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Kung Fu Panda is an animated film about a panda who learns martial arts and then uses this new ability to fight his enemies. Kung Fu Panda is being directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by Melissa Cobb. The film stars the voices of, among others, Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie and Lucy Liu. It is due for release on June 6, 2008 in the USA. The Australian release date is June 26th.

Po (Jack Black) is a panda who is a kung fu fanatic, but whose defining characteristic appears to be that he is the laziest animal in ancient China. Evil warrior Tai Lung (Ian McShane) has escaped from prison, and all hopes have been pinned on a prophecy naming Po as the "Chosen One" to save the day. He has a kung fu master, Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) who "has trained five of the greatest warriors that the world has ever known", to help him.
Notably, all the original disciples of the main masters are animal stances or styles commonly used in the art of kung fu - Tigress (Tiger), Monkey, Snake, Crane and Mantis. Shen Lung Kung Fu uses those animals as a base for the whole system.

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Cast:
Jack Black as Po - Giant Panda
Jackie Chan as Master Monkey - Monkey
Dustin Hoffman as Shifu - Red Panda
Angelina Jolie as Master Tigress - South China Tiger
Lucy Liu as Master Viper - Viper
Ian McShane as Tai Lung - Snow Leopard
David Cross as Master Crane - Japanese Crane
Seth Rogen as Master Mantis - Praying Mantis
Michael Clarke Duncan as Commander Vachir - Javan Rhino
James Hong as Mr. Ping - Goose
Dan Fogler as Zeng - Palace Goose
Randall Duk Kim as Oogway - Tortoise

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Genre: Animation / Action / Comedy / Family
Directed by: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
Produced by: Melissa Cobb
Written by: Jonathan Aibel
Glenn Berger
Distributed by: DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures
Rating: USA PG - for sequences of martial arts action.
Release date: USA - June 6th, 2008; Australia - June 26th, 2008; UK - July 4th, 2008

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Kung Fu Panda.
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.

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Leatherheads

April 28th 2008 11:12

Leatherheads is a 2008 American film directed by and starring George Clooney. The film also stars Renée Zellweger and John Krasinski. It will be released in Australia on May 29th.

Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, captain of the struggling football team, the Duluth Bulldogs. Dodge is determined to save both his team and football in general when the players lose their sponsor and the league is on the brink of collapse. He convinces a college football star, Carter "the Bullet" Rutherford, to join the Bulldogs, hoping to capitalize on Carter's fame as a war hero.
In addition to his legendary tales of war heroism, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed and skill on the field. As a result of his presence, both the Bulldogs and football in general prosper.
Zellweger provides romantic interest as reporter Lexie Littleton, who becomes the object of the affections of both Carter and Dodge. Unknown to Carter, Lexie has been assigned to find proof that Carter's war stories are bogus.
Meanwhile, Dodge's attempts to legitimize football start to backfire, as rules are formalized, taking away much of the improvisational antics that made the game fun for many of its players.

The character Jimmy "Dodge" Connolly is based on the life of Johnny "Blood" McNally who played for multiple NFL teams from 1925 to 1938. From 1926-1927 he played for the Duluth Eskimos and later won four World Championships with the Green Bay Packers. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The film, in fact, is loosely based on the Duluth Eskimos of the 1920s and how they essentially saved the NFL.

The movie trailer for Leatherheads in below:

Cast:
George Clooney as Jimmy "Dodge" Connolly
Renée Zellweger as Lexie Littleton
John Krasinski as Carter Rutherford
Jonathan Pryce as CC
Stephen Root as Suds
Wayne Duvall as Coach Frank Ferguson
Keith Loneker as Big Gus
Malcolm Goodwin as Bakes
Matt Bushell as Curly
Tim Griffin as Ralph
Robert Baker as Stump
Nick Paones as Zoom
Nick Bourdages as Bug
Jeremy Ratchford as Eddie

Other Info:
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sport
Directed by: George Clooney
Produced by: George Clooney, Barbara A. Hall, Grant Heslov, Casey Silver, Jeffry Silver
Written by: George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, Duncan Brantley, Rick Reilly, Stephen Schiff
Distributed by: Universal Studios
Budget: $US 58 million
Release date: USA - April 4th, 2008; Australia - May 29th, 2008; UK - April 11th, 2008

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Leatherheads.
**This movie poster is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.

