by Joe Gillis, May 5 2010 // 3:00 PM
As with most weeks, this week brings a crop of new movies and TV programs on Blu-ray and DVD. Among the ones we’re interested in this week are two Doctor Who TV Movies, X-Men, Volume Five, the Blu-ray release of NINE and the Blu-ray debut of Saving Private Ryan (pictured above with Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg and Edward Burns)
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Doctor Zhivago Anniversary Edition ~ Omar Sharif, Julia Christie (Blu-ray)
Fallen ~ Paul Wesley, Tom Skerritt, Bryan Cranston (Blu-ray and DVD)
Leap Year ~ Amy Adams, Matthew Goode (Blu-ray and DVD)
Nine ~ Daniel Day-Lewis (Blu-ray and DVD)
No Time for Sergeants ~ Andy Griffith, Don Knotts (DVD)
Saving Private Ryan ~ Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Edward Burns (Blu-ray and DVD)
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Tagged: Adam Goldberg, Amyh Adams, Ashley Judd, Blu-Ray, Daniel Day Lewis, David Tennant, DVD, Dwayne Johnson, Edward Burns, Fallen, Hamlet, Matt Damon, Matthew Goode, Movies, Nine, Patrick Stewart, Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Saving Private Ryan, The Notebook, The Rock, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Tooth Fairy, Vin Deisel
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by Matt Raub, Apr 27 2010 // 3:00 PM
Back in 2002, Rob Marshall took the Broadway film Chicago and turned it into a big-budget Hollywood musical with names like Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere. A few years later, Marshall tried to capture lightning in a bottle again by adapting Maury Yeston’s Nine.
The film was a major critical success, getting nominated for four Academy Awards and five Golden Globes. Rob Marshall had done it once again, with the help of his immense crew and the blessing, as well as the guiding hand of the show’s original creator, Maury Yeston.
We were lucky enough to speak with Yeston about his work on both the original Nine and it’s silver-screen adaptation, as well as possible film work in the future, and an interesting credit on his first published piece of music.
Check out the interview after the jump, and be sure to pick up Marshall’s Nine on DVD and Blu-Ray everywhere today.
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Tagged: Broadway, Catherine Hepburn, Cinema Italiano, federico fellini, Kate Hudson, Maury Yeston, Nine, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Rob Marshall, Sofia Loren, Take it All
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by Sebastian Suchecki, Apr 21 2010 // 1:00 PM
While director Rob Marshall is curruntly donning his tri-corner hat and swashbuckling pants for Pirate of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides, he’s still doing some press for his film Nine, which hits DVD and Blu-ray on May 4th.
Marshall’s Nine made a few splashes last year, getting nominated for four Academy Awards and winning a few Satellite Awards. Marshall managed to take the excitement and aesthetic of 2002’s Chicago and put it into the setting of Italian cinema in the late 1960s.
The film also spared no expense on cast with names like Daniel Day-Lewis, Penélope Cruz, Fergie, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, and Judi Dench. We’ll be bringing you more features from the DVD release as we draw closer to the date, so stay tuned. Meanwhile, check out a look at director Rob Marshall after the jump.
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Tagged: Academy Awards, Daniel Day Lewis, Fergie, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Nine, Penelope Cruz, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Rob Marshall, Sophia Loren
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by Shannon Hood, Jan 11 2010 // 8:00 AM
Well, I have officially run out of clever ways to say that Avatar won the weekend box office, and I think I still have weeks, if not months, to go. For the fourth week in a row, Avatar ruled the domestic box office and it has now made a mind-blowing $429 Million in one month. The movie dropped almost 30% from last weekend, yet still managed a hefty $48 Million, which places it in the seven spot for highest grossing movie (domestically) ever. It has earned $1.2 Billion globally.
Trailing the top earner were Sherlock Holmes, and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, which each made around $16 Million. Holmes has now made $165 Million in three weeks, and Squeakquel has made $178 Million in as many weeks. Both look poised to surpass $200 Million during their theatrical runs.
New releases were almost shut out of the top five this weekend, but the vampire horror flick Daybreakers, starring Ethan Hawke, managed to squeeze into fourth place with a respectable gross of $15 Million. It’s Complicated took the number five spot, and made $11 Million, for a cumulative total of $76 Million. The critically maligned romantic comedy Leap Year stirred enough interest to make about $9 Million for sixth place.
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Tagged: Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Avatar, Daybreakers, It's Complicated, Nine, Sherlock Holmes, The Weinstein Company, youth in revolt
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by Shannon Hood, Jan 4 2010 // 9:00 AM
Well, it is the first box office recap of 2010, and it looks like I’ll be dropping the “B” word, as in “Billion.” Avatar sailed over the billion dollar mark in only its third week in release. Thanks to this worldwide total, it now sits comfortably at the number four position of highest grossing movies of all time, right behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.
It has already exceeded the total that took The Dark Knight its entire theatrical run to achieve, and Avatar has shown no signs of slowing down. The movie dropped less than 10% from last weekend and made $68.3 Million, bringing its domestic total to over $352 Million.
There was plenty of box office love to go around this weekend, and several movies did exceptionally well. Sherlock Holmes added another $38.3 Million to its two week total, which now stands at over $140.7 Million. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel made $36.6 Million, for an impressive two week cumulative of $157.3 Million.
The adult comedy It’s Complicated only dropped 15% from its Christmas weekend opening, and racked up $18.7 Million for a strong fourth place. Fifth place went to The Blind Side, which has been in the top ten for over seven weeks now. It actually increased its total 10% over last weekend, and has made over $209 Million now.
