My Bloody Valentine 3D - (71% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) PICK OF THE WEEK

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Defiance - (54% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes)

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Hotel for Dogs - (42% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes)

In this family film, NANCY DREW's Emma Roberts leads a star-filled cast that includes Kyla Pratt, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, and Don Cheadle. A pair of orphaned siblings (Roberts and Jake T.... In this family film,  Emma Roberts leads a star-filled cast that includes Kyla Pratt, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, and Don Cheadle. A pair of orphaned siblings (Roberts and Jake T. Austin) are forced to give up their beloved dog when they move into a foster home. But since they can't stand to live without him, they turn a closed hotel into a home for their dog--and any other strays they can find. Critical consensus tells us Hotel for Dogs may appeal to children and dog lovers, but it's ultimately contrived, predictable, and simplistic.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop - (27% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes)

As a mall security guard, Paul Blart is devoted to keeping crime and mischief out of the New Jersey shopping center where he works, even if he isn't allowed to wear a gun. But Santa's helpers... As a mall security guard, Paul Blart is devoted to keeping crime and mischief out of the New Jersey shopping center where he works, even if he isn't allowed to wear a gun. But Santa's helpers decide to be naughty, taking Paul's loved ones hostage, so he has to use all his training to save them. The trailers looks terrible, my personal interest in this film is in the negative levels and critical consensus tells us Paul Blart: Mall Cop has some laughs, but its plot is flimsy and lacking in any sustained comic momentum.

--Greg MacLennan

BEST FILM
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  Kathleen Kennedy / Frank Marshall / Ceán Chaffin
FROST/NIXON  Tim Bevan / Eric Fellner / Brian Grazer / Ron Howard
MILK  Dan Jinks / Bruce Cohen
THE READER  Anthony Minghella / Sydney Pollack / Donna Gigliotti / Redmond Morris
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  Christian Colso

DIRECTOR
CHANGELING  Clint Eastwood
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  David Fincher
FROST/NIXON  Ron Howard
THE READER  Stephen Daldry
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  Danny Boyle

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BURN AFTER READING  Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
CHANGELING  J. Michael Straczynski
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG  Philippe Claudel
IN BRUGES  Martin McDonagh
MILK  Dustin Lance Black

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  Eric Roth
FROST/NIXON  Peter Morgan
THE READER  David Hare
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD  Justin Haythe
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  Simon Beaufoy

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX  Bernard Eichinger / Uli Edel
GOMORRAH  Domenico Procacci / Matteo Garrone
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG  Yves Marmion / Philippe Claudel
PERSEPOLIS  Marc-Antoine Robert / Xavier Rigault / Marjane Satrapi / Vincent Parannaud
WALTZ WITH BASHIR  Serge Lalou / Gerhard Meixner / Yael Nahl Ieli / Ari Folman

ANIMATED FILM
PERSEPOLIS  Marjane Satrapi / Vincent Parannaud
WALL•E  Andrew Stanton
WALTZ WITH BASHIR  Ari Folman

LEADING ACTOR
FRANK LANGELLA  Frost/Nixon
DEV PATEL  Slumdog Millionaire
SEAN PENN  Milk
BRAD PITT  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
MICKEY ROURKE  The Wrestler

LEADING ACTRESS
ANGELINA JOLIE  Changeling
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS  I’ve Loved You So Long
MERYL STREEP  Doubt
KATE WINSLET  The Reader
KATE WINSLET  Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR
ROBERT DOWNEY JR.  Tropic Thunder
BRENDAN GLEESON  In Bruges
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN  Doubt
HEATH LEDGER  The Dark Knight
BRAD PITT  Burn After Reading

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS  Doubt
PENÉLOPE CRUZ  Vicky Cristina Barcelona
FREIDA PINTO  Slumdog Millionaire
TILDA SWINTON  Burn After Reading
MARISA TOMEI  The Wrestler

MUSIC
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  Alexandre Desplat
THE DARK KNIGHT  Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard
MAMMA MIA!  Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  A. R. Rahman
WALL•E  Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY
CHANGELING  Tom Stern
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  Claudio Miranda
THE DARK KNIGHT  Wally Pfister
THE READER  Chris Menges / Roger Deakins
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  Anthony Dod Mantle

EDITING
CHANGELING  Joel Cox / Gary D. Roach
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  Kirk Baxter / Angus Wall
THE DARK KNIGHT  Lee Smith
FROST/NIXON  Mike Hill / Dan Hanley
IN BRUGES  Jon Gregory
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  Chris Dickens

Check out the rest of the nominations HERE.

--Greg MacLennan

CBS Films has greenlit its first movie, bringing on Brendan Fraser to star opposite Harrison Ford in a medical drama and setting an early April start date. Okay, yeah, we know what you're thinking. Brendan Fraser in a medical drama?! WTF? But lest you forget, in between all the George of the Jungle hoo ha and Mummy mayhem (and before losing his hair and then getting plugs...allegedly, we mean), Fraser was in a little drama we like to remind you of: Gods and Monsters. And homeboy was gooood in it, so let's move on.

