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Release the Kraken! says Liam Neeson who plays Zeus and yeah, just watch who (or what) gets released!

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Clash of the Titans stars Sam Worthington as Perseus, a man born of a god and raised as a man who is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth.

Watch the awesome trailer after the jump!
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Robert Downey Jr. really rocks! Iron Man 2, the much-awaited sequel to the successful Marvel superhero movie has just released a trailer!

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One word: Awesome! Watch it after the jump!
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If you're looking for an excuse to dress up like Michael Cera and act like a jerk, then this is the contest for you. Don a fake mustache and aviator glass like Michael Cera's evil persona Francois in Youth in Revolt and wreak a bit of public havoc, and you could win two roundtrip tickets to Vegas, a night at the Paris hotel, and $250 cash!

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Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Director: Clint Eastwood
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Running Time: 87 mins.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 - for brief strong language
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
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A South African newspaper’s heading read “he won the election, now can he lead a country?” This unhopeful question is referring to Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman), who in 1994 was elected the first black President of an apartheid stricken South Africa. After emerging 27 years from prison for political upheaval, Mr. Mandela had no inclinations to seek revenge on the white Afrikaners who placed the cuffs on him. Instead he disarms any such thought, and the film, entitled Invictus after an 1875 poem by British writer William Earnest Henley, is attracted to the passive stance which had, at its focal point, the sport of ruby.

Rugby is a primitive sport that glorifies brutality. A character in the film refers to it as a hooligans’ game. A bunch of ferocious men never hesitate to jolt another’s anatomy, leaving the victim writhing in pain on a field of grass that resembles man’s outer state; dirty, muddy, torn and worn. Each team interlocks with the other trying to move the opposition out of place so one team can snatch the ball up and progress it up-field. Despite the over-populated yelling crowd and the groans of the rugby players when their flesh smacks one another, communication is still tried amongst each team with hop of keeping order amongst each other. This does not sound so much like sport. Rather, it has characteristics that resemble wars, battles and even apartheids (split teams). 

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Starring: Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman
Director: Jim Sheridan
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Running Time: 110 mins.
MPAA Rating: R - for language and some disturbing violent content
Distributor: Lionsgate
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There is a small controversy regarding one of the supporting roles in Tom Ford's A Single Man. The said role of 'Kenny' who was portrayed in the film by Nicholas Hoult to good reviews was first offered to another young actor. The said actor who remained 'unnamed' by Ford was actually Jamie Bell.


The Playlist took notice and said:

While it wasn't the first time the issue was brought up, Ford continues to refuse to name the actor, presumably out of respect. Unfortunately for Ford, and the actor in question, early announcements of the film's development and production reveal that the aforementioned actor was very likely fellow Brit, Jamie Bell. [ read more ]

We first took note of this way back during the filming of A Single Man and mentioned it once again in our interview with Mr. Hoult...
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Three of my most anticipated movies have been released already - Brothers, The Lovely Bones and A Single Man. Two of them, A Single Man and Brothers, seem to be getting the kind of attention and raves they deserved while The Lovely Bones is now considered as one of the most divisive in regards to critics' assessment of the said Peter Jackson film. So what's the latest buzz right this minute?

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A Single Man: The recent win as Best Actor for Colin Firth at the Venice Film Fest appears to be a good omen for Tom Ford's directorial debut. I have yet to read anything 'drastically' negative about it.
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Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray
Director: Wes Anderson
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Running Time: 87 mins.
MPAA Rating: R - for some violence, disturbing images and language
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
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My relationship with the movies of Wes Anderson can best be described as strained, to say the least.  I have a sympathetic ear for the dysfunction he makes his characters wallow in each movie, but aren’t they all really just singing the same song; that a family, no matter how damaged and quirky, can get through anything as long as they stick together?  He has a definitive style but more and more I get the impression that he is really telling a variation of the same story and trying to hide it by out-weirding the last one.  Considering it to be my loudest objection to his movies, I find it curious that one of the biggest compliments I can give Fantastic Mr. Fox is that it feels like a Wes Anderson movie.
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