Once touted as Keanu Reeves’ big return to martial arts action, Samurai tale 47 Ronin has instead been busy fighting negative buzz about runaway production schedules, squabbles between director Carl Rinsch and the executives, rising costs and shifting release dates. So it’s almost a surprise to see the first promo posters for the film escape into the world, whether officially or not. Take a look in the gallery below. {47 Ronin posters}Ronin, which features Keanu alongside a mostly Asian cast (including Rinko Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Sanada and Cary-Hiroyuki-Tagawa), finds a band of Samurai warriors in 18th century Japan seeking to avenge their master’s death.It’s all based on a real account of a group of Ronin (masterless Samurai) who really did undertake such a mission, and which has been embellished and altered through the years in Japan.The film version adds in various elements, including some more fantastical trappings (witches, giants etc.) and Keanu’s character, who is apparently half-Japanese and half-British.This is, of course, just the first glimpse. We’ll have to wait and see a trailer to get a real sense of the movie. And it's set to arrive across the pond on December 25. But here’s a question to be going on with – are you hopeful for this one?
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'Argo' wins best pic at Critics' Choice Movie Awards
"Argo" won best picture at Thursday's Critics' Choice Movie Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.Hours after being overlooked for a directing nomination at the Academy Awards, "Argo" helmer Ben Affleck also won that prize at the kudofest."I would like to thank the Academy," Affleck joked. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding. This is the one that counts."Jennifer Lawrence won two awards and shared in a third. Lawrence scored comedy and action acting awards for "Silver Linings Playbook" -- which itself came away with three other prizes, including top comedy and top ensemble -- and "The Hunger Games." Bradley Cooper of "Silver" was named top comedy actor.However, the prize for best actress went to Jessica Chastain of "Zero Dark Thirty." Best actor went to Daniel Day-Lewis of "Lincoln."Phillip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master") was tapped as top supporting actor, while supporting actress kudos went to Anne Hathaway for "Les Miserables."Screenplay honors went to Tony Kushner ("Lincoln") for adapted and Quentin Tarantino ("Django Unchained").Top foreign film at the CCMAs went to "Amour," while the animation prize was presented to "Wreck-It Ralph" and the documentary kudo to "Searching for Sugar Man."Other nods in the action genre went to "Skyfall" and its lead actor Daniel Craig. Quvenzhane Wallis earned top youth acting honors for "Beasts of the Southern Wild.""Life of Pi" (cinematography and visual effects) won two below-the-line honors, as did "Anna Karenina" (art direction and costume). "Zero Dark Thirty" spliced together editing kudos; "Cloud Atlas" put on the makeup award.Judd Apatow received the previously announced Louis XIII Genius Award and had fun with his speech, taunting "Lincoln" director Steven Spielberg and Day-Lewis.
Tom Hiddleston praises Thor: The Dark World as “truly fantastic”
Filming on Thor: The Dark World wrapped just before Christmas, and Tom Hiddleston has wasted no time in singing the sequel’s praises.“It’s fantastic, truly,†he tells the Press Association. “We are making an amazing film, and we’re having a wonderful time.â€Returning as malicious god Loki, the brother of Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hiddleston went on to praise director Alan Taylor (best known for Game Of Thrones) for "deepening" Thor's world.“It's so exciting to have established characters and an established setting in the world, and we are working so hard to cook up something new,†he says.“That is what is exciting me - taking what we know, taking what we love and deepening it and giving it an extra dimension.“I think director Alan Taylor is really shaping up the world of Asgard and the world of these characters.â€In Thor: The Dark World, the titular Thunder God must fight against a primeval race led by Christopher Eccleston’s Malekith the Accursed.It will also see the return of Natalie Portman as Thor’s love interest, Jane Foster, as well as Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd and Kat Dennings as her fellow scientists.Thor: The Dark World opens on 30 October 2013.
Skyfall is the twenty-third James Bond film, produced by Eon Productions and distributed by MGM and Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2012. And finally I decided to watch skyfall online to see what the fuzz is all about. But this Bond adventure left me disappointed, here are the reasons: 1. The "super hacker and PC geek" is really getting annoying and is slowly taking first place as a lazy story vehicle from "the prophecy told us so". Explode something with hacking a computer? yeah, sure... I am not sure that my mom would buy this and she has problems watching a DVD.
2. Nearly everything in this movie feels like the director or writer wants it to go there and does not feel organic or in a natural flow. For example, why should Bond use a house in a very open area for a fight when he is outnumbered? Just because he was born there? There was no advantage for him picking that building, with the exception of the "secret passage".
