The film is loosely based on the life of Huo Yuanjia, which is also the Chinese title for the film. Huo Yuanjia was a legendary martial artist who defeated foreign boxers and Japanese martial artists in highly publicised events, restoring pride and nationalism to China at a time when Western Imperialism was eroding the country.
The tagline for the film is "Fate made him a warrior, courage made him a hero


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Mel Gibson's Apocalypto

August 2nd 2006 07:54
Mel Gibson is a big name in Hollywood for all the wrong reasons at the moment, but as they say, no publicity is bad publicity, and it will be interesting to see how his next film, "Apocalypto" fares at the box office.
The film is a mythic historical drama set in Central America 600 years ago during the decline of the Maya civilization and before the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
Apocalypto was filmed mainly in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Gibson uses the Yucatec Maya language in Apocalypto, in the same way he used Aramaic and Latin for "The Passion of the Christ". The cast are all unknown actors from Mexico City, the Yucatán, some Native Americans from the United States, and locals from Los Tuxtlas and Veracruz


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Miami Vice

August 1st 2006 05:45
Miami Vice was a popular television series (five seasons on NBC from 1984-1989) with James "Sonny" Crockett and Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs as two Miami police detectives working undercover.
The 2006 film of the same name stars Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell as Tubbs and Crockett. Director Michael Mann set out to craft entirely new characters and story, however there are still very subtle references to the television show in the movie. It was shot on location in the Caribbean and South Florida, and lost seven days of filming to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.
The plot sees Tubbs and Crocket working undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Then the situation gets unexpectedly intense when Tubbs becomes romantically involved with a wife of an arms and drugs trafficker


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