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Earth

April 25th 2008 07:48

Five years in the making, EARTH follows the influence of the sun on life on the planet. The critical and international success of Deep Blue proved that audiences were eager to be immersed in the natural history of our world. Now EARTH takes audiences on an unforgettable journey around the planet, using the sun as our guide, and three engrossing characters to tell its story. Narrated by Patrick Stewart and with music composed and conducted by George Fenton, EARTH offers us a chance to recognise and celebrate the beauty of our planet; whilst at the same time it serves as a timely reminder of the ecological fragility of our planet and the creatures that live on it. The Australian release date for Earth is May 29th, 2008.

The trailer/making of for Earth is below:

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Sharkwater

April 23rd 2008 02:29

For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a life-long fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas.

Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between the Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives.

Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed. Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind.

Sharkwater will be released in Australia on May 15th 2007. You can view the trailer below:

Genre: Documentary
Directed by: Rob Stewart
Produced by: Brian Stewart, Sandra Campbell
Written by: Rob Stewart
Starring: Patrick Moore, Erich Ritter, Rob Stewart, Paul Watson, Boris Worm
Release date: USA - November 2nd, 2007; Australia - May 15th, 2008; UK - July 14th, 2007
Runtime: 89 minutes

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The Love Guru

April 21st 2008 11:10

Pitka (Mike Myers) is an American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised by gurus. He moves back to the U.S. to seek fame and fortune in the world of self-help and spirituality.

His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he must settle a rift between Toronto Maple Leafs star hockey player Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco) and his estranged wife. After the split, Roanoke's wife starts dating L.A. Kings star Jacques Grande (Justin Timberlake) out of revenge, sending her husband into a major professional skid— to the horror of the teams' owner Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba) and Coach Cherkov (Verne Troyer).

Pitka must return the couple to marital nirvana and get Roanoke back on his game so the team can break the 40-year-old "Bullard Curse" and win the Stanley Cup.

The Love Guru will be released on June 20th in the USA. The Australian release date is July 10th and the trailer is below:

Genre: Comedy
Directed by: Marco Schnabel
Produced by: Mike Myers, Gary Barber
Written by: Graham Gordy, Mike Myers
Starring: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment
Release date: USA - June 20th, 2008; Australia - July 10th, 2008; UK - August 1st, 2008

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Meet Dave

April 18th 2008 11:22

Meet Dave centers on a spaceship that takes the form of a human (Eddie Murphy). It's operated by 100 human-looking, quarter-inch-tall aliens seeking a way to save their planet. Complications ensue when their captain (also played by Murphy) falls in love with an Earth woman who always picks losers to date. It will be released on July 11th in the USA and July 17th in Australia.

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

April 16th 2008 02:03

Struggling musician Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) has spent six years idolizing his girlfriend, television star Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). He's the guy left holding her purse in paparazzi photos and accidentally omitted from acceptance award speeches. But his world is rocked when she dumps him and Peter finds himself alone. After an unsuccessful bout of womanizing and an on-the-job nervous breakdown, he sees that not having Sarah may just ruin his life. To clear his head, Peter takes an impulsive trip to Oahu, where he is confronted by his worst nightmare: his ex and her tragically hip new British-rocker boyfriend, Aldous (Russell Brand), are sharing his hotel. But as he torments himself with the reality of Sarah's new life, he finds relief in a flirtation with Rachel (Mila Kunis), a beautiful resort employee whose laid-back approach tempts him to rejoin the world. He also finds relief in several hundred embarrassing, fruity cocktails.
It will be released on April 17th in Australia, April 18th in the USA and April 23rd in the UK

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Shine a Light

April 14th 2008 10:51

In 2008, Academy Award®-winning filmmaker and the world's greatest rock n' roll band will unite to bring audiences the year's most extraordinary musical film event, "Shine A Light," to cinemas.