3. There is no real Bond - girl in this movie. Every woman in this feels really tagged on. There is no real chemistry between Bond and his sexual partners in this movie.
4. I could not follow the decisions of the characters. "Take the shot" - scene for example: Chances for Bond to retrieve the hard drive was quite high, especially considering Bonds reputation. Shooting a moving/fighting target on a moving train from that far away really only makes your chance bigger if you really make sure that you kill the target and that would mean that she must kill Bond, too. So why did M order the shot and why did the girl not shoot multiple times so that she can make sure to retrieve the hard drive?
5. Unbelievable developments, like, did anyone really understand why Bond cannot hit anything in the mid of the movie, but near the end he takes masterful shots with an old rifle? I don't want to go too much into detail and nitpick everything. I believe that Skyfall movie might be quite cool for some people. But for me, a natural flow, believable characters and decisions are what makes a good movie. "Skyfall" was an entertaining movie, but not a great one.
To The Wonder, the next release by the uncharacteristically prolific Terrence Malick has released a UK trailer.The trailer for the film is available to watch below, and while it’s unlikely to convert any Malick-sceptics, fans of the auteur’s style will lap it up.Featuring a philosophical voiceover from Javier Bardem, the bulk of the trailer focuses on Olga Kurylenko, Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams as they generally skip, prance and brood their way through variously blustery fields.Count us in.Watch the trailer below:To The Wonder hits UK cinemas on 22 February 2013.
In his time, director David R. Ellis has helmed Final Destination 2, Cellular, Shark Night and, um, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, but now he's got the toughest challenge of his career ahead of him: adapting the furiously violent and much-loved anime Kite into a live-action Hollywood thriller.Aiding him in his quest is Samuel L. Jackson, who previously worked with Ellis on Snakes On A Plane back in 2006. Jackson announced his involvement with the project while on promotional duties for Django Unchained, where he mentioned to Movies.com what he had on his slate after the RoboCop remake wraps."After [RoboCop], I'm going to do this live-action version of Kite, the Japanese anime," he said. "I'll be doing a live-action version of that in Johannesburg."Released in two parts before being edited together as a 60-minute piece for the US market, the 1998 anime told the tale of an orphaned schoolgirl called Sawa who sets about finding the killer who murdered her parents. Helping her are the two corrupt detectives on the case of the double homicide, Akai and Kanie, who take her in as guardians, and, um, [click here for the grisly details].Growing up to be a seriously bad-ass assassin, the resulting story is twisted and bloody and definitely one to keep an eye on, if only because chances are it'll be a tough one for the BBFC to put an 18 stamp on.Still, with Jackson and Ellis on board, it looks like it's actually, genuinely, definitely going to happen, which should herald the start of hundreds of thousands of anime aficionados crying into their chawan. Let the fanboy fury commence!
First trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim: watch now
Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro’s epic sci-fi actioner, has revealed a first trailer, which you can watch below.So far, the marketing team have played it relatively coy, with only a minimal amount of stills released. Things began to hot up with the release of some viral material (including some terrifying faux news footage of an attack on San Francisco), and the Pan Pacific Defense Corps was launched.Now, a full trailer’s been released, giving the world a glimpse of the carnage revealed at Comic-Con 2012.The premise is an easy sell: Jaegers (giant humanoid robots piloted by Earth’s finest) are called into action to fight off the global threat of incoming Kaiju (enormous monsters in the Godzilla vein). Sounds cool, right?Watch the Pacific Rim trailer below:There’s a genuinely terrifying scale to the action, with the set-pieces promising to be more visceral and involving than most films that contain giant robots.And the trailer’s jam-packed with cool touches, from a peek inside the workings of a Jaeger, to Idris Elba's sure to be immortal battle-cry, "Today we're cancelling the apocalypse!"An official synopsis has also been released:"When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju."On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes – a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) – who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse."
Breaking Dawn Part 2 Movie Online - Finally Hits Its Stride
I had been really psyched with this final film within the Twilight Saga. The very first Breaking Dawn did an excellent job of establishing the finale, though getting browse the books, I had been just a little curious regarding how some elements would experience screen. (WARNING: Spoilers from now on.) Around the page, the ultimate confrontation using the Volturi was just exciting on the mental level, as it is basically just a lot of random vampires of the underworld waiting for within the snow. However, the film does action fans a good by taking the information of the items Alice shows Aro may happen if he doesn't alter his plans. This by itself creates an engaging, tight sequence which will leave fans from the books screaming "NO! That did not happen!" Haha, works out they are right, but it is some awesome effects porn nevertheless. Lots of heads get twisted off, vamps and dire baby wolves (oops, wrong franchise- werewolves…) display their own fighting capabilities excessively, and also the very elements get attracted in to the fray. This is an Forex maven's dream.
