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.
Today is Positivity Monday, thanks to SpongeBob SquarePants. Click on our link below about Mondays to get the full details.
OUR HEADLINES
What You Missed: Jan. 5, 2015 (NEW)
Producers Guild of America releases nominees for top awards (NEW)
‘Five Armies’ marches to third straight weekend victory (NEW)
Coming to DVD, Blu-Ray and Netflix: Jan. 5, 2015 (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’
‘Exodus’ falls short of miraculous
Cinema Corner: Jan. 1, 2015
Much more to ‘Wild’ than just the story
GET TICKETS
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
Russell Crowe’s evolution as an actor, from artist Jeff Victor. Check out his site for some other great illustrations, including one honoring the late Robin Williams.
• Casey Affleck is replacing Matt Damon in the family drama “Manchester-By-the-Sea. (NEW)
• Director Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman: The Secret Service) isn’t a particular fan of Christopher Nolan’s style of superhero films. (NEW)
• Scarlett Johansson will star in Rupert Sanders’ big-budget adaptation of “Ghost in the Shell,” which is based on the popular Japanese manga. (NEW)
• The Daily Mail in London found a man who asked his bride-to-be to marry him reminiscent of a romantic scene in “The Notebook.” (NEW)
• Ben Schnetzer (“Pride”) and Nick Jonas (“Kingdom”) are close to deals to play brothers in “Goat,” a film that James Franco’s Rabbit Bandini Productions will lead, The Wrap reports. (NEW)
• Josh Gad may play Roger Ebert in the indie movie “Russ & Roger Go Beyond,” which already has Will Ferrell attached. (NEW)
• JoBlo.com has the first image of Olivia Wilde, who will star in “The Lazarus Effect,” which hits theaters on Feb. 27. It also stars Evan Peters, Mark Duplass and Donald Glover. (NEW)
• Three members of the film “The Raid 2” will also be a part of “The Force Awakens.” (NEW)
• “Revenge of the Sith” in 3D will premiere at Star Wars Celebration 2015. (NEW)
• Somebody’s gonna get left out when the nominees are named for Best Actor. Could Steve Carrell be that guy?
VIDEO CLIPS AND MORE
Check out this stop-motion animation short film “Death and the Robot,” by Austin Taylor, a student at the University of North Carolina’s School of the Arts. You can read more about it at FirstShowing.net.
• Bradley Cooper dishes on “American Sniper,” putting on 40 pounds, turning 40 and whether he’ll return for the sequel to “Guardians of the Galaxy.” (Hint: He said “Hell, yeah.”) (NEW)
• BadAssDigest.com is running a series of short stories and clips on Oscar snubs. This one is about why Clark Gable was not nominated for Best Actor in “Gone With the Wind.” (NEW)
• Patton Oswalt says he would see 250 or more movies a year until “The Phantom Menace” came out. That’s when his movie addiction changed. (NEW)
• Yahoo! Movies explains why The Razzies needs to be retired. (NEW)
• The Disney blog Oh My Disney has come cool concept art “you’ve never seen” for “Aladdin.” By the way, this film came out 22 years ago.
• Rene Russo dishes on “Nightcrawler,” career regrets and more with Vulture.com.
LISTS, BESTS, WORSTS
The parody trailer for a Calvin and Hobbes movie is … interesting, to say the least.
• Variety: 17 standout scenes from film in 2014. (NEW)
• Vulture: The critics pick the worst movies of 2014.
• USA Today: Eight films you missed but need to see and can via streaming.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Bradley Cooper, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall
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. 5 list.
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