Martin Scorsese's concert documentary "Shine A Light" shows the world the Rolling Stones as they've never been seen before. Filmed at the famed Beacon Theatre in New York City in the northern hemisphere's Autumn 2006, Scorsese assembled a legendary team of cinematographers to capture the raw energy of the legendary band

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Black Water Movie Preview

April 11th 2008 10:50

Based on a true story, Black Water is a thriller that sounds a now familiar warning - that Australia can be a dangerous place for a holiday. Black Water is based in realism. It stalks the line between horror and psychological thriller, a tale of true survival, that begs the question what would you do? How would you get out alive? Black Water will be released in Australia on April 24th, 2008.

The makers of Black Water didn't want to use limp CGI crocs in their film. If you want to know what it's like to be stalked by a croc, you've got to use real crocs! They went to the north of Australia and braved the waters with real salt water crocodiles

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Smart People

April 9th 2008 10:11

Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant – but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he’s as downright flummoxed as the next guy. His teenaged daughter (Ellen Page) is an acid-tongued overachiever who follows all too closely in dad’s misery-loving footsteps, and his adopted, preposterously ne’er- do-well brother (Thomas Haden Church) has perfected the art of freeloading. A widower who can’t seem to find passion in anything anymore, not even the Victorian Literature in which he’s an expert, it seems Lawrence is sleepwalking through a very stunted middle age. When his brother shows up unexpectedly for an extended stay at just about the same time as he accidentally encounters his former student Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), the circumstances cause him to stir from his deep, deep freeze, with often comical, sometimes heartbreaking, consequences for himself and everyone around him.
The American release date is April 11th while the Australian release date is April 24th

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Deception Movie Preview

April 7th 2008 09:40

Jonathan (Ewan McGregor) is an accountant disconnected from life, who is reinvigorated by his new friend Wyatt (Hugh Jackman), a powerful and charismatic lawyer who introduces Jonathan to a mysterious sex club known as The List. Shortly after meeting the woman of his dreams, Jonathan becomes the number one suspect in not only the woman's disappearance and possible murder but also a 20 million dollar theft.
Deception will be released on April 24th in Australia and April 25th in the USA

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The Incredible Hulk

April 4th 2008 12:05

The Incredible Hulk is a superhero film based on the Marvel comic of the same name, set for release on June 13, 2008. It is directed by Louis Leterrier and stars Edward Norton as Bruce Banner, Liv Tyler as Betty Ross, William Hurt as her father General Thaddeus Ross and Tim Roth as the villainous Emil Blonsky, known in the comics as the Abomination. The film follows Banner as he flees the pursuit of General Ross and attempts a cure to rid himself of the Hulk. But when Blonsky injects himself with Banner's gamma formula and becomes an even greater monster, Banner must accept his own inner beast and defeat Blonsky. The film will be released in the USA on June 13th. The Australian release date is June 12th.

After the 2003 film Hulk, Marvel Studios reacquired the rights to the character, and writer Zak Penn began work on a loose sequel that would be closer to the comics and the television series. Norton rewrote the script after he signed on to star, severing ties to its predecessor by retelling the origin story in flashbacks and revelations. Filming mostly took place in Toronto, Canada in 2007, and the film's crew went to great lengths to reduce the production's carbon emissions. Letterier's direction aimed to make the monsters look more realistic and frightening. He redesigned the Abomination, who in the comics is a reptilian KGB agent, into a mutant soldier

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Babylon A.D.

April 2nd 2008 11:48

Babylon A.D. is a science fiction film based on the novel Babylon Babies by Maurice Georges Dantec.It is being directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and stars Vin Diesel. Babylon A.D. will be released on August 29, 2008 in the United States. The Australian release date is August 28th.

The premise for the film is veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop (Diesel) takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah

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