Movie News

The Amazing Spider-Man is the hot topic at the moment despite a 2010 release date. There is a trailer up on the official site depicting Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) as Peter Parker. No footage yet of Rhys Ifans in his role as Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard...


Coming of age tale Super 8 is also getting some love online as new clips are leased on the Empire website. Director J.J. Abrams tells the story of a group of friends who witness a mysterious train crash and begin noticing bizarre things happening in their small town.

Long awaited superhero movie Captain America: The First Avenger is about to grace our screen here in the UK. Chris Evans takes the lead role in the story of Steve Rogers, a research project volunteer who turns into Captain America, long before Team America: World Police even existed. You can see the trailer here.

The current Box Office top 5 lines up like this:

1. Captain America: The First Avenger
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
3. Friends With Benefits
4. Horrible Bosses
5. Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Captain America manages to knock Harry Potter of the top spot but no place in the top 5 for Zookeeper which is down in 6th and is really struggling this week.

This Week In Movies - Breaking Dawn, Comic-Con and Paranormal Activity 3

Comic-Con is underway in San Diego and the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival is drawing quite a crowd. The Friday schedule includes horror and comedy sections, although one assume they aren't at the same time, unless some awful parody movie is being released...

Much awaited Rise of the Planet of the Apes is getting a lot of interest at Comic-Con pending it's release. Reviews of the clips are good, and it looks like we're in for a real treat with some of the special effects.


The Paranormal Activity 3 trailer is out and well worth a watch. I think we can probably expect more of the same from this prequel, but the original movies were widely successful and I doubt this one will be any different.

Top 3 at the UK Box office looks like this;

1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part Two) $38,340,631
2 Transformers 3 $3,212,932
3 Bridesmaids $2,545,123

Just the 10 times more for Harry Potter than second place Transformers then...

Lastly, the movie on every teenage girls mind right now is the upcoming Twilight film - Breaking Dawn. Broken into two films the first one will deal with expecting parents Edward and Bella dealing with the Volturi and the wolf pack hot in their tracks. It's not out until November, but you can see the trailer here.

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Movie News - Transformers 3 Box Office Hit, Monte Carlo Reviews Positive, Pixar Release More on Brave

Transformers 3 has been a huge hit at the box office, bringing in $162million already. This is a contrast to Green Lantern which is struggling at the box office so far admid some poor reviews. Both movies make use of 3D, so it just goes to show that content, use of the technology and the type of movie all have an impact on the success of 3D. Great article from the LA Times about its use for commercial reasons instead of creative ones.


Reviews for Monte Carlo look good so far, as does the 5th place in the box office one would guess.

Pixar have released more media for Disney fantasy Brave. Set in the Scottish Highlands, Brave deals with some darker themes that traditional Disney movies and could set a new genre of fantasy animations from Disney is successful.

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