Win one of two copies of John Wayne’s classic El Dorado: Centennial Collection DVDs

Those of you that have won copies of Paramount’s Centennial Collection DVDs from us, or have purchased copies, already know the care that goes into these notable releases. When I heard the studio was releasing two classic John Wayne westerns in the format, I jumped at the opportunity to review them, and of course, nab ….

Denzel Washington and Tony Scott may be Unstoppable

Denzel Washington is in talks to top-line the thriller Unstoppable, which Tony Scott is directing for Fox this fall, according to Variety. Washington would play an experienced engineer who boards an unmanned locomotive with a young conductor, to chase down a runaway train carrying a cache of combustible liquids and poisonous gas. Mark Bomback (Live ….

Tempe, Arizona wins hometown premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Tempe, Arizona’s residents, schools, businesses, and a major cinema emporium are pulling out all the stops to prepare for the World Premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, on April 27, at Harkins Temple Marketplace 16. The Tempe Hometown Premiere will have all the trappings of a mega-Hollywood event including red carpet arrivals, klieg lights, screaming fans, ….

Rodriguez directing Predators, Machete, Sin City 2, Nervewrackers and live-action Jetsons at home in Austin

IESB today confirmed a previously reported story by Bloody-Disgusting, that Sin City director Robert Rodriguez will reboot the Predator franchise for Fox. The new film is titled Predators, and Rodriguez will apparently direct and produce the new project. He discussed Predators and other high-profile projects he’s developing at a news conference earlier today at Troublemaker ….

State of Play director to take on Isaac Asimov sci-fi classic

State of Play director Kevin Macdonald is attached to develop and direct The End of Eternity, Variety reports. The Isaac Asimov futuristic sci-fi tale The End of Eternity describes humanity as being controlled by a ruling class called The Eternals, members of which can manipulate time to alter history and prevent disasters or wipe out ….

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World production blog 2 now online

Edgar Wright, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Cera, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, and Ellen Wong talk about the first day of shooting, in Blog Two from Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, the upcoming film based on the Oni Press graphic novel Scott Pilgrim Volume 1: Scott Pilgrims Precious Little Life, written by Bryan Lee O’Malley. ‘Scott ….

62nd Festival de Cannes line-up filled with cult, arthouse favorites and veterans

Arthouse favorites Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar, Johnny To, Lee Daniels, Jane Campion, Lars Von Trier and Terry Gilliam are among the directors, whose projects will be screened at Cannes, when the festival kicks off next month. Festival co-chairmen Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux unveiled the entries at a press conference in Paris earlier ….

500,000 trees and counting to be planted so far with Earth movie tree-planting initiative

Moviegoers have already snapped up half a million tickets to catch the movie Earth and have a tree planted in their honor. Disneynature’s commitment to plant a tree for everyone who watches Earth between April 22-28 means that already 500,000 trees will be planted – and that number is still growing. Disney’s goal is to ….

Carmike Cinemas to present stand-up comedy series

Carmike Cinemas announced that it will partner with waggingtail entertainment and cinema advertising company Screenvision, to present Stand-Up 360 New York City Comedy at Carmike Cinemas theatres on May 4, 2009, which will deliver a series of feature-length stand-up comedy performances recorded live at the Broadway Comedy Club in the Big Apple. The Stand-Up 360 ….