This week: The Dirty Dancing remake is “like the wind” – it’s blown away; when John Madden met Charlize Theron it was Murder; Bill Paxton gets armed and dangerous with 2 Guns and we’ve had Skyfall and Skyline, now get ready to fly with D.B. Cooper in Skyjack. It must have been divine intervention by the movie gods – the Dirty Dancing remake has been ‘put in the corner’ until at … [Read more...]
Weekly Ketchup: Adam Sandler to Produce Tonka Trucks Movie
June 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This week's Ketchup includes news about movies based on Tonka toy trucks and the Splinter Cell video game series, villain roles for Noah and the RoboCop reboot, and new roles for Lindsay Lohan, Charlize Theron, and recent Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin. Rotten Tomatoes: News … [Read more...]
Father’s Day: The 10 Most Kick-Ass Movie Dads
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Father’s Day is a day to honor our dads – the men who helped bring us into the world and teach us survive it. To celebrate the holiday, we at Screen Rant compiled a list of 10 cinematic fathers who kick serious ass. Whether these proud papas are attempting to save their children or trying to control the intergalactic universe, these dads are always willing to engage in a fight to … [Read more...]
Dolby confirms 14 theaters for inaugural screening of Pixar’s ‘Brave’ with Atmos audio
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If you want to be among the first to experience Dolby's new Atmos surround sound experience, the company has released a list of 14 theaters that will have it up and running in time to show the first movie with the technology. Disney / Pixar's Brave hits the screens June 22nd and thanks to the Atmos setup is ready to direct sound to listener's ears from as many as 64 speaker feeds and 128 … [Read more...]
Jonah Hill Joins Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’
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A year ago, few would’ve predicted that Jonah Hill would go from being a graduate of Judd Apatow’s raunch-com school (Superbad, Get Him to the Greek) to landing an Oscar nomination for Moneyball, co-writing and starring in a successful reboot of the 21 Jump Street franchise – and securing roles in future weighty dramas like True Story and Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall … [Read more...]
Who Is the Best Father on TV?
June 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
These days, fictional fathers run the gamut from the traditional to the unorthodox. Whether they are married or single, an ex-con or a fairy tale prince, all of the following characters make our list for this year's Best TV Dad. But only YOU can decide who actually goes home with that title. In honor of Father's Day, run down the contenders and then vote for you favorite … [Read more...]
Alleged Xbox 720 document leak resurfaces, stirs rumors of Kinect 2, native 3D, AR glasses
June 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A document passing itself off as an internal Microsoft presentation about the future of Xbox has surfaced, and is stirring internet chatter with its possible hints at the future of the console. Despite turning up online over a month ago and potentially dating back to 2010, a few things mentioned that have since come to fruition -- like SmartGlass -- are earning it more attention. The proposed … [Read more...]
Final ‘Expendables 2′ Poster Unites the Manliest Stars of the Big Screen
June 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Wind the clock back to last fall and you might recall a fan-made Expendables 2 poster that spread like wildfire around the Internet. That’s because it stacked up close to every one of the sequel’s macho stars – including, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Willis – along with the (token?) female Expendable Maggie, played by Yu Nan. Some 8 … [Read more...]
Daily Recap: There’s a Joke Somewhere in the ‘Expendables 2′ Poster; New ‘Spider-man’ Ads and More
June 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Colin Farrell has joined the cast of Saving Mr. Banks. The film is a behind-the-scenes story about the 14-year courtship waged by Walt Disney to persuade Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers to sell him the rights to make a film out of the book. Tom Hanks has long been cast as Disney with Emma Thompson as Travers. [Deadline] Transformers: Dark of the Moon actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has joined … [Read more...]
SR Geek Picks: An Iron Predator, A Lady Beetlejuice, A Plush Jawa & More!
June 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to Screen Rant’s “Geek Picks,” where we collect the finest movie-related geekery from around the web for you. Today you’ll find a sexy Beetlejuice; a talking Jawa; and a Cat In The Hat cake. All that and more on this edition of SR’s Geek Picks! To kick things off today, CNET has a cool story about turning your old action figures into functional furniture! … [Read more...]
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