However, there's lots of movie between your moment newborn vampire Bella opens her now-red-colored eyes which large-budget (and fully manufactured) confrontation, and it is a little of the mixed bag. In which the film stands out is within its depiction of Bella's adjustment to her new life-style, and Billy Burke hasn't made an appearance to become much more comfortable in Bella's skin as she does now. I don't know if this sounds like the main difference between Human Bella and Vampire Bella a lot as Stewart finally getting fun stuff to complete on the watch's screen, which of course there is little of previously films. Within the first film, Bella did not do much, besides bite her lip a great deal and nearly get (passively) wiped out a few occasions. In New Moon, she rode some motorcycles and attempted to (passively) kill herself a few occasions. In Eclipse, she reached punch Jacob (Rachelle Lefervre) but spent the majority of the movie being protected against every part, as well as in the very first Breaking Dawn she marry, were built with a baby, and sorta died. But none of them of the looked particularly fun to experience, in the manner that representing Bella like a vampire looks fun. Stewart looks to become really taking pleasure in herself, regardless of what Bella does this time around around. The lip-biting factor appears to become over, changed with a real smile. Bella, in succeeding as a fantastical creature, hasn't appeared more realistic.
However, the film isn't without its defects. The passage-of-time voice-over Bella provides feels shateringly contrived, and the lack of Ashley Greene's Alice from the majority of the proceedings, though story- determined, leaves a large hole within the Cullen family dynamic. (I possibly could the same for Jackson Rathbone as Jasper, but he's been criminally underused on the watch's screen through the series anyway. TEAM JASPER!) All of the Volturi, except for Dakota Fanning's Jane, along with a couple of from the Cullens' vampire allies are overacted (though this really is light-shaded somewhat when Jacob notes to Bella the Transylvanian vampires of the underworld are "creepy" and it has a large laugh about this). But its this, Breaking Dawn Part 2 Movie online will get more right of computer flubs. Bella's enjoy her newly found capabilities is really a pleasure to watch, as she takes lower mountain lions, beats Emmett (Kellan Lutz) at arm-wrestling, and flings werewolves around like stuffed toys. You will find difficulties in how she changes to her condition- her longing for human bloodstream, as seen when she and Edward (Taylor Lautner) accidentally encounter the mountain climber, scares her believe it or not challenging is when she copes with keeping her father, Charlie, in her own "new" existence while being not able to inform him the entire story (as always, Billy Burke's Charlie will get some funny lines), and also the very natural rage she gets when she discovers Jacob has imprinted on her behalf baby daughter. Bella's motherhood feels credible despite her youthful age and her daughter's rapid growth. Mackenzie Foy is charming and ethereal as Renesmee, whose expereince of living, via a misunderstanding, brings about the wrath from the Volturi, and with a special ability of her very own. Not to mention, since at its core The Twilight Saga is Bella's and Edward's love story, there's some with taste presented sex, handled less awkwardly compared to the very first Breaking Dawn.
Overall, the film would be a satisfying ending for that franchise, which finally arrived to its very own with this particular installment. It has been a lengthy trip, however the series saved the very best for last. As well as for individuals suffering a withdrawal from movies based on the whole shebang of Stephenie Meyer, this spring we've the film form of The Host to anticipate. Different world and figures, however the first trailer looks good. So cheer up, fans! The SeriouslyFluffy Final Grade: A-
'Pacific Rim' Trailer Tonight, Director Commentary Tomorrow
Pacific Rim You (and Guillermo del Toro) have been waiting years to see what movie the visionary director would follow-up "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" with, and "Pacific Rim" is nearly upon us. The loving ode to the kaiju movies of del Toro's childhood, "Pacific Rim" promises one thing: sweet, sweet monster on robot action, the badass kind, and when the trailer finally debuts at 7 p.m. ET on iTunes, we will finally get a taste. If that wasn't enough, come on back to MTV News tomorrow for an exclusive trailer commentary from del Toro, who is sure to nerd out in the way that we love him for. Come back to MTV News tomorrow at 7 p.m. ET for our exclusive chat with Guillermo del Toro!
