This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. 127 HOURS It would be easier to dismiss the showiness of the overwhelmingly manic, pulsating style of 127 Hours if it weren't…
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Our friends the Fine Brothers have filed the latest episode of their popular "Spoiler" series -- 50 Movie Spoilers of 2010 in 3 Minutes, in one take. You might remember that we've featured their videos 50 Christmas Movie Spoilers in 3 Minutes, 100 Movie Spoilers in 4 minutes, Spoiling Every Best Picture Winner in Oscar History,…
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As the movie industry evolves, so to do the Razzies. The anti-Oscars, which infamously recognize the worst movies of the year, have announced their short list of eligible films which includes a brand new category: Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3D. What films are eligible for that award as well as Worst Film of the Year…
Read MoreScreen Gems has released a second movie trailer for Steven Antin's contemporary musical Burlesque (if you missed the first movie trailer, you can watch that at the link). I'm not a big fan of musicals, and when I have liked a film musical, it has usually been of the more cinematic variety. Burlesque is obviously…
Read MoreLast week, Screen Gems released the first movie trailer from Steven Antin's contemporary musical Burlesque. We now have a three and a half minute clip featuring Christina Aguilera in her live-action big screen film debut, singing "Something's Got A Hold On Me." I've never been a huge fan of movie musicals, only the ones that…
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A movie trailer for Steve Antin's Burlesque has just debuted. Those interested to see Christina Aguilera's theatrical debut should hit the jump for the trailer and for a plot synopsis of the film. Burlesque hits theaters on November 24, 2010. Don't get me wrong: I think Christina Aguilera has an amazing voice and am constantly…
Read MoreScreen Gems has released the first high resolution production photo of Christina Aguilera in her live-action big screen film debut Burlesque. USA Today is calling the photo a "first look" but there have been other low res photos and set videos online in the past. Check out eight photos from the movie after the jump.…
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At ShoWest I was handed an promotional booklet listing all of Sony's upcoming releases, and noticed a few unreleased photos for films to be released in Late 2010-2011. After the jump you can see photos from the Adam McKay-directed Will Ferrell-starring comedy The Other Guys, the Untitled James L Brooks Comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, a…
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Entertainment Tonight ran a behind the scenes feature on Christina Aguilera's live-action big screen film debut Burlesque. Steven Antin's contemporary musical tells the story of Ali, "an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice" played by Aguilera, who "tries to escape a hollow past by performing in a neo-burlesque club in Los Angeles." The film…
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Jennifer Hudson made a splash on American Idol, then quickly went on to win an Oscar for her debut role in Dreamgirls, but we haven't seen much of her onscreen since. Now she's got a follow-up role to her big breakthrough: in Winnie, she'll play Winnie Mandela, wife to South African president Nelson Mandela. Directing…
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It's casting notes time again. Alan Cumming has joined Steve Antin's Burlesque, about "an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice who finds herself at a neo-burlesque club." Christina Aguilera is the girl, Kristen Bell is the rival dancer, and Cumming is the gender-bending club MC. So this is really a failsafe in case that…
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Just because Peter is back on the scene with Page 2 doesn't mean I have to skip the occasional casting roundup. First up, Kristen Bell will appear opposite Christina Aguilera in the musical drama Burlesque, not to be confused with that Showgirls sequel we talked about the other day. The film takes place in "a…
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Christina Aguilera has signed on to make her live-action big screen debut in Steven Antin's contemporary musical Burlesque for Screen Gems. Antin wrote the script, which was later revised by Erin Brockovich scribe Susannah Grant. No mention is made of Diablo Cody's screenplay involvement in the Variety story, which makes me wonder if any of…
Read MoreAfter Juno sent a shock-wave around Hollywood, Hollywood's new golden screenwriter Diablo Cody has a lot on her plate, and has revealed some new details about her upcoming projects to EW. So we've decided to incorporate some of this new information into this development profile: Girly Style: Diablo immediately started writing this "female response" after…
Read MoreBlogger turned Screenwriter Diablo Cody (NOT pictured right) is the new screenwriting IT girl in Hollywood. If you don't recall, Cody wrote Juno which is one of the best movies of the year. It's sure to earn her a best screenplay nomination. She's working with Spielberg, and now Variety reports that Cody has been brought…
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