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Tagged: Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Avatar, Box Office, Clint Eastwood, Dead Man's Chest, Did You Hear About the Morgans, Invictus, It's Complicated, Nine, Rob Marshall, Sherlock Holmes, The Dark Knight, The Princess and the frog, Up in the Air
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by Shannon Hood, Dec 28 2009 // 10:00 AM
Seems that film studios received plenty of holiday cheer this past holiday weekend. Audiences flocked to a myriad of movies, which resulted in the highest grossing domestic box office on record. When the dust had cleared, a massive $278 Million had been earned at the box office, which bested the previous record ($260.8 Million) set by The Dark Knight opening weekend in July 2008. The top three films alone grossed over $190 Million, an astonishing number.
Avatar has many prognosticators eating crow, as it dropped only a few percentage points from its opening total and made about $75 Million, earning a solid first place finish. Its 10 day total now stands at $212 Million, and worldwide, the film has made over $617 Million! At this point, there is little question it will earn its purported $300-$500 Million budget back. After months of speculation, Fox studio heads can finally exhale a sigh of relief.
Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes also fared well, and made over $65 Million its opening weekend. Robert Downey Jr. continues to prove he is a major box office draw. Fox also saw Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel place in the top three with $50 Million. The adult comedy Its Complicated earned a respectable $22 Million on just under 2,900 screens.
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by Shannon Hood, Dec 21 2009 // 10:00 AM
As expected, James Cameron’s epic 3-D adventure Avatar easily won the weekend with over $73 Million. That’s nothing to sneeze at, but it is hardly the type of money that studio dreams are made of. Take into account that the number is slightly inflated because IMAX tickets cost more than regular tickets, and you come out with a good, but not great, weekend. The movie didn’t break any records, and came in under many projections.
There is some conjecture that a winter storm that blanketed the East coast might have had a deleterious affect on ticket sales. Worldwide, the film fared better, and hauled in over $232 Million. The film is enjoying great word of mouth, and received a solid “A” cinemascore .
Other than that, the weekend before Christmas was silent. Disney’s holdover The Princess and the Frog dropped 50%, and managed an okay $12 Million, and yep, there was the ever reliable The Blind Side in the number three spot.
Audiences did not want to hear about the Morgans, so the Hugh Grant/Sarah Jessica vehicle Did You Hear About The Morgans? limped in at $7 Million. The Twilight Saga: New Moon rounded out the top five.
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Posted in: 3-D · Box Office · IMAX · Movies · News
Tagged: Avatar, Did You Hear About the Morgans, James Cameron, Nine, The Blind Side, The Princess and the frog, Twilight Saga: New Moon, Up in the Air
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by Shannon Hood, Dec 15 2009 // 10:00 AM

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HAFTA) announced its 2009 nominees for the Golden Globes this morning. The Golden Globes are considered a harbinger of the Oscar season, even though they generally throw a few wacky choices into their slate.
For those keeping track, Up in the Air nabbed six nominations, followed by Avatar with four. Sandra Bullock continues to enjoy a stellar year, as she was nominated for The Blind Side as well as The Proposal. Other double nominees include Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia, It’s Complicated), and Matt Damon (Invictus, The Informant!). Directors Quentin Tarantino and Jason Reitman each got a nod for directing and screenplay as well.
The Golden Globes ceremony will take place on January 17th, 2010, and will air on NBC.
Here is a list of the nominees in major film categories:
Best Picture, Drama
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air
Best Picture, Musical/Comedy
500 Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie and Julia
Nine
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by Joe Gillis, Dec 9 2009 // 11:00 AM
This week on The Flickcast Chris and Matt are joined by John Carle and they launch into a whole new batch of topics including “Black Friday” sales success, recently released and upcoming video games like Assassins Creed 2, Left for Dead 2, Dragon Age and the massive success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
The guys also discuss the infamous “French Airport” level in COD: MW2, video game movie tie-ins, the Rocky and Rambo franchises, Christmas action movies, comics related movies like Batman Forever, the greatness of Rob Marshall’s Nine, Deadpool movie possibilities and more.
The guys also made some great picks this week including John’s pick of the comic book series Y: The Last Man, Matt’s pick of Rocky on Blu-ray and Chris’ pick of 1971’s martial arts action film with a conscience Billy Jack, co-written, directed by and starring Tom Laughlin.
As always, if you have comments, questions, critiques or offers of sponsorship, feel free to hit us up in the comments, on Twitter and at Facebook, MySpace or via email.
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Tagged: Assassins Creed 2, Batman Forever, Billy Jack, Black Friday, Call of Duty, Daniel Day Lewis, Episode 35, Left for Dead 2, Nine, Podcast, Red Dawn, Y: The Last Man
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by Chris Ullrich, Dec 8 2009 // 11:00 AM
We’ve shown you some great stuff from Rob Marshall’s upcoming musical NINE already, from some stills to a featurette to a trailer. Now, as the film gets closer to the release date, as usually happens, a brand new trailer has just dropped.
This time around, as with previous versions, the trailer further highlights the musical spectacle and acting power put together for the film. It also gives a bit more information about the story of the main character, director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), and his effect on the woman in his life. We also catch more glimpses of some of the musical numbers and more of the other terrific cast members, including Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Judi Dench
Expect a full review of NINE here at The Flickcast soon. Until then, enjoy this latest trailer (after the jump of course) of what will surely be yet another Rob Marshall musical masterpiece. NINE opens in NY and LA on December 18 and everywhere else on Christmas Day.
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Tagged: Daniel Day Lewis, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Movies, Musicals, Nine, Penelope Cruz, Rob Marshall
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