Fraser will play John Crowley, the father of two children who were diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder for which he's told there is no cure. Unbowed, he seeks out the help of an experimental and sometimes irascible doctor (Ford) who works to find a way to save the children's lives. The tale is inspired by a true story.

CBS Films chief Amy Baer oversaw development of the project at Sony and said she was drawn to its resonance. "It's an inspirational drama with universally relatable themes," she said. "It's the kind of story where, like an Erin Brockovich or a Pursuit of Happyness, people want to go on the journey because they want to accomplish that for themselves."

--Darcie Duttweiler

So The Karate Kid remake/re-imagining is starting to come together and in addition to having the Will Smith offspring, it appears as though producers are in talks with Jackie Chan to play the iconic Mr. Miyagi role. Who's directing this A-class picture you might ask? Well none other than Agent Cody Banks helmer Harald Zwart. Color us excited...or enraged, yeah that was the word we were looking for.

--Greg MacLennan

Word is spreading that the coolest man to hit the silver screen is finally getting a biopic...that's right, Steve Mcqueen. Who is writing it? Who is directing it? Who is going to be McQueen? No one knows. But the folks over at EW introduced one of the most brilliant ideas I could think of. Check it out HERE. Of course one would only have to look over at Damian Lewis' fan blog to see his people thought of this idea long before EW did. (check it OUT) But any way you slice it, we like the idea of enlisting the services of this Band of Brother star to bring the story of the man who lived fast and hard to the big screen. What do you guys think?

--Greg MacLennan

Didn't think we'd leave you hanging with those award season picture did you? Well even if you did, we didn't. Check out our latest reviews, The Wrestler, Defiance, and don't forget Revolutionary Road. And be sure and check back before Friday, as we should have My Bloody Valentine 3D reviewed for you.

I dunno how I got so sucked into all this Twilight casting drama, but somehow I did, so we might as well play it out all the way.

The newest rumor on the block is whether Vanessa "You've seen my cooter on the internet" Hudgens will play the role of disgruntled werewolf Leah Clearwater in the upcoming Twilight sequel New Moon. While, okay Hudgens does look a little like the female counterpart to Taylor Lautner, she'll have to (sigh) bring some acting chops to the role of  a girl dumped by her love who becomes the only female werewolf of her tribe. I mean the acting was soooooo good y'all in the first flick. The rumor got started when Twilight's Ashley Greene, who plays Alice Cullen, told MTV at a Golden Globes afterparty that Hudgens has actually auditioned for the role. "I think she'd be great," MTV quotes Greene as saying of Hudgens. Somewhere 'tween girls are crying hysterically.

As for rumor No. 2, this one actually makes my '80s-loving heart soar a bit. Glenn Gordon Caron, the creator of Moonlighting is apparently determined to reunite Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis for a 20th anniversary Moonlighting TV movie. The most surprising aspect of this is that Bruce Willis, who went on to become one of the biggest movie stars in the world, has shown definite interest. An insider says, "Bruce is ready to give it a go. He still holds a lot of fondness for the show." Like the other recent '80s remakes (Romancing the Stone, Footloose, Ghostbusters, and Arthur, just to name a few), I'm slightly wary about this. It could either elevate the show in my mind, or suck the wind out of it (cough cough Indy IV).

Thoughts on these two rumors?

--Darcie Duttweiler

This week's column could also be titled, "Who Gives a Rat's Ass Tuesday" or "Stuff Nobody Watched", because frankly, it's not that great of a Tuesday for you DVD and Blu-Ray collectors out there. There's a lot of Tyler Perry, quite a bit of Dane Cook, and some Jason Biggs even snuck its way in there. But every Tuesday has a silver lining, and we found our pick of the week somewhere. So head on over to our DVD Release Section and check 'em out.

--Greg MacLennan

What did I tell you? Racism and guns with the all American geriatric Clint Eastwood couldn't lose. What's more, is it's Eastwood's biggest opening of his career and the third biggest January opening of all time...not too shabby for a 78-year old. Feel free to run on over to our Box Office Results section and check out how Bride Wars, The Unborn and all the others fared over the weekend.

- Greg MacLennan

That's not to say they weren't classy, but this past Sunday in Los Angeles, California the 66th Annual Golden Globes were held. There were some surprises, some upsets, and some drunk people. Here are the list of film winners.

Best Picture - Drama
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
Vicky Christina Barcelona

Best Actor - Drama
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best Actress - Drama
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
Colin Farrell - In Bruges

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Song
"The Wrestler" - Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler

Best Original Score
A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated Film
Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film
Waltz with Bashir

There you have it, Kate Winslet finally won...twice, Benjamin Button got completely shut out, and Slumdog Millionaire is officially awesome. What do you guys think? Did they get it right? Did they get it wrong? Did they forget to nominated the right person or film? Let us know what you think in the comment section.

- Greg MacLennan