What You Missed: Jan. 5, 2015

Written by O’Boyd

Another new feature in Cinema Corner 2.0 is our wrap-up file of all the movie-related events from the day. Think the Drudge Report meets Hollywood.

Why should you have to search all over the Internet for movie news when you can get it all right here. We’ll list here some of the stuff we’ve posted from earlier in the day along with other items we think you should check out. Each day, we hope to provide you with a roundup of sorts of the things we believe you’ll enjoy and want to read about.

As always, enjoy.

From Dorkly.com: What if Luke Skywalker had accepted Darth Vader’s proposal in “The Empire Strikes Back.” Check out the full story here.

OUR HEADLINES

What You Missed: Jan. 4, 2015 (NEW)

‘Five Armies’ marches to third straight weekend victory (NEW)

The Playlist has first images of Natalie Portman’s ‘Jane’s Got a Gun’ (NEW)

Hate Mondays? SpongeBob is gonna help you with that (NEW)

Marvel releases human-sized teaser trailer for ‘Ant-Man’ (NEW)

MovieWeb.com has “short list” of nominees for The Razzies (NEW)

Total Film, Empire release first photos of ‘Crimson Peak’

ComingSoon.net has first photos of newest ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film

Mark Wahlberg trying to develop ‘Boardwalk Empire’ film

‘The Interview’ has one final red band trailer release, will expand to pay TV, other theaters

Walt Disney Studios releases ‘Cinderella’ countdown clip

‘Exodus’ falls short of miraculous

Cinema Corner: Jan. 1, 2015

Much more to ‘Wild’ than just the story

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Coming to Theaters: Jan. 2, 2015 (NEW)

You can always click here to get more movie news and to order tickets online for the latest films in theaters.

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Be sure to check out RottenTomatoes.com, which collects and posts reviews for all the films coming out this week.

THE REST OF THE NEWS

Anthony Hopkins trying on different masks for “Silence of the Lambs.” Click here to see each image.

• Variety says if you have doubts about North Korea’s involvement in the Sony hack … don’t. (NEW)

• And North Korea, obviously, responds to the U.S. sanctions and “The Interview. (NEW)

• Check out these photos from Variety of the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala, which kicks off the movie awards season. (NEW)

• “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” remains No. 1 in the DVD sales market. (NEW)

VIDEO CLIPS AND MORE

Cosplay Boom has a video about the people who dress up as characters from “The Hobbit.”

• Vulture speaks with screenwriter J.C. Chandor about the wild chase scene in “A Most Violent Year.” (NEW)

• Cinema Blend gives us three reasons why a David Fincher-led “Spider-man” would be better than anything else out there.

• Entertainment Weekly fact-checks “Selma.”

• Vulture explains how “Foxcatcher” got from an idea to a film.

LISTS, BESTS, WORSTS

Ten things you probably didn’t know about “Spaceballs.” Click here to see the story and clips from Geek Tyrant.

• Variety: Movie stars that had a rough 2014. (NEW)

• The Hollywood Reporter: Roger Ebert’s 20 best- and worst-reviewed films.

• Collider: Previewing its most anticipated films of 2015.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

Julia Ormond, Dave Foley, Matt Frewer

I’m always fascinated with celebrity birthdays (especially finding out who has a birthday when I have mine). IMDB.com has a neat daily list of all the Hollywood people who have birthdays. Here’s the Jan. 4 list.

The Playlist has first images of Natalie Portman’s ‘Jane’s Got a Gun’

Written by O’Boyd

Natalie Portman is one of my favorite actresses.

She can make almost any movie enjoyable, I think. Though she did comment recently about how the “Star Wars” prequels nearly ruined her career, she’s made more than enough films to make up for that.

One film she’s been trying to bring to the big screen for a while is “Jane’s Got a Gun.” It had all sorts of problems with directors and actors dropping out for various reasons. The film finally ended up with Ewan McGregor as the villain and Joel Edgerton playing Portman’s husband.

Here’s the scenario of the film from The Playlist, which posted the photos:

“Jane Got a Gun” stars Portman,Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor, Noah Emmerich, Rodrigo Santoro,and Boyd Holbrook, and centers on a woman (Portman) who asks her ex-lover (Edgerton) for help in order to save her outlaw husband (Emmerich) from a gang out to kill him.”

Hate Mondays? SpongeBob is gonna help you with that

Written by O’Boyd

Did you know Monday was “The Day of Positivity?”

Well, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies have declared Monday just that. On the tim distributor’s website, it posted the following message to mark the upcoming “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,” which comes to theaters on Feb. 6:

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Kicking off on Monday, January 5, “The SpongeBob Day of Positivity” will bring fans together to celebrate SpongeBob’s most admired quality – eternal positivity! The “Day of Positivity” will be filled with major events and first looks at exclusive materials from the new film, all in honor of the world’s favorite optimist, SpongeBob SquarePants.

“The Day of Positivity” highlights include:

• An exclusive first look at SpongeBob’s new music video, “Thank Gosh it’s Monday,” created in celebration of The Day of Positivity
• Viacom Networks (including Nickelodeon, MTV, VH-1 and Comedy Central) running exclusive and unique spots inviting viewers to celebrate this new and exciting holiday.
• Cinemark Theaters offering the first 500 ticketholders on January 5 at each of its locations nationwide a coupon card for a free junior popcorn when seeing “THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER” on opening weekend, while supplies last.
• Paramount-hosted events in cities across the U.S. and Canada.

SpongeBob’s fans can visit www.DayofPositivity.com to watch the “Thank Gosh it’s Monday” video, upload and share “Positive” selfies, and receive a special “Positivity” message from SpongeBob himself.

From Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies comes “THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER,” an all-new 3D adventure that’s as wild and funny as its name. For the first time, SpongeBob SquarePants, the world’s favorite sea dwelling invertebrate, comes ashore to our world for his most super-heroic adventure yet.

Produced by Paul Tibbitt and Mary Parent. Based on the series “SpongeBob SquarePants” created by Stephen Hillenburg.  Story by Stephen Hillenburg & Paul Tibbitt, screenplay by Glenn Berger & Jonathan Aibel and Paul Tibbitt and directed by Paul Tibbitt.

‘Five Armies’ marches to third straight weekend victory

Written by O’Boyd

Another weekend was ruled by “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.”

A crop of new competition was much easier for the latest Peter Jackson installment to fend off than last week. With “The Woman In Black 2: Angel of Death” as the only real threat, “Five Armies” racked up $21.9 million over the weekend. The film has now made $220.8 million since it opened on Dec. 17.

“The Woman in Black 2,” which didn’t have Daniel Radcliffe return from the first installment, came in fourth with $15.1 million. The first “Woman in Black” made $20.9 million in its opening weekend and $54.3 million overall.

Coming in second again was “Into the Woods” with $19.1 million followed by “Unbroken” with $18.4 million. The last installment of the “Night at the Museum” franchise was fifth with $14.5 million.

“Selma” continues to do well in limited release, making $645,000 on 22 screens. It opens nationwide this Friday. Another limited-release film, “American Sniper,” earned $640,000 in four theaters. It expands this Friday and opens nationwide Jan. 16.

Title                                                                     Weekend        Total box office

1. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies       $21.9 millon      $220.8 million

2. Into the Woods                                                $19.1 million       $91.2 million

3. Unbroken                                                         $18.4 million      $87.8 million

4. Woman in Black 2: The Angel of Death         $15.1 million      $15.1 million

5. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb      $14.5 million      $89.7 million

6. Annie                                                               $11.4 million      $72.6 million

7. The Imitation Game                                       $8.1 million         $30.8 million

8. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1       $7.7 million         $323.9 million

9. The Gambler                                                  $6.3 million         $27.6 million

10. Big Hero 6                                                    $4.8 million         $211.3 million