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A Mortal Kombat surprise!

The last time we spoke about the upcoming Mortal Kombat game was back in June and the articles posted by Midnyte and Nytrydr brought up the possibility of both a movie and a video game for the MK franchise. A trailer has already been released earlier in the year and now more surprises continue to come up as we get closer to the release date. This particular surprise was released earlier in the month. Some of you may have seen/heard this news already but for those that haven't.....this is a b...

THIS WEEK IN MOVIES!

Sorry to leave everyone hanging there for a minute but I am back with THIS WEEK IN MOVIES! Starting us off in the news segment is the Spider-Man reboot. It is reported that they are going to take the recent Spider-Man musical and adapt it for the big screen! Okay, I am just messing with you but the reboot's new Peter Parker, Andrew Garfield (Social Network), recently talked to the BBC News about Tobey Maguire passing on the spidey torch: "[Maguire] sent me a lovely message through a mut...

I Am Number Four extended trailer

I'm sure everyone by now has seen the first trailer for this movie. If you haven't, let me tell you about an upcoming movie in 2011 that I’m personally looking forward to seeing. The film is called I Am Number Four and it stars Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Kevin Durand, and Callan McAuliffe. If you're unfamiliar with the story, here’s the plot summary:  Three are dead. Who is Number Four? D.J. Caruso (“Eagle Eye,” “Disturbia”) helms an action-packed thriller ...

Seasons Greetings from Laika

I received this in one of my e-mails a few days back, and I found it a nice touch to the holidays. Laika, the people behind the film Coraline, sent out a mass e-mail to a few companies. I figured since this is basically open to the public, I could post it up here as well. Click the picture or the link below to go to the website that has the online greeting card. Happy Holidays From Laika An Animation Card from Laika Information about the company from the Laika Website: LAIKA,...

Midnyte Review: True Grit definitely has that

True Grit is the tale of an intelligent and spunk-mouthed 14 year old girl Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfield) who has her mind made up on traking down her father’s killer Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin). In this Western genre Mattie sets out on her journey with the aid from Texas Ranger LaBeouf (Matt Damon) and lawman Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges). Together they set out through Indian country to find and capture Tom Chaney and bring him to justice, each with their seperate intentions. Mattie wanting ...

Tron Legacy: music by Daft Punk

You may have already read Midnyte's review on the movie but there's one thing that wasn't talked about much....THE MUSIC. Since we only have eight days left of 2010, I thought this would be a perfect review to end the year with. The entire score was composed by Daft Punk. For those that don't know, Daft Punk are two French musicians whose names are Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Daft Punk started their career back in the early 90's using recording equimpment to produce th...

Trailer: Your Highness

Not too long ago, we gave you the red band trailer for Your Highness starring Danny McBride and James Franco. Of course you can't forget that Natalie Portman is in it along with Zooey Dechanel. The fantasy comedy is helmed by Pineapple Express's director David Gordon Green. A green band trailer has been released by Universal Studios. The script is brought to you by Ben Best who worked with McBride. Within the story “an arrogant, lazy prince (McBride) who must complete a quest to save his f...

Dude, That’s The Way The Cookie Crumbles…

Whoa man, it's the Dude!  If you guys have not gotten enough Jeff Bridges ,star of the number one movie Tron: Legacy and the upcoming True Grit, he hosted SNL this past weekend. And in Christmas spirit he treated everybody to his rendition of the song "Silver Bells" in the monologue with a little help from Cookie Monster. Oh yes you read correctly, Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. Here's a clip of the musical monologue below. After almost a month long Facebook campaign, Cookie Monst...

Official Smurf Poster and Information

Sony released an official poster for The Smurf movie. The film will contain both CG and live-action characters starring the voices of Katy Perry, Hank Azaria, Alan Cumming, and Anton Yelchins. Live action characters to be played by Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays. Other names on the cast roster are Jonathan Winters, George Lopez, Sofia Vergara, Fred Armisen, Paul Reubens, Kenan Thompson, John Oliver, B.J. Novak, Jeff Foxworthy and Wolfgang Puck. The film is set to release August 3, 2011...

Trailer: True Grit (2010)

It seems that Jeff Bridges is back in demand, after winning the Oscar for Crazy Hearts, a well deserved win, he is on the top of everyone's list once again. Reprising his role as Kevin Flynn in the Tron sequel this weekend, being the antagonist in Iron Man opposite Robert Downey, Jr. and picking up role after role. His next movie comes out a week after his latest. As Tron: Legacy has just been released, a movie Bridges has a lead role in with Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and introducing